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Chinese smartphone giant Vivo has launched its newest smartphone, the Vivo V7 in India. The smartphone is being advertised heavily for its 24MP selfie camera. Priced at Rs 18,990, the smartphone operates on an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 Processor.
Vivo V7 launch offers on Flipkart
The V7 comes in two colours – Matte Black and Champagne Gold, will be a Flipkart exclusive and will start selling from November 24. It is already up for pre-booking with offers such as no-cost EMIs starting Rs 1,583, regular EMIs starting Rs 921 and one-time free screen replacement.
Flipkart is offering exchange offer on the smartphone (up to Rs. 18,000 off and an additional Rs. 2,000 off on the exchange discount) along with free couple movie voucher from Bookmyshow and extra 5 percent discount on Axis Bank Buzz credit cards.
Read more: OnePlus 5T smartphone launched: Specifications and design
Vivo V7 specifications
Sporting a 5.7-inch HD+ display with 18:9 aspect ratio, Vivo V7 packs 4GB RAM and is claimed to handle several applications including complex games, social media applications and more with ease.
The device features 32GB of inbuilt storage, expandable up to 256GB via microSD card letting you maximize on video and audio files. The dual-SIM (Nano) smartphone runs Funtouch OS 3.2 based on Android 7.1 Nougat.
It comes with a 3000 mAh Li-ion battery along with a fingerprint Sensor at the back. Users also get the option to use the Face unlock tech.
Vivo V7 is for selfie lovers
The Vivo V7 comes with a 24 MP Moonlight front-facing camera with Face Beauty 7.0 software. Also comes with a selfie softlight to users take pictures in a low light environment. The portrait mode lets users click attractive self-portraits, while the Live Photo feature creates moving images.
Vivo's latest selfie-focused smartphone mimics Vivo V7+ in terms of specifications. The V7+ came earlier in September this year. However, it is less powerful than the V7+ in terms of display and battery.


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I was fortunate to have discovered Wayne's writings years ago. I raised my two daughters using what I learned (and sometimes internalized) from him. I was a single father for both, then a single father for the oldest. I lost custody of my youngest in a red neck town to an alcoholic (with DUIs) mother. Who went on to marry two more alcoholics. They were both verbally and a bit physically abusive. I did everything I could to work with my youngest daughter's self awareness, self esteem, and help her grow into the independent young woman she is. My oldest openly tells me she makes many decisions in her life based upon what I had taughter her from what I had learnded from men and women like Wayne. All in all, the three of us have done much better in our lives because of what we learned. I have met and talked with may celebrities including Wayne and Depak Chopra (Bill Gates and many people few have heard of from all over the world). They have all enriched my life. However, what I absorbed from Wayne's written and oral works have made a great difference for me and my lovely daughters.

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The girls are here! My mom picked my oldest up from the airport this afternoon, so when I got home from work, both my girls were here. It was so lovely just hanging out with them both, talking, eating, listening, and watching them wrap a few presents.
Now they've gone to their dad's house, but I'll see them again tomorrow. So nice.
Oh yes, and it seems my dad does have shingles, which doesn't really surprise me as I have a cold sore outbreak as well. He got a shot and some medicine that should help alleviate the symptons, plus the preventive shot he received a month or two ago is supposed to help reduce the severity. Here's hoping.
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Module Three: Locating, Evaluating, and Synthesizing Information
Performing Internet searches
Search Engines:There are MANY web search engines available, as well as meta-search engines. See a list of search engines at Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines. The InfoPeople website has a helpful chart comparing various search engines.
Meta-search EnginesMetasearch engines search across several search engines, eliminate duplicate results, and return a list of results organized by search engine or relevance. Not all meta-search engines are the same; results will differ because not all meta-search engines search across the same web search engines.
Evaluating Websites for Accuracy, Authority, Currency, Objectivity, & Coverage
Is Wikipedia a bad word?
Using Library Databases
EBSCO Host Databases
File Not Found
Practicing Scholarly Integrity
One Search in Follett's DestinyWhen students perform a search in their school's Destiny program, the first results are for print materials in their school library. Selecting the One Search Tab displays search results for websites and databases (both free and subscription) that the librarian has selected. Find more information on setting up One Search on the ESC 15 Library Wiki http://library.wiki.netxv.net/Destiny+Libraries.


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How do you find out what's inside a building if you can't go in? It's a question that's surprisingly relevant in areas like disaster relief, when being able to see inside a collapsed structure could mean the difference between life and death.
So how exactly do you find out what's inside a building without going in? By detecting tiny particles called muons. Muons are produced in the upper atmosphere by collisions between air molecules and cosmic rays from the sun and other stars. These muons then make their way down to the ground, where specialized detectors can pick them up.
Muons can usually pass through walls, but sometimes they collide instead, meaning that a detector will see fewer muons if there are walls or other objects in the way. By measuring how many muons pass through a certain area—like a building—we can figure out exactly how much of that area is solid and how much is empty space.


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This is an album of 3 CD's with wonderful performances by Joshua Bell.
Disk 1 is devoted to Violin Concerti;
Disk 2 contains sonatas and chamber music, and
CD-3 is devoted to shorter encore pieces.
As such, here are the specifics:
Disk 1 features the Mozart Violin concerto #5, and the Brahms Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
Disk 2 contains the following:
• Faure' Sonata For Violin And Piano No.1 In A, Op.13
• Prokofiev Sonata For Violin And Piano No.2 In D, Op.94b
• Shostakovich Piano Trio No.2, Op.67
Disk 3 also has a collection of well-known encores by Kreisler, Massenet, Paganini, Saint-Seans, Wieniawski, and others.
Mr. Bell has become a huge success in his performances of a large repertoire of music. His phrasing, warm tone, and exquisite technique make his music a delight to hear.
Here is Joshua Bell performing the Bach Chaconne from the Partita #2:
And here's more about performing the music of Bach:
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A few nice free photo software images I found:
Winter in Austin
Image by Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits
This past Saturday, I found myself way on the west side of Austin with a little free time and my camera - usually that's a dangerous combo. What I mean is, I lose track of reality and get sucked into the photography vortex for hours. But, it's all good. This time however it was just too darn bright outside and I only fired off a few shots. I am just not much for shooting when the bright sun is overhead. That brings me back to the title of this shot. It doesn't look like winter, does it? We had wonderfully warm temps this weekend, despite having fairly frigid weather earlier in the week and even snow about 10 days ago. Oh well, as they like to say around here: if you don't like the weather, just wait 5 minutes and it will change.
