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It's been a while since I've entered anything here. I'm trying to get a reasonably decent looking page together along with a lot of links to places you probably already know about and love with all you hearts.
Been listening to a lot of talk radio. Not something I do much, but the opportunity presented itself when Air America went live.
Now, I am a Liberal and it is really no point in listening to such talk. I don't need preaching to. I am a loyal, tie-dyed in the wool, grey pony-tailed, hippie living in the woods, drinking chai, member of the ACLU, Greenpeace kinda guy.
I need to get connected again. It is lonely out here in the bush....oops....I mean sticks. I have grown tired of screaming at my radio. If I hear one more right-wing wonk tell me how evil and deceitful I am, or how ignorant and clueless my politics are - I will go freaking postal.
Air America
I was a little surprized by their premiere. It wasn't as flashy as I wish it could have been.
Hey, liberals are the artists, the creative ones. Shouldn't we have at least come up with some great kick-ass music, audio effects that would blow our woofers into mush? I was a little let down, but it was short-lived. The content was what I expected and more. Al Franken is a god-send. I have always loved his humor. He never lets me down, I've been a fan for years. His partner Katherine Lampher was unknown to me but shows that she will hold her own and is no second banana.
I have become a follower of the Goddess of the Earth, Randi Rhodes. Now, as a devoted shamanic Pagan, that's saying a lot. She speaks to my lonely, liberal soul and, yes, it's sexist but I love to listen to smart ladies. But, and this is difficult to say, her voice kills me. I'm sorry Randi, but the templor of your voice gives chills. This isn't about her voice but about my reaction to it. Man, it hurts! Maybe this can be traced back to that ZZ Top concert in 1974. Many brain cells were sacrificed in the maw of the Great Zuu'l that day, I'll tell you.
Regardless, of how much pain I'm in, I will listen to her. Her message is clear, clean and in your face. She pulls no punches and will give no ground. She's right on target and never misses the plate. By the way, did I ever tell you that I am the King of Cliche'?
Talk Radio has far too much influence in our country. Especially the drastic imbalance of it. This is one of those showcase moments in recent history that should have given clues to the Democratic Party about its demise. A point of light that we turned a blind eye to. We should have been there from the beginning. We are the creative ones, dammit, and should have come out swinging when Rush Limbaugh started getting popular. Whenever these right-wing wonks start a new blast of poisonous spittle, we have to meet it head-on.
It's time to take it back...not just the stuff we gave up, but the whole enchilada. I know I sound trite, it's a small price. The actions still have to be made, any delay requires more energy later.
I have little patience for stupidity. There are folks who may be intelligent on the outside, but they is as dumb as a box of rocks in reality. When did humanity get so clueless? Oops, I'm letting my superiority complex show. The best way to find your faults is to point them out on other people. Yeah, yeah, I know. "He who is without sin cast the first stone". But you have to admit there are a lot of 4 watt bulbs out there. They live everywhere.
Gotta go and get the day started...until next time...Shamanqua out...
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Today is Wednesday, July 9th.
Today at noon in Paepcke Auditorium, High Notes presents noted musicologist, author and cultural historian Joseph Horowitz discussing the effects of the New World on the music of Dvorak and Mahler with Aspen Music Festival and School President and CEO Alan Fletcher. The program is free.
At 3pm, it's a free Spotlight Recital in the superb acoustics of Harris Concert Hall. Hear some of this summer's finest student performers in an eclectic program.
The Aspen Philharmonic will be in concert at 6pm at the Benedict Music Tent, with Nikolas Naegele conducting. A work by Sydney Hodkinson, the Ravel Piano Concerto in G, and Dvorak's uplifting 8th Symphony on this evening's program.
At 8:30pm tonight in Harris Concert Hall, violinist Daniel Hope offers a recital featuring Beethoven's heroic Egmont Overture in an arrangement by Jan Mueller-Wieland, and Stravinsky's parable of a soldier who makes a deal with the devil, The Soldier's Tale.

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So here we are, the very last day of 2014.
We have worked, partied, played and pontificated in equal measure over the last few weeks, with some of the loveliest people in our lives. And now, in the final hours of 2014, we are sat at home with the fire burning wood from our garden, and access to as much popcorn as we wish, via a Christmas present to the wee boy of a popcorn machine, courtesy of my lovely big sister.
What more could a girl wish for?
So, whatever you do this evening, I hope you enjoy it, and I look forward to sharing some more little titbits of food and nonsense with you in 2015.
Meanwhile, I will leave you with this…
At the wee boy's 5th birthday party, he eventually blew out the candles on his cake and was encouraged to make a wish.
Later on his grandma turned to him and said,
'What did you wish for?'
To which the wee boy replied,
'I can't tell you, it's between me and the candles'
Which still makes me smile from the inside out.


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Issa issues subpoenas over Benghazi
Accuses State Department of dragging feet
Fed up and tired of waiting for answers on Benghazi, a key member of Congress is going on the offensive.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has subpoenaed four State Department officials and sent a blistering letter to Secretary of State John Kerry.
Issa essentially accuses the State Department of stonewalling, saying in a tweet that the agency's "persistent delays create the appearance that it's dragging its feet to slow down the (committee's) investigation."
Another tweet from Issa said the State Department "has left me w/ no alternative but to issue subpoenas to compel testimony from these important witnesses."
Issa told Kerry in his letter that the State Department "has been unable to provide firm dates for a single witness interview."
"In fact, it is my understanding that interviews will not occur until the middle of July because the State Department is just now preparing documents and other materials for the witnesses to review," Issa wrote.
"I respect the witness' interest in preparing to answer the Committee's questions; however, I am concerned that waiting weeks or months while the Department prepares witnesses to be interviewed creates the risk that their testimony will have been rehearsed or coached," he said. "It does not require weeks of preparation to answer questions truthfully."
Issa also tweeted: "All 4 subpoenaed officials led bureaus where @StateDept's review found deficiencies contributing to lack of security during #Benghazi attack."
The chairman provided a link to his full letter to Kerry.
Four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, were killed by terrorists in an attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012.
The Obama administration blamed the attack on a YouTube video, but testimony before Issa's committee has shown that was not the case.
Many members of Congress want to know whose idea it was to blame the attack on the video, including Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, who recently told WND the idea might be traced to a phone call.
"Apparently, there was a 10 p.m. call between [former Secretary of State] Hillary Clinton and the president and, gee, right after that call they start talking about a video. But at two in the morning, when [former deputy chief of mission in Libya] Greg Hicks says [U.S. Ambassador to Libya] Chris Stevens' last, dying desperate words were, 'We're under attack,' it is clear it was not about a video. Everybody knew it was not about a video. They knew it was an attack. [The attackers] knew exactly where to plant the mortars.
Another big question is why no American forces were sent to try to rescue the victims.
As a former U.S. Army captain, Gohmert is shocked the military did not send forces to respond to the attack.
"What happened at Benghazi is just unthinkable," he said. "We have an American tradition of protecting your fellow soldiers. You never want to be left hanging by yourself. If somebody is out there without enough help, then you try to go help them.
"Then you find out there was military personnel ready to go, but they were told to stand down. I've been trying to get in touch with some of those people, and it's tough," added Gohmert.
"There's just so much there, we haven't got nearly to the bottom, and it already stinks to high heaven."


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Performance dates/times:
Thursday, July 19 @ 7:30pmFriday, July 20 @ 7:30pmSaturday 21 July @ 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Murder, mystery, mayhem! What more could you want in a musical? It's1959 and the opening night of Boston Colonial Theatre's new musical but whenthe leading lady mysteriously dies on stage, the entire cast and crew aresuspects. While investigating the murder, a localdetective finds himself caught between theatrical egos, deceit, and a buddinglove affair. A huge fan of musical theatre himself, the detective even has somesuggestions on how to improve the show.
Curtains creatorsJohn Kander (composer) and Fred Ebb (lyricist) are known for theiraward-winning works Cabaret, Chicago and Kiss of the Spider Woman.
Presentedby: HER MAJESTY'S BALLARAT ANDOPERA AUSTRALIA
Thursday26 July 7.30pm at Wendouree Centre for Performing Arts
A man enchanted by the beauty of theEast. A woman in love with the promise of the West. Separated by a vast ocean and many years, what will become oftheir love?
