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Julia Cameron is the author of The Artist's Way as well as about a bajillion other works of fiction, non-fiction, plays, musicals, essays, etc. She has had quite a life (an understatement).
What a ride.
I liked The Artist's Way, but I find her style of writing to be a little... choppy? Over-simplified? I don't know... it's easy to read, but not at all lyrical. Maybe perhaps because her life has been so jam-packed with events and ups and downs, she seemed to skip or gloss over certain events (such as the development and impact of The Artist's Way), while long passages were devoted to her lapses in sanity (which, to be honest, were pretty interesting).
However, let me tell you, this lady is the EXPERT at "pulling a geographical." When life gets rough, just pull up stakes and haul ass to New York, or Los Angeles, or Taos, or Chicago. I lost track of how many cross-country moves she undertook... often traveling to a place "on vacation" and then just never returning home -- just having her things packed and shipped. That's one way of (not) dealing with life, I guess.
I kept reading because the course of her life was pretty interesting, but I can't say I loved the book. While undoubtedly extremely talented and gifted, she strikes me as (I hate to say it but) rather unstable in all sorts of ways. Her poor daughter Domenica gets pulled around through all these moves, and she (Julia) remains somewhat a victim to poor choices in men and an avoidance of facing facts. Which is interesting, considering that her most-famous work is based on 12-step recovery programs.


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Many parents feel uncertain and ill-prepared when their child has completed inpatient or outpatient addiction treatment. You probably have many questions about how to best support your teen's recovery and you may be feeling extra pressure.
We put this guide together to answer those questions. We want to give parents hope that they can find tools and supports to make their families stronger, and deal with the complex and challenging situations that parents and children experience during the days, months and years after treatment.
Unfortunately, there is very little scientific evidence for parents on how to best support their child's recovery. All of the information you'll find here, however, is based on well-established behavioral principles, clinical experience and related research.
Keep in mind that each parent, child and family is unique. You'll need to take into account your family's strengths and weaknesses, the severity of your child's substance use and the presence of co-occurring disorders. Most families will benefit from support and other professional help after their teen finishes treatment, including family therapy.
Sometimes the situation is complex and requires the help of a skilled professional who can help you learn about the options that are best for your family. Please note that the information you'll find here does not take the place of a health professional whom you should collaborate with to help your teen manage his or her addiction.
We hope this guide will help you figure out what might best support your recovery journey together.
This material is the copyrighted work of The Treatment Research Institute and Partnership for Drug-Free Kids. All rights reserved. Limited use and reproduction of this document is permitted for personal purposes only. Development of this tool was funded through grant #P50-DA02784 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Our natural tendency is to notice when something goes wrong and to try and correct it, often by implementing restrictions, or providing negative feedback, both of which can be punishing. It is much more difficult to notice when something goes right and reward it, but emphasizing the positive is very important. Positive reinforcement may be especially important with substance-abusing adolescents who are defiant, resistant to authority or have low self-esteem. Punishment often appears to be immediately effective, because it often results in the adolescent immediately stopping undesirable behavior. Unfortunately, in the long run, controlling behavior by punishing it is often ineffective and can have negative side effects including making the adolescent more secretive about the behavior and damaging your relationship with your child. If you are going to use negative consequences for rule-breaking, you should always use them in combination with positive reinforcement for following rules. There should be much more opportunity for positive reinforcement than there is for punishment – the general guideline is at least five positives for every negative.
"Emphasizing the positive is very important, and may be especially important with substance-abusing adolescents who are defiant, resistant to authority or have low self-esteem."http://continuingcare.drugfree.org/category/reinforcing-the-message/#197save this answer
It is essential that you communicate the message that you expect your child to stay completely abstinent from drugs and alcohol following addiction treatment. Make it clear that abstinence is the household rule.
This means that taking prescription drugs that are not prescribed or in a way that is inconsistent with a physician's orders is also against the rules. Conveying a strong and clear expectation about abstinence, is your best bet for decreasing the chances your child will relapse.
This is important because adolescent alcohol and drug use is not only illegal, but it also has negative effects on brain development, and research shows that the brain continues to develop until the mid-20s.
"Conveying a strong and clear expectation about abstinence, is your best bet for decreasing the chances your child will relapse."http://continuingcare.drugfree.org/category/reinforcing-the-message/#193save this answer
First, you have to be sure whether your child is abstinent. The best way to do this is to involve a health care provider who is well-informed about adolescent substance use and drug testing. Ideally, drug testing occurs two to three times a week and your child does not know in advance when the test will occur. Random scheduling is important so that your child is not able to prepare by stopping drug use prior to the test.
The testing schedule can be reduced over time as your child demonstrates continuing abstinence. Because drug tests won't pick up all substances your child might be using, don't ignore other signs that your child is using.
Second, you and your child must have a pre-determined understanding of what consequences will occur if a drug test comes out positive and what rewards or reinforcements there will be for staying abstinent.
The rules for behavior – and the consequences for breaking the rules – need to be clear as well. Rules must be set out in advance — not decided upon when something unpleasant happens. You may want to even write up contract. Figure out what things really matter to your child. Create rewards and consequences based on what your child values.
Positive reinforcement is saying and doing something "nice" for your child in response to positive behavior and can encourage healthy constructive changes. Consider providing a reward as soon as possible after your child has abstained from substances or followed other rules you have created beforehand. What rewards are effective varies for every person and may include things as simple as receiving praise, having accomplishments acknowledged or earning privileges. For some, earning extra driving or cell phone privileges may be important; for others having their favorite meal or getting extra time with friends is most valued.
Sometimes NOT mentioning drugs, addiction or recovery all day long can be a welcome and pleasant reward to both you and your teen. Also, a big hug, a smile or an 'I love you' can go a long way." - Paul Kusiak, parent
When rules are violated, it can help to place restrictions on things or activities of value to your child. Parents should also think through with a health care professional what they should do if they discover that their child is using drugs or alcohol. For example, a parent should avoid yelling at the child, or trying to have a discussion while the child is drunk or high.
Restrictions and other negative consequences should not be too severe or long lasting. Take away the cell phone, but let the teen earn it back within a week – two at the longest. If you keep taking things away for the rest of the month, by the end of the month there might be nothing left to take away.
Use negative consequences sparingly. The emphasis should be on noticing and rewarding your child when he or she does something positive.
Note: Focusing on the positive doesn't mean that your teen should have free access to everything he or she wants. If you have an agreement that your child can earn extra cell minutes by going to his or her aftercare program, it's okay not to give those unless he earns them. With holding privileges is not the same as punishing.
"Reward positive behavior by acknowledging or praising it and sometimes giving added privileges or things that matter most."http://continuingcare.drugfree.org/category/reinforcing-the-message/#195save this answer
Although you need to clearly communicate a message of abstinence, there is always the chance that relapse will occur.
Teens are typically prone to testing boundaries, impulsive behavior and poor decision-making. We now know that these behaviors are related to the areas of the developing brain associated with impulsivity and cognitive control. This may make it much harder for teens to meet a goal of abstinence than it is for individuals who develop substance use disorders in adulthood. Research shows that nearly one-third of adolescents who have completed a 28-day program use a substance again within the first three months.
"Although you need to clearly communicate a message of abstinence, there is always the chance that relapse will occur."
Recovery from a substance use disorder is more than abstinence. Recovery is about improving one's quality of life, being emotionally and physically healthy, succeeding in school or work, having healthy relationships, having a healthy social life, and living drug-free.http://continuingcare.drugfree.org/category/reinforcing-the-message/#199save this answer
A full relapse is the process of returning to problematic substance use seen before treatment, whereas a slip (which is far more common) is a specific drug use episode.http://continuingcare.drugfree.org/category/reinforcing-the-message/#201save this answer
It is not your fault if a slip or relapse occurs. Although a return to drug use can be frustrating for you and your child, it is important to remember that it does not need to lead to a full relapse and your child can pick up again in the recovery process. However, this does not mean that parents should not be concerned or should tell to their child that occasional use is acceptable. Motivation to stay abstinent may be low in adolescents and that can be especially frustrating for parents who feel their child should want to stay sober. It is essential that you, as the parent, indicate that you do not want your child to be using any alcohol or drugs.
"It is essential that you indicate that you do not want your child to be using any alcohol or drugs."
Reality check: How many times have some of us tried to diet, exercise or quit smoking? It isn't always one and done. Our teens didn't get so deep into the deep dark woods of their substance use overnight. Seldom is there one straight path out of those woods – from chaos to clarity. When the entire family practices self-care, this time of relapse can pass without panic and drama. Lessons can be learned, and recovery moves forward again." - Paul Kusiak, parent

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The Lawds make the kind of fuzzed out garage rock I love. Their songs are addictive and I constantly find myself humming the tunes hours after having listened to them. Do yourself a favor, and let's cross our fingers that we get a full-length release from them soon.
MP3 :: The Lawds - Don't Know When
Don't Know When
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text: 9 out of 10 Margaret Brentwood Hobby musician Good Points+ No sticky bits will be left unlike the old stars that were used on the neck before! Bad Points− Not easy to put on under the strings, but then nothing is. Confirmed purchase: 10 July 2015 Published on: 27 July 2015


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Tumblr is an interesting place (for some good analysis, read John's blog a lot).