From the blog at: www.nomadicpursuits.com/
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Take notice that the following application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Application Type: Declaration of Intention.
b. Docket No.: DI00-5-000.
c. Date Filed: June 15, 2000.
d. Applicant: John & Ronda Gacek.
e. Name of Project: Hidden Creek Hydro.
f. Location: On unnamed stream, known as Hidden Creek, San Miguel County, T. 42N., R. 11 W., sec. 2, SE1/4NE1/4, New Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado. Project would not utilize federal lands or reservations.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 23(b)(1) of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 817(b).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John Joseph Gacek, Jr., and Ronda L. Gacek, P.O. Box 1930, 4400 Fallcreek Road, Telluride, CO 81435, telephone (970) 728-0214 (office/home), (970) 728-1469 (FAX), E-Mail email@example.com.
i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed to Diane M. Murray at (202) 219-2682, E-mail address: email@example.com.
j. Deadline for filing comments and/or motions: August 14, 2000.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington DC 20426.
Please include the docket number (DI00-5-000) on any comments or motions filed.
k. Description of Project: The proposed project would consist of: (1) A 3-foot-high dam; (2) a 1,260-foot-long pipeline; (3) a powerhouse with a total generating capacity of 1,500 kW; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The estimated cost of running power to the site by the local power company, San Miguel Power Association, is over $100,000.
When a Declaration of Intention is filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Federal Power Act requires the Commission to investigate and determine if the interests of interstate or foreign commerce would be affected by the project. The Commission also determines whether or not the project: (1) Would be located on a navigable waterway; (2) would occupy Start Printed Page 43324or affect public lands or reservations of the United States; (3) would utilize surplus water or water power from a government dam; or (4) if applicable, has involved or would involve any construction subsequent to 1935 that may have increased or would increase the project's head or generating capacity, or have otherwise significantly modified the project's pre-1935 design or operation.
l. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application is available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. This filing may be viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h. above.
m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene—Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified comment date for the particular application.
Filing and Service of Responsive Documents—Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title "COMMENTS", "RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS", "PROTEST", OR "MOTION TO INTERVENE", as applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular application.
Agency Comments—Federal, state, and local agencies are invited to file comments on the described application. A copy of the application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.Start Signature
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Homeschool Buyers Co-op GREAT DEAL!
For the first time ever, we are offering an incredible deal through the Homeschool Buyers Co-op. I was so impressed with Brett Walker and his program that I agreed to make this very special offer to his members. Anyone can join for free and then enjoy the amazing discounts that he offers to homeschool parents as they are looking for high quality educational materials for their families.
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Letter: NCHS choral news
The New Canaan High School Concert Choir and Madrigal Ensemble performed selections from Handel's "Messiah," as well as other choral and holiday favorites in two concerts as a culmination of their semester-long work.
The NCHS Concert Choir performed with the New Haven Civic Orchestra and St. Luke's Choral Program on Sunday, Dec. 11 at Woolsey Hall, Yale University. Additionally, the NCHS Concert Choir and Madrigal Ensemble performed on Wednesday, Dec. 14 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in New Canaan. The annual concert featured both choral ensembles, student soloists and a string ensemble performing selections from "Messiah," by G.F. Handel.
The NCHS Choir is also thrilled to announce the recent success at the Connecticut Music Educators Association (CMEA) Western Region Chorus auditions, eleven of the NCHS choir members were chosen to perform with the regional chorus in January, which is the most in over 10 years, and they are each invited to audition for the Connecticut All-State Ensemble.
Three of their 2016 All-State Choir Members have been chosen to perform with the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) All-Eastern Chorus in Atlantic City, N.J. in April. This choir is comprised of chosen students from 11 states and is a part of only 28 chosen from the state of Connecticut. This is a huge honor and accomplishment for Lauren Carlson (soprano), Tessa Piontkowski (soprano) and Finley Vigliotti (tenor).
Lastly, our choral program is wrapping up the annual grapefruit fundraiser, with 860 boxes delivered and over 60 donated to local food banks! If you would like to place an order, there are a few boxes still available. Call the choir room today! Please visit the NCHS choir website for more information about our program and upcoming performances — www.newcanaanhighschoolchoir.weebly.com — or call 203-594-4690.
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You'll have to stop by American Holiday Artist's blog today. Some photos of my garden are featured in their current post.
Last year we totally redid the landscaping in our front yard--moving a fence and arbor, having a new brick walk installed, taking out some old arborvitae that we planted 20 years ago, moving in Maple and Evergreen trees, and transplanting all of the perrenials and shrubs. We wanted to open up the front yard a bit. Here is a photo of the before:And, a couple of after: It's a work in progress, with some more fence sections to add and a lot of planting to do, but so far, both Rick and I are happy with it.
July 19, 2009
5 comments:
- magikalseasons said...
Beautiful! Love those coneflowers!
- Sunday, 19 July, 2009
- Manola said...
All those flowers are beautiful! I like a lot your garden! I live in an apartment in town and there isn't even a shadow of a garden ... so when I see one I fall in love! ^___^
- Sunday, 19 July, 2009
- Designs By CK said...
Looks great and what beautiful flowers!
Have a great week Nancy!
Chris (-:
- Monday, 20 July, 2009
- Little Dollings by Brenda O. said...
It's just beautiful, Nancy! How on earth do you get anything else done?!
- Monday, 20 July, 2009
- Bonnie said...
What aa beautiful garden..just like its owner......
- Saturday, 25 July, 2009
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RICHMOND — A bill that would curb abuses of tax-exempt car dealer license plates will be signed by the governor as soon as legislators approve technical amendments next week.
Gov. L. Douglas Wilder reviewed the bill this week, and his office said Tuesday that he wants the General Assembly to approve minor amendments before he makes it law.


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Our neighbour inadvertently ruined our sheets this week. Instead of letting us know he was going to spray his new fence panels with wood treatment using a high-powered spray-gun-thingy, instead of even checking over the fence to see that a) we weren't out in the garden or b) didn't have anything close to our side of his fence which would be ruined by his inept spraying, he went ahead and sprayed. The white sheets my husband and I chose together as our first married sheets were hanging out to dry (this being British Summertime, air-drying days are few and far between and it behoves one to take advantage).
A particularly large flourish by the neighbour with his spray gun managed to liberally sprinkle the entire corner of our garden, and every piece of bed linen, with fence treatment. His response when my husband went round was "Wash them and if it doesn't come out, get back to me" (he did also have the good sense to apologise). But seriously! So we washed them again (I throughout muttering under my breath about how, had I inadvertently sprinkled someone's washing with indelible muck, I would be falling over myself to pay for their careful laundering by a professional, then to replace the sheets if said professional was thwarted by the sheer stubbornness of the concotion required to make the fence weatherproof) and of course the stuff remained.
I was very upset about having to buy new sheets (despite the neighbour's offer to pay) cos, well, these were special sheets. Our first married sheets. Needless to say I found some perfectly good options and my husband and I ordered them but I was STILL upset.
Which brings me to tradition and the way we get soooooo wrapped up in it. After all, the sheets themselves weren't particularly special. Middle-of-the-range department store sheets with matching pillowcases. Fairly standard really. What upset me was the loss of something which meant something. These sheets were the ones we came home from our honeymoon to find sprinkled with confetti and festooned with streamers. These sheets had signified a new beginning – the start of sharing a bed with the man I would spend the rest of my life with. These sheets brought a little feeling of joy to my heart each time I looked at them and remembered how we chose them together before we got married, excitedly anticipating the moment we would first share them.
