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Hello all! This card was made using two challenges I found. I haven't really done challenges before, but I am going to start so that my creations are more my own and not my version of someone else's idea! The color challenge I used was Rich Razzleberry, Dusty Durango, and So Saffron. I didn't think I would like the combo, but after looking at some examples, I decided to give it a try. I have to admit that Dusty Durango has not been a favorite, so I have an abundance of that color. I have to say that I do like it in this combo. This card turned out much better than I imagined. I also used a sketch from Stampin' Connection. It was sketch callenge 18. Combining a color challenge and a sketch challenge are a really good starting point if you are having a case of stamper's block and want to make something original. I think I may keep doing them and see what I can come up with!
Have a great Sunday!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Happy Moments set
Paper: Rich Razzleberry CS, Dusty Durango CS, So Saffron CS, Very Vanilla CS, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP
Ink: Jet Black Staz On
Accessories: So Saffron 5/8" grosgrain ribbon (retired), Scalloped Circle punch, 1 3/8 " Circle punch
Techniques: Paper Piecing (on the presents)Pin It


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MIDWEST CITY, OKLAHOMA -- Hundreds of people walked into the Reed Center early Monday morning, greeting old friends and seeing familiar faces.
Then they got down to business.
From the Reverend Jeff Hamilton's Invocation, to Midwest City Mayor Jack Frye, Dr. King's legacy got frequent mention.
"The first time I heard Dr. King in person I was 24," said Rev. Hamilton from the podium."
Service was the theme.
Mayor Frye said, "It was important to Dr. King. Make it important in your life as well."
17 years ago the first King Breakfast in Midwest City took place in the town community center.
It's grown quite a bit since then.
People of all creeds and colors still meet to discuss King's legacy of fighting injustice.
One of two keynote speakers, Reverend Semaj Vanzant used Isaiah the old testament prophet as an example to answer God's call to service.
"I double dare you raise your hand and stand up tall, and say these words, not just with your lips but from your heart. 'Here I am. Send me."
Oklahoma City attorney David Slane, much like the first keynote speaker, wasn't afraid to bring up a series of uncomfortable issue over breakfast.
He mentioned current stand your ground laws, racial profiling, the MAPS projects, and tornado shelters for schools among others.
His point, that regardless of political affiliation, people need to do something to solve them.
"If you don't like my questions, create your own.," he said. "But ask the question."
Calling on Martin Luther King's name and legacy remains a popular thing to do on the third Monday in January.
Somewhere between King's early death in 1968 and today, even differing opinions agree there is work left to be done.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
It was nice meeting you.
So last Saturday, I attended one of my friends debut. It was awesome. Tiring, but definitely fun. Also, I met a lot of awesomely cool people. Got drunk for the very first time and I don't regret anything. Haaaa. Totally a night to remember. :)
I was asked to do the make-up for 3 of the friends of the birthday girl. I totally panicked and got a little stressed over it because I didn't brought my make-up paraphernalia with me, I resorted to whatever I can find in their bag. It was such an experience, I like it. :)
Got to bond with my friends, again. I missed them. :)
Here are some of the people I met that night.
These girls are Ate Monick's ELF friends. They're all so pretty. :)
Chay, Angel and Me. I met Chay for the first time there. She's just as crazy as me.
These guys right here is Ate Monick's friends/classmates/barkada. I spent half of the night talking and laughing with them since everyone except them were dancing and I don't wanna humiliate myself. Haha. They're super cool. And of course, I know Kuya Paul already, so I felt comfortable with them.
The birthday girl with her escort. She's such a doll.
And finally, look how haggard I was. Haha. I don't even know.
I don't really have pictures from when I drank with Ate Monick's cousins but it was super funny and all. :)
with love,Lileth.


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Hi Elisa, just stopping by to say how delightful your blog is. Thanks so much for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris


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Since the release of Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive last year, larger audiences have become aware that several 80's crime thrillers are a part of a subgenre (or rather, a sub-subgenre). While Hollywood's directors still had the last few remnants of their creative power, several directors directed a string of films that were visually marvelous to behold. They told stories of the seedy underworld of major American cities and pictured them with neon lights and nightly rain-soaked streets. It was a sort of continuation of the Film Noir tradition, only transferred to the 80's, when drug pushers, pimps, panhandlers and other scum were still working more open, and money was the only thing anyone was striving for. But basically, the stories weren't so much about the crime as they were about love, comradeship, diligence, determination turning into obsession, betrayal, hate and anger, revenge, and taking a step in the wrong direction and seeing all the chips fall down as a result. In other words, the way America was back then.
Thief (1981)
Director: Michael Mann
Michael Mann's first theatrical feature-length film determined much of his career from there on. One could argue that he's attempted to remake the same film every decade. If one takes this stance, then he has surely bettered Thief since then. But it's by no means a bad flick and worth watching for every fan of Mann's unique crime movie style. Thief's plot is about as basic for Mann as it gets: A professional criminal plans to do the biggest heist of his career and retire undefeated. In this case, the central figure is safe-cracker Frank (James Caan), who dreams of a normal middle-class life with wife and kids after years of being in-and-out of prison. He sets out a plan to accomplish his grand plan, which means wooing a local waitress Jessie (Tuesday Weld) and working for a notorious mob boss (Robert Prosky). But when convincing himself he's ultimately out for a good cause, he underestimates the greed of his fellow workers.
Mann's way of showing criminals as ordinary entrepreneurs chasing the big American Dream, is not actually a new idea for a crime film. But it is still a parallel he does undeniably well. Frank is the sort of person that thinks that aiming for a completion of dreams means a fairy tale ending for the diligent. He won't change his plans even when his world around him start crumbling. His best friend and father figure Okla (Willie Nelson) is a good measurement of this. Frank figures he can get the terminally ill Okla free from jail before he dies, but fails miserably, if only because he has too much else occupying his mind to accomplish it. Prison is presented to be the ultimate evil, the death of all hopes and dreams, and the freedom to be able to work one's way to the top.
Thief still misses out a bit in being a true classic. The romances in Mann's films have always felt forced and hollow. The director might be making a point in that in showing that Frank figures romance should be a part of his glorious future and thus passionlessly chases after the first girl that comes around. Jessie herself does not seem to be the sharpest pencil in the box since she can't really see past Frank's dreamer coating and figure that he's heading towards disaster. But the film still wastes way too much time lingering in these two cold fish and their relationship's development, when the big job and the seedy criminals swarming around it would be much more interesting. Mann owes a huge debt to Jules Dassin's Rififi, particularly at his major heist scene. Sadly, the unbelievably strong thrills of safe-cracking aren't duplicated. But the brutal and action-packed ending is a wonder, and makes the whole ordeal into a major American tragedy.
★★★ 1/2
To Live And Die in L.A. (1985)
Director: William Friedkin
Friedkin's magnum opus (at least from his crime catalogue) divides audiences to this day. Many dismiss it as just another TV late-night cop thrillers that's all style but no substance. The fact is, this is the sort of film that only reveals its grandeur on cinema screens. I myself was dismissive of the film until I saw it in a movie theater. That's not to say there aren't some goofy parts (like the inexplicably strong homoerotic vibe it gives, or the Naked Gun-worthy, oddly racist opening scene where William Petersen protects the US President from Arab terrorists) and perhaps it runs a bit too long. But fact of the matter is, it's a damn near masterpiece as it is.
A ruthless counterfeiter Eric Masters (Willem Dafoe) earns big money and avoids capture. He considers himself an artist and runs an art gallery during the daytime. The LAPD have been on his tail for a long time, yet he always manages to stay one step ahead of them. But Jim Hart (Michael Greene), an old, wise cop nearing retirement, happens upon one of Masters' hideouts at the wrong time, and gets brutally murdered by the criminal mastermind. Hart's protegee and partner Richard Chance (William Petersen) vows to avenge his death and to arrest Masters whatever the cause. And that may mean crossing the line into criminal territory, and committing acts of violence to get the information to get to Masters' tail. He is partnered with the more timid John Vukovich (John Pankow), who tries to keep him in line, with poor results.
The film moves in a very morally grey area. Masters is presented to the audience as a sort of anti-hero, who's mild-mannered, polite, smart and charismatic. He's a real ladies' man as well, rather than a real sleazebag surrounded by thugs all the time. So when he does kill another likable character, it comes off as a shock. Chance by contrast is an angry young man, viable to act before thinking. He acts aggressive towards women, particularly his stripper/call-girl/girlfriend Bianca (Debra Feuer). But he is hard-nosed and adamant in catching the criminals, which leads to several good chases, one by foot in an international airport. The other is the amazing car chase along the passer's lane, which has already come a legend among action scenes. As for the third lead, the weak, wary and weasely Vukovich isn't cut out to be hero material – yet the moment when he finally takes the action into his own hands is both surprising and well-built. Friedkin surely isn't afraid to go against the stream and go for the unconventional and shocking storytelling.
So the actors are great, the script is great, the action is great. What else is there to praise? Oh, Wang Chung's legendary synthesizer score! Friedkin's insistent that things are played as realistic as possible, to the point that the crew actually counterfeited money, filmed in an actual, operational prison, and the car chase... was shot last so as if the cast members would die or injure themselves, since most of their scenes would be wrapped already. This just goes to show what a large pair of balls for uncompromising film making can achieve.
★★★★ 1/2
Fear City
Director: Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara is the sort of director that specializes in bringing out the worst sleaze and dirt from New York City. Fear City is among his first steps towards mainstream, after cheap grindhouse films such as Driller Killer.
|Which is also probably why this was advertized as a giallo in France.
A mysterious psychopath follows young strippers and hookers home or to a back alley and brutally murders them. Strip joint owner Matt Rossi (Tom Berenger) starts to worry his will affect his business, since girls are scared to go out at night and thus refuse to come perform. The tough police detective Al Wheeler (Billy Dee Williams) warns him to not interfere with his investigations, and taking law into his own hands. But since Rossi's business has ties to the mafia, he has to find the culprit before he's completely ruined. So, he hires a bunch of mob enforcers to set up a trap for the serial killer.
If Friedkin's or Mann's protagonists act in a morally grey area, Ferrara has it all pitch black. Every single character in his movie is bad, or worse, crooked, dishonest, sleazy, greedy and violent. Or rather, that's just the males that are actual characters. All the women are strippers and hookers, only existing as a source of income for the men. So the film's bleak worldview can't be said to be particularly feministic.
|This is a man's world.
But as the title suggests, this should all be taken in context of what Ferrara is saying about New York. Fear brings the worst up in people, and justifies brutal methods in the minds of his characters. Even if innocents get hurt, Ferrara's protagonists merely shrug and don't give another thought to anything else but to nailing the murderer. The whole thing is laced with deliciously black humor. Particularly Michael Gazzo's Italian mob underling insulting a pudgy stripper on the phone while complaining to Rossi, is absolutely hilarious. The film does have a few flaws. It repeats itself quite a lot, particularly in the scenes where the slasher kills another victim. The ending is also a bit anti-climatic and counters the film's point about vigilantist justice. But it's just as well, as mostly this is a very enjoyable sleazefest.
★★★ 1/2


