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Today was a lovely day… or at least it started that way. We had checked the weather report and seen that it was supposed to be mid 80s and partly cloudy. Perfect day for the beach. We packed up the baby, the diaper bag, the carriage, the picnic, the blanket, the towels, the toys… you get the point and we headed up to the local beach strip.
We drove around for a while looking for parking. We lugged and wheeled all our belongings and our boy halfway across town to get to the actual beach… we laid out our blanket, slathered on sunscreen, changed the baby into the right diaper, put on his floaties and enjoyed a lovely stroll through the umbrella world down to the water.
This was my boy's 1st time at the actual ocean… when he was aware of what was going on. I brought him last year but he was like 4 months old and was pretty much just concerned about his next drink at the boob. Today he walked on the sand, held our hands as he ventured into the waves and stood his ground as the sand beneath him dissipated and he lost his footing. He was honestly pretty good at facing the waves.. he's pretty little and though the waves were just crashing at our ankles they were splashing up in his face… he held his ground though. He did not like the sand leaving his footing as much.. but he held out like a champ.
This lasted for about 15 mins.. and he had his fill.. ok.. we'll go up and play in the sand for a bit.. maybe eat that lunch.. it was after 1 at this point in the day… we were barely done our fruit and only half done our sandwich when the grey clouds started to invade our space. We looked back on the horizon and saw the beginnings of a frightful storm.
That was that for the beach.. at least the sand part. We packed up the towels, the blanket, the cooler, and toys.. and my boyfriend took all the extras back to the car. Jason and I waited by the restroom trying to get our chance to change back into the dry clothes and a real diaper. We met a lot of nice women in that line.. such a friendly place to encounter all kinds of people trying to wet themselves.
When we finally had our turn at the "family restroom" Neil was just getting back to the facilities and was lovely enough to run up and help me out of the door with the carriage. An older woman commented on how sweet it was that he cared and how most men wouldn't have noticed never mind bothered to rush to their aid. That made me happy.. and proud of my boyfriend. He is by no means perfect.. but he
does care and he does try.. and that means more than he knows.
Anyway, we had like 3 more hours on the meter and were not giving up on our beach day.. we hit the strip and tried to stay under awnings as much as possible. I bought a cute new ankle bracelet, we got our pictures taken in a booth and of course Neil tried out the new Batman video game.. all in all it was a successful day. Even with the random rain bursts and sun showers.
The baby fell asleep on our walk and we spent like an hour just sitting on a bench looking out over the water and talking. It was nice.. we don't get a lot of "alone" time anymore.. at last it was time to leave… and I don't know if it was good timing or bad because we got caught in torrential down pours on the drive home.. we could barely see 5 feet in front of us.. but at least we weren't still sitting on the bench with a sleeping 17 month old.
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This documentary reflects on some of the most ground-breaking directors in the history of American film, beginning with early cinematic trailblazers like Austrian immigrant Erich von Stroheim and Texas native King Vidor. Its examination of U.S. cinema's lesser known history includes discussions of the careers of Samuel Fuller, Orson Welles and visionary outsider John Cassavetes, with commentary by "film school generation" masters Martin Scorsese, Paul Schrader and Peter Bogdanovich.
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Give That Lady a Cigar!
Canton, Mich.
Re "The Old Dope Peddler" ["Letters," March 9]: I wish to thank The Nation for running the cigarette ad with the opportunity to take advantage of a coupon. Tobacco is a legal product, as are cellphones, books, sleep aids and pearl necklaces. If one has no need for a cellphone, sleep aid, cigarette or pearl necklace, don't buy one. First Amendment, anyone?
Santa Cruz, Calif.
Your response to letters critical of advertising tobacco is the most tortured piece of writing I have read since some Christian gave me a leaflet on avoiding hell. Your reasoning contained everything but the virtue of motherhood. You obviously stand on unstable ground.
Paging Alexander the Great…
Placentia, Calif.
Your editorial "Don't Escalate in Afghanistan" [Feb. 23] is absolutely correct! Someone should remind our president and the Pentagon that only Alexander the Great succeeded in conquering that country.
Whiners of the World, Unite!
New York City
Congratulations on a terrific article: Nicholas von Hoffman's "Jobless in America" [Feb. 23] accomplishes something very important by bringing Nation readers the voices and stories of so many different people struggling to cope with this brutal economy of ours. It also accomplishes something important by letting these men and women–and others like them–realize that they are not alone.