I'm going to talk about Tumblr here, in general terms, but I suppose everyone's dashboard is different. Mine doesn't look like yours (if you have one). But this is my blog, so we're talking about my dashboard here.
I follow a lot of #menswear stuff. It isn't really what I'm into now (it's Italian more than Ivy, which is what I dig), and I followed most of them when they were on the last trend of workwear. Now they're all on "sexysex" and polish. I dig wrinkled oxfords and suits, shoes I haven't polished in way too long, and ties where the silk has pulled from my ignored neck stubble.
When I actually take the time to look through more than five or six pages of my dashboard, I get the feeling that I'm reading
Because of this, I look through Tumblr once a week at most. That's probably why mine sucks (by the community standard).
John wrote this on his post about super awesome blogspots: "This introspective labeling will create you a community but close your mind."
I think that's a great insight. What we have now is people with huge tumblr blogs selling their vision of style to people (literally selling, since most of them have clothing lines nowadays), and people somehow equate big blog stats with flawless style and taste, and they just are not the same.
LAS is a (blogging) visionary because got every joe with a blog to link to their post on his site. Now he sells his vision of style at giant prices, and people buy it. But blogging vision does not (and should not) equal style vision. There are great bloggers with terrible style, and terrible bloggers with great style, and some with neither (what, what).
I guess this post could be seen as whining because my blogs are small time in this community. It's strange to say, since I still feel young, but YM/OM is truly an old man. I had a heyday, a year or two ago, and now I think I'm washed up. I'm OK with that. I don't have to worry about being "true to my readers." Who gives a crap what I have to say? So I'll just talk about that which I am thinking. Which usually doesn't interest anyone other than myself.
It's OK. I like to write. I also like to be acknowledged, but I'm getting better with that. I might even delete my stats programs. I waste way too much time looking at bar graphs for an English teacher.
(This post should is not an inditement of all tumblr blogs. There are some really terrific blogs I follow, and they are what keep me coming back to that black and white box. So thanks to all of you good guys)


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Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Seize the Birthday Silver/Gold Challenge. Creative Card Crew also has an Anything Goes Challenge.
Monday, December 29, 2014
Joy Birds
Imagine That. I really thought this was really cute and had planned to get this done much earlier. So much for plans. I used the Sketch from Sketch Saturday. I also want to use this in the Use any Digi Challenge at Imagine That. 613 Avenue Create and Scribble and Scrap both have an Anything goes challenge.
Christmas Birdbrain
From the Heart. I used the sketch from It Seems A Little Sketchy. Sweet Stampin has an Anything Goes Challenge. A Gem of Challenge has an Anything Christmas Challenge.
Snowy Kisses
Crafty Calender white on white challenge. Word Art Wednesday has an Anything Goes Challenge. MilkCoffee Challenge is make it sparkle. Cupcake Inspirations is Winter Wonderland.
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Catch the Bug and should fit nicely in their Bingo challenge. I used one of their images, snowflakes and glittery bling! I also used the Stella says Sketch to get them both off my long list. 613 Avenue Create had an Anything Goes challenge with a Snowflake twist. Eureka Stamps has a glitter Challenge. Crafting By Design has an Embossing Challenge. Crafty Sentiments and Through the Craft Room Door both have anything goes challenges. Repeat Impressions has a Think Snow Challenge.
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Snow Friends
Squigglefly embossing /die cut Challenge. I added a splash if glitter to the snow and the snowflake to give it that little bling. Little Tangles also has an Embossing Challenge.
City Crafter has a Glittering Snowflake challenge. Crafting Station has a Snowy Holidays Challenge/
City Crafter has a Glittering Snowflake challenge. Crafting Station has a Snowy Holidays Challenge/
Snowgirls Christmas
Stella Says at Catch the Bug. Craft on Your Passion, Die Cutting Divas, Love to Create, and Milk Coffee Challenges all chose Nontraditional Christmas Colors as their Challenge.
Cardinal in Snow
613 Avenue Create- Anything Goes
Creative Cutting -Christmas Cards
Cupcake Inspirations-Red White and Green
Wags N'Whiskers-Merry Christmas
Eureka Stamps-Snow
Artistic Inspiration- Anything Goes/Snow
Crafty Sentiments-Christmas
Monday, December 1, 2014
Fire Hydrant
Seize the Birthday Anything Goes Challenge. They give you an optional "topping" to use if you want. This month is leaves. I chose not to use it.
Snowman Tealight
Clear It Out! Sweet Stampin and Glitter n Sparkle both have Snow Challenges.
Cookie Fairie
Papertake Weekly. It is a bit busier than most layouts I use. The image came from Paper Shelter and their challenge is use metal. The tiny "gems" are metal of some sort. Crafting By Design's challenge is Fairies.
Deer Hunting!
Fan-Tastic Tuesday has a trees Challenge. Creative Fingers has an Anything Goes Challenge. Crafting When We Can has A CAS challenge. Dream Valley has a True Blue Challenge.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Mix it Up!
It Seems A Bit Sketchy. I like their quick and easy sketches! The image is from Dee Dee's Designs and is part of her monthly challenge. Brown Sugar has an Anything Goes Challenge.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Imagine That. CAS ology's challenge is EAT! City Crafters Challenge is use a technique. I am learning to use the weld feature on my silhouette Cameo. I've been working on improving my usage of this machine. Penny's Paper Challenge and Word Art Wednesday both have Anything Goes challenges
Joy Angel
From the Heart Stamp of the Month challenge and the I {heart} Sketch challenge. Paper Creator's Crafts has a Christmas Challenge. Wednesday Inspiration is Season's Greetings! Crafty Sentiments has a Die Cut Challenge. I used a die to cut the ornaments on the right side. Simon Says Wednesday has an Anything Goes Challenge.
Squigglefly Snowman
Craft Your Passions Baby Its Cold Outside challenge. Through the Craft Room Door has an Anything Goes Challenge that I can still get into.
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Meljen designs Thank You challenge. I decided to cut this card fro Silhouette Online Store but it needed something added to it. I chose the Meljen Thomas Turkey. I also decided to use my color pencils instead of my markers. I have a ton of pencils but never use them. Cut it Up also has a Let's talk Turkey Challenge.
I held my breath the whole time this star was cutting. I was so afraid it wasn't going to cut out and be perfect. Then I had the bright idea to get out my glitter. I took everything in the kitchen to have a good clean surface to work on. My granite counter top makes cleanup real easy when using glitter. I used the repositional spray glue to get an even coat so the glitter would stick good. It worked except for the ceiling fan in the living room was on and now I have glitter everywhere! Oh well so much for easy cleanup! I will use this card in the Cute Card Thursday star challenge. Dream Valley Challenges also has an Anything Goes Challenge. Sparkle and Sprinkles has a Use lose glitter challenge and since I now have lose glitter all over the kitchen and dining room I should certainly fit in there. Delightful Sketches challenge is add bling! Well I think I have far enough blink now!
Jellypark Challenges has a Christmas Challenge.
Creative Inspirations challenge this week is a choice between Brown and white or vintage. I chose to use brown and white. Simon Says Wednesday. Word Art Wednesday has an anything goes challenge. My Craftspot by Kimberly is Thanksgiving
Best nap
Paper shelter's Challenge is to make a card for a child. I have always loved this cute little guy sleeping on the elephant. Just a sweet innocent image. Brown Sugar Challenges has a Use two or more colors challenge. Creative Fingers has an Anything Goes Challenge. CAS on Sunday has a make a childs card too.
Pilgrim Hat
Die Cutting Divas has a Shaped Card Challenge. Penny's Challenge and Crafting by Design both have Anything Goes Challenges.
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Catching Flakes
I {Heart} Sketches. I never intended this snowman to be so orange but it just worked out that way. I still think he is cute. Through the Craft Room Door and Clear It Out both have an anything goes challenge. Crafty Sentiments has a Use two or more designer papers Challenge. Crafty Creations has a 3 layer 2 paper and 1 image challenge.
Saturday, November 15, 2014
Fall is in the Air
Creatalicious Challenges green and Orange Challenge. Brown Sugar Challenges and Creative Fingers both have an Anything Goes Challenge. Digi's Designs has a Fall Challenge. Wags and Whispers has an Add some leaves Challenge.
Mason jar candle
613 Avenue Create has a random gift of kindness challenge. I will also use this project there even though it isn't really a paper craft project.
Friday, November 14, 2014
Penguin Box
SVG Cutting Files treats bags or Boxes challenge.
Christmas Tags
Thanksgiving Turkey
Sketch Saturday. I turned it to fit this embossing folder better in the background. The image is from Catch the Bug and should be perfect for their Food Challenge. Through the Craft Room Door has an Anything Goes Challenge. Marker Pop has a Fall/Thanksgiving challenge as well.
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Sweet Stampin is red or in remembrance.There are so many deserving of these emblems of thanks. Thanks to All the vets who have served country! Pile It on has a Special occasion challenge. Veterans Day should be special to us all! Crafty Sentiments has an Anything Goes challenge.
Turkey Card
Your Next Stamp has a Fall colors or a sketch challenge. I don't particular like the sketch do I am using this turkey as my fall colors. Peachy Keen has a Thankful challenge. Glitter N' Sparkle also has a Fall colors challenge. Cupcake Inspiration has a color inspiration challenge. Die Cutting Divas has a Turkey Challenge. Crafting Station and Pinspirations Challenges both have a Thanksgiving Challenge.