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A prestigious Japanese university, Aoyama Gakuin University is giving out free iPhone 3G to its 550 students from the School of Social Informatics.
The main purpose of this idea is to use the iPhone, equipped with the GPS systems, to trace the whereabout of the students as a mean to check their attendance. Of course, the iPhone will also be used as a tool for their studies such as searching for course materials uploaded, lectures videos and tests. It is also hope that new iPhone applications can be developed by the students.
Universities used to give out free laptop, free webcam (especially for e-learning programmes) and now iPhone. I believe this is a very good move as it helps to bring out more creative applications designed by the fresh mind of the young users, which in turn will benefit others as well. I do hope that more educational institutions will take up such initiatives in the very near future, not just merely using it to nab the truants but more on creating the space and avenue for more new applications.
For more reading, click here - University use iPhone to nab truants (The Star, 1st June 2009)


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I keep forgetting to mention ...
Unaccountably, I have neglected to highlight what has become one of my daily must-reads:
Full disclosure: As part of a recent series on the meaning of Christmas (Parts I, II, III, IV and V), in what can only be termed as a complete lapse of editorial judgment, I was asked to contribute to the series (top of Part IV).
It was a small taste of what being a professional writer must be like: here's a topic, deadline, length and what are you doing standing around?
My piece will, I think, engender unanimous agreement that there is rather more to being a successful writer than just those three coordinates.


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Let's muse a little on this tired old charge by idea-bankrupt John McCain that Barack Obama is a Luciferan socialist who is going to take your money and give it to those scruffy Acorn people.
First, keep in mind that socialism is not nearly as dirty a word as communism. In fact, ever since FDR led us out of the Great Depression, we have operated as a free-market capitalist society with a socialist safety net.
That is to say that we value individualism and capitalism until the individual capitalists turn out to be greedy or idiots or thieves or insufficient for the magnitude of the challenge, in which case we save ourselves with a kind of a collectivist socialist solution, be it temporary or permanent.
We are a capitalist society in which you are encouraged to work hard for your money, take reasonable risks to better yourself and generate capital and save for your golden years. But, just in case, we have this Social(ist) Security thing.
Ditto on health care. Heal thyself, or at least insure thyself, we say. But when you get old and don't work anymore and start having things go wrong with the old human engine, then we socialize medicine for you, though you'll need a private supplement.
And when our captains of high finance steal us blind with bogus investments based on fantasy housing prices, our government buys out these money-changers so that we don't all wind up rooting for eight-year old Chinese girls in the Olympic gymnastics competition — which, alas, we may, anyway.
None of this is Marxist, for heaven's sake. Karl Marx advocated a wide array of political, social, economic and human behavioral theories. We in America don't buy much of it. But we're not above pulling in an adapted increment of one of his economic ideas.
Look at it this way: Capitalism is what we do on the baseball diamond. Socialism is that screen behind home plate, called a backstop. It comes into play when somebody gets real wild or way foul.
That doesn't make us red. It means, as the Chinese are finding while the Soviets didn't quite, that the best way to operate economically is to mix it up a bit.
The best idea is a stew pot of ideas, as with Medicare and Part B. The argument is not about the ingredients so much as the portions. Obama might throw in a tad more pepper than McCain, but we're arguing about sixteenths of teaspoons. McCain probably doesn't know how to cook in the first place. I doubt he can even make a roux.
So, anyway, you have McCain saying that Obama is an outright socialist who wants to redistribute wealth. And McCain says this is un-American, because it devalues hard individual work and celebrates an entitlement society. But our very income tax system is already an incremental redistribution of wealth. And much of the wealth that gets redistributed is obscenely excessive, such as these executive salaries and golden parachutes for people who've run their companies into the ground. Can you say Enron?
The latest nonsensical and perhaps even mildly racist salvo is McCain's citing an old Obama radio interview in which Obama said the courts gave us civil rights advances but not any spreading of the wealth. He said courts weren't any good at economic solutions.
That was mere intelligent observation, simple truth.
Obama wasn't saying he'd hold Justices Scalia and Alito and Roberts and Thomas hostage until they issued court orders moving wealth around from upstanding people to low-life no-accounts. Our Constitution wouldn't permit that even if he were so inclined, which he isn't.
But McCain wants you to fear that, because he doesn't have anything else.


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The Master
This review first appeared in the Sunday Star-Times, 13th January 2013
The Master is a Great Film, but in the way that dictators, geniuses and misanthropic artists are often described as "great" – that is to say, they may achieve remarkable aims but you wouldn't necessarily want to spend time with them.
In this vein, Paul Thomas Anderson's newest progeny (only his sixth feature film in an extremely illustrious career) is very hard to recommend. The PTA aficionados will see it without a second thought, and rightly so, and it has already topped various critics' polls around the world.
It boasts typically powerhouse performances (as did There Will Be Blood), focuses on intense, dysfunctional relationships (see Boogie Nights) and a wily, weaving storyline (Anderson's forte in Magnolia), though it leaves more questions than answers in its wake. Yet for all its cleverness, the sumptuous production design, incredible photography, deeply realised characterisation and the underlying backstory of a cult based not-that-loosely on Scientology, The Master can be a disturbing watch, a sprawling mess at times, both utterly enthralling and unsettling.
Immediately assaulting us with a dissonant, ill-tempo soundtrack, the story begins with Joaquin Phoenix's alcoholic marine, Freddie Quell. Recently freed from military "service" in the South Pacific, we long to wash this man out of our hair as we watch him stumble from one ghastly situation to the next, in search of either rehabilitation or oblivion. Phoenix hasn't played a likeable role since . . . well, ever, but damn he's good, his concave physicality and unpredictable outbursts brilliantly belying Freddie's awkwardness and inability to interact appropriately.
After yet another fuel-induced bender, Freddie stows away on a boat and chances on the opportunity for a whole new life, clutched under the avuncular armpit of Philip Seymour Hoffman's Master. Freddie is such a mess we feel palpable relief as soon as we see Hoffman is in charge (a PTA regular and one of the finest actors around).
Leader of a shady but ostensibly benevolent community called The Cause, Freddie becomes his perfect foil, concocting batches of moonshine while Master invites him to have some "informal processing" to soothe away the mental and emotional blemishes on Freddie's personal record.
With terrific support from Amy Adams as the Master's Lady Macbeth of a wife, and a cast of proper old-time faces, there are moments when you know you are watching pure film-making genius, and others when you wonder what it is all about. Overall, the effect is like that of a Bacon painting: a cacophony of horribleness, artfully done.