Feelings of isolation, panic, shame, confusion, anger, guilt and much more are all hallmarks of our economic downturn. I was struck by Anonymous in Miami, who asked, "Where are other people's stories? I have been looking online…"
To Anonymous and others like him/her, I invite you to EconoWhiner.com, a website I founded with a small band of fellow "whiners" to give people hit hard by the economy a place to share their experiences, emotions and survival strategies. (The name was inspired by Phil Gramm's outrageous claim that there wasn't anything wrong with the economy–we are just "a nation of whiners." George Will went one better, calling us "crybabies of the Western world.")


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The Operating Framework for Higher Education in England, released on 11 July, sets out with admirable clarity practical proposals for holding things together now that plans for a Higher Education Act have been dropped and the existing legislative provisions are being stretched to breaking point ("we are constrained by the existing legislation at the present time", notes the document drily). ("NUS and Hefce team up for regulation without legislation", News, 11 July.)
The exercise of ministerial powers to create statutory instruments will need watching in this situation. There was quite a fight to restrict those powers in the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, restrictions recently tested by way of the government's allocation of targeted funding through the Higher Education Funding Council for England. "I will be updating the education (student support) regulations," says David Willetts, the universities and science minister, in his statement launching the framework. What else may be "updated" by this route?
The government is encouraging "provider diversity" to give students more choice and there are sound proposals to ensure that alternative providers have to pass muster to enter the sector. But it will be a rare applicant who consults the (welcome) planned Hefce register knowledgeably and spots that his choice is "not subject to the same oversight arrangements as designated higher education providers", or knows how to make "enquiries about the quality of provision and other matters of potential interest". How many 17-year-olds, noting that courses from their preferred providers are not "subject to the full operating framework", will instantly apply elsewhere?
If something goes wrong and a student wants to complain, the discovery may come too late that although most providers will subscribe to the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, "some alternative providers may not". If "students, staff or other parties have concerns about a university or college that they believe require investigation, and where such concerns indicate serious systemic or procedural problems", the Quality Assurance Agency "will investigate them in detail through its concerns procedure. Note that again this will not be relevant for any university or college which does not subscribe to the QAA or have Tier 4 status."
If a designated course is de-designated or a provider fails altogether, Willetts says he has asked the funding council, in concert with the government and the sector, to look at options for developing a designation resolution process: not in place yet then. Well done Hefce and the Regulatory Partnership Group for quietly flagging all this up.
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Staples is conducting its Do Something 101 campaign through Aug. 31 to collect school supplies for local nonprofit organizations.
Staples is conducting its Do Something 101 campaign through Aug. 31 to collect school supplies for local nonprofit organizations.
Staples has donated $50,000 in school supplies to the cause. The campaign encourages teens to collect school supplies and drop them off at Staples stores. Customers can donate money or new supplies at any location with 100 percent of the proceeds benefiting kids in need.
Donations made on Cape will go to the Boys and Girls Club of Cape Cod and other local groups.
Staples has stores in Hyannis, Orleans and Falmouth. For more information, visit www.dosomething101.com.
Michael Porter of Benson, Young and Downs Insurance Agency in Harwich Port was recently honored by the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors for 20 years of participation in the Certified Insurance Counselors program.
Porter was recognized for his ongoing pledge to education, commitment to excellence and dedication to his profession. Achieving the CIC designation for 20 years places him in the top 1 percent of all insurance professionals in the country.
Robert Fabiano of Dennisport has joined TD Banknorth as the business development and sales manager for its South Dennis and Dennis locations.
Fabiano has more than 25 years of banking experience. He previously worked as a regional manager for Sovereign Bank and Compass Bank on Cape Cod.
Send submissions to Cape Commerce, Cape Cod Times, 319 Main St., Hyannis, MA 02601 or e-mail them to email@example.com (include the phrase "Cape Business" in the subject line). Include a contact phone number. Photos may be mailed or e-mailed in jpg form. Call Cindy Carlson with questions, 508-862-1161.


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News Movies | Written by Kris Heys 20/08/2011
News: Resident Evil, Babylon 5, Supernatural, Wolverine, Marty McFly + More in THE WEEKEND ROUNDUP
Extra bits n' bobs from the week's genre news!
* We've had mega Sharks, Octopie, Crocodiles, Piranhas – this was only a matter of time…
* Various news sites are reporting that Columbia Pictures are eyeing PARKS AND RECREATION star Aziz Ansari for a role in the long-