Gone Batty
Whimsie Doodle too cute too spook challenge.
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
I saw this center easel card in the silhouette online store and just couldn't wait to cut it. I like how it looks and it was so easy! Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Challenge this week is easel cards or stripes. I decides to use both. Cute Card Thursday's Challenge is Stripes. Dream Valley has a Christmas Challenge.
Monday, November 10, 2014
Spider Web
Cuttlebug Mania spiders challenge. I wish I had taken the time to emboss the card with spider webs for the background too!.
My Craft Spot by Kimberli is Use Metal. Crafty Creations is Brads, Buttons or Bows.
deer at night
City Crafter has a Oh My Dear Challenge. This should work well there. Paper Creators Crafts and Scribble and Scrap both have anything goes challenges.
Tuesday Throw down Shaped card challenge. Word Art Wednesday has an anything goes challenge.
Thanksgiving Box Card
Lori Whitlock anything goes challenge. Also the Brown Sugar Challenges and Creative Cutting both have Thanksgiving Challenges. Through the Craft Room Door has an Anything Goes Challenge as well. Repeat Impressions also has a Thanksgiving Challenge.
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Meljen Designs has a Mini weekend challenge every weekend. They give you a free image but You must use it for the challenge. I love this little guy~ I just think he is so cute. I will also use this image in Meljen's Autumn Brights Weekly challenge. I used a the sketch from SugarPea Designs. Craft on your passion has a Bright and sparkly Challenge. Papertake Weekly's Challenge is Sparkle and Glitter. Crafty Sentiments also has a Make it Sparkle Challenge.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Winter Mice
I {heart} Sketches and this image is from From the Heart. Pile It On has a Feeling Cool challenge. Marker Pop has an Anything Goes Challenge.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Sea Gull
CAS on Sunday is one layer. I seldom make a one layer card but sometimes it does get your message across with out all the fuss. I'm sending this to my beach loving friend to brighten her day! CASology also has a Sea themed challenge. ABC Challenges has a Water themed challenge. One cant have a great day at the beach without the water.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Pumpkin Box
Glittern'Sparkle has an Anything but Square challenge. Bug a Boo Stamps and Scribble and Scrap both have an Anything Goes Challenge. Eureka Stamps has a Count Your Blessings Challenge. Cupcake Inspirations is Fall Colors. 613 Avenue Create and Wags and Whispers both have Thanksgiving Challenges. Craftin Desert Divas challenge is Orange and Brown.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Apple Flap Card
This tasty looking apple is from Meljen designs and their challenge this week is a hidden element. I made this flap card and put my sentiment in there. Cute Card Thursday has a razzle dazzle challenge the red foil paper circle behind the apple and the glossy accents on the apple should work just fine.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Christmas Owl
Paper Shelter has a Christmas Challenge and I'm very limited on my Christmas supplies just yet so this is what I'm stuck with. I used the sketch from Just Add Ink.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Squigglefly Their challenge this week is to use a frame. I borrowed a sketch from Papertake Weekly and their challenge is a sketch free for all. I chose sketch 42 as my example.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Thinking Mouse
Dee Dee's Design's. If you participate each month you get a freebie but you hafta use him the following month. I'm running late with this one but really wanted to get it in. This little mouse is just too cute. I cant wait to see what next month's image will be! Also Simon Says Wednesday's Challenge is Anything Goes!
Fantastic Tuesday has a Monochrome challenge. Christmas Sweet Stampin's challenge is Snowflakes. Sweet Stampin has a shaped card challenge.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Eureka Stamps has a Buttons and Bows Challenge that worked great with this little gal. Creative Card Crew has a Bows Challenge. CASology also has a ghost challenge.
Patches the Ghost
From the Heart and one of their images as well. CASology has a ghost challenge. Die Cutting Divas has a Halloween Challenge.
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State lawmakers criticized the newly-formed Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission on Wednesday for having not spent roughly $450,000 to help local arts groups.
Peter Jasso, director of the commission, told a panel of lawmakers that so far only $30,000 of the commission's $700,000 has been spent. It paid for administrative costs and a membership with the National Association of State Arts Agencies.
He said the state is holding back on distributing the rest of the money to local arts groups until it completes a strategic plan by the end of the year.
But lawmakers questioned whether that leaves small arts groups that have depended on tiny grants for years in the lurch in the meantime.
"We didn't expect it to just sit there while you get your ducks in a row, we expect it to go out to arts agencies," said Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka.
Rep. Bill Feuerborn, D-Garnett, said the arts commission is tasked, in part, with creating jobs and he questioned how sitting on the money fulfills that goal.
Jasso, who started his job July 1, said the state needs a strategic plan and guidelines before sending money out.
It wasn't immediately clear what will happen with the remaining money when the state enters its next fiscal year.
Meanwhile, the commission recently submitted a preliminary application to get grant money from the National Endowment for the Arts, a grant the state routinely received until Gov. Sam Brownback de-funded the arts agency and the NEA stopped giving Kansas money.
Sen. Carolyn McGinn, R-Sedgwick, said it's the small, rural communities that are hurting the most from the loss of arts grants.
She questioned why the state hasn't done more to promote a new program that puts more money in the arts commission when people buy specialized license plates.
So far, roughly 250 have been sold, Jasso said.


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"She Loves the Sunset" /
The Old 97s
Here they are again -- didn't I write about these guys, like, two weeks ago? But I've been doing a little housecleaning on my iTunes, and when I got to the Old 97s' most recent album, Blame It On Gravity, I found it just about impossible to prune down the numbers of tracks I'm keeping on my hard drive. And I'll let you know, I'm generally ruthless when it comes to editing the music on my hard drive.
"She Loves the Sunset" is the kind of song you want to play LOUD out the window on a summer afternoon like today. That cha-cha-cha beat is irresistible, though the pedal steel keeps it twangy; Rhett Miller's vocals lay on just enough ironic exaggeration to keep the alt in their alt.country sound. What's it about? Why, nothing much -- loving a girl who loves the sunset is about the extent of it. But the guy sounds so exhilarated, so dumbfounded by his own good luck, that it gets by on charm alone.
The more I listen, though, the more complicated this blissed-out love seems. First of all, the girl's got some issues: "She loves the sunset / She loves the cocktail bell / She loves the trembling, that evening brings, / Or might as well" -- he knows perfectly well that she's a teensy bit of a head case. (Aren't we all?) But he still loves her. Now I'm nervous -- is this love reciprocated? But no, verse two tells us: "She loves the sunset / She loves me also" (whew!). They seem well-matched -- "She loves me trembling, /And everything, oh I can tell / There is no other man in her dreams / Although every so often it seems -- " Then he breaks off, unable to complete that thought; instead he stubbornly repeats, "I love a girl / She loves the sunset."
"Oh, it's the simple things," he declares in the bridge, " oh, but simple things are scarce / You've got to figure out / About what, and for whom, you care." Tangled grammar aside, he's getting at something important -- sometimes the best course in love is just to close your eyes and go with it.
In verse three, he stubbornly declares, "Let's say the trembling / That evening brings, / Is just the cold." (I love the way he carries that loaded noun "trembling" through all three verses -- that's craftsmanship.) Yep, he's made up his mind to be in love, and nothing's going to stop him. "I hope I'll always be by her side," he adds, slowing down gingerly as he reflects, "Even if I'm just along for the ride . . . ." You can almost see him shake himself, then launch back into "I love a girl / She loves the sunset." It's the power of positive thinking.
A final cha-cha-cha and one last echoing twang, and they're outta here. Perfect.
She Loves the Sunset sample
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Posted by Holly A Hughes at 7:04 PM
2 comments:
- Uncle E said...
I'm the opposite when it comes to pruning my ipod library, Holly. Just a few weeks ago I deleted about 4,000 songs and since have added back at least 2,500!
I'm a lame ass...
- Holly A Hughes said...
Well, I'm only ruthless in pruning because I need to make room for more. Some days I tell myself I've just got to stop discovering new music...but I don't listen to myself for long.
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1. The same place in full growth, the quality of pictures excuse.
2. A man loads a ready-made bricks for sale.
4. Brick ... brick, lots of bricks around.
5. Not immediately becomes a brick that's so rosy oranzhevenkim.
6. It all begins with the fact that the bricks vyleplivayut on a special machine-type conveyor
In general, I came here twice, the first time I could not see the process of making bricks from clay as heavy rain started and I had to leave, and the second time there was a break for lunch.
8. But on the first day all still got to take pictures of the workers who brought clay bricks in a special place from which all further moves in the oven for roasting.
15. Well, go inside the furnace.
Worker only just laid bricks on the firing, bricks are adjusted to approximately 1200 degrees.
16. And in front of the furnace, we see the processing of bricks at the final stage - the cooling obazhennogo brick here according to some sources on the Internet, where a sharp cool brick is not recommended because it can cause cracks.
18. The temperature can feel, I went to 5 minutes at most, and during that time sweating normally.
20. Climbing up to the stove can see that the entire length of the hole made special.
21. All stove top with bags of wood shavings, as I said, Uncle, it is used as fuel.
Although hard to believe, most likely used as a fuel or coal, or wood and sawdust are used for kindling.
