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Talk to a typical Christian in the United States, and you will soon realize that, despite their claims to loving God and desiring to see others saved for Jesus, they don't know a whole lot about the Bible. If you asked them how a loving, all-knowing, and all-powerful God could allow evil and possibly be considered good, you are sure to get a confused glazed-over look on many faces, because most American Christians have never even considered such a question before. They may appeal to the free will of man, but the question remains, "How can a supposedly loving God, who is all powerful and knows all things, allow evil?" God made man with a free will, thus allowing the entrance of sin into the world. How can God do that? With that question, I would have just stumped the vast majority of American Christians.
When Interest In the Bible Fades Away... At Eleven
You see, for my whole life (twenty-one years) I have grown up in a Presbyterian church and attended a basically Baptist Christian school from K-5 to graduation. In both cases, I have found the instruction to the congregation, and to the children, to be wanting. Further, I found that few young people were truly interested in the things of God, of knowing Him more deeply, past the age of eleven or twelve. I have several theories for why that is so, but the one that seems most obvious is that God loses his relevance by the time you are eleven or twelve or thirteen. What does God matter when you have reached puberty and you are becoming a more social creature? What does God matter beyond a few cutesy Bible stories like Noah and the Ark, Jonah and the Whale, Joseph and the coat of many colors, Daniel in the lion's den? Neat stories, for kids. But you aren't a kid at eleven or twelve or thirteen anymore.
Oh I know, believe me, I understand. There is more to the Bible than stories like that. After all, there is the gospel. And therein lies the problem- nobody is teaching the gospel to young children anymore (or the adults for that matter). Sure, you may hear in Sunday School that Jesus loves you, and will care for you, and that you should be kind to Jesus and learn about Him out of gratitude. You may even hear that God should be obeyed, and no doubt moralism wins the day in the teaching of our youngest children at church, and in the Christian schools.
You Don't Need Jesus To Be A Moral Person
But you don't need Jesus to be moral. You don't need anything to be moral really. Most people strive, by their very nature, to be morally upright people. What are the odds that your son or daughter is going to turn out to be a murderer, or rapist, or thief? Not that great. As long as you tell them about prison and teach them to be nice and respectful, voila, you have your typical human being, the outside of the cup not looking too bad at all.
The church has basically attached this moralism to Jesus Christ and called it the gospel. Don't believe me? Walk into a church and see what they preach. Is it not essentially that, if you trust in Jesus, try and follow Him and what He says to do, and believe that He loves you and cares about you and died for you, then you will go to heaven? That is what they preach, no matter what special effects or outer garments they try to dress the message in. It is nothing more than a gospel on morality, intermixed with some emotional appeals to how Jesus loves you and calls you to be the best human being you can possibly be, and that without Jesus, life just isn't quite complete.
Now, do we really need Jesus Christ as a life coach, pleading with us to do what is right? Of course not. Buddha fits that bill just as well, probably better. So did Gandhi. The only thing that Jesus offers in this moralistic gospel that Buddha and Gandhi cannot, of course, is everlasting life, forgiveness of sins. So the reward is better if you choose Jesus' version of morality, and that's the sweet piece of the pie that you have been missing, and can only be found in Jesus. After all, you get the Creator of the universe to swoon over you, make you His Son, save you from torment in hell, and grant you everlasting life where you get to strum harps and bounce off clouds all day. That may be why Jesus' version of morality has usually won out over Gandhi and Buddha's. Plus, Jesus has a Book, boosting His credibility.
The Difference Between Moralism And The Gospel
And that's it- that's basically all the knowledge that most Christians have in America. Have a good day, I've just articulated American Christianity to you. They will preach to you this gospel of morality, offer you eternal life if you trust that Jesus died for your sins, on condition that you choose to live for Him and stop living for sin and for yourself. They couch the whole repenting business in easy-to-swallow terms of course, making it sound like you are getting a steal of a deal, something for nothing. That however, is not the case, which is evident if you read the last two sentences. The grievous error, above all else in this American gospel, is that it has placed the emphasis of being saved on a life-altering, self-sacrificing, morally commendable decision and commitment of men rather than the life-altering, self-sacrificing, perfect obedience of Jesus Christ to the law of God.
A Short-Changed American Gospel That Doesn't Save
In other words, we have short-changed Jesus. We have made Him an enabler to save man, depending on what man chooses to do. Instead of proclaiming salvation through Christ alone, we have claimed that we are proclaiming salvation through Christ's work on the cross alone, all the while preaching salvation by a decision to be obedient to Christ by our own willpower, which is clearly another gospel and understanding of salvation altogether.
What gets taught is that Christ has done His part, He has done everything He can do. His death was an expression of His love for you, now you need to express your love for Him by choosing Him over sin, and then you will be forgiven. So, strum up the soft guitar music, dim the lights, everyone bow their heads and close their eyes, and let's get down to business, shall we? Are you ready to make that all important decision for Christ? Choose Him, deny your sins, pray that He will come into your heart, and then you can know you are saved. Oh, and make sure you walk down to the altar and fill out this card, that's very important.
Oh and one more minor thing, make sure for the rest of your life you don't fall away from your decision for Christ, because, after all, the reason God saved you is because you chose Him, not because He chose you.
Sounds Positive, But It's Mediocre News With a Smile
Is that good news? I mean, the only good news in that is if you add "I love Jesus" to your set of beliefs, you will get into heaven, while the rest of the world, ignorant of that phrase, will live equally, if not more moral lives than you, yet miss out on heaven and wind up in hell, a place of everlasting destruction where the fiery wrath of God is poured out forever. Awesome news, that is. You get heaven in exchange for your morality and your belief in Jesus loving you and dying for you, while the rest of the world gets hell for striving to follow (by and large) the same precepts that Jesus taught. Their great sin was doing it in ignorance of the name of Jesus. You, however, were fortunate enough to hear of Jesus and therefore you get heaven.
I don't think I am misrepresenting American Christianity at all by saying this. There are exceptions, of course. There are those who still preach the true gospel. They are called monergists, and most of them are Calvinists. They follow the teachings of Jesus, of Peter, and Paul, and they don't compromise on the gospel. They are more concerned about preaching the true gospel than how people will react if they don't like what the gospel says. They are more concerned about proclaiming a Savior that actually saves and a God who sovereignly dispenses His grace and chooses who He will save, rather than making man the author of their own salvation by saying their salvation is up to their free will ability to give up their sin and clean up their acts.
