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After the howls of delight at the Commons voting to keep Lords' amendments to the Racial and Religious Hatred Bill, we must pause for thought. Is this new law (as I tap away, being written up on vellum for Her Maj. to sign) the equivalent of 28 days - that is to say, better than the original government proposals but still questionable?
The short answer from a legal point of view is "not really". 28 days as a period of pre-charge detention was questionable because there had been, in my view, insufficient analysis of several vastly more reasonable alternatives (such as the use of intercept evidence and in camera courts) and, as a result, the moral case did not begin to be made.
However, the Lords' amendments to this Bill have effectively neutered it in legal terms. Explicitly safeguarding freedom of speech, the modified Bill also only prohibits the uttering of words intended to incite hatred, and then only if the words are "threatening" - and not merely "abusive and insulting", as the government's Bill was drafted. In short, the addition of the concept of intent, and the caveat that a prosecution could only be successful if future violent action is implied, render the Bill merely a sort of glorified amendment to existing legislation against incitement.
In essence, the law coming from this Bill does not prohibit incitement to religious hatred - it really outlaws deliberate incitement to violence on the basis of religion. However, considering incitement to violence on the basis of anything was an existing crime, it is difficult to see how this law serves any useful purpose.
On that basis, leaving the legal wrangling, it is clearly not a good thing in itself. Indeed, as with Section 28 in 1988 banning the "promotion" of homosexuality by local authorities, it may not be the content of the Bill that does the damage. No council was ever prosecuted for breaking Section 28 but, according to the BBC website (link below), it was "invoked more than 30 times to prevent projects going ahead" until 2000. In short, what people think the Bill does is more important than the detailed drafting of the legislation. Will it go through the minds of artists, local museum and theatre directors and television commissioners? The premature end of the play Behzti in Birmingham last year following protests by some members of the Sikh community offers a chilling snapshot of what could be.
This law was intended by its original authors to put thought crime on the statute book. Thanks to the Lords, I can continue to say "abusive and insulting" things about religions, and even be "reckless" about it - both of which would have been grounds for prosecution in the unmodified Bill. The fact that I have no urgent wish to do so does not stop me feeling relieved that PC Plod has no power to stop repeats of Not the Nine O'Clock News or offer Iran a diplomatic arm in these tense times by finally locking up Salman Rushdie.
Nevertheless, it is the government's original intention - wanting to limit freedom of speech in order to shore up Muslim votes haemorraging after the invasion of Iraq - that sticks in the troat and that may yet do lasting damage.
On Section 28: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/848699.stm


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Not the other writers in your critique group. Not the famous author whose workshop you were lucky enough to get into at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival. Not even your mother-in-law who comes into your house while you are at work and vacuums the mattresses because somebody has to protect her grandchildren from dust mites. When it comes to applying feedback, you -- and only you -- are the one who gets to determine what stays and what goes in your story. And that is a good thing. So why do so most writers forget this fact? Why do most of us, when confronted with feedback, automatically relinquish authorial control and start scribbling copious notes all over our manuscripts like some junior intern on Red Bull, determined to meet everyone's demands? "Yes sir, I'll rewrite the whole novel in first person and add more sex scenes, no problem..." "No ma'am, I don't need to kill off the grandfather in the end; I thought he was a nice guy, too..." "Yes sir, I'm sure my memoir would sell better if I was raised in a Chinese orphanage. I'll get on it right away." When processing feedback, most of us need assertiveness training, if not for the sake of our stories then for our mental health. For one thing, you will never be able to please everybody. Newton's third principle of motion explains that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, and any given writing workshop underscores this same reality. For instance, if your well-respected writing instructor hates the scene depicting your main character's long bus trip to Reno, it is inevitable that another respected feedback provider in that very same workshop -- likely the graphic novelist/performance artist whom you have had a crush on since day one -- will drill his tortured eyes into your soul and insist that the long bus trip is the one part of your story that rocked his world. So now what do you do? There is only one thing you can do. 