22. Through which you can watch a burning fuel, and whether the desired temperature.
25. That same uncle who just was putting a brick at the bottom, has already moved to the top.
26. And finally two pictures where the bricks are loaded onto a woman and a man on the sidelines resting
I personally think is not easy work, after several hours of back bend open with difficulty.


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The property tax depreciation schedule legislation works by allowing property owners and investors a deduction of an annual percentage of the original costs on their investment property, over the effective life of that item. This tax depreciation schedule includes construction costs of plant and equipment, such as furniture and fittings. It also includes capital works such as the structure of the building.
Capital works: The capital works allowance is a deduction for the structural element of a building. This includes fixed irremovable assets; and is commonly referred to as the building write off. Depending on the age of the building you can claim either 2.5% or 4% of its historical construction cost as the following chart represents. Only some properties will qualify for this allowance.
Plant and Equipment: The plant and equipment element is a deduction for removable assets which are identified through ATO legislation as assets which depreciate at a faster rate than the building. Each plant and equipment item has an effective life and the depreciation available on that item is calculated accordingly.
Tax Depreciation schedules in itself then accounts for normal wear and tear on features of the property. Just like cars or computers, properties have a limited life span, and use thereof results in wear. A good example might be the need to replace the carpets in your home, every few years.
The Australian Taxation Office accordingly recognises that the value of capital assets gradually reduces over the effective life of a building. These assets are allowed to be written off as a tax deduction – and this is known as a Tax Depreciation Schedule.
Quantity Surveyors are qualified to estimate the construction costs of items specific to a building, as well as the life expectancy of each item. They then work within The Australian Tax Offices guidelines to calculate the amount of depreciation. A tax depreciation schedule created by a Qualified quantity Surveyor is then used by your accountant to claim depreciation on a property.
AQS is more than qualified to create your tax depreciation schedules. We have over 25 years of experience, and are registered members of the Tax Practitioners Board. The fees charged for your tax depreciation schedule from Accord Quantity Surveyors are 100% tax deductible.
Detailed Tax Depreciation Schedules for:
Capital Allowance and Tax Depreciation Schedule Procedure:
|Phone Accord Quantity Surveyors for a quote on 54739926, or alternatively complete the relevant tax depreciation form online:
|Once the quote is accepted and our Tax Depreciation information forms are completed and returned, we will make arrangements for access to the property with your agent or tenant.
|A staff member will inspect your property to measure the building and record all depreciable items of plant and equipment (including common areas).
|Using recorded information obtained from the inspection and other relevant sources, Accord Quantity Surveyors will then complete your tax depreciation report detailing your depreciation claimable per tax year.
|After a thorough procedure involving calculating and checking of all figures, the tax depreciation report is posted and emailed to you in pdf format. We suggest forwarding the tax depreciation pdf copy to your accountant. Keep the original in a safe place.
Tax Depreciation Schedule Questions:
1. Plant and Equipment
2. Capital Works on the Building.
Different items within a rental property have different rates of depreciation based on the effective life of the item, which unfortunately makes a simple calculation impossible. Qualified Quantity Surveyors have the expertise and knowledge to know which items are depreciable and how savings can be made.
Whilst Plant and Equipment depreciation is more well known, Capital Works relates to the structure of the building, and can generally be calculated at either 0%, 2.5% or 4%, depending on the type of use and date of construction.
For more information on asset depreciation and what you can and can't claim in your investment property contact us.
Research shows that between 4 and 24% of the construction cost of a residential building is made up of plant and equipment articles. These include things like carpet, hot water systems, blinds, light fittings and many other items.
For more information on how property depreciation can reduce your tax, please call us.
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April 23 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
* Pilots at JetBlue Airways Corp voted to unionize in an about-face that ended the carrier's status as one of the last nonunion airlines in the United States. Unionization "could result in demands that may increase our operating expenses and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations," the airline said in the filing. (r.reuters.com/sez68v)
* A new flurry of drug deals shows how the global pharmaceutical industry is reversing course, as companies narrow their focus after decades of diversifying their drug portfolios. (r.reuters.com/xez68v)
* Supreme Court justices expressed unease with online-video startup Aereo but they also voiced concerns about the consequences of ruling for the broadcasters that are challenging the legality of the service. (r.reuters.com/fuz68v)
* Charter could acquire nearly four million extra subscribers in a two-stage deal under discussion with Comcast , in what would represent a consolation prize for Charter's nearly yearlong pursuit of Time Warner Cable. (r.reuters.com/muz68v)
* General Motors Co's global head of engineering is leaving the company and his duties are being split amid new fallout from the auto maker's internal probe over the delay in recalling 2.6 million vehicles with faulty ignition switches. (r.reuters.com/pyz68v)
* Newmont Mining Corp and Barrick Gold Corp have had continuing contact since the two miners last week broke off talks to create a global mining giant, according to people familiar with the situation. But their senior executives are unlikely to resume formal talks at least until after Newmont's annual general meeting on Wednesday. (r.reuters.com/nuz68v)
* A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered a major health system in northwest Ohio to unwind its merger with a local hospital on antitrust grounds. The unanimous decision by a three-judge panel of the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati comes amid growing concerns about hospital mergers and their effect on prices against the backdrop of America's health-care upheaval. (r.reuters.com/kyz68v)
* Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production, the country's flagship petroleum explorer, will buy the Thai assets of Hess Corp for about $1 billion, in the latest of a string of sales by U.S. energy companies as they switch focus to unconventional oil and gas projects in North America. (r.reuters.com/myz68v) (Compiled by Supriya Kurane in Bangalore)


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Is this a dream?
Though I can hardly believe my eyes, I trust my mind to be sharp as the blade of Kriegsherr himself! This world has not seen an outsider since many a year before my time.
Welcome stranger, to Draumaheim.
Long ago this world flourished.. In an age unparalleled harmony the many races who called this world home built wonders, embraced equality, and knew peace.
Three of the most prominent races rose to power and formed The Draumaheim Triad. Each was accountable to uphold their elemental faction and work toward common goals for the entire civilization.
The Peoples of Draumaheim shared the lands and flourished in an age of advancement, knowledge, and most of all peace.


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1. God loves everybody.
2. Jesus died for everybody.
3. The only way anybody can be saved is through faith in Jesus.
4. We have to tell everybody about Jesus.
5. Anybody who wants to be saved can be saved.
6. When somebody gets saved, God keeps them saved forever.
My purpose here is to show my agreement or disagreement with these six statements.
1. God loves everybody. Agree.
With the distinction that the love he has for a believer is different than the love he has for an unbeliever.
Bruce Goettsche, in an article titled The God Who Loves, writes:
The second misconception is the notion that God loves everyone the same. I love my family, I love my country, I love my job and I love to read…but I don't love them all the same. God loves believers and unbelievers differently. God loves the world…but He loves His children in a much greater way.
Don Fields, in an article titled Is the Calvinist's God Loving?, writes:
I have heard many Christians argue against Calvinism and limited atonement (particular redemption) in particular by making the claim that God loves everyone with the same equal, undifferentiated, indiscriminate love. This is known as the unibenevolent love of God.
He adds:
…after looking at every verse in the Bible containing the word "love", I only found one verse that could lead one to believe that God loves every single person in exactly the same way – John 3:16. It is obvious that every other reference is either limited in extent or in degree.
In an article titled Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin / Love the Sinner, Hate the Sinner, Justin Taylor quotes John McKenzie:
There is a lawful hatred of the sinner; and indeed there must be, since such a hatred is the obverse of the love of God. The love of God hates all that is opposed to God; and sinners – not merely sin – are opposed to God.
Another writer makes the claim that because God don't make junk…
God´s going to make a winner out of you not the loser you think you are.
He seeks to give an accurate picture of: God, Satan, my response, and you. What is noticeably missing from the you section is that we are sinners deserving nothing but the wrath of God.
Jonathan Edwards, in his great sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, does give an accurate picture of man deserving God's wrath:
The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart, and strains the bow, and it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without any promise or obligation at all, that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood.
Ephesians 2:3 informs us that we are by nature children of wrath:
Ephesians 2:1-3
1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
Paul's words in 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 are an encouragement to the believer by identifying us as brethren beloved by the Lord.
13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, 14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God loves everybody, but He does not have the same depth of love for the unregenerate as He does for the regenerate. He loves the elect with a different and much deeper love than the non-elect. His love for His chosen people, His sheep, is of a different quality than the love He has for the goats.
2. Jesus died for everybody. Disagree.
Gospel Outreach Ministries has a link titled Doctrines of Grace. That link leads to a number of other links, most notably links to articles about TULIP. The Limited Atonement article begins this way:
The doctrine of Limited Atonement (or Particular Redemption) is probably the most controversial of the doctrines of grace and most difficult to accept by many believers. Limited Atonement states that Christ's redeeming work was intended to save the elect only, and actually secured salvation for them. His death was the substitutionary endurance of the penalty of sin in the place of certain specified sinners. In addition to putting away the sins of His people, Christ's redemption secured everything necessary for their salvation; including faith which unites them to Him. The gift of faith is infallibly applied by the Spirit to all for whom Christ died, therefore guaranteeing their salvation.
