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I'll be right behind you
Love changes everything
I'm not sorry we loved,
but I hope I didn't keep you too long
We're not experts
We are believers, ministers of silence
Let no man pull us under doubt
I'll always open my hands to you
I'll be right behind you
— Sam Phillips, Love Changes Everything
Sometime last summer I was in the car traveling to my hometown with my husband. It was one of those moments when you witness the symmetry of things. Calling this serendipity or coincidence does not describe it. Earlier that day I had a hankering to listen to one of the bands that created my musical identity both artistically and spiritually. The days of self-discovery and my first brushes with spiritual intimacy surround the early work of U2. There are others who would like to deny they had the same encounter with the band considering the confusion of their overwhelming popularity. Yet when Larry begins the first cadence on Sunday Bloody Sunday, my first brushes with social justice re-awaken. Pride (In the Name of Love) taught me that I should be vocal about spiritual heroes in defiance of those leaders that embarrassed me when it came to my faith. Bad was a song that taught me yes, there are some things that are too difficult to talk or do anything about. And 40 was the first time I had heard a Psalm sung proudly outside of the church.
My own spiritual landscape is such a varied place. Love was as pure as the thin air on mountain tops that seem so far behind me, never to be approached again. There are lush forests I tucked into out of fascination with the green then became horribly lost in the darkness there. There are lakes where I have sat near to ebbs and flows and into which I was lured to play. There are overwhelming fields of harvest so terribly mangled by religion where I do not know where to begin and sometimes turn away from. Streets and streets of grit and despair are there, where I have to keep remembrance of those the mountain tops.
I want to run
I want to hide
I want to tear down the walls
That hold me inside
I want to reach out
And touch the flame
Where the streets have no name*
The moment I had in the car that day was one of deep listening. A rather long song, Where the Streets Have No Name, was playing as I was reading a short biography on St. John of the Cross. The connection I had with the music and the difficult story of St. John's desire to create heaven on earth grabbed my attention.
I want to feel sunlight on my face
I see the dust cloud disappear
Without a trace
I want to take shelter from the poison rain
Where the streets have no name
St. John was a reformer when reformation was not cool in 16th century Spain. He tried desperately to reform the Carmelite Order, and made a female friend with whom he shared the spiritual practices of solitude and silence, St. Teresa de Avila. Together they founded many ministries and monasteries, making themselves active in the political and religious busyness of the time. They ended up being the first barefoot Jesus people and created the Discalced (shoeless) Carmelite order.
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building
Then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do
John was captured by the shoed Carmelites, beaten and imprisoned. They had launched a counter-reformation against his values and the shoeless ones. Being it Spain in the 16th century, John was also tortured. He spent nine months in a cell not much larger than his body. A friar had been slipping paper into his cell, and during this time of humiliating confinement he wrote the poetry that became his Spiritual Canticle. After months of muscle atrophy, malnutrition and darkness, he escaped by pulling the hinges of his cell door. He returned to his friend and spiritual sister Teresa to continue their ministry of shoelessness and reformation.
The city's aflood
And our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Trampled in dust
I'll show you a place
High on a desert plain
Where the streets have no name
St. John was known to have taken his young monk brothers on walks along the Spanish plains to tell them about wonders of nature and the glories of heaven. He frequently related the beauty of the earth to glories of heaven to his charges, walking barefoot through the fields with his charges. He had a deep desire for heaven.
He also had a habit of silence. He would spend long periods of time in deep silence to point where he would dive into the darkest parts of the unknown places of God. He dared to confront the silence and found rapturous joy there. It is from these experiences with the most silent darkest place of where his treatise on the dark night of the soul was born.
He was arrested again a few years later and severely beaten, to the point where he was disabled from injury and sent to a far off monastery where the abbott was told to let him die. Although John's brothers begged the abbott to have mercy on him and get him a doctor, the abbot refused to disobey his authority. John's condition worsened, yet he remained placid, anticipating his place of heavenly splendor. As John was dying, the abbott asked for forgiveness. John forgave him and let go of the place that held him from being with his Divine love.
Where the streets have no name
Where the streets have no name
We're still building
Then burning down love
Burning down love
And when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do
Our love turns to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
The music and St. John's story married in deep, intricate way within me that day on the road home. It was as if the song was written about him, about a friend who had suffered and passed on. I grieved for him. I knew more about what my faith was worth threw his eyes; those eyes that saw in the silent moments of meditation our resplendent heaven. I felt a little of what his sister-friend Teresa may have felt felt, participating and seeing all of her brother's history making.
In my life, I admit I have no been able to be St. Teresa to my biological brothers. I have failed, as well as the conflicting voices of godliness that surrounded their upbringing, to help them know the love God has for them. There have been a few friends, male friends, with which I have felt I've been the St. Teresa co-conspirator on their long spiritual journey. We have made many stops along the way. A bookstore in a rusty title city called Flint, a pentecostal church choir, a farm in the middle of a cornfield in Illinois called Cornerstone, a queenly, European city called Cincinnati and a small town with a chapel on a hill in the town square called Tyldesly.
This band of brothers has seen relationships that have come and gone, marriages, children and more children. A brother just toured Venice. One is an artist, his dream. Another is a music minister. Another just had his heart pulled wide open by love. And another I found along the roadside, walking alone.
This last brother came back to me via a dream I had (about Chinese food in which my husband's cousin Amanda made a cameo) and the search button on Facebook. It has been over a dozen years since we communicated, yet it feels like we are picking up straight from the time when we wrote each other packets of letters that drifted for weeks over the ocean.
I was impacted not just by the fact that he has produced four children over the years but also deeply affected by that he has lost touch with his faith and left the church. He found himself an absence of hearing from God within, depressed and no longer believing what he was brought up to believe. He bravely walked away not wanting to be a hypocrite, knowing it would affect his family. He couldn't find anyone to help him get past the point in his faith when he want the big MORE. The ones surrounding him by just didn't have the capacity educationally, spiritually or psychologically to facilitate MORE. They were caught up in agendas, prognosis and politics. I feel it is no big wonder that he took the long walk....AWAY. His wings crashed around the cage he was in until he figured out it was easier just not to fly, and not flying fits.
My brother has grown mentally, as he says, and feels a strong confidence about his life plans. He hopes to find his place again amongst the folds but waits. I find him courageous for taking up the challenge of finding his faith beyond the definition of others, even his own ideals of what that means. Yet I feel as helpless to bring him to any conclusion as I feel in the reawakening of my own biological brothers' faith. I just want to listen and walk along side of my friend as St. Teresa did with John.
Oh, and I see love
See our love turn to rust
We're beaten and blown by the wind
Blown by the wind
Oh, when I go there
I go there with you
It's all I can do
*Where the streets have no name by U2