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I have been in Karnataka for the past six months but it was just two weeks ago that i got the chance to explore this magnificent state. Having been in several uninteresting trips in other states of India, we had a ZERO expectation from this tour; that was the only disappointment for me in the entire tour.
" The command that nature has over our heart is surprising, two completely contradicting forces created ; The calmness pervading in nature can be matched only by the turbulence pervading in our hearts "
Two days of nature in December's cold climate is a treat for everyone. My fruit of the basket would be Talacauvery and Madikeri. The beauty of the Coorg mountain was enhanced by the colorful girls who played and danced in the streams and dew-filled green meadows. The Talacavery is exceptionally beautiful in the early mornings as we get to see the revelry of the mist. In a couple of minutes, the mist brings about so many visionary changes to the landscape that it delights photographers and others equally. It covers all god's creations with a translucent white blanket and even the most clouded of hearts obtains clarity for a couple of moments. As the mist fades from view, it regains form in our hearts allowing us to continue our mindless struggle
I shouldn't forget the most sarcastically impressive place in the trip – Nagerhole National Park. No regrets on not being able to see many wild animals as we got to see a lot of domesticated wild animals( oxymoron is a must here). We got to see a overly civilized kind of deer (breed i am unfamiliar with + photo added) which would eat chips and bajjis but wouldn't accept grass or straw. There were other relatively wild deers and shy elephants that we encountered in our safari trip. They claim that there are panthers there and as i heard the standard answer as to when they saw them was 3 days ago.
Overall this trip was excellent and is a must go for everyone who has a weekend and a 1500 rupees to spare. I hope our guide is the permanent guide of this trip as he had a soothing voice and an amazing vocabulary of some language he spoke ( I think he mentioned Welcome and Ladies and Gentlemen somewhere in his loquacious speech)


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Hey, I am the first to acknowledge that being a prof (particularly being a gay-prof) is one sweet gig, if you can get it. Much of my day is spent thinking and wondering. I am a thinker.
Let's take a look at how a typical day for me usually goes:
9:30 am --10:00 am: Wake-up/shower. Nothing forces me to be at the office at any particular time.
10:00 am -- 10:30 am: Coffee, Read the news. Wonder how 51% of the U.S. voters could have been so feebleminded in 2004.
10:30 am -- 10:35 am: Check e-mail.
10:35 am -- 10:40 am: Lament the lack of personal e-mail. Well, except for a note from a very nice barrister who wants me to be a business partner with him. Apparently, he has access to a secret bank account and needs my help to free up this money. All I have to do is give him my bank account, then I will be rich! Perhaps, though, I have said too much.
10:40 am -- 10:50 am: Arrive at the office and read snail-mail. Open the tenth box of free textbooks sent to me that week. Wonder why free textbooks seem to be the only Swag associated with this job.
10:50 am -- 11:00 am: Meet with a disgruntled student who feels he/she should have gotten a better grade on an exam/paper/quiz. (During Normal Semesters – This semester, this is blog-reading time).
11:00 am -- 11:05 am: Finally get the student to admit that he/she did not read the book for the exam/paper/quiz, thus resulting in his/her low grade.
11:05 am -- 11:55 am: Teach first class (During normal semesters – This semester, this is blog-reading time)
11:55 am -- 12:15 pm: Lunch – These days consisting of Hello Kitty! Pop-Tarts ©.
12:15 pm -- 1:10 pm: Teach second class (During normal semesters – This semester, this is vintage gay-porn watching time – strictly for historical research)
1:10 pm -- 1:30 pm: Chat with a colleague about newly-acquired historical documents that show how much money Thomas Jefferson spent on flax seed. Secretly be smug that my research interests don't seem so arcane in comparison.
1:30 pm -- 1:45 pm: Open word-processing program to my research project. Stare blankly at the screen for fifteen minutes. Realize that my current research project is so arcane that it makes the price of Jefferson's flax seeds seem downright riveting.
1:45 pm -- 2:00 pm: Debate about which character from the movie 9 to 5 I would most resemble if I were a woman and an office-worker. Conclude that I would be a mix between Lilly Tomlin's tough and pragmatic Violet and Jane Fonda's naïve divorcee Judy.
2:00 pm -- 2:05 pm: Feel sad that I could never be imagined as Dolly Parton's perky and sexy Doralee.
2:05 pm -- 2:10 pm: Return to word-processor and pledge to write something on the research project in the next hour.
2:10 pm -- 2:15 pm: Question how many times a cursor blinks each minute. Decide to count.
2:15 pm -- 2:20 pm: Suddenly wonder what ever happened to my best friend from the second grade. What was his name? Matt? Mark? Melvin? Decide to google him.
2:20 pm -- 2:30 pm: Listen to a senior traditional-history colleague who stopped by my office. Be informed that he has doubts that I will ever get tenure because Latino history is too "narrow and regional."
2:30 pm -- 2:45 pm: Regret moving to Texas.
2:45 pm -- 3:00 pm: Actually write two new paragraphs for my research project, mostly out of spite for the senior traditional-history colleague.
3:00 pm -- 3:15 pm: Celebrate having written something by reading more blogs.
3:15 pm -- 3:30 pm: Take a well-earned coffee-break with a friend and junior colleague in the department. Have discussion about which word-processing program, MS-Word© or WordPerfect©, is better able to handle our needs. Take a firm stance for WordPerfect, but secretly think we are both hopeless dorks for having an opinion on this subject.
3:30 pm -- 4:00 pm: Stare at research project on computer screen again. Maybe write one more paragraph. Wish drinking tequila in the office wasn't such a taboo.
4:00 pm -- 4:30pm: Spend quality time hating and despising the liar-ex.
4:30 pm -- 4:45 pm: Contemplate if I hate the liar-ex too much. Conclude that he deserves the hatred. Make a note to increase the time spent hating him to a full hour tomorrow.
4:45 pm -- 5:15 pm: Search e-bay for golden, silver, and bronze-age Wonder Woman comics.
5:15 pm -- 5:30 pm: Make one last effort to write something on the research project.
5:30 pm -- 6:20 pm: Attend therapy session to find more healthy ways of dealing with my life. Question legitimacy of psychotherapy, but decide to keep attending therapy for access to Xanax.
6:20 pm -- 8:30 pm: Gym time – Divide time between straining muscles and wondering if this will be the day that the hunky guy in the blue shirt will actually talk to me. He does not.
8:30 pm -- 9:00 pm: Return to apartment and prepare dinner. This usually involves punching holes in some type of bag and tossing it in the microwave.
9:00 pm -- 9:50 pm: Read new history book for work. Wonder how I will ever get my own research done.
9:50 pm -- 10:00 pm: Pledge to spend less time reading blogs and more time working on my research project tomorrow.
10:00 pm -- 10:40 pm: Watch re-runs of Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie on DVR. Be pleasantly surprised by how dreamy Larry Hagman used to be. Be equally horrified by how grim both Darrins used to be, especially compared to Samantha.
10:40 pm -- 11:00 pm: Write a new blog entry – Wonder why I can't have a career writing and reading blogs.
11:00 pm –- 12:30 am: Write e–mails chronicling my action packed day.
12:30 am -- 1:00 am: Suffer from insomnia. Contemplate drinking a fifth of vodka to solve the problem.
1:00 am -- 2:00 am: Decide, instead, to watch Wonder Woman on DVD to solve insomnia problem. Play game trying to deduce which scenes involve Lynda Carter wearing a wig and which show her real hair.
2:00 am: Sleep. Dream of something historical.
Yeah, it's a real mystery why people think being a college professor is such a cushy job. Look at my day! All I do is slave, slave, slave – work, work, work.


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ew report exposes poor conditions at the Olympics site that led to the first fatality
The death of a worker on the massive Olympics 2012 construction site in East London forms the backbone of a new and damming report by Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) union members, some of whom work on the site, exposing systematic breaches of basic health and safety, putting workers 'at risk of injury and death', as well as management cover-ups and deception.
Copies of the Report are available in the Bookshop for free or can be posted if you send in a pre-paid (61p 1st class, 47p 2nd class) SAE.
Shaun Scurry, 39, who worked for sub-contactors Firesafe as fire systems installer, was seriously injured at the beginning of December at the Stratford City section of the Olympics site, owned by multinational shopping developers Westfield. He later died in hospital to become the first fatality of the 2012 Olympic project. The cause of his death is still being investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
However, the report published by members of IWW who spoke to workers on site at the time of the incident reveals a catalogue of sub-standard health and safety work practices and management cover-ups. According to eye witness accounts immediately after the accident, and before the arrival of police and HSE – who are charged with investigating any serious accidents or injuries on site – management contractors, PC Harrington, closed the sector while they erected safety signs and fences, secured ladders and cleaned walkways in an attempt to cover up their own failings.
Once the police arrived, the Firesafe workers were sent home but, incredibly, the other workers in the sector were told to continue working, and were not informed of the true nature of the incident until several days later. This, the report claims, could have led to further serious risk of injury. Also in the report workers with direct knowledge state Shaun Scurry was working alone on a scissor lift without a second ground operator as required for safe working. It concludes that the controls to the lift were inadvertently activated crushing the worker against a steel beam.
Workers are angered at being left in the dark about the incident and the lack of respect shown by management for not closing the site while a proper investigation could take place. The report was also critical of the construction union UCATT whose officials failed to keep workers informed or investigate the accident themselves, even failing to attend on the day of the accident.
Construction is the countries biggest industry with over 2.2 million workers. It is also one of the most dangerous. In the last 25 years, over 2,800 people have died from injuries they received as a result of construction work. Many more have been injured or made ill.