Enter, the Calvinist Gospel of Grace
Calvinists proclaim that only God's grace can save you, and then actually preach the gospel of grace rather than a gospel of works and morality, unlike most other strands of churches and preachers today. They preach salvation as a supernatural work of God whereby the Holy Spirit gives new life to spiritually dead souls, sight to blind eyes, hearing to deaf ears, so that the gospel can and will be received with rejoicing and thanksgiving, rather than as a command for man to do something so that they can earn God's favor and get out of hell. Calvinists preach a gospel that tells you what Christ did to save you. The typical American gospel tells what Christ did so that you can either do something, or believe in something, and through that belief or action, or both, you can be saved.
The difference is night and day. This American gospel, the one I grew up with before I became a Calvinist at eighteen years of age, told me to have faith in my own faith if I wanted to be saved, instead of having faith in the finished work of Christ alone for my salvation. The American gospel told me that Christ didn't actually save me on the cross, because I still had to give Him my life and choose to live for Him before I could be forgiven. The result, of course, is that one can never be sure when he or she has placed enough faith in their own faith and works. One can never be sure one has done enough in obedience to Christ and His commandments to know that he or she is committed to Christ sufficiently to receive forgiveness. The tricky thing, as I have already said, is that this gospel is presented in such pretty wrappings that you don't realize everything is contingent upon your ability to uphold your commitment of service to Christ and faith in Him.
That Nasty Contradiction, That Horrible Inconsistency
The question undoubtedly becomes this: If I must commit my life to Christ and His ways to be saved, what constitutes saving commitment? If in a few weeks, a few months, or a few years from now I fall away from my commitment and start sinning like nobodies business, was I ever saved in the first place? Do I simply need to rededicate my life to Christ, redouble my efforts? And say I do rededicate, what happens when I struggle and stumble again? I saw many students at Christian school rededicate their lives to Christ, multiple times. Many have fallen away from the faith altogether, and understandably so. Christ claims to offer rest, that His yoke is easy and burden is light. This American gospel, however, is a heavy yoke that no one can bear.
That is the vicious cycle that I want to break everyone away from, and only the true gospel, the gospel of Calvinism, and the Calvinist's God, can do that. For many who are not Calvinists, that will sound extreme. Surely, you may think, Calvinism cannot claim a monopoly on the gospel? Surely there is room for interpretation? If that is what you are thinking, I think by the end of this writing you will be persuaded differently, if you are open to the truth of Scripture. Can a non-Calvinist truly be a Christian? Yes, but don't let out your collected breath just yet. The yes is a qualified yes. The qualification is only if the non-Calvinist Christian is affirming a contradiction, an inconsistency. And this great contradiction and inconsistency will malign your efforts to serve Christ, and it will diminish your joy as a Christian. Maybe you think you are quite happy and comfortable as a Christian. Maybe you are, but when you get that nasty contradiction, that horrible inconsistency cleared up, I guarantee you you'll be happier than ever before.
Let's End This Post Where We Began
Before I close this chapter, let's return to the question I opened with. How can God be a kind and loving God if He is all-powerful and all-knowing, yet allows evil? God also claims to know the end from the beginning, so He cannot claim ignorance. God knows what will happen; He knew Adam and Eve would fall into sin, yet He let it happen anyways. Why? The curse of sin, the fall of man, all the pain, suffering, death, and hell that ensues, is a result of God's plan for man as much as it is man's plan to disobey God, if, after all, Ephesians 1:11 speaks the truth when it says that God works all things according to the counsel of His will. Some skeptics and atheists say that this makes God, if He were to exist, a moral monster. The reason why most Christians have yet to ponder such a question is quite often due to their lack of interest in the Bible and the deep things of God, or it may be that they have been so indoctrinated into a lacking belief system, a non-Calvinist belief system, that they cannot recognize the real questions anymore. Many live in a "Christian bubble," where their friends are primarily other Christians, being taught the same shallow and flawed teachings.
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project 365 – day 36: and the saga continues3 March 2010
So yesterday, I found out that my dad did all the booking for our flight to Manila this December (as posted)… not only did he mess up my name, but also put Rockstar Boy as a female, and most importantly…he picked the longest flight back to JFK!!!
We leave the Philippines at 8 pm, and then we have to spend the night in Hong Kong before it flies out to JFK. This wouldn't be so bad in and of itself but we arrive in Hong Kong at 10 pm, then leave out of Hong Kong at 9:45 in the morning! Hardly enough time to de-plane, go to the hotel, sleep, then leave again to come back to the airport –and there are 8 of us altogether (including 2 small kids!). It's just going to be a huge mess and extra expense.
This is exactly why I told my parents I would do the booking. They don't check the dates or times, and then they yell at me for "criticizing them!" Sheesh. Would it kill them to actually look the whole thing over before committing to buy over $8K+ worth of plane tickets?
So now, my mom has instructed me to try to persuade the airline (Cathay Pacific, in this case) to change our return flight without making us pay $100 for each ticket. Good luck to me.

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Why yes, I'm still here. Give this one a try for a nice tasty meal.
Shrimp Fajitas
Marinade Ingredients
3/4 cup seafood stock
1/2 tsp ancho chile powder
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 lb frozen shrimp, thawed
juice from one lime
1 green pepper, sliced
1 medium onion, sliced
1/2 tsp ancho
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 package burrito tortillas
1. Put shrimp and marinade ingredients in the fridge for 15 minutes in a covered container (if you leave it in there too long, the lime juice can "cook" the shrimp and turn your fajitas into ceviche). Remove the shrimp from the fridge and drain, saving the marinade.
2. Put 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a nonstick pan over medium heat. Add onion, pepper and spices into pan and cook for 3 minutes.
3. Carefully add 1/2 cup seafood stock from the marinade to pan (you may want to remove pan from heat while you do this), and then turn heat up to medium-high. Cook for 6 minutes.
4. Add the shrimp to the pan and cook for another 3-5 minutes, until cooked (do not overcook).
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Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny (2006)
Directed by: Liam Lynch
Starring: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, JR Reed, Kyle Gass, Ronnie James Dio
Continuity mistake: When JB dreams about singing "Master Exploder" in the small bar, he points at one guy in the audience and literally blows his mind. When he starts pointing you can not only see JB's face, but also how his elbow is in a slight angle. In the next shot the camera shows the guy JB is pointing at and his elbow is completely stretched. The views change several times and the angle of his elbow changes after every cut, until the guy's brain is finally blown out.
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Continuity mistake: When JB is in Hollywood for the first time and the guy plays Bach, you can see two Goths walk past and in the next shot the same guys walk past again.