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I can listen to their comments with equanimity, even appreciation, knowing that soon I will return to my corner office, shut the door on the cacophony, and continue to process all feedback on my own time, and in my own way. Over the years, I have calculated that feedback on any given piece of writing always falls into one of three categories, and breaks down into the following percentages: 14 percent of feedback is dead-on; 18 percent is from another planet; and 68 percent falls somewhere in between. I am not a statistician (actually, I am hopeless in math), but I find it reassuring to know that there is an element of predictability to the art of processing feedback. Dead-on feedback is the kind of feedback that feels right the moment you hear it, usually because it confirms something you already knew on a gut level. Oh, yeah, you think when you hear dead-on feedback, now I remember not liking that passage myself, but I was having such a good writing day I just kept going and forgot all about it. Dead-on feedback is also the kind of feedback that can lead to those wonderful Aha! moments. For example, a reader might tell you that he isn't hooked by your story until the scene on page eight when the surgeon amputates the wrong leg (as opposed to the long-winded summary of the protagonist's medical school education outlined in the first seven pages). For weeks, you had been struggling with those opening pages, trying and failing to get them right. Now, just like Archimedes in the bathtub, you see the solution all at once. Cut the opening! Cut the opening! It only gets in the way. Processing dead-on feedback is easy because a small region of your brain -- the right hemisphere anterior superior temporal gyrus -- flashes you the instant message: Eureka! The 18 percent of feedback from another planet is also relatively easy to process, once you catch on to the fact that the feedback provider has issues. See how long it takes you to figure out where this feedback provider is coming from: "I think your main character should kill off her boyfriend. Why? Because men are pigs! All men are pigs! They're born pigs, they die pigs, and in between they give you a promise ring on Valentine's Day, but then they make out with your ex-best friend Sheena at Happy Hour two Fridays ago, and I know this for a fact because my new best friend Heather saw the whole thing while I was out in the parking lot throwing up after we did all those two-shots-for-two-dollars..." Feedback from another planet should be discounted for obvious reasons, but make sure you don't discount the feedback provider along with it. She may surprise you when critiquing your next story. 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This doesn't mean you should automatically change your ending, but it does mean you should scrutinize your motives if you don't change it. Are you preserving the ending because you really think it works and is perfect as is, or because you are being lazy or overly attached to the writing? Now take the same story, but a different scenario. Let's assume half your readers "got" the ending, but the other half didn't understand your intent. If this is the case, first you should feel good about batting five hundred. Then you should take the time to process the feedback of your excluded readers more carefully, just in case they offer any insights about how you might tweak or revise the ending to make it more accessible to a broader audience. For instance, Darla, the romance writer in the group, offered the following feedback, "If you want to make it clear that the father and son reconcile at the end of your story, why don't you just have them hug in the last scene?" Your knee-jerk reaction to Darla's feedback may be to dismiss it outright because Darla writes genre fiction and you are a snob. But part of processing feedback is getting over yourself, as well as recognizing that sometimes feedback can be wrong in the particulars, but right over-all. Okay, so the father in your story is not a hugger. But what if he did show some outward sign of love for his son at the end? What if he offered the boy his prized pen-knife, for example, the one that his own father gave him when he left home as a teenager? Now that would maintain the integrity of the father's character, add a wonderful symbolic gesture, and clarify the ending for more readers. One of the biggest mistakes writers can make when processing feedback is to categorize readers too quickly -- good reader, bad reader -- and to do the same with their comments--good advice; bad advice. Sixty-eight percent of the time, that's not how feedback works. As writers, we have to be vigilant to fight the impulse to accept or ignore feedback wholesale. Just recently, someone gave me some heavy-handed advice that I thought was totally ridiculous, until I took the time to scale it down in service to my story. Processing feedback effectively means being receptive to hearing a variety of opinions, but filtering it all through your own writerly lens. What serves your intent? What rings true? What is your own inner voice telling you to do? Sometimes it can be hard to tune in to your own instincts after a feedback session, especially when the comments have been coming at you like the arrows flying at St. Sebastian. But that is when you need to hightail it to your corner office and rest your cheek on the cool weight of your Head Cheese paperweight. Breathe. Give yourself some space and quiet. Listen carefully and I promise you, your inner voice will speak up over time. And here is what it will tell you: 1 percent of the feedback feels dead-on. Eighteen percent is from another planet. And 68 percent feels like Darla, coming at you with good intentions and arms outstretched. Just remember, Darla can comfort you, or she can squeeze you. As boss of your own story, it is up to you to decide. Tips for Processing Feedback ---------------------------- Be open: You can't begin to process feedback if you won't let it in. I know how hard it is to curb the impulse to defend your work against every little criticism, but try. If it helps, write a note on your palm as a reminder -- Hush up! -- and refer to it whenever you hear yourself going on and on. In a workshop setting, some groups institute a "no talking" policy to prevent writers from interrupting the critique, but I feel that's an extreme measure. Writers should feel free to ask questions or raise issues that inform the discussion. Resist the urge to explain. A teacher I know who works with both writers and actors once noted that if you tell a performer something didn't work in his performance, he