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Thursday, 13 August 2009
Vintage Heaven
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I need a lie down too! So much stuff - next time I am in town I am going to Living Vintage for sure for sure!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing
What fun! Lovely goodies - did you just come home with photos, or did you bring some lovelies home?ReplyDelete
Hi HenReplyDelete
It all looks so gorgeous and you are lucky to have these sort of shops around you. A bit thin in my neck of the woods. I can only access CK in Fenwicks department store in Canterbury. It's like the dark ages! Looking forward to seeing you finished blanket. Dev x
Oooh what a lovely virtual shopping trip! I have already chosen my tea dress for autumn/winter, so glad I have a birthday which coincides with the new CK range xReplyDelete
drooling and green with envy and the lovely shops you have there! RachaelxoReplyDelete
P.S...I was a bit smitten by the apple print....the cushion is lovely, very nearly bought it....there is also some new haberdashery fabric...that looks good too!ReplyDelete
Isn't that apple fabric cute!ReplyDelete
Once again your shopping trip has told me I need to head to Clapham for some fun shopping!
Victoria xx
I love everything...but especially the beautiful pillows! Makes me want to make some out of some flowery fabric!ReplyDelete
Hwllo from New York.ReplyDelete
It might surprise you to know that I have spent a bit of time in the Clapham area. Do you know Spencer Park?
Every time that you visit one of these lovely shops, and show your photos and complimentary comments, I always think ... wait a minute, Hen Herself could have a shop that would be even more marvelous!
I know I cannot be the first one to say this to you.
Oh I'm so happy to have found your blog--I love it!! I have been dying for a peek into the CK store so thank you so much!!! I'm in California so I have to be satisfied with drooling over the catalog :) I love that shelf of fabric and oh just all of it :)ReplyDelete
Now I know why I can't find these things in charity shops any more - it has all gone to Clapham. I used to buy those crochet blankets in the local Oxfam for about £3!ReplyDelete
I think you should hire yourself out as a personal shopper, Hen - you are very good at seeking this stuff out!
Pomona x
What lovely shops. I somehow, by accident - honest, found the CK shop in Bristol, and my son and husband were extrememly patient while I had a good look.ReplyDelete
So much loveliness! Will have to pop in to CK soon to see the new stock.ReplyDelete
now how did you manage to get some pictures in Cath K Hen? they are very funny about it up here and wont let you...I went in on tuesday and swooned at the new designs and the assistant who has now become my best friend because I visit so much, says there is more to come...hurray...the vintage shop was amazing...glad I was sat down...I have been deprived of vintage after two weeks in the highlandsReplyDelete
thanks for sharing - that was pure eye candy i must visit the vintage living shop i saw about 5 things straight away i loved !ReplyDelete
sounds like you had a day from heaven,so much to see in vintage living,did you come home with the painting?ReplyDelete
Wow, what a wonderful area for shopping! I'm also so glad to hear that you had a good experience in CK - yesterday so many bloggers were talking about bad experiences there recently. The Living Vintage store looks absolutely fantastic. It seems to contain everything you mentioned in my 'game' on vintage essentials, bar the Morris Minor, I think!ReplyDelete
How wonderful to have access to so many lovely shops! I really enjoyed the vintage selection! I saw so many things which I like. I really must start planning an autumn trip to London. This one is definitely on the list. I am looking forward to popping over to Bath soon to have a look at the new CK stock. Still have some vouchers to spend from my birthday!ReplyDelete
Take care
Isabelle x
The exciting question following that exciting post is of course if you bought anything????ReplyDelete
Don't keep us is suspence!!
Always love joining you on your shopping trips - amazing vintage finds!! GReplyDelete
That souns like my kind of a day out Hen! Such loveliness everywhere.Love ALLthe cushions at Living Vintage!ReplyDelete
Rachel x
- Anonymous14 August 2009 at 10:56
wow! what a fab day!ReplyDelete
I am heading over to Wandsworth this afternoon (where my other half's flat is - it's convenient for work when he has to work a ridiculously long day!) and I'm sure Clapham is 1 stop down on the train...
Maybe I need to convince him to pay these a visit with me tomorrow!
Rose XXX
- Anonymous14 August 2009 at 11:09
What a fab trip, I think I will have to motor down to Clapham next week!ReplyDelete
I love the picture in the bottom photo, did you buy any goodies? Fliss x xReplyDelete
Oooohhh hea-ven!!!ReplyDelete
(sorry, I'm out of tune...I was hidden inside your shopping bag..)
P.S. Hope you're having a great time with Mum and Dad!ReplyDelete
Gosh, Clapham has changed a lot since I last went there!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous shops, thanks so much for the tour ... :0)
Heaven, Vintage Heaven, my heart beats so that I can hardly speak! Oh my you have just reawakened my longing to go back to Northcote Road.We lived just on the other side of Wandsworth Common in our Big Smoke days!ReplyDelete
Saturday Morning's: Lighthouse Bakery, Street Market: fresh italian bread, olives, flowers, Vintage Living and then a quick dart up Webbs Road to Housepoints and Caroline Zoob! Aaah those were the days. I didn't know there was a Kidston there now, joyous news and Cabbages and Roses on Bellevue. Gotta dash and by my train ticket right NOW!
Thanks for reminding me, Love Sarah x
Just been to lunch with a friend, she is now going onto the Trafford Csetre, had to resisit tie urge to invite myself along...I can't be trusted near a CK....LOL!ReplyDelete
Just been enjoying some past post's...the "Heaven is"....a CK shop is a good un.....X
I was so excited when I read this I can't wait to go and visit all of these lovely shop. I am going to London in a couple of weeks so will be paying them a visit. Thanks for sharing them !ReplyDelete
Ann x
- Anonymous14 August 2009 at 16:06
What amazing shops, I think I would need a lie down as well. That is definitely Vintage overload. I've just sent off for my new Cath K catalogue and can't wait to see all the new designs. I love those Rosy paintings as well.ReplyDelete
Ooo, so pretty. I just don't see shops like that here in the States. Do you know of any?? LOVE the vintage look.ReplyDelete
Oh My Goodness! London is calling me...ReplyDelete
Love the Real vintage shop. Now thats the place I could poke about for hours on end.ReplyDelete
I agree...that painting is gorgeous! I was at her stall once at Country Living Show...I bought a dish. Really nice stuff xReplyDelete
What a day Hen! And what a fab area to discover again.ReplyDelete
That top store stands out like a sore thumb! So bright and cheery. I love it. :-)ReplyDelete
Hello! I love, love love your blog! ITS EDIBLE! An feast for the eyes, and just the kind of styles I like too. Suzie X :)ReplyDelete
My blog is www.itch2stitchdotcm.blogspot.com
A big, ooooh, came out of my mouth when I saw piccies of that shop! Oh my gosh it's amazing, so much stuff! I'd need a bank loan if I went in there ;o) xxReplyDelete
Is that Living Vintage also in Clapham? How come I've never seen it...! If it is Clapham that is very good...as Clapham is very very near...(rubs her hands in wicked delight) xxxReplyDelete
Ooooh...the name of your post is so right! Lisa Stickley on Landor Road, Clapham is also a lovely shop! xReplyDelete
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The EPA is due to begin phasing in permit requirements and regulation of greenhouse gases for large stationary facilities at the start of 2011. Facilities will be ph
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:O I've just realised it's be a whole month since my last post!
Anyways, I've been beavering away on a project...a knitted Christmas gift...yep, I'm being super organised this year! Sorry I can't put a full picture up of my WIP, it has to be a surprise, but here's a sneak peak ;)
My next few projects will also be gifts so my blog will be devoid of pictures for a while, but expect an inundation of posts from me come Christmas Day!
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LONDON — U.S. musical comedy "Glee" looks on course to be a strong performer in the U.K. following its debut on digital web E4 on Monday.
Show, recently renewed for a second series by the Fox network, achieved the highest rating for an acquired program on E4 since an episode of heavy hitter "Lost" in August 2005.
Glee" was watched by 1.3 million viewers — a 4.8% share — and looks destined to be a cult hit with the teen audience.
E4, one of Channel 4's digital offspring, has a lengthy history of breaking new U.S shows in the U.K.
In Blighty, critics have rushed to praise "Glee." The Independent's Brian Viner described it as " 'High School Musical' on steroids."
Viner wrote, "I know we only get the best of American TV over here, but even so, most of the invention and originality currently seems to be travelling across the Atlantic from west to east."
Across the Atlantic, "Glee" has generated awards buzz, achieving four Golden Globe nominations, including TV series: musical or comedy, and a Writers Guild of America nomination for comedy series and new series.


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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Buy One Get One SVG!
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Thanks for letting us know about the sale! I've only bought fonts from Lettering Delights before but tonight I bought my first SVG files. I even played with one set tonight!ReplyDelete
HI Jin! Thanks for sharing the info.I went to buy some SVGs and checked off a few favorites, only to realize that I already got them in the $100 bundle! LOL! I am looking for the moustaches and glasses mustache combo. Do you know which set those are in? Thanks so much, LisaReplyDelete
Hey Lisa, click on the BOGO image on my post above and the combo is the first file called Funny Faces. :-)ReplyDelete
Jin, did Funny Faces disappear? I can't find it.ReplyDelete
Hi GaTechGal, I just added it to my cart. It was missing earlier this morning and now it's back! Oh, man, this could be bad. I just bought a huge bundle of them. Now I'm getting more: but the hats are great for school projects and the mustaches are just great.ReplyDelete
Hey GaTechGal, Lisa is right. The set has been put back on the site. :-)ReplyDelete


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Interesting poll
Communicate Research in the Indie has got Labour boosted by the budget - with the Tory lead dropping from 11% to 4% (Con 35% - down 5; Lab 31% - up 2; LD 20% - up 3).
The detail shows Labour up a lot amongst key groups of voters - up 9% amongst skilled working class C2s and up 5% amongst junior white collar C1s, but down 7% amongst the least well off DEs - all of which is a fairly logical reaction to the way the Budget has been presented.
The Indie says:
"Mr Brown's Budget may have halted a slide in support for Labour among the party's traditional supporters in recent months. The proportion of these who say they will vote for the party has risen from 76 per cent to 79 per cent since last month, while the Tories' level of "core vote" support has fallen from 91 per cent to 87 per cent."