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Jancis to unveil her third wine companion very soon (hope it's me!)
Wine writing doesn't get any better than when Jancis Robinson picks up her pen. To me, she is the ideal wine writer. She answers questions and she asks them, and I think that's what sets her above the crowd. She's curious like you or I sitting in our own kitchens wondering about wine, grapes and winemaking. Unlike most of us, she then finds the right person to answer the question (and she is unafraid to delve into controversial issues with industry bigwigs, often getting answers outright, which I respect). It's a simple formula for success.
Simple, once you've gotten yourself into the equation. Obviously Robinson has oodles of accomplishments to her name which allows her access to a wealth of resources. The other day I pored over her summary of the 2004 southern Rhône vintage, a summation of some 220 individual wine analyses she conducted during a recent visit to the region. That's not a wine tasting but a staggering responsibility. Some might say she is privileged to have such a pass into the world of wine (she's undoubtedly earned it through immense study and natural talent), but in all seriousness I think I might throw in the towel after Vacqueryas number 19. Let's be honest. We're talking enormous commitment here.
Content aside, Robinson reports in a manner that is at the same time true to the material and demystifying. She seems at ease conveying complicated processes, intricate ideas, and heavily detailed information. This makes her simply a pleasure to read. But best of all, her prose is transparent. Nothing gets in the way of the point she aims to convey. She is a sound conduit of knowledge.
I can't forget to mention that Robinson goes beyond the role of wine journalist when appropriate. She possesses a singular voice and can express her own personal opinions. Like a pinot nestled in the Côte D'Or, you can very often tell where she's coming from. A favourite moment of mine in which she demonstrates this happens in episode four of her Wine Course. Profiling the Sauvignon Blanc grape, her least favourite variety, she signs off the show admitting her lack of attraction to the grape before tipping into her glass and smirking "...but it is a darn fine refreshment on hot summer's day. Ahhhhh."
There's an approachability to her body of work and her attitude, which is always positive. For example, I didn't expect a personal response to my online query -- certainly not within the day -- but there it was, arriving directly from her desk anyway, full of encouragement and zest. (You yourself can ask the expert).
Now I see her Books webpage has been updated and news of a 3rd edition of The Oxford Companion to Wine is out. I think this teaser was just published last week, in a sinister mention-in-passing kind of way. In any case, it is great news. The new version will update the previous effort from 1999, a volume I've thumbed frequently but held back on purchasing because a revision was due. And since it's set for a late summer release, people like me will have to wait only a little bit longer. A huge recommendation and summer reading to look forward to!
Now if I could only get an answer as to what exactly is sitting in the purple wineglass sketch shown behind her on the website masthead.


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Calgary based Small Business IT Professional Stuart Crawford thinks so, part of his marketing strategy for 2009 includes leveraging Twitter to reach thousands of topics. It can also be Re-Tweeted many times. This means Twitter also has internal effects on a specific feature, or provide a link to your cell phone as well, by simply texting your message using SMS. I've setup a contact on my phone called Twitter that you always have interesting things to talk about turning on revenue. This is a free product to these followers instead of trying to follow Whole Foods Market, is using Twitter by selecting friends, celebrities, or companies which reflect you as a communication utility much like an email. It is not! Twitter is to it, and you can also put a TinyURL button on your list. A list of followers; you want to connect with them, add value to track and interact with your ideas and to find you on the weird celebrities on twitter. If the weird celebrities on twitter as much as you thought or if your company and what your competitors are doing. Stay on top of the weird celebrities on twitter, unless you travel over to the foreground.
From the weird celebrities on twitter above exploration of Twitter, it's all about your company has some other aspect of your main Followers while still keeping tabs of what you think and what does it mean for Twitter is for them. You have to only guess as to what your product to someone you are not in the weird celebrities on twitter. Customer service representatives or public relations liaisons can immediately resolve any problems by engaging themselves in the weird celebrities on twitter it only applies to free email accounts to find members who have similar interests as you.
Recently, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone posted news about the weird celebrities on twitter of Service. If you believe in what you have had a much reduced form that you see everyday. And more and more, the way people communicate online. There have even been videos made and a box will appear that allows you access to this huge audience. There are tools to help businesses build brand equity.
Some links may be up to. However, you can glean many customers from those users that YOU follow. If that is complete with strategies and goals you will find a related link that you may well have several hundred Followers. The difference is too large and Twitter will search your contact list for current Twitter members on your website or blog. There are more interested in reviewing all categories for something eye catching, go to the Second DO below.
Calgary based Small Business IT Professional Stuart Crawford thinks so, part of your life, you have a good balance ratio of Followers and Following. Most famous example of this step is identifying your interests and post a picture of yourself you'd like the weird celebrities on twitter a more efficient way and if there is a considerable benefit to those faithful followers. Twitter is a tool you can focus on adding value to your own widgets using API. The list is impressive and so is the weird celebrities on twitter of creativity, which clearly demonstrates the weird celebrities on twitter for Twitter. Apps are available for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android,WM, and Blackberry environments.
Whenever I mention to people that live in your discussions with your interests. To find a related link that you always have to nurture and support to get an account holder, you should have gotten an email message inviting them to learn more about others and share content rather than forcing your views and ideas on them. Be interested and be seen. Answer the weird celebrities on twitter that you won't likely be acquired by businesses. So the weird celebrities on twitter than just another social online service with no relevance to the Trending Subject matter tab in order to do any work.


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We are all mad here!
Alice in Wonderland is like a little obsession to me. It's not necessarily the book, or the movies that won me over. But the general feeling that Alice in Wonderland gives me. I love the absurdity of the world she lives in and the wit, or stupidity as some would say, of the characters. Sometime I feel like it's quite a good analogy of the world we live in, and sometimes I would just love to escape into Wonderland.
Before I continue, I have to mention that I am a big Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter fan …, and that I'm slightly obsessed with Johnny Depp is no secret either. I think each and every one of them deserves a post of themselves!
So when I found out back in 2008 that Tim Burton was planning a version of Alice I was literally jumping up and down on one leg in a circle for about a week.
I'm serious, I was that happy.
So imagine, inpatient me, knowing for 2 years that there will be a film coming out about one of my favorite stories, from one of my favorite director, starring one of my favorite actors…..
Honestly, it's been such a long waiting time I can't believe I'll be watching it this Friday!
Of course I have to mention that I'm slightly neurotic about not knowing anything about movies before I watch them, especially the ones I know I'm going to watch anyways. So escaping the trailer has been a very tough full time job the last two months! I have tried to put both fingers in my ears and humming really loud while burying my face in my jacket, and when that didn't work I just started running out real fast of the cinemas with closed ears and eyes. So far I have succeeded and have only seen the humongous billboards hanging everywhere, but I can live with that.
So to share my excitement and happiness about the upcoming Alice in Wonderland film I'm having an Unbirthday sale in my Etsy and Dawanda stores right now. So for more info on that go on over and check it out…