The article also references a number of Scripture passages, of which these are a sample:
Isaiah 53:11-12 – verse 11 states that Christ will justify many, while verse 12 states that He bore the sin of many. Notice that the word all is not used in this passage.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors.
John 10:15 states that Christ lays down His life for the sheep.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a hireling, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hireling flees because he is a hireling and does not care about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. 15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.
1 Peter 2:24 states that Christ bore our sins.
21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: 22 "Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth"; 23 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously; 24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness – by whose stripes you were healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Later in the Limited Atonement article the writer states:
Therefore, the atonement Christ made for the sins of His people was limited in purpose; not in its value, but in its purpose, for it was designed for the elect of God.
In an article titled The Case for Definite Atonement, Roger Nicole writes:
The doctrine is not concerned with the intrinsic value of the sacrifice of Christ. It is freely granted by all parties to the controversy, and specifically by the Reformed, that the death of our Lord, by virtue of His divine nature, is of infinite worth and therefore amply sufficient to redeem all mankind, all angels and the whole world, even a thousand worlds besides, if He had so intended. Rather the point at issue here concerns the chief purpose of the Father in sending the Son and the chief intention of Christ in laying down His life in sacrifice.
He adds:
…the choice here is not between limited and unlimited atonement, but between an effective atonement limited in breadth to the redeemed, and an universal atonement limited in depth to the point of ineffectuality.
The Canons of Dordt speak about His death being sufficient for the sins of the world but efficient only for the elect.
Canons of Dordt – Second Head of Doctrine:
Article 3
The death of the Son of God is the only and most perfect sacrifice and satisfaction for sin, and is of infinite worth and value, abundantly sufficient to expiate the sins of the whole world.
Article 4
This death derives its infinite value and dignity from these considerations because the person who submitted to it was not only really man and perfectly holy, but also the only begotten Son of God, of the same eternal and infinite essence with the Father and the Holy Spirit, which qualifications were necessary to constitute Him a Savior for us; and because it was attended with a sense of the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin.
Article 8
For this was the sovereign counsel, and most gracious will and purpose of God the Father, that the quickening and saving efficacy of the most precious death of His Son should extend to all the elect, for bestowing upon them alone the gift of justifying faith, thereby to bring them infallibly to salvation: that is, it was the will of God, that Christ by the blood of the cross, whereby He confirmed the new covenant, should effectually redeem out of every people, tribe, nation, and language, all those, and those only, who were from eternity chosen to salvation and given to Him by the Father; that He should confer upon them faith, which together with all the other saving gifts of the Holy Spirit, He purchased for them by His death; should purge them from all sin, both original and actual, whether committed before or after believing; and having faithfully preserved them even to the end, should at last bring them free from every spot and blemish to the enjoyment of glory in His own presence forever.
3. The only way anybody can be saved is through faith in Jesus. Agree.
With the distinction that faith is a gift from God, and unless and until God gives an individual that gift, he cannot be saved.
Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
Canons of Dordt – Second Head of Doctrine
Article 7
But as many as truly believe, and are delivered and saved from sin and destruction through the death of Christ, are indebted for this benefit solely to the grace of God, given them in Christ from everlasting, and not to any merit of their own.
Canons of Dordt – Third and Fourth Heads of Doctrine
Article 14
Faith is therefore to be considered as the gift of God, not on account of its being offered by God to man, to be accepted or rejected at his pleasure; but because it is in reality conferred, breathed, and infused into him; or even because God bestows the power or ability to believe, and then expects that man should by the exercise of his own free will, consent to the terms of salvation and actually believe in Christ; but because He who works in man both to will and to do, and indeed all things in all, produces both the will to believe and the act of believing also.
Robert Murray M'Cheyne, in an article titled Saving Faith The Gift Of God, writes:
When a man chooses an apple off a tree, he generally chooses the ripest, the one that promises best. It is not so with God in choosing the soul He saves. He does not choose those that have sinned least, those that are most willing to be saved; He often chooses the vilest of men, "to the praise of the glory of his grace."
He goes on to say:
Once I saw no form nor comeliness in Jesus, no beauty that I should desire Him. But He came like a roe or a young hart, leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills. He stood behind our wall, He looked in at the window, showing Himself through the lattice. He showed me His hands and His feet pierced for sinners. He showed me that there was room beneath His shining righteousness. He showed me His heart, the same yesterday, today, and forever; and now I cannot but say, He is to me beautiful and glorious, excellent and comely. If there were ten thousand other ways of pardon, I would pass them all by, and flee to Him. He is altogether lovely. This I trust is saving faith, which is the gift of God.
4. We have to tell everybody about Jesus. Agree.
Because preaching is the means by which the beloved of the Lord come to faith.
Romans 10:13-17
13 For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved." 14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!" 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "LORD, who has believed our report?" 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent." 20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Canons of Dordt – First Head of Doctrine
Article 3
And that men may be brought to believe, God mercifully sends the messengers of these most joyful tidings to whom He will and at what time He pleaseth; by whose ministry men are called to repentance and faith in Christ crucified. "How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent?" (Rom. 10:14-15).
Canons of Dordt – Second Head of Doctrine
Article 5
Moreover, the promise of the gospel is, that whosoever believeth in Christ crucified, shall not perish, but have everlasting life. This promise, together with the command to repent and believe, ought to be declared and published to all nations, and to all persons promiscuously and without distinction, to whom God out of His good pleasure sends the gospel.
5. Anybody who wants to be saved can be saved. Agree.
With the distinction that only the elect want to.
Canons of Dordt – Third and Fourth Heads of Doctrine
Article 3
Therefore all men are conceived in sin, and by nature children of wrath, incapable of saving good, prone to evil, dead in sin, and in bondage thereto, and without the regenerating grace of the Holy Spirit, they are neither able nor willing to return to God, to reform the depravity of their nature, or to dispose themselves to reformation.
Article 10
But that others who are called by the gospel obey the call and are converted is not to be ascribed to the proper exercise of free will, whereby one distinguishes himself above others, equally furnished with grace sufficient for faith and conversions as the proud heresy of Pelagius maintains; but it must be wholly ascribed to God, who as He has chosen His own from eternity in Christ, so He confers upon them faith and repentance, rescues them from the power of darkness, and translates them into the kingdom of His own Son, that they may show forth the praises of Him who hath called them out of darkness into His marvelous light; and may glory not in themselves, but in the Lord according to the testimony of the apostles in various places.
Article 12
And this is the regeneration so highly celebrated in Scripture and denominated a new creation: a resurrection from the dead, a making alive, which God works in us without our aid. But this is in no wise effected merely by the external preaching of the gospel, by moral suasion, or such a mode of operation, that after God has performed His part, it still remains in the power of man to be regenerated or not, to be converted or to continue unconverted; but it is evidently a supernatural work, most powerful, and at the same time most delightful, astonishing, mysterious, and ineffable; not inferior in efficacy to creation or the resurrection from the dead, as the Scripture inspired by the author of this work declares; so that all in whose heart God works in this marvelous manner are certainly, infallibly, and effectually regenerated, and do actually believe. Whereupon the will thus renewed is not only actuated and influenced by God, but in consequence of this influence, becomes itself active. Wherefore also, man is himself rightly said to believe and repent, by virtue of that grace received.
Rejection 4
That the unregenerate man is not really nor utterly dead in sin, nor destitute of all powers unto spiritual good, but that he can yet hunger and thirst after righteousness and life, and offer the sacrifice of a contrite and broken spirit, which is pleasing to God. For these are contrary to the express testimony of Scripture. "Who were dead in trespasses and sins"; "Even when we were dead in sins" (Eph. 2:1, 5); and: "every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" (Gen. 6:5); "for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth" (Gen. 8:21). Moreover, to hunger and thirst after deliverance from misery, and after life, and to offer unto God the sacrifice of a broken spirit, is peculiar to the regenerate and those that are called blessed. "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me"; "Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon Thine altar" (Ps. 51:10, 19); "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled" (Matt. 5:6).
John 6:37-44 helps us to understand that only the elect are capable of being saved.
John 6:37-39
37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
Some months ago I was studying this passage for a Wednesday night series on the gospel. The question that came to my mind, from verse 37, was whether someone can come to the Son apart from the Father giving that someone to the Son. Verse 44 answers that question:
John 6:44
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Since both verse 39 and verse 44 speak of raising up at the last day, we conclude that those who are given by the Father in verse 37 are the same ones drawn by the Father in verse 44.
John 10:26 records the words of Jesus to the Jews, telling them that the reason they do not believe is because they are not His sheep. He goes on to say that if the Father had given them to Him, they would believe because that is what those given by the Father do.
John 10:22-30
22 Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter. 23 And Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's porch. 24 Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him, "How long do You keep us in doubt? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly." 25 Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name, they bear witness of Me. 26 But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. 30 I and My Father are one."
Sometimes when I go to a fast food restaurant, if the server is not busy, I will ask for something that is not on the menu. For example, at KFC I will ask for a hamburger. This usually elicits a puzzled look from the server, who then kindly informs me that they don't sell hamburgers, they sell chicken. I have the freedom to choose the restaurant, but once I choose the restaurant, I am limited by the menu available at that restaurant. Sinners are limited as well. Adam in the garden made a choice, and as his descendants we are limited to the fleshly menu, which has no spiritual items.
