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Elder Marion G Romney, "Temples—The Gates to Heaven", Ensign March 1971
"Pondering upon the subject of temples and the means therein provided to enable us to ascend into heaven brings to mind the lesson of Jacob's dream. You will recall that in the twenty-eighth chapter of Genesis there is an account of his return to the land of his father to seek a wife from among his own people. When Jacob traveled from Beersheba toward Haran, he had a dream in which he saw himself on the earth at the foot of a ladder that reached to heaven where the Lord stood above it. He beheld angels ascending and descending thereon, and Jacob realized that the covenants he made with the Lord there were the rungs on the ladder that he himself would have to climb in order to obtain the promised blessings—blessings that would entitle him to enter heaven and associate with the Lord.
"Because he had met the Lord and entered into covenants with him there, Jacob considered the site so sacred that he named the place Bethel, a contraction of Beth-Elohim, which means literally 'the House of the Lord.' He said of it: '… this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.' (Gen. 28:17.)
"Jacob not only passed through the gate of heaven, but by living up to every covenant he also went all the way in.
"Temples are to us all what Bethel was to Jacob. Even more, they are also the gates to heaven for all of our unendowed kindred dead. We should all do our duty in bringing our loved ones through them."
John A Widsoe, in Conference Report, Apr. 1922, pp. 97–98
"Temple work … gives a wonderful opportunity for keeping alive our spiritual knowledge and strength. … The mighty perspective of eternity is unraveled before us in the holy temples; we see time from its infinite beginning to its endless end; and the drama of eternal life is unfolded before us. Then I see more clearly my place amidst the things of the universe, my place among the purposes of God; I am better able to place myself where I belong, and I am better able to value and to weigh, to separate and to organize the common, ordinary duties of my life so that the little things shall not oppress me or take away my vision of the greater things that God has given us."


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Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you ~ Oprah Winfrey
Over the past few years I've been working on understanding myself and the way I live my life. I've learned a lot about myself and my passions and one important discovery I've made is that photography and any kind of art must stay only as a hobby for me. I'm unable to split things into work images and fun things just for me. It all ends up as work.
- Then the way I think about art or photography changes
- My subjects change
- How I approach a subject changes
- The way I feel about the work changes and it sucks the fun right out of it for me.
- I also hate self promoting stuff and managing sales, it all starts to feel like that's all that it's about and the art disappears into the distant background.
I wonder why it can take years of banging your head against the wall to finally learn something that you already knew from long ago? I ran my thoughts on this past my mother who is also trying to sell photographic images and she agreed with me. She told me that she hasn't taken any family photos this year at all when in the past she would have taken loads. Purely because her mind is now focused on photography as a business and the fun side has now gone. Perhaps it's a genetic thing with us?
Human nature says that when we do something there has to be something in it for us to want to continue it. A payoff if you like. When I take photos for fun I generally take more images of my family and friends and the beautiful places we have visited together. The images serve as reminders of great days and the payoff is high for me. The same happens when I paint or draw something for myself while I'm out somewhere or even at home. The art transports me back to that time and place, all the sights, sounds and smells come with it. However, when I take photos for work I'm concentrating more on technique, camera settings, best angles etc and when I look at those images those are the memories I have of that place. Memories of rushing to catch the light in the early morning, finding a great angle and then shooting and moving on before the light changes. It's a different process altogether from strolling around a lake with family on a beautiful day, laughing and enjoying everyone's company and capturing the magic moments freely as they arise.
I've had days in the past where I've gone on a family trip and when I've gotten home and looked back through the photos I've realized that I haven't taken any photos of my family while we were out. In fact some days I've realized that I've spent my day miles behind everyone else shooting things while everyone else has had fun without me! Where was the payoff on those days? The money earned from those images certainly wasn't worth the loss of interaction with my family. Perhaps part of the problem is that I don't like to take people pictures for work so if my mind is in work mode I don't shoot people including my family on a day out. Don't get me wrong, I do like to take pics of my family but I don't want to sell them so they are definitely not work.
So I was wondering how do you balance your passion vs your work? How do you switch off the work mode when you're with family or do you somehow manage to balance the two? I'd love to hear your ideas on this.
Enjoy life and travel light :)