simply drops the line or fixes it. Writers, conversely, have a natural impulse to explain why they wrote something a certain way, or what they were trying to do in the piece. As writers, we need to resist the urge to explain because it gives feedback providers too much information, making it harder for them to separate what is really coming across on the page from what you have told them. Little by little: It is easy to get overwhelmed when processing feedback, especially if you try to take it in all at once. After a feedback session, sift through all the comments once, but then put them away and only worry about addressing one issue at a time. For example, if a reader has told you that your plot is slow and your main character seems shallow -- forget about the plot issue for the time being and concentrate on character. Or focus on moving your story forward, and worry about character development in the next draft. Ignore feedback until you are ready for it. If you are on a roll with your writing, don't let feedback stop you. Some writers avoid feedback until they have taken their work as far as they can on their own. This makes sense if hearing feedback too soon interferes with your own creative vision. But feedback can also serve you in the midst of a productive period. The value of hearing feedback, and then putting it in your mental lockbox as you push forward, is that this allows your unconscious to quietly process the outside information in a way that informs your writing in sync with your instincts -- without slowing you down. Try out the feedback. Sometimes the only way to judge feedback is to play it out on the page where your own writerly instincts can react to it. For example, if a trusted reader is adamant that your first-person coming-of-age novel should be written in third person, try writing a couple chapters this way. See for yourself what you lose or gain. If several readers think that your main character isn't likeable, write a scene inside or outside the story that shows your protagonist doing something endearing. Whether you ultimately use the scene or not, this is a great exercise in character development. No writing is a waste of effort. Give yourself time. If you are at a point in the revision process where you can't tell whether you are making things better or worse, stop! Move away from the computer with your hands in the air, before you do any permanent damage. Take a break from writing, or start something brand new. It is remarkable how a good night's sleep or a short period away from the manuscript can restore clarity, and help you process feedback in a way that leads to enlightenment. >>--------------------------------------------------<< Excerpted from Toxic Feedback: Helping Writers Survive and Thrive by Joni B. Cole, 2006, University Press of New England, Lebanon, NH. Reprinted with permission. Co-founder of the Writer's Center of White River Junction, Vermont, Joni B. Cole is the author of Toxic Feedback: Helping Writers Survive and Thrive. She is a frequent speaker at writing conferences around the country, a contributor to The Writer magazine, and a regular blogger on ThirdAge.com. She is also the author of Another Bad-Dog Book: Tales of Life, Love, and Neurotic Human Behavior, a collection of 28 true-life tales that mingle low moments with high comedy, and the creator of the three-volume This Day series, including Water Cooler Diaries: Women across America Share Their Day at Work. 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The USD 165 million project to remove 400 foundations laid at Maldives main airport by its previous operator GMR Group of India, and temporarily relocate certain buildings to prepare for the development of the airport's new terminal has been completed.
Maldives Airports Company Limited (MACL)'s managing director Adil Moosa told Mihaaru that removal of the foundations laid by GMR for Ibrahim Nasir International Airport (INIA)'s new terminal had been an exceedingly arduous task.
"Removing the foundations was so problematic that we had to procure a specialised hammer from [Sri] Lanka. [The removal] took nearly three months," he said.
MACL had tasked Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) with removing GMR's foundations at the airport's eastern side and relocate temporary buildings to that area. MTCC's sub-contractor for foundation removal was Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF)'s Sifainge (military) Welfare Company.
"Removing some of the foundations took one day each. The concrete used was extremely strong," said Adil on a tour of the area.
Some of the foundations measured 20 feet in width and 6 feet in height. They had been laid by GMR for their project to develop a terminal that can cater to five million passengers annually.
After taking over the reins of INIA, MACL had decided to develop the new terminal adjacent to the current International Terminal. The company is currently preparing to develop INIA's second runway combining the location chosen by GMR for its new terminal.
Adil added that relocation of some of the buildings in the location of the new terminal to the airport's eastern side has also been completed. Total 13 buildings had been developed in that area by MTCC.
"Around 500 employees of various departments will work in these relocated buildings. We're assuming that these buildings will be in use for around seven years."


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We've all made a spur of the moment purchase online and then regretted it the following morning. Online shopping is full of the temptations that are just too easy to give in to. It's so easy to make a purchase now, with PayPal and one-click purchases. Before we know it, we've over spent.
The fashion conscious shopper is particularly susceptible to the temptations of online shopping. It's so easy to see a 'bargain' and think, 'Oh, if it doesn't fit I'll send it back.' But how often do we ever send anything back?