Hear OperaAustralia's wonderful singers perform with a chamber orchestra, along with achildren's chorus, drawn from local communities.
Debut Amateur Pole Competition.Debut is a competition designed for up and coming pole dancers, to provide a creative outlet in which they can express their individual style and give them the opportunity to compete in a professional environment. Organiser Jenny Toner and her team have sourced talent from a pool of the best Australian amateur pole dancers; come along and enjoy the incredible talent that will be showcased in this performance-based competition.We're excited for our debut of Debut amateur competition.
Fresh from celebrating 7 years and well over 2000 showsheadlining on the Las Vegas strip, the Australian Bee Gees Show will be headingDown Under for the Australian leg of their 2018 'Direct from Vegas' world tour!
This new show will be presented in two parts and featureall of the hits in a nostalgic trip down memory lane in a multimedia concertevent.
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With a lavish new program for 2018, this stunning spectacular salutes the famous BBC Proms Concerts of London's Royal Albert Hall performing all the well-known favourites including Rule Britannia, Jerusalem, Radetzky March, and Elgar's Land of Hope and Glory.
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David Hobson returns to Wendouree Centre for Performing Artswith the Victoria Welsh Choir.David Hobson is one of Australia's best known operatictenors, a concert and stage performer, a composer and recording artist. He hassung many roles for both state and international opera companies, including hisaward-winning performances as Rodolfo and Orphée.He is well known from his appearances on Carols byCandlelight, Spicks and Specks, Dancing with the Stars, as a presenter onFoxtel's STUDIO and is a regular performer on Bravo Arts Cruise. David has alsorecorded numerous albums with many reaching No.1 chart status.Victoria Welsh Choir, led by Faleiry Koczkar OAM andaccompanied by Lorna Ogilvie, is a traditional Welsh male voice choir, singingin four-part harmony. Come for an afternoon of glorious music, listening to thechoir's beautiful harmonies and David's enchanting tenor voice.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Permanent Cure for Bags Under the Eyes
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My congregation's Library Committee, of which I'm a member, was called up (aliyah in Hebrew, same word as for immigrating to Israel) to recite the blessings over reading the Torah at yesterday's Yom Kippur services. About 6 of us were there, and we didn't make too bad a hash of it.
It's not too unusual for the committee to have this honor, as it's held to be, at High Holy Days, but I thought non-Jewish readers might appreciate a glimpse into this little ritual.
Reading from the Torah is the centerpoint of Jewish services, and if we have a physical object of veneration, it's the Torah scroll, a huge roll of parchment on two rollers, painstakingly hand-calligraphed with the Hebrew text of the Five Books of Moses, and kept in an embellished cloth cover with various metal decorations. Wealthy congregations, like ours, may have 3 or 4 of them, and it's a great honor to have one that was rescued from a Polish or Czech synagogue destroyed in the Holocaust. We have blessings and ceremonials for opening the ark, the cabinet at the back of the bima in which it's stored; more blessings for removing the scroll, taking off the coverings, unrolling it far enough so that a couple columns of text are visible, holding it up so everyone can see, and setting it down on the reading table; another blessing before actually reading it; and more blessings for doing all this in reverse afterwards. There's an elaborate liturgical calendar by which, in theory, the whole Torah is read aloud over the course of each year (in my experience, Reform congregations just do excerpts); and a whole holiday, Simchat Torah, to celebrate the annual arrival at the end of the scroll and the pressing of the rewind button.
The Bar Mitzvah (f. Bat Mitzvah) is supposed to demonstrate that the celebrant is mature enough to participate as an adult in the congregation, so it includes a Torah reading. In my day, this meant reading aloud, but not chanting, a chunk from that week's Torah portion (chosen by my tutor: I wanted to read a tribal census list, but she said that was too boring). I knew the Hebrew alphabet, but my grasp on the language was weak at best, so I learned my portion by rote from a chumash (a codex of the Torah text, with vowel points added, plus portion markings and other commentary in English) and on the day used the Torah scroll, which you follow with a metal pointer - no greasy fingers! - as a crib, rather than really reading from it. I memorized the Hebrew texts, and the liturgical melodies, for the pre- and post-reading blessings, and chanted those. And I read a portion of the haftarah, a section from the Prophets geared to that week's Torah reading, in English, and chanted the Hebrew blessings for before and after that, which are even more elaborate than the Torah ones. Then I read a sermon of my own composition, which was no more than 400 words long and makes me wince today; I am so glad this was before the Internet.
But Reform congregations have turned more traditional in their practices, and our Torah reading customs have changed. Nowadays at our congregation the readers chant both the Torah and Haftarah in Hebrew, using a cantillation practice I've heard many times but know nothing about, and since they're busy dealing with that, somebody else chants the blessings. At High Holy Days, and other more elaborate services, the portion is broken into short parts, so there can be multiple readers and multiple repetitions of the blessings.
So at the start of the reading, we gather at the side front of the large college auditorium which we rent for High Holy Days because our own synagogue isn't big enough when everybody attends, then climb the little back stairs to the side of the stage and wait for our turn to be called. Then we gather around the reader and the Torah. There's a laminated crib sheet with the blessings, but I read from my prayer book, and in any case I still remember them fairly well. The blessings are basically just an elaborate way of saying, "Praise God, who gave us the Torah." If you're curious, here's our written and audio cribs. After the reading, we shake hands with the chief rabbi and the congregation president and file off stage.


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Recently I have been really inspired by hot air balloons. I decided to do a table scape on air balloons and Valentine's Day. To make the balloons I used scrapbook paper for the balloon part and toilet paper rolls covered with tissue paper for the basket. On top of the chargers I used pockets cut out from an old shirt and embellished them with embroidery work, and added a beaded pom pom. I stuck the cupcakes in to liitle tea cups to look like capuchinos. Happy Valentine's Day!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Valentine's Day
This month I am going to decorate two tables for Valentines. For this table I used a beautiful white tablecloth. On top I folded tulle and placed it on the middle of the table. I then layered mercury glass candlesticks and a mercury vase. I stuck some fake flowers in the vase. Instead of a place mat I used a ceiling tile I found a habitat for humanity. I then took some small perfume bottles and stuck a pinwheel in it from Dollar Tree. Enjoy.
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Faux Deer Head
Oh Dear, I love this Deer Head.
I've been inspired by paper mache lately. I really love how you can make anything you want out of newspaper. On etsy I have seen some really cool faux deer heads. My room has been needing something quarky and fun. I decided a faux paper mache deer head was the right way to go. I started out crumbling newspaper into balls and using masking tape to secure them to eachother. I rolled newspaper up for the horns. To secure the horns to the head I hotglued them and taped them. After taping my deer head looked like this.
I then paper mached wrapping paper onto the deer head. I used one bottle of watered down glue. I did 3 layers. Here is the final product:
* The whole project cost less than $3. I bought the wrapping paper for $2 from Tuesday Morning. The glue was 40 cents at Target.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Sweet Summer Time
It is summer time. What does that mean? Picnic season. Grab your picnic basket, flowers, and some books and head out to the nearest park to enjoy some sweet sunshine.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Flower Wall Decor
I have been staring at cardbaord cereal boxes and wondering what to do with them. I love all the different shades of brown and gray. When it finally hit me that I should make a wall decoration. I cut the boxes into squares and rectangles. I layed them out on the floor and changed them up until I found a design I liked.
Book Page Flowers:
I took an old Readers Digest and tore out pages.
Next I folded the paper in half vertically and cut out a leaf.
I then applied a drop of glue onto the edge of the leaf and clothespinned it.
After the petal is glued repeat on more petals and then glue together.
Final Product:
Finished Wall Decor:
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Blue and Pink: A table that is quite in sync
this website. I love the idea of using napkins for flowers. I started by making numerous flowers, and then I decided where to put them. I decided to put some on my wall and the rest as flowers in vases. If you don't have any napkins lying around your house, packs are less than a dollar at Walmart. On the plates I folded napkins using this tutorial, and placed a flower in the middle of it. Enjoy!
linked to: http://todayscreativeblog.net/get-your-craft-on-15/
Friday, May 27, 2011
What do you do if you wake up late in the morning and you have no time to fix your hair? Put a headband in it! Go over to my etsy shop and check out my newest headband!
Check it out here!