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Monday, October 30, 2006
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I woke up early in the morning, and a couple seconds later heard a crash and squeal. I thought it was my imagination or a leftover dream. The daylight uncovered bits of shattered vehicle across the road.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
New Research Supports Marijuana Use for Neuropathic Pain
MONTREAL – researchers have released the result of a study, which finds that smoking marijuana can ease chronic neuropathic pain and help patients achieve a more restful sleep.
The study was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on August 30, 2010, and found that most people suffering from neuropathic pain are usually treated with opioids, antidepressants and local anesthetics. These treatments are limited and can have severe side-effects.
The new study found that patients suffering from chronic pain noticed significant improvement after smoking higher-potency marijuana.
"We're not saying that this is the final solution for chronic pain management. As with any pain strategy, especially with chronic pain, we know that the best approach is a multidisciplinary one," said lead author Mark Ware, director of clinical research at the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit of the McGill University Health Centre. "All that this does is open the door to the cannabinoid being another tool in the toolbox in treating chronic pain."
The study looked at 21 adults with post-traumatic or post-surgical chronic pain. They were randomly assigned to receive marijuana with a THC content of 2.5percent, 6percent, 9.4percent or were given a placebo.
Researchers found that those who participated in the study found higher levels of relief by smoking the 9.4percent marijuana three times a day.
The study does not address the use of marijuana as a long-term treatment for neuropathic pain, but it does support its effectiveness on neuropathic pain in short term treatment. More studies will still have to be done as to its viability as a long-term treatment.
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Hi stampers, as this is being posted I am in Chicago with my sisters for a girls get-a-way. Carin's church is taking a chartered bus for an over night shopping trip to the windy city. We've never been so we are looking forward to a great time. I'm sure I'll have lots to share when we get back.
This little box is really too stinkin' cute IRL. I discovered this at the $ General although it looked nothing like this when I bought it. It had some plastic red ribbon that was a little flat and the sides were just plain. I went to work and added some rub-ons and some Riding Hood Red ribbon. This little puppy lights up and really is too cute and the best part is it was only a dollar.
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Sunday, November 8, 2015
Fedorov Will Need a Few Beers to Settle Down Before Hall of Fame Induction
Russian legend Sergei Fedorov will be one of two former Red Wings to be inducted into the International Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday in Toronto, but he might need former teammate Niklas Lidstrom to make sure he doesn't have one too many before he makes his induction speech. In an interview with Fox Sports Detroit, Fedorov admitted that the honor of being named a Hall of Famer is a bit overhelming for him. He said he never thought about making it to the Hall and was more focused on the day-to-day of being a pro during his career. "It's amazing is what I'm trying to say," Fedorov says as he tries to explain the honor. "It still will be an unreal experience. I'm going to have a couple of beers just to settle down." Fedorov, who is currently tied with Alexander Ovechkin for most goals by a Russian-born NHLer, was an explosive skater that had a knack for magic magic on the fly. "Loved watching him make plays at top speed," Islanders Captain John Tavares said of the 18-year pro. "The way he could skate was effortless. He and Mike Modano were two guys I loved to watch because it wasn't a strength of mine, so I loved to watch the way they could skate and make plays at top speed like that. Not only that, he was a guy that was an all-around player and contributed at both ends of the ice, which was pretty impressive. You could just tell, he was born to skate. He was an effortless skater. He just made it look easy." Washington Center Niklas Backstrom says it was more than talent that made Fedorov special. "Unbelievable. Unbelievable guy. Such a nice guy, such a nice person, and such a pro all the way," Backstrom told NHL.com. "I don't think I've met a nicer person, just looking out for everyone, talking to everyone. He's just down to earth, a nice guy. I learned how to act by watching him. I looked at him a lot and saw how he was handling things. Especially when a couple games maybe don't go that well, he was always good to talk to. He would be positive and say, 'You'll get over it.' He taught me a lot." Fedorov finished 483/696/1179 in 1248 NHL games. He also tallied 52 playoff goals and won three Stanley Cups with Detroit. Steve Yzerman called Fedorov the best skater he had ever seen. "Being able to maneuver and stickhandle when he was going full speed is what really sticks out," his fellow Hall of Famer Lidstrom told NHL.com. "He was such a dynamic player being able to do that."
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I choose this film to screen for the "Best Picture" winner of the present decade by default: 2016's winner hadn't been announced yet, I didn't want to see Spotlight from 2015, and I had already seen Birdman, 12 Years a Slave, Argo, and The Artist, so that left the first year of the decade as the only film left. Was it worth it? In some ways, yes, but following up Driving Miss Daisy with The King's Speech is not recommended, as these films both come out the biggest contenders for the "Quietest and Most Boring Best Picture winner" category.
The King's Speech is an overall good film and solidly made picture, so I will actually start with the biggest problem I had with the film: Colin Firth simply is nothing like King George VI, and the film revolves around him. His acting performance in the film is adequate (though not deserving of the Best Actor award he received, IMO), but the filmmakers should have gone with another actor that could truly capture the essence of how George VI looked, sounded, and behaved. Oddly enough, Helena Bonham Carter seems like an odd choice to cast as George VI's wife (the future Queen Mum during Elizabeth II's reign), but she looks and sounds remarkably like the Queen Mum during the 1930s, and the child actresses playing the queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret also bear an uncanny resemblance to their 1930s counterparts. Only Firth as George VI sticks out like a sore thumb in this period drama.
The story of a man thrust unexpectedly into the spotlight as King when his brother abdicates is compelling in its own right, and makes for good drama. When the fact he has to speak for the entire nation during World War II is part of the real life narrative, and the film centers around the fact that (unbeknownst to his subjects) he's a chronic stutterer and is not capable of delivering a public speech, the film has the potential to be quite riveting. However, The King's Speech is not about high drama or incredible stakes, just about being down to earth and true to history, so much of this conflict is shown in the most mundane and low-key way it can be. This is NOT a flaw of the movie – as the I appreciated the movie's grounded and approach and attempt to be true to history – but it does make it difficult for a viewer to be engaged by the movie. Oddly enough, it also might make for the example of the mildest "R rated" movie ever, as the film's "R rating" is almost entirely due to the King uttering a series of F-bombs during his speech training, but this was done more for mild comic relief as he does it to naturally control his speech patterns, rather than start screaming obscenities during a heated emotional argument.