Romans 8:5-8 shows us the two menus, the fleshly and the spiritual:
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.
In order for us to be able to order from the spiritual menu the Spirit of God must dwell in us. Ephesians 2:1-10 speaks of our spiritual deadness and the great love and mercy of God, who makes us spiritually alive:
1 And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
The prophet Ezekiel in 11:19-20 speaks of those who have had their stony heart replaced by a fleshly heart being obedient to God.
19 Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh, 20 that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
6. When somebody gets saved, God keeps them saved forever. Agree.
Canons of Dordt – The Fifth Head of Doctrine
Article 8
Thus, it is not in consequence of their own merits or strength, but of God's free mercy, that they do not totally fall from faith and grace, nor continue and perish finally in their backslidings; which, with respect to themselves, is not only possible, but would undoubtedly happen; but with respect to God, it is utterly impossible, since His counsel cannot be changed nor His promise fail, neither can the call according to His purpose be revoked, nor the merit, intercession and preservation of Christ be rendered ineffectual, nor the sealing of the Holy Spirit be frustrated or obliterated.
Article 12
This certainty of perseverance, however, is so far from exciting in believers a spirit of pride or of rendering them carnally secure, that on the contrary, it is the real source of humility, filial reverence, true piety, patience in every tribulation, fervent prayers, constancy in suffering, and in confessing the truth, and of solid rejoicing in God; so that the consideration of this benefit should serve as an incentive to the serious and constant practice of gratitude and good works, as appears from the testimonies of Scripture and the examples of the saints.
Rejection 2
That God does indeed provide the believer with sufficient powers to persevere and is ever ready to preserve these in him, if he will do his duty; but that though all things which are necessary to persevere in faith and which God will use to preserve faith are made use of, it even then ever depends on the pleasure of the will whether it will persevere or not. For this idea contains an outspoken Pelagianism, and while it would make men free, it makes them robbers of God's honor, contrary to the prevailing agreement of the evangelical doctrine, which takes from man all cause of boasting and ascribes all the praise for this favor to the grace of God alone; and contrary to the apostle, who declares that it is God "Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Cor. 1:8).
Romans 8:35-39
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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|The icy skies of winterland
Do not get me wrong, dear reader. I am of the ardent spring 'n' summer lovers. But since I have no option and must live through the grey and boring winter months, might as well make the best of it.
I like the love that bed covers are wont to give you during the best eight hours of the day.
I like the singular richness of toast during winter, and the romance of its smell wafting through your sleepy senses.
I like hugs especially during these months.
And the pleasure of lazyness.
I like huge and lovingly knit scarves, coats with dainty buttons, smart boots, and sweaters with arms long enought to cover your knuckles upon insistence.
I like holding hands. But then I can like that through the sweaty summer months too.
I like the dancing rain on my rooftop, and the orchestrating wind on the trees.
Winter doesn't have to be too bad.


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Happy Thanksgiving to all my family and friends and to any who find this blog.
I am thankful for my family, my wonderful husband and great kids daughter 17 and son 15.
I am also thankful for my sweet mother, she is 84 this year. We cook dinner and take it to her house, she can't get into my house because of the steps. We don't have a big crowd just my family, my mom and my brother his wife and son.
I wish I knew more about what our ancestors might have done for Thanksgiving dinner. Growing up we spent Thanksgiving with my mom's mother and father, they lived next door.
My grandfather's mother (Sallie Ziegler) lived to be 98 years old and she and my great aunt (Christan Ziegler) always came over and ate with us. Sometimes my uncle, his wife and daughter came, most of the time they spent Thanksgiving with my aunt's family. We spent Thanksgiving with my mom's family and Christmas with my Dad's family.
My husband said they always had a crowd 5 kids and their mom and dad, sometimes they brought over their grandmother Brumley.
I am also thankful for meeting wonderful people on the Internet who have been so kind to share the information they have.
Happy Thanksgiving 2008!!


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The Crafty Bastards Arts and Crafts Fair in Washington DC is my official marker for kickstarting the fall season. However, instead of beautiful autumn weather this past weekend, we got rain. Lots of it. All day! So, the weather was kind of a bummer, but the crowd did not disappoint!
There were a ton of enthusiastic shoppers filling up our booth all day! It was so great to see so many people out and about, purchasing lovely things even though it was cold and rainy. Lots of creatures have new (warm) homes too!
My new display worked out even better than I hoped for (thanks Chris)! However, I could not get a good picture of it because of a longer than expected set up. I was able to fit every creature on one wall, instead of splitting them up among several boards. There is also a little shelf that folds down to display free standing items. I promise to get a better photo of it at the next fair!
My boothmate Wooden Coasters did really well too! I suspect that people have already starting their Christmas shopping. His coaster sets and prints make great gifts and stocking stuffers.
A photographer from The Feast came around to snap some photos. I was really excited to show off my outfit, because I had been bundled up in a long coat all day, and I really dig this new skirt. Unfortunately I had to wear flip flops because of a broken toe and I felt like such a dummy.
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Good afternoon, it's Monday, Oct. 15 – the Ides of October – and this is the Jive at Five, WESU's Daily community calendar and rundown of night time programming here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown, your station for NPR, Pacifica, independent and local public affairs by day and the best in free-form community programming weeknights and weekends.
I'm Maria Johnson, host of Reasonably Catholic: Keeping the Faith, which airs every 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesday, from 4 to 4:55, right before the Jive. It's a thoughtful discussion of progressive issues of faith and action, with interviews, features, book reviews, news and commentary. Look for it tomorrow, with an episode about the lay organization Voice of the Faithful and its 10 years of challenging the Church.
Here's a rundown of what else is happening in our area:
Tonight at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, it's the weekly "Anything Goes"open mic night.
Tomorrow night at 8 brings a free Laughter Yoga Playshop with Mylene.
Wednesday is the every-third-Wednesday Middletown North End Gallery Walk, when participating galleries, shops and restaurants collaborate and offer special promotions and discounts.
Then Friday at the Buttonwood, enjoy the "Talking to Walls' Acoustic Rock Concert," in which British arena rock meets American garage & indie.
Saturday night, guitarist Gale Wade performs an evocative mélange of Americana, bluegrass and blues, accompanied by Steve Wade, also on guitar.
Every Sunday at about 1 p.m. in front of the Buttonwood, Food Not Bombs shares vegetarian food. Anyone is welcome. You are also invited to help prepare the meal at the First Church at 190 Court Street at 11:30 am.
Speaking of food, there will be a Poetry Potluck from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sunday at the Buttonwood. It's an opportunity for people who enjoy poetry to get together to share and discuss their favorite works.
Information about all Buttonwood events can be found on its website at www.buttonwood.org.
On Wednesday afternoon at 4:15, at Wesleyan University's CFA Hall, it's the 36th annual Navaratri Festival Colloquium on the legacy of the festival's late founder T. Viswanathan, who taught at Wesleyan from 1975 to 2002. A panel of faculty members and Viswanathan's students will discuss aspects of his profound Wesleyan legacy in commemoration of the tenth anniversary of his death.
(The festival concerts themselves will be on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night in either Crowell Concert Hall or World Music Hall. Details at www.wesleyan.edu/cfa.)
On Wednesday, at 5 p.m., Wesleyan's Center for the Arts will present Weston Naef's "Drawing with Light—Experimental Photography Today." Naef was the founding curator of the photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum until his retirement in 2009 and is the author of numerous books on photography. This free lecture at the Russell House at 350 High Street will discuss contemporary photographers who are using traditional materials in new ways.
On Friday evening at 7 "An Eye for an Eye: an Open Reading" will bring to Wesleyan's Memorial Chapel a play by 2012 Graduate Liberal Studies Program alumna Linda Napoletano. The play tells the story of Bangladeshi immigrant Rais Bhuiyan [RACE BOO-yawn], who was shot in the face in the wake of the September 11th World Trade Center attacks. After recovering from his injuries, the victim fought to save the shooter from execution. Mr. Bhuiyan, founder of World Without Hate, will lead a discussion after the reading.
This is the second of five events celebrating Graduate Liberal Studies' 60th Year.For more information call 860.685.2900 or go to Wesleyan.edu/masters.
On Saturday afternoon at 2 in the Zilkha Gallery, the Wesleyan Center for the Arts presents Wesleyan Alums in Performance Art, a free talk by practitioners of that art form.
Also on Saturday afternoon, as part of the university's Music & Public Life series, a free discussion titled "Pop Music Producers & The Real World -- A Dysfunctional Marriage" will bring award-winning songwriter and record producer Carl Sturken, class of '78, to campus. Mr. Sturken's career has included making music for such artists as Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera, and Rod Stewart, as well as discovering and signing pop superstar Rihanna.
The event will be at 3 p.m. in CFA Hall.
"Bigger Than You Think" - a play presented by Middletown Youth Services – will be performed at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in the Middletown High School performing arts center, 200 LaRosa Lane. Based on the stories of Middletown youth and adults, the play is described as "a short play with a huge purpose: helping Middletown's children grow up well." It will be followed by a conversation about creating a stronger community for youth. For information go to the Middletown Youth Services website.
The Russell Knitters meets Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Russell Library. They are an enthusiastic group of knitters who are willing to share ideas and expertise.