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-when my 4 year old discovered the hilarity of the fart noise made with your hand in your armpit I couldn't help but be a little proud
-sand tables are not for sand, merely a rest point so the kids can move it all over the yard
-if you co-sleep and let your kids take a toy to bed be prepared to wake up with a My Little Pony in the small of your back
-something about making my own play-dough makes me feel like mother of the year
-sleep comes in many forms. Sometime it's an hour and a half the whole night on the recliner with a sushi rolled baby in the crook of my arm. Not ideal, but I'll take what I can get.
-something about library story time makes my kids lose their minds
-something about us showing up at library story time makes the librarian look a little worried. Oh that's right, see previous point.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Things I know
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- katepickle said...
go the fart fairy!!!!!
- August 22, 2009 at 10:30 PM
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Any piece written by a composer past the age of 80 has a good chance of being his last. Which is why I am not inclined to hear a special 'farewell message' in Elliott Carter's Instances for Chamber Orchestra, his last orchestral composition completed a few months before he died, aged 103, in November 2012.
Still, one feature of Instances sets it apart from Carter's earlier orchestral works. Instead of a brief, deliberately perfunctory ending I've come to expect from this unsentimental composer, Instances ends with a 2-minute-long coda of unprecedented emotional openness, in which the slowly and regularly breathing strings use their dreamy, bittersweet harmonies to console a melancholy flute.
Even more remarkable than this coda is the fact that, no matter how hard I tried, I could hear neither its beauty nor its emotional significance in the wooden and lifeless studio recording made by the conductor Ludovic Morlot and the Seattle Symphony. These were revealed to me only yesterday when I came across my first live recording of Instances performed by the New York Philharmonic under Matthias Pintscher in June 2014. Talk about a happy New Year!


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Contributed by Maine State Archives
Smith & Rumery building contractors of Portland wrote to Dr. Estes Nichols, superintendent of the Maine State Sanatorium in Hebron, asking for payment of their bill. The company built some of the structures at the tuberculosis sanatorium.
The privately run facility had continuing cash-flow problems. The state provided some funds for patients who could not pay the full cost of treatment.
About This Item
- Title: Letter seeking payment to builders, Portland, 1908
- Creator: Smith & Rumery, Portland
- Creation Date: 1908-09-14
- Subject Date: 1908-09-14
- Town: Hebron, Portland
- County: Cumberland, Oxford
- State: ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: 2613-076, Box 1/1908, September
- Object Type: Text
For more information about this item, contact:Maine State Archives
84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084
(207) 287-5795
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- Sanatoriums--Maine
- Western Maine Sanatorium
- Tuberculosis hospitals--Maine
- Hospitals, convalescent--Maine--Hebron
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- Tuberculosis--Maine
- Smith & Rumery--Records and correspondence
- Nichols, Estes--Correspondence
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- Building construction--Maine--Hebron
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Decolonisation and self-determination to the forefront at MSG summit
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Issues of decolonisation and self-determination took centre stage at the just-completed 19th Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders Summit in New Caledonia.
For the summit's hosts and incoming chair of the MSG, New Caledonia's FLNKS movement, the gathering was a strong endorsement of their preparation for possible independence from France.
However for the West Papuans of Indonesia, their bid to join the MSG and further their own struggle for self-determination, the summit was not all that they had hoped for.
Johnny Blades reports from Noumea:
The theme of Melanesian solidarity is central to all MSG summits. Much is made of how the group was set up to break the shackles of colonialism and support freedom for all Melanesian people. But beneath the celebrations, disquiet lurks over the long-running struggle for self-determination of the West Papuans of Indonesia's heavily militarised eastern region. A formal bid for MSG membership by the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation, whose leadership has lived in exile for many years, was the most anticipated discussion item at this summit. Vanuatu's Prime Minister Moana Carcasses told the plenary session that the MSG must support the cause because continued denial of self-determination for West Papuans is unacceptable.
"MOANA CARCASSES: We are aware of the human rights violation and atrocities being committed against West Papuans in their motherland. And so, therefore, I'm calling for an end to the abuse of human rights. We move that any continuation or abuse of human rights should be immediately brought to the attention of the international communities. Never let our desire for freedom be extinguished by the power of money."
Among the five members of the MSG, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and the FLNKS were in support of the West Papuan membership bid. But Papua New Guinea and Fiji - two countries who have in recent months forged closer ties with Indonesia - were uncomfortable with it. Earlier, the issue was debated at length by senior officials, with the leaders ultimately declaring that a decision on the West Papua application would be deferred until after a MSG mission had visited Indonesia to discuss West Papua more closely with Jakarta some time this year. PNG's deputy Prime Minister Leo Dion - at the summit on behalf of Prime Minister Peter O'Neill who had opted to make a state visit to Jakarta with a huge business delegation instead - made clear that his country fully supports Indonesia's territorial control of West Papua.
"LEO DION: I think the main thing that this conference has made is to the MSG members to be invited by the Indonesian government to go and dialogue with them. And I think that's our greatest step forward."
The secretary-general of the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation was disappointed that the membership application had been deferred. But Rex Rumakiek is encouraged that there seems to be some movement on the issue.
"REX RUMAKIEK: Finally, our issue has been taken up by the Melanesian Spearhead Group, 'cause we have been trying for a long time. The very interesting thing here is that since they are now recognising, visually recognising the issue, and, collectively, they want to do something about. That's the most important thing."
However he is weary of delay tactics by opponents of West Papuan self-determination and says the mission to Indonesia could be open to manipulation.
"REX RUMAKIEK: It's better to make it an decision now than wasting their time to go over there. 'Cause you won't see anything new. Most likely, they'll make sure that your mission fails to get whatever you want to see."
But the incoming chairman of the MSG - the FLNKS's Victor Tutugoro - insists the ministerial mission to Indonesia will proceed with eyes wide open.
"VICTOR TUTUGORO (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): Yeah, we know what's happening there. We see the actualities. We are conscious that maybe through this visit they will show us something else. We will see regarding our own decision, for the FLNKS."
"JOHNNY BLADES: Wouldn't giving them membership now be the most help to them?"
"VICTOR TUTUGORO (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): We cannot break the MSG cohesion. This issue can break the cohesion of the MSG."
Meanwhile, MSG Leaders declared commitment and direct assistance to the FLNKS' independence cause. For the veteran FLNKS leader and former MSG chair, Roch Wamytan, assuming the chairmanship now is very important for New Caledonia's Kanaks as they enter the final phase of the Noumea Accord which provides for a possible referendum on independence between next year and 2018.
"ROCH WAMYTAN: We are in the process, in the process of the Noumea Accord's emancipation and decolonisation process. And I think it's very important, as well, to be supported by the MSG for us to achieve our independence in the few years coming."
There are few stauncher supporters of decolonisation in the Pacific than French Polynesia's Oscar Temaru. A special guest at the MSG summit, Mr Temaru recently lost the Presidency of French Polynesia to the pro-France veteran leader Gaston Flosse, but the same week he succeeded in getting French Polynesia re-inscribed on the UN Decolonisation list.
"OSCAR TEMARU: We lost that battle, but I think we won the war - the goal of our fight for 35 years. We got our country back on the list, and I can see a new blood, a new force, in our struggle for the sovereignty of our country in the future."
MSG countries were instrumental in lobbying support for French Polynesia's reinscription. But the issue of West Papua remains a sensitive one in the MSG. Fiji's Foreign Minister, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, was centrally involved in Indonesia gaining observer status in the MSG two years ago and now with securing an invitation for the MSG to visit:
"RATU INOKE KUBUABOLA: Yeah. We need to recognise the fact that our administrative power is Indonesia. And we need to work with Indonesia, with Jakarta."
But many in the MSG framework, such as Roch Wamytan, don't agree with the Leaders' direction on this issue.
"ROCH WAMYTAN: The opportunity to obtain a status of full member, it will be a good thing for West Papua. But we know Papua New Guinea and Fiji, they are not really on this process."
For the West Papuan activist Paula Makabory, MSG leaders have West Papuan lives in their hands:
"PAULA MAKABORY: If the Melanesian leaders decided something just to appease Indonesian governments because of the relationships, in this state they are choosing to kill their own brothers and sisters in West Papua under Indonesian occupation. So they will create more human rights violence in West Papua. We have been facing the questions of genocide in West Papua."