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Yesterday our YW group had the privilege of a day beach retreat. We had a blast. I'm going to share the schedule we *tried* to follow. (Don't you just love when you find a great idea that gets you motivated? Well I do!) I think we planned way too much and just didn't have enough time. Here we go....I have to add my comments here and there and we have to have some pictures!!!
(We read 3rd Nephi and the names are names of leaders in charge of different chapters and activites...Thanks Lyndy!)
CHAPTER 1 – 3: Read by Kariann
ACTIVITY: Don't flip flop in the gospel (Kariann). Decorate Flip flops. We used water balloons. Cheap and work well!
CHAPTER 1 – 3: Read by Kariann
ACTIVITY: Don't flip flop in the gospel (Kariann). Decorate Flip flops. We used water balloons. Cheap and work well!
CHAPTER 4: Read by YW. (farther people stray from God, the less modest and bizarre their appearance becomes.)
ACTIVITY: Divide girls in half (Nephites vs. Gadianton robbers). Play tug of war (Melinda) I tried to rig it so the Nephites would win but the Gadianton robbers had some good tricks up their sleeves!
CHAPTER 5: Read by YW.
ACTIVITY: Give Mormon a shout out for his hard work. Have girls write "And behold, I do make the record on plates which I have made with mine own hands." Won't come close to what Mormon had to do but maybe they will appreciate him a little more
CHAPTER 6 -7: Play CD and eat LUNCH
FREE TIME: 15-20 mins.
ACTIVITY: Girls put on bandannas and lead them back to reading area (Victoria)
CHAPTER 8: VS 1-21 read by Victoria. Leaders positioned in different areas read the last of the chapter as follows Jessica vs.22; Michelle vs. 23; Melinda vs. 24; Kariann vs. 25.
CHAPTER 9: YW still Blindfolded. Reading as follows
Vs. 1 Melinda
Vs. 2-22 Bro. Beach
CHAPTER 10: YW still Blindfolded. Reading as Follows…
1-3 Melinda
4- 7
8-18 (Blindfolds come off in vs. 9
ACTIVITY: Importance of silence as the people prepared for the Savior. Write in journals about their feelings
CHAPTER 11: YW take turns reading.
SONG (CD): He came For Me.
ACTIVITY: Individual Worth (Michelle) YW write letters to themselves about their individual worth. We need to come up with some guidelines questions for those who will struggle.
ACTIVITY: Have girls take walk with pebble and sucker (Jessica) http://www.mormonshare.com/node/15612
CHAPTER 12: YW take turns reading (Jessica)
BUILD FIRE (Talk about comparison of Fire & Holy Ghost…not sure if you want to stop on the vs or read the whole chapter through first. Let me know and I will change the schedule.) (Jessica)
CHAPTER 13-14 – Listen to the CD Play
SONG (CD): Sandcastles (YW get a bookmark with word of song)
ACTIVITY - (Kariann – Fortitudes & foundation) Building Sandcastles contest give them about 20 min., divide up into teams of 3 or 4, that would give us about 5 to 6 teams.
CHAPTERS 15-17 - YW reading
CHAPTER 18: - Bro. Denfeld is reading
TALK: Bro Denfeld talks on the importance of the sacrament
CHAPTER 19: Read by Michelle
ACTIVITY: - Importance of Prayer (Michelle). Prayer rocks painting (1/2 hour)
CHAPTER 20-23 –Listen to CD
ACTIVITY: Importance of Journal writing (Jessica). YW get Journal tags.
CHAPTERS 24-30 – Everyone reads or listen to CD????
SING: I know My Redeemer Lives
Give free time to play on the beach and then cook dinner, pack up, and go home.
***The best part is our (the leaders) reward...
Can't beat that! Our YW are the B-E-S-T best!


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Monthly Archives: July 2012
The Kazuri Beads Story
The History and Background of Kazuri Beads
Kazuri is Swahili for "small and beautiful" which aptly sums up the Kazuri pottery and bead workshop when it was started up back in 1975. The late Lady Susan Wood founded the business just outside Nairobi, Kenya, with a view to providing sustainable employment for single mothers who were struggling to survive and support their families. The pottery and bead-making enabled them to learn new skills very different from the traditional crafts they had been brought up with.
Today, the workshop is now a factory, situated in a place called "Karen", named after Karen Blixen of "Out of Africa" fame, on part of the farm which was once owned by her. It is a beautiful location just outside Nairobi, under the Ngong Hills between Kenya's vibrant capital and the spectacular Rift valley. The factory was bought in 2001 by Mark and Regina Newman whose goal is to expand the business whilst retaining its commitment to providing employment to the most disadvantaged members of the local community.
The Kazuri factory has become a popular attraction for tourists and a guided tour shows the visitors how each bead is shaped by hand from local clay. The beads are then fired, painted and glazed by hand, and then fired again before being carefully threaded to make necklaces, bracelets and earrings. As each bead is individually hand made, no two beads are exactly identical. All the designs are colourful, vibrant, and as well as the visual appeal, the beads have a wonderful tactile quality about them also.
The women really enjoy their work which they find satisfying and creative and visitors often remark upon the relaxed, happy good-natured atmosphere of the place with women laughing and chatting to each other as they work.
The factory has its own shop where people can buy the beaded jewellery to take home as presents and souvenirs for themselves and others. The purchase of these products brings with it a dual benefit: not only do the customers get to take home a really stunning handmade piece of jewellery, but they also feel good about knowing they are helping the community of Kenyan mothers to support themselves. This is what Fair Trade is all about.
This enterprise has grown so much that it now provides meaningful employment for around 340 women from the large city slums and is a lasting testament to the altruistic vision of Lady Susan Wood. You can find out more about Kazuri beads from the websites below.
Buy Kazuri beads at: www.caravelajewellery.com
Read more about the fascinating story of Lady Susan Wood http://www.amref.org/who-we-are/lady-susan-wood/
See a video of how the beads are made here:
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Bill Gross is the world's biggest bond trader. He runs the PIMCO bond fund with over $250 billion under management. He recently disclosed through financial filings that PIMCO has sold every single U.S. bond in its portfolio. Local, state, federal bonds- all sold off. Gross knows bonds are about to default in record numbers. And most importantly, he knows that the last resort of the Federal Reserve buying our own government's bonds at auction is a certain sign of Armageddon. When no one is left to buy your own debt but you, you have reached the end of a Ponzi Scheme.Read the whole thing and dispair. Then write your local newspapers and tear them up for not reporting on this better.
Then there is legendary Wall Street investor Stanley Druckenmiller. He, too, is calling the Fed's bond purchases a fraud and a Ponzi scheme. Druckenmiller says, "There is a phony buyer of $19 billion per week of Treasury Bonds." The phony buyer he refers to is the U.S. government. Druckenmiller knows that when a country resorts to buying its own debt, we are seeing the last days of the Roman Empire.
Another Wall Street legend, Jim Rogers, spoke out at a business conference last week. He said he plans to short sell (bet against) U.S. bonds with both hands. Rogers added, "If any of you have bonds, I would urge you to go home and sell them. If any of you are bond portfolio managers, I would get another job…if I were you, I would think about becoming a farmer."
Finally, we have the opinion of municipal bond expert Meredith Whitney, named by Fortune magazine as "one of the 50 most powerful women in business," and by Time magazine as "one of the 100 most influential people." She sees America in financial ruin with 50 to 100 cities defaulting on their debt in the next year.
What do these financial legends know that the rest of us do not?
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Scripture: Lectionary # 450: Ezra 6:7-8.12.14-20. Psalm 122:1-2.3-4.4-5.
Luke 8:19-21
Three times within our Gospels the seeking of Jesus by his mother and his extended family appears. Mark, the oldest Gospel to be written, is the source for Matthew and Luke, but the latter Evangelists change some of the details of Mark to speak to their communities and from their particular pastoral theological view. That is the beauty of having four Gospels and three that are rather close in their outline and contents. The scene occurs in the early part of Jesus' Galilean ministry of word and action. Luke gives it a special theological perspective by showing us that Mary is one who does the will of God and thus is a model for our own discipleship. There is nothing negative in Luke about Mary and it is he who gives her a voice (see Luke 1:26-38 and Luke 1:46-56).
Luke already gave us a portrait of Mary in the first two chapters which we name Luke's special Infancy Narrative (Matthew has a different one; Mark and John have none). Mary has from the first moment the criteria necessary for a disciple. He call to be the mother of Jesus is the foundation for that discipleship for it is there even before the conception of Jesus, Mary says to Gabriel, "May it be done to me according to your word." We call it her "Fiat" which in Latin means "May it be so." Her discipleship will follow once the child Jesus is born and grows into manhood. She will follow him from his birth till his death as we learn from the Gospels when studied as a whole. Luke, however, is our portrait painter of Mary. Even tradition pushes this metaphor into paintings that belong to some five hundred years later than Luke's "portrait in a literary framework. Most of the great paintings in the history of the Church will be taken from the stories that Luke hands on to us about Mary.
Her courageous and intense faith enables her to say yes to the motherhood God asks of her in her calling. Mary confirms that Yes by all that she says and does after the conception and birth of Jesus. She will, in her own way, become the "Star of Evangelization" by handing on the Gospel without words! She always points to God and to her Son and not to herself even in this puzzling scene of searching for Jesus. She will continue to seek, to talk to him and to follow him even till he dies on the Cross. She will be with his other disciples when they gather after his burial into the upper room awaiting the Holy Spirit. She had already been overshadowed by that same Holy Spirit in the Annunciation account. Luke has never lost sight of that and brings Mary into the foundation of the Christian Church in that upper room in Jerusalem where his Gospel actually began in its narrative.
Mary gives us the best and most faithful example of what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. She has extended her primary role as his mother to the missionary role that all disciples of Jesus are to embrace and fulfill. Her relationship to Jesus as his mother never ceases and continues today in the proper and balanced veneration her spiritual sons and daughters give to her. We who accept her as our spiritual mother and the mother of the Church are fortunate to have learned this love for her through Luke our Evangelist, theologian, artist, and historian. As Mary searched out to find Jesus, so Luke searched out the sources and traditions that were handed down in the earliest Jerusalem community about Mary. As her Son's disciples and her disciples we strive to make her better known, love, and served. May we obtain the grace of taking Mary into our life as did the Evangelist Luke and the Beloved Disciple. May we assist her in her mission of bringing Jesus to all peoples. Amen.