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Thursday, May 18, 2017
Full Disclosure
In the meantime, this seems like a good opportunity to ask if anyone is interested in becoming another co-moderator. Its always good to have more people involved.
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Thank you for your service! I was on the board at JAMS this year and there were no men involved, with the exception of the steam fair organizer who was only at a couple meetings. I'm heartened that next year a male treasurer and apparently now BLT member have stepped forward!
- May 20, 2017 at 11:21 AM
Yeah!! Next thing you know the schools might start having Father's Day tea at 10 am.... (thanks Ben, good work!)
Fix AL
- May 21, 2017 at 4:00 PM
Watch out for the throttling of French at JAMS. It is the canary in the coal mine.
French is an island of excellence at JAMS. The teacher is amazing. A gem. Caring, professional, kind. All teachers should be as contentious as she is. As supportive, as engaged.
HCC kids tend to take world language (it puts them on the path to jump ahead in high school to 3rd level, and this is critical as the overwhelming majority of them are college-bound and need a 2nd language). It appears that 'in the know' HCC families at JAMS go to French, not Spanish, not just because the teacher is known to be excellent, but, because those who take French seem to be much more serious, and it makes the classroom atmosphere more conducive to learning. Which is what HCC kids are drawn to in the first place for the most part: a great classroom environment supported by peers who are there to learn. That typifies the French classroom at JAMS.
It seems as if this throttling of French is going to directly kill French at JAMS. It is only a matter of time. It is an inevitable collision course. It will destabilize it. Its about feeding the pipeline.
The first year of JAMS, there were *four* 1A sections; the next year, three or two. Two 1A sections are fine, it keeps the path going for 1B in 7th grade and ultimately for French 2 in 8th grade. But, squelch the 'in take' valve to one single section, and there are going to be problems. It will cycle through to only one section of each, which means the teacher, who is being cut to .8FTE next year, will most likely be made even less the subsequent year unless they add another 1A section in that year. Which means the job will be, what, .6FTE? Or less? Who can afford to take that?? Not necessarily a teacher of high quality and then the whole program goes down.
It might be easier for a administrator to have but one world language, but, that is not what a high quality comprehensive middle school does. Two world languages is one of the essential offerings of a truly great comprehensive middle, along with a robust selection of math and multiple instrumental music offerings. If JAMS wants to be mediocre, go ahead and cut down the ultimately kill off the world language. Go ahead and focus on PE (like they now do: Eckstein allowed for students to get a PE waiver if they met the requirements, JAMS forces kids to take PE unless they take music and world language; how's that for equity?).
So, if you are on the BLT, thank you for serving, and, focus on what makes JAMS push ahead into the ranks of the very best of the best of comprehensive education. A high tide floats all boats. We want JAMS to be the best and for all kids who attend there to know they are going to the best middle school in all of Seattle, if not Washington!
And, if you are going to JAMS, do give French a thought if you are interested in world language for your student. Spanish is an excellent second language to learn, but French may be a great learning experience where a student can move faster quicker for more learning.
JAMS Jaguar
- May 24, 2017 at 6:27 PM
The number of sections of French is directly tied to student requests. Also the Spanish classes are fantastic, I'm not sure why you would put them down. As the parent of kids who elect not to do organized sports, I'm incredibly grateful that the principal took the time to hire two amazing PE teachers and kept the class sizes reasonable. Staying active throughout life is so important for both physical and mental health, and these educators are there for all the kids, not just the ones with athletic prowess. For the record the first year they had to force many unhappy kids to take PE who would rather have a waiver, now it is so popular they can no longer accommodate students who wish to take it all year instead of half. I do feel like the Tech department could use some improvement, I believe that may be causing equity issues compared to other middle schools.
Jaguar Stuff
- May 25, 2017 at 7:58 AM
Wasn't it a Spanish teacher who pushed to have the third year move at actual high school pace? My child had had French, and it has been fine. But not among the more rigorous classes they've had, and the Spanish classes also seem great. I do wonder why we are the only area middle school whose language classes do not take a trip to a place where the language is spoken in 8th grade.
Curious Cat
- May 25, 2017 at 9:08 AM
I'd actually be surprised if all the middle schools in the district have foreign trips for the 8th graders given the costs and organization involved. Which Middle Schools do them?
- May 25, 2017 at 9:13 AM
Eckstein and Hamilton both do. I don't know about any other schools, but those are our neighboring ones.
- May 25, 2017 at 9:45 AM
Art and PE at JAMS were 10X better than at HIMS. They ended up being some of my child's favorite classes. If you weren't in music at HIMS, the elective offerings were bleak.
- May 25, 2017 at 10:09 AM
No: student picking a world language does NOT drive the schedule. There is more demand for french than kids who get it. It is rationed. And that is now with a full time FTE.
Fact: there are students at JAMS who wanted a world language, French specifically, but couldn't get it.
And, that will get way worse next year! Parents of incoming 6th graders, be very, very focused on this. To be denied access to French in 6th grade is a disadvantage that will track through high school. Read your elective form carefully. It talks about prioritizing students for the limited spots based on their SBAC scores. As the French sections are deleted, and the teacher FTE is cut down, it will only get worse. French at JAMS is a bastion of excellence that is particularly unique.
Spanish is great. Art is great. PE is great. Pursue whatever meets your needs. But, French is really particularly special; parents in the know know this. You have to participate in it to know that. And, it is being short-changed despite its being a particular island of academic bliss with a phenomenal teacher (seriously, she speaks French, Turkish, Japanese and English) and really dedicated students who learn for the joy of learning. The classroom is a really special place to walk into. Academic excellence. That should not be short-changed, that should be celebrated. If they don't want to celebrate excellence, what do they want to celebrate? She goes above and beyond. She loves her students. She celebrates culture. She makes them crepes. She coaches JAMS teams. All because she loves, loves, loves kids and her students and all of her colleagues. She is the kind of teacher you want more of. Not saying others aren't also excellent, they are too. Just saying you have a uniquely dedicated, joyful, effective teacher who goes above and beyond and there are kids who want to take her classes who are being cut-off. That needs to be reexamined, and if you are on the BLT, please do question it.
And yes, the trips abroad is another thing these kids don't get an opportunity to participate in at JAMS. They keep taking more and more away. These kids never got double-blocking either, which meant they never got that deep dive in SS/LA. Without the double block, they simply cannot teach as deeply. And they know it. These kids didn't get to read Homer. They didn't get to read Guns, Germs and Steel (but heck, they showed the movie! Seriously!). They pushed the advisory model. Daily advisory is a huge waste of time. Instructional minutes would be better for all of the kids, with one or two homeroom periods a week at most at the end of the day for them to catch up on missed tests, coordinate with teachers, and deploy some whole-school anti-bullying or other such program. As it is now, kids do nothing except watch movies, play games, make grill cheeses or tease other students. There is huge difference between advisory classes based on who the teacher is. As a BLT rep, perhaps you can push to revamp this and focus more on maximizing student instructional minutes every week.
If JAMS goes down to a single world language, which is predictable based on this trajectory in a few years time (despite a growing enrollment), that is not exactly a mark of distinction.
We are happy with JAMS overall, some great teachers, huge fields, excellent music, excellent math department, stability, beautiful auditorium, etc, but the concern is that academic excellence is not the driving factor for the building-decisions and that is what throttling the French down represents. Why did French have to take the hit? A world language that drives toward college. Ask yourself that.
JAMS Jaguar
- May 25, 2017 at 10:48 AM
JAMS Jaguar, a few questions.
Read your elective form carefully. It talks about prioritizing students for the limited spots based on their SBAC scores.
They aren't going to be individually ranked and let into French based on SBAC scores, right? They just need a 3 on the ELA SBAC? Which merely means that a passing score is required to start a world language as a sixth grader. Seems reasonable.
Why did French have to take the hit? A world language that drives toward college. Ask yourself that.
Weren't there changes to other electives as well, like MESA and Computer Science?
Newly Known
- May 25, 2017 at 1:44 PM
JAMS Jaguar,
"Go ahead and focus on PE (like they now do: Eckstein allowed for students to get a PE waiver if they met the requirements, JAMS forces kids to take PE unless they take music and world language; how's that for equity?)"
I have to point out that sixth graders at Eckstein are not permitted to take world language. They can only take two years of world language and they are all required to take PE as sixth graders. Be careful what you wish for...
- May 25, 2017 at 9:59 PM