The MSG has grown in cohesion in recent years, becoming the Pacific islands region's most powerful political and economic bloc. However that cohesion may face its biggest test from the creeping divisions over the West Papua issue.
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Happy Sunday, friends!
After falling victim to an eight-hour Bravo binge yesterday, it sure feels good to be a little more productive today. And by productive.. I mean that I am no longer wearing a robe and I made something for breakfast. In other words, I did something (arguably) worth sharing!
My first taste of crêpes (aka creepies) obviously materialized at the International House of Pancakes. I haven't been to an IHOP since I lived in College Station, but that doesn't mean I haven't had ample opportunity to eat those thin and delicious skinny pancakes! The first recipe I found was in a cookbook that Greg gave me for Christmas several years ago -- and it's the only recipe I've ever needed! Just like regular pancake batter, the ingredient list for creepies is refreshingly short and relatively cheap. Crêpe batter is characteristically very thin and it easily spreads across the pan. My favorite part about the finished product is that they are oh-so-open to a variety of flavors (both sweet and savory), but in real life according to Lindsey the best fillings are fresh fruit and cream cheese.
Rather than making fresh fruit compote, I mixed 4 oz cream cheese, 3 Tbs blackberry jam (my last jar from Diane at Hickory Hill Farm!), and just a pinch of ground cinnamon and cardamom. Smear a little of that on one side, fold or roll (we don't judge here), and dig in. Perfect.
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This post provides information about the Bullerenge music genre and showcases four songs performed by Afro-Colombian vocalist Petrona Martinez.
General information about Afro-Colombians is also included in this post as is biographical information about Petrona Martinez.
The content of this post is presented for historical, folkloric, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Colombian
"African Colombian or Afro-Colombians refers to Colombians of African ancestry, and the great impact they have had on Colombian culture. Notable Afro-Colombians include Colombian scientists like Raul Cuero, writers like Manuel Zapata Olivella and politicians: Piedad Córdoba, Paula Marcela Moreno Zapata, and Luis Gilberto Murillo, Miss Colombia 2001 winner and fashion model Vanessa Alexandra Mendoza Bustos, first Olympic gold medal winner for the country Maria Isabel Urrutia, and Major League Baseball player Edgar Rentería...
Afro-Colombians make up 10,52% of the population, almost 5 million people, according to a projection of the National Administration Department of Statistics (DANE),[1] most of whom are concentrated on the northwest Caribbean coast and the Pacific coast in such departments as Chocó, whose capital, Quibdó, is 95.3% Afro-Colombian as opposed to just 2.3% mestizo or white.[4] Considerable numbers are also in Cali, Cartagena, and Barranquilla. Colombia is considered to have the fourth largest Black/African-descent population in the western hemisphere, following Haiti, Brazil and the USA...
African Colombians have played a role in contributing to the development of certain aspects of Colombian culture. For example, several of Colombia's musical genres, such as Cumbia and Vallenato, have African origins or influences."
From http://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Bullerengue/
"Bullerengue is a music genre and dance style with origins in the Colombian Caribbean Coast, with strong relationship and importance to the development and history of the Cumbia genre in the country. Much like Cumbia in its origins, Bullerengue has roots in expressions of African Music music brought by slaves of said continent during the Spanish colonization of South and Central America, and it's known for being sung almost exclusively by females. Some of its main characteristics include a strong emphasis in rhythm and improvisation over melody (with a relative, though not entire, lack of woodwind and string instruments), employment of relatively large groups of musicians (usually not less than 12) and a call-and-response interaction between the lead singer (known as cantadora) and a choir. Bullerengue is associated with the music of artists like Petrona Martínez and Totó la Momposina."
"Bullerengue is a musical style and dance from the Caribbean Region of Colombia and the Darién Province in Panama. It is a cumbia-based style traditionally sung exclusively by women. Some famous bullerengue singers are Irene Martinez, Antún Castro, Estefanía Caycedo, Alé Kumá, Benigna Solís, Martina camargo and Etelvina Maldonado. In recent decades, Petrona Martínez and Totó la Momposina have increased Bullerengue's international popularity and success, having been nominees for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album."
INFORMATION ABOUT PETRONA MARTINEZ[translated to English from Google Translate]
From: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrona_Mart%C3%ADnez
"Petrona Martinez ( San Cayetano , ( San Juan Nepomuceno ) Bolivar , January 27, 1939 ) is an Afro-Colombian singer and native folk music of the Caribbean Coast of Colombia .
Belonging to a tradition of singers who begins her grandmother Carmen Silva and continued by her grandmother and aunt Orfelina Tomasita Martinez Martinez. Her teachers from childhood in their training as folksinger and songwriter of air still in the Afro- Caribbean Region . Her group is formed by the cheerful drum, the drum , bagpipe , maracas, the gourds , the caller , palms and choirs.
Petrona Martinez has had a successful recording career and has toured Spain , Denmark, England , France , United States, Morocco and other countries. She has performed concerts to support the rights of working women in national concerts and international festivals .
Their points of greater international recognition have been her two Grammy Award nominations for Best Latin music album . The first in 2002 for her album " Beautiful Singing " and the most recent for her album " The penalties happy ." In the latter , there are collaborations with Martina Camargo cantadora and members of the County: Egidio Cuadrado and Mayte Montero . Montero , co - produced this album with composer and producer Manuel Andres Garcia for Chaco independent label World Music. Several artists from different genera in the Colombian scene Petrona have recognized among her influences . Some of them are Aterciopelados, Juanes, the Czech Acosta, Cabas and Bomba Estereo, among others."
I changed the "his" and "he" in this translation to "her" and "she".
Example #1: Las penas alegres - Petrona Martínez
Mayte Montero, Uploaded on Sep 15, 2011
Canción de la autoría de Petrona Martínez..
Google translate of the video title: "penalties cheerful"
This is something like "pleasant consequences" in contemporary American English.
Google translate of the publisher's comment: "Song written by Petrona Martinez"
Example #2: La vida vale la pena, Petrona Martínez. África en América
Paurake Mantarraya•Uploaded on Mar 15, 2011
Google translate of the title:Google translate: "Life is worth* Petrona Martinez, Africa in [the] Americas
*Contemporary American English: Is this title "Life is worthy"? "A Good Life"? or "A Worthwhile life?
Example #3: Petrona Martínez y Totó La Momposina
jgss1978, Uploaded on Aug 7, 2011
Homenaje a Totó La Momposina - Bogotá 6 de agosto de 2011 Teatro Mayor J.M.SD.
Google translate "Tribute to [the musical group] Toto La Momposina"
Example #4: Petrona Martínez - El Congo no va a mi rosa
Jaili Ivinai Buelvas Diaz, Uploaded on Nov 3, 2011
Bullerengue Chalupiao incluido en el álbum "Las penas alegres" de la cantadora Petrona Martínez
Google translate: "The Congo is not going to my rose"
I'm not sure what is the correct translation of this title in contemporary American English.
Google translate of the publisher's comment: "Bullerengue Chalupiao included in the album "The penalties happy" from Petrona Martinez cantadora"[vocalist Petrona Martinez"e
I don't know if "chalupiao" is the same as the Spanish "chapula" That term might then translate to something like "spicy Bullerengue". The translation "Petrona Martinez cantadora" translated in American English is "the lead vocalist [or the lead singer] Petrona Martinez".
Thanks to Petrona Martínez for her musical legacy. Thanks also to those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these examples on YouTube.
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I've had a couple of friends ask me what the other things are that I'll be fasting from for the other six months. I haven't decided yet what order I'll be doing them in, but here's the list of the seven areas of excess I'm setting out to simplify:
There's also been a bit of confusion about the books:
There are two books, "7" by Jen Hatmaker, and "The 7 Experiment" by Jen Hatmaker. "7" is just the book, and I read it first. You CAN read it without actually doing the fast, and I highly suggest that you do so, even if you're skeptical. It does not "guilt you" into anything. It does, however, open your eyes to many things that we've become blind to as Americans and especially as American Christians.
"The 7 Experiment" is the actual Bible Study that leads you through a 7 WEEK journey of decreasing excess. I am using the book to keep my head in the game as to WHY I'm doing this fast (because it'd be all to easy for me just to do it and not really think about the deeper reasons as to why I'm doing it), but I'm actually doing the full 7 months instead of the 7 week program it leads you through.