Online shopping really is too easy and it gets people into real financial problems very quickly, especially if they are using credit facilities to make their purchases.
The important thing to remember is that while we can all make mistakes, we are the one who are responsible for our financial health. Thoughtless spending can lead to real financial difficulties. While there are options employed people can use to help them through an emergency, like payday loans, it is never wise to borrow money to pay off existing debt. This is how the spiral of debt grows and can get out of hand.
Before you press buy, or add another item to your basket, stop! Ask yourself if you really need it, whether you can really afford it and, if you are using borrowed money be very careful indeed.


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Decided to scrap in one of my favourite colour combination – pink & teal! The colours are just perfect with each other isn't it?
This is a layout documenting my second time volunteering with my colleagues. It was a rewarding experience as we deliver food and basic necessities to the low-income family. Some of them are so grateful, they can't stop thanking us. It makes us realize how fortunate we are, to be able to afford going to restaurants while others are worrying about having enough food to feed the family. Learning to count our blessings every day.
I clustered some cut outs at the corner and added this cute wood heart from Freckled Fawn January kit!
This camera is cut out from Amy Tangerine's Yes Please collection paper.
Hope you enjoy the layout & happy Friday! 🙂


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If we look at some the greatest musicians who have ever lived we can see a common pattern involving the use of intoxicants and assorted narcotics. The list is endless.....Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Freddie Mercury, Michael Hutchence, James Hetfield, John Lennon, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Ozzy Osbourne among others.
These are the same people who were icons during their time. I mean everyone knows that Hendrix was and will always be 'The Guitar God' (inspite of Slash,Petrucci and other contenders to the throne)
'Green day' is a band name but it also implies in California slang "Lazying around and smoking pot all day". What makes a musician indulge in narcotics is the whole issue. Yes, it does 'elevate' someone to a 'mind numbing' place. But the price that is paid is huge. I have had friends with whom I used to hangout and discuss heavy metal and the deepest ideologies behind lyrics, but soon with the usage of marijuana those same guys later moved onto Trance instead of Rock and Metal. This pretty much put them out of the group's hangouts as well as on various topics of discussion.
When we listen to Floyd or a even Dream Theater this is exactly what we try to achieve, a higher state. Yes the feeling that someone would get after smoking a joint and listening to "Coming back to Life" would probably even be better than anything else before that. (Some other guys I know would probably prefer Tool over here instead of Floyd)
Some of the most famous pieces of music were probably created when the band playing it themselves weren't aware of the notes being hammered out. Metallica themselves say that the "Kill em All" tour is something that they hardly remember anything of since they were mostly stoned while on stage. (Ref. the Live Shit - San Diego DVD)
Now if anyone thinks that all the substance abuse ended with Kurt Cobain needs to think again. Recently multiple Grammy winner, Amy Winehouse had some issues on that front.
There are choices to be made (maybe life altering one's) faced by most of us. The idea trying to be conveyed here is quite similar to the film 'Thank You For Smoking'
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
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Globus is a retail clothing store chain, based in Mumbai, India. It is part of the Rajan Raheja Group. Globus was founded in January 1998. Its first location (at 35,000 square foot store) opened in Indore in June 1999, followed by two locations in Chennai. Its Mumbai flagship location opened in November 2001. By May 2008 the chain had expanded to 24 stores, and started a push to greatly expand the number of locations. The chain has previously announced bold plans to expand to a much larger numbe


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In Win Launches Its 805 ATX PC Chassis
In Win Development Inc., a leading innovator in PC design and multi-winner of the internationally renowned red-dot Design Award, has today announced its new 805 ATX PC chassis.
The new 805 chassis features a see-through skeleton structure of aluminum that can be placed anywhere to give 270 degrees of spectacular views thanks to its tempered glass sides and front panel. In Win has pursued the spirit of exquisite craftsmanship and innovative design that blends the best of visual aesthetics and high-end PC gaming build performance. Space is provided for mini-ITX, Micro-ATX or ATX builds that includes up to eight expansion cards.
The 805 is available in all-black, or with accents of red or gold*. The 805 also comes pre-fitted with a white (black/gold versions) or red (red version) LED backlit logo* to match modern build aesthetics.
Extensive air and water cooling options are included, with support for 280mm radiators up to 60mm thick in the front, and a 120mm radiator and 35mm thick at the rear. It's also equipped with a removable fan bracket in the front and has magnetic dust filters on all in-take fans which allows for easy building and maintenance. Two more 120mm fans can also be mounted in the base for additional cooling, while air-cooled CPUs with tower heat sinks have a spacious 156mm height to spare.