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We now bring you news from the Leftist, gun controlled Plantation
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Man dies after found hanging in South Side lockup
Officers discovered the man hanging shortly before 2 p.m. Friday, inside a cell located at 2255 E. 103rd Place.
The man was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital where he was pronounced dead today at 7:44 a..m.
The man was identified as Okoi Ofem of the 8700 block of South Muskegon Avenue,
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People don't want to live. Is it drugs, the economy, or what? Signs of the time.
- September 15, 2013 at 6:14 AM
19 years old? Police punk ass did it thats a truth
- September 15, 2013 at 9:49 AM
very public minded of him to save the rest of us tax dollars instead of it being spent on his incarceration, well done young man.
- September 15, 2013 at 11:22 AM
- September 15, 2013 at 12:17 PM
For the two people above me Did you think about you comment before you posted it? Did u take into consideration that a persons life was just lost? How about the mom & the family that's in pain right now? Did you think to put yourself in anybody else's shoes? I don't think you did, because then you wouldn't have stated such ignorance. You clearly were raised to think before you speak or to do unto other as you would want them to do to you. Life is full of twist & turns, you never now what you'll have to endure in the future & what kind of actions you'll take. You praising suicide shows how much of a heartless person you are. For you thoughtless, insensitive & ignorant comment, I pray that God forgives u & because of who I've been raised to be I can say God bless u !
- September 15, 2013 at 12:29 PM
First off, fuck him. He was in the lockup. He didn't just go there on a whim. He was there for a reason. He's a criminal. Secondly, odds are his mother isn't in the picture. If she is, I'd bet she wasn't a very positive influence to begin with. Third, fuck you. Why don't you take this little gem and let him live with you for a while. Show him the error of his ways. He would rob/rape/kill you faster than you could say boo. Keep looking at the world through rose colored glasses. That way, you won't see the criminal as he's about to pounce on you.
- September 15, 2013 at 12:48 PM
Funny you didn't mention his father being in the picture, you know why because consciously and subconsciously you understand that his father, possibly a black man. Has been attacked economically, spiritually and any other way by the white supremacist mindset. You say" his mother wasn't in the picture" Where do you picture his father? My guess you picture him void of knowledge and somewhere destitute from the supremacist pressure that's has been applied consistently. Your like a lion that kill baby cubs to maintain dominance. So FUCK YOU! Live in your stereotypical world because you wont be able to see this alpha black male pounce on your racist ass........
- September 15, 2013 at 1:55 PM
Lord forgive me but ... in fact I happen to know his mother was in his life and did everything she could to raise him right. You obviously don't have any kids or you would know that when a teenager wants to do something there's nothing his mom could say to change his mind. He's a person, a human being that doesn't deserve this. You know nothing about him except for what you've read. He had so much to live for an the fact that he went to jail, doesnt make him a bad person. He made a mistake as everybody has done and your no one to judge him! Go through what he was going through, make it out then feel free to talk all you want but until then do us all a favor and shut the fuck up. Your comments and/or opinions are unnecessary instead spend your time looking in the mirror and investigating your own family. I'm pretty sure theyre not all Holy and you'll probably find that you have a criminal with a much more extensive backround in ur own family. It's a shame that there are people like you in this world. People like you should try to change the way you think and maybe we can work together to help these kids that feel like there alone and don't have anybody. Till then fuck you!! At the end of the day, ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE HIM. And might I add that I happen to know he would never do anything to hurt me! A heart of gold that wouldn't dare to harm his loved ones!.... & THANK YOU "STRONG BLACK MAN" ! I appreciate every single word and completely agree with you. stereotypes: the reason the world is what it is!
- September 15, 2013 at 2:33 PM
What hospital you at girl, so I can bring this flagpole up there and enlighten you to something. :-) :-) Cold as yall keep it in there everybodys junk is shrunk.
- September 15, 2013 at 3:54 PM
How you like how , the African American Woman , says , LORD FORGIVE ME. Then says something racist. Then curses at you , then Worships , that black skin , as if blacks are better than Jesus Christ. Skin is MORE IMPORTANT THAN CONTENT. This is what WHAT is wrong with the world. Woman like her. None of my white kids are racist at all. And will go to heaven , when you murder them one day. PS I know a lot of blacks. Because I hire them. none of them are like you are Madam. GOOD DAY TO YOU. I hope , you get into a real Church..And you cuss also..
- September 15, 2013 at 4:45 PM
Hey black lady I am not female, idiot . Id shove that flag pole up your ass .Racist bitch!
- September 15, 2013 at 4:48 PM
You can kick a well mannered dog and he will growl and possibly bite you. Even our creator god gets angry and is a warring god. The never gets mad happy go lucky Christ that you have been brainwashed to believe, is propaganda. You are not GOD, how can you say who's going to heaven or hell. The only church you getting real food from is church's chicken. 3 piece and a biscuit bitch
- September 15, 2013 at 5:03 PM
Your a fucking gay ass hospital housekeeper, what the fuck you doing looking at black dicks. PUNKASS Flowerboy. Keep blowing off DR Hoe-again in the linen closet. You deficient fuck.......
- September 15, 2013 at 5:10 PM
Im not sure where the racism stepped in. But to the idiotic dork that commented about the Lord Forgive me saying her children were going to heaven, etc... You must be getting confused with all the "anonymous said...". Its my pleasure to inform you that I go to church every Sunday and God is closer to me then ever. I think if your church is teaching you to have such hatred, heartless and harsh thoughts and feelings toward other races , you clearly need to find a new church. & fyi im not "an African American Women". && Nor did you ever see anything in my comment about blacks, whites or any other race. My purpose behind my comment wasn't do degrade or bring up any race. I can care less what color you are, I simply was addressing the first couple comments that were completely for suicide because of "tax" money. I don't care who you are, what you've done, what you are, where you come from... NO ONE deserves so much pain that they feel like they cant bear. I refuse to involve myself in all the other comments. I find them being pointless and a waist of my time to even address because the point was the life that was lost. Its a shame that in this day and age such racism still exist ! Once aging you all have a blessed on, may God have Mercy on you! . . With that being said RIP OKOI. Regardless of what anybody may say, I knew you and I know your intentions weren't to ever hurt anybody. You fought till couldn't anymore ! <3
- September 15, 2013 at 7:18 PM
So angry and hateful, yet you pray god forgives the poster? Perhaps you should ask forgivness for judgeing others?
Beware the self-rightious.....
- September 15, 2013 at 8:02 PM
Your rationale is exactly why this young man is dead. You accept that he wont listen because he is a teen, but not all teens rob, rape and thug ending up un jail. Then the commin everyone makes mistakes, yet not everyones mistakes are rob, rape, thug.
In the USA no not only gid can judge you, your peers can too...
- September 15, 2013 at 8:06 PM
Somebody mama just hit the ghetto lottery
- September 15, 2013 at 8:10 PM
- September 15, 2013 at 8:20 PM
UROLOGIST!! HaHaHA :-) Folks beware of the gay ass prostate dr. He is sizing up penises while checking your prostate. Hey doc with a face like yours my junk will recede and hide to. A urologist that secretly practices proctology. Hey! Why did the Dr buy a spaceship???? To get closer to Uranus :-) :-)
- September 15, 2013 at 9:33 PM
75% of all black children are born out of wedlock. Fact. I didn't mention daddy, because daddy was never around. If mamma and daddy aren't around to raise their kids, this is what becomes of them. Facts aren't racist. Facts are facts. 75% of all black kids are born out of wedlock. Blacks commit 10x more homicides than whites and Hispanics combined. The current racial makeup of Cook County Jail is 90% black. In englewood, blacks are killing blacks. Sometimes the truth hurts, doesn't it.
- September 16, 2013 at 12:20 AM
- September 16, 2013 at 6:27 AM
Blacks hung him.
- September 16, 2013 at 6:49 AM
to the person who didnt like the reference to the dead guy saving money, yes and probably lives as well. who knows who he might have gone after in the future, if he hadnt started doing that already. and money? he goes to jail, he's got three hots and cot and whatever else the ACLU says he needs for a "humane" existence while he's our guest. 25yrs to life? do the math. and if he kills someone, ambulance ride to graveside services,roughly $250.000.00 . on the the taxpayers dime. add all that up X ? and thats how much WON'T be spent on schools or public safety or infrastructure repair or mental health. one dirtbag dead, you want sympathy? its in the dictionary between shit and syphilis.
- September 16, 2013 at 7:20 AM
The devil speaketh...just pay attention to what they say...youll notice quickly, its not of God. Darkness and light, cant be both.
- September 16, 2013 at 11:16 AM
You dont live in the same world many of us do, in Chicago, which makes it easy to speculate...
- September 16, 2013 at 2:52 PM
- September 16, 2013 at 3:29 PM
- September 17, 2013 at 11:46 AM
I think all the cells should include a rope attached to the ceiling. Let them swing it will cut costs in several departments. What Chicago has going is not much good! Maybe they could set-up a shooting range for the gang bangers to use so they improve their kill rates. Cut down on all the hospital costs!
- September 17, 2013 at 4:24 PM
Don't bother trying to get thru to this idiot,one day when he loses someone close to him,he will feel the pain this family is going thru rite now. He's just a racist that's can openly reveal his true hate because he hiding behind his computer.
- September 18, 2013 at 4:20 AM
Yeah he gone with the fucking wind. One day he gonna slip up and his location gonna be revealed. Then he gonna see just how much trouble his finger tips can get him into. When talking about the wrong person. Don't think everybody is a low level thug and you can see them coming.
- September 18, 2013 at 12:55 PM
My heart goes out to his family. My God Bless him and may he rest in peace.
- September 19, 2013 at 6:55 PM
Blacks gang raped him , and hung him. end of story.
- September 20, 2013 at 5:43 PM
The ignorance this is my friend no he didnt do thus to himself to those speaking bad in him about
Him all of u all can burn in hell with big black dicks on your necks fuckin retarded bastards he was intelligent out goin and had so much to live for his parents were around he just made human mistakes never wouls ge di anything purposely to harm himself iblame the police district for being carefree of my friends life
- September 24, 2013 at 12:46 PM
R.i.p O bitch
- August 26, 2014 at 6:56 PM
I know okoi and his mother and father were both in his life and married for 30 years shame on you for assuming such atrocities. May God have mercy on your soul!
- July 24, 2015 at 3:47 PM