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It never ceases to amaze me how Democrats can allow conservative Republicans--a group whose only reason for being is to undermine the poor--to co-opt the love of God as a political issue. I once read a bumper sticker that said, "The Christian Right is neither Christian, nor Right." I remember thinking at the time, what a profoundly concise statement of fact--Shakespeare couldn't have said it any better. It's unbelievable what these thugs have done--they not only stole Christmas, they stole the Messiah himself. So instead of caving in to the conservative theft of Christianity, every Democrat in
Ok, I know--that sounds like a ridiculously partisan statement, and admittedly, I'm far from a Biblical scholar. In fact, I'm not even truly what most people would call a Christian--that is, unless they examined my heart. But I can read, and all the supernatural stuff notwithstanding, I am a great admirer of Jesus as a progressive, a teacher, and philosopher. So I stand by my position--Jesus Christ was a liberal, and I challenge any Biblical scholar in the world to prove me wrong.
The people who promote these sort of issues are mean-spirited personalities who have become expert at hiding their bigoted proclivities within the Christian community. They pretend to be Christians so they can hide their prejudice, and penchant for demonizing others within a protective cocoon of spirituality. Claiming to be Christians allow them to say, "Oh, it's not me who hates Blacks, liberals, gays, Democrats, and everybody from
So I guess that just about says it all, Brother Bush. You may be able to live in comfort after vetoing child healthcare in the shadow of Christmas, but let's see if you can die in comfort, in the shadow of our Lord.


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The nice thing is that it would be easy. The only thing that room would require would be a bed for Tessa, dresser (the closet got mutilated when they installed our new ducts) and curtains. And voila we would be done!
Here's the question of the day though, for all you vetran Moms. Tessa will be 22 months when baby 2 (yet to be given a cute nickname, suggestions welcome) is born. Will she be old enough at that age to move into a toddler bed?? We found one online for $75 and we're tempted to just snatch it up for later. It says it fits until 6 years old.
If she's not old enough that means of course we need to find a second crib. Our bassinet is pretty small so will only fit the new babe for a little while (Tess only fit in it until 3 months before she was too long). I just don't know much about 2 year olds....do they sleep in cribs or beds??


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There is no way I can blog the sort of response I have in mind to the state of the evangelical pastorate better than John Piper responded in his excellent book Brothers, We Are Not Professionals. If you're interested in the art and profession of pastoring and preaching, I highly recommend it.
Nevertheless, as I think about the reformation of the Church's discipleship culture, one point of concern I have that reflects a vicious cycle of unhealth in the Church is the process by which churches acquire leaders.
Nine years ago I met with my church's student pastor to talk about ministry opportunities at the church. One thing he said that really resonated with me, as immature and undeveloped as my ecclesiology was at the time, was that the church prefers to hire from within. Even then, as a kid in my early twenties who'd already sent a few resumes out to churches, I could see the value in that. When you hire from within, you can ensure a couple of things about your hire: a) he knows your community and culture, and b) you know his competency and experience in a way much deeper than credits on a resume or recommendations from references.
It was great. In theory. Nine years later, I am unaware of any ministers at our church who have been hired from within our church community. This is a church that at one time hosted 4,000 people over a weekend and is currently hosting more than 2,000.
I only mention that as an example, because our church is not unique in this at all, and the reasons this hasn't happened are not unique to us at all. We share these reasons with virtually every other church in American evangelicalism.
Small church to big church, the way we hire pastors is from without. Traditionally through seminary referrals. But as seminary becomes less important in the hiring of pastors, professional qualifications increase in importance.
Let me be really clear here: This is not wrong per se. The reason churches continue to hire from without is clearly because there is a dearth of qualified persons within. I'm not saying churches should hire the incompetent and the inept. My concern, rather, is that fact itself. How qualified are those charged with shepherding our communities if they are not, so to speak, training themselves out of a job? If leaders are not being identified, raised up, developed, trained, and promoted into pastoral roles, how healthy is the culture of spiritual growth? Are we training everybody for everything but vocational ministry? We have people with the gifts of teaching and shepherding but no means by which to train them to be the future teachers and shepherds of the community?
One problem the current megachurch culture hadn't anticipated is the rapid growth not allowing for investment in leadership development. Churches grow very quickly with new Christians or immature Christians and almost overnight there is an abundance of sheep and a lack of shepherds. Where do you draw shepherds from? You have to look outside the community because there aren't any inside.
This is a self-perpetuating cycle. And again, while the hiring of professional ministers from outside the community is a necessary response to the problem, it will take intentionality to begin breaking the cycle.
It takes a while for professionals to learn the culture. I think we are belatedly learning that local churches are not plug-and-play environments. And the local church cultures have to learn their new pastors and adjust in ways they may not to leadership they are already familiar with or to a leadership that already demonstrates cultural familiarity.
The problem is that we expect too much from our pastors and also too little.
Here's what I mean by that: We expect our pastors to arrive with a winning personality, dynamic leadership qualities (including attractive speaking abilities), and a set of tried-and-true programs and constructs that will either revitalize a stagnant church culture or continue the upward trajectory of a growing culture suddenly absent a leader. We expect Chia Church -- Just Add Pastor. So we expect too much.
But in doing so we relegate our pastor to Personality. We are okay with him being a public relations spokesperson and a project manager, and in those expectations we have slowly earned a pastorate that is surprisingly deficient in actual pastoring. Business model church leads to -- or, to be fair, can lead to -- business model management. Strategy supplants shepherding; routines supplant relationships; structure supplants Spirit. The means become the ends, and success becomes measured by things that can . . . well, be measured. How many programs do we have? How much money are we raising? How many people do we have?
And the long term investment, the meat and gristle work of turning some people off to turn others on to cross-driven community in Jesus gets left behind in favor of the appearance of success, the air of accomplishment and influence. We expect far too little.
How do we fix it? Only a jerk talks about the problems without offering solutions.
Actually, I'm not sure how to fix it. (Only a jerk would act like he has all the answers.) Here are my guesses, though . . .
While we obviously have to continue looking outside congregations to find ministers in the transition, local congregations can work at inter-development of future ministers by:
a) Identifying those with teaching/leadership gifts and invest heavily in them. Have senior staff spend quality time with them, showing them the ropes. Train them, be their friends, connect them with each other, send them to conferences, take them on retreats, give them lay pastoral responsibilities, send them on hospital visits, assign them to large group teaching. Don't let these people develop on their own and then vanish.
b) Do pastoral interns even exist any more? Pastors, find at least one layperson with leadership gifts and mentor them. Mentor, mentor, mentor. Be a Paul to someone's Timothy. Not just to a Timothy at your old church, but find one in your new churches.
c) Identify future leaders and send them to seminary. Yeah, it's expensive. Figure something out. It's cheaper than that outside waterfall baptistry and a better long-term investment. Give them a job when they're out or send them out to plant a church sponsored by yours.
d) Men's ministry sucks. Fix it. No more quasi-Eldredge drumbeating "I hate my dad and want to punch my boss" testosterone fests. Get men together, fire them up with the inspiration of reformational spiritual warfare, connect them to each other, teach them Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus, tell them to stop jacking off and watching porn and help them. Them and their sons. Teach them that it's better for their wives to be at church because they are, not the other way around. Then practice church discipline if their church self is not the same as their home self. I don't mean to sound chauvinist or sexist but the Church needs its men to saddle back up, and tapping into their inner cavemen isn't the answer.
e) Become a church planting church, not a satellite campus planting church. Not that you can't do both, obviously. But the former will eventually train your culture to anticipate leaders coming from within rather than just expecting to clone the same leaders through technology. A church that plans to expand missionally will be planning to have missionaries. And that training culture will also be producing future ministers for the home church. (I know, it sounds convoluted. I can clarify this point in the comments, if needed.)
f) When interviewing prospective hires, go deeper than the already deep inspection of their education, experience, and references. They may be successful professionals. Are they good husbands and fathers? Do they have problems with anger or obsession? Why are they leaving their last church?