At the front, the latest USB 3.1 Type-C* connector (1x) supporting ultra-fast 10Gbps data transfer, in addition to USB 3.0 (1x), USB 2.0 (2x) and 3.5mm HD audio jacks.
The versatile HDD mounting mechanism with In Win EZ-Swap bays allows two 2.5/3.5-inch drives to be placed in three different positions. This is in addition to another pair of 2.5-inch drives placed elsewhere, allowing for an extensive SSD setup.
*Please note that due to regional requirements, APAC region will focus on all-black and black/red versions, without LED accents and with USB 3.0 Type-A (2x) front panel only. Europe will carry Type-C version with LED fan, and black will be the only color available in the first few months.
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Hey there . . .
Taking a minute to brag on Ashley . . . she busted it yesterday and today installing three rooms for her client's the Owens. Three kids ranging from 12 to 15, with a college age sister to come. .
Now I want her to fill you in on all the details when they are completely done - and photographed, but I can't resist showing you a peek from my I Phone . . . great job !
I love her color palate ! The dramatic black walls really make things pop ! Filtering in a desk, and pin board.
Check out the "globe" poof she used . . and the amazing rug. Bo's getting a new desk as well and some new custom built ins by our carpenter . .
Really cool bedside "lamp" and stoop.
John too is getting a new desk, small sofa and built ins . . . love the rug in here too.
And I know her final pics will really show it off.
Now rest up this weekend . . you earned it, as did our installer, Ashley Mullis, three rooms in 2 days - not bad ! Stay tuned this weekend and I will show you what I was up to . .
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The Moores family's 50-year hold over Liverpool could come to an end if chairman David carries out his threat to give up control of the club.
Moores has agreed to hold talks with multi-millionaire Steve Morgan, the club's third-largest shareholder, who he has been at loggerheads with for years.
Morgan has long wanted a say in the running of the club and possibly a place on the board. At last night's annual general meeting he and other shareholders said that they were hugely dissatisfied with the club's indifferent performance this season.
Such was the volume of criticism - led by Morgan, who maintained he had money and was willing to invest in the club - that Moores conceded he was prepared to talk.
Morgan said: "The chairman has refused to talk to me, money is available from me and others, but the chairman will not dilute his holding."
Moores replied: "It is time to bury the hatchet, if you (Morgan) want a meeting, we will sit down and talk it over.
"This is no good for this club, we must bury the hatchet. If it means diluting my shares or even selling to another Roman Abramovich, I will have to do it."
Moores earlier said that he would be looking at his own position at the end of the season, but for now the board and management would carry on and try to do the best they could. He re-emphasised his support for manager Gerard Houllier.
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A man escaped unscathed this afternoon after his car crashed near Chillicothe, Iowa.
Authorities responded to a report of a car crash around 3:45 P.M. on Eddyville road between US highway 63 and 165th avenue.
Upon arrival, they located a vehicle laying on its top about 40 feet from the road.
The vehicle was traveling southeast on Eddyville when it drifted off the right side of the road and began to slide down an embankment.
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Video outcry prompts Delta to repay GIs hit with $200 bag fees.
Delta recently received a little egg on its face when a US soldier returning from Afghanistan posted a video on YouTube about being charged $200 for his extra bag. The video has apparently been since removed.
His entire unit ended up shelling out $2,800 in out of pocket expenses for their extra bags. According to reports the soldier's fourth bag contained his M-4, a grenade launcher, and a pistol. The tools he was issued to fight and defend himself with.
Delta should be letting these soldiers bring anything they need back and forth from the warzones, free of charge. They're not checking golf clubs or snowboards. They're checking what they'll need to survive under fire in parts unknown.
How big a pair of balls do you have to have to tell a platoon of war hardened GIs that they have to pay for that last bag?
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A couple of days ago I was watching a Christian program on my laptop and they were talking about the news over in the middle east. They were talking about Isis and their evil corrupted hearts and what they were doing to people and to especially Christian, women, men and children. I was reading the bible while I was listening to it and I tell you I got pretty angry. I asked myself what I needed to do, I asked myself how I can to destroy those evil men because all they do is destroy and that is on their heart to do. I was sad for the children and the women, just the families that were being taunted and killed because they love Jesus. I nearly wanted to hate them but you know what. I wasn't paying attention to the words of God in the bible but as I was like day-dreaming reading ( you know how you are reading yet you are not really reading but thinking of other things?). I came across these scriptures in the word of God, Romans 12:18-21 "If it be possible, as much lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." AMEN!