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It's time to transplant the seedlings outdoors. I started them about three weeks ago from seeds I had left over from last year.
I thought I give the seedling process another try as I had a successful harvest last summer.
This year, however, instead of buying a plastic seedling tray, I decided to go into reuse/repurpose mode and use eggshells and egg cartons to get the seedlings started. I carefully washed the eggshells in hot soapy water and punched a hole for drainage. If the shell was too shallow, I would stack two of them together to create a taller and wider vessel.
So far I started onions,
Beefstake tomatoes,
and Sugar Daddy peas.
I thought the peas would take longer to sprout because the seed was so large and hard, but it shot up in a matter of days. Look at them now!
I was hoping to have a vertical garden structure ready before transplanting anything but it looks like I will be in for another season of ground level gardening. No worries, I will continue to dream of a vertical garden oasis and rely on Pinterest to keep me inspired.
What will be growing in your garden? Have any gardening plans or stories to share?


text: I planned on sharing some thoughts and photos today, and the title of my post was going to be "Reflections". However, it appears that Google and Blogger are looking to make a little bit of money from the blog world. I am not certain if I am going to change accounts, or stick with Blogger. As I understand it, in order for me to add any photos to my blog, I need to pay Google. Not certain I'm ready to do that. In the meantime, it's probably good that you don't have to spend any time on Petals and Boots, after all, one month from today... is Christmas! Better get busy!


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There are days and times when everyone of us have gone through some kind
of change, whether it was good or bad. Maybe it all begin when you got out of
bed that morning, it might have seemed as though things started going wrong for
no apparent reason at all. You begin to wonder, hey is this the way my day is to
begin? If so, I don't need this, let me try to start this cycle again. (smile).
You get up, looking on the floor for you house slippers but you can't find them.
Now you know you put them there last night, well just maybe the dog got to them
and drugged one down the hall or into another room, Who knows? just one of those
This is the time to settle yourself down before you get upset, and just close
your eyes, begin to meditate to God, ask God to please start your day off right.
Before you do anything else or go any further, do this, you will be surprise how
effective whispering a little prayer to the "Almighty God" Can and "Will Change
and Turn Things Around For You".
The next thing you know somehow you will find your house slippers and things will
be just fine. You'll be able to go about your daily chores and will be in a much
better attitude. Everything will begin to align up the exact way in which they
should. You'll be able to get ready for work, fix your breakfast, get the children
all out of the house for school and you all will be on your merry way.
It wouldn't be such a bad idea to have the children say a little prayer before they
start their day also, everything will be so much better for them the whole day,
why because They had also Prayed And Asked God To Be With Them Also. God hear and
answers prayer. So all I am saying is Prayer Do Changes Things.
I have been so sick, didn't know what to do, all I did was meditate a prayer to God,
asking him to "Please Have Mercy On Me and Heal My Body. You know what, God did it.
I mean this is for real, no make-believe, or anything like that, it really did happen
for me. God heard my prayer. So all I can recommend is that it want hurt no one
to have a prayer with Jesus. Always remember God gave Man the Wisdom and Knowledge
to know how to make certain types of Medicines to help remedy our sickness and to
make us feel lots better, so go to your Doctor's Appointments, take your medicine
as indicated and watch how God work it out for you too. You will feel better and
perhaps live a much longer, productive life if you take your medicine as indicated.
Remember Faith without Works is nothing. So Pray and Take Your Medicine and Ask
God to Bless You to live a long, productive life and if you believe, he will.
Just remember "All Things Are Possible If You Only Believe". That is the word..
May You All Be Blessed And Have A Great Day And Night.


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I've been wanting to run a pseudo-RIFTS type game) where the players are basically stranded, interdimensional types stuck in a middle world that's being torn apart by some sort of bizarre temporal hiccup that none of them have any idea how to get out from or even fix), but I'm not sure where to go from there. I just have this mental image of cyborgs buddying up with samurai who have a distaste for the tommy-gunning gangster that's schmoozing with the demon-possessed techno-mage, but I don't really know where to go from there.
I do, however, know that it'd be a great setting to play around in and I'd be able to include pretty much anything I could think of, from enormous floating castles to colonies of badger-men to talking trees to shapeshifting doppleganger horrors... but it's hard to get people to really stand behind that sort of deal.
It feels like everybody wants either premade settings where they can act out their fanfictional desires (40k and Greyhawk and stuff), a combat simulator with characters grafted on(4e, 3e, and it's derivitives), or a really hardcore high-concept roleplaying game without goofiness or randomization.
Or they want games they already played in a new package, but that doesn't really count.
I need to get out there and game something already.


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Saturday, May 26, 2012
Over at Bob's Beats, my "first and last"series, on the first and last purchase of different recorded music formats started this week with the seven inch single. I posted mine here, and rustyfruitjuice did his here, and Martin's is here. Next week, we're moving on to the EP – again, contributions welcome – and the following week we'll do the twelve inch. Rustyfruitjuice tweets here, and Martin tweets here and blogs here.
From the archive: Wildcat: "SWP - the Party of God" (1988). This is from the first Gulf war, between Iran and Iraq, in which the SWP supported the Iranian theocracy because it was fighting American "imperialism". It shows how corrupt the SWP was even then. While I don't go along with the full No War But The Class War line Wildcat took, the critique of revolutionary defeatism and Leninist pseudo-anti-imperialism is sharp. (H/t Entdinglichung.)
From the blogs: Paul on the perversion of science and the chavification of Scotland's alcohol laws; Marko on Bosnian Muslims in WWII. Some important CST posts on antisemitism today: Boycott Israel: Zionists are "the most hateful people imaginable"; Iran: how Zionist Jewish money runs Western media; BBC HARDtalk: any qualms that you could be feeding antisemitism?; Greek neo-Nazis & Egyptian Islamists: Signs of the Times.
From the left: interview with Syrian leftists; a Trotskyist analysis of the Arab left; Yassamine Mather on Hands Off the People of Iran; a new pamphlet from the AWL on the Perdition affair.
From the magazines: Dave Rich reflects on Ken and the Jews. On Jews and the Left: The Tablet, American Thinker, Commentary, Forward. Ralph Seliger on Did the kibbutz really fail, responding to Michael Lerner.
4 comments:
- Jim Jepps said...
I thought you might be interested in this report from the No to Nato demo the other day.
I point to it because the two videos might be of interest. One is of Natalie Bennett of the Greens who described the Iranian regime as, something like, misogynist, homophobic undemocratic regime - and then you can hear people heckling from the back (not massively clear on video because of directional mic but you can make it out).
The other is from a Labour Assembly member giving an extraordinary speech (in a really bad way)
- 27 May, 2012 01:13
- Sarah AB said...
@Jim Jepps - maybe I've just got too used to this kind of thing but it didn't seem so extraordinarily objectionable - apart from the fact he didn't seem to be able to pronounce 'Netanyahu' or 'Knesset'. I feel I've heard much worse, from members of mainstream parties (eg Ken Livingstone). It does not seem impossible that Netanyahu is using this situation for political purposes - or at least, that doesn't seem an outrageous thing to suggest. That's not the same as saying there is no threat from Iran - and both their rhetoric and the latest news about enrichment are huge concerns. (Maybe I'm missing something about the speech though - I haven't had any caffeine yet.)
- 27 May, 2012 06:49
- bob said...
Thanks Jim. As you say, the heckling is barely audible, but shocking that people would heckle such an uncontroversial statement. Like Sarah, I didn't find Qureshi too bad, apart from not knowing the name of the prime minister of Israel, despite claiming to be telling people the truth about its "superspies".
By the way, any idea what the red and white flags flying in the first video are? It looks like Bahrain's. Does that mean solidarity with the protestors there (I think they march with the national flag) or with the government.
- 28 May, 2012 10:38
- Jim Jepps said...
Sarah: I thought the fact that he didn't seem to be able to pronounce any of the names/institutions he was talking about rather strange. Maybe he's got a speech impediment but, perhaps unfairly, I thought it undermined what he was saying - not that that was great either.
For instance he said that Israel was the only threat to peace in the region which, I think, given the state of the region is entirely unsupportable.
Bob: not sure on the flags, didn't think to ask. You may be right that it's Bahrain although what that might mean is anyone's guess. There was one man with a picture of assad on a placard saying "victory to assad" - extraordinary.
- 30 May, 2012 18:09