On that note, what's their employment history like? How long do they stay in one place? Do you really want to have to repeat the process in another few years? A guy with a history of investment will be more likely to invest long term in your church, and long term investment bears bigger, better fruit.
g) It may be nice that the guy is hip and down with the times and creative for his generation. How's his theology? Is he a student of the Scriptures? A guy with sound doctrine will be able to adjust better down the road when culture's winds change to the next big fashion. Grass withers, flowers fade and all that. Your guy's not into theology? Make him your staff manager or something, not your teaching or lead pastor. We are a People of the Book. A guy who's just not enamored with the Book is not a guy who should be trusted with the spiritual care of the People. Doesn't matter how big his last church was or how good a speaker he is.
I'll conclude by offering another qualification so no one thinks I'm picking on particular churches or pastors. It is not your new pastor's fault that his church hired him from without. It might be the last pastor's fault. :-) Pastors leave churches for a variety of reasons, and there's nothing wrong with the leaving. Not really even with the getting. In any event, this isn't the fault of anybody in particular. But as the emerging data on the state of spiritual growth inside the churches caught up in "professional ministry" demonstrates, it's all of our problem.


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Friday, October 31, 2008
Ye Who Enter Here
poor BILLY BLAKE was hung by mistake
so we buried him
here lies LESTER MOORE
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Quit Your Meanness
The town square is a common layout with the courthouse in the center; shops and restaurants with extra wide sidewalks and awnings. The streets a few blocks of the square have a wide range of houses and workshops.
This weather-worn sign caught my attention...
quit your meanness!
Oh.... is that how you spell meanness? I never knew!
The shops at Gainesboro's square lure the shoppers inside with cute window displays.
I visited a florist, a fruit stand, and 2 'oddities' and antique shops---and bought several things that caught my eye.
Look for another post soon about an talented gourd artist that lives in Gainesboro, and lots of photos of her amazing work.
Monday, October 27, 2008
feels like I'm 10 feet tall
So we've worked to combine our interests and share our best with you. All of the posts here are authored by me, Carey Lynn. And Mike keeps a fun blog on myspace that reads like a radio show script!
You'll be getting to know Mike as we run special promotions and contests, and I may even conduct a 'rock star' interview with him for this blog:)
When Mike visits me in Nashville for the music business, we prepare some blog posts that are very entertaining!
< < < big guitar on music row
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Romantic Vision
Thursday, October 23, 2008
takin' this show in the road
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Something Wonderful is about to Happen
Sunday, October 19, 2008
The Legend of Jim Bowie
At some point, the family surname for our brood was changed to "Bowers" and was centralized in Louisiana and Alabama. Each generation is told of the Bowie-Bowers connection with great pride.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
This little guy is really a handpainted rock...he has small bumps and fleshy skin just like the real-deal. He doesn't have a pretty face, and he doesn't mind being handled and loved.
The Bullfrog rock has an unpainted belly---to show his true nature.
Kiss a frog:)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Wists List
...you can create your own wish list or borrow someone elses!
I like the simple method of adding to a wist: it uses a one button command from your browser tool bar, then you select the image, add some text and tags.
you just got yourself a new wist
it can be posted on your blog with their simple widgets
like the one I created on the sidebar>>>
very pretty! and wistful!
Monday, October 13, 2008
MAD about MiM
43 MAD members in a frenzy
Friday, October 10, 2008
The Sunset Mural
Thursday, October 09, 2008
think it. make it. sell it.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Don't take any wooden nickels
Putting my artistic burnings aside for some production work in wooden nickels. A charming little novelty that I developed as a way to promote Edge of the Wildwood. Using some quaint old expressions like "every path has it's puddle" or "Nothing can come from nothing" and incorporating my shop name --- the small wooden nickels are a great representation of my folksy style. The familiar sayings and fancy lettering are reflective of my signwork, and the material (wood!) is another way to get the message across:)
The nickels are created with a 750 degree burning iron with a flat, coin shaped tip. The computer images are printed in reverse/mirror form so that the wood disc can be taped down and the image is ironed on from the back of the paper. The taping and ironing process is repeated for front and back of the coin, and great care is taken to make it legible.
To borrow another expression "The opposite side also has a reverse side"
Most of these nickels will be sent out to fellow crafters on MadeItMyself, so they can send them out with orders. EOW wooden nickels don't hold any real value, they're just a fun.
Monday, October 06, 2008
The Crafts Cottage Industry
Thursday, October 02, 2008
you get a line and I'll get a pole
The Gnome Guide
will you be my fairy princess?
3 hand-tied fishing flies $6


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If you are in any management position today in any organization be it big or small or your own small concern then I truly feel very sorry for you! My reasons for this heartfelt sympathy are that when you visited your dad at work at any time up to the mid 80's you would have realized that life was actually great because everyone had time and offices globally had a "special guy" for everything! If you dad was a bigwig then for sure he had a receptionist, a telephone operator, a stenographer and a secretary (all different people) to ensure he got the job done! In those days your dad had a great life because he came home and disconnected to some extent if employed and spent time with family and then maybe on the odd day went and hung out with work buddies and looked forward to his "stag" time.
Then the 90's happened where every senior executive was walking around with an expensive, very heavy plastic brick of some kind known as a mobile phone which was at first a status symbol that managed to diminish the value of every secretary (us sales people know them as gate keepers) and eventually made them defunct and delete that entire position from most organograms!
This status symbol became a necessity so the industrial world went into over drive and produced so much volume at such ridiculously low cost that mobile communications took a turn at a velocity that the human mind cannot comprehend. This led to stenographers, typists and everything else that served a purpose being deleted off the organogram as executives were retrained to be self-sufficient to keep the COGS down in every company. The day they make a robot that will come to your desk and give you Starbucks, your lunch and serve as a vending machine for your gum and cigarettes sadly that day the tea boys you so fondly tip will also be removed from the organogram.
Another negative point to consider from all this mechanization and technology addiction is that the effect of this race for being connected has resorted to a major ecological problem because once "cloud computing" came into being the world had a major issue with regard to the disposal of old defunct technology that became a major concern even when compared to disposing nuclear toxic waste.
My point is that today what machine you buy as in a mobile computing platform will never be perfect because you will buy it at a phenomenal cost and when you trade it in you will get peanuts because all of a sudden within six months the hardware cannot support the new software out there that will be current. Changing a laptop or a tablet is a pain because there is always some form of data loss. Because I import hardware and am tech savvy I have used and worked with so many brands that are windows or Linux based but have never been truly satisfied as some element has always been missing!
One need to look at the Microsoft Surface as a fantastic solution and not dismiss it because when it comes to next generation computing everything is based upon cloud so really as a business user do not need terabytes of space on a physical hard drive! Also should you get mugged or your drive crash due to electricity fluctuation… you just lost an immense amount of data! Today data is everything! Beneath the sleek surface one gets a whole new generation of technology plugged into your entire company through any Microsoft solution and that will give you a relief by giving you real time access twenty four hours a day as and when you need it.
People love iPad and frankly those who do, either play games or use it for social media but the limitation in that tablet really makes business computing very mentally cumbersome. Android is not stable enough as no software build has ever been stable enough to support an entire business organization!
I strongly suggest that when you are buying your next tablet or your next mobile device or laptop. Combine the two and get yourself a Microsoft Surface! Yes there will be a learning curve involved but hey you got used to windows 8 didn't you when you freaked out where the start button went! As an organization you should adapt and change with the times and not let new technology bind your professional capabilities by keeping you looking in all directions! Look beneath the Surface and see what you can actually achieve with a Microsoft Surface!
Yes we do stock it! (But Officially!)... and we do have it all the funky colors you would want!
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"Being aware and understanding what's going on in your system and then literally working it through your body, like retraining your body how to calm down, is really useful," Meredith says. For many of her trauma patients, it's a long and intense process. And if it goes untreated? "A lot of people don't heal, and it manifests in a lot of different ways throughout their lives. There's a study they did with Vietnam vets who'd had—clearly—a lot of trauma during the war. Twenty years later, they measured their levels of pain before and after they showed them intense footage from Vietnam. Pretty much across the board, after they saw this really intense, violent footage from the war, their levels of pain went down. Because when trauma doesn't get to work itself through your system, your system idles at a heightened state, and so getting more really intense input calms your system down." Which is why, she explains, "A lot of folks who've survived trauma end up being really calm in crisis and freaking out in everyday life."From I'm Gonna Need You to Fight Me On This: How Violent Sex Helped Ease My PTSD
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Calm in Crisis, Freaking Out in Everyday Life
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So, here I find myself alone again, even the one who started me out. That's fine. The hobby's the thong, er...thing.