Down in New Haven at Toad's Place, tonight brings GWAR, Devil Driver, Cancer Bats, and Legacy of Disorder to the stage, followed by A Night of Smooth Jazz with Rohn Lawrence & Friends.
Tomorrow, it's the AP Tour, featuring Miss May I, The Ghost Inside, Like Moths To Flames, The Amity Affliction, and Glass Cloud.
Wednesday it's the weekly EDM night, and Friday brings Shakedown, playing The Dead and beyond. Shakedown recently won the Connecticut Music Award for best cover band. Also performing: Poor Old Shine and Full Spectrum.
Also on Friday, it's Afton Presents, with Stealhead, Cloud Zenna, E.M.J., and Lauren G & Guests
More information at toadsplace.com.
Over at Café Nine in New Haven tonight brings the monthly Fistful of Jokes Comedy Series, hosted by the Morgan Brothers Andrew and Jerry, with performers to be announced.
Tomorrow, it's the Kineti-Go Magnetic Shuffleboard Tournament, a night of magnetic powered pub games, with a game inventor, Michael Stromberg, hosting.
Wednesday, it's Unsung, Unplugged & Absolutely Unadulterated at Café Nine, with Travis Moody, Don DeStefano, Pat Haddon, and Kevin Saint James.
Thursday brings Oddball Entertainment: Jenn Bostic w/ Shellye Valauskas, Dean Falcone, and Terri Lynn.
Then Friday at Café Nine, the early show will feature Matt Jaffee, followed by The New Dirty; w/ Party Horse.
Saturday, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m., it's the Afternoon Jazz Jam w/ host Tony Dioguardi and Friends, followed by Paper Hill Casket Company; w/ Eurisko and Bella's Bartok.
Then Sunday evening, it's the Sunday-After-Supper Jam, with host Kevin Saint James and the Legendary Cafe Nine All-Stars.
More at cafenine.com.
Up in Hartford at Blackeyed Sally's tonight, it's Jazz Monday.
Then tomorrow brings Michael Palin's Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band jamming and working out new material.
Wednesday, it's the Blues jam with Ed Bradley.
Friday, the Greg Sherrod Blues Band plays at Sally's, and then Saturday, it's Grayson Hugh, a singer/songwriter and master of the piano and Hammond B3 organ.
More at blackeyedsallys.com.
Now let's think outside the cineplex box in central Connecticut:
At Real Art Ways, the films "Liberal Arts"and "Bill W." continue through most of the week. Also tomorrow, the Presidential debate will be shown on the big screen.
Thursday – being the third Thursday of the month – it's the Creative Cocktail Hour, with Bi-Polar Jukebox, bringing creative people together for conversation, art and music.
Friday, the film "Detropia, a dreamlike collage of a documentary about Detroit.
Also on Friday, Real Art Ways presents Don Hertzfeldt's "It's Such A Beautiful Day Trilogy," combining the cult animator's recent "Bill" trilogy of short films into one darkly comedic feature.
Then Saturday night, it's Burnt Sugar Does Steely Dan, a rendition of the Steely Dan songbook, taken apart and put back together in two sets.
Then on Sunday afternoon, the Story of Film: An Odyssey continues with part 2, "Expressionism, Impressionism and Surrealism: Golden Age of World Cinema" (1920s); and "The Arrival of Sound" (1930s).
More at www.realartways.com.
Tonight through Wednesday at Cinestudio, Trinity College's movie theater, it's "Beasts of the Southern Wild," winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and the Cannes Film Festival prize for Best First Film.
Thursday, it's the Hartford premiere of "The Invisible War," a documentary investigation into the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military. Director Kirby Dick will take questions following the film. This free event also includes a panel discussion that includes Senator Richard Blumenthal and activists for the cause.
Friday and Saturday, it's "The Avengers," directed by Wesleyan alum Joss Whedon.
Then Sunday begins screenings of "Keep the Lights On," Ira Sachs's semi-autobiographical film about his decade-long, loving, erotic, destructive love affair in New York City.
Details at www.cinestudio.org
And now let's take a look at tonight's programming on WESU.
Right after the Jive At Five from 5:05 to 6:00pm it's Afternoon Jazz with Charles Henry, a well-rounded jazz show for true jazz heads.
That's followed at 6 by Free Speech Radio News, your daily dose of alternative international news and reporting from the Pacifica Network.
Then from 6:30 to 8, stay tuned for Life is a Killer with Johnny Analog, moving through the blues diaspora from front porch country blues and big city electric blues to jazz, R&B and soul.
From 8 to 9:30, it's Rumpus Room with Lord Lewis, the best in vintage and contemporary heavy funk, soul, club jazz, reggae, ska, afro and latin dancefloor grooves.
From 9:30-11:30pm, it's The Attention Deficit Disk Jockey with Lee, the music of yesterday's future, today.
Lee then pitches in and covers Dylan's A Hate Supreem hour, from 11:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
And at 12:30, he's followed by Maelstrom of the Weird with Phil Void, surveying punk in all its innovation and abrasion - be it first wave, hardcore, post-pun, or noise.
At 1:30, something wonderful but yet to be decided will take the place of Live From The Paris Hotel with The Sparrow.
And then Maximum Rock and Roll Radio comes on at 2:30, featuring the best DIY punk, garage rock and
At 3:30, DJ Vegetable Reads Missed Connections: You've lost someone. Let's find them.
That's followed at 4 by BBC World News, your chance to hear about the day's news from the famous British news network.
And then at 5 begins Morning Edition from National Public Radio, a daily offering of news and information from NPR.
If you didn't get a chance to write down something from today's Jive, the written form is posted at wesufm.org/jive. And if there's an event you'd like to have announced, send it to email@example.com.
Finally, if you value WESU as a source for information and entertainment in your life, how about supporting the station with a donation? You can make that donation online at wesufm.org anytime. Thanks for listening!
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Ah--another week has flown by.
Jenna decided to join Benson in the quest to become immune to all things. Unfortunately her sickness left her weezy and very short of breath--at 2 am.
Thankfully we have a nebulizer at the house. Unfortunately Jenna thinks that breathing treatments don't work unless I am holding her in the rock-a-bye.
Actually I don't mind. And Benson very courteously kept us entertained all day today.
The afternoon was really rough for Jenna with lots of crying and trying not to cough (but not worse than 2 am this morning...). Tonight she still has a fever but is feeling much better.
Austin finally got to have his turn for family home evening lesson tonight. He was thrilled to be able to cause his parents the joy of a face full of flour. The lesson: Stay away from the edge. Don't try to get close to things that aren't good. Everyone gave examples of things that could be acceptable but might be pushing a bit too close to the edge. Ex: drinking energy drinks--or for us caffeine in general, listening to bad music, not wearing clean white shirts to church...(we've been working on being presentable to pass the sacrament for Sunday mornings). The game is to try to cut the flour away from the penny as close as possible without making it fall...
You get the picture.
We are not ready for Halloween. I still have to make a witch dress to Jenna's specifications (and they are specific...) and a werewolf costume.
Any ideas on that one?
Thankfully Benson wants to be a knight which is a costume I could easily provide for the entire neighborhood.
And I am in charge of a first grade party.
Hmmm--everything has to be done by Thursday.
I hope we will be able to leave the house by Thursday!
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If you love art and creating things than there isn't anything more exciting than opening a brand new art supply on Christmas morning. Getting new art supplies anytime of the year is like Christmas morning! Sometimes though, supplies take up a lot of room or have a lot of little pieces to them. When we only have a few minutes here and there to squeeze in sketching, using and carrying around something large or with a lot of pieces isn't practical and can really deter from the fun of a break from reality to sketch.
Last year I put together two gift guides one basic and one luxury. This year I put together a simple list of small supplies that can be stocking stuffers and taken in your bag daily as you go!
First things first, we need paper to create and there so many small and cute sketchbook in different shapes and sizes to toss in our bags and bring along.
If you're into fancy covers and bindings Moleskine offers sketchbooks starting at 3 1/2 x5 1/2 or scroll your art supply store sketchbook aisles to find the size for you.
Micron pens are filled with archival quality pigma ink and thought by many professional artists to be the creme de la creme of permanent pens. They glide across the paper like velvet and come in multiple sizes and colors. They are easy to slip in a pocket and pull out whenever you want to use them with your pocket sketchbook.
After you lay down a sketch sometimes (or all the time) you want to add color! Markers, colored pencils, and acrylics are a lot take around and keep track of since each color is an individual piece. Bring in the Sakura Koi Sketchbox and the problem is solved.
The Koi Sketchbox is a compact postcard sized box with high pigmented watercolors to pull out and brighten up your sketch but watercolors need water and a brush don't they? Insert...
Well, the Koi set comes out its own waterbrush but you can also find waterbrushes to buy on their own. They are a paint brush that has a water holder in the handle. Twist off the brush tip, full the reservoir with water, and screw the top back on. Then squeeze the brush handle, wetting the tip, and your able to use watercolor on the go!
These are just a few portavle supplies that woild make great stocking stuffers. What would be your artist stocking stuffer?


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Featured events
|7-9 September 2012
Brussels Games
Brussels Gay Sports will offer a weekend of fun and fairplay in the capital of Europe, with volleyball, swimming, badminton, and tennis, as well as fitness and hiking.