Geoffrey Rush is the real star of the movie, in the thankless "supporting role" as George VI's speech trainer (who appears to have failed at his duties during numerous points of the film, but ultimately becomes a close friend of the King and an invaluable source of moral support) The very Australian Rush is an underrated actor who is better at playing the quintessential British person than many of the actual British people on screen with him. The King's Speech is a very British drama at heart (as an American, it's hard to empathize with the idea that the useless figurehead monarch of the U.K is the "symbol" of its people) and it is Geoffrey Rush, not Colin Firth, who ultimately gives it that British flavor.
The King's Speech is a very good, well made film, and certainly deserved some kind of recognition at the Academy Awards. But it's definitely not my kind of movie.
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Monday, 13 October 2014
This weekend was a pretty great one - we had decent(ish) weather, an art exhibit opening, cider, tasty Indian food, cake, pizza, the Notting Hill Carnival, dancing and hangovers.
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Green Moong Dal ParathaMoong dal stuffed paratha is a healthy breakfast recipe, enriched with protein and fiber. Its taste enhances if served with the toppings of plain butter, salted butter or even with desi ghee. Rolling out stuffed parathas slighthly difficult for many of us, but once if dough(stiffness) and stuffing is adjusted properly you are able to make stuffed parathas with any ingredients easily. In winter we have wide range of parathas for example: mooli ka paratha,sai thoom ja phulka,gur ka paratha, aloo paratha and gobhi ka paratha prefered in dinner straight from gridle.Ingredients required and detailed instructions for the recipe are as follows:
Preparation Time : 8hours | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves :4
Recipe Category: Breakfast | Recipe Cuisine: North Indian
Ingredients:Wheat flour- 2 cups
Whole moong dal- 1 cup
Grated ginger-1 teaspoon
Green chillies-3-4
Red chilli powder- ½ teaspoon
Amchur powder-1 teaspoon
Garam masala powder- ½ teaspoon
salt-to taste
ghee-for shallow frying
water-1/2cup for dal+kneading for dough
dry mint powder-2 teaspoon
Method:• Soak moong dal over night.
• Wash and place it in pressure cooker with salt, and ½ cup of water.
• Cook it on high flame till 2 whistles, open pressure cooker and check if there is water in bottom place it again on flame and cook for another 2-3 minutes with lid uncovered, alternately you can strain extra water.
• Let it cool completely, add red chillipowder, amchur powder, garam masala powder , mint powder , chopped green chilli and grated ginger.
• Take small ball of wheat flour dough, roll out small sized roti, apply some ghee over it. Place a small portion of moong dal stuffing over it. Secure the edges of roti. Repeat the same process with the remaining dough and stuffing.
• Take one peda( moong dal stuffed ball), dust it with dry wheat flour, gently roll out paratha.
• Heat griddle or tawa, place paratha over it, roast on high flame by applying ghee on both sides.
• Prepare all the parathas with the same process.
• You can apply some butter on top, serve hot with chutney, pickle or curd.
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Animal Sentience
It has been extremely frustrating that the media have distorted this issue.
Some have suggested that the vote last week on New Clause 30 of the EU Withdrawal Bill somehow signalled a weakening in the protection of animals. That is simply wrong. Voting against the amendment was not a vote against the idea that animals are sentient and feel pain they clearly do. It is a ridiculous misconception which some political parties, MPs and pressure groups are happy to peddle as it suits their own political aims.
I think it is a real shame that certain groups would like to use this vote to imply that the UK does not support the highest welfare standards for animals. Thanks to action taken by both the previous Conservative and Labour Governments we actually have the highest welfare standards in Europe and recent announcements by the current Government such as the mandatory CCTV in slaughterhouses and increase in the sentences for animal cruelty convictions from 6 months to 5 years will only serve to increase this.
I voted against the amendment as the EU Withdrawal Bill is not the right vehicle for ensuring animal rights and writing them into British law, it is the means by which we leave the European Union. At Prime Minister's Questions this week, the Prime Minister made it crystal clear that we will strengthen our current animal welfare rules to match and exceed those currently under EU law. The Government will ensure that any necessary changes required to UK law are made in a properly rigorous and comprehensive way to ensure animal sentience is recognised after we leave the EU. The Withdrawal Bill is not the right place to address this, however other legislative vehicles are.
I have always been an animal lover and would never vote for any measure which would allow welfare standards to fall. One of the key reasons I have been voting in favour of the UK withdrawal from the EU is so we can break away from some of the directives which prevent us from strengthening our welfare standards even further. I have been campaigning actively for the ban of the live export of animals which causes untold misery and cruelty but which under current EU rules we are unable to prevent, I am therefore delighted that Michael Gove has confirmed that when we leave the EU we will ban this practice and save from suffering hundreds of thousands of animals.
Once we leave the EU we will also be free to discuss other issues such as the banning of the sale of Foie Gras which we would currently be restricted in doing by EU directive, but which once we leave we can address in full. It important to remember that EU law is no panacea – you can keep farm animals in unspeakably cruel conditions without breaking single EU law. Zac Goldsmith MP perfectly summed up my feelings on this when he said "it would be depressing if that were deemed the benchmark."
I do hope that this has given you the assurances you need that my vote was certainly not reflective of the view that animals have no feelings and emotions but was part of the complexities of Westminster. I will push hard to ensure not only that we apply every last piece of EU animal welfare protection into UK law, but also that we strengthen laws to ensure we treat every last animal in the UK with greatest respect and highest welfare standards.


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Wednesday, 1 February 2012
Road to happiness.