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Toady I was busy with my work but that time I have received one mail in my mail account that mail is related to my friend. He has attached the some picture along with the mail. When I saw that picture then I was shocked that how it works. If you want to know that what was there? Please go through this blog.
Picture Play With Your Mind
Count the legs of this Elephant
Count the black donts
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In his experiment, Whitteridge cut the right optic tract. For information to get from either eye to the right visual cortex, it now has to go to the left visual cortex and cross in the corpus callosum. Cooling either of these areas blocks the flow of nerve impulses.
One of the first neurophysiological examinations of the corpus callosum was made a few years after Myers' experiments by David Whitteridge, then in Edinburgh. Whitteridge realized that for a band of nerve fibers to join homologous, mirror-symmetric parts of area 17 made no sense. No reason could possibly exist for wanting a cell in the left hemisphere, concerned with points somewhere out in the right field of vision, to be connected to a cell on the other side, concerned with points equally far out in the left field. To check this further Whitteridge surgically severed the optic tract on the right side, just behind the optic chiasm, thus detaching the right occipital lobe from the outside world—except, of course, for any input that area might receive from the left occipital lobe via the corpus callosum, as you can see from the illustration on this page. He then looked for responses by shining light in the eyes and recording from the right hemisphere with wire electrodes placed on the cortical surface. He did record responses, but the electrical waves he observed appeared only at the inner border of area 17, a region that gets its visual input from a long, narrow, vertical strip bisecting the visual field: when he used smaller spots of light, they produced responses only when they were flashed in parts of the visual field at or near the vertical midline. Cooling the cortex on the opposite side, thus temporarily putting it out of commission, abolished the responses, as did cooling the corpus callosum. Clearly, the corpus callosum could not be joining all of area 17 on the two sides, but just a small part subserving the vertical midline of the visual field.
Anatomical experiments had already suggested such a result. Only the parts of area 17 very close to the border between areas 17 and 18 sent axons across to the other side, and these seemed to end, for the most part, in area 18, close to its border with area 17. If we assume that the input the cortex gets from the geniculates is strictly from contralateral visual fields—left field to right cortex and right field to left cortex—the presence of corpus-callosum connections between hemispheres should result in one hemisphere's receiving input from more than one-half the visual fields: the connections should produce an overlap in the visual-field territories feeding into the two hemispheres. That is, in fact, what we find. Two electrodes, one in each hemisphere near the 17-18 borders, frequently record cells whose fields overlap by several degrees.
Torsten Wiesel and I soon made microelectrode recordings directly from the part of the corpus callosum containing visual fibers, the most posterior portion. We found that nearly all the fibers that we could activate by visual stimuli responded exactly like ordinary cells of area 17, with simple or complex properties, selective for orientation and responding usually to both eyes. They all had receptive fields lying very close to the vertical midline, either below, above, or in the center of gaze, as shown in the diagram on this page.
Perhaps the most esthetically pleasing neurophysiological demonstration of corpus-callosum function came from the work ofGiovanni Berlucchi and Giacomo Rizzolatti in Pisa in 1968. Having cut the optic chiasm along the midline, they made recordings from area 17, close to the 17-18 border on the right side, and looked for cells that could be driven binocularly. Obviously any binocular cell in the visual cortex on the right side must receive input from the right eye directly (via the geniculate) and from the left eye by way of the left hemisphere and corpus callosum. Each binocular receptive field spanned the vertical midline, with the part to the left responding to the right eye and the part to the right responding to the left eye. Other properties, including orientation selectivity, were identical, as shown in the illustration on the facing page.
This result showed clearly that one function of the corpus callosum is to connect cells so that their fields can span the midline. It therefore cements together the two halves of the visual world. To imagine this more vividly, suppose that our cortex had originally been constructed out of one piece instead of being subdivided into two hemispheres; area 17 would then be one large plate, mapping the entire visual field. Neighboring cells would of course be richly interconnected, so as to produce the various response properties, including movement responses and orientation selectivity. Now suppose a dictareally happened, since the brain had two hemispheres long before the cerebral cortex evolved.
This experiment ofBerlucchi and Rizzolatti provides the most vivid example I know of the remarkable specificity of neural connections. The cell illustrated on this page, and presumably a million other callosally connected cells like it, derives a single orientation selectivity both through local connections to nearby cells and through connections coming from a region of cortex in the other hemisphere, several inches away, from cells with the same orientation selectivity and immediately adjacent receptive-field positions—to say nothing of all the other matching attributes, such as direction selectivity, end-stopping, and degree of complexity. Every callosally connected cell in the visual cortex must get its input from cells in the opposite hemisphere with exactly matching properties. We have all kinds of evidence for such selective connectivity in the nervous system, but I can think of none that is so beautifully direct.
Visual fibers such as these make up only a small proportion ofcallosal fibers.
In the somatosensory system, anatomical axon-transport studies, similar to the radioactive-amino-acid eye injections described in earlier chapters, show that the corpus callosum similarly connects areas of cortex that are activated by skin or joint receptors near the midline of the body, on the trunk, back, or face, but does not connect regions concerned with the extremities, the feet and hands.
Every cortical area is connected to several or many other cortical areas on the same side. For example, the primary visual cortex is connected to area 18 (visual area 2), to the medial temporal area (MT), to visual area 4, and to one or two others. Often a given area also projects to several areas in the opposite hemisphere through the callosum or, in some few cases, by the anterior commissure. We can therefore view these commissural connections simply as one special kind of cortico-cortico connection. A moment's thought tells us these links must exist: if I tell you that my left hand is cold or that I see something to my left, I am using my cortical speech area, which is located in several small regions in my left hemisphere, to formulate the words. (This may not be true, because I am left handed.) But the information concerning my left field of vision or left hand feeds into my right hemisphere: it must therefore cross over to the speech area if I am going to talk about it. The crossing takes place in the corpus callosum. In a series of studies beginning in the early i96os, Roger Sperry, now at Cal Tech, and his colleagues showed that a human whose corpus callosum had been cut (to treat epilepsy) could no longer talk about events that had entered through the right hemisphere. These subjects provided a mine of new information on various kinds of cortical function, including thought and consciousness. The original papers, which appeared in the journal Brain, make fascinating reading and should be fully understandable to anyone reading the present book.
This experiment by Berlucchi and Rizzolatti beautifully illustrates not only the function of the visual part of the callosum but also the high specificity of its connections between cells of like orientation and bordering receptive fields. Berlucchi and Rizzolatti cut the chiasm of a cat in the midline, so that the left eye supplies only the left hemisphere, with information coming solely from the right field of vision.
Similarly, the right eye supplies only the right hemisphere, with information from the left visual field. After making the incision, they recorded from a cell whose receptive field would normally overlap the vertical midline. They found that such a cell's receptive field is split vertically, with the right part supplied through the left eye and the left part through the right eye.
The receptive fields of fibers in the corpus callosum lie very close to the vertical midline. The receptive fields here were found by recording from ten fibers in one cat.