And now they're trash, I need to consider that actually the memories won't alter or become less meaningful – what I've lost is the trigger for those memories. As surely as Pavlov's dog started drooling when the bell was rung, those sheets made me think of happy times, made me happy.
Which made me wonder about what other traditions I've linked into emotionally and created a trigger for myself. The most obvious one is Christmas – the decorating of the tree on Christmas Eve whilst listening to a CD of Bach's Christmas Music has become such a strong triggered link that even now, whilst searching for the music on Youtube, it had to be precisely the right recording and I could almost smell the pine needles and see the fairy lights.
Another is Coco Pops for Birthday breakfast. A long held tradition in my family and this year I forgot (v sad moment on my birthday morning making scrambled eggs on toast – normally a treat but on this occasion a huge let-down). We usually have Coco Pops as a 'weekend cereal' now, and even then some of the excitement and anticipation of Birthday Morning accompanies the first bite.
Then there are the negative triggers, like clothes shopping (stereotypically loved by girls) – ruined for me by being dragged around the town centre as a child by my mother, who went to every store, looked at the same item (to compare prices) and almost inevitably ended up buying the garment at one of the first two stores. I have begun the process of unconditioning myself from this trigger, but it has been surprisingly difficult and I often find that clothes shopping raises my stress levels out of proportion to the amount of actual stress experienced.
There are national traditions too, which seem to pervade, and some people cannot function without these traditions being upheld – indeed have been known to pour wrath and ire on those who don't. Gradually traditions change but there will always be those who have linked into them as a trigger for a specific emotional event in their life, and deeply resent any change to the 'right' way of doing things.
Amazing really, how so much psychology slips right under our radars.


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Fall for me is FULL of Birthdays.
This is one of my pieces I did this summer while home, I just had to hold on posting it because it was a birthday gift for my good friend Cain.
My friend Kadie Barnes birthday is today
My roommate Sophia's birthday is this Thursday
Tyler's is this weekend
mine is in October
and my brother's in November
SO I will wish you all a Happy 18th, 20th, and 24th Birthdays!
On another note : Today has been rather tedious. I have stayed in all day working on typography design work. I did have the apartment to my self last night which I did not mind at all... in fact the peace and quiet was amazing. Yesterday was the start of my new job and I think it will be great lots of standing and running around within a small space, but I cant complain.
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What if I said, "Stop praying" ? What if I told you to stop talking at God for a while, but instead to take a long, hard look at Him before you speak another word? Solomon warned us not to rush into God's presence with words. That's what fools do. And often, that's what we do.
We are a culture that relies on technology over community, a society in which spoken and written words are cheap, easy to come by, and excessive. Our culture says anything goes; fear of God is almost unheard of. We are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to become angry.
The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him. It may seem a hopeless endeavor, to gaze at the invisible God. But Romans 1:20 tells us that through creation, we see His "invisible qualities" and "divine nature."
Let's begin this devotional series by gazing at God in silence. What I want you to do right now is to go online and look at the "Awe Factor" video from crazylovebook.com to get a taste of the awe factor of our God. Seriously--go do it.
Speechless? Amazed? Humbled?
When I first saw those images, I had to worship. I didn't want to speak to or share it with anyone. I just wanted to sit quietly and admire the Creator.
It's wild to think that most of these galaxies have been discovered only in the past few years, thanks to the Hubble telescope. They've been in the universe for thousands of years without humans even knowing about them.
Why would God create more than 350,000,000,000 galaxies (and this is a conservative estimate) that generations of people never saw or even knew existed? Do you think maybe it was to make us say, "Wow, God is unfathomably big"? Or perhaps God wanted us to see these pictures so that our response would be, "Who do I think I am?"
Switch gears with me for a minute and think about the detailed intricacy of the other side of creation.
Did you know that a caterpillar has 228 separate and distinct muscles in its head? That's quite a few, for a bug. The average elm tree has approximately 6 million leaves on it. And your own heart generates enough pressure as it pumps blood throughout your body that it could squirt blood up to 30 feet. (I've never tried this, and I don't recommend it.)
Have you ever thought about how diverse and creative God is? He didn't have to make hundreds of different kinds of bananas, but He did. He didn't have to put 3,000 different species of trees within one square mile in the Amazon jungle, but He did. God didn't have to create so many kinds of laughter. Think about the different sounds of your friends' laughs--wheezes, snorts, silent, loud, obnoxious.
How about the way plants defy gravity by drawing water upward from the ground into their stems and veins? Or did you know that spiders produce three kinds of silk? When they build their webs, they create sixty feet of silk in one hour, simultaneously producing special oil on their feet that prevents them from sticking to their own web. (Most of us hate spiders, but sixty feet an hour deserves some respect!) Coral plants are so sensitive that they can die if the water temperature varies by even one or two degrees.
Did you know that when you get goose bumps, the hair in your follicles is actually helping you stay warmer by trapping body heat? Or what about the simple fact that plants take in carbon dioxide (which is harmful to us) and produce oxygen (which we need to survive)? I'm sure you knew that, but have you ever marveled at it? And these same poison-swallowing, life-giving plants came from tiny seeds that were placed in the dirt. Some were watered, some weren't; but after a few days they poked through the soil and out into the warm sunlight.
Whatever God's reasons for such diversity, creativity, and sophistication in the universe, on earth, and in our own bodies, the point of it all is His glory. God's art speaks of Himself, reflecting who He is and what He is like.
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. - Psalm 19:1-4This is why we are called to worship Him. His art, His handiwork, and His creation all echo the truth that He is glorious. There is no other like Him. He is the King of Kings, the Beginning and the End, the One who was and is and is to come. I know you've heard this before, but I don't want you to miss it.
I sometimes struggle with how to properly respond to God's magnitude in a world bent on ignoring or merely tolerating Him. But know this: God will not be tolerated. He instructs us to worship and fear Him.
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"As much as I was against it," he said, "at this point I'm against the repeal."
"Now that you've insured an additional 20 million people, you can't just take the insurance away from these people," he added. "It's just not the right thing to do."
"I can't even remember why I opposed it. .....It's not just in Pennsylvania.
"Everybody needs some sort of health insurance," Mr. Murphy said. "They're trying to repeal Obamacare but they don't have anything in place.
A Pew survey in January found that 60 percent of Americans believe the federal government should be responsible for ensuring that all Americans have health coverage. That was up from 51 percent last year, and the highest in nearly a decade.Which brings us to Arkansas. Do our voters reflect that trend?
The belief held even among many Republicans: 52 percent of those making below $30,000 a year said the federal government has a responsibility to ensure health coverage, a huge jump from 31 percent last year. And 34 percent of Republicans who make between $30,000 and about $75,000 endorsed that view, up from 14 percent last year.