This life is not an eternity, it is only a grain of sand compared to eternity, maybe even less. We do not have time to hate, to dislike, to be angry all our lives. Now don't get me wrong what I was feeling was a righteous anger. My brothers and sisters are hurting and losing other brother and sisters in Christ. What Christian wouldn't feel heart-broken or angry over what is happening not just in the Middle East but everywhere it seems, and its only getting worse and will get worse. The bible said that their would be a time that people will not listen to the Gospel but false doctrines that the itchy ears want to hear. But in all this we have to realize that we are living in the flesh and it is not of God to hate anything or anyone. There is a difference between righteous anger and unrighteous anger but hating is totally leaning towards unrighteousness because the only thing us Christians should hate is EVIL, sin basically. We should abhor it as much as God does but the thing with us is we tend to cross the line. With us human beings sometimes it could difficult for us to even love a person and hate the sin without disliking the person too and judging them. That's another thing though, we have to have a Christ like mind and so we should think just like he thinks or at least TRY to. He didn't hide what he thought because he said everything he needed to say in the word of God and he represented everything that we need to represent now. He saw the hearts of those who sinned and hated that sin but loved the human being. We have to do the same.
Jesus saw beyond the flesh, GOD sees beyond the flesh and goes straight to the heart. That is how we should live and love. However, when it comes to the evil acts such as this, we don't love it at all but it is good to pray for those who have to endure such conflict and troubles for God to give them strength and to bring them out. To pray that if there is any chance for these dark hearted men to change heart and open their eyes to Jesus Christ our savior who sits at the right hand of God ; the real God on the throne. Then that would happen if it's the Lord's will but from the looks of it, they don't want to change. So because of that I wouldn't be surprised if God just gave them over to their sinful lusts and minds. Though I still think if God can change a man like Saul who prosecuted the church and change his name into Paul an apostle of the Gentiles and became to love Christ so much that he didn't care who was in front of him but was zealous for God to tell the Gospel to those on the streets and in the synagogues. Why can't it be possible for these men? It's a beautiful thing how awesome our God is and how anything is possible with him. As much as my flesh want every being that do such evil acts to pay for what they did/do. I know that is not God's will, he loves all and he is willing to forgive all. If only all were willing to open their hearts to him; so we should to forgive like God forgives. His will is for NONE to perish but for everyone to have everlasting life. 2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
Again, the Lord sees all and knows all so if anyone does do you wrong, don't repay evil with evil but evil with good. Don't even give it a second thought, just move on with your life with Jesus so you can grow in the Lord God and become used by him. Because when we have bitterness or un-forgiveness or hatred in the heart, its difficult for God to use you or for the Holy Spirit to penetrate your heart and to guide you the way he wants you to go or for God to even bless you because you still hold a grudge, hatred, bitterness. The God we serve is a God of love (HE IS LOVE) and he said that we MUST forgive those who transgressed against us so he can forgive us for our sins. Matthew 6:15 "But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." So I ask you today that if you have any of these things left in your heart, you need to let it go. If you do not forgive those who transgressed against you, they keep the power whether you know it or not. Give it over to the Lord. He will cleanse you. Ask the Lord God to take it from you in Jesus name! Because you have a life to live and a God to serve. Matthew 5: 8 "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."


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I was freeping here the other day and someone posted that ABC news was soliciting for more Foley emails.
I went to the link and sure enough they where, so I sent them.....
Hi, I was an intern and I had sex many times with a high ranking Government official, we used sex toys, we had phone sex many times, please contact me for details.
This is the response.....
I'm the Senior Investigative Producer of the Brian Ross and your message was sent to me. I would be very interested in speaking with you.
Please feel free to call me - either in my NY office 212-456-6450 or on my cell phone 301-529-5434 at any time.
Thank you for contacting us and I look forward to speaking with you,
Best regards,
Rhonda Schwartz Senior Investigative Producer ABC News
Rhonda Schwartz / Senior Investigative Producer /ABC News /147 Columbus Ave / NY,NY 10023 / 212-456-6450 / Mobile 301-529-5434
This is my response back.....
Thank you for responding, Its refreshing to see that ABC news cares so much about the "chchildrennd has its crack news teams working to clean out the perverts in Washington.
Expect my call soon with the details.
Thanks Again
Monica Lewinski
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Loving Cup
An ideal drink to welcome guests on Christmas day.
