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Castellano (Spanish) is famous for the ruggedness (and frequency) of its swearwords. But in respect of one particular word, it can't hold a candle to Gallego (Galician).
In Spanish, the word is Carajo and in Galician it's Carallo. Here's how it's described in a document I have in front of me:-
CARALLO: Pronounced smoothly and clearly, without emphasis or stress, it means the male member.
!!!CARALLO!!!: As an exclamation, it can indicate astonishment, admiration, and, especially, assent.
An on-line dictionary translates Carajo! as Fuck! Damn it! (Very informal).
And Google Translate is very specific with Carallo:- Cock.
These are the examples of common (!) usage among Gallego speakers given by said document:-
Carallazo - Blow. Annoyance.
Carallada - Drinking spree. Binge.
Carallán - Joker
Caralludo - Denotes quality
Escarallado - Broken. Dislocated.
Escarallación -Peak, height.
Escarallar - To damage. Dying with laughter.
But [says the document] the variety and richness of the meanings of Carallo are almost limitless, given that it's used to both praise and denigrate. To say something is good and to say quite the opposite. It can also express tiredness, resignation, amusement and an infinity of states of mind, depending on the context. Here's some examples[all in Gallego]:-
Resignation: Ay que carallo! [Ay, what a cock]
Joke: Bueno, carallo bueno! [Good, cock. Good]
Rudeness - Vai o carallo! [Go to cock]
Enquiry - Que carallo e iso! [What the cock is that?]
Contrariness - Tócache o carallo! [Touch your cock]
Offence - Iste carallo é parvo! [Your prick is a fool!]
Temperance - Cámate . . . carallo! [Calm down, . . . prick]
Threatening - Ven . . . carallo . . . Ven! [Come on, prick. Come on!]
Denial - Non carallo. Non!
Rotund denial - Nin carallo nin nada![Neither prick nor nothing!]
Oath making - Me cago no carallo! [I shit on my prick]
Anger - Me cago no carallo . . . carallo [I shit on my prick . . . prick]
Praise - É un home de carallo [He's a man of prick]
Doubt - O carallo vintenove! [The 29th prick]
Strangeness - Pero . . . Que carallo pasa? [But . . . What the prick is happening?]
Contempt - Pásame por debaixo do carallo! [It passes me below the prick! (?)]
Animation - Dalle, carallo. Dalle. [Go for it, prick. Go for it!]
Whimsy - Salíume de carallo! [????]
Evaluation - Non vale un carallo! [It's not worth a prick]
Fatality - Ten carallo a cousa! [Have prick the thing! (???)]
Frustration - Xa estou o carallo! [Now I've had it up to my prick]
Meteorology - Fai un tempo de carallo! [It's prick weather!]
Distance . No quinto carallo [In the 5th prick]
On many occasions, it's used as a conversational catchphrase or as a wildcard in a long phrase or in difficult situations:-
Entón, chegou Pepiño e un servidor díxolle: Carallo, Pepiño. ¿Que carallo fas aquí?
Then Pepiño arrived and a waiter said to him: Prick, Pepiño, what the prick are you doing here?
To finish, and as a concession to the rich and flourishing literature of South America, here's a fine phrase: MANDA CARALLO NA HABANA!!, which was apparently uttered by Christopher Columbus himself, when the the Catholic Kings: LO MANDARON AL CARALLO! [Sent him to prick].
Finally . . . Here's a few phrases from a Spanish dictionary:-
Me importa un carajo - I couldn't give a shit
Irse al carajo - To go down the tubes
¡Vete al carajo! - Go to hell!
Needless to say, I welcome any and all additions and corrections from Galician and Spanish readers. Or even from foreigners who undestand these things better than I do. Dwight, for example. Even Peter. But not that bloody carallo Alfie Mittington!


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In May 2009, he was master of ceremonies for the 61st anniversary of the founding of Israel, an event that took place in the West Block of Parliament. He introduced the keynote speaker – Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Jason Kenney.
The same month, Jacobson and Kenney appeared at a private party with Ezra Levant, an event attended by the who's who of conservative journalists, columnists, and bloggers. The guests included Mark Steyn, Stephen Taylor, who would be appointed a director at the National Citizens Coalition on December 7, 2010; Kevin Libin, who published the controversial Danish cartoons mocking the prophet Muhammed while at the Western Standard; Sun Media's Brian Lilley; and National Post columnist Father Raymond de Souza. One of the pictures posted on the internet by an attendee of the event shows Nathan Jacobson with his arm around a smiling Father de Souza.
When then Transport minister John Baird travelled to Israel in March 2010 to examine airport security methods (principally behavioral analysis to identify human threats), Nathan Jacobson was photographed with Baird at Israel's holiest site, the Western Wall.
On November 4, 2012 the Mount Carmel dinner will be held in Toronto at the Fairmont Hotel hosted by the Canadian Friends of the University of Haifa. Immigration Minister Kenney is scheduled to receive an honorary degree that night. The campaign chair for the event was to have been Nathan Jacobson.
That was before an extraordinary disclosure by the U.S. Department of Justice put an end, perhaps temporarily, to Jacobson's life at the pinnacle of business and political elites in two countries. Though his troubles had been brewing for some time, the official date of his exit from the corridors of business and political power was July 30, 2012.
It was on that day that the millionaire-philanthropist was supposed to appear for sentencing in front of a California judge. He had quietly plead guilty on May 7, 2008 to charges of conspiring to commit money-laundering, including clearing $46 million through his credit card clearing company, RX Payments Ltd.. Judge Irma Gonzalez issued an arrest warrant for the convicted fugitive and Nathan Jacobson, dual citizen of Canada and Israel, went to ground.
The investigation by U.S. authorities had been painstaking, involving special agents from six federal agencies including the DEA, FBI, and the IRS. Their work led to a 313-count indictment against 18 people on July 27, 2007. The individuals, including doctors and businessmen, were all involved to varying degrees with Affpower, an internet-based prescription pharmaceutical business.
The delay in sentencing Jacobson after his guilty plea following multiple charges of fraud, money laundering, and the distribution and dispensing of a controlled substance through an on-line pharmacy, is a familiar story. Jacobson made a deal with U.S. prosecutors. In exchange for his cooperation in the continuing criminal investigation of Affpower, Jacobson's file was sealed — for six years as things turned out.
He had, in fact, been indicted in 2006, pleading guilty two years later. Over the next several years, he continued his career in the business and political stratosphere. No one apparently knew he had been fined $4.5 million for his part in the scheme, or that he could be looking at a possible 20-year stint in prison when he finally had to stand in front of an America judge for sentencing.
After his guilty plea was made public, the exits began to clog with friends, contacts, and business partners who didn't know much about Jacobson's dealings or history and who reduced their relationships with him to distant associations, or, as in the case of the PMO, chance acquaintanceship.
According to his office, Foreign affairs minister John Baird knew Jacobson, but didn't know about his legal transgressions. Nor did the minister meet with Jacobson during an official trip to Myanmar in 2012. Jacobson was reportedly traveling in Asia, possibly Myanmar, when the indictment against him was unsealed.
Jacobson's is reported to have had a connection with Myanmar Access, a company that was created in 2012 to develop business opportunities in the former Burma. The company was based in the same city, Yangon, that Baird travelled to in 2012 after Canada decided to open an embassy in the third most corrupt nation on earth. (On a list of 182 nations, only North Korea and Somalia are considered more corrupt.) Baird told Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, "We would love to play a bigger role in development and trade and commerce," an objective Nathan Jacobson would have heartily seconded.
Treasury Board President Tony Clement's office said that the minister knew Jacobson, but had no idea of his U.S. conviction before July 30, 2012 or the activities that led to it.
Former business associate Alan Bell said in a telephone interview from Toronto that he knew nothing about Jacobson's American legal problems.
Stephen Harper's Director of Communications did not return calls for this piece. But this is what Andrew MacDougall told Postmedia's Stephen Maher, the journalist who broke the Jacobson money-laundering story: "I understand the prime minister may have met with Mr. Jacobson at a community event, as he meets thousands of Canadians from all walks of life each year."
It was intended to be an official response, but it was more like the PMO's debut in stand-up comedy – unless you believe someone gets their picture taken between the prime ministers of Canada and Israel on a particularly significant day by running into them at a political barbecue.
Netanyahu's appearance in Ottawa in 2010 was the first official visit to Canada by an Israeli PM since 1993. Relations between the two countries had been strained in 1997 after the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad, used forged Canadian passports in an assassination attempt against Khaled Meshal, a political official of Hamas. Canada recalled its ambassador over the affair.
The murder weapon the agents tried to use was a fast-acting nerve gas. President Bill Clinton was outraged and insisted that Israel turn over the antidote to the lethal poison after the Israeli agents were arrested. Netanyahu, who had approved the operation, complied. He later apologized for the dismal incident.
According to Haaretz, Netanyahu turned to renowned American propagandist Arthur Finkelstein after the disastrously botched Mossad assassination attempt. Netanyahu escaped a police investigation into allegedly sharing classified information with a a foreign national, because of lack of evidence. Finkelstein was widely credited with being the architect of Netanyahu's first win as PM in 1996 when the hardliner defeated the moderate Shimon Peres.
The day of the photograph in Canada with Jacobson, Harper and Netanyahu, May 30th 2010, was noteworthy in another way. At 10 pm eastern, 4 a.m. Gaza time, Israeli commandos dropped down from a helicopter onto a Turkish aid ship 60 kilometers out to sea in international waters and killed nine people onboard in the ensuing confrontation.
It touched off a major international incident and caused the cancellation of a visit between the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu claimed that the commandos, armed with automatic weapons, acted in "self-defense" against aid-workers brandishing clubs and knives after their vessel was boarded. The government of Turkey called it a gross breach of international law.