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I'm up at WSU. Hit me up next time you're in town and we'll get together for an OC lunch or something.
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Just thought I would comment on how nice it was open carrying. Since I was out here to visit my girlfriend at WSU I made sure I brought my Sig Sauer 229 just for this special gold star state OC adventure! Needless to say, I carried in Applebees and Wal Mart and noone cared one bit. No odd stares, no second glances. Real refreshing since I am from Western Washington and I feel like a social outcast open carrying. Anyway, just thought I would say you guys have a nice, friendly OC additude and wish it applied to everywhere else.
I'm up at WSU. Hit me up next time you're in town and we'll get together for an OC lunch or something.
I will definitely do that. She is usually busy doing her college stuff anyway. I'll tell you that while I'm looking forward to meeting a fellow OC'er, I am not looking forward to that 5-6 hour drive again! All the way from Seattle kills me and makes my bladder hurt.
I knew OC was bad for the bladder! j/k
You're more than welcome to OC in our state G27! Glad you did!
It was so nice. In Washington even though it is completely legal to OC there is so much misinformation in the local LEO community about it's legality that one might still feel hesitant. OC'in in Idaho knowning that it was completely legal gave courage to do it more so here. It was a very liberating experiance and I look forward to visiting your state again ASAP. Nice people, too!


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E&Y Resigns CompuMed: Big Four firm Ernst & Young resigned as auditor to CompuMed Inc., a provider of diagnostics technology, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
No reason was given for the resignation.
According to the filing, there were no disagreements between CompuMed and E&Y on any matter of accounting principles, auditing scope or procedure.
Staar Surgical Jettisons McGladrey & Pullen: Staar Surgical, a manufacturer of eye surgery products, has dismissed auditor McGladrey & Pullen and re-hired BDO Seidman - its former auditor - according to an 8-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
BDO served as the company's accountant from 1993 until May 30 of this year. The filing noted a disagreement between McGladrey and BDO Seidman related to principles and financial statement disclosure.
According to the filing, McGladrey & Pullen told the company that promissory notes of former officers and directors issued in connection with stock options should have been accounted for as non-recourse notes instead of full-recourse notes - which accounted for them as completed stock purchases instead of stock options.
McGladrey said that Staar's financial statements that BDO had audited for fiscal 2000 and 2002 may have been misstated, and therefore may require an adjustment. As a result, Staar said that it plans to consult the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance regarding the disagreement.
GT Resigns as DHB Auditor: National firm Grant Thornton resigned as auditor to DHB Industries, a Carle Place, N.Y., manufacturer and marketer of body armor for military and law enforcement channels.
No immediate replacement was named, but DHB said that it was currently engaged in a selection process.
During the most recent fiscal year, the company reported no disagreements with Grant Thornton. However, according to the filing, GT "identified" some internal control deficiencies in the company's 10-K form for fiscal 2002, including outsourcing the preparation of its financial statements.
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$21.99 -- Whole Foods, Austin, TX
Color: Medium-dark ruby
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Body: Medium to full
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It's interesting, but of course not revelatory of my character, that I have only reviewed one Merlot. Tonight that all changes. There will be 100 percent more Merlot reviewed here at Caveat Emptyer. THERE WILL BE MERLOT.
This is not Sideways. But I confess that what I like about this Merlot is that it's like a Cabernet--big, rich, multilayered, with the signature of Rutherford in its texture. My father introduced me to it at Daisy Mae's steak restaurant, in Tucson, Arizona, long ago, and we have had many a delightful bean-laden meal there with it.
I think it'll go with lots of food, like the paprika chicken and French onion soup on tonight's docket, and almost any kind of music short of Rage Against the Machine, which should always be listened to with a glass of Sauvignon Blanc.


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By Kanrei
Ninety one miles from the very spot this is being written at there is trouble in its infancy. Ninety one miles from my home town is the so called "capital of the Third World" AKA Havana, Cuba: home of this year's "Non-Aligned Movement" nation meeting.
For those like myself who never have heard of this before, it is a meeting of 55 nation's leaders to discuss the chief threat to world peace also known as the United States. The guest list for this meeting includes such great and freedom loving countries as Iran, Venezuela, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Bolivia. See, Pakistan and India can agree on something after all. We can bring peace.
Bad joke. I joke when I am stressed. This meeting is the real life equivalent of SPETRE for any James Bond fans out there. For the non-fans, SPECTRE stood for "SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion" and was an international terrorist organization out for world domination. The current global situation is pretty much right out of an Ian Fleming novel with this NAM group as the super-villian.
With these nation meeting to plan our demise, Iran and Cuba coming together is worse than any U.S.S.R. treaty with Cuba could ever be. Cuba is still only 91 miles away and Cubans know how to get into this country undetected. They have perfected it and our laws encourage it.
Many people do not know about the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966, but it stands to create the biggest threat with an Iran/Cuba treaty. It is also known here as the "Wet Feet/Dry Feet" policy. It basically says that any Cuban that makes it to dry land gets to stay while any caught in the water are deported. With it only being a 91 mile boat ride, does anyone else see the problems with an Iranian/Cuban alliance?
The hurricanes last year showed us that we are not ready for a major tragedy. What happens if terrorists get in from Cuba? I mean we have 150,000 tired and drained troops in Iraq and another 20,000 in Afghanistan, so what do we have to defend us from this very real and growing threat?
Before you start saying Cuba and Iran would never join, remember that Fidel is not in power right now. Fidel never would join with Iran. I agree with that, but Fidel is not in power right now, his brother Raul is. Raul is not as bright or strong as Fidel and he would gladly ally with Iran if he thought it would help him retain power. He is already sucking up to them in the speech he made he made to start the NAM meeting.
"Let us denounce the hypocrisy of the United States government, which threatens Iran to prevent it from the peaceful use of nuclear energy while it supports Israel in the expansion of its nuclear arsenal".
Raul has gone as far as to post billboards around Havana showing Bush as a vampire or as Hitler. There is no purpose to his doing this other than as a sign of support to the nations coming to Havana for the meeting.
The masters of terrorism joining with the masters of sneaking here: two horrible things that go horribly together.
I am also concerned right now because Gitmo is in Cuba. Gitmo is where we just sent the fourteen top terrorists in our custody and Cuba is on the side of Iran. Why exactly is our top terrorist prison in a nation sympathetic to our enemies? I cannot see any logic in this nor can I see any logic in our announcing to the world that we were transferring them there.
I am not calling for an invasion of Cuba, although it probably would not be a bad idea. Rather I am asking this country to pay more attention to the immigration problems of south Florida because I have a horrible feeling this is the next front in the war on terror. 91 miles is not very far. It takes me longer to get to Disney World than it takes someone to get here from Cuba. The Florida coast is an unprotected border that the nation has ignored. This meeting happening in Cuba is not coincidence.