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Today is August 31st. And that means that a new BlackBerry device, arguably the best one ever made, has officially landed on T-Mobile. That's right. The heralded BlackBerry Bold 9900 with 4G HSPA+ capabilities has finally landed after long last and it is now available over on T-Mobile's website for a whopping $300 on a new two year contract. This is T-Mobile's first 4G BlackBerry handset.
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Directions: South on Route 35 through Point Pleasant to the traffic light at Kittiwake Avenue in Lavallette. Turn left, proceed through next traffic light and go one more block to the beach road (Seacrest Drive). Turn right, proceed past 7 beachfront houses to the beach ramp. Mass is at the top of the ramp. Parking can be difficult. Space may be available at Dick Rento's house, 33 Murray Lane. Bring a beach chair.


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I spotted an entire display of Goody brand Spin Pin and Modern Up Do hair accessories at my local Dollar Tree in both the light (for lighter hair shades) and dark (for darker hair shades). Like everything that is sold at Dollar Tree these are selling there for $1 each. I have recently seen these on sale at major retailers for the full retail price, so I was surprised to see these at Dollar Tree. I received my first box of Spin Pins in my Voxbox and I instantly fell in love – so I made sure I picked up another box of these at Dollar Tree for a back-up. I also picked up one of the modern up do's to leave in my purse and/or car glove compartment.
In case you are not aware of how amazing these products are – the spin pins will give you a flawless looking bun in a matter of seconds. All you do is spin these corkscrew looking pins into your hair (it doesn't hurt – if you'd like you can see my full review here: http://shannonseyeonbeauty.blogspot.com/2012/11/review-goody-spin-pins.html ) whereas the modern up do will give you a flawless looking up do in a matter of seconds.


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Two local
men were injured when their pickup truck left the road and struck a tree near
Cotton Patch on State Highway 38 early Monday. Woodruff County Deputy Dovey
Snyder reported the accident shortly after midnight Monday. Thurston Poole, 33,
of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Wallis, 38, of Little Rock , were returning to Des Arc
after a frog-catching trip. On an overcast Sunday night, Poole 's pickup truck
headlights malfunctioned. The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the
older-model truck had burned out. As a replacement fuse was not
Wallis noticed that the 22 caliber bullets from his
pistol fitted perfectly into the fuse box next to the steering-wheel column.
Upon inserting
the bullet the headlights again began to operate
properly, and the two men proceeded on eastbound toward the White River Bridge .
After traveling approximately 20 miles, and just before crossing the river, the
bullet apparently overheated, discharged and struck Poole in the testicles. The
vehicle swerved sharply right, exited the pavement, and struck a tree. Poole
suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the accident but will require
extensive surgery to repair the damage to his testicles, which will never again
operate as intended. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and
released. "Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot his balls
off, or we might be dead," stated Wallis. "I've been a trooper for 10 years in
this part of the world, but this is a first for me. I can't believe that those
two would admit how this accident happened," said Deputy Snyder. Upon being
notified of the wreck, Lavinia ( Poole 's wife) asked how many frogs the boys
had caught and did anyone get them from the truck?


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Release Date: 2010-07-30
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Official Website: http://www.dinnerforschmucks.com/
One thing I can say about Dinner for Schmucks is that it was well developed. It is not sloppy in a way a lot of comedies tend to get, but it is a bit too long for a comedy. It was funny although its humor is not clever, it is more ridiculous and idiotic than anything. Nonetheless, it will make you laugh and maybe even crack up a few times. I wouldn't rush to the movie theater to watch it, waiting for it on DVD would be the smarter option. It is inspired by a French comedy Le Dîner de Cons, which was quite successful.
The movie develops with Tim Conrad (Paul Rudd) who is working hard to get a promotion and making his almost perfect life completely perfect. He steps to the plate when one of the main guys at his office is fired and he is offered his position after a bold presentation; the catch is that he has to join his boss and the other big shots at a secret dinner to get the new position. This isn't just any dinner, everyone must bring an extraordinary person a.k.a schmuck meaning idiot and whomever brings the most strangest specimen wins; while their idiot gets a trophy and is "released back into the wild". Tim's better half, whom he's proposed to several times Julie (Stephanie Szostak) is appalled when Tim tells her what he has to do and she puts some sense into him. Unfortunately, by a chance encounter Tim is blessed with one of these rare people, Barry Speck (Steve Carell) and he is not able to turn away from this easy opportunity. Barry is an amateur taxidermist, he uses dead mice to create art pieces and his naivety pushes him over the edge to idiocy.
Barry takes over Tim's life, he's trying to help him but he ends up destroying every aspect of Tim's life and plans. The more Barry "helps" the worse things get for Tim. The easy promotion is not so easy anymore. Barry forces his friendship upon Tim and teaches him that nothing is more important that sticking to one's values and appreciating someone for who they are.
I don't believe Steven Carell to be one of the funniest comedians of today, in this role he is the same character as in Anchorman and a bit less clever than his character in The office. The same goes for Rudd, he's always the passive aggressive guy with a girlfriend that has to put up with the dummy. Although these are not refreshing roles for them they do fill the shoes well, Carell does a great innocent idiot. Another comedian that appears here and always does a great psycho is Zach Galifianakis. Finally, Jemaine Clement from Flight of the Concords completes the movie with his wild character.
If you've seen director Jay Roach's work such as Meet the Parents and the Austin Powers movies then you probably know what to expect. It is not a hilarious movie, except for a couple of scenes/jokes but it will give you a good giggle all throughout with its silliness and absurdity. If you want to watch a witty comedy then this would be the wrong movie to choose.


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I have an incredibly huge kitchen in my house in here (particularly when compared to the average kitchen in a flat in Spain, which was my previous one). However, for reasons that I am still trying to figure out, the freezer is really, really small.I used to have always my ice cream bucket in the freezer, so that when I wanted to have my home made ice cream (and it used to be quite often, honestly), I could -easily and quickly- have it.
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Here are some photos I picked up last weekend before dinner with some transit friends who were in town for the APTA rail conference.
I know folks complain about Muni signage. But here is one to give some hope. But just a little since this is the first time I've seen a map of this kind. It's a braille map of the Muni light rail system at the Embarcadero station.
Here's a small pocket park, just on the other side of the shrubs is the busy Embarcadero. I wonder how many people know this is here. It's at the intersection of Greenwich and Embarcadero, right before the Fog City Diner.
And who wants to stand in the middle of a rail ROW taking pictures? Why me of course. This is the F-Line tracks, and hopefully soon to be E-Line.
And the F-Line is at Crush Load as usual.