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Reports: Drugs found in semi-truck that crashed into bus, killing 4 softball players
MURRAY COUNTY, Okla. – Authorities released new information about the deadly bus accident that killed four Texas softball players.
Reports say police found drugs and drug paraphernalia in the cab of the tractor-trailer that struck the bus.
According to Bloomberg News, police found a silver pipe that smelled like marijuana and a bag containing an assortment of prescription drugs in the truck that was driven by Russell Staley.
He was driving north on I-35 when his truck veered off the highway, crossed the median and struck the bus carrying members of the North Central Texas College softball team.
The accident killed four members of the team including Jaiden Pelton, Brooke Deckard, Megan Richardson, and Katelynn Woodlee.
Police are conducting a criminal probe and the NTSB is also investigating.
At this point, no one has been charged with a crime.


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Reading Slothfully
I was told in elementary school that I only could read at half the speed for success in college. Oh well, one benefit of slow reading is you get to live with the characters a longer period of time. I read in a vain attempt to better understand people. At my other homes, I'm known as a spouse, pop, guy in the choir, physical chemist, computer/web dilettante and child-care provider. In theory, I'm a published author, if you consider stuff like
Quenching Cross Sections for Electronic Energy Transfer Reactions Between Metastable Argon Atoms and Noble Gases and Small Molecules
to count as publications. I've strewn dozens of such fascinating things to the winds.
Currently reading
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
The Way Some People Die
Ross Macdonald
Envy of Angels
Matt Wallace
The Fellowship of the Frog
Edgar Wallace
Code of Conduct (The Jani Kilian Chronicles Book 1)
Kristine Smith
A Good Death
Christopher R. Cox
The Black Cargo
John P. Marquand
A Highland Christmas
M.C. Beaton
Tales from Moominvalley
Tove Jansson, Thomas Warburton
Moominland Midwinter
Tove Jansson, Thomas Warburton
Recently added
Robinson Crusoe
7:00 pm 24 November 2015
God, this one is awful. It's tedious and boring and very poorly written. Defoe has essentially no ability for description. The story line should be interesting, but long, tedious patches are taken up with hideously awful maundering on Calvinist theology, theology which Crusoe apparently picked up merely by picking up a Bible at the age of 26 or so and reading it through a few times. It doesn't work that way.
I have a recollection that I read and enjoyed
Robinson Crusoe
back in elementary school. I'm thinking I must have read one of those "as told by" thingies. No way I'd have persevered through this rubbish when I was 10 or so.
My suggestion is that anyone wanting to know the story of
Robinson Crusoe
would be well served to look for a condensed version specifically aimed at children. That way, you'll likely manage to escape most of this book's awfulness, awfulness that consumes the major part of the work. All the "action" is basically subservient to the twisted theology Defoe purports to propound. Reading this book was
a pleasant experience.
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Are you eating? Good. Get a load of this:
A special thanks to everyone who's obviously very concerned about my wound. Or as some people call it, "the blister". Love you too.
Remind me when you're mortally injured so that I can come and nurse you back to good health. With an axe.
Ohmygod. This morning at gym I didn't see Jack (my future husband) but I did see the gayest thing I have ever seen in my er, well this year anyway.
It was so gay it would have made this (below) look like something you'd see on the rugby field at Twickenham.
Okay, so this guy's changing, he's a little on the podgy side and his aussieBums don't really fit.
At first I hear what seems to sound like coins or metal bangles jangling but I look up at this guy to see this shimmering silver hangy-thing.
He has a pierced belly button which isn't that camp except that the ring in his navel has a pendant hanging off it.
And the silver hangy-offy-thing looked like a fairy. Or something with wings, like a cherub or flying cupid.
Here's my super-duper diagramatic schematic scientific visual drawing:
Isn't a belly-button ring with an pendant hanging off it like the acme of gay?
It is the super-apex zenith of poofery. I cannot think of any one single thing that you could do to yourself that could be any more gay.
I don't know why it's bothered me but the image of that silvery-dangly thing has stuck with me all day. Maybe I'm secretly attracted to men with atrocious taste.
Anyway, have you ever heard of a Meme? It's a list of questions and then you fill out the answers. Well, I spotted this on ClosetCase blog, so I thought I would try and complete it.
Here goes:
Would you get back with your ex if you could?
No, he's a twat. Everyone at the time said "you're going out with him - are you out of your mind?". Looking back I now say "my god, I went out with him - was I out of my mind?"
What kind of shirt are you wearing?
A t-shirt. It's light blue
Have you made out with anyone on your MySpace list?
Don't have a MySpace account. I always remember a Post Secret card that said "it's my birthday and I didn't get a single card. Even though my MySpace account says I have 800 friends". Sums it up really.
Do you have "a thing" for anyone on your Top 8?
Enough about bloody MySpace, okay!
How many people on your list do you know in real life?
If you mention MySpace again I am not going to continue...
How many kids do you want to have?
Do you have a good relationship with both your parents?
Yeah, oddly.
Do you make over £40k a year?
Whatever...money's not the be-all and end-all. (I'm not going to say that if I didn't...)
Name of a song you can relate to right now?
Can't think? Er, Like a Virgin. Or "Agadoo doo doo doo - push pineapple shake the tree"?
What name would you want to have besides the one you have?
I've always thought the name Anton sounds fierce. Guys with big muscles who play rugby are called Anton.
Would you ever make out with someone of the same sex?
Er, the question should be "would you ever make out with someone of the opposite sex"...
What's your mother's name?
Oi! Where's my inheritance?
What did you do for your last birthday?
Went up to Hampstead Heath with friends, had a picnic and got drunk.
What's the ringtone on your mobile phone?
It's permanently on silent.
What time did you wake up?
9 am but it's Monday and I refuse to "do" Monday mornings so I go into work late instead.
What were you doing at midnight two nights ago?
It was Saturday night and I was er, travelling home.
Do you like having your hair pulled?
What sort of question is that? Yeah, I fucken love it - what the fuck do you think?
Name something you can't do.
Play the violin
Do you get along with your siblings?
Yes - er, this is getting boring....
What is the one think you wish you could change about yourself?
I said boring - let's change the subject.
If you had £250,000 how would you spend it?
Shut up okay. Enough of the bloody questions.
How long have you been at your current job?
I thought I told you to shut up.
Last person you phoned?
Hey? Who?...
Bobby's Dodgy Music Collection CD #13
You've either heard of Pink Martini or you haven't. And if you have heard of them you either hate them or you love them.
I think they're fabulous and their new album Hey Eugene! is great but their best work by far is Hang On Little Tomato.
My favourite track on 'Eugene' at the moment is Dosvedanya Mio Bombino and from 'Tomato' it has to the violin and vocal intro on U plavu zoru.
Seriously, if you want to try something a little different go into a record shop and ask to listen to one of their albums. You'll either be thanking me for introducing you to them or you'll be going "what is this crap?"
I'm doubly excited because today I booked tickets to see them at the Hammersmith Apollo on November 10th with Anna, a friend from work who's one of two other people in the world who I know who loves them.
Monday, 13 August 2007
Gay acme
Are you eating? Good. Get a load of this:
Written by Bobby Vanquish at around 21:08
3 comments:
Your foot is looking sexy!!! Send me an e-mail (it's linked on my blog & profile and I might be able to come up with a link to the kid I went to high school with.
- 15 August 2007 at 00:08
- Bobby Vanquish said...
Big T! I know the foot is getting less and less sexy I tell ya!
Two nights ago it looked like ham pasta. Now it's looking more and more like a normal foot. Tsk...
- 15 August 2007 at 23:09
- Madelia said...
Thanks for writing this.
- 10 November 2008 at 14:24