I am no great writer, no great painter, and no great anything. Lord knows my W/L ratio can testify! I am not in WM for the winning. I enjoy it. I like assembling and painting and eventually playing. I am no great competitor either, so I guess, I really shouldn't be playing WM. To that I say that I got my b & w copy of Prime right here, so back up.
I like my blog, for the reason everyone else likes theirs. Its opinion. I got involved in the Leagues last year. I didn't like it so much. Like many things it assumes too much. Assumes you can have the same time available, assumes all point totals are equal, assumes the ladder will balance, etc.
So, whatever.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
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- AnonymousApril 30, 2010 at 10:00 PM
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Monday, September 26, 2016
The Angel of Forest Hill By Cindy Woodsmall
A time of anticipation. A season of miracles.
Because of Joel's impossible situation, twenty-one-year-old Rose must sacrifice everything. As days pass into years in the midst of the beautiful hills, the laughter of children, and God's providence—is it too much for Rose to hope for love in return?
An amazing journey toward love and belonging, filled with the wonder of the season of Christ's birth.
When Old Order Amish Rose Kurtz is asked to leave her family, travel deep into West Virginia, and help Joel Dienner with his children in the wake of tragedy, the quiet young woman recognizes a home where she might find kindness instead of criticism and hope replacing harsh words. She agrees to stay in Forest Hill and become Joel's wife for the sake of his family needs, but their marriage is to be a partnership, one built from need, not love and affection.
As the years pass, Rose continues to beckon Joel to join life again, to take joy in his growing children, and to awaken his heart to the possibility of new love. Joel hopes that Rose can move beyond deep-rooted hurts to see the beautiful Christmas ahead, their season. But will the arrival of a beautiful widow and a series of misunderstandings reverse how far Rose and Joel have come?
Pick up your copy here...
Cindy Woodsmall is a New York Times, CBA, ECPA, and USA Today best-selling author who has written seventeen (and counting!) works of fiction and one of nonfiction. She and her dearest Old Order Amish friend, Miriam Flaud, coauthored the nonfiction, Plain Wisdom: An Invitation into an Amish Home and the Hearts of Two Women. Cindy has been featured on ABC Nightline and on the front page of the Wall Street Journal,and has worked with National Geographic on a documentary concerning Amish life. In June of 2013, the Wall Street Journal listed Cindy as the one of the top three most popular authors of Amish fiction.
She's won Fiction Book of the Year, Reviewer's Choice Awards, Inspirational Reader's Choice Contest, as well as one of Crossings' Best Books of the Year. She's been a finalist for the prestigious Christy, Rita, and Carol Awards, Christian Book of the Year, and Christian Retailers Choice Awards.
Her real-life connections with Amish Mennonite and Old Order Amish families enrich her novels with authenticity. Though she didn't realize it at the time, seeds were sown years ago that began preparing Cindy to write these books. At the age of ten, while living in the dairy country of Maryland, she became best friends with Luann, a Plain Mennonite girl. Luann, like all the females in her family, wore the prayer Kapp and cape dresses. Her parents didn't allow television or radios, and many other modern conveniences were frowned upon. During the numerous times Luann came to Cindy's house to spend the night, her rules came with her and the two were careful to obey them--afraid that if they didn't, the adults would end their friendship. Although the rules were much easier to keep when they spent the night at Luann's because her family didn't own any of the forbidden items, both sets of parents were uncomfortable with the relationship and a small infraction of any kind would have been enough reason for the parents to end the relationship. While navigating around the adults' disapproval and the obstacles in each other's lifestyle, the two girls bonded in true friendship that lasted into their teen years, until Cindy's family moved to another region of the US.
As an adult, Cindy became friends with a wonderful Old Order Amish family who opened their home to her. Although the two women, Miriam and Cindy, live seven hundred miles apart geographically, and a century apart by customs, when they come together they never lack for commonality, laughter, and dreams of what only God can accomplish through His children. Over the years Cindy has continued to make wonderful friendships with those inside the Amish and Mennonite communities--from the most conservative ones to the most liberal.
Cindy and her husband reside near the foothills of the North Georgia Mountains in their now empty nest.
If you'd like more information or to contact her, you can go to her website: http://www.cindywoodsmall.com or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/authorcindywoodsmall
I really enjoyed this Christmas treat from Woodsmall.
It was a story that was easy to fall in love with the characters were so easy to love well most of them. This is a story of faith, hope and new beginnings.
I truly love a happy ending and this one did not disappoint on that end. I read this book in one sitting it not very long and it holds your attention until the very end.
I gave this book 4 stars. I recommend this one.
I was given a copy of this book by the publisher for my honest review.
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Another one of my favorite authors! Can't wait to read this one! Thank you Mary for this review.ReplyDelete
Another Amish book. o noReplyDelete
A Christmas book, I am so ready.ReplyDelete
Im passing on Amish books for a while. Thanks MaryReplyDelete
I like Amish and Christmas this is for me.ReplyDelete
We like Cindy Woodsmall so this will be a treat for us.ReplyDelete
Yea! I want to read this one.ReplyDelete
Sounds really good. I can't wait to read it.ReplyDelete
Not one that I want to read but thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
Sounds really good I need to add this to my Christmas books.ReplyDelete
This sounds like a great one! Thank you, Mary!ReplyDelete
This sounds like a great one! Thank you, Mary!ReplyDelete
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Kevin Rice, Adelaide
My experience with Shamarie was a profound. One for me. It answered some questions for me, and hopefully will show me the way forward to achieve lasting inner peace!
Mark P
I've been seeing Shamarie on and off for a few years now ,whenever I needed help to get through any issues I cant get though myself I highly recommend her and will continue to see her
I love Shamarie's wit and compassion and sense of perspective.
I really benefit from her treatment and when I feel it's time to go again her name keeps on popping up in my mind,
thanks Diana
Janeane Mck. Gawler
I've been regularly going to see Shamarie for approx. 4 years now. When I first met with Shamarie, a multitude of bad life experiences had me broken to a point that I couldn't put all the pieces back together on my own anymore. Thankfully Shamarie was there with all of her experience to help guide & support me through what was
the most challenging but rewarding experience so far; healing from all past damage! As life's challenges continue so does the understanding,support,guidance & amazement of what Shamarie's capabilities are. Through these changes we grow together, I truly appreciate her as a person & for sharing her gift. I can guarantee that even if you don't understand how it works you will definitely feel that it really does work!
Carol Blaser, Mid North South Australia
After going through the recent Pinery fire and the loss and stress associated with such an event, a visit to Shamarie helped me to see past the devastation and bring my focus to the future possibilities and new beginnings that were there for me.
Jo and George G, Brompton
I just wanted to thank you for helping George and I kick the dreaded cigarettes.
The birthday party was fine and there was a smokers table outside and I just looked on thinking 'yuck'. Mind you I have had little trigger cravings but soon after they disappear it's so amazing!!!
I also felt really flat and agro directly after and cried often and realised just how much stuff I have been bottling up. But now (apart from feeling fluey) I'm feeling much more open emotionally.
George has been rather the opposite of his normal self – walking around singing making jokes and we are talking about our difficult non smoking moments and how we are both getting through them.
I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping us make this possible. You are very talented at what you do and when I have some time I'd love to continue some treatment with you for my other issues.
S. Rajkotwala, Nursery owner Mid North SA
"If you're ready for some profoundly life -changing healing, then give this lady a go!"
Mitch Carson, Impact Marketing California
Kym Hewett, Business Owner Henley Beach
P Loizou Eden Hills
"I'm a 57 year old self-employed accountant with a busy professional and family life, and have been visiting Shamarie since October 06.
My husband recommended her, and at the time I was having problems with the menopause, mainly irritability, mood swings, depression, lack of energy.
I have also had bad asthma all my life since childhood and have "learned to live with it" with daily medication and my nebulizer machine for attacks or times when I've got a bad virus.
After my first few monthly visits I found a significant increase in my energy levels, and a big improvement in my mental attitudes and ability to handle stress, business or personal.
On a physical level, I have had only 1 doctor's appointment in 12 months whereas most years I have at least 5 or 6 a year, most requiring antibiotics for bronchial infections, viruses, ear infections. I've also used my asthma nebulizer machine only 3 or 4 times in the last 12 months, whereas normally I was using it heavily in winter months in particular.