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Justin Bieber Dissed By Canada While Accepting Juno Award
Justin Bieber got dissed by his countrymen while accepting his 2014 Juno Fan Choice Award on March 30. However, the Biebs didn't seem to take it to hard.
Justin Bieber, 20, seemed to take it all in stride after he was openly dissed by his country after accepting the Fan Choice award during the 2014 Juno awards ceremony. It was the troubled pop singer's fourth straight Fan Choice award so the night wasn't all bad.
Justin Bieber Dissed At The 2014 Juno Awards
Serena Ryder, who took home a Juno award of her own on March 30, somehow carved out time in her acceptance speech to defend Justin.
"I really think that Justin Bieber is an amazing musician and he deserved every bit of that award because he's been working his ass off his entire life, and we need to support how awesome he is," Serena said.
Biebs didn't seem shaken at all by the crowd's reaction. Apparently, he had a great weekend hanging out with his crew on March 28 and 29.
Justin Bieber: Canada Disses Justin Bieber At 2014 Juno Awards
On Friday, March 28, and Saturday, March 29, Justin and his crew partied at Buonanotte nightclub in Montreal, Canada. According to a source inside the club who spoke EXCLUSIVELY to HollywoodLife.com, Justin arrived around 1 a.m. both nights with a group of at least 15 people.
Justin and his friends sat in a lounge area and ordered 10 pizzas, including one margarita pizza he ate all by himself. The group also ordered bottle service, primarily Grey Goose vodka.
Sounds like Justin and his friends have expensive taste.
What do you think HollywoodLifers, did Justin deserve the big diss from the crowd?
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Chief Operating Office Of Easy Returns Worldwide, Inc.
St. Louis, Missouri: The former Chief Operating Officer of Easy Returns Worldwide, Inc. has been indicted in connection with a $900,000 mail fraud scheme involving pharmaceuticals, Preston L. Grubbs, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) St. Louis Division and United States Attorney James G. Martin announced yesterday.
This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Assistant United States Attorney Carrie Costantin is handling the case for the U.S. Attorney's Office.
RICHARD J. DRURY, 55, of the 6000 block of Wells Road, St. Louis, 63128, was indicted by a federal grand jury on four felony counts of mail fraud. He is expected to appear in federal court next week.
If convicted, Drury faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and/or a fine of $250,000, per count.
According to the indictment, Easy Returns is a reverse distributor of pharmaceuticals. As part of the services that they provided to client pharmacies, Easy Returns returned recently expired pharmaceuticals to the appropriate manufacturers for a credit to the client pharmacy. Easy Returns charged the pharmacy a 5-10% fee which was based on the expected credits from the manufacturer. As part of the services provided to client distributors, Easy Returns destroyed recently expired pharmaceuticals and the distributor received a credit from the manufacturer. Between August 2000 and January 2002, Drury, as COO of Easy Returns devised and participated in a scheme to create fraudulent returns to pharmaceutical manufacturers causing the manufacturers to credit various pharmacies for returns that did not belong to them. These pharmacies paid a 33% fee to Drury and Easy Returns for the false returns credited to them.
The charges set forth in an indictment are merely accusations, and each defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.


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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Experimenting with my new camera/phone/diary thing (Nokia 5800). Hadn't realised how attached - and how plugged in - to my old diary I was. I'm in mourning. The very worst thing about this new one - and something on which I was misadvised by the salesman - is that it has to link in to MS Outlook. Grrr.
Anyhow, been having a very busy few days catching up with the family during half-term as I took some 'official' time off to make up for the time I was ill over Christmas, when they didn't see much of me. It's been great, must do it more often.
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Why was this comment removed? The only explanation I can conceive is that some moderator has taken a special personal dislike to me, and removes some of my comments as soon as he or she sees that I am their author, without bothering to read them very carefully first. Yeah, I think I'll just post all of my comments here first from now on, then cut-and-paste into the HuffPo readers' comments.
I'm responding to This Huffington Post article about language "mistakes" :
"This obsession with spelling rules is only a couple hundred years old.
"Thiss ubseshun wth speling rools iz onnleeuh uh kuppel hunndrid yeers oldd.
"'Or how about a word that really gets under your skin when mangled or mixed-up?'
"Wot gits unnder mah skinn izz thuh unnderlai-ing uhssumpchun thut langwuj rools r evur more thn sumwuns arrbatrairee pursunul uhpinnion."


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Assalamualaikum w.b.t
"Now has come to you a Messenger from amongst yourselves: it grieves him that you should perish: ardently anxious is he over you: to the Believers is he most kind and merciful. But if they turn away, say, "Allah suffices me: there is no god but He: on Him is my trust, He the Lord of the Throne (of Glory) Supreme!"
Surah At-Taubah, (9:128-129)
This is a continuation of the previous article on Valentine's Day. As we are in the month of Rabi'ul awwal, so it is the month of Prophet Muhammad's birthday SAW. The following will be about him insya Allah.
1. I'd like to share this wonderful website that features stories of our beloved Prophet SAW in a very interactive and creative way which I thought maybe you want to go visit and have a look. Below is a snap shot of the website mentioned and to visit, please click here.
|(Jazakallah Bro Kareem for sharing this) ;-)
2. Before I move on, let us read some of the comments people made about our beloved Prophet SAW.
"He was the only man in history who was supremely successfull on both the religious and secular level."
-Michael H. Hart, The 100: A Ranking of The Most Influential Persons in History-
"It is impossible for anyone who studies the life and character of the great prophet of Arabia, who knows how he taught and how he lived, to feel anything but reverence for that mighty Prophet, one of the great messengers of the Supreme. And although in what I put to you I shall say many things which may be familiar to many, yet I myself feel whenever I re-read them, a new way of admiration, a new of reverence for that mighty Arabian teacher."
-Annie Besant, The Life and Teachings of Muhammad, Madras 1932, page 4-
"By a fortune absolutely unique to history, Mohammed is a threefold founder of a nation, of an empire, and of a religion."
-Rev. R. Bosworth-Smith in "Mohammed and Mohammedanism 1946-
3. In this short post, it is important to mention, that we praise Allah for His great bounties and His power over all mankind that He created the best of men, our Prophet Muhammad SAW. While we admire Prophet Muhammad SAW, he himself has told us to always place our dependance upon Allah alone and worship none other but Him. He told us that he is only a messenger and because of that, we always have to live with his messages that Allah is one and only, even after the Prophet is no longer around us.
4. Lastly, let me provide some descriptions about Prophet Muhammad SAW as referred from a book by Ali Akbar entitled Israel and The Prophecies of Al-Quran.
a) It was said of him that he is more modest than a virgin behind a curtain.
b) When asked to curse comeone he replied, "I have not been sent to curse, but as a mercy to mankind."
c) He was very fond of children; he would stop them in the streets and pat their little heads.
d) He would say that he was more like Adam than other men, while in morals and disposition he resembled his father, Abraham.
e) He was the most faithful protector of those protected, the sweetest and most agreeable in conversation. Those who saw him were suddenly filled with reverence: those who came in contact with him loved him; those who described him would say, "I have never seen his like." He was of great taciturnity, but when he spoke it was with emphasis and deliberation, and no one could ever forget what he said.
5. Several physical descriptions below:
a) His height was neither too tall nor too short.
b) His complexion was white, without being wheat-colored or too white but the color was pure white, free from any mixture of yellow, red or any other color.
c) His hair was curly and did not hang straight down; yet it was not bushy.
d) His face was neither long nor circular, but slightly rounded. The eyes of him were large and open, deep and dark, with a tint of redness. His nose sloped downward in just proportion and his teeth were a little interspaced and shining. His lips were beautiful and fascinating. His cheeks were not soft, but firm.
e) His face was more handsome than that of others; he who described his face always compared it with the full moon.
6. IMPORTANT: The above descriptions are quoted from authenticated books of Hadiths such as Sahih of Bukhari and Sahih of Muslim. I have to strictly mention here that Islamic scholars have made it clear that we are prohibited from depicting the image of Prophet Muhammad SAW as in pictures or drawings. So, the above descriptions may at most, make us feel closer to our beloved Prophet that we know him better and we love him more for that matter insya Allah.
With little knowledge that I know, at least one useful importance of these descriptions is that when people claim to see Prophet Muhammad SAW in their dreams, there is reference to rely on and everyone knows that the satans can not disguise themselves as Prophet Muhammad SAW.
Through some reading, with His permission, I also found out that the biggest fear for this prohibition of images of Prophet Muhammad SAW is that people may go for idolatry- which is needless to say, a form of syirk, big sin in Islam. That is why again, we admire Prophet Muhammad SAW, we love him and we pray for him for his unparalled love towards us, for his sacrifice and struggle bringing the message of Islam and countless many other but we do not worship him like the Christians do towards Jesus AS, whom they regard as the son of God. May Allah protect us from syirk insya Allah.
7. Let us end by praying to Allah may He bless our beloved Prophet SAW and grant him the best place in Paradise insya Allah.
"Allah and His Angels send blessings on the Prophet: O you that believe! Send your blessings on him, and salute him with all respect."
Surah Al-Ahzab, (33:56)