Welcome to the Kanrei Home for Wayward Lemmings. Please keep your Tin Foil Cap on at all times for your own safety. Occasionally, you may see something that appeals or intices you. We ask that you refrain from flash photography and/or feeding said things. Again, this is for your own safety. The gift shop is fully stocked with overpriced postcards of things you would never want a photo of so please feel free to visit it on your way either in or out. Both would be nice.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
A Growing Problem Ignored
Another Pondering by Brad Schader
Labels: Political
2 comments:
- drudge4life said...
Quit being a coward. Grab a beer and watch football.
- September 17, 2006 4:26 PM
- missouri-lisa said...
I don't blame you for your concern, Kan.
This can only be a bad situation heading our way.
- September 17, 2006 9:34 PM
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When President Obama visits Sin City Thursday and Friday, Mayor Oscar Goodman says he will not bother to greet him.
Said Goodman, "I've got other things to do quite frankly…my constituents who rely on me to do the right thing as mayor."
Mayor Goodman says he's still steamed at the President after President Obama made comments earlier this year and last February about how people shouldn't spend money in Las Vegas.
The mayor and others viewed them as derogatory, and say they cost the city millions in tourism dollars, though White House has since apologized.


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Mixed praise
It's always flattering to be described as a lovely boy, which I now have been, over on Ali's ace new Split Down The Middle blog, but I wasn't altogether sure that such a nice bit of praise was entirely compatible with Ali's realisation, shortly after she started drinking with me, Dave and Dan, that "boys believe what they want to believe, regardless of the facts, or the measured opinion of friends, or the niggling doubts, or anything. If they want to convince themselves that something is acceptible to do, they will do it". Having provided her with such an insight into the workings of a man's mind, we should perhaps hand back the plaudits and hang our heads in shame.
Had a cool evening though - me and Dave met up there after work and downed a couple of pints, although the speed with which we drank them was dictated not so much by drunken enthusiasm (it was Monday night, after all) but rather by the fact that Dave, glancing down at a chili pepper nestling in our bowl of olives, wondered aloud "do you think that's hot?", and then decided to find out. Dave is a blonde bombshell with a fine, pale beard which is only visible in good light, but if you ever want to see it, the trick is to feed him a chili pepper. His face turns purple and his beard is suddenly visible. Ace. I've never seen someone drink a pint of guiness so fast. The olives were hot, too, egged on and contaminated.
As Ali intimates, the theme for the evening's discussion was social, and socio-sexual (whatever that is) embarrasment, so we traded stories of little slips, mistakes, ill-judged comments, that feeling of waking up still quarter-cut in the morning and having to cycle through an evening of memories to recollect the moment when you allowed one blip to colour the evening - you forgot someone's name, or said something too loud, or did something transparent which your companions saw through, and laughed about. These are tiny things, but they're somehow almost as agonising as the big problems. I always fixate back on the slightest things, and if I don't remember them I conclude I've just forgotten. "Did I make a complete idiot of myself at your house last night?", I think of asking.
Dan and Ali had plenty more stories. When we looked up, it was after twelve and the remnants of our pints were being confiscated. Bah.


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Fuel is getting ever more expensive. If we still want to be able to fly in the future, we'll need new and more efficient planes. Aviation pioneers are working on concepts on how the planes of the future might look like.
Aviation causes around 3 percent of CO2 emissions worldwide. For the EU commission, this is too much: it's calling for a reduction by 25 percent by 2050. Visionary new aviation projects could help realize this ambitious goal. The plane pictured here, built by Bauhaus-Luftfahrt, uses electricity to get off the ground.
The plane can only fly with extremely powerful engines. They get cooled down to minus 190 degrees Celsius and the cables and wires carrying the electricity essentially have no electric resistance anymore. The engineers still need to find a way to make the batteries lighter though.
It's the right shape and form that helps save fuel. This draft plane of the German Aerospace Center blends cabin with wings to create a "blended-wing body." This reduces resistance and the cabin itself becomes part of the wings.
Open rotors are more efficient than modern jet engines. Research by the German Aviation Center shows that with the new concept up to 20 percent of fuel can be saved. The rotors can measure as much as five meters in diameter.
Ideally, the open rotors would be built into the body on the back of the plane. Such planes would be more efficient and only slightly slower than today's passenger planes. A two-hour flight would take a mere 15 minutes longer. The downside: The open rotors are very loud.
Here's how a plane geared toward efficiency could look like: very long wings, a slender body and powered by electricity. This plane, the "Solar-Impulse" by aviation pioneers Bertrand Picard and Andre Borschberg shows what can be done. But the plane is limited to a speed of 70 kilometers per hour and can carry basically no cargo.
Long and thin wings are good for aerodynamics and can help save fuel. The wings of this solar plane are only 5 meters shorter than that of a jumbo jet. But many airports don't have gates that fit with such a wing span. The solution: foldable wings.
The "Boxwing" by Lufthansa has huge open propellers and extremely long and thin wings like a glider. As the wings of biplanes are shaped like an arrow, the plane is efficient and fast. The wings though remain short enough for the plane to dock at normal airports.
For those always in a hurry, there are other options. The "Spaceliner" by the German Aviation Center is a suborbital, hypersonic winged passenger plane with rocket engines. By 2050 it might be able to take you from Europe to Australia in a mere 90 minutes.
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Located 1450 meters away from Dolce Vita Monumental, a 3-star Roma hotel offers a bright accommodation within a 20-minute walk from Atrium Saldanha. The pleasant hotel is a good example of Liberty architecture in Lisbon.
A great location makes a museum, a castle and a theater easily reachable. Guests can get to Lisbon city center, which is 5 km away.
There are a shopping street and a shopping mall within a quick reach of the hotel.
Roma Hotel offers 263 rooms on 10 floors that come with heating, cable TV with on-demand movies, TV with satellite channels, armchairs and a sofa as well as large bathrooms with a hairdryer, a bidet and guest toiletries. Guestrooms are outfitted with a modern-style interior.
A delicious breakfast is served every morning. Guests will enjoy fine meals at the a la carte restaurant serving local cuisine. The relaxing lobby bar offers free Wi-Fi and a piano. Dom Feijao and Lucca are situated in a residential area, about 150 meters from the venue.
The hotel stands within a 5-minute stroll of Roma Metro subway station and within a 10-minute walking distance of Roma - Areeiro train station. Fast access to Portela airport within 5 km is provided.
Cars are available for rent at Roma Hotel.
Leisure facilities, such as a sunbathing terrace and a swimming pool, are provided on site.


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Holy Moments
27 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Christianity, compassion, Family, grace, Mental health, peace
Holy Moments
27 Feb 2012 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Beth Moore, Christianity, community, Diet Coke, forgivenss, grace, HolySpirit, humility, iraq war, ptsd, veteran
There was such movement and energy present in an interaction today. I encountered a woman today in her human holiness. I was privileged to talk with this woman and to see before me a physical representation of why faith is so important to me.