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Hahahaha sungguh berjiwa anda ini..berseni habis. nanti bak sini aku nak baca buku tuReplyDelete
oh well, what can i say kan~ :D nak buku nih? haha! lambat la lagi nak tunggu aku pass kat ko... ;pReplyDelete
- Anonymous6 February 2012 at 03:54
Sad to say, I am more interested in how you have turned out to be, rather than the closing pages of the book you finished reading a few days ago. The sense of responsibility has now taken seed in you and that is a good thing. Every bit of contribution, be it to your siblings, friends or to anyone on this earth is better than nothing at all. What matters is doing something good.....if not all the time at least some time.ReplyDelete
hehe. kalu bace novel memang gitu, mesti main dengan perasaan!ReplyDelete
tau takpe! tu lah kekuatan novel, tak payah tgk tv, baca buku pun macam dah dapat imagine sesuatu keadaan dengan jelas. :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous20 April 2012 at 09:21
hi darl, i see a lot of people who try committing suicide at work. some succeeded, some failed. some regretted doing it, some wanted to do it again. it is disappointing to see these people who are so misled and so fearless of the consequences of the after life. but as another human being, all we could do is just look at them and pray that they will see the light some day..ReplyDelete
hi darl, i suppose when u mentioned about those who regretted doing it, are the ones who failed committing suicide right? hahah... anyway, i hope seeing these people trying to commit suicide won't disturb u mentally. yeah, what else can we do besides praying that they will see the light. ;) and for people like us, just enjoy life as it is and appreciate every little thing that has made us 'here' :)ReplyDelete
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Friday, March 27, 2009
Friday Euphoria
Drove 100 miles today...45 to the Staff Development in Literacy I was required to attend at the sister BOCES campus in Walton, back to my school in Norwich to get some papers notarized by our school secretary, Michelle, then 25 miles home. I could kiss the ground. The weather is spectacular, with blue skies and puffy clouds and a gentle cool breeze blowing. Now I can sew and dye wool to my hearts content, along with all the other things I have to do to keep my home from sliding into complete chaos. At least I won't have to bomb out of here by 8 in the morning. The place where I spent the day wasn't too shabby. The sister BOCES was also completely done over courtesy of the taxpayers of the four counties that send kids to us. Teachers may be laying off all around us but BOCES is looking good. The high ceiling of the cafeteria, with windows all the way up, gave us a full view of the Catskills surrounding the school. I feel fortunate to live in such a beautiful area. It may be the poorest county in NY, but the natural beauty of the rolling hills with barns and silos nestled in the hollows is awe-inspiring. Vermont has nothing on Central New York. Two more weeks 'til spring vacation, then Maryland, then get ready for Hannah and Luke to come. Happy!!
Posted by Maggie's Farm at Friday, March 27, 2009
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I'm going to work on your handspun mittens this weekend. I think I can finally get my act together to wash the yarn...washing the part I like least! Argh.
- Henya said...
I hear you. We spend over two years in Lewis county. It is very poor. But so beautiful. When we left my DS#1 was 4 years old. He knew we lived in America. But when we came to Brooklyn, he kept begging us to "go back to America". He just did not believe that Brooklyn was in the same country.
- Annie said...
Hannah and Luke are both counting down the days...the days until school is out, and then the days until they get to go to Omi's farm. We're all saying TGIF today!
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ThinkGeek's soft opening November 10, 2016Posted by Kenny Norman in north.
Tags: Castleton Square, collectibles, grand opening, novelties, soft opening, ThinkGeek
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I went to the "soft opening" of ThinkGeek at Castleton Square tonight before tomorrow's grand opening! The place is a nice little area devoted to the kind of things you'd see at Comic-Con or Popcon. Besides the Power Rangers and Marvel heroes sections I'd seek out, they also had Harry Potter, Zelda, Game of Thrones, Star Trek, and Star Wars. I know there's more, but I wasn't paying attention beyond the two sections I like. It was a neat place, like Hot Topic without the music section…yet they offered items I never saw at Hot Topic or FYE. Oh, and they are a division of GameStop, so those reward cards work there, too. I recommend the place. They have a neat selection of novelties and collectibles. I got a Green Ranger hat and Blue Ranger socks tonight. I also got a photo with the giant Iron Man statue while holding the Captain America shield!
Going to Golden Corral West November 8, 2016Posted by Kenny Norman in west.
Tags: booths, buffet, freshness, Golden Corral, restaurant, root beer, server, waiter
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On November 7, I went to the west side Golden Corral. I hadn't been there since May of 2008, and it was after a particularly annoying experience of drunken Indy 500-goers shouting at us because our car was overheating. Anyway, with the north side Golden Corral closed two months ago, I decided to check out the other two in Indy to see which one I would go to now. As I approached the west side Golden Corral at 38th & High School Road, the lights on the sign were out and I didn't see any cars in the parking lot. Upon closer inspection, the sign was just shut off and there were a few cars in the lot close to the entrance. It wasn't very busy there. The east side Golden Corral I went to last Monday night had five times the attendance. And when I first walked in, the first thing I find out is that the west side Golden Corral didn't have root beer. Ironically, they did on my last visit in 2008, while the east side Golden Corral didn't have root beer on my last visit in 2006 but they do now. The nice cashier informs me "no root beer," and at first, I thought that meant they were just out. She said it three times before I figured out she meant they don't have it, and I said "Damn!" quite bluntly, but not loudly. Another thing I noticed: the Golden Corral in Castleton was decorated and had dessert and a private section on the left, and salad and bathrooms on the right. The east side location had the same layout, but was not decorated. The west side location was just as decorated as the Castleton location was, but the layout was a mirror image, and as a result, I was constantly getting lost. Several of the employees from Castleton transferred to the east side location, and, as I suspected, none were at the west side location. That makes sense, seeing how Washington & Mitthoeffer is closer to Castleton than 38th & High School is. The service was VERY good at the west side location. The clientele was quiet and kept to themselves, though they made sure the wait staff got tipped. Two guys were about to leave when they didn't realize they had any cash, and they went over to the cashier and waited five minutes to get some so they could leave a tip. Our waiter was upbeat, prompt, and polite. We rarely had to ask him for refills, and we even tipped him an extra dollar. The food was almost as good as the food at the east side location. It tasted like it had been sitting out just a little bit longer, but it wasn't obvious or gross like that. I mean, I had five plates when I usually have three, so it was nothing for me to worry about and the chicken, broccoli, shrimp, turkey, and potatoes I had were delicious. I also noticed, oddly enough, that the east side location had no booths, while Castleton and the west side locations did. Strange. I worry about the west side location because there weren't many people in there during my visit. Ultimately though, I'd choose the east side location over the west side. I like booths and colorful walls, but I like root beer, a familiar layout, and fresher food more, plus the employees at the east side formerly from Castleton know me.
Spotting Sakura November 7, 2016Posted by Kenny Norman in north.
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After Covered Bridges, Ebony and I needed somewhere to eat. With our beloved Perkins, our usual after-Covered Bridges dinner spot, destroyed, we opted for Sakura off 71st & Keystone. I drive by this place literally every week and wonder what it's like in there. When we got there, we had to park at the closed vet's office next door due to insufficient parking. We got inside to find out that it wasn't too crowded and we were seated immediately. I had a teriyaki chicken entree for $12. I really thought it would be a lot more expensive than it was, and I'm glad it wasn't. Thankfully, they didn't skimp on the portions. I almost had to resort to a to-go box, which Ebony actually used. The chicken also came with rice and vegetables, all of which were wonderfully tasty. The flavors were interesting. I have a hard time describing just what they added to their teriyaki sauce to make it unique, but it works. I feel like I got a good value for the money. The wait staff wasn't the friendliest, but they WERE rather prompt and checked back frequently for drink refills and plate removal. I recommend this place and I hope to go back again. As I said, I drive by this place literally every week and therefore, I should be able to go back sometime soon.