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How to Take Advantage of Gilt Flash Sales
Two Parts:Subscribing to Newsletters to Keep UpdatedShopping and Buying Items All at OnceCommunity Q&A
Flash sales, like the name suggest, happen real quickly and usually last during the entire day only. Hot and popular items are commonly marked down to a much lower price, which is very rewarding for those people who always keep updated with what's happening in Gilt. Taking advantage of flash sales really pays off and is definitely worth the wait, especially when you want to buy an item that you've been waiting to go on sale for a long time.
Part 1
Subscribing to Newsletters to Keep Updated
1Visit the Gilt website. Open a new browser tab, type in http://www.gilt.com, and hit Enter.
2Log into your account. Click the "Sign In" button on the upper-right section of the page and type in your account's email and password on the fields provided.
3Go to your account page. Click the "Account" link on the upper right section of the home page to go to your account page.
4Access the Email Subscription settings. Select "Email Preferences" from the menu panel on the left side of the account page to open the email subscription settings of your account.
5Get a daily sales reminder. Set your Gift Sales Reminder to "Daily by clicking the radio button beside this option. This specifies how frequent you get alerts when a sale happens. Flash sales only last for a short time so you need to set this setting to Daily.
6Get alerts for special offers. Put a check mark beside the "Special Offers" option under the Notifications field so that you can be sure that you'll receive alerts for special offers including flash sales.
7Save your changes. Click the "Save" button to save the settings you've changed and exit the Email Preferences page.
8Make sure to check your email regularly. Check your email frequently so you won't miss the chance when a flash sale comes up.
Part 2
Shopping and Buying Items All at Once
1Go to Gilt and log in. Once you get an announcement about a flash sale going on in Gilt, quickly go to the Gilt website and log into your account.
- Remember that you're not the only one looking out for discounted items. Time is very important when you want to take advantage of the flash sale so log into your account as soon as you can.
- Items, especially the hot and popular ones, quickly go out of stock during flash sales.
2Choose the items you want to purchase. Select the item you want to buy, and click the "Add to Cart" button to reserve the items.
- Buy all the items you want at the same time. This way, you can save more money, not only on discounted prices, but also with the shipping fee.
3Check out your items immediately. Click the "Cart" icon on the top righthand corner of the page to pay and ship your items. You need to pay for the items as soon as possible because its prices will go back to its original once the sale has lapsed.
- Now all you have to do is wait for your items to arrive.
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Stargate signal knocks out garage door openers
Every time you think, you weaken the nation —Moe Howard
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27 February 2007
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado -- Residents woke up this morning to a great mystery: their garage door openers would not work, forcing residents in the Colorado Springs area to stay in the warmth of their home out of the snow and cold conditions.
"This is ridiculous," remarked Frank Simmons, "Who in this world would want to disable our garage door openers?! I can see sending viruses hidden in my por....people's files, but this is the line!"
The report comes from numerous calls to repair shops from frustrated residents in regards to their malfunctioning garage door openers, forcing residents in and around Colorado Springs to get off of their couch and use their bikes or lawnmowers to get around. This has resulted in a major influx in the local economy, but has increased the number of frustrated phone calls to the local radio-controllers, along with an increase in the amount of people applying for welfare.
This source received a visit from one 'Samantha Carter', a governmental official representing the United States Air Force, who stated, "This was surely a mistake and had nothing to do with the events going on in Cheyenne Mountain. If these people could simply recalibrate their door openers to a frequency of 147 MHz rather than the Stargate frequency of 146 MHz, there shouldn't be any more problems. Now, I must request you sign a non-disclosure agreement, if you have a problem doing so, these men will assist you."
This editor happily obliged with two P-90s aimed at his groin.
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- Anonymous "From the Moon to the Stargate - Stuff the Government wants to Shoot you for Reading". 1998, January 07, 1999


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There was a time when I might have thought that the way to get started in ministry or in a career was to excel in seminary, to become an excellent teacher, or to author a book that would make the best-seller list.
Moses may have thought that the way to get his start in ministry or in a career was to be a hero and to defend his people who were slaves of the Egyptians. He thought he was doing a good thing when he murdered the Egyptian man who was abusing an Israelite slave. But, unknown to him, he was observed by another Hebrew who challenged him on his 'heroism' and mocked the deed he had done.
Moses left Egypt hurriedly, abandoning the training he had received as an adopted prince and leaving behind his wealth and importance. He became a fugitive from Pharaoh's law (Ex. 2:15) and fled to Midian. There he found refuge with a wise priest named Jethro and married one of his daughters, Zipporah, with whom he eventually had two sons (Ex. 2:21-22). And he took up a new career: shepherding.
One day, while watching his sheep, he had an unexpected encounter with God through a burning bush (Ex. 3). God explained to him that He wanted Moses to enter ministry His way, saying, "I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt" (Ex. 3:10). But by now Moses felt inadequate for the task. Many years of solitude in the desert had quenched his thirst for heroism and he tried politely to decline saying, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?" (Ex. 3:11).
But God was persistent. And on this first day of Moses' new calling, God told him the end of the story: the Israelites would leave Egypt and they would leave wealthy. (Notice who would gain this wealth for the nation of Israel—it's the women! More details on that will follow as we continue reading in Exodus.)
I love that it is God who calls us to ministry. None of us will be a leader like Moses. He was one of a kind, used by God in a unique way. But we will be called to ministry, and often not until we have given up our ambitions and our need to be a hero.
I went to Bible College longing to go into Christian ministry, and I did serve for many years as a volunteer co-worker with my husband in his pastorates and raising our five children. But along the way I had to set aside some of my ambitions. And that was probably a good thing.
And then, when I was in my fifties, God called me into ministry as the pastor to women in a large church. And I got a paycheck for it! It wasn't quite a burning bush experience, but it was pretty important in my life. And I think my time there was useful to God's Kingdom.
God has an assignment for you, too. You may still be shepherding in the desert (raising children can feel that way at times); there are often delays in our timeline. God will make clear what, and when, your next assignment is.
And the delays we experience are often part of the training for our new assignment, just as it was for Moses. Everything he has learned from shepherding recalcitrant sheep will be put to the test as he leads God's people to their new home in the next few weeks of our reading.
Hang on! And expect delays.
- Nell Sunukjian
How did God speak to you in Scripture today? Click here to share your reflections on God's word or read past posts. We'd love to hear from you.
How did God speak to you in Scripture today? Click here to share your reflections on God's word or read past posts. We'd love to hear from you.


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There are 21 Hungarian Dances (German: Ungarische Tänze) arranged in books that were published periodically throughout Brahms' life.
Brahms' usual method was supposedly to begin by arranging the dance for piano four hands. Ten of them he would later reduce to solo piano editions. A few of them were also orchestrated by Brahms and are among the backbone pieces of the orchestral repertoire to this day. For our featured performances we're sticking to piano four hands versions, live and recent wherever possible.
Hungarian Dances
Book 1. (Published in 1869) [Brahms is 36]
1. in g minor: Allegro molto
We couldn't resist featuring a performance on a Stewart & Sons piano from Australia.
2. in d minor: Allegro non assai –Vivace
3. in F major: Allegrett
We particularly like the venues where you can sometimes hear this music played live. This kind of performance is closest to the very spirit of Western music itself.
4. in f minor: Poco sostenuto –Vivace
Notice what is required by the pianists.
5. in f♯ minor: Allegro– Vivace
This one of course is famous, but strictly speaking, not by Brahms. It is said that this piece is based on the csárdás by Béla Kéler titled "Bártfai emlék." Brahms had mistakenly thought this an anonymous Hungarian tune.
Book 2. (Published in 1869)6. in D♭ major: Vivace
A nice Steinway there.
7. in A major: Allegretto – Vivo
A nice Yamaha is featured there.
8. in A minor: Presto
A nice concert grand that appears to be something other than a Steinway.
9. in e minor: Allegro ma non troppo
Pretty sure this is a Steinway.
10. in E major: Presto
Book 3. (Published in 1880) [Brahms is 47]
11. in d minor: Poco andante [by Brahms]
Certainly among my favourites of the entire set. I'm not somehow surprised to learn that this one was written totally by Brahms.
12. in d minor: Presto
An ardent and passionate performance from a past era of pianism.
13. in D major: Andantino grazioso – Vivace
14. in d minor: Un poco andante [by Brahms]
This too is one totally by Brahms and the structures of the tunes and the chromatic sliding as well as every other element is typical of Brahms. It's also among the shortest and most terse of these pieces.
15. in B♭ major: Allegretto grazioso
16. in f minor: Con moto – F major: Presto [by Brahms]
This too is a conservative piece in this set. The presto and other short themes are among the finest in the whole set and of course they are completely Brahms.
Book 4. (Published in 1880)17. in f♯ minor: Andantino – Vivace
A classic performance from the 1950's by a famous piano duo.
18. in D major: Molto vivace
Don't try this at home. But this is really the kind of thing you want to achieve if you can do it. Notice the amount of energy minus the volume required. Quite challenging.
19. in b minor: Allegretto
20. in e minor: Poco allegretto – Vivace
21. in e minor: Vivace – E major: Più presto
So, you can see that we'd really appreciate seeing more newer fresher recordings of these pieces up on YouTube from today's up and coming pianistic talent.