What began as a typical lunch ordering and desire for a cold Diet Coke gave way to good-natured ribbing and conversation and we exchanged humourous sarcasm with my colleague. A thin and powerhouse waitress, she revealed bits and pieces within her conversation that made me think. It made me wonder what was underneath the sarcasm and the bravado.
I showed her a picture of one of my boys, cause that is what parents and grandparents do. They brag on their kids and show anyone they can the latest pics. She talked about her child, a gorgeous 3 1/2 year old. She will spend some time in and in depth PTSD program. She wants to move on from a past that has brought her such pain. With tears brimming in her eyes she talked candidly about her first husband and losing him in the midst of the Iraq War. More conversation revealed a second husband who was abusive to her. Out from the clutches of this marriage, and her daughter safe, she wants her life on more solid ground.
She mentioned that she stood in the middle of a Christian book store the other day, wondering what Bible study would best direct her path. She said she stood there completely confused and at her wit's end. "Someone told me Beth Moore?" I told her that would be a great choice, but more than that is being ok with the identity that she has already been given. Aside from the work, the parenting, being a widow, and wanting to put a painful past behind her…she simply wants to experience the love of just being.
I heard her heart, I saw the struggle, the raw pain….and it spoke to me. As she continued to bustle and bring soup for my colleagues pile of crackers….I had to speak. "When you return, can you spare a moment for a prayer?" She came, she sat down, we entered into a more holy moment with this young woman, whose bday was recently. I saw this beautiful and courageous woman….I saw reality. What an honor. I told her how courageous I thought she was in tackling those hurtful obstacles. What a warrior.
I often think of that when the moment lends itself to sharing of our stories with one another. Those are precious and holy moments….and they don't come around every day. Scratch that, I think they happen all the time, and we miss them. I think sometimes they are staring us in the face and we neglect to see them for what they are, fail to respond the what our gut tells us to do. I am guilty of that more times than I can count. How often have I yearned for that from someone. As I reflect on this today, I can't help but think that some of the reason that I have not had that in my life is because I refused to notice it, or I threw the gift back. What a lesson to learn.
At the end of the day, even though the chance was there to be present for another, she spoke to me. I am not done thinking about today and its impact on me. As I tackle my own issues of identity, she called me to reflect on humility and realness. Thank you, thank you, thank you for the chance to see up close-humanity. My colleague mentioned that many would not see or sense what happened today. If they did see it, fear would cripple many from acting. I told them that is where I live and what I understand every day. The beauty of raw life and the ever-present grace that is not earned, but simply accepted.
Simply accepted…that is my soul cry for each of us tonight. To be simply accepted and to simply accept it when we are.
Shalom and Shalom,
Pride, it Goeth.
26 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Child, compassion, God, henri nouwen, Jesus, parenthood
Pride, it Goeth.
26 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Facebook, God, henri nouwen, Jesus, Martin Luther King, Pastor, pride, Reason
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I feel compelled to scribe more on this topic of pride and identity, especially since it may not be just me that struggles. One of my favorite artists is U2. The moment I hear the word pride, I instantly go to the song, inspired by the life and work of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I always smile ruefully to myself as the lyrics play in my head and I again commit to be part of making a difference in my generation. It always serves as a moment of inspiration for me, then the smack-down of the real world sets in and I realize what an attempt that would be. Still, there is always that flicker of a bigger flame that is fanned. Much as I would love to shove down the passionate change advocate, she rears her ugly head and demands that I reexamine the chance to set the world on fire.
I have to admit having to examine my motives for fanning that passionate flame. I have to ask myself if I be part of change because there is a desperate need to see real and positive change happen, or because I have a need to be elevated? That is a tough question, one I am convinced the great social and political change artists wrestled. I hope they struggled, I hope they did and do as much as I feel called to tussle.
It is not an easy question. I explored it when I first became a teacher. Did I want to teach for the glory of standing up in front of a classroom and speaking to a new generation? What were the real reasons that I wanted it? The fact is, the more I did it, the more in love with "my kids" I fell. There are many that I have as Facebook contacts, many that have emailed upon marriage, or a new baby, or when life has gotten away from them. I consider that a holy honor. There was always that nagging idea of my motivation at the back of my head. If I were not teaching, what else would I do? Without that title, who and what was I?
Fast-forward that same notion to 2012. I entertained the idea of a lead pastor in a congregation and realized about a year and a half ago that was not my intention. I can do the administrative work, but I would rather not. Every stinking inventory test that I took confirmed that. I had a battle of sorts as to what that meant as an MDIV grad if I were not in charge of a congregation…any congregation, including the big ones. Now as I work on a non-profit and in the mix of all the nitty-gritty work it entails, I find that the question comes into focus again.
I am forced to ask myself why I am involved, why I feel so passionate in telling the stories of those affected. Is it the energy of starting something new? Is it the impact and potential difference that doing the work and telling the stories provides? What happens if it blows up and nothing happens? Am I still ok?
Henri Nouwen, writer and philosopher, invites me to consider a couple of understandings. Our society relegates us to find our validation in what we own, what we do, what others say about us, and what we believe about ourselves. Every conflict that I can think of falls into one of those 4 categories. Either I am at odds with what I am, people say that I am, what I have/or don't have, or what I do/don't do. Most of the conflict I encounter entail ones where I am at conflict with myself. When I hear other people comment on appreciating me for who I am, I want to scream.
That is correct, I can acknowledge that there are many people in my life that I love like family–to whom I am not related, who would walk through fire for me, simply because I am me. The concept of that makes me want to tear my hair out. WHY??? What have I done to warrant such a connection? If that means that I have done nothing to warrant it, that also means that I can do nothing to keep it. I think that scares me most of all. As humans, we are conditioned to expect the worst from other people–to expect that given the opportunity, they would destroy us in a heartbeat in order to get ahead. I spoke to a relative the other day who told me about how someone had gone off at them for no apparent reason. This person mentioned that it would be ok and necessary to totally cut off people who intentionally hurt another. I thought that that made sense, but at the same time was so sad. I know there are many times when I have either intentionally or unintentionally hurt someone else. I also know how bad it makes me feel to know that I did so–regardless of the reason.
I also know what it feels like to be cut out of someone's life. There is no more hollow feeling than to know that a person that once regarded you as either a friend, colleague, or family member no longer believes you worthy of their acknowledgment. That is the main reason that I cannot stand apathy. At least when we hate someone/something, we care enough to hate it. Apathy is a void of caring–it feels so hollow, so empty, so alone. I would rather someone hate my guts than to refuse to believe that I do not exist. I have felt that, experienced the painful void of connection. It stinks in a place that I cannot describe. It is what makes it almost impossible for me to believe that someone would care about me simply for who I am, not what I do. I cannot wrap my mind around this concept.