Scotty's Dawghouse gives close dining options November 3, 2016Posted by Kenny Norman in north.
Tags: burgers, Butler, dinner, milkshake, restaurant, Scotty's Brewhouse, Scotty's Dawghouse
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Since the Broad Ripple MCL and the Broad Ripple Greek's both closed last year (and Boogie Burger gave me food poisoning), I've had a hard time finding good restaurants close to my house. Thankfully, as part of Butler's new parking garage, they installed their own version of Scotty's Brewhouse in the garage, named Scotty's Dawghouse after the Butler Bulldogs. I highly recommend this place. The wait staff, comprised almost entirely of Butler students, gives great service. They're happy, prompt, and helpful. I never had to wait more than five minutes to place an order or get soda refills. Their burgers are also very good- not as good as Red Robin, but close. The beef is thick, juicy, and tasty, and the fries with them aren't half bad either. The menu has several options beyond burgers, and they offer upgraded beef options, but I'm happy with the simple stuff. I also had teriyaki chicken wings off their appetizer menu, which came only a few minutes before the meals came, so I didn't even have to rely on the appetizer to tide me over before the main course! To end things, I had the nutella marshmallow milkshake. And yes, it's as rich, sugary, creamy, and delicious as it sounds. It's only available for a limited time, so I don't know if it's still there, but if it is, then get it immediately. Prices are a bit on the high side, but I consider it worth it. And it's nice to have decent restaurants I like between downtown and Broad Ripple again.
Hibachi Bar Now Open! November 3, 2016Posted by Kenny Norman in north.
Tags: Broad Ripple, dinner, grand opening, Hibachi Bar and Grill, Japanese, restaurant
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I went to Hibachi Bar and Grill in Broad Ripple on October 19. The new restaurant occupied the space formerly occupied by La Jolla, a Mexican restaurant. Admittedly, I'm biased- going from Mexican to Japanese is about the biggest possible upgrade for me! And to add icing to the cake, the restaurant owners were giving their customers all 15% off without coupon in honor of their grand opening! We didn't wait to be seated, and we were seated at our own table. I got the hibachi chicken and shrimp combo for $22, which was the full price before discount. Without the discount, this place is on par with others of its kind like Sapporo, Tomo, Benihana, Kazan, Fujiyama, Fuji, and Kumo. The staff was friendly and helpful, though I question whether our waitress spoke fluent English, as she struggled to understand our drink order. The chef was very fun though, and he cooked our food as specified. It tasted pretty good, though it wasn't quite as good as Sapporo or Tomo. The chicken and the shrimp were succulent, flavorful, and plentiful, and they left a pleasant lingering aftertaste. All in all, we were in and out in under an hour. That's the fastest hibachi service I've ever had!


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The return of the Milkman
There was a knock at the door on Wednesday evening, and a man from Dairy Crest was there, asking if I would like to have my milk delivered. They're supporting local dairies, so I felt it was a decent thing to do, so we're going to have two pints delivered on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Windows Media Center (sorry for the American spelling)
We used the new BBC iPlayer to download the Louis Theroux programme about San Quentin, and watched it last night in the study on the PC we have in there. It's got Windows Media Center on it, and without being too techy, it's really good.
Kevin Keegan going back to Newcastle
I just watched his news conference, and if I was a Newcastle fan, I'd be pretty happy now. Especially if he gets Alan Shearer to become Assistant Manager. I just wish Liverpool had played them twice already, as I think Keegan will get his team really fired up from now on. It'll be fun to watch Newcastle play again like they did when he was there before. So long as Liverpool win 4-3 again, of course.
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This IPA is made by Marstons brewed in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
And I thought green king was good. It's a little darker and more hoppy than green king. Has a better taste to it and its stronger to. A 5.7% ale. Beats green king's IPA by taste and strength. If I was to explain why it has a better taste to the popular green king I would say that: It has a much more fruit taste to it and has a little more hop taste. Yet I would say its not as smooth (but I might be wrong about that iv not had it on cask). Theres little carbonation but that kind of adds to it being from a small brewery, least thats what I think.
Rating: Very Good
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Taragarh Fort: This Ajmer Fort was built by the Chauhan leaders and is one of the first hill forts built in Asia. Built at the top of Taragarh Hill, it has a spectacular view of the surroundings. A must see!
Magazine: This city museum was once home to Prince Salim, the son of Emperor Akbar. It played a role during the Indian Independence.
Temples: There are a number of temples in the area, noticeably Warah Temple, Mahadeo Temple, Savitri Temple and Old Rangji Temple.
Pushkar Lake: This picturesque lake is a sacred place for Hindus. The months of October/November (Karthik), sees an increase in visitors with many devotees thronging the place to take a dip in the holy lake. This is also the location for the 14th century 'Brahma temple', a one of its kind sanctuary situated close to the lake.
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Forshadowing the Fall
Milton foreshadows what is going to happen in Book Nine earlier in Paradise Lost. When Eve is brought before Adam after being told that she was made for him, she turns away, not in sin, but just seeking to be won, he then pursues and follows her allowing her to take the lead. It is also hinted at in book nine as Eve persuades Adam into splitting up in order to get more work done. In these instances Adam's willingness to follow for love's sake is shown. Milton is trying to show why Adam fell, for he knew what had gone on before and also knew that Satan was going to attempt to make him and Eve disobey God. After Eve sins, Adam disobeys God and follows Eve into sin for the sake of love once again.
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On 5 and 6 March, I was at a workshop in Noordwijk, Netherlands.
ESA had invited me and three others to present an experiment to fly on a stratospheric balloon in September; for me, a free flight home and back.
Noordwijk is nice, ESTEC is nice, but Hotel Mitchbi is too cheap for ESA to house guests in. Good for tourists but ESA should get something more luxerious.
On Thursday I went home to my parents, two guests staying for one night, one of them for three nights.
Showed him around Amsterdam on Friday morning. Went to the hairdresser. On Saturday we hiked through the Kennemerduinen. In the evening I visited my friend.
On Sunday evening I went to the filmmuseum with my parents and sisters to see Stellet licht.
On Monday I flew home. I forgot my bread, the Becel I had bought for bringing to Sweden, I had forgotten to charge my phone, no battery no credit, and worst, I had forgotten my keys. In the evening I stayed with the friend who had stayed with me. The next morning I went to KBAB, their website said they were open 7-9, I was there at 7.30, at the door it said 9-11, I came back at 9.30, told them, they phoned Securitas who opened the door for me... I could have done that myself, even the night before. Cost me 350 crowns. And I still (Sunday) don't have the keys for my bicycle. My mother sent them on Monday night, so they have been on their way since Tuesday. Bah.