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The different types of computer crime affect people in all sectors of society. There are several computer crime categories, each covering a particular type of crime in which a computer plays a part. Nowadays, there are very many ways to think of computing devices, since tablets and smart phones can be used to commit crimes just as easily as a personal computer or Mac. This means that consumers must be very careful with any aspect of their lives which can be influenced by a computer.
Computer crime types include:
Deliberate circumvention of security systems you put in place at your home or workplace
Unauthorized sharing of information
Unauthorized modification of software
Even the use of baby monitors and smart tvs must be governed by an awareness that they can be misused because of the computer features that they have. Computer criminals do not hesitate to enter your home via electronic means, so you must take steps to guard your devices as much as possible.
All the different types of computer crime can result in financial losses or other types of losses. For example, if you operate a business, a hacker may simply get into your system for fun and tamper with employee data. This is a possibility that you can avert by trailing your staff properly and putting adequate electronic security measures in place.
While there are different types of cyber criminals, all types of computer crime can be reduced if consumers take precautions. Don't trust too easily online. Computer criminals rely on the natural goodness of people. All types of criminals can be deterred if adults and children are trained to be "wise as serpents but harmless as doves".


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Friday, August 26, 2011
Leaving the Gunblogger Conspiracy
I'm sorry for all the drama, GGC community. I should have minded my words much better. It was a blast though guys. Take care.
Edit: The person that did the original banning has nothing to do with my decision. Please leave that one be. I never cared what that one thought of me or my actions. Fair is fair.
note: If you no longer wish to be associated this blog, toss me an email to malodorousroadkill at gmail and I'll remove links.
3 comments:
- DaddyBear said...
RK, I wasn't there, so I can't comment on what happened, but I hope that you change your mind. I've really enjoyed chatting with you on GBC, both about guns and the other 'stuff' we tend to go on tangents with. I'll still read and blog roll your site, and I hope that you continue to post here and also change your mind and come back when you're ready.
- August 27, 2011 at 7:33 AM
- Gay_Cynic said...
RK, as I've said elsewhere, I didn't see you cross any lines. Mocking ops is part and parcel of GBC, particularly when they get particularly heavy-handed. Is balance. Hope, as I've said elsewhere, in the fullness of time you can find it in your hear to return - but will respect your decision either way.
Best of wishes in all of your future endeavors.
- August 27, 2011 at 6:56 PM
- Roadkill said...
On the mocking, I went too far. I should have given it a rest. Instead, I went too far out of my way to be an ass. But it wasn't the folks I was mocking that got me rethinking my actions. Heck, I might be back several months down the road. However long I feel a permaban should have been. I might make a knifeblogger conspiracy in the mean time.
- August 27, 2011 at 9:49 PM