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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Don't Forget To "Ditch The Deet!"
Just a quick reminder of the contest that I launched yesterday in which I'm giving away a little Spring/Summer Survival Kit that includes a SOL Core Lite survival tool, as well as a Natrapel insect repellent wipes, Afterbite Itch Eraser and Ben's Insect treatment for clothing and gear. All you have to do to enter to win is send me an e-mail with the subject line of "Ditch The Deet" to firstname.lastname@example.com. In the body of the message tell me about your outdoor plans for this spring and summer, and why this "survival kit" might just come in handy. On Friday of this week, and for the next few weeks, I'll be randomly picking a winner to send this pack to.
And while you're at it, drop by DitchTheDeet.com to enter the contest that Natrapel has going at the moment. On that site, you can upload your favorite photo from your outdoor adventures, and you just might end up winning some other cool swag, gear, or even a trip for four to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Not a bad place to spend a few days this summer!
Good luck to everyone who enters, I've been enjoying the notes that I've received so far!
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I would like to take a moment and thank everyone who has visited my blog. I appreciate each and every visitor and am happy to receive any feed-back.
In my message from Christmas Eve day, I talked about using an old fashioned food mill to make mashed potatoes with. Well.....I did.....and I will not be using an electric mixer or a potato masher again.
I first purchased the food mill when making the Barefoot Contessa's roasted tomato basil soup for the first time and have not used it for anything other than that, until now. The food mill gives the soup the best texture. The texture cannot be duplicated with a blender, an immersion blender or with a food processor. So, I would suggest that a food mill (a good one) be a staple in every cook's closet.
For the potatoes (12 large red bliss, peeled & boiled in salted water with 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil until tender), I used the plate with the smallest holes, placed it over a deep container and worked the potatoes thru the mill. I also processed the roasted garlic (2 heads of garlic covered in olive oil and roasted in the oven for about 45 minutes at 350` or until a gorgeous golden brown), added 1 stick of butter, 1/2 cup heavy cream, salt & pepper to taste and ended up with fluffy, buttery, soft clouds of heavenly potatoes.
These were by far the best mashed (for lack of a better word) potatoes that I have made, to date.
Speaking of kitchen tools, here is a rather random "starter" list of other tools that are very handy in the kitchen:
1. Dough scraper (for counter tops). Spatulas are best for bowls, there is a kind of spatula that is made specifically to fit jars...this is very handy, especially for those pesky peanut butter jars that have the left over butter at the top of the jar or along the bottom in that groove.....so annoying to try and get at that last bit. It's kinda like trying to get the last of the toothpaste out of the neck of the tube.....oops...tangent alert!!
2. Citrus reamer (for the one or 2 lemons / limes). For more than a couple of these, I like a press. Mine is chrome and is the kind that sits on the countertop.
3. Ginger grater (porcelain)
4. Chinese "spider"
5. Micro plane
6. Corn holders (I have a set from the 1950's). However, I also have a set that are little piggies. I even have some utensils that are from the mid century and are in great shape, though I don't use them. They are simply for decoration.
7. Nut / claw crackers and picks....I don't actually know the real name for them. I have the set that I grew up with that was originally my grandmother's.
8. Candy thermometer, instant read meat thermometer, and one of those thermometers that can be inserted in the meat while it's cooking.
9. Marble rolling pin with rest, wooden rolling pin and those silicon bands that go on each end of the rolling pin so you can roll out dough to an even thickness.
10. Wooden clothes pins - great for sealing bags of powdered sugar, brown sugar or any other bag that doesn't re-seal.
11. Assorted pastry tips. You can always use a plastic bag instead of purchasing pastry bags.
12. Powdered egg whites.
13. Two dutch ovens
14. Cast iron pans of varying sizes
15. A cast iron griddle that covers 2 burners.
There are more items that I might suggest, but this is a sound start. I am working on another list that I will post as soon as it is done...but for now, no peeking, not yet anyway.
Have a great evening!
Purple Kitchen Treats
Over the past few years, I have been working on a cookbook. During this time, I took time off to finish my Master's Degree. Now that I have accomplished that, I am working again on my cookbook, slowly but surely.
However, over the past few months, something interesting has happened...I have received multiple requests for baked goods, particularly my cookies. I am also receiving multiple requests for granola. So, with all these requests in mind, I have started to make my cookies for sale, along with my granola.
My official web site is available, but will be undergoing a significant redesign. Be sure to visit my "official" web site at: http://www.susanshonk.com and watch for some exciting changes.
From the heart of my purple kitchen to you,
Monday, December 27, 2010
Kitchen Tools
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The best way to evaluate a candidate is through a careful evaluation of his/her positions on the "issues". Issues are delineated best in the position papers or platform statements all candidates prepare. For a more comprehensive picture of Alvin Brown's position on his key issues, check out his website at www.alvinformayor.
It's fair to say that few candidates consistently present their full platform or the details of their key issues every time they speak publicly. Whether it's at a press conference, in a debate, at a fund-raiser or a constituent 'meet and greet', most candidates - or elected officials - often find it necessary to abbreviate, omit or otherwise limit the number of issues they reference or the degree of details they share. To balance this reality, candidates rely on their prepared position papers to provide the details on their issues.
Democrats have a real shot at ending two decades of Republican domination of the mayor's office in Jacksonville. Learn more about Alvin's plans for our city and our future. Go to www.alvinformayor.
Then, remember to take 10 friends and family members to the polls and vote May 17 - or Early Vote between May 2 - May 15!
Back in it to WIN
Saturday, March 26, 2011
What To Expect in an Alvin Brown Administration
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But, alas, we as peons can't. Why?? The filthy rich won't let U.S. - those on the top of the pyramid; they must keep stoking the flames of verbal abuse and dissent. Never ending. So, look-up, girl, and see the Son who burns-away everything distatefull on our journey to the Great Beyond. Love you. Meet me Upstairs.ReplyDelete
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The temps sure don't feel like it, but my crocus' seem to think spring is coming.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Is it spring?
at 3:51 PM
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- Funder said...
Brave little crocuses. :) The ones in MS come up a month earlier, and they usually get frozen. Doesn't seem to hurt them!
- March 25, 2009 at 9:33:00 AM EDT
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Saturday, December 23, 2006
A favorite decoration
This is one of my favorite Christmas decorations. It's little snowmen hanging from garland and each snowman has one of our names painted on his hat. My sil made it for me several years ago, which is probably the main reason it's a favorite. This year, it's hanging over my kitchen window.
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BACOLOD City General Services Office (GSO) head Jerome Solinap issued a stern warning to the caretaker of Burgos Public Cemetery Ricardo Repogio after he committed lapses on his job.
Solinap said Monday, April 23, that he issued the memorandum to Repogio, a regular employee, on April 11 after he found out that several new niches for burial purposes were constructed at the cemetery.
"I have already a verbal instruction to Repogio not to allow the construction of new niches, but it was not followed," he said.
He added they are trying to control the construction of new niches because the cemetery is already overcrowded.
Solinap noted that if there is a new burial, it will be referred to the public cemeteries of Barangays Handumanan and Granada.
"Despite my repeated instructions to Repogio, there is still construction of new niches so I assigned Erry Lagtapon as overall in-charge of the public cemetery," Solinap said.
Based on Lagtapon's report on April 13, it showed that the Burgos Public Cemetery is already overcrowded and there should be no construction of new niches, he said.
Solinap recalled that in November last year, he received several complaints that the niches of their loved ones were found missing and he also warned Repogio about it after his name was dragged on the complaint.
"The purpose of the caretaker is to monitor the ins and outs of the cemetery, but Repogio failed to do it," Solinap said.
He said he was informed that several burial and exhumation activities were also monitored at the cemetery that failed to secure permits from the Bacolod Government Center.
"If Repogio fails to take this seriously, I will recommend for his relief and it is up to the City Government to relieve him and to assign a new caretaker," he added.


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ARTIST STATEMENT Through these images I seek to share an experience of the deep beauty of the natural world, evoke a feeling of recognition, or re-membering an intuitive intimacy with natural spaces. This recognition is described by the Sanskrit term, Bhav, translated by linguistics scholars as "the light that illuminates remembering." The elimination of color helps to reveal the paradox of the fragile but ultimate power of nature. The subject of this artwork is often protected spaces such as National and State Parks. A portion of proceeds are donated to related land trusts conservation advocacy groups. PROCESS These landscape drawings use charcoal on acid-free paper. The paper is carefully prepared with an even wash of charcoal powder, and detailed renderings are created on this neutral ground through addition and reduction of material in a sculpture like drawing technique. I spend time immersed in a landscape for days or weeks and final works are created on site and from reference materials in the studio.
ARTIST BIO Kristen Mitchell was born in Chenango County in rural upstate New York. She earned a BFA from Cornell University in 2001 and an MBA from the University of Utah in 2010. She has worked as a designer, marketing manager, brand director and consultant for outdoor lifestyle and natural products brands such as Roxy, Skis Dynastar, RAMP Sports, Nature's Life, In-Studio Design and currently works as a brand manager for KAL.
She sits on the Summit County Public Art Board and served two terms as board chair, helping to facilitate a 1% of Capital Projects for Art policy. She was a juror for the Utah Film Festival and the Summit Arts Showcase and presented at the 2017 Project ABC Summit where 80 community leaders came together to learn, share, celebrate, and plan for the future of Arts and Culture in Summit County.