I am still on my daily asthma medication but am working on progressively reducing it over the next 12 months".
Norman K. Eden Hills
The circumstances leading up to my first consultation with Shamarie involved the unfortunate death of my very dearest Wife of 38 years from cancer…….In the time since my Wife's death, I had sought, over a period of time, the assistance of three different grief counsellors. Their therapy seemed to work for a period of 6-8 weeks. Unfortunately, the grief and depression gradually overtook my very being, once again. Eventually, the feelings of grief and the resulting depression almost became too much to tolerate. I was determined that I wanted to do something to dispel this ongoing endless despair. I happened to notice an advertisement placed by Shamarie. In retrospect, it was very timely, as my innermost emotions were reaching the point of sheer and utter desperation.
The very first consultation with Shamarie, was, to my mind, absolutely AMAZING, as in all of my life, I had not experienced anything as incredible, unique, wonderful and mind-boggling. Over a period of several months of monthly appointments, continuing this Biosenetics therapy, coupled with vocal affirmation, this VERY EXCEPTIONAL & EXTRAORDINARY woman, Shamarie, has given me back my life, my normal emotions and my "joie de vivre". I hasten to add, NO drugs were prescribed!! Drug free therapy!!
Skyla, Christie Downs, SA
"I first came to Shamarie with my son in a desperate search for help with his Dyslexia and Aspergers, for which she has been a godsend. But I remember leaving thinking, brilliant lady but not for me. Something inside me knew if ever I got on her treatment table, there would be no more hiding, and honestly that scared me. As the universe would have it during the course of treating my son there came a time when it became appropriate for me to take the enormous step up on the table to help my son and this I believe was the single most important health care decision I have ever made in my life. From that point on, my life was changed for the better and I feel that the knots in the pit of my stomach are not only gone, but aren't even a part of who I am now. Short of pledging my first born I give anything not to go back to were I have come from and with Shamarie's help I know I will never have to. So if you have the courage to get on the table just know that Shamarie has the compassion and determination to hold your hand while you change your life, how you see yourself and how you define happiness. You will never look back".
Allison S. Business Owner, Gawler
Anita S. Mother North Adelaide
R. Knobloch, Accountant
'I been seeing Shamarie for over 6 years now and I'm amazed at how my life has changed during that time. I've learned that we have our very own doctor inside of us and that our physical well-being is largely determined by how much "emotional baggage" we can clear. I've found that Biosenetics treatment is a very accurate way of finding out what our body needs to heal itself, whether its external medicine or internal emotional release. Shamarie has been a great help in helping me to identify problem areas so that I can bring into completion those things that block me from optimal health and well-being".
Shamarie has also helped me to understand that I can be "OK" with whatever is happening "right now". That does not mean that I have to like it, or that I do nothing about it, I just allow it to be "as it is" without fighting it. When I come into peace with "what is", I'm in a much clearer space to take "right and appropriate action". Thanks Shamarie".
Penny B. Teacher, Adelaide
Before seeing Shamarie, my negative thought patterns were paralysing me – I was allowing my fears to stop me from living 'in my greatness'. Shamarie has taught me that I am the master of my own life, that I am capable of healing. In her sessions, Shamarie gently guides you and teaches you to listen to your SELF, to take notice of what you are thinking and feeling and realise that everything you need to know is within you. I walk away from her sessions feeling empowered and glowing from inside out. Everything appears clearer, you notice the brightness of colours, the shape of things . . . Shamarie has helped me to re-learn and remember how to live in joy, peace and love and for that I'm most grateful. We make appointments to see the doctor when we have a physical ailment like a cold . . .I make an appointment to see Shamarie to find out what's REALLY behind that cold. . . . I will always have regular spiritual, physical and emotional check-ups with Shamarie".
Joanne Smith, Facebook Marketing Specialist Belair SA
Words can't adequately describe my absolute gratitude for all that you have done for me. I came to you at a very dark time where I really couldn't see the woods for the trees. I certainly was in emergency mode and could not believe the difference I felt after the very first session. To say I was hooked thereafter is an understatement. You certainly have a gift and my life has been enriched beyond belief as a result so much so that my husband is now a faithful disciple of yours! I have grown enormously as an individual and you have given me tools to cope with all that life has thrown at me and for that I will be forever in your debt. Whatever you've got, I want more and your guidance, counselling and genuine concern for my welfare is evident each time I meet with you. I look forward to our sessions and always walk away feeling energised and ready to take on the world. You are worth your weight in gold and have made me realise that all the challenges are just par for the course. You are an integral part of my life these days and I have recommended you to clients, family and friends. You may never know just how much you have helped me but somehow I think you do!
With great affection",
Pauline L. Accountant Eden Hills
Whendee Y. Enviromental Engineer, Gawler
C Smith Business Owner Belair SA
"I started going to Shamarie after my wife was coming home telling me of her discoveries. At first she booked me in and insisted I see what could be done for me but I must admit that whilst initially sceptical, after the first session I found myself more than a little bit intrigued and rebooking off my own back. I have been amazed at the way I have felt and the things that I have found out and buried within myself. So far it has been a very interesting journey and I certainly feel like my hard drive has had a lot of useless things deleted from it. I have noticed a significant improvement in my personal and business life and am getting to know the real me. It has been made all the more enjoyable given that as a couple we are walking the same path. My inner well being has been greatly restored and I have gone from sceptic to convert".
S Sangster, Land Broker
'This email is to say thank you for all your help for myself and my family. Your caring nature in all things related to our physical, mental and emotional health has been very much appreciated and helpful. We also know that we can call upon your expertise in the future if needed. Me and my family wish you all the very best now and in the future".
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
Race and Family History
We went to dinner at some friends' house here in Chicago last night, in a neighborhood I had not heard of - Budlong Woods. It is named about the Budlong high school nearby. We had a great vegetarian dinner (there were so many allergies among the attendees that I could have made a killing selling benedryl and epi pens. Perhaps killing isn't the correct word). Squash soup with ginger. Organic green salad with pears, roasted walnuts and walnut oil, Vegetarian lasagna. And a killer dessert made of a pecan shortbread crust, cream cheese filling, pumpkin pudding and whipped cream.
We had a very diverse group and the discussion got around to racial slurs and what you heard family members use as a kid. I won't go into exact details since I don't think such terms have a place these days, but we talked about what terms were used to describe certain people of certain races. And how overhearing these terms affected us.
I was impressed that several people stated that at some point their parent or parents sat down and told them, "You may have heard Uncle Dan say the word ________. This is not a nice word and here is what it means. We don't use words like that to describe ________ people. It isn't right."
Several of us grew up in families with no encounters with black people until much later in life. To this day, one person's family has never had a black person in their house. Another person didn't understand the word "colored" as a child and promptly began drawing on his skin with a crayon and told his mother he was "colored." Someone else's first encounter with a black person was at a carnival. The ticket taker handed over tickets and my friend, as a young boy, saw that the man's palms were almost white. So he theorized that the color of the skin on black people wore off over time.
The discussion also touched on diversity and how children today seem to be exposed to many more races and types of people including LGBT people. Much of it is how mass media handles race and sex nowadays.
I grew up in a family where grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins didn't have black, latino, asian or native american friends or acquaintances. The only encounters were usually in public as merchants, tradespeople or service people. I think the lack of exposure, and the way mass media worked back then allowed a greater sense of misconceptions about other races as well as racial slurs.
I'd be interested to hear from other genea-bloggers on the issue of race - how it affected your family or you growing up. Are there or were there any interracial marriages in your family tree?
Photo: Rosa Parks, Birmingham, Alabama, December 1, 1955
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- Apple said...
This is a very tough topic for me. My parents were very different in their views. I experienced racial hatred first hand at the age of 14. I was the only white kid on the bus except the driver. I believe that most things happen for a reason and now I drive the bus and I have had kids of various races over the years. I do not tolerate slurs of any kind or any other form of bigotry. When I get on a kid for saying something inappropriate and they respond "but my dad says" I tell them flat out that their dad is WRONG, the only time I will put down a kid's parent, no matter what I think of them.
The hate word I battle on a day to day basis is the word gay. When I write them up for sexual harassment it doesn't seem to make an impression. We have a long way to go in rural CNY.
- November 18, 2007 at 3:31 PM