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'If Trayvon was white what would have happened?': Rachel Jeantel says jury cleared Zimmerman 'because of race' as protesters take to streets across America with violent clashes in LA and Oakland
- Star witness Rachel Jeantel spoke publicly for first time since in court
- Trayvon Martin's friend said that she was 'disappointed, angry, upset'
- Jeantel said untreated underbite caused her to have difficulty speaking
- Protests continue across U.S. after Zimmerman was acquitted of murder
Trayvon Martin's friend Rachel Jeantel, revealed last night that she 'had a feeling' that the largely white-female jury would find George Zimmerman not guilty because of their race.
'If Trayvon was white and he had a hoodie on, would that have happened?' said Miss Jeantel, who was the last person to speak to the teen.
Meanwhile protests continued throughout the U.S. as thousands of people gathered in Atlanta, Georgia, and Birmingham, Alabama, as well as smaller crowds in New York City and Washington D.C.
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Her side: Trayvon Martin's friend Rachel Jeantel said that she was 'disappointed' by the outcome and she believes that George Zimmerman thought Martin was a thug
War of words: One of the jury members (right) spoke out and said that she wrote Jeantel's testimony was not credible because of her version of events and presentation
Taking the stand: Rachel Jeantel giving her testimony to the prosecution during George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole
The slain teenager's friend, who was one of the prosecution's star witnesses said after the verdict she felt 'disappointed, angry, upset, question, and mad'.
During the trial, defence lawyer Don West repeatedly asked Miss Jeantel to speak up and the jury said that they could not hear her, so she used an interview on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight to explain that an untreated overbite has caused her speech issues for much of her life.
'I had to have surgery to push it back and right now I don't want to do it because it would take a year to heal,' she said. 'Words I can say - it can't come out right.'
She took shots at Mr West, saying
'he's lucky I'm a Christian' - as that is the only thing that has
prevented her from 'cussing' him out.
Taken away: Los Angeles Police arrest a woman after a peaceful protest supporting Trayvon Martin turned unlawful in the Leimert Park neighborhood of the California city on Monday
In line: Los Angeles police officers stand on Crenshaw Boulevard during a protest against the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin trial
Remembered: Alicia Barksdale speaks during a candle lit vigil for Trayvon Martin, the teenager who was shot and killed in Florida last year, on Monday in New York City
Anger: A protester holds up a sign while marching down the street during a demonstration in reaction to the acquittal of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman on Monday in Los Angeles
Miss Jeantel said that she believed
the jury misinterpreted much of her two days of testimony, saying that
neither she nor Martin used the word 'cracka' as a racial slur.
Instead they consider it a common way
to describe how a man like Zimmerman was acting at the time of the
February 2012 incident, she added.
She defined the word as fitting 'a person who acts like they're like a police, a security guard acting like a police (officer)'.
She said she is certain that there
was a struggle between Zimmerman and Martin because his Android phone
went off by one of them touching the screen.
'What do you think was going through
George's mind that night: "I'm finally going to get one,"' she said of
what she thought the neighborhood watchman was looking - and hoping -
for at the time given the spate of break ins.
Father and son: Jovan Blacknell (right) and his boy Justice attend a peaceful protest of the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin, in Los Angeles, California, on Monday
Running: People jump on a car on Crenshaw Boulevard during a protest against the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin trial in Los Angeles, California
On guard: Two men stand near a Los Angeles police officer during a protest against the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin trial in Los Angeles, California
Masses: Demonstrators walk up Martin Luther King Jr. Drive as they march to downtown to protest George Zimmerman's not guilty verdict in the 2012 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin in Atlanta, Georgia
Candles: Aaliyah Wright (centre), nine, participates in a vigil for Trayvon Martin, the teenager who was shot and killed in Florida last year, in New York City
Pensive: A woman participates in a candle lit vigil for Trayvon Martin, the teenager who was shot and killed in Florida last year, in New York City
Miss Jeantel, who seemed much more
confident on the CNN set next to her lawyer than she did on the witness
stand, touched on a number of the criticisms that she faced both in the
courtroom and on social media, including her attitude, choice of words,
and her decision not to attend her friend's funeral.
'I didn't put Trayvon in that casket... I did not plan for that week to be at a funeral,' she said.
Juror B37 said that the way Miss Jeantel spoke and the phrases that she used caused some of her testimony to get lost in translation.
'I didn't think it was very credible
but I felt very sorry for her... I think she felt inadequate in front of
everyone because of her education and communication skills,' the juror
told Mr Cooper.
When that quote was played for Miss Jeantel she said that she felt angry about the juror's comments, offering instead that generational differences caused bigger problems in terms of getting the point across.
'Well, the jury, they see their
facts. My thoughts of the jury, they old, that's old school people. We
in a new school, our generation, my generation.'
Miss Jeantel also used her CNN
interview as a time to paint a different picture of her slain friend
than the one that defense built, bringing up the fact that his
bloodstream showed low amounts of marijuana.
She said that while she doesn't smoke marijuana, Martin did about twice a week- a practice that she feels is common in their area.
On the brink: Police cars were attacked in Oakland on the second night of protests following the acquittal
Mayhem: A group of protestors try to tear down a fence in Los Angeles where the demonstrations turned violent on Monday night and many were arrested
Damage: Rioters in Oakland wrecked storefronts after a protest turned chaotic
In his name: Martin's family have put out a statement urging protestors to remain non-violent (person pictured spray painting the victim's name in Oakland)
'Weed for Trayvon... it don't make him go crazy it just make him go hungry,' she said.
She vehemently denied Zimmerman's
claims that Martin was peeking in the windows of houses on his walk
home- which led the neighborhood watchman to believe he was going to rob
a home in the area.
'Trayvon is not a thug, they need to know a definition of a thug to judge,' she said.
She told CBS Miami that told Martin to run on the night he died: 'I kept telling him to run, run, run. run.
Miss Jeantel said she had thought the sentence would be harsher.
'Because they had asked for manslaughter information, right? Clarification on it. So I was like 'yeah, ok we gonna do it! We are getting justice! Oh, thank you Jesus', and all that, she told the news channe.
But she said she was let down by the verdict when it came in.
"You want me to be honest? I was sleeping. Lying down because I knew what it was, I had a feeling. I was lying in my room. My auntie just came in my room and busted out crying and said 'we didn't get no justice. It's like the old days, we just lost another child, we just lost Trayvon again'.'
All over: The protests took place across the country, with a large crowd gathering in Minneapolis Monday
Ones in the fight: Jeantel felt Zimmerman (left) was looking for a fight when he followed Martin (right)
Courtroom confrontation: Jeantal, seen here on her second day of testimony, said that she did not 'cuss out' defense attorney Don West because she's 'a Christian'
In the third part of Pier Morgan asked his guest if there was anything she wished she'd said on the stand.
Miss Jeante answered with one word: 'Ni***.'
She told Morgan
that 'the whole world say it's a racist word' but the version of the
word that she testified Martin had used in reference to Zimmerman which has an 'a' instead of an 'er' does not have a racist meaning.
When Morgan asked if it meant a 'black male,' Miss Jeantel said it meant any type of make including a 'Chinese' man.
'But n*****,' Jeantel said, stressing the 'er' part is a 'racist word.'
She told Morgan 'I'd advise you not to be by black people... because they're not going to have it like that.'
The first juror to speak out following the acquittal of Zimmerman revealed that half of the jury wanted to convict him for killing Martin.
Three of the six female jurors believed he was innocent from the beginning of their deliberations, while one wanted to convict the neighborhood watchman of second degree murder and the other two wanted to find him guilty of manslaughter.
In the end they all found him innocent, but that did not make them feel any better, as all six of the women reportedly broke down in tears after submitting their final votes to the foreman on Saturday.
'It's just hard thinking that somebody lost their life and there's nothing else that can be done about it,' the juror told Anderson Cooper.
'It's a tragedy this happened, but it happened. I think both were responsible for the situation they had gotten themselves into. I think both of them could have walked away it just didn't happen.'
National issue: Demonstrators protested in Atlanta on Monday, two nights after the verdict was handed down
Cause: Protestors in Birmingham, Alabama called for further action to be taken, which will likely come from the Justice Department as they continue an investigation into the possibility of a civil suit against Zimmerman for a potential hate crime
Immediate: Jeantel said she had no idea how big the case would get (like the thousands of people who filled Manhattan's Times Square on Sunday night)
Making a statement: Activist Quanell X (right) leads a protest in Houston and they brought an empty casket along
Making a statement: Activist Quanell X (right) leads a protest in Houston and they brought an empty casket along
Protesters ran through Los Angeles streets, stopping traffic, breaking windows and at one point raiding a Wal-Mart store, and a major freeway was blocked in the San Francisco Bay Area in the third night of protests in California over George Zimmerman's Florida acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
In Los Angeles, several hundred mostly peaceful protesters gathered last night at Leimert Park southwest of downtown, many of them chanting, praying and singing.
Getting attention: Protestors in Los Angeles began with a prayer rally (pictured Monday) but some of the demonstrations turned combative
But a smaller group of about 100 people splintered off and began blocking traffic on nearby Crenshaw Boulevard, some of them jumping on cars and breaking windows.
There was at least one arrest and more were expected, Los Angeles Police Lieutenant Andrew Neiman said. At about 10pm, a few hours after the splinter protest began, police declared the group an unlawful assembly, and many in the crowd began to disperse.
Several protesters ran into a Wal-Mart store, where they knocked down displays before store security chased them out, and police began guarding the door.
TV news helicopters showed some people apparently throwing punches along the street.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
'I commend the prayer rally attendees in Leimert Park for practicing peace,' tweeted LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, who returned early from an East Coast visit.
'I call on people in street on Crenshaw to follow their example.'
In Oakland, dozens of demonstrators briefly blocked all lanes of Interstate 880 at the tail end of rush hour yesterday evening, stopping traffic in both directions for several minutes before they were cleared by authorities.
Several protesters laid their bicycles on the ground in front of stopped cars.
'You've got to go. You will go to jail,' one police officer shouted at demonstrators who were blocking traffic, the Oakland Tribune reported.
However, police decided not to make arrests as the marchers, chanting 'Justice for Trayvon Martin,' were directed back to surface streets.
Echoes of the past: Los Angeles is familiar with harrowing race riots, as the Rodney King beating prompted a massive city-wide backlash in the early 1990s
Later, another group tried to march up the onramp to Interstate 580 before being turned away by Oakland police and California Highway Patrol officers.