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It's decided. By 3 votes to 2. Aunty Dee will occupy Shark's room. Shark is to triple up with her sisters.
Surprisingly, Shark's is the deciding vote on room management. But it means she gets the new spare bed.
We have a choice on the spare bed. A chair that folds out to a mattress that folds back into a chair. Or a folding bed with wheels. Shark says the wheelie bed looks like a fun place to sleep. She points out that it is available in many colours, and discounts my argument that it looks like Ikea stole it from a hospital ward.
She loses. Four votes in favour of the fold out chair mattress. One vote for the wheelie bed.
The fold out chair mattress is only available in pink or yellow. As the arguments for and against are delivered, Squirrel throws her weight around, literally, on her routine destruction test.
Pink wins the vote, 4 to 1.
Tiger's decisive argument is that it will be the most amusing thing ever to see Shark sleep on a girly pink bed (and preferably one with a pink fairy duvet cover).
We console the scowling Shark and suggest on the journey home she can consider the opinion that democracy never seems to serve the interests of minority groups.
Thursday, 6 January 2011
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- sharon said...
Democracy is never quite as good as you think it should be lol! However you could let Shark make a blue cover for the dreaded pink ;-) Our foldout chair has legs and a stripey cover . . .
- 10 January 2011 at 00:03
- Luke said...
Ahh consensus is tricky!
- 12 January 2011 at 13:12
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This page contains auditions posted on Tuesday, February 8, 2011.
By the end of this week, the Resources/Links Page will be updated to reflect details surrounding most of the local acting classes in the Portland area. Thank you to Amy for mentioning some of the highly recommended classes she has been informed of, and I will do my best at mentioning all of the classes I have experienced or know good things about.
Wondering where the Seattle auditions have disappeared to? I received feedback that it may be helpful to separate the locations since many in the Portland area hope to solely book work here. Check out my new blog for Seattle area auditions here!
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Join the Clown Corps for the Portland Rose Festival
The Portland Rose Festival is recruiting clowns for the "Clown Corps" who perform in the Rose Festival Parade.
Auditions March 16-17.
Reply to: Call 503-227-2681 or visit their website for an application.
Source: Oregonian Callboard
Broadway Rose Theatre Auditions
Broadway Rose Theatre auditions for the musicals Hairspray and Ripper and children's productions Rumpelstiltskin is My Name and The Frog Prince are by appointment only and will be:
General Auditions
Sunday, March 6, 6pm-10pm
Monday, March 7, 6pm-10pm
Tuesday, March 8, 6pm-10pm
Auditions will be held at the Broadway Rose New Stage, 12850 SW Grant Ave., Tigard, OR 97223.
These are singing auditions only, reading and dance auditions will be held during callbacks. There will not be a dance audition at the initial auditions.
Hairspray, directed by Peggy Taphorn, musical direction by Rick Lewis, choreography by Jacob Toth.
- The role of the Edna has been cast.
- The callbacks will be held March 14, 15 & 16 and will include a dance audition.
- Rehearsals: 5/31- 6/29, Tues – Fri 6-10pm., Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 1-10pm.
- Performances: 6/30-7/24.
Ripper, directed and choreographed by Abe Reybold, musical direction by Alan Lytle.
- All roles are available.
- The callbacks will be held March 17, 18 & 19.
- Rehearsals: 6/27- 8/2, Tues – Fri 6-10pm., Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 1-10pm.
- Performances: 8/3- 8/21.
- Scripts are available for perusal by arrangement with Emma.
Rumpelstiltskin directed by Sharon Maroney and The Frog Prince directed by Annie Kaiser.
- These will be singing auditions only, no dance or readings.
- All roles are available.
- Must be available for daytime rehearsals and performances.
- Rumpelstiltskin, runs 7/13-7/16. Rehearsals 6/27-7/12, Mon-Sat 10am-2pm.
- The Frog Prince, runs 8/10-8/13. Rehearsals 7/25-8/9, Mon-Sat 10am-2pm.
Callbacks will be at the discretion of the directors and will be held March 14-19. The Broadway Rose hires Equity Guest Artists and Non-Equity performers. Scripts are available for perusal by arrangement with Emma.
Note for all auditions:
- Please prepare 32 bars from musical theatre in the style of the show. Song must be memorized. Bring sheet music in your own key (music will not be transposed). Accompanist will be provided. Be prepared to sing a second song if requested. No taped or a cappella music.
- Women, please wear a dress or skirt.
- 17 years old and older please, except for the role of L'il Inez (see below).
- Please bring a current non-returnable photo and resume.
- All ethnicities encouraged.
- Please bring your calendar to list your conflicts.
- Please arrive at least 10 minutes prior to your scheduled slot to give yourself time to complete the audition form.
All characters in this show need great comic timing. Brush up a very short comedic monologue, in case you are asked for one.
TRACY TURNBLAD - A big girl with big hair and a big heart who has dreams of being a star. She isn't afraid to be herself and stand up for what she believes in. Mezzo-Belt, age 17 – 19.
CORNY COLLINS - The host of The Corny Collins Show. In favor of Tracy and integration. Tenor, age 32 – 45.
PENNY PINGLETON - Tracy's slightly dorky, but lovable best friend. Belt, age 17 – 19.
VELMA VON TUSSLE - Amber's scheming mother and producer of The Corny Collins Show. Belt, age 35 – 50.
AMBER VON TUSSLE - Reigning queen on The Corny Collins Show and Link's former girlfriend. Belt, age 17 – 19.
LINK LARKIN - Teenage heartthrob on The Corny Collins Show and Tracy's love interest. Baritone, age 18 – 22.
SEAWEED STUBBS - A black dancer and Motormouth Maybelle's son. Penny's love interest. Tenor, age 17 – 21.
L'IL INEZ - Seaweed's little sister who can't be on The Corny Collins Show because she is black. Belt, age 14 – 19.
MOTORMOUTH MAYBELLE - Owner of a record store and a host on The Corny Collins Show. Alto, age 38 – 52.
WILBUR TURNBLAD - Tracy's goofy father who owns a joke shop and encourages Tracy to follow her heart. Baritone, age 40 – 55.
CHESTER TALBOT, age 25 - 55, is a reporter who must carry the show with an abundance of natural charm. Confident and gregarious, with an ironic sense of humor at times, he must also be able to plumb the depths of sorrow and anger. He should not appear gloomy or introspective.
Range: High Baritone (low Ab to high Ab)
MARY KELLY, age 25 - 45, the leading lady of the show. She is a prostitute who knows her place in the world, but still hopes for something more. She is strong when she needs to be, smart, fiercely honest and able to win hearts with her determination.
Range: Soprano (low Ab to F)
MRS. RATKIN, age 30 - 50, proprietess of the PennyWise Music Hall, she is a magician with an eccentric personality, an abundance of stage presence, and the ability to charm her patrons. She is also quite evil and will do anything to get her way.
Range: Alto (low G to Eb belt)
JOHN PIZER, a.k.a. WILLY, age 30 - 50, Mrs. Ratkin's incognito husband. He appears gruff and mean-spirited, even violent, on the outside, but underneath, there is a wounded man searching for understanding.
Range: Bass/Baritone (low G to C)
EDDIE, age 25 - 55, the bartender of the PennyWise. A known womanizer who can nonetheless win over any woman he meets. A smooth talker, he makes light of life, but underneath is true to the people he loves—even when there's more than one of them.
Range: Baritone (low G to F#)
KATE EDDOWES, age 20 - 50, a prostitute who's seen it all and done it all, but wants more, particularly from Eddie, who she's madly in love with despite their spats. She is tough but also vulnerable, and she's a natural performer with aspirations of working in a real music hall one day.
Range: Alto/Mezzo (low F to D)
LONG LIZ STRIDE, age 20 - 50, a prostitute, sexy and selfish, she is one of Eddie's admirers and capable of blackmail.
Range: Alto/Mezzo (low A to D)
Rumpelstiltskin Is My Name
CHARLOTTE, young peasant girl, char voice.
KATHERINE, another, char voice.
HUNTSMAN, young forester, baritone.
RUMPELSTILTSKIN, ill-tempered little wizard, acrobat?
GRISELDA, four hundred year old witch.
MILLER'S WIDOW, runs the mill by the woods, soprano.
LAURA, her pretty daughter, soprano.
PRINCE TOM, soon to be king.
APPLE SELLER, citizen, comic.
PRIME MINISTER, prissy.
JESTER, court fool, comic - great part.
LADY MATILDA, lady-in-watiing to the queen, quirky.
QUEEN, forceful ruler, belt alto, comic.
CUSTOMER, for the mill.
The Frog Prince
EURIPIDES, Frog narrator extraordinaire.
PRINCESS PANDORA, soprano, A lovely young lass who is living under a witch's curse.
PRINCE ERIC/ERIC THE FROG, A small frog who was once a handsome prince, comic, high baritone.
CRICKET, sweet, A cute young girl frog.
JUMPER, , sarcastic, A thick-skinned boy frog.
AUNTIE DRIZELDA, mezzo, A wicked schemer who uses black magic to cast evil spells.
KING GLUM, bass-baritone, A gentle and kind-hearted ruler.
JESTER, comic, can't sing, the king's foolish servant.
DREAM PRINCE, A vision representing the knight young Eric once was.
SNOOKUMS, Drizelda's enormous pet snake.
Reply to: Please call Emma at 503-906-2378 for an appointment.
Source: Oregonian Callboard
Auditions for Post5 Theatre's ROMEO & JULIET
Saturday February 19th, 12-5:30pm.
Sunday February 20th, from 2pm-10pm (Callbacks)
Auditions for Post5 Theatre's ROMEO & JULIET, directed by Stephen Alexander. At the Milepost5 Campus, 850 NE 81st Ave (82nd Ave & Oregon). The performance will take place at the Milepost5 Courtyard.
Those auditioning will be asked to prepare two contrasting 1-minute monologues. We ask that at least one be from the works of Shakespeare and in verse. Each audition slot is five minutes.
All roles are available. Several ensemble roles will not require previous experience with Shakespeare's text, but rather "Viewpoint," movement and dance abilities.
All speaking roles will be receive a stipend.
Performance Dates: July 30-Aug 27
Reply to: For an audition slot please email a head shot and resume to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Source: Oregonian Callboard
"Enchanted April": Magenta Theater is holding auditions Feb. 22 for various roles.
Magenta Theater "Enchanted April" Auditions
Enchanted April Auditions
Written by Matthew Barber
From the Novel By Elizabeth Von Arnim
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Directed by Andrea K. Adams
Audition date: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 @ 6:30pm (Doors open at 6:00pm)
Where: Magenta Theater – 606 Main St; Vancouver, WA 98660
Actors are Volunteer, no pay.
Lottie Wilton -- 30's -- a Hampstead housewife
Mellersh Wilton -- 30's - 40's -- her husband, a solicitor
Rose Arnott -- 30's -- a Hampstead housewife
Frederick Arnott -- 40's -- her husband, a writer
Caroline Bramble -- 20's -- 30's -- a socialite
Antony Wilding -- 20's -- 30's -- an artist
Mrs. Graves -- 60's -- 70's -- a London matron
Costanza -- 60's -- an Italian housekeeper (speaks only Italian)
Auditions will be cold readings from the script..
Headshots required, but non-professional is acceptable. Actors are
Volunteer, no pay.
Enchanted April is a British dramady set in 1922 in London, England and
Mezzago, Italy.
Play Synopsis:
When two London housewives decide to rent a villa in Italy for a holiday
away from their bleak marriages, they recruit two very different English
women to share the cost and experience. All four, along with husbands,
lovers, and an Italian housekeeper, discover renewal and redemption
amongst wisteria blossoms and Mediterranean sunshine.
Performances April 15th-30th www.magentatheater.com
Reply to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Source: Oregonian Callboard
Beaverton Civic Theatre auditions for A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to The Forum
Show Runs: April 29th - May 14th, 2011
Friday, February 25th
6:30 pm – 8:30pm
Saturday, February 26th
11:00 am – 1:00pm
5755 SW Erickson Avenue, Beaverton
First Baptist Church
Bring a prepared musical number, accompanist provided. Monologues helpful, but not necessary - there will be cold readings from the script.
Rehearsals begin March 7th
at the Beaverton City Library Auditorium
Reply to: 503-754-9866 or email@example.com
Source: Oregonian Callboard
Auditions for The Other Thing
THE OTHER THING is a Rom-Com we are shooting in a Mumblecore style, actors are encouraged to contribute to the current material and make it their own and there will be some improv scenes.
Recently unemployed and called on to do a favor (THE OTHER THING) for a friend (he owes $500 to) Grog is forced to re-acquaint himself with old connections he hasn't seen in years. His current relationship with annoying girlfriend Darla is further put to the test when Betty (a fetching young lass... aka hot hipster chick) comes into the picture... It's a love story.
3-5 days shooting for the leads, shooting in Yakima April 22-26th 2011
Auditions in Portland on March 12th.
NON-UNION, pay based on experience, Meals and some help with transportation
Auditions are by appointment only
Reply to: Jim St. Martin at email@example.com to schedule an audition or get information about submitting a video audition.
Source: Auditions for Films
Open call for asian gangster shoot
A local photo studio is shooting a hong kong inspired fashion shoot in Chinatown on Thursday the 10th of February.
The shoot will be featured on a national show about photography.
Looking for people to play asian gangsters and hang out in character for the shoot.
Young gentlemen please bring a white tank top and sunglasses.
Older gentlemen please bring a dark suit to wear and sunglasses.
Ladies please dress as you would for a night out in hong kong.
Talent must be 18 or older.
Check-in is at 4:30pm.
Shooting begins at 5:30pm.
Meet at Fong Chong Restaurant.
Email if you can't make the check-in but would like to be in the shoot.
See you there!
Compensation: No Pay
Reply to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Sources: Craigslist
MALE ACTORS 18-45 needed
We need male actors 18-45 as extras in an indie film version of Shakespeare's MEASURE FOR MEASURE. We will be shooting crows scenes on the full-size village set on Sat Feb 19th from noon til 5pm.
If you are part of a theatre, Renaissance fair, etc- and have your own costumes- we encouarge you to bring them. If not, we will have wardrobe available.
The crowd scenes will be shot outdoors from noon til about 5pm on the village set, on Mt Hood (about 45min from Portland).
Several actors do not drive, so if you can give a ride to one of these actors- or if you yoursefl would need a ride- please let us know.
We are limited to 300 people for the scenes. Contact us for details if interested.
Compensation: no pay
Sources: Craigslist