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We also randomly choose a Featured host each week from the Lovin' The Readers linky. This week we are featuring Athena from The Stuff of Success.
Here's a little bit about her:
"Athena is a School Business Administrator in an urban school district in Connecticut by day – and the rest of the time she is a wife, mom, blogger, deal seeker and DIYer. The Stuff of Success is dedicated to helping others to live life well AND inexpensively. Topics covered at The Stuff of Success include: adoption, special needs, crafts, DIY, reviews, deals, networking, life and photography! Pretty much anything and everything involved in daily living. The Stuff of Success documents life's journeys and has been doing so for at least two years as of 03/24/13! "
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A lot happened this week and I hope I don't forget anything.
Last P-day we went to Plainfield and watched all the Elders have a dunking contest. They're all tall and play basketball well. I just sit on the ground and play my ukulele. :)
Tuesday: Sister Griffeth got sick and the nurse told us to stay inside. So, I played the ukulele some more. However, Elder Knudsen ripped a huge hole in his coat and I sewed it up for him. I wrote a note to him and I sewed it up in his sleeve and then I told him about it. It's been driving him insane because he wants to know what it says. I think he might actually cut open his coat to find out...
Wednesday: We had Zone Conference! President Cleveland polished my boots for me at one of the stations. They looked so good-I couldn't stop staring at them. We received a lot of trainings and we role played a lot. Then we had a "March Madness" clinic. The Coach in President Cleveland came out and we did basketball drills! It was fun even though I'm horrible at b-ball. Sister Cleveland told me that we have the same amount of arm strength...basically none. Haha! :)
Thursday: We jumped our British neighbor's car when it was 1 degree outside. It was so cold! Boo. We also cleaned out the font for out baptism and we had to take a selfie. :)
Friday: I honestly don't remember Friday...so I guess it wasn't important!
Saturday! This is the glorious day! It snowed 6 inches and our cars got grounded for a few hours until they cleared up the roads. As soon as we could, we booked it to Plainfield to pick up the jumpsuits for the baptisms and we had to start filling the font. Well, we didn't plug the font properly (because we're Sisters and we didn't know) so it was draining a little as it was filling. IT'S FINE! Haha! It worked out, thank goodness. Brian and Bella were both baptized! They're so great! It was a beautiful day! A little hectic, but it all worked out. Bella started swimming in the font after she got baptized! It was so cute and funny! She makes me laugh so hard! We were teaching her about baptism and she saw the picture of Jesus and John the Baptist and she said, "It looks like they're dancing!" Haha! We had her write down how she felt about her confirmation during Sacrament meeting yesterday and she said, "I felt weird because all these guys were putting their hands on my head, but I felt happy because I know God is happy." It was so precious. I love that little family so much! Then, that night we got transfer calls. I'm staying in Brownsburg, but Sister Griffeth is leaving in 2 days! That makes 4 companions in 6 months. People are going to think that I'm a crazy psycho that can't keep a companion for longer than a transfer. Haha! I just hope I get an old Sister that's about to go home. I need someone that I can learn all the tricks of the trade from. :) This week marks my 6 months in the mission field! That's weird. :)
Sunday: Bella got confirmed and then Sister Griffeth packed. Also, we went and said goodbye to a Senior couple in downtown Indy. I will miss them so much! I just realized that my first area was about 5 miles south of downtown and my current area is only about that far west of downtown. I guess I'll just never leave Indy. I hope I don't, anyway! I heard that this transfer meeting will be the biggest one yet! A lot of people are getting double transferred. A set of Elders in my District are. Everyone in my zone is getting transferred! It's insane.
That's all folks! Love you all!


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Big-name movies and shows, now starring you - Springwise
- Remove the lead vocals from a hit song, and you've got the makings for karaoke. Erase a lead actor from a popular film, and you've got the idea behind Yoostar.
- Yoostar is a new technology that includes all the tools consumers need to digitally insert themselves in the place of original lead actors in famous movies and television shows. Included in the USD 170 system—slated to become available in July—are a studio-grade web cam with built-in dual microphones and remote control, portable green screen, professional stand, and Yoostar software that is PC- and Mac-compatible. Yoostar's patented Active Immersion Technology begins by digitally removing original actors from iconic Hollywood scenes, creating clips with roles that need to be filled. Among the films to be available, for example, are "The Godfather," "The Terminator" and "Psycho," thanks to Yoostar's partnerships with Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros., Lions Gate Films, the NBA and "Sesame Street." The system will ship with an assortment of such clips featuring 38 different roles, and more will be available for purchase and download from Yoostar's continuously updated library of film, television and NBA moments.
- Once they choose the role they'd like to play, consumers will simply step between the camera and the green screen, get in the character's position and start filming. They can deliver faithful, on-script performances or choose their own interpretations; the number of takes is unlimited, ensuring that the user gets exactly the performance they want before wrapping the scene. In addition to recording scenes to their Mac or PC for local viewing, users can also upload and share them on Yoostar's site, where content is available for viewing, rating and competition. In true social networking fashion, user profiles, communities of friends, and embeddable players and widgets will all be available.
f there's anything the prolific members of Generation C(ontent) love more than creating their own content, it's giving well-known content a spin of their own. Could this lead to the discovery of the silver screen's own Susan Boyle? Only time will tell. Meanwhile, following its July 1 release online, the Yoostar system will become available through retailers on Aug. 24; might be a good idea to be one of them. ;-) (Related: Tuning in to a personalized radio tribute — Online auditions for a crowdsourced movie.)
Website: www.yoostar.com
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As the world media reacts to China's horrific actions taken against the
Monks. I have to wonder why the media has not taken such a stance
against the Military Junta of Burma. Clearly the people of Burma have
been under siege for about 50 years as Than Shwe and his merry band of
thugs killed their way into the hearts of millions.
The Karen are being murdered as well as other ethnic tribal people as
we speak but not a sound from the media eh. The bogus Constitutional
Referendum is up for yet another "fixed" election and will soon be the
law of the land. Yet the media at large just sits there. If it were not
for the free thinking people at Irrawaddy and other obscure
publications true news from Burma would be non existent.
Fortunately for me I have many friends who've survived to tell their
stories and assist me in my research. Granted they are still very
fearful for their lives so I do not mention their names since it is
known the Burmese Junta has agents and hit squads within the borders of
the United States and other nations. From ex political prisoners to
Karen refugees arriving in the United States the stories keep on
coming. The picture they paint is that of total horror, rape and
gruesome torture.
Now China is trying to promote their "Blood Olympic Games". What a sham
that will be since there is no question they will win the "Wholesale
Murder For Fun and Profit" event only followed closely by the USA for
their treatment of the Indigenous people within their borders. The
African continent will be a top contender since they have many
contestants as well. Dare I mention South Africa and their blood filled
diamond mines? South America Countries are also in the running with
their corporate sponsored elections as well as their wholesale murder
of tribal people and destruction of rain forests, all for fun and
profit. So now I have to reconsider if China will win hands down after
all. One sure bet will be on the corporations behind the nations who
chose to perpetrate these crimes against humanity. Will it be Chevron
Oil, will it be Alcoa Aluminum? Maybe it will be Daewoo or Total Oil.
Course it could possibly be Halliburton or Boeing. Another possibility
would be within the insurance industry. Only time will tell as the true
rulers of the planet finally make themselves known. And you better
believe it will be a conglomerate corporation who has become the
absolute ruler of the New World Order, not any nation. Nations of the
world are only store fronts or masks that hide the beast within.
So I have to wonder why all the fuss about tribal people? What did
these innocent people do to be targeted for death world wide? Is it
because they had no use for modern ways and chose to live truly free?
Just think about it, are we free anyway? I venture to state that us
people living in this so called free world are not free at all. We have
to pay and pay and pay. One Karen refugee told me if she knew what it
really was like in this so called "Land of the Free" she would have
waited to be executed by Junta Killing Squads rather than die a slow
death in America. Her complaint was that she could not sit under a tree
without having to pay someone for doing so. Everything had a price tag
on it and you could not exist without money.
Hmm, I did not think about it before but she was absolutely right.
There is no freedom anymore since ultimately we have to pay just to sit
anywhere. We have to pay someone for something at any given time of
day. Do the math and calculate how much you must pay just to sit on
your lawn chair or even pick your nose. Do you pay $5 a day, $10 a day
or even $100 a day just to be here? Ultimately the money goes to
corporations since they are the bottom line in all that we do, eat or
live in. The buck stops at the corporate stocks and bonds. It's all
about the money eh.
Small wonder the Indigenous people of the America's were decimated,
divided and conquered. The very notion people could live and eat free
was a poisonous ideology indeed. With all that free meat running around
and not having the need to buy and have "stuff" could have dashed the
dreams of early industrialists for sure. How could one be rich in
comparison to others if nobody cared? How could they be a class above
if nobody gave a hoot about all their junk anyway? The word progress,
what does it mean? Natives would have spread this axiom to the
Europeans who came to this country there is no doubt. And a 1000 years
of conditioning would have been lost in a matter of months to the
chagrin of Ole' Mad King George and other rulers who've profited over
the millennia.
In a very real sense we live in a fanciful form of indentured
servitude. Think about it, we are slaves and must work to have the
privilege to sit under a tree or simply walk down the road. Everything
has a price and the slave master uses the all mighty dollar as the new
whip. If we don't conform we are punished or imprisoned for violating
corporate law. Add up your monthly household bills and divide it by the
days of the month and you will discover how much you have to pay, just
to sit there. If you like, divide your daily price for existence by 24
hours and you will have your hourly rate of existence. Go one more step
and divide the hour and you will have the rate for the minutes you must
pay. It will sicken you whence you make the realization of exactly how
much you must pay to exist. And it all ultimately goes into the coffers
of corporations; it's as simple as that eh. It costs me $2.50 an hour
24 hours a day to exist here in America. How much do you pay for
freedom eh?
Your Devil's Advocate
Creativity is the byproduct of a fertile mind


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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- A pursuit of a motorcycle driver by officers from the Arizona Department of Public Safety ended just after 5 p.m. Tuesday at Arrowhead Towne Center.
The person officers were pursuing has been identified as Robert Tinta, 21, of Surprise. He was apprehended on the second floor of the Macy's department store.
It started when a DPS officer tried to stop Tinta for speeding on westbound Interstate 10 at the tunnel, according to DPS spokesman Bart Graves.
Tinta refused to stop and ended up on northbound Interstate 17. Officers in a helicopter followed him to the mall. Speeds of more than 100 mph were reached as the rider passed on the shoulder and avoided red lights, according to court documents.
Graves said Tinta changed his clothes while inside a Macy's dressing room. He then reportedly tried to leave the store.
He was taken into custody as he tried to take the elevator back to the first floor. The store tag and anti-shoplifting device were still attached to the pants as he was being arrested.
According to police, the motorcycle had a fictitious license plate on it.
No one was hurt in the pursuit. But witnesses say this driver put everyone at risk.
"I think he's an idiot," says one shopper. "I think he should go to jail."
Tinta faces several charges, including unlawful flight, endangerment, reckless driving and shoplifting.
His bond was set at $15,000.