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Finding a Church for Easter: A Stand-Off with a Priest
I think I was the only foreigner packed in there. I towered above a bunch of the short parishioners. All the Koreans were crammed in their seats. Holding candles for the service. Older women wearing white shawls on their heads, which I thought was more Orthodox than Catholic. It was interesting being in a Catholic church where probably a large portion of them had been converts. I mean, I guess...that's the case. Because Christianity is still relatively new here. Such a phenomena is not too uncommon with Protestants. But with Catholics, I don't think I've been anywhere where whole generations of the parish were not Catholic that stretch back probably centuries into ancestors marriages and dusty vaults.
Anyways, I sat through the service. Staring at the ceiling, this church didn't have the majestic roof scaling up into space like alot of cathedrals. It was high, but flat with no decorations. But still, there was an air of importance or grandeur even. The singing from the chorus bordered on the sublime. And let me admit, that even though I didn't understand hardly a word, I wasn't as bored as I have been sitting through other Catholic masses. There was something, a sort of presence of something very peaceful.
I have this friend, a sort of mentor who, is a Benedictine. And I guess, i sort of think that since he often tells me about Catholicism and I've accompanied him on trips to this monastery where we've prayed with the monks, I guess, I thought that I was now "in" with the whole Catholic thing. I once asked my friend about a Protestant taking the Eucharist and he said its not really allowed. But for some reason, this point and discussion of ours seemed sort of foggy. At least the recollection, or the conviction of it wasnt strong enough for me to find fault with taking Mass with a bunch of Catholics. So, when I went forward in the procession to take of the Body, my conscience was sure in its deliberation. And then the priest suprised me, right after handing me the wafer, he asks, "Are you a Baptist?". I think I just nodded. Because I thought he was talking to me in Korean or maybe Latin, and I just thought maybe the "bless, my son" or whatever it is that they say sounded like, "Are you a Baptist?" So I slightly bowed, (the custom here for respect) as though i was thanking him for the Bread. But he immediately ripped the wafer out of my hand and said again, "Are you a Baptist? I uttered back "No! No!" and I took the wafer. I know. I know. It was instinct and I wasn't thinking. Besides all these people were standing in line behind me. I was standing in front of the whole church, near the little nuns that sat right there probably watching the whole thing. It wasn't until I was in the middle of stammering out that I am not a Baptist, that I realized what he meant. -That he didn't think that a Protestant should take of the Eucharist.
Technically, I told the truth. I am not a Baptist. But, why doesn't he ask what he meant? "Are you Prostestant?" or better yet, "Are you Catholic?" But I had the Bread, so I just ate it and walked out of the Church. Feeling, like maybe I shouldn't be here if its such a big deal. So, I didn't take the Blood. And then I got to thinking, and I don't know if I should feel ashamed of what happened or annoyed with him. I mean, what if I was holding the chalice at my home church in Birmingham, AL and some short, olive-skinned man with a big nose wanted to take Communion, or just a Mexican came in and I said, "Are you Catholic?" and I jerked the Chalice away from his lips? Or what if some rough looking dude with skull tats all over his arms and a heavy metal T-shirt came in and I did the same, but asked, "Are you a Satanist?" I suppose, I could interrogate everyone, "Are you an agnostic? Are you sure about that?" Of course, with this priest his hunch was heading in the right direction. I am not a Catholic. But he didn't know that. I mean, what if I were Catholic, for all he knew I could've been a German one, or Irish, or perhaps Polish. What then? If he asked, "Are you Catholic?" What? You have to be short and have darker skin to be Catholic? I think I would've been offended. I'm sorry, I just don't feel all that convicted that me and another Christian have to agree full-heartedly on the issue of transubstantiation to share Communion with each another. So I left sort of put out about the whole experience. I wrote my friend about it, he said that his opinion was that I was in the wrong, and then mentioned among many things, something about George Washington not taking the Communion with the Church of England because he had fought a war with its head the King of England. Anyways, I left and I don't think I'll go back to a Mass any time soon seeing how I'm not one of them.


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Monday, March 23, 2009
My Heart.......
Had the opportunity to spend some time with the family. It's rewarding when we can reflect on why we work so hard to achieve progressive goals. The outcome of our persistent tribulations is given back with a gift of priceless time spent with ones we adore.......
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
He brought you to it to get you through it.....
So much has happened in such little time. Many drastic changes have taken place in my life. I heard some one say tonight He, meaning the good Guy, brought you to it so you could get through it. I remain greatful for the change of events that have taken place. I got engaged, my friend Stress opened a fly ass store in Bristol(pixx coming) and one door closed and another one opened. Continue to pursue your endeavors and evaluate your moral being and you to can get through anything that may obstruct your path. I learned in kindergarten to color in the lines and to use the buddy system, I still dont color in the lines but the system of the buddy is from another realm....He brought me to it and I got through it.....keep your dreams breathing.......
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Higher Taxes Won't Reduce the Deficit
Stephen Moore and Richard Vedder: Higher Taxes Won't Reduce the Deficit – WSJ.com.
Nothing like an opinion piece that so eloquently reinforces the instinctual genius inherent in one's own writing, or in layman's terms, these dudes from the Wall Street Journal indirectly prove I am a god. Okay, maybe I am going a little overboard with the self-congratulation, but they do speak to something I wrote about a week ago in my post – Why raising taxes is not the solution – unless the problem is not the deficit.
Here are the first two paragraphs, please read the rest:
The draft recommendations of the president's commission on deficit reduction call for closing popular tax deductions, higher gas taxes and other revenue raisers to drive tax collections up to 21% of GDP from the historical norm of about 18.5%. Another plan, proposed last week by commission member and former Congressional Budget Office director Alice Rivlin, would impose a 6.5% national sales tax on consumers.
The claim here, echoed by endless purveyors of conventional wisdom in Washington, is that these added revenues—potentially a half-trillion dollars a year—will be used to reduce the $8 trillion to $10 trillion deficits in the coming decade. If history is any guide, however, that won't happen. Instead, Congress will simply spend the money.
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The more money you give Congress, the more money they are going to spend. Raising taxes is simply not the answer.