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|Dr. Pauline Hargrove graduated from Lutcher Stark High School in Orange, Texas. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education and the Education of the Physically Handicapped from Lamar College of Technology. Ms. Hargrove also has a Master of Education degree in Supervision and Administration from McNeese State University, a Mid-management Administrator's Certificate and a Certificate of Supervision from Stephen F. Austin State University, and a Superintendent's Certificate and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Lamar State University.
Hargrove's 35-year career in education includes various teaching assignments in grades 1-8 at Mauriceville School, Little Cypress Elementary School, and Little Cypress Intermediate School. Ms. Hargrove was principal of Mauriceville Elementary School and Little Cypress Elementary School as well as LCM High School, prior to being named Superintendent of LCM CISD in 2000.
Some of her professional affiliations include membership and leadership in Phi Kappa Delta Honor Fraternity, Texas Elementary Principals' and Supervisors' Association, Association for School Curriculum Development, Texas Association of Secondary School Principals, Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA), TASA Legislative Committee, Region V Superintendents, Orange County Superintendents, Equity Center, Lamar University Lighthouse Initiative Advisory Board, Lamar University Educator Preparation Board, Tech-Prep Texas Executive Leadership Committee, UIL Region 10 Music Executive Committee, and UIL District 20 4A Executive Committee.
|In the community, Hargrove is an Elder, Adult Sunday School teacher, and Trustee of the First Presbyterian Church. She is a former member of the Service League of Orange, LeMaster Foundation, and Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and Executive Board. Currently, she serves on the Chamber of Commerce Education Committee, the Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commission, the Criminal Justice Advisory Board, Rotary Club, Leadership Southeast Texas, Orange County Economic Development – Workforce and Education Focus Groups, and several other advisory committees. She is a frequent speaker for civic and educational organizations and has presented at the local, regional, state, national, and international levels.
Among Hargrove's honors and achievements include being selected as an Olympic Torch Bearer in 2002, an Oxford Roundtable Representative in 2003, the "Athena Woman of the Year" in 2004 by the Business and Professional Women's Association, and the "Yellow Rose of Texas" in 2005 by Governor Rick Perry. She is the 2006-2007 President of the Orange Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow, the 2006 Region V "Superintendent of the Year," and was inducted into the Lamar University "Educator Hall of Fame" in 2006. The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce named Hargrove as the "Citizen of the Year" for 2006, and the Altrusa Club of Orange named her as the "Woman of the Year" for 2007. She was featured as the "Person in the Spotlight" in the April 2007 issue of Texas School Business, and earned her Education Doctoral Degree in 2008. She was featured in Learning from the Best: Lessons from Award-Winning Superintendents in 2009.
Mrs. Hargrove and her husband, Ricky, have two daughters (April and Jeannie), two sons-in-law (Bruce and Trey), and five grandchildren (Kenedie, Connor, Jordan, Ricki, and Presley). She is the daughter of Billie Colburn and the late Richard E. (Dick)