8 sugar cubes
2 lemons
½ bottle medium-sweet or sweet sherry
¼ bottle brandy
1 bottle dry sparkling white wine
Serves: 12
1 Rub the sugar cubes over the lemons to absorb the zest. Thinly peel the lemons and remove as much of the pith as possible. Thinly slice the lemons and set aside.
2 Put the lemon rind, sherry, brandy and sugar cubes into a jug and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.
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Friday, 11 January 2008
see you? I don't think so---Friday 5/Friday Fiction
Write a scene that ends with your character saying:
'I never want to see you again.'
Friday 5 words: floss, intense, prey, cease, swallow for January 11, 2008.
holding this way, that way he flosses.
intense pain suddenly cease-
as a tooth has fallen prey
to vigorous brushing.
For a while now, he had been unable
to swallow half chewed food.
he looks at that defenseless tooth.
gleefully throws it into waste bin
shouting at top of his voice,
"I never want to see you again"
23 comments:
Good one! I've never lost a tooth that way, and I'm glad! Michele sent me.ReplyDelete
THere is nothing like tooth pain
i have to agree that OUCH is the best response!!!!!ReplyDelete
"swallow it..."
Oooh, I felt that pain quite viscerally. Richly worded, Gautami. I love how you write!ReplyDelete
Michele does, too, so she sent me (again...sorry!) to see your stuff.
Thanks for your posting, Gautami.ReplyDelete
Have a good weekend
Gautami, this is really good. I couldn't help but, laugh at the last line because you built it up so well visually. Thanks for sharing such a delightful but, painful poem. Have a good weekend.ReplyDelete
Gautami - what a great response. I felt the pain!ReplyDelete
His relief is palpable! What a marvellous way to use the last line and words. Well done.ReplyDelete
Michele sent me over to say hi :)
Scary dental woes. Crossing fingers as I type - good work...ReplyDelete
yikes! not something i'd like to know...ReplyDelete
Too visual for me, grin. Ending was perfect.ReplyDelete
Another one about dental hygiene? I guess reading it is better than experiencing it.ReplyDelete
I felt a huge relief when the narrator got rid of the tooth!ReplyDelete
ah, what a terrific take on the prompt!ReplyDelete
A unique way of story telling Gautami. I like the fervor with which he disposes of the tooth.ReplyDelete
Yowie! That's quite a twist -- I had to read this twice to make sure I was reading it right.ReplyDelete
Ow. Ow ow ow!ReplyDelete
Gautami, I am always amazed at how well you weave poetry from these prompts.
What a brilliant take on this prompt! I have certainly had other types of things that have caused me pain that I've given triumphant yells over getting rid of. Nicely done as usual.ReplyDelete
"Take it to the doc,ReplyDelete
I guess he ought to know
Which ones can stay,
which one gotta go
He looks in my mouth and
then he starts to gloat.
He says me teeth are O.K.
But my gums got to go!"
Alice Cooper
The average 'American Sentence' is 6 months in the Local Jail and 5 years in a State Prison.
Good to know.
i like thisReplyDelete
Argh - I always over floss - therefore dont do it.ReplyDelete
I'm guessing that the tooth fairy wont be visiting to pop some money under the pillow!
Fantastic takeon the prompt!
oh that was very good...i believe we can all relate to that...and that you made me laugh w/pain..ReplyDelete


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It is ironic how I taught stress management to my 7th grade class today and now I am totally stressed out. My class even went well and the kids were all so very well behaved. Some kids even thanked me for teaching them.... awh!!! But, I guess I need to practice what I preach eh...?
All I have to say is lesson planning equals stress overload!!!!
In case anyone wants to know the 5 stress management techniques that I taught...
1. Eat a healthy diet and exercise regularly (I'm basically failing and scared of the scale right now)
2. Tense and Release (This might help but I don't want to force myself to get even tenser...)
3. Deep Breathing (I can't breathe deep enough for this to be effective I guess because even the deepest of breaths aren't conquering my stress)
4. Mind Vacation (I like this one but it takes way more time than I have to spare.)
5. Laughter (I haven't tried this yet... I guess I just need to hear some good jokes!)


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Violence rules God's own country
That CPI(M) goons have been using violence as a political tool is fairly known. What is surprising, however, is that their violence does not make a damning headline. It does not compell the so-called civil society to hit the streets to hold placards like 'Not In My Name' as it did for Junaid
In a democracy, political groups are ought to compete via ballots. It is also a fact that political violence happens. But the way the communists use violence, especially in States where they dominate — be it Kerala or West Bengal — is something unprecedent in the history of India. For example, in Kannur, which is the stronghold of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M) in Kerala, murders not only exemplify brutal savagery but they do so in broad daylight.