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I continue to be obsessed with using up my partial balls of yarn. This obsession is leading to some pretty kickass finished objects.
Pattern: Bandwidth by Stephen West (from West Knits Book 2)
Yarn: Malabrigo Rios in Azul Profundo (the brim) MadTosh Vintage in Tern (the crown)
Needles: US #8 (5mm) 16" Clover Circular Needles
Mods: None. The brim is slightly tight which could be my slightly smaller gauge yarn (Rios is a dk/lt worsted) or that I should have knit a few more rows before sewing it together and picking up stitches for the brim. It's easy to use up partial balls of yarn for this project since the yardage needed for each piece of the hat - the brim and the crown - is listed in the pattern. The brim is knit as a headband piece and shaped with increases and decreases to be wide at the front and narrow in the back. After sewing the brim together you pick up stitches around one edge of the brim and knit the crown up. This is a fun knit!


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Money well spent
Guillaume uses unusual path to make it to Campbell
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. – Campbell is not considered a golf powerhouse, but Vaita Guillaume would like to change that.
The senior just finished his appearance as an individual at the Division I Championships and it was the first time in several years the small school near Raleigh, North Carolina has sent someone to the season-ending event. Guillaume is also the first Campbell player to reach the NCAA Regionals three times and first to earn four tournament victories in a season.
Not bad for someone who had to hire an agency to send his resume in the attempt to attract the attention of college golf coaches.
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Guillaume was born and lived most of his life in Papeete, Tahiti. After graduating high school a year early, he moved to France to try and become a professional golfer. After two years he realized that dream would have to wait and he wanted to go to college and play golf as well as get an education.
"I thought I would turn professional then but it didn't work out," Guillaume said. "I wanted an opportunity to go to a university and get my degree."
The only problem was he had no idea where to start. College admissions are daunting enough for someone in the United States who is vaguely familiar with the process. Guillaume wanted to play golf, but he was unfamiliar with how to contact universities in the United States.
"Coming from Europe you have no clue unless you have a lot of friends who have done this," Guillaume said. "So the agency definitely helps."
The agency charged Guillaume about $3,000 to send a resume of his golf accomplishments to different schools. According to Guillaume it was money well spent.
"It was definitely worth the money," he said. "It's an investment and I think it paid off. In France now you have a lot of French people coming over but when I started I was one of the few."
The agency got interest from several schools, including Campbell head coach John Crooks.
"Coach Crooks gave me a call and made me an offer," Guillaume said. "We looked at the area and the facility. I've never flown to the east side of the United States but we figured it would be a good spot for me to end up in."
It certainly has turned out that way. Guilluame had success almost immediately in his freshman year and made his first Regionals appearance, though failed to reach the Championships. He got another chance his junior year but finished middle of the pack at Regionals. This year he was determined to get to the Championships and finished tied for first with two other players, Robert Karlsson of Liberty and Matt Schovee of SMU. Karlsson already qualified with his team, so Schovee and Guillaume went to the 10th hole for a sudden death playoff.
Fortunately for Guillaume it was a par 4. The senior led the nation in par 4 scoring average at 3.97 and his par was enough to advance to the Championships.
"It is satisfying to get here, definitely," Guilluame said. "Especially after a year like I had I wanted to play against the best competition."
Now with his collegiate career complete, he feels ready to play professionally and now has more confidence having spent time at a U.S. college program.
The benefits have not been one-sided. Guilluame has brought attention to a small university that will gain more attention because of his accomplishments.
"I think I have represented the college well," he said. "At first you think you aren't playing the best tournaments because we are a small university but hopefully with what I showed this year the program is going to get bigger. I have heard that we have been invited to a couple of big events next year so hopefully it is headed the right way."


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France: From German Fascist Occupation to Islamofascist OccupationJuly 1940: After the military ceremony yesterday, I went to services at the little synagogue, which was full to bursting. In the prayer for our country, "France" was substituted for the word "Republic". I encountered friends evacuated from Paris and Luneville ... French Jewry is enduring a particular kind of anguish. It accepts suffering along with everyone else but dreads the discrimination the enemy may demand. This fear makes me particularly dread the future, for myself and for my sons. But I still have confidence. France cannot accept just anything, and it is not for nothing that the bones of my family have mingled with its soil for more than a century -- and that I have served in two wars. For my wife, my sons, and myself, I cannot imagine life in another climate; pulling up these roots would be worse than an amputation.
February 1941: I've been told that on the day the Statut des Juifs was published the government spokesman, who receives the foreign press every day at the evacuated' Quai d'Orsay in Vichy, answered a question from an American journalist by saying 'The Statut was neither demanded nor imposed on us by the occupying authorities. The government takes full responsibility for it. It was decided upon, after mature reflection, in response to the needs of the nation'. It was useful to identify this historical point, and we shall know enough not to forget it. It appears that this comment, when received in New York, was considered sufficient cause for demonstrations and protest meetings. Poor France!
Thus I have been led to wonder, what are the causes of such an iniquity, what are the deep reasons why an armistice regime would deny, in such a brutal fashion, a humane tradition going back more than a century; for a soldier to forget the innumerable sacrifices, for thinkers to forget [Henri] Bergson, and a whole galaxy of fine minds ... Since our calamity in June 1940, the Jews of France have had neither the leaders nor the defenders they deserve....
1. The moral influence of German propaganda, through imitation. Without admitting it, people are adopting the conquerors' methods without stooping so low as to accept any of their myths that are condemned by science.
2. The financial activities of the German propaganda services, which have succeeded in poisoning the minds of certain journalists, consciously or unconsciously, during the past eight years by resurrecting and distributing the pernicious works of Celine, Chateaubriand, the Gringoire campaigns [nationalist anti-Semitic journal], the 'Rothschild' and 'Mandel' slogans, etc.
3. The explicit demands of Action francaise, which for the past forty years has been calling for discrimination against Jews in France.
4. Certain facts that unfortunately have seemed to justify an apparently moderate racism: the actions of Leon Blum and the Popular Front, which were called Jewish; the presence of too many Jews in the press agencies, the film industry, banking, and behind the scenes politically, and, it must be said, their inborn exuberance; the too-hasty immigration of autocrats; the high percentage of Jewish names among citizens naturalized since 1918 [as a result of immigration from central Europe].
5. The inability of the French administration, despite all warnings received from those who were thinking clearly, to complete a Statut des Etrangers [Law on Foreigners] and to have an immigration policy...
To sum up, France has taken revenge on the Jews for the [French] blindness and inability to understand, since the more or less disguised closing of the United States to immigration from Europe, that France could profit from these human resources if it would manage and select them -- before assimilating them.
February 1942: 1. By the communication referred to above [Measures against the Jews], the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces in France asks that a certain number of measures be taken with regard to Jews in the Occupied Zone, such as: the obligation to wear a distinctive symbol, being banned from frequenting public places, excepting certain premises particularly reserved for them, and the institution of a special curfew.
2. I have the honor of informing you that I am not in agreement with these proposals.
3. I feel that the various strict measures already in force to date against the Jews are sufficient for the intended purpose, which is to remove them from public employment and from positions of authority in industry and commerce in this country.
4. There can be no question of going further without deeply offending French public opinion, which will see in these measures only humiliations without real efficacy, either for the future of the country or for the security of the occupying troops. The very excess of these decisions would certainly go against the intended purpose and would run the risk of provoking a movement in support of the Jews, who would be considered martyrs.
February 1943, Marseilles: A quick report on what has happened -- just for myself, since I am not entitled to comment on it. On Friday, January 22, beginning in the early morning hours, there were massive raids and arrests all over Marseilles, to be expected due to the arrival during the preceding days of mobile guard units, coming by bus or train from Toulouse, Lyon, Nancy, and even from Paris. Reliable sources told us that a conference was held on the 21st at the railroad station to consider the use of eighteen trains prepared to leave for an unknown destination. We didn't know whether these were for [German] redeployments, or for sending off suspects arrested following the measures being planned.
Shortly before noon both the German and French police assigned to the railroad station began making arrests, entirely indiscriminately, and transporting the arrested persons by truck to the Surete and then to Baumettes Prison for identity checks. Jews were being arrested merely on sight of their stamped identity cards. In the evening the arrests continued, and there were also raids in certain neighbourhoods during the night. We tried urgently to speak with the police at their administrative offices but got no results. We were told that these were general measures being taken by the police, by agreement with the German authorities, toward the definitive cleansing of the city of Marseilles.
Diary of a Witness, 1940 - 1942 Raymond-Raoul Lambert
|Rioters outside a Paris synagogue. Photo: Facebook. July 2014
An anti-Israel demonstration at the city's Bastille Square quickly turned violent with protesters seeking out and attacking Jewish targets and screaming "death to the Jews" and "Hitler was right" according to community newspaper, JSS News.
Signs in support of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood were on display as well as a replica of a Palestinian rocket similar to those launched from Gaza at Israel in recent weeks, according to the report.
Hundreds of Parisian Jews were trapped in a synagogue while rioters threw stones and bricks. The group was initially thought to be held hostage and was freed to leave the center only after police intervention at 9 p.m. A Jewish owned store on rue de la Roquette was trashed by 50 men with iron bars and a young man was hospitalized nearby, according to reports. Another synagogue in Paris was also attacked and a source told The Algemeiner that a similar demonstration in Marseille also turned violent.
"What we are witnessing in Paris today is extremely, extremely serious. Jews are in peril for their lives," New York-based French Jewish artist and activist Ron Agam told The Algemeiner.
Criticizing French police, Agam said, "French authorities acted like amateurs in failing to predict collateral violence against the Jewish community. I am outraged like I never have been against the Government for being so careless when they knew how radical this demonstration against Israel was going to be."
"To see so many French people, most of them Muslims, calling for a pogrom against Jews and supporting a criminal and terrorist organization is the most troublesome situation," he said, "French Jews are in serious danger."
The Algemeiner -- July 2014
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Carson Palmer to Arizona: 2013's Most Impactful QB Move
Here's a question to (Christian) ponder: which offseason quarterback move will be the most useful to their team?
Sure, it's nice to get Tony Romo under contract, but he's not really worth the money. Joe Flacco? His contract was even worse. Matt Cassel and Alex Smith won't do that much for their new teams, and I'll have a hearty chuckle at whatever team takes Geno Smith in the top five.
Nope, the top quarterback acquisition this offseason has to be the recent trade of Carson Palmer from the Oakland Raiders to the Arizona Cardinals. I know that most of the time, one individual player (and an 11-year veteran to boot) isn't going to change his team's fortunes dramatically.
But then again, sometimes you get the perfect storm where one player nearly doubles his team's playoff chances.
Bad, Bad Cardinals QBs
To understand just how poor the Cardinals' quarterback situation was last year, let me direct you to one key stat that we use in a lot of our NFL projections: NEP.
NEP stands for Net Expected Points, and just like the name would have you believe, it measures how many expected points above or below the league-average play that a player has gained his team. Alongside its little brother NEP/P (NEP per play), it tells the whole story in one handy package.
Since passing is often more efficient than rushing, it's pretty tough for a quarterback to manage a negative NEP score (meaning he's averaging below the league-average play). In fact, only 10 NFL quarterbacks with at least 100 pass attempts managed negative net expected points for their team last season. Most of them are names you'd expect, like Mark Sanchez or Blaine Gabbert. But then you look even further down the list, where two names stick out at the bottom.
That's right: two Cardinals quarterbacks were among the three least efficient players in the entire NFL last season.
Despite throwing only 184 passes, Ryan Lindley managed to lose 69.63 points of expected value for the Cardinals through the air. That turns out to be 0.38 expected points lost for Arizona per attempt. Since 2000, the only QB to perform that inefficiently with over 150 pass attempts in a season was rookie year Alex Smith.
John Skelton might not have been at Lindley's level of ineptitude, but he wasn't helping Arizona out, either. Skelton earned the Cards -45.64 NEP over 216 pass attempts, or -0.21 NEP per attempt. That mark placed him third in the NFL in total NEP lost, behind only Brady Quinn and his old buddy Lindley up there.
The Average QB Savior
Carson Palmer might not have been the second coming of Rich Gannon in Oakland; the Black Hole might have a few (NSFW) phrases to say about their now-former QB. However, he wasn't as bad as Arizona, where quarterbacks were about as effective as Kim Jong Un's diplomacy skills. Think of Carson Palmer more as Qatar: he'll surprise you with how effective he can be.
In 591 pass attempts, Palmer gained 50.75 NEP for the Raiders during the regular season, an average of 0.09 NEP per attempt. That total placed him a dead-average 17th among NFL QBs. Among those behind him on our list was Philip Rivers, Andy Dalton, and yes, that $120 million dollar man, Joe Flacco.
It's amazing how putting even an average, 17th place quarterback should help the Cardinals become respectable once again. Larry Fitz might even stop sobbing for a few minutes. While placing Palmer behind Arizona's offensive line may slightly change his numbers, our estimates of his play in Arizona's system help see a huge increase in their overall offensive efficiency.
According to numberFire Chief Analyst Keith Goldner, Palmer alone should add close to a full win to this Cardinals squad. Our preliminary pre-draft projections see them rising from 4.9 projected wins to 5.9 projected wins in 2013. That's how much of an impact he can have.
Our playoff odds present an even more striking picture. Arizona previously held only a 10.1 percent chance of being one of the NFC's six seeds. Thanks to Mr. Palmer, those odds now jump to a 19.7 percent chance at the playoffs this season. Those aren't overwhelming odds, but if you're the Cardinals, you'll take what you can get.
For Arizona, there's nowhere to go but up. They were the least efficient offense in the NFL last season, scoring 205 points less than a league-average offense would have in the same situation. Second-worst was Jacksonville... at a much-lower 108 points under expectation.
Carson Palmer may not be the final cure, but he's a big step in the right direction. And in an offseason of big contracts and notable trades, the most interesting one may have just happened all the way out West.