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But the same God who works in all things. A continuation of the teaching on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. 1 Cor 12:4-7
Yes, there are varieties, but the same God who works in all things, in all persons.
1 Corinthians 12:4-7 NASB Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5) And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. 6) There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. 7) But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.
You would at least say; that sounds familiar if you read my previous post where I used Moffatt's translation of Romans 12:6. This passage tells us, "Our talents differ with the grace that is given us." How much easier life would be if we could just accept that this is the way it is. Sadly, we are broken people and struggle with acceptance issues, all while secretly wanting the accolades, just as much as the next person. Although most of us will not admit that we long for the attention, it is as if we cannot accept that God has a plan that does not require us to be at center stage.
So there are varieties, differences, but what are they? Moffatt's translation lays them out nicely:
- "There are varieties of talents, but the same Spirit;"What Moffatt's called talents, the NASB translated gifts. Gifts are the Greek word Charisma, a common word a few years back when the Holy Spirit and gifts seem to come alive again. The word charisma means a gift of grace, but it is derived from charizomai, pronounced khar-id'-zom-ahee, which means to grant as a favor.My take from this leans more into the, apply what God has entrusted you with and stop being envious of some gifting He has given another person.
- "varieties of service, but the same Lord;"Service is the word Moffatt's translation used, and it may be very appropriate. However, the Greek word is diakonia which carries a wide variety of meanings, ranging from:
These words give a whole new meaning to the concept of ministry, as these are at their core, base, simple tasks, that need to be done.That thing portrayed as the ministry, by men like Joel Osteen, who drive around in Rolls Royce automobiles, create the idea that everyone should be like this, and being in the ministry is the way to make that happen.
- preparations,
- relief,
- serving,
- support.
- "varieties of effects, but the same God who effects everything in everyone."
"But, it is the same God who works all things in all persons."
Effects are the Greek word energēma; and is accurately conveyed in Moffatt's translation as, an effect, or operation.
Having been raised in a Pentecostal church, I would say that I have seen everything and in every form. I have acquaintances who at one point berated me for continuing to attend a church, where, from what they had heard, had people responding to the Holy Spirit by clucking like chickens and barking like dogs. I can't say I ever heard that in church, but I have listened as people screeched while demons came out of them. Bottom line, who am I to say how God operates. Having had the prophetic work through me at times, I can say that there was tremendous satisfaction in seeing the peace and freedom gained from the words the Holy Spirit gave me for those dear people.
Verse 7 becomes important in our understanding of dispersement.
- "But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good."
Given is the Greek word didōmi and means just that, to give. However, it can mean to allow, and that is a horse of a different color altogether. For to allow implies the availability, but not for you, or, not right now.I can understand why I would not have wanted me to give a word, and that would have to do with my insertion of far too much of my own emotion into the word. Strangely, God used me in spite of myself. So I am not sure I understand this allowance aspect fully.Manifestation – From the Greek word phanerōsis, phonetically pronounced fan-er'-o-sis From G5319; It means exhibition, that is, (figuratively) expression, (by extension) a bestowment: - manifestation.If it leans more toward an exhibition, then we might think that God was merely using us to show off His talents. Look at the definition of an exhibition.
1. The offering, producing or showing of titles, authorities or papers of any kind before a tribunal.
2. Public show; representation of feats or actions in public; display of oratory in public; any public show.In either case, God is putting you in the spotlight. Some people do not relish that idea and therefore fight against it.To be an expression, on the other hand, allows for a broader interpretation, as anyone, speaking God's word and heart, under the power of the Holy Spirit, could then be manifesting the Spirit. The critical person will find no good in a statement like this, as operating UNDER the power of the Holy Spirit must be clearly defined and work within parameters.Who is the one to say how the Holy Spirit, that thing best described as the wind, operates. Just because you saw or had it happen such way, does not mean it has to occur in that particular manner now. If this idea bothers you, then consider that Jesus, when performing miracles, rarely did the same thing twice.
Bestowment - The act of giving gratuitously, a conferring. Bestowment demonstrates God's character. The other terms are certainly aspects of who God is and how He operates, but the idea of bestowing gifts upon people, freely, are practically a trademark.Paul, as I mentioned previously, admonished us to pursue the prophetic. We find this in:
1 Corinthians 14:1 NASB 1) Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.
So, even though I find my gift to be service at the moment, the idea that God will bestow upon me other gifts, at a moment's notice, fascinates me.
One last thing here.
None of this about you, and has but one purpose, " the common good."
The words, common and good, have the same Greek word assigned to them. Duplication often means emphasis. Here the Greek word sumpherō means to bring together or to be profitable. Who then are we bringing together? Primarily believers although I can see how and why this would not exclude the Gentiles, those outside of a relationship with the Father. Why would we need to do that? Because, even in church, we are fractured, believing a wide variety of things with little consistency between us. How is that even possible? It is possible because of inconsistent teaching that includes opinion rather than God's word, tradition rather than truth, and false characterizations of God's nature.
At the church I now attend, our Pastor emphasizes that we are one body, with many locations. One body with a common thread between us. I like the premise that we are one body, with many locations; it is very open and accepting, but I struggle with the statement because it includes so many religions. Our Mormon friends for example, should I include them in this group, as they attribute Jesus with being a brother of Satan. Is it the fact that they may say Jesus gives us our common ground?
Not that long ago I attended an Assembly of God church. As a youth, this church was wildly Pentecostal, and I found it fascinating, all of it. Now, years later, there are few traces of the Pentecostal ways, but the traditions and opinions run deep. Most of the Bible teachers I met during the eighteen months I was there, strained at anything that tried to operate outside their box of tradition. Let me give you an example. Because I spent a large portion of my life there into my early twenties and participated in praying with people down front, it is something I am not only familiar with, but comfortable being involved in. Having been back for only a short time, this particular night the Pastor ended with if you have had a miracle in your life come down front and join the prayer team as they pray over people. I added myself to the six people down front. Only a couple of people came down for prayer, but no one came near me. I suspect that people feared to have a big grizzly bear pray for them. As I stood there looking back at the audience, I made eye contact with a person. At that point the Holy Spirit said, that's the one, get them. I pointed at them and motioned. There were the regular lip movements as they asked, who me? And so I did as the Holy Spirit had told me, and I went after them. I am sure that it was as intimidating as it sounds, but strangely, the whole family came. I told them what I was doing and why and then prayed. I don't remember what I prayed, but after a minute or two and much tears, they hugged me and returned to their seats.
How did that work out for me? Quickly, after family sat down, I was accosted by a female pastor who wanted to know who had given me permission to come down front, unapproved, without the approved prayer oil and pray over people. I told her to talk to the pastor who was still nearby and had made the invitation. Where was our common thread that night? I could not say it was love, but there was certainly a disdain for operating outside of tradition.


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The Pentagon said Thursday that U.S. forces in Afghanistan dropped the military's largest non-nuclear bomb on an Islamic State target in eastern Afghanistan. This is the first time a Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (MOAB) has been used in combat.
The Pentagon says the bomb was dropped on a cave com …See the original posting at What is the MOAB?


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How to make 3D hand art!
You will need a piece of paper, some different colored markers, crayons, etc. and your hand!
Step 1: Trace your hand on a piece of paper
Step 2: Start by drawing straight across the paper then round the line inside the hand to make the 3D shape.
Step 3: continue step 2 with multiple colors to brighten your art
And you're done! Super easy but super fun. Love this little trick and perfect for a fun arts and crafts project to keep someone busy or try out when you are bored.


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AIPAC, Israel and the US Media are all trying to push America to confront Iran. There is enough evidence to suggest that "Uncle Sam" is already on board, was always on board and never had any intention of not being on board. Therefore, what do we have? We have a nonsensical farce where Bibi vistis the "hype" man and, according to the 'New York Times', while, they "stressed common goals and played down their differences on strategy, it seemed clear that they still do not agree even on the basic question of how much time remains to stop Iran from gaining a nuclear weapons capability."(1) In the meantime, the continued occupation of the West Bank, the extension of the settlements and the not offering the Palestinians very much accept the key to a prison rather than a key to their lost homes, will continue and ..... and well, it will all be about Iran, won't it? And when Israel finally does try to go for the jugular, our "hype" man will just say, "well, we did try and we did wait, but ..... and now we will just have to protect our ally whose very existence is being threatened." So, there we have it and my little scenario; with Brigadier General Michael Herzog, the chief of staff to Israel's minister of defense, saying, "Under a certain scenario, if the Iranians decide to speed ahead, they can have a first device by the end of 2010, perhaps the beginning of 2011, and that's not very far away",(2) we can expect Israel to attack Iran during the summer of next year, after repeated expressions of frustration at Iran from our "hype" man, we can then expect our "hype" man to come away with the usual disgusting drivel about how they did give Iran a chance, and, in the meantime, the building of the new settlement and the expansion of the old ones will have continued unabated and the Palestinians will be as far as they ever were from statehood and nobody really does talk about the nuclear weapons that Israel deceived Kennedy to get, but denies having and, having denied having them, they cannot be brought into the occassion, can they? Then they don't really have them, but they do! Yes, the drivel, the gobblydegook, the 'newspeak', the nonsense, the dead metaphors, don't only facilitating the killing of innocents, they are sort of killing the English language.
1 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/us/politics/19web-sanger.html?_r=1&hp
2 ibid


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October 6, 2008
The Disadvantage of Being Self-Employed
Unfortunately one of the disadvantages of being self-employed I have discovered, is that you're on your own when it comes to health and life insurance benefits. So lately I've been doing a lot of research on both.
The main reason is because I am still not able to get on my husband's insurance at this time. It seems that every time he calls, we're given a later month/date on when we can enroll me on his insurance. And without it, I am unable to be seen by a doctor unless I have big bucks.
So I've finally became fed up and I've been looking into things like term life insurance quotes and health quotes on my own. It's not easy and I've found than many insurance companies are very expensive! So until I can decide what is what and where I am going from here, I've changed my eating habits for the better and I'm still doing yoga!
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An American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut took a spacewalk to move a construction crane and install a radio antenna on the international space station.
It was the first spacewalk for Carl Walz and Yuri Onufrienko since they moved into the space station last month.
The spacewalkers' main task was to move a Russian-built crane, nearly 50 feet long when fully extended, from its temporary berth on the U.S. side of the orbiting outpost to a permanent location on the Russian side..
Also on the men's agenda: installing the first of four ham radio antennas on the living quarters.