It is also the same reason that I struggle with the idea that Abba Creator would care about me unconditionally and without reserve. I must have done something to earn it, therefore, I must keep doing in order to make it last. I know the last statement from a faith standpoint is wrong, yet my experience shows me different. If, then, my reasoning and faith are in conflict, one must rise to the forefront of being more right or acceptable. (sorry, debate training in full gear here) If my faith is more acceptable, then my reasoning has flaw. If that is the case, then what I have based my understanding of acceptance as is also flawed. What do I do with that? How do I respond? How do I let go of personal pride long enough to embrace a more faithful understanding of acceptance? Do I have the courage to do that?
Someone challenged me to embrace the idea of accepting other people's care for no other reason then that they care. This idea scares me to the core. I am terrified that if I do not perform or meet their standard of my existence, then I will lose their care, and ultimately, their love. I know intimately the feeling of losing that, and am terrified to risk the gamble again. You may call out my hypocrisy here as I type this and know full well that I would never hold my children to this standard. That I tell them each day that no matter what they do, they are dearly loved. That they are beautifully and wonderfully made. They know this to their core. I want to scream from the mountains that of all the ideas that fill them each day, they KNOW this!!!! YES! Today, that hard work is established. Even if they become mass murderers (which they won't), they know that they are loved without expectation, without reserve.
So, what of my pride that will not allow me to breathe in the love from others not related to me? What of this pride that requires that I push ahead and never let up? My mother told me something yesterday that hurt the second that I read it. She mentioned that I have always pushed and pushed and pushed to do it right and perfect and to have it happen NOW–and that I never change. It was the last statement that hurt so deeply. It felt like I had been disregarded and written off because I struggle so. That is my struggle, and not one that she can fix for me. I am not sure what I would have liked her to say instead, I just know how raw a chord that struck with me.
Again, I refer back to JC Superstar and this silent king that exuded such grace, such compassion. I want to emulate that. I want that more than I have wanted anything in the world. I believe it is the hallmark of some of the heroes of social and faith change that I look to for inspiration. " An amazing thing, this silent King."
I need to sit with that, I need to ponder what that means and what application that has for our world in 2012 as well as in my personal life. If it was the extreme and rare concept then, it is even more baffling today. How do I embrace that, and how do I model that for my generation and for those following? This is a burden I feel intensely, and the flame of passion will not subside. I pray for the courage to boldly love in compassion and mercy, and to accept it wholly.
Consumed by Pride…response to my last blog.
25 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: Child, compassion, Family, gratitude, Jesus, peace, Poetry, Thought
Who do you Say that i Am?
25 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: ABBA, call, Family, Jesus, legacy, Master of Divinity, motivation, purpose, teaching, vocation
Identity. This word has been coming up in conversation much lately and I am compelled to contemplate why. I'd like to say that at my advanced (almost 40) age I would have this identity question figured out, I don't. It is interesting for me to note that others struggle with it too. The pastor with whom we share office space struggles with it in his 40's. My female colleague and fellow seminary grad does, I do, my husband does. There seems to be no end to the dilemma.
The other day my eldest son brought home a book, "When I Grow Up." In it were the short descriptions and pictures that he and his fellow 2nd grade classmates want to be when they grow up. Typically the half dozen male football and basketball stars littered the page as well as a couple actresses and teachers from the girls. In the mix were a couple of military men and one woman police officer (You go GIRl!) Displayed proudly on page 3 was my son, the snake hunter. Of all the professions that he has discussed, snake hunter makes the pages, complete with an illustration. A couple years ago it was a marine biologist, a volcanologist, or a demolition derby race car drive. I remember hearing him at age 3 telling me he wanted to study underwater volcanoes and bring new meaning to volcanologists. Yup, he was 3. When he CHOSE his first Halloween costume (also at age 3) he was a pickle monster-an invention of his own mind. You bet I made him a pickle monster costume…it is amazing what green pillowcases and a beanie can do!
Why did I share this? His imagination allows him to be whatever he wants to be. He rattles off the newest idea with flair and confidence, never believing that he won't accomplish them. I can't tell him he won't be a snake hunter ( although I hope he does not bring them to me when he visits). I am not sure his future wife will want them in the house. I can tell him that I would rather he not be a demolition derby race car driver because I would prefer he keep safe. However, if that is what he is bound to be….let him at it.
I envy that confidence. I am smack dab in the middle of that conflict right now. I am adopted. That is no secret. I grew up in one identity, knowing that I was chosen by that family. I will not go into the adoption card right now as that is mine, and no one elses story. Some want to know their birth, others choose not to and that is a deeply personal choice. For me, it caused a constant struggle as to who I was and what I was to do. No skin felt right. I was not an athlete. I was not quiet and meek, I was anything but. I was a communicator from birth, not quite the powerhouse I knew in my heart I could be. Never had the look or grace to be the actress I felt in my gut….or the confidence to belt the song that my shower and car heard. Never was the pretty girl to match the attitude and talent others saw, and I knew it. I was a good communicator and I was a good teacher.
There again, however, the skin did not fit. I did not want to teach to tests. I wanted to teach children, high school students. I knew there was limitless potential in them and I loved watching the dawn of personal understanding come into their eyes. I relished the conversations, the wrestling with creative concepts, the chance to look at something in a new way. I loved it~ call it a teachinggasm!!!
Then I entered Seminary, not a pastor i would be. 3 1/2 years later, I am not a total teacher, though parts of me are. I am not a congregational pastor, though I understand Chaplaincy and pastoral care. I am a writer, though I have nothing published. I am an actress though I have performed in nothing since college, and even that was minimal. I am an MDIV graduate, with no set congregation or place to call home. I am in charge of communications and marketing for a non profit that is seeing such momentum that it amazes me, but for the last 3 1/2 years I have brought in hardly any cash revenue. The guilt weighs heavy on me. The moments that I brought in the most dough were when I was management and sales at the mall, and then my children never saw me. I KNOW i am not supposed to do that for a living.
So, here i sit listening to my sons come in from outside as they watch Veggie Tales and the Pirates who don't do Anything. That's how I feel. Like I do not do anything. So, where is that identity? Am I content without a title, a home, security? Am I ok just being and letting ideas and dreams go for the greater good? I do not honestly know. In my family, excellence was expected, a 2nd place trophy brought sarcasm, ( and i came home with many of them). Conversely, good grades, scholarships, and 1st place finishes got me notoriety. I knew it. I feel like I have failed in my quest to be a good kid and prove to my family and others that I was worth their time. You see, they chose me, they did not have to take me. They did, and there were so many times I failed them–all of them. Now, with a grad degree and a cauldron of dreams, I have nothing to show them or anyone. What have I done? What legacy have I left? Of what would my children be proud? When other kids make fun of my son's mother cause she looks funny ( they do make fun, we know that), what grounds my sons and what will they say mom does? What contribution do I make and does it matter?