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The Game, A.S. Byatt's second novel, seems almost to contain her first novel, The Shadow of the Sun, in the same way a cube contains a square. One of the main characters, Julia, is a novelist, a writer of books about women enclosed in the circumscribed world society prescribed for women in the mid-to-late 60s. Novels, that is, very like The Shadow of the Sun, though perhaps less thoughtful, less artistically ambitious. But in the first two chapters we also meet Julia's husband, Thor, and her sister, Cassandra; and besides these two mythically-resonant names there is Simon, an old flame of both Julia and Cassandra, who now presents television documentaries about snakes in the Amazon rainforest — another mythically-resonant name, and a setting expressly compared to the Garden of Eden.
Much of the book is about the interaction of these characters, along with Julia's daughter Deborah, and Ivan, a television producer who puts Julia on an arts discussion programme and becomes her lover. Thor is a Quaker, like Julia and her parents; he believes in doing good in this world, and putting imagination to the side. Cassandra has become an Oxford don, a rare female professor; she's a medievalist, concerned with symbols and abstraction. So as much as the book's about the interaction of characters, it's also about Julia's situation as a creative artist between these two points of view. The Game is not shy to bring in self-conscious and nearly-metafictional discussion about the role of abstraction in art and art's place in society, while maintaining The Shadow of the Sun's concern with the details of character. In fact, the character work here is probably more detailed, more sophisticated, the characters more aware of the effects they have on each other, even as the themes and symbols are more allusive, more complex.
And these things dovetail through clever irony. By the end of the book, Thor the pacifist Quaker turns out to have more in common with his namesake than we at first see. And Cassandra, fascinated by the meaning of costume in Arthurian epic, is appalled by a novel which finds moral significance in the fit of a modern woman's dress. Julia goes from watching Simon on television discussing snakes to watching snakes through glass in a zoo with Simon beside her. Snakes are associated with rebirth, a shedding of the skin; that association becomes subsumed in a discussion characters have about fertility myths; but by the end of the book at least one character has sloughed off an old self and been reborn.
The book is much concerned with reality and with symbol. The titular game, a childhood pastime of Julia and Cassandra, created by them and incorporating maps and miniature figures and medieval stories (sounding in all oddly like Dungeons & Dragons, which would not be created until several years after The Game was published), is an image of reality simplified or reality heightened by being made symbolic. "A common myth," Cassandra describes it at one point, which perhaps "contained and resolved [their] difficulties." Myth is key in this book, sometimes the same as and sometimes in contrast to religious faith: characters ponder their relationship to their Creator, even as some of them consider their relationship to the act of creation.
Cassandra associates the game with innocence, which she had previously dismissed as unreal. But then Cassandra meditates often on images of glass, models and windows and mirrors; things which sometimes afford a clear view, and which sometimes frame or confine. And if this seems like formal play, its relevance to life is made ruthlessly clear by the end of the novel: we create reality, especially the reality we call other people, by the stories we tell ourselves about them.
This last point is crucial, because it informs the style and structure of the novel. Consider this sentence, from late in the book: "In the old days she would have attributed Simon's persistence in telling her about Julia to a largely conscious malice, a desire to stir things up; now she was sure that he thought he wanted simply to prove, both to himself and to her, that he lived on a neutral level, they were all together, people with equal weights in the world." That's Cassandra speaking, a naturally rigorous thinker. But consider how much that sentence does. We get a hint of Cassandra's growth, and her awareness of her own growth, in the first clause. Then the complexity of "she was sure that he thought he wanted" — emphasising her perception of Simon's motives, and how certain she is, but implying also the multiple levels of desire: what he wants is not what he thinks he wants, there is something more. But the novel is also aware that this is Cassandra's view of him, not necessarily the reality. So: what is striking here is not the sophistication of thought or of character, but the sophistication of the character's thoughts — and of the limits of that sophistication.
The book seems to me a vast improvement on its predecessor. There's more to the plot, more choices and agency given the characters, more action to follow. The characters have more scope to develop themselves, and their motivations are more complex and more concisely described. The prose keeps a level tone, rarely rising to the heights of visionary description of The Shadow of the Sun but never bogging down; instead, items acquire symbolic weight, making a simple declarative sentence heavy with thematic resonance, with meaning. And the theme itself is more complex and allusive. Images are better-developed. Published only three years after The Shadow of the Sun, this seems a far more mature and accomplished work.
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At the beginning of the year, I had elaborate plans for composer study. I found composer worksheets for the kids to write on, did research on the term's music and found biographies. I posted things on the wall. I planned to have everyone listen to the music, write on their worksheets and really learn some music analysis.
I was able to keep that up for exactly one term.
We haven't done a sit-down composer study in weeks. If we couldn't Do It Right I didn't want to do it at all. After all, I had Laid My Plans and needed to keep up the momentum. Surely we would be able to fit it in next week. Or next. Or next.
Before this year, I was content to simply play the music for the children while they lay on the floor and listened. For fifteen minutes per week. And we would talk about how the music sounded, how it made us feel, whether it was major or minor, loud or soft, what instruments we could identify just from listening. I would mention the era, and maybe we would read part of a biography. But mostly, we listened.
I don't know why I wanted to up the ante this year. Look at all the good simply *listening* to quality music can do.
Our previous music study was relaxing and focused, an oasis of time each week. Why do I so often feel the need to fix something that isn't broken?
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(Oh, and I am not faulting anyone who has well-organized and detailed lessons for music appreciation. I think analysis of music is a wonderful thing, and, obviously, I want the kids to learn it, too. Just maybe not this year. I was a music major in college before I even learned to classify music according to era, genre and composer. I think we have a little time.)


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Teases, pushes and a questionable finale on what was a noticeably McMahon-orintated show.
There was no shortage of twists and turns during the build-up to this year's Survivor Series. Changes were being made right up until the week before the show, with Triple H making a surprise return to join the likes of Kurt Angle, John Cena, Brock Lesnar and more in a card that looked incredible on paper.
All in all, it made for a show as star-studded as any in the pay-per-view's history, and that star-power helped this year's installment deliver the goods—for the most part.
The first three-and-a-half hours of the show were pretty great, highlighted by a typically brilliant Lesnar vs AJ Styles match. However, the final 15 minutes left a little to be desired.
As the numbers were whittled down in the five-on-five elimination match, the pace started to slow until Triple H flipped the whole thing on its head, turning on Angle, seemingly aligning with Shane McMahon, only to then pin his brother-in-law to steal the spotlight for himself and the spoils for Team Raw.
Confusing, surprising, downright ridiculous—however you choose to describe that conclusion, one thing's for sure in that it provided us with plenty of talking points to digest in the aftermath of the show.
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