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The professional mechanics' favourite is now tougher and easier to re-use but just as easy to wear for delicate tasks. Protects your skin from potential hazardous substances and keeps your hands clean. Nitrile material will cause no allergic reaction unlike latex gloves. Nitrile is also far more resistant than latex to damage when in contact with caustic and alcohol based brake fluids and cleaning products. Strong enough to resist snagging, but stretchy enough to fit well.
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Your Life Path Number is 3
Your purpose in life is to express your unique self.
You are a creative and artistic person with an interesting view on life.
Witty and outgoing, you enjoy sharing your crazy ideas with anyone who will listen.
A total social butterfly, you're the life of any party.
In love, you inspire and enchant your partner. You are often an object of fantasy and desire.
While you are very talented, you sometimes lack the ambition to put your talents in play.
And while your wit carries you a long way, you occasionally use it to mask your true feelings.
Your natural abilities can bring you all the success in the world ... if you let them
My Life Path Number
as a reader of Andrea's blog, i'm tagged with this meme. if you're a reader over here, consider yourself tagged, too. hmmmm i think number 3 is pretty accurate...i think.
Posted by iMother2.0 at 8:10 PM
6 comments:
- nopinkhere said...
Yep! Sounds like you!
- Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 8:21:00 PM CDT
- Andrea said...
This screams Tanya. A classic 3!
What jumped out at me:
Witty and outgoing.
Total social butterfly and the life of any party!
In love you inspire and enchant your partner. (I can TOTALLY see this.)
- Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 8:44:00 PM CDT
- C-man and Mama said...
Im a 3 too! winkwink
- Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 9:16:00 AM CDT
- Christina said...
No wonder we get along so well - I'm a three too! I'm not so sure it fite me, tho...I'm not very outgoing and social, or witty!
- Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 3:09:00 PM CDT
- Kristen Andrews said...
that is pretty cool!
- Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 7:48:00 PM CDT
ah yes, a 3 you are in deed! :)
- Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 6:24:00 AM CDT
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This is not a post that I want to write, but one that I must, none the less. A few years ago, Matt's gram passed on Thanksgiving day. This year, we lost my grandma a few short days prior as well. While I want to give thanks and share gratitude, I also want to remember those who have been influential in our lives, but are no longer with us.
Previously I have posted about Matt's gram's recipe for Swedish Dream cookies that we make every year at Christmas. I have framed and hung her recipe in my kitchen – the dirty one in her hard to read handwriting. That is something that I am more than grateful for.
Today, I writing about my grandma. I am beyond grateful for all the years we have had with her as a family – for all the memories, stories, laughs, smiles, sugar cookies, and apples in my stocking. I am grateful my children got to know her and I am beyond grateful that they have amazing memories of her as well.
As a crafter, I often turn to crafting as a form of coping with emotions – good and bad, happy and sad. This time, I made a piece of jewelry to keep with me to help me have my grandma with me whenever I want her there. It helped me to get through her funeral and will continue to help me get through the next few weeks as we go through Thanksgiving and enter into the Christmas season…
There are pictures, old and new, in here… Pictures of them smootching in 1978, pictures of them with me as a baby, and pictures of the blankets she had blessed our family with, along with a small piece of yarn from one of them. There is a ribbon that "fell out" of a hymnal (according to my brother) at her funeral service, and a bird charm that reminds me of her fight and final "flight" to be with God.
I challenge you to remember those you have loved and lost this holiday season and find a way to honor them in your own unique way. Whether that be as a gift to someone else, or just for yourself. Find peace and give thanks.
Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. Philippians, 1:3
(Special thanks to Ranger for some amazing products used to create this cherished necklace!)


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Property is in a good location just 10 minutes walk from Sarlat. It is clean and comfortable but we felt it needs updating. The property is well equipped and has everything you need and good parking. The pool is excellent and a good size. TV only has French channels so not useful for us. Cathy is a friendly and helpful host and can be contacted if required. This property has a terrace front and back so breakfast and dinner can be enjoyed outside. Overall it was very enjoyable stay and would recommend it.
The house was very well equipped with a lovely pool and the village of St Martial is quite charming, with a restaurant and boulangerie. We will be inspired to improve our French so that we can communicate better with our hosts !


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Oliver Walston has cut 15% of his winter wheat at Thriplow Farm
Oliver Walston has cut 15% of his winter wheat at Thriplow Farm, Cambridge, and is thrilled with the yields so far.
See our rapidly growing Harvest Highlights gallery of pictures sent in by users.
The 55ha (136 acres) of Glasgow averaged 11.7t/ha (4.75t/acre), moisture adjusted and over a weighbridge. "It's incredible. It's too early to say that it's the best harvest ever – we must see what the second wheats do before we can say that."
Mr Walston had cut wheat at the wettest level ever – 27.1% – to capture the weather market prices, selling all the wheat so far at between £115/t and £171/t.
However, the Excel and Castille oilseed rape suffered from sclerotinia and averaged 3.4t/ha (1.4t/acre). "I sold it extraordinarily badly, most at £220/t."
Mr Walston now had 364ha (900 acres) of wheat left to cut, 50ha (124 acres) of beans and 20ha (50 acres) of peas.
Crop: Winter wheat
Variety: Glasgow
Area: 55ha (136 acres)
Yield: 11.7t/ha (4.74t/acre)
Crop: Oilseed rape
Varieties: Excel and Castille
Area: 105ha (260 acres)
Yield: 3.4t/ha (1.4t/acre)
Duxford winter wheat is an HGCA Recommended List 2008/09 variety with very high
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The Maton Australian EA80C Series guitars have taken on a new look.
This classic guitar features newly tuned, scalloped braced tops with more refined solid select grain Blackwood back and sides. The backs have been radiused to help create a greater tonal spectrum with focus on classic Maton earthy tones resulting in more bottom end response. The Necks have been upgraded to solid Blackwood timber and in keeping with the "Australian" theme, now have a Desert Acacia (Mulga) fingerboard and Bridge. Finally the Australian series now comes with the NEW Maton UV cured paint finish – a finer coat for a finer tone. A new MOP Australian Decal adorns this exciting new guitar. (Can be ordered with a Bunya Pine Top to be completely made from Australian Tone woods)
The Australian Series is the culmination of over 50 years of building guitars from Australian timber. It showcases our indigenous timber at its best. Beautiful Blackwood back and sides combine with a premium quality Queensland Maple neck to produce a rich, well balanced tone. This uniquely Australian guitar sits right up there with the best the world has to offer.
This model can be ordered as a left handed instrument and also includes the option of cutaway or standard non-cutaway versions.
Product SpecificationsFace: AAA Spruce - Scalloped Bracing
Face Inlay: Herringbone
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Cutaway: Std
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Fingerboard: Mulga
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With the crazy that has become our lives, I totally spaced sharing some memories from our trip to the zoo a couple weeks back. Uncle JoeJoe, Auntie D and Princess A had flown in that very day and we met up with them, Auntie MooMoo and GramPapa for a wonderful afternoon.
Jack only knew Uncle JoeJoe through pictures and stories but was his biggest fan just the same. He was on Uncle J like white on rice. This shot was taken within moments of meeting..
Jack and Jill both love (and look up to) their totally cool cousin, Princess A.
Melissa who?..
There were cool tigers..
Nosy neighbors..
And boy howdy, was it hot..
It was a most excellent day!
Jack and Jill might return home but no one can take away our good times. No way, no how.
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Brendan Hansen got right to it.
"I didn't get a result, I got an IV," the world-record holder said in summarizing his performance at the swimming world championships in March.
Hansen contracted a virus during the year's biggest meet and had to drop out of the 200-meter breaststroke, an event he won Friday at the Santa Clara International grand prix. Hansen did win the 100 breaststroke and earned a silver in the 50 in Melbourne, Australia. But it offered little solace.
"We came off the world championships this year and we were disappointed," he said of himself, Aaron Peirsol and Ian Crocker.
The Texas trio are among the world's best in the breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly. But Peirsol lost his world record in the 200 backstroke, and Crocker was defeated by Michael Phelps in the 100 butterfly. Crocker also caused the Americans to be disqualified in the 400 medley relay by diving too soon during a qualifying heat.
"Just winning one gold medal is not going to be enough," Hansen said. "Not being able to swim the relay at night is not going to be enough. Those things should not happen. I shouldn't have gotten sick."


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Lonely Boys (2016) – By Paul Busetti
Dan Simon's "Lonely Boys" begins with the sound of crashing waves and bookends with our wayward protagonists treading though the water.
Jules (Simon) is a stubborn playwright who has recently shirked a TV deal. Saul (Gregory Lay) is a boozing, frustrated restaurant manager and acknowledged Bradley Cooper lookalike. Saul wears a facial bandaid of questionable origin the way Jake Gittes wears a bandage across his knife sliced nose. Both men are dealing with being newly single. Saul refuses to sign his divorce papers and Jules has moved back home with his parents after his relationship has gone belly up. A scene in which Jules revisits the apartment he shared with his ex girlfriend is especially well done and recalls the poignancy of a similar scene in Alexander Payne's masterful "Sideways".
The two bounce around Brooklyn on a sweaty summer day. Their musings flow from bodegas and bars out onto the streets and rooftops. People join them for a time and then peel off. It has the authentic feel of a day spent walking the New York City streets. One of the most refreshing things about "Lonely Boys" is that it is hyper aware of its influences. It mirrors the iconic bridge shot from Woody Allen's "Manhattan" (also Jules's ex leaves him a DVD of Allen's "Another Woman") and a brief sojourn brings the two face to face with the often criticized and entitled types of millennials portrayed on HBO's "Girls'.
Just when the film is in danger of becoming stagnant in its New York setting, it uproots our duo and plunks them down in the middle of a Connecticut beachside estate party. Having burned their bridges in the city, Saul by getting fired and Jules by rebuffing a salacious Broadway producer, they are free. It is then that we realize how much we love these characters and what a delight it is to follow them into the unknown. The film perfectly captures the excitement of being in a place and around people you had no idea you would be amongst when you woke up that morning.
Enough cannot be said about the chemistry between Simon and Lay. They give the film a real momentum and keep it from being just a series of well written encounters. Whenever Simon flirts too closely with the clench jawed seriousness of the down on his luck playwright cliché, he is bailed out by Lay. A thinly veiled discussion about Jules cutting a character from his new play is clearly about his inability to excise the destructive Saul from his life but it is saved due to the direction and the strength of the actors in the scene. The script begins to delve into a subplot about Jules's drinking problem and attempts at recovery but smartly keeps it mostly in the background. Besides the leads, special praise is due for actors Mark Borkowski & Michael Halliday, cinematographer Alex Watson-Eng and composer Max Cudworth for his terrific piano score.
"Lonely Boys" is a fiery and moving look at broken men who are still fighting the good fight.