The freeway protesters broke off from a larger group organized via social media that gathered at Oakland City Hall about an hour earlier.
Several people were arrested for acts of violence and vandalism while marching from City Hall, authorities said.
Over the weekend, demonstrators in Oakland and Los Angeles blocked traffic and clashed with police in protests over a Florida jury's acquittal of neighborhood watch volunteer Zimmerman in the shooting death of the unarmed black teenager.
Police shot beanbag rounds and arrested six people - including one on suspicion of assaulting an officer - while breaking up relatively small demonstrations before dawn.
No injuries were reported to either demonstrators or officers.
Most demonstrations around the state were peaceful.
Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer sent a letter Monday to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder supporting the Justice Department decision to review the case to determine whether Martin's civil rights were violated.
'I respect the fact that the jury has spoken ... but I don't think this should be the last word,' Boxer wrote in the letter.
'Trayvon Martin's death was a tragedy and has raised many sensitive and important issues,' she wrote.
'We should explore every avenue in an effort to ensure that something like this never happens again.'
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The holy mystery of the day of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost, is to be understood in the following manner: the spirit of man must be completed and perfected by the Holy Spirit, that is, it must be sanctified, illuminated, and divinized by the Holy Spirit. This holy mystery is realized continually in the Church of Christ and because of this the Church is really a continuous Pentecost.... From Holy Pentecost, the day of the Holy Spirit, every God-like soul in the Church of Christ is an incombustible bush which continuously burns and is inflamed with God and has a fiery tongue within it.Send Quote
If love is the soul of Christian existence, it must be at the heart of every other Christian virtue. Thus, for example, justice without love is legalism; faith without love is ideology; hope without love is self-centeredness; forgiveness without love is self-abasement; fortitude without love is recklessness; generosity without love is extravagance; care without love is mere duty; fidelity without love is servitude. Every virtue is an expression of love. No virtue is really a virtue unless it is permeated, or informed, by love.Send Quote
Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of faithfulness without love of learning degenerates into injurious disregard of consequences. Love of uprightness without love of learning degenerates into harshness. Love of courage without love of learning degenerates into insubordination. Love of strong character without love of learning degenerates into mere recklessness.Send Quote
Muscles without strength, friendship without trust, opinion without risk, change without aesthetics, age without values, food without nourishment, power without fairness, facts without rigor, degrees without erudition, militarism without fortitude, progress without civilization, complication without depth, fluency without content; these are the sins to remember.Send Quote
Holy men of old were moved upon by the Holy Spirit and the revelation given to them is God's Word in the Holy Scriptures. Is God speaking any less today through holy men called of God to bring a message through revelation to this generation? ... We wave our Bibles and cry, 'This is the Word of' God.' Indeed it is God's Word, but the Holy Spirit yet brings revelation to this generation today that is no less God's Word... The prophet is not a method that God uses; but in fact is the only method he uses to speak to this generation.Send Quote
Every growth of spiritual life, from the first tender shoot until now, has been the work of the Holy Spirit.... The only way to more life is the Holy Spirit. You will not even know that you want more unless He works in you to desire it.... The Spirit of God must come and make the letter alive, transfer it to your heart, set it on fire, and make it burn within you, or else its divine force and majesty will be hid from your eyes.... Prayer is the creation of the Holy Spirit. We cannot do without prayer, and we cannot pray without the Holy Spirit.Send Quote
The Father, Who is Justice, is not without the Son or the Holy Spirit; and the Holy Spirit, Who kindles the heart of the faithful, is not without the Father and the Son; and the Son, Who is the plenitude of fruition, is not without the Father or the Holy Spirit; they are inseparable in Divine Majesty.Send Quote
The Saints in Heaven through the Holy Spirit behold the glory of God and the beauty of the Lord's Countenance. But in this same Holy Spirit they see our lives too, and our deeds. They know our sorrows and hear our burning prayers. When they were living on earth they learned of the love of God from the Holy Spirit; and he who knows love on earth takes it with him into eternal life in the kingdom of Heaven, where love grows and becomes perfect. And if love makes one unable to forget a brother here, how much more must the Saints remember and pray for us!Send Quote
How often have I been guilty of being the Holy Spirit in their lives? It is my job along with my husbands to impart truth but I can't reveal truth only the Holy Spirit can. It is my job to point out sin and require obedience but I can't bring conviction of sin "" only the Holy Spirit can convict of sin. It is my job to share the gospel "" but I can't reveal the gospel to my children only the Holy Spirit can reveal the truth of the gospel.Send Quote
If anyone does not in accord with the Holy Fathers acknowledge the holy and ever virgin and immaculate Mary was really and truly the Mother of God, inasmuch as she, in the fullness of time,and without seed, conceived by the Holy Spirit, God in the Word Himself, who before all time was born of God the Father, and without loss of integrity brought Him forth, and after His birth preserved her virginity inviolate, let him be condemned.Send Quote
Everything that breathes, breathes by air and cannot live without air; similarly all reasonable free creatures live by the Holy Spirit, as though by air, and cannot live without Him. "Every soul is quickened by the Holy Spirit." Recognise that the Holy Spirit stands in the same relation to your soul as air stands in relation to your body.Send Quote
If you don't delight in the fact that your Father is holy, holy, holy, then you are spiritually dead. You may be in a church. You may go to a Christian school. But if there is no delight in your soul for the holiness of God, you don't know God. You don't love God. You're out of touch with God. You're asleep to his character.Send Quote
You have to be holy in your position as you are, and I have to be holy in the position that God has put me. So it is nothing extraordinary to be holy. Holiness is not the luxury of the few. Holiness is a simple duty for you and for me. We have been created for that.Send Quote
As we strive to align our attitudes and actions with righteousness, then the Holy Ghost becomes for us today what the Liahona was for Lehi and his family in their day. The very factors that caused the Liahona to work for Lehi will likewise invite the Holy Ghost into our lives. And the very factors that caused the Liahona not to work anciently will likewise cause us to withdraw ourselves from the Holy Ghost today.Send Quote
The point which I should first wish to understand is whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it is holy, or holy because it is beloved of the gods.Send Quote
O my Savior...teach me to pray; implant in me all the dispositions needful for the prayer of the Holy Spirit....Of what use is my prayer if the Holy Spirit does not pray with me? Come, Holy Spirit, come to dwell and work with me! Take possession of my understanding and of my will; govern my actions not only at the moment of prayer but at every moment.Send Quote
Friendship exhibits a glorious "nearness by resemblance" to Heaven itself where the very multitude of the blessed (which no man can number) increases the fruition which each has of God. For every soul, seeing Him in her own way, doubtless communicates that unique vision to all the rest. That, says an old author, is why the Seraphim in Isaiah's vision are crying "Holy, Holy, Holy" to one another (Isaiah VI, 3). The more we thus share the Heavenly Bread between us, the more we shall all have.Send Quote
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The Savings and Loan - Today I Need Light
I don't really listen to many bloggers when it comes to what to listen to, but I have a few exceptions. Matthew from Song, By Toad is usually someone who I find my tastes align with on most things (but not all things), so it was strange that despite him raving about The Savings and Loan for nearly two years my first introduction to them was only a few months ago at their house gig. It was certainly a case of preconceived notions being blown out the water as the Edinburgh/Glasgow duo are nothing like I anticipated. Whilst I was gripping myself for some dirty fuzzy rock (which was really based on nothing more than Matthew's token taste) I was greeted with some of the most delicate and beautifully constructed songs I've heard in a long time. This, thankfully, transfers amazingly well on their debut album 'Today I Need Light'.
There is an amazing symbiosis between the duo as it seems that multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bush creates these wonderfully patient soundscapes as a back-drop for lead singer Martin Donnelly's world-weary and imaginative lyrics. From the very start 'Today I Need Light' seems to mix despair with beauty and 'Swallows' announces this emphatically; "time will pass/time will leave you all alone/with only swallows passing by" . This is the one of the benefits you get from having a seasoned poet (Donnelly) teaming up with a seasoned musician (ex-De Rosa and professional sound engineer), another is that the record just oozes with effortless class. A tortured darkness spines all the way through each song but there is never a case of malaise from listening. Songs such as 'Catholic Boys in the Rain' and 'Pale Water' definitely show the bands Cohen-esque tendencies, combining both folk with a sense of dreamy apprehension. The highlight of the entire album is closer 'A Pleasing Companion'. It really sums up the whole album so well; a classy, dark and beautiful lullaby. That is basically what these songs are, adult versions of lullabies, in the sense that they lull you into a sense of comfort while actually having rather dark subject matter that I'm sure everyone can relate to. "I hope you find me a pleasing companion/and someone to waste an hour with in a bar".
'Today I Need Light' is nothing like I anticipated, but the reality trumps my expectations as it is nothing short of wonderful.
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We are dog sitting this weekend for my friend Jenn C.. Sarge has a lot more energy then both of my dog put together. Winnie just ignores him but Milly and Sarge chase each other and play until Milly is so worn out that I have to carry her around the rest of the day ( good thing she weighs less than 4 pounds). He is a sweet dog an the girls love him!


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ROSS County could join Celtic in introducing safe-standing after admitting they are in talks with the local authority about making changes to Victoria Park.
The Hoops announced on Tuesday that they will make up to 2,600 rail seats available to fans from the start of the 2016/17 campaign and the Staggies are also hoping to get the green light to alter their ground.
The Highland outfit intend to install a safe standing area to their Jail End stand, where the so-called signing section would also be housed.
Chairman Roy MacGregor, who discussed the issue with fans at a recent meeting, said: "We are working hard on trying to introduce safe standing in the Jail End for the 2016/17 season, so that would see the reintroduction of the standing season ticket."
Stadium manager David O'Connor said: "Essentially it is a local authority decision. Discussions have started about creating a standing area in the Jail End but it will not happen overnight.
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If any Sydneysiders wake up tomorrow morning with nothing to do, head to the Archibald. It is the last weekend. Oscar, Nora, Grandma, Aunty Amy & I went this afternoon. I loved it.
There is also the finders keepers markets if you're looking for a bit of handmade inspirational goodness. (We dropped by there on the way home from the Archibald).
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