Along with 34-year-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker, E Rajesh, who was hacked to death by a gang, allegedly led by a history-sheeter, 17 people have been killed during the 17-month rule of the Left Democratic Front in Kerala, according to BJP leader, Kerala Prahlad.
And for those who doubt, BJP MP, Meenakshi Lekhi, listed more than a dozen names of people who were killed by CPI(M) goons. In fact, the history of violence in the State goes back to the 1950s, when the communists clashed with the Praja Socialist Party (PSP). Later, when PSP disintegrated; and its workers joined the Jana Sangh, communists stated targeting RSS and Jana Sangh members.
The first RSS activist who was killed by them was Vadikkal Ramakrishnan in 1968 in Thalassery. And even as the RSS is the main target, it is not the only victim of this murderous politics, as Lekhi pointed out. The CPI(M) members are not only killing activists of the Congress or the Muslim Leagues; they have not even spared rival communists factions. For example, TP Chandrasekharan, who broke away from the CPI(M) to form the Revolutionary Marxist Party was hacked to death on May 4, 2012, by his former CPI(M) colleagues.
In present day world, monopoly of the legitimate use of violence within a given territory rests with the State or the sovereign, which is supposed to use it to maintain peace and harmony. The Union Government is just an arm of the State and it has various checks and balances to its power. But from a communist point of view, as said by communist leader Vladimir Lenin himself, Government is a "power that is limited by nothing, by no laws, that is restrained by absolutely no rules, that rests directly on coercion".
As in communism, where the Government and the party overlaps each other under an ideology and for whom violence is not something to abhor; it is not surprising that communism has been a major force for violence for more than 100 years.
Stéphane Courtois, in his book, The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression, said, on a global scale, communist regimes are responsible for hundred million deaths. Steven Pinker of Harvard University too said, "Violence was built into its ideology — that progress comes through class struggle, often violent".
So, when it comes to the use of violence and killings, communists in India are not different from their counterparts in the world. If we take the whole spectrum, which ranges from the Communist Party of India(CPI)-CPI(M) to the Maoists, the toll will raise well above 15,000 to 20,000, depending upon various sources. Other than Kerala, where the CPI won the Assembly election by a slim majority, just after a decade of independence, forming the first communist Government, the communists are a force only in West Bengal and Tripura.
Highlighting the politics of violence which West Bengal witnessed during the communist regime, Trinamool Congress leader, D Bandyopadhyay, wrote in his article, 'Census of Political Murders in West Bengal during CPI-M Rule—1977-2009', published in Mainstream on August 22, 2010, that "devoid of high ideology and believing in the cult of violence the CPI(M) used murder as a political instrument since 1978 in an organised manner". He further says that in the entire period of 1977-1996, on an average, 125.7 murders were effected in a month, which means four murder a day.
But as Anirban Ganguly wrote in his article, 'Five Massacres That Every Indian Communist Must Be Reminded Of', published in Swarajya on August 12, 2015, "The CPI(M) was experimenting with murder as a political instrument much before they came to power. In 1970 CPI(M) cadres murdered two important Congress leaders belonging to the Sain family of Burdwan and the level of bestiality that they stooped down to was evident by the fact that they made the mother of the two Sain brothers eat rice drenched with the blood of her dead sons."
Most surprising thing about all these is that except a few cases, like one's Singur and Nandigram, the CPI(M)'s violence goes unnoticed and unreported. You will neither find any articles nor books documenting these atrocities. It happens because if the West, which in the words of Alan Charles Kors, a historian (of European intellectual history) at the University of Pennsylvania, is "almost silent on the crimes of communism. Letting the bodies lie, unnoticed, everywhere", in India silence prevails because of two reasons.
First, along with committed criminals, as Ganguly says, "CPI(M) effectively nurtured and created a web of committed intellectuals who were often party card holders and were prolific in literary and intellectual output".
Second, weak response from the organisation other than RSS-BJP. For example, pointing out that political violence has been normalised in Kerala, as Paul Zacharia said, "Even in areas with Congress legislators, the administration and police look the other way when violence happens and this has created distortion in the politics of the region." The question however is that when historians are on the same page as that of history-sheeters; TV channels don't scream; communist violence does not make a damning headline; the civil society does not hit the streets holding placards 'Not In My Name' as it did for Junaid, how many Rajesh will be there in god's own country?
(The writer is a post-graduate student, Centre for Informal Sector and Labour studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University)
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