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Gift ideas for him just started dating, he's a crush, but you're pretty sure the feeling's reciprocated
Page 1 of 2 Everyone has been in this situation: Common sense can solve a lot of gift-giving headaches, it's true. Things Just Got Started Relationship time frame: If you're unfamiliar with the world of board games beyond Monopoly, Settlers of Catan is a great place to start — just don't forget to put away all of the little pieces before you have sex on the table after you win. Assuming your man's got a solid head on his shoulders, a book will make for an excellent gift at any stage of your relationship.
How to Apologize for Lost Time.
Help him out with a gallery wall starter pack that includes seven black frames he can organize to his own specifications. A weekend getaway — whether it's to a far isle or just two towns away — will get you out of whatever rut you've found yourselves in. So he'll stop stealing your face mask and use one of his own.
After the spa treatment is over you can go to dinner… 9. Here you are, with a new relationship and just as you're getting to know the person, their birthday rolls up out of nowhere and leaves you wondering about the gift.
According to somewhat irrational, time-honored societal standards, it's around this time that you can finally throw caution to the wind and show that you do, in fact, care a whole lot. A funny or quirky mug. And each of the above has its perks: This is a bit more special.
The person has a great laugh, great hair, they enjoy similar activities, and even claim to want a serious relationship — imagine that! If your budget's a little tight, check Groupon for some awesome discounts at restaurants near you. Cosmopolitan has partnered with Revlon and Zoosk to bring you the ultimate love guide.
No, food is the food of love. Choose something that will not, by any means, put you out financially. He'll love when he writes his ideas in that sweet Moleskine pad or unique leather notebook — and it's way, way classier.
A love of Spiderman? Go for the digital version.
Mentioned he would do anything to get gift ideas for him just started dating Dr. A "just because" gift might be a little out of place at this stage in the relationship. If you think it's time he gave those Stan Smiths a rest offer up another option that are just as stylish. If his mom's in the picture, go on, get carried away.
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This summer might just be the best time of their lives, but is Hadley ready for everything to change – again?
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Katlyn Duncan was born and raised in a small town in western Massachusetts. Her overactive imagination involved invisible friends, wanting to be a Disney Princess and making up her own stories. Her bibliophile mom always encouraged her love of reading and that stayed with her since. Even though she works full time in the medical field Katlyn has always made time for books, whether she is reading or writing them.
Katlyn now lives in southern Connecticut with her husband and adorable Wheaten Terrier and she is thrilled to finally share her stories with the world.


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Andy Hoffman
Vancouver — From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Jul. 13, 2010 2:33PM EDT Last updated on Tuesday, Jul. 13, 2010 7:46PM EDT
After the dramatic events surrounding Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (IVN-T17.18-0.37-2.11%) this week, two things are certain about Robert Friedland: The brash promoter still knows how to drum up a frenzy of interest in a mining project, and he's not afraid of a fight.
Vancouver-based Ivanhoe and its chairman, Mr. Friedland, on Tuesday declared war on its biggest shareholder, global mining giant Rio Tinto (RTP-N46.35-1.23-2.59%) by unveiling plans to lift restrictions on Ivanhoe's ability to issue shares to strategic investors.
The aggressive move, coupled with Ivanhoe's decision in April to implement a "poison pill" that would frustrate any attempts by Rio Tinto to launch an unsolicited takeover, resulted in a flurry of trading in Ivanhoe's shares, which surged 14.3 per cent on the TSX on speculation that the mining firm might garner interest from another potential suitor.
It also prompted the resignation of Andrew Harding, the head of Rio Tinto's copper division, from Ivanhoe's board of directors, setting the stage for a showdown between Ivanhoe and the world's third-largest mining company.
The prize at the centre of the battle is control of the Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia, considered to be one of the world's largest untapped copper-and-gold deposits. Ivanhoe recently estimated Oyu Tolgoi's annual production would exceed 544,000 tonnes of copper and 650,000 ounces of gold for the first 10 years of a 59-year mine life.
"It has been well anticipated that there will be other parties interested in Oyu Tolgoi and this cracks the door open for them a bit," John Hayes, an analyst with BMO Nesbitt Burns, said in an interview.
Officials from Rio Tinto – which already owns 29.6 per cent of Ivanhoe and has the right to increase that stake to 46.7 per cent as part of an agreement struck with Ivanhoe in October of 2006 – declined to comment on the dispute. However, a source close to London-based Rio Tinto said the company planned to exercise its right to appoint two additional members (for a total of three) to Ivanhoe's board in the near future in a bid to exert more control over the company.
Rio recently disclosed that it has been in talks with its own largest shareholder, Aluminum Corp. of China (also known as Chinalco) about giving the Chinese state-backed company a stake in Ivanhoe or a direct interest in the Oyu Tolgoi project. Rio also disclosed that is interested in potentially acquiring a direct interest in the deposit rather than its equity stake in Ivanhoe.
Last week, Rio said it planned to refer Ivanhoe's shareholder rights plan, or "poison pill," to arbitration in British Columbia. Ivanhoe adopted the plan in April against the wishes of Mr. Harding, Rio's sole appointment on the Ivanhoe board at the time. The arbitration process is expected to take 90 days.
After more than five years of delays, construction on Oyu Tolgoi, which is expected to cost $4.6-billion (U.S.), is now well under way and there are believed to be about 3,000 workers on site. Rio has spent more than $1-billion financing the massive mine but, as a minority shareholder of Ivanhoe without a direct interest in the deposit, it is not in charge of the project. Ivanhoe's biggest challenge has been securing financing for its share of the building costs.
Mr. Friedland, a globe-trotting veteran of the resource sector, is well versed in playing potential suitors against one another to maximize shareholder value. He orchestrated the frenzy around the Voisey's Bay nickel deposit in Labrador by pitting Canadian mining stalwarts Inco and Falconbridge against one another in a dramatic battle for control of the project. Voisey's Bay was eventually sold to Inco in 1996 for $4.3-billion (Canadian), far higher than many anticipated.
When Ivanhoe struck its investment agreement with Rio Tinto in 2006, it appeared that Mr. Friedland had, in return for a much needed investment in Ivanhoe, given the mining giant a major advantage against competitors vying for control of Oyu Tolgoi. But with the adoption of the poison pill, which would flood the market with shares if Rio acquired more than 46.7 per cent of Ivanhoe, and with Tuesday's decision to lift the covenant that prevented Ivanhoe from selling more than 5 per cent of its shares to a strategic investor, Mr. Friedland has shown Ivanhoe still has plenty of options if Rio were to launch a takeover bid.
"Rio was talking and trying to plan the future of Ivanhoe. But now Rio is saying, 'We'll plan the future of Ivanhoe, thank you very much,' " Mr. Hayes said.
Under the investment agreement, Rio has the right to match any offer for Ivanhoe's shares from another strategic investor. However, the poison pill would prevent Rio from exercising that right beyond a 46.7 per cent stake in Ivanhoe.
Analyst Raymond Goldie of Salman Partners pointed to Anglo-American PLC as a potential suitor for Ivanhoe or an investor in Oyu Tolgoi. He said attempts to invest in Oyu Tolgoi by Chinalco or other Chinese state-owned enterprises would likely face opposition from the Mongolian government, which has a 34-per-cent interest in the project.
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Pro's Ranch Markets filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Arizona on Tuesday. The Southern California-based grocery chain, which caters to Latino customers with imported food products from Mexico and Central America, reportedly anticipates more than $7 million in pre-petition PACA (Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act) claims from 83 companies. Reports indicate that the company is blaming the filing partly on the aggressive attitude toward immigrants, particularly Latinos, in Arizona—where the majority of the company's stores are located.
Pro's Ranch is owned by the Provenzano family, which opened the first Pro's Ranch in Southern California in 1982. Twenty years later, in 2002, the company launched its first store in Phoenix, Ariz., and subsequently opened stores in Texas and New Mexico. Today, the company has 11 stores: seven in Arizona, two in Texas and two in New Mexico. It also has a gas station, three laundromats, an 80,000-s.f. corporate office and warehouse in California and a 151,000-s.f. warehouse in Phoenix.
In late 2012, it was named the Arizona Retailer of the Year by the Arizona Food Marketing Alliance.