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Today I went to Hobby Lobby. Last week I sniffed over to Michael's and Jo-Ann Fabrics.
What I found was:
1. I need to ask my dad if he has extra paint/paintbrushes/wood glue/glue gun.
2. I can get some nice door hinges at Michael's to fix the front and kitchen doors.
3. Carpeting's gonna be a bit trickier than I realized. Everyone's got some good felt I could use. Jo-Ann's has cloth fabric quarters, which is interesting (but cloth for carpet? Hmm.) And Hobby Lobby has foam, and dollhouse carpet. (Foam is also strange, and dollhouse carpet is expenseive.)
4. Tiling will be a breeze--Hobby Lobby has tiling (and it that doesn't pan out, there's nice cardstock at Jo-Ann's I could use if I had to.)
5. Hobby Lobby also has mini furniture, so that's handy.
Too bad Hobby Lobby is on the other side of town...oh well.
Getting closer! Thanks for reading.


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Bioarchaeological Analysis of Cultural Transition in the Southern Levant Using Dental Nonmetric Traits
To many Near Eastern archaeologists, the Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age transition in the southern Levant indicates the emergence of a new ethnicity. The question remains, however, whether changes in the material culture are the result of an invasion of foreigners, or instead arose from shifting cultural and technical practices by indigenous peoples. This study utilized dental morphological traits to assess phenetic relationships between the Late Bronze Age site of Dothan (1500-1100 BC) and the Iron Age II site of Lachish (Tell edDuweir, 701 BC). Information on 30 dental crown and root traits was collected for 4,412 teeth, representing 392 individuals from Lachish and a minimum of 121 individuals from Dothan, using the Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System. Seventeen traits from Dothan and Lachish were compared with dentitions from a Byzantine Jerusalem monastery, Iron Age Italy, a Natufian group (early agrarians from the Levant), and a Middle Kingdom Egyptian site using C.A.B. Smith's mean measure of divergence statistic. The findings suggest that there are more similarities between Dothan and Lachish than either of them and other sites. This analysis indicates that the material culture changes were not the result of a foreign invasion. Rather, the Iron Age people of the southern Levant were related to their Bronze Age predecessors.
A study of teeth, with some interesting insights into other past papers on it..
The first report on the Lachish skulls included a thorough examination of pathology, metrics, artifi-cial deformation, and epigenetic affinity. Utilizing craniometrics, Risdon (1939) concluded that the group was very similar to dynastic Egyptian material. In fact, he stated that the entire population was of foreign origin, representing descendants of a group derived primarily from Upper Egypt. This conclusion was subsequently supported by a craniometric study by Musgrave and Evans (1981). Keita (1988, p. 377) likewise examined the skulls metrically, omitting those that were either "artificially deformed, female, warped, split, [or] juvenile," using only those measurements that he believed were consistent population discriminators. He concluded that the group was fairly heterogeneous, having close relationships to North African, Egyptian, and Nubian groups, thus lending support to an "Egypto-Nubian presence" (Keita, 1988, p. 388).
One of the first to oppose the idea of an Egyptian origin was Keith (1940), who felt that the Lachish inhabitants were markedly different from Egyptians, though his analysis was rather anecdotal. Others have since concurred, arguing that the people of Lachish were indigenous, closely related to pre-Middle Bronze Age skeletons in Palestine and the modernday Bedouin (Arensburg, 1973; Arensburg et al.1980; Smith, 1995). Arensburg (1982) further stated that although Egypt and Mesopotamia were very influential culturally, they made no biological contribution to the Levant at all. Giles (1953) conducted a craniometric examination of the Bronze Age skulls at
Lachish excavated after the initial study of Risdon (1939), and established that the crania were most likely from the same population as the Iron Age people studied by Risdon (1939). Berry and Berry (1972), utilizing nonmetric cranial features, likewise, found that the Lachish series was quite distinct from Egyptian collections dating to the Predynastic, Middle Kingdom, and Late Periods.
Other than the immediate observation that Egyptians seem to be very similar to their Levantine neighbours? It suggests that Keita's methods are a bit questionable if these people are coming up as Nubian. I'll have a look for the paper in question, 'An analysis of crania from Tell-Duweir'. The overall conclusion of this paper is that " The results of this dental morphology study indicate biological continuity in the Late Bronze-Early Iron Age transition in the southern Levant," and not an Egyptian/Nubian origin for them. Which is supported by the DNA, no big population movements in that direction as far as I know.


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I have fun competing in the Crazy Cooking Challenge each month. It began 8 months ago as a way to meet other bloggers and find great recipes for a common recipe, and it has definitely lived up to those expectations for me.
I never expected to win, however; and yet we have consistently done pretty well in one way or another each month. For several months, we've had the most traffic.
This month, we placed SECOND in the whole competition - out of nearly 100 bloggy recipes! (And we were behind first place by only three votes.)
This is very exciting to me. I love cooking and sharing new recipes, and knowing that others are interested in those recipes makes the process even more fun. Thanks for reading about my nest and for checking out my recipes.
Next month's challenge will feature a grilled cheese sandwich - made on any bread, with any cheese, with any extra ingredients. If you have a blog and want to share your recipe, please send me a link - I'd love to check it out and consider your recipe for next month's challenge!
If you missed the Better-than-the-Bakery Blueberry Streusel Muffins, you can check them out here. I can't wait to make them again - they're yummy!


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Let's say you own a building with enough space to house multiple businesses. You start off with your practice set up in one area/wing/whatever of the building and rent out the rest of it. Perhaps you plan to use the extra space in the future for expansion, but that really is not important. Commercial real estate hits a rough patch and your LLC comes dangerously close to failure. Your dental practice is still rather successful. Would it be legal to "renegotiate" and jack up the rental rate on your dental practice so as to help your commercial property LLC get through the tough times?
The basic question here is whether or not it is legal to essentially use the rate charged to your practice to mediate the bumps felt by your commercial property. (I suppose the reverse of this situation is possible as well, with you lowering the rate charged to a struggling practice by your successful commercial real estate... but this situation seems unlikely at best).
Or you could simply use the S-Corp profits and lend them to the LLC to keep it afloat. Assuming you're the sole owner of each both flow through to your ind. tax return so the net tax benefit will be the same.
Remember, the S-Corp needs to act in a prudent business fashion. If it's already paying "fair market" rent and you didn't own the LLC and the landlord asked you to renegotiate the lease to pay more rent, would you still do it? The answer is no.
Don't make it more complicated that it needs to be.
Our friend Jason Wood would like to add:
The only thing I will add to this excellent answer is a real world experience as to why it should be done this way as opposed to renegotiating the rent and putting it in writing.
A client that contacted us after-the-fact had entered into an "above average rent" with his dental practice for the building that he owned. Because it was a part of the lease there was a paper trail. When he lost the building as a result of the economy we are in, the bank "relied" on the above market rental rate outlined in the lease to force the dentist to continue paying the above market rent.
In other words, don't renegotiate your rent, do what Tim suggests instead. Lend the LLC money personally so that if you lose the building it isn't attached to your separate entity.
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Saturday, June 13, 2009
Corpus Christi (in 17 syllables)
This past week I've been experimenting on Twitter and Facebook with liturgical haiku. You know, taking the Japanese poetic form of three lines, with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the middle line, and using this very restricted form to express something of the message from the Mass readings or the saint of the day.
I tried to come up with something for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord (Corpus Christi). Which one do you think works the best? Please feel free to compose your own and add it in the comments!
Last Supper
Jesus took up bread,
but would not feed us mere bread:
"This is My Body."
Holy Mass
Giving thanks and praise,
We offer the perfect Gift:
It is Christ Himself.
Petals floating down,
Incense wafting to the skies,
Come, let us adore.
The image is a detail from one of the windows at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church, where I will be singing some mighty splendid music for this great feast.
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Daily Sacrament
Real Body, Real Blood,
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I'm taking The Angelus Project challenge! You had me at A Call to Prayer. LoH too demanding and distracting at this point in my life (raising little ones); love it for leading me back to the Catholic church -- will return to it later. Was looking for something in addition to rosary to ground my day; thank you for helping me to understand and find it!
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I have been looking for a family I can "adopt" for Christmas. I can think of no one more deserving than a military family. Our military men and women risk their lives for our freedom every day and we should all do everything we can to thank them. If there is a military family in the Orlando, FL area that could use a little help this Christmas, reply to this post. My family never had a lot of money but my parents always made the holiday special and I would like to help make someone else's holiday a little brighter if I can.