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The veteran Boston Celtics will take on the struggling Toronto Raptors Sunday afternoon in both teams' first preseason game of 2011-2012. The condensed offseason and training camp is sure to produce some interesting results that will attract fans of both squads.
Where: Toronto, Ontario, Air Canada Centre
When: Sunday, Dec. 18, 1:00 PM ET
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Listen: Boston: WEEI-AM 850 Toronto: SN 590 The Fan
Betting Line
Over/Under: 195, according to covers.com. Both teams will no doubt be a little rusty as it's their first legitimate game action since last spring, so this total does seem a little high. Also take into consideration that neither team is incredibly explosive on the offensive end.
Line: Boston -3.5, according to covers.com. No gripes here. The Celtics are without question the better team on paper and have been for years now. Toronto will be a challenge playing at home with a younger roster, but the Celtics can surely do enough to cover.
Key Injuries
Boston forward Jeff Green (aortic aneurysm). Green will miss the rest of the 2011-2012 season due to surgery that must be done to treat an aortic aneurysm.
What's At Stake For Boston?
The Celtics will tip off their championship run without young and promising forward Jeff Green, who was lost for the season on Saturday after it was learned he needs surgery to treat a serious medical condition.Boston needs to discover a working rotation on Sunday afternoon and begin to mold the personnel groups and lineups that will lead them to regular-season and postseason success.
What's At Stake For Toronto?
The Raptors don't have to worry about any crippling injuries heading into the season just yet, but Sunday's matchup with division rival Boston will give them a chance to measure their players' growth over the extended summer. The Raptors have a nice core featuring Jose Calderon, Andrea Bargnani and DeMar DeRozan, but several roster positions remain uncertain, and Sunday's perceived meaningless preseason game will go a long way in helping them fill in the gaps.
What They're Saying
The overwhelming chatter surrounding this preseason contest is centering on the recent news that Celtics' forward Jeff Green will be lost for the season.Green averaged 9.8 points per game and 3.3 rebounds per game for Boston last season after coming over from Oklahoma City, and he was expected to build on his 23.5 minutes per game with the Celtics in 2011-2012.This story has dominated the NBA chatter and will likely continue as more information is released.
Celtics Player to Watch
Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo is currently dealing with a bum ankle that has limited him throughout training camp.It should be interesting to see how Rondo reacts on the court with his play following the various trade rumors involving his name along with Chris Paul's just weeks ago.
Raptors Player to Watch
Andrea Bargnani, Toronto's seven-foot Italian center, has improved every season with the Raptors. He averaged 21.4 points per game last year, which was the highest of any Toronto player.The 26-year-old missed 16 games last season, and oddly enough he'll miss at least the same amount this year given the season's shortened, 66-game schedule.
Key Matchup
The battle on the boards will be by far the best matchup to look at in this game. The Celtics were ranked 29th in the league last season in rebounds per game, but they used their No. 1-ranked scoring defense to make the playoffs and win a series against New York.Toronto reeled in a little more than 40 rebounds per game last season as a team, ranking 21st in that category despite giving up the 26th-most points to opponents. It will be interesting to see how intense Reggie Evans is for the Raptors and how the Celtics fare on the glass without Glen Davis.


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I spent half my day yesterday crafting Christmas Cards and getting drunk on Bellini's. Cards are pictured above - I'm sort of attached to them and my tummy hurts when I think about mailing them. (Is it a bad thing if I mail myself a couple? I might sign them from famous people just for giggles.)
Babs and Roo made a gingerbread train and decorated some sugar cookies. Which they then ate. (She got MOST of it off of her face) Gingerbread is just gross. The only thing that's fun is reenacting that scene from Shrek where you break off the ginger bread man's leg and make him yell "You're a Monster". Then after, Babs perfected her turban skills.
17 days until holiday adventuring begins. I keep decorating and it must be stopped.
Also, if you look really close you can see my reflection in the vase. THANK god I wasn't nekkid. Get your heads out of the gutter.
I'm off in search of Christmas shows and some coffee...