Learn more HERE.
|26-28 October 2012
Bern, Switzerland
The success of the first edition of the QueergamesBern proved the need for an LGBT multisport event in Switzerland. This year will be even bigger, with badminton, bowling, running, walking, floorball.
Learn more HERE.
|17-20 January 2013
Sin City Shootout
Las Vegas
The 7th Sin City Shootout will feature softball, ice hockey, tennis, wrestling, basketball, dodgeball, bodybuilding and basketball.
Learn more HERE.
|13-16 June 2013
IGLFA Euro Cup
After this year's edition in Budapest at the EuroGames, the IGLFA Euro Cup heads to Dublin for 2013, hosted by the Dublin Devils and the Dublin Phoenix Tigers.
Learn more HERE.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Let's get Greg Louganis on Dancing With the Stars!
From LGBTQ Nation:
"I really want to do this for GLBT youth," Louganis told me this morning. "Being on Dancing With The Stars is more than me being on the show, it sends a positive message — an 'It Gets Better' message. And that message is still important- kids are still losing hope. I want to do what I can for them."
There have been gay men on DWTS before — Lance Bass, Carson Cressley and Louis Amstel — and Chaz Bono broke the transgender barrier last season. But if his bid is successful, Louganis would be the first openly HIV positive contestant. And it's about time, say HIV activists.
You can show your support by liking the page which you can find HERE. (This is the only official page!)
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Libellés : ambassadors, Greg Louganis, HIVAIDS
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1. Grab your current read.
2. Open to a random page.
3. Share two 'teaser' sentences from somewhere on that page.
4. Add the title and Author's name too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR pile.
My teaser this week comes from a book a won in a giveaway I won over at good reads. The blurb really got me interested. lets see if my teaser gets you as interested as the blurb does.
Hear me, it began. I can't find you.
Maddy covered her ears with the heels of her hands and felt immediately guilty for being rude. The voice never hurt her. It only repeated one simple request. Surely, she could just refuse to oblige it. But she couldn't, and that terrified her more than all the rest put together.
She closed her eyes and imagined her brother was sitting beside her, whispering stories into her ear. "Once upon a time," she tried to imitate his confident voice, "a poor woodcutter lived with his wife and two children. They were so poor, they couldn't even afford to eat…"
Where are you?
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Tech blog All Things D reports that embattled CEO Scott Thompson is to follow board member Patti Hart out of the revolving door at Yahoo. Update: Yahoo has officially confirmed this.
The difference between their exits is that Hart will not be seeking reelection to the board while Thompson has resigned. This comes in the wake of damning revelations by the ferocious Daniel Loeb of Third Point, who has been pushing for Yahoo to take members of his proposed slate onto the board. Executive Vice President and Head of Global Media Ross Levinsohn is the interim CEO pending elections later on this year. Yahoo has also announced the cessation of hostilities with Third Point.
[Roy] Bostock, along with Patti Hart, VJ Joshi, Arthur Kern and Gary Wilson, all of whom previously disclosed their intentions not to stand for re-election, as well as Mr. Thompson, have decided to step down from the Board immediately. - Yahoo Press Release
Loeb's stunning success
Daniel Loeb's persistence appears to be paying off. He's been pushing for the role of CEO for himself and now he's on the board with two members of his proposed slate.
As a part of the settlement agreement, Third Point, which owns an aggregate of 70,545,400 shares, or 5.8% of Yahoo! common stock, has agreed to withdraw its previous Board nominations for consideration at the annual meeting and vote its shares in support of Yahoo!'s nominees. Yahoo!'s slate of director nominees for election or re-election at the 2012 annual meeting of stockholders will now include Fred Amoroso, John Hayes, Peter Liguori, Thomas McInerney, Maynard Webb, Sue James, David Kenny, Brad Smith, Daniel S. Loeb, Harry J. Wilson and Michael J. Wolf.
Loeb Nominee Jeff Zucker has stepped aside. In a statement on the Yahoo press release he said, "I have been supportive of Third Point's efforts since Daniel asked me to join the slate... When I became aware of Yahoo!'s offer of three board seats to Third Point, I approached Daniel and let him know that I would be happy to step aside to quickly facilitate a settlement." - Yahoo Press Release
Meanwhile, patent warfare enthusiast and recently added director Fred Amoroso has been named Chairman of the Board.
This is catastrophic for Scott Thompson, who tried to push the blame for his "inadvertent error" onto the head-hunters Heidrick & Struggles, which has denied a claim by Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson that the executive-search firm is at fault for a bio with incorrect information about Thompson's alleged college degree. It seems that the error was made by none other than Thompson himself.
Kara Swisher's sources
Towards the end of her article, Kara Swisher revealed:
Internal message boards at Yahoo lit up all last week, with staffers largely rejecting his explanations. In addition, a number of top execs and engineers approached the board calling for Thompson's firing.
While that's not precisely what happened here, it's close enough to describe Thompson's departure as inevitable. Sources said, though, that he will say the leaving is due to an illness Thompson recently discovered he had.
Kara Swisher was right on the money and broke the news before Yahoo posted the press release.


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The army of Le Grand-Duc de Gourmandie began with this lonely figure of Phillipe Grand-Nez, Comte de Roquefort and has evolved somewhat to this...
And the army, I can now say, is complete!! Scoff if you must but there are no current plans to expand. The army of Prince-Archbishop Clemens August of Saint-Julien (uncle to Pierre Louis of Gourmandie) will most probably ally with Gourmandie and add four battalions of infantry, two squadrons of cavalry and two guns. So although this will boost the army's numbers... they're not strictly Gourmadnie... so, still complete!
Looking back over the blog, I see that the evolution of this project, and particularly the army of Gourmandie, has spanned about six and a half years. So it was that the last 12 figures for the army were the most difficult to complete. In fact, they sat on my desk 80% complete for almost four weeks. I just couldn't get myself to do the last couple hours of work. I finally buckled down and came up with this...
Chasseurs-Gardes de Gourmandie
(Crusader Miniatures; GMB flag)
And the entire brigade (75% of which was added this year) ...
2e Brigade
Jean-Jacques LaPierre, Comte d'Auvergne
(front to back)
Chasseurs-Gardes de Gourmandie
Fusiliers-Gardes de Gourmandie
Grenadiers de Champaigne
Grenadiers de Camembert
(Crusader Miniatures; GMB flags)
And some gratuitous shots of some of the rest of the army...
1er Brigade
Phillipe Grand-Nez, Comte de Roquefort
(front to back)
1er/Infanterie Roquefort
2e/Infanterie Roquefort
Artillerie de Roquefort
1er/Infanterie d'Auvergne
2e/Infanterie d'Auvergne
Artillerie d'Auvergne
(Crusader Miniatures; GMB flags)
3e Brigade
Henri Sanglier, Vicomte de Champaigne
(front to back)
1/1er Artillerie de Gourmandie
2/1er Artillerie de Gourmandie
1/2e Artillerie de Gourmandie
2/2e Artillerie de Gourmandie
(Crusader Miniatures; Front Rank Miniatures)


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Myles Horton is an inspirational figure in the field of social change education. His early work in the Applachian Mountains began in the 1930s based on the goal of providing education and support to poor and working people fighting economic injustice, poverty, prejudice, and environmental destruction. Horton founded the Highlander Center in 1932 to serve as an adult education centre for community workers involved in social and economic justice movements. Horton worked to help grassroots leaders create the tools necessary for building broad-based movements for change. The subtitle for this blog "Unearthing Seeds of Fire" comes from the title of a book on Horton by Frank Adams.
Cyberspace now offers a new range of tools for grassroots leaders as they work to build collective strength and bring about change. The initial intention of this blog is to explore how union educators, those who work with workplace activists and leaders, can use technology to enhance our programmes and, more importantly, how union educators can support union activists to take technology into their own hands as they organise and work for change.
For more info on Myles Horton check out this page on wikipedia or this bio.
Picture: Myles Horton (left) with Paulo Freire
This blog is a place for developing ideas and reflecting on my work as a union educator. Here I share ideas, resources and inspiration as I work to unearth seeds of fire.
Monday, 22 January 2007
Seeds of Fire
Posted by Chris at 12:11 PM
Labels: horton, organise, social change, technology, union
2 comments:
- louie said...
Blog lookn good! and nice linkn to wikipedia :)
Lookn 4ward to this as a way to share info, keep in touch after education session, and learn from other educators.
- 26 January 2007 at 11:16 AM
- brent said...
Chris: great blog and inspirational first post! There is a great video going around at the moment of a conversation between Paulo Friere and Seymour Papert; download here: The Future of the School - but beware it's about 65 megs.
- 30 January 2007 at 3:14 PM
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Hallmark Channel
Saturday - January 12, 2013
Three close friends who married years ago are beginning to wonder what life as single might be like when they discover the priest who married each of the couples has died without filing the proper paperwork! (see more plot details, here...)
For those of you who enjoy the music in the Hallmark Movies, you will be glad to know there is a Movie Soundtrack for Nearlyweds. You can listen to track samples, here.
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I have participated in the annual Blogtoberfest for the last two years.
But given there is a new little man at my house I am officially having a BlogtoberREST!
This October, I may or may not post on my blog.
This October, I may or may not visit your blog.
For all the Blogtoberfest participants - enjoy, it's always fun to have new readers and to discover new blogs!