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The response to Ice has been phenomenal and my writing partner and I are really hyped about it. If you haven't read it yet, you should. It is available on Amazon, Smashwords, and at your favorite book store. If they don't have it they can order from Books We Love Publishing Partners www.bwlpp.com
My new work is tentatively titled Meltdown where we find Morgan Garrett and Darcie Devonshire and the Santa Maria police, along with the FBI dealing with a mysterious aircraft crash where a unidentified man is found in the wreckage. With no memory, and the manifest showing he was not on the airplane at it's departure the are....well there you go.
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
You know you're a lifelong fiction lover when...
Elizabeth Zelvin
Do you reread favorite novels over and over? Do the characters seem real to you? What percentage of your fund of basic knowledge comes from facts you learned in fiction? The list below was inspired by the first item on it, supplied by a childhood friend with whom I've just reconnected. My most vivid memories of her centered around some very personal stuff confided when we were ten or eleven, maybe twelve. What she remembered about me made me laugh, because it demonstrated how long I've been a bookworm.
You know you're a lifelong fiction lover when...
Your old friend from Girl Scout camp tells you 60 years later that you once kept her awake all night recounting to her the entire plot of The Count of Monte Cristo.
You can draw from memory the family tree of the Day, Sprague, and Campion families from Elswyth Thane's Williamsburg novels, which you took out of the library innumerable times in the 1950s.
You can supply a name, date, pronunciation, or spelling—without checking—of historical figures and events about 90 percent of the time your husband the history buff brings them up in conversation, though you haven't read a nonfiction history book since college.
You're still looking for the first real storybook you got from the library as a kid, long, long out of print. It was called Sally and the White Horse, and it was about a brother and sister who are captured by Barbary pirates and sold into slavery. She was confined in the harem, and he worked in the garden, or was it the stable, and he'd pretend to talk to himself so she could hear what he said through the bars about planning their escape. One point he made over and over was, "I must learn Arabic." To this day, you wonder whether you would be capable of picking up Arabic, not an easy language, if you needed it in desperate circumstances.
Every time you cross the Susquehanna River when driving from New York to Washington, DC you think about Frances Slocum, a little girl in the Revolutionary period who was captured by Indians, adopted, and spent her entire life with the tribe. How do you know? A fictionalized retelling of her story was serialized in Jack and Jill, the children's magazine your family subscribed to when you were a kid.
If you were stuck on a desert island without anything to read, you think you might be able to reconstitute quite a number of novels you've reread dozens of times, including such favorite mysteries as Brat Farrar.
One-liners from books form part of your permanent vocabulary, no matter how long ago you read them. For example, in one of Margery Allingham's mysteries, there's a woman reporter who rationalizes her nosiness by saying, "I only ask because I want to know." You use that all the time. You've even noticed that the line is in iambic pentameter.
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Bookfinder.com (a deadly place) says "The White Horse" is the actual title of the book by Elizabeth Coatsworth. And there are apparently both new and used copies available (perhaps it has been republished?)!
- August 2, 2012 at 8:23 AM
- Elizabeth Zelvin said...
Thanks, Sandra. I was sure it wasn't called simply The White Horse, and we were both right. The Sally books were a series (wish I'd known that as a kid), reissued in trade paperback in 2006, and yep, she's captured by Barbary pirates in this one. I've just ordered my copy--it'll be interesting to see how it holds up. Elizabeth Coatsworth is a children's author whose name I remember, though when I read the book I was too young to pay attention to authors--first or second grade. The reprint says 10 or up, which doesn't surprise me. My voracious reading started early!
- August 2, 2012 at 8:50 AM
- Julia Buckley said...
And there you have the magic of the Internet. :) I had a similar re-uniting with a favorite PG Wodehouse book from my childhood; a woman send it to me from TASMANIA in exchange for some Chicago stuff.
I love all the things you listed that prove you are a fiction lover. Thank goodness for stories, and the people who love them.
- August 2, 2012 at 9:56 AM
Liz -- Love this totally! Fits me too!
Julia -- what PG Wodehouse was that? I'm just starting to actually read him.
Sandra -- thanks (I think) for reminding me of Bookfinder. Now, where am I going to fit those acquisitions!
- August 2, 2012 at 8:13 PM
- Julia Ink said...
I know the Albert Campion story (for example, that his real name was Rupert) but don't recall any other Campion family. Still I think I am a lifelong reader, too
- August 6, 2012 at 6:52 AM
- Julia Ink said...
I know the Albert Campion story (for example, that his real name was Rupert) but don't recall any other Campion family. Still I think I am a lifelong reader, too
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Short post, since markets are very active.
Until recently, many referred to global financial markets (and the economy) as "Goldilocks'.
My favorite allusion is to Blanche DuBois, but Humpty Dumpty is increasingly becoming applicable as well.
Straight from Mother Goose, then:
- Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
- Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
- All the king's horses and all the king's men
- Couldn't put Humpty together again.


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A trans activist group blasted the Media Research Center's (MRC) video objecting to California's new trans-inclusive legislation in an interview with The Raw Story on Monday.
"That video is just a hateful embarassment," National Center for Transgender Equality executive director Mara Keisling said. "[The people at MRC] know that there are real trans people. They know we're not talking about boys who want to pretend that they're girls or girls who want to pretend they're boys. They know we're talking about people who have a gender identity that want to safely use the restroom in a way that is least disruptive."
As MediaMatters reported on Monday, the video by the MRC, a conservative group, shows reporter Dan Joseph approaching a woman outside a womens' locker room and identifying himself as "a transgender."
"That means I have the man parts but inside I feel more like a woman," Joseph tells the woman. "I was just wondering, is it okay if I go in there with you in there and change and shower and stuff? Just because I don't really feel, like, comfortable in the men's area. It's just weird. Is that okay with you?" The woman's response is not shown.
The video also shows an edited montage of interviews conducted by Joseph at an unidentified college campus in Virginia, a completely unrelated setting to the new Califonia law, which allows K-12 students to use school facilities and play on athletic teams according to their gender identity.
The bill was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on August 12, 2013, to the consternation of conservative media outlets.
"I remember high school — kids get away with a lot of bad stuff," one respondent tells Joseph in the video. "A lot of kids nowadays would probably take advantage of rules like that."
"Right. You mean like, a guy who just wants to see some naked chicks [saying], 'Oh, I'm transgendered, [sic] I need to go to the girls' locker room,'" Joseph responds, before admitting, "I mean, that's what I would do."
Keisling told The Raw Story videos like Joseph's do not advance anything useful in discussing how to help trans students.
"All it does is villainize a group of kids who have it really rough, and who the state of California's just trying to make it a little easier on," she said. "This doesn't put anybody else out. It's really easy to scare people about it, and I get it, but nobody's put out, nobody's made unsafe, nobody's made unmodest. This is just sad and kind of sick."
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I attended a cousins wedding and this is the card I made using tie the knot cartridge. It turned out awesome. Audrey give me a few more months and I can be your guest designer.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
A black and white easel wedding card
Posted by Gail at Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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- Audrey Frelx said...
This card is gorgeous!!! You can be my guest designer now -- anytime you feel ready!!! LOL!
I haven't forgotten the directions for the money box, I just haven't had very much time. I will get to it though when I can!
- November 16, 2011 at 7:00 PM
- Hrvatica said...
This card is so elegant!
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- Sentimental Scrapper said...
Your easel card is beautiful! I love the elegant color scheme! Thanks for joining the fun at My Craft Spot!
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Looks so elegant.FS
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Super cute!
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Notes from Zambia
Aug. 11, 2010
We awoke this morning to a very different weather scenario. Whereas most of our winds had been gently blowing in from the east since our arrival, a strong south wind made its presence known and stayed with us all day into the evening. Not only did it cause the temperature to drop by several degrees, it was also responsible for blowing in a seasonal phenomenon: the itch caused by particles emitted by the buffalo bean plant. However, it was nothing that a good shower and change of clothes couldn't cure! It certainly helped us to be in solidarity with our Zambian counterparts, who experience this as part of their regular life experience. Besides that, today was another beautiful day in Africa and a huge team bonding experience where we all shared resources and thoughts.
One part of our day encompassed a visit to a farmers group that grew a variety of crops, but their main crop is rice. They have really united as a community to help with the problem of destructive wildlife. When the rice crop is still young and flooded, the farmers will spend nights out in the field and the mud to help keep the elephants and hippos away. The farmers clash pots, wave torches or blast pepper powder into the air, which irritates the animals. We were also amazed by the productivity that this group has. The group includes about 600 farmers and last year, they were able to produce an excess of 100 long tons (long ton = 2,200 lbs.) of rice. This was after they took out enough for their families of six. Remember, all of this is done on foot and by hand! We also had the opportunity to visit a government-run agricultural research station where work is being done in the development of upland rice, which would not require flooding as part of its cultivation practice.
After visiting several producers today, our Green Market group once again noticed differences between the communities with COMACO producer-members in their ranks as opposed to those that did not. The members' gardens generally contained a wider variety of vegetables in greater abundance. This provided greater income, better nutrition and an overall better quality of life.
The Poultry and Bees group had an interesting experience; they were part of a training for a large group of prospective COMACO members. Because of the size of the crowd, the meeting was held in two classrooms at an area elementary school. Z-Team members found it to be at times a challenging gathering because of the size of the group and some initial skepticism by some of the attendees. However, these challenges were deftly worked through and the activity was deemed a success.
After reassembling at the guest house and enjoying a wonderful dinner, members shared their feelings and observations after experiencing such an interesting and sometimes challenging day. One of the members shared that he felt an even deeper solidarity with the Zambian people as we felt our discomforts today, knowing that they suffer such distress on a regular basis. With regard to the COMACO staff, we are noticing even more the great passion that they have for the COMACO model and that they are devoting their lives to its cause for the betterment of their society. We also had our own deeper discussion on COMACO and its positive effects on the issues of conservation and addressing the roots of hunger. Because the model provides for the empowerment of its members and staff who are all Zambian (save for Director Dale Lewis) it intrinsically exudes a high level of credibility within the region.
As the winds have finally subsided and the night settles in, we look forward to a new day of opportunity.


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Contrasting Red and Blue
Thursday, February 28, 2013
While the contrast is not as stark as that between East and West Berlin during the
days of the iron curtain, it is still dramatic: Joel Kotkin compares the
economic malaise of the left-dominated blue states with the vigor of the "red
state growth corridors" in The Wall Street Journal:
Energy, manufacturing and agriculture are playing a major role in the corridor states' revival. The resurgence of fossil fuel-based energy, notably shale oil and natural gas, is especially important. Over the past decade, Texas alone has added 180,000 mostly high-paying energy-related jobs, Oklahoma another 40,000, and the Intermountain West well over 30,000. Energy-rich California, despite the nation's third-highest unemployment rate, has created a mere 20,000 such jobs. In New York, meanwhile, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is still delaying a decision on hydraulic fracturing.I am not fond of the idea that our fifty states are "laboratories of democracy" since it glosses over the fact that such "experiments" often entail some or all of the states being compared grossly violating individual rights. (And that's after we set aside the fact that the United States isn't a democracy, anyway.) That said, Kotkin's article does show the practical benefits of even relatively lower looting of businesses and meddling in the economy. While there is looting and meddling going on, we might as well salvage the lesson.


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Sunday, October 28, 2012
PRAYERS FOR OUR NATION By Janet Grunst
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Yes, thanks for sharing what happened long ago is still pertinant today, we need to be a praying nation and I hope that all will go to the polls and vote this year..ReplyDelete
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How interesting that while we need this post for our upcoming election we also REQUIRE this type of prayer as this hideous storm slams at us. As always, Janet, you've composed an excellent and though-provoking post. Blessings!ReplyDelete
I join you in this prayer, Janet. Thank you for lighting a fire under us and for reminding us of our nation's first intentions.ReplyDelete
So much is at stake in this election. We will not find a perfect human candidate, but if we remember who we are and Whose we are, it makes so many things clear. Most especially, we need to do just as this Scripture says, and humble ourselves, pray, seek Him, and turn from our wicked and self-determined ways. We know that He will hear us, but He's given such clear guidelines about what we're to do on our part first.
God bless you!
Thank you, Ladies, for your comments. Our nation has been blessed in so many ways. Over the years, many men and women have sacrificed and paid dearly to protect our freedoms. I believe we have an obligation to pray and continue the work to preserve the legacy they've left us.ReplyDelete


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HAPPY New Year!
When I set up QED in 1990, I thought – naively with hindsight – that we would have a lifespan of only ten years because our work would soon be taken over by mainstream organisations – national and local government, the public sector and private businesses. Yet here we are in 2016 and I feel that we are needed more than ever.
In 2015 we celebrated 25 years of successful campaigning against inequality, poverty and disadvantage, which are the main causes of conflict discrimination, and alienation. Through influencing public policy and direct service provision we have improved the opportunities available to hundreds of thousands of people from ethnic minority communities.
We are now entering the next stage of our development. While things have improved for Britain's 8m people of ethnic minority heritage over the last 25 years, there are new challenges that we need to address. We now plan to build on our successes to do this – taking account of changing external and internal factors and very testing times for the third sector in the UK.
Our strategy for QED Foundation over the next five years (2016-20) is to increase our focus on influencing and enabling the public, private and third sectors to address barriers to the progress of ethnic minorities. In this way our small charity will continue to have an enormous impact. We are particularly keen to focus on our work on those communities that are most socially and economically disadvantaged. We also aim to increase the representation of people from ethnic minority backgrounds in senior decision-making roles across a wide range of occupations in the private and public sectors.
We will make every effort to become more financially independent by setting up and supporting social enterprises that will generate income for our charitable work. These include QED Employment & Skills, which will deliver high- quality welfare to work and other public service contracts to all sectors of society. The Rakkaposhi cafe will offer high-quality coffee and desserts, with all profits used to further the progress of disadvantaged communities. We will also be supporting the London-based national social enterprise 3SC LLP. We were one of the founding partners in 2009 and it has since won and delivered over £70m worth of public service contracts, mainly delivered by third sector organisations.
Over the years I have also found gaps in provision and I am now setting up independent voluntary initiatives to address these needs. These include Asian Virsa, which will promote unity in diversity through bringing people from different cultural backgrounds together to share the art, music and heritage of the Indian subcontinent. AgeEM will address the growing problems of older people from ethnic minority backgrounds while the Refugees and Migrants Integration Forum is exploring ways of helping new arrivals find training and jobs, set up businesses and access housing, healthcare and social care.
The European Pakistani Network will celebrate the achievements of the 2.5m-strong diaspora living in the EU member states and dispel misleading misconceptions that act as obstacles to progress. We will also be developing initiatives between the UK and Pakistan for the mutual benefit of citizens of both countries.
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I got my Yankees Universe Membership Kit today and it's pretty awesome. It has a hat, a porcelain travel mug, a bumper sticker, my membership card, a DVD of the series, a little portable speaker and a USB stick with tons of cool stuff loaded on it - all bearing the NY, of course. Seeing the material on the stick brought back the feelings I had last November 4th: pride, excitement, chills. I can't wait for this coming October! So far, the Yankees are still pretty dominant, having reclaimed the narrow lead over the AL East. Tampa Bay and Boston are close behind...only half a game behind, in fact! I'm not nervous at this point, though. The Yankees usually pick up even more steam after the All Star Break. I'm excited that my mom bought Yankees/O's tickets for my dad for Fathers' Day. We'll see them play during the September race to the playoffs.
As far as knitting, I started the Presto-Change-o Cardigan/baby sweater for my colleague. I really hope she likes it. It's knitting up fast.
And now, since a picture speaks 1000 words, her are a couple thousand words for you.
Yogi, Jill Biden and Michelle Obama.
Love a man who takes his parents on his celebratory parade.
Nick Swisher gets a pie in the face after a walk-off.


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Hollywood's Best Actresses
Jessica Biel is a talented young actress who had her rise to fame on the family friendly drama 7th Heaven and from starring in a few good teen movies. She brought to life the role of Mary Camden. Prior to that, she was a vocalist appearing in musical productions. After 5 years, she left 7th Heaven and went on to become one of Hollywood's best actresses in a variety of movie roles. Married to Justin Timberlake, they have one son together, Silas.
Jessica Biel pictures expose a phenomenally beautiful woman who has won many awards for her multitude of roles, including a Gala Award and and MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance.
Another well known Hollywood starlet is Megan Fox. Beginning her career in 2001, she had several minor television and film roles. Considered by many as a female sex symbol, Megan Fox sexy body has appeared in magazines such as Maxim and Rolling Stone. Her awards for acting roles include an MTV Movie Award and and Teen Choice Award.
Linked to Actor Brian Austin Green since 2004, they were engaged twice before getting married on June 24, 2010 in Maui. Together, they have three sons.


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will be here this weekend! I'm excited. We talk often every day but it isn't the same as being around each other. Even if we aren't directly interacting with each other constantly when we're both home, it is nice to have some one to eat meals with, walk the dog with, split the chores with, and make jokes with. Ponce, Dan, and Zoe don't appreciate my humor like Austin does. I can't wait for summer - then he'll be home for almost 2 consecutive months! I'm sure it'll fly by, but I'm going to savor it.
Photo by me in 2009 :)