The scene in Jesus Christ Superstar comes into play every time I think of this topic. when Jesus is being questioned as to His identity–"Who do YOU say that I am?" This resonates with me. What do I want and why. To what end do I work and work and work. I cannot answer. I hate that I can't answer that. It makes me feel selfish and it calls me to question my motives. Why do I want what I want? For fame, glory, money, or respect? Maybe part of that is true. Maybe I don't want to be the loser I believe my family and classmates and college colleagues believed I was/am. Maybe I want what I want to validate my own existence and my rightful place in my family. Maybe I have been chasing that the whole time in an effort to feel like I belonged and was needed–not just needed but wholly wanted. Typing that last sentence brought tears to my eyes as the human part of me battles with the spirit that knows what I just said is wrong. Damn, what will I be when i GROW up! I don't know and I am coming to knowledge that I just may have no clue as to how to get there.
Maybe admitting that is step one..maybe, just maybe.
Something must Give
24 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
Something must Give
24 Feb 2012 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: Clinical Pastoral Education, Dark Night of the Soul, God, Graduation, John, John of the Cross, Seminary, Understanding
Gonna be honest, I am wiped tonight. My week has been chock-full, albeit all manner of good and desirable moments. I am working full force on a major fundraiser and the connections that have been made in terms of partnerships is astounding. Who knew when I graduated from Seminary I would put to use my marketing and connections ability…I so thought I would be pastoring a church congregation somewhere. Amazing how moments change.
I think of last year and where I was this time a year ago. It is nothing short of breathtaking. I was in the midst of my first unit of Clinical Pastoral Education and serving as a Chaplain in a mental behavioral facility. I learned so much and had such a good time. I loved the people with whom I spoke and the people with whom I worked. I even worked with a classmate from high school, granted he has Dr. in front of his name…but the convergence of worlds…wow.
My seminary education had been put to the test during this time and my call and vocation as I knew and understood it was in question. My son had spent time in the mental facility that I worked and I did not know which way to turn. I felt alone and desperate. I did not see answers in my path, I did not see light. John of the Cross likens these moments to a Dark Night of the Soul. I understand that. Those moments when you come to the end of all that you are and all that you know. Where faith seems paltry and prayers seem to fall on deaf ears. When energy is gone and you question all that you are doing and its purpose. I understand that so well. It is not that I did not believe, it was just that it seemed every door I encountered closed and I did not understand why. Had I done something wrong, was I trying for the wrong path? Why, when everyone told me that I was bound for wonderful moments and full of ability did I feel so alone? I felt targeted.
In the midst of what I thought I was doing correctly, I encountered opposition. No tears would fix the situation. It hurt. It still does to reflect back on it. Having graduated Seminary, I get to party and receive my diploma and hood in may!!!! May 19 to be exact. Feel free to come celebrate with me!!!! That was an extremely dry time for me as a person of faith. In the middle of that dry and parched land, were moments of extreme growth. Moments of poetry fell from my pen and an awareness of our connectedness to one another surfaced.
Although I felt deserted, I was not. There were people around me in a physical sense and the Great Cloud of Witnesses that I had only conceived of in my mind, existed. I could feel their presence, cheering me on and standing guard with and for me. I know that sounds weird, but I could sense that there were others who had felt as I did. That provided some comfort, if not answers. There was an odd peace that I had knowing that historically there were others who had fought and fought and remained faithful. I felt that I had to rise to the occasion to honor their stories and their legend. I HAD to fight to maintain.
There are times dear ones, where I am tired of fighting and I would like to throw my hands up in the air and say, "Ah, to hell with it." Somehow I can't. Somehow I have been charged with the honor and task to be a voice. I say honor because I consider it a privilege to hear from others and to share the journey and somehow I can speak to the soul of matters. To finally feel that I have solidified my call or vocation is such a relief…to step forward is scary as hell. There are times when my energy has been so depleted that I want to burst into tears and bawl and fall into a deep sleep. More than anything, I want for the road to be easy. It's not meant to be that way.
No, I am not going to wax poetic and pour out a bunch of platitudes that speak of refined gold and pure wonder. BAH!!!! We all know that to get there is some of the roughest junk to wade through. It's not fun, it's not a good time, and it's not easy. It does produce wonder and amazement. There are times when I wonder how I made it through the last couple of years. Graduation in May will produce tears of joy mixed with relief and the realization that I DID IT! Through all the odds and the cards stacked, a great cloud surrounded me and I made it! I will sob and most will never know why I will barely make it across the stage. Then again, I will square my shoulders, smile and do what is expected. In the days and weeks that pass before then, I need some pressure to release. I need to know that light will dawn and all that I have been working towards will prove fruitful. I need to know that I am not alone. I want to be someone's little girl and have them tell me what I have done and will do is right and good and faithful. I want that person to be proud of me. I want my children to know they are loved and to feel that each day. I want them to think I am a good mom…who loves them fiercely–always.
I think I want some people to fight for me as much as I am willing to fight for them and I need to discover the fight in me for me, not everyone else all the time. I have no clue how to do that. I know this is more heavy than a Friday night would normally allow. Humor me.
I pray the eternal Shalom that envelops you to your souls


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North east broiler producer wins planning battle
A north-east chicken farm has been given permission to expand despite objections from local residents and the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE).
Manor Farm, Neasham, near Darlington, has been told that it can add an additional fourth chicken house to its current operation.
This will allow an additional 24,000 chickens to be kept, bringing total numbers to 105,000.
The residents and the CPRE said they had tolerated the initial phases of the development, expecting there would be no further expansion.
But now they were concerned that the integrity of the hamlet of Neasham, where there were seven listed buildings, could be harmed.
Darlington Borough Councillor Geoff Walker said: "There are seven listed buildings within just a few hundred yards. It is a very historical part of the borough. I am concerned that this style of factory farming is getting bigger and bigger."
But the councillors, following the recommendations of planners, backed the proposals.


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text: There is a video of a reporter on the stern of a boat that conspiracy types believe isn't real. They claim he is just superimposed in front of a green screen with images of water and other ships in the background projected. The video in question is here: I believe this is a poor analysis, since there are many clues and simple logical deductions that discount the green screen conjecture. 1. That reporter was based in Turkey, so it isn't like they are saving anything by pretending he's reporting from Turkey. Why would they bother creating this fake reporting from Turkey, when they have a guy in Turkey? Here he is reporting on other news while wearing the same jacket, in Turkey. 2. His physical characteristics indicate being on a boat. Note the wider leg stance for balance, and wind blowing his hair up. 3. You can see the boat physically in front of him. Notice part of his leg is blocked by the boat, that isn't possible if standing in front of a green screen projecting the boat, unless they also built a boat in the studio. 4. He physically places his foot on the boat. Again, that would only work with a green screen if they built a boat in their studio, which would take a hell of a lot more effort than just putting him on a boat. I say that dude is on a real boat.


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Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts To courtship and such fair ostents of love As shall conveniently become you there.
So for thy spirit did devise Its Maker seemly garniture, Of its own essence parcel pure, From grave simplicities a dress, And reticent demureness, And love encinctured with reserve; Which the woven vesture would subserve. For outward robes in their ostents Should show the soul's habiliments. Therefore I say, Thou'rt fair even so, But better Fair I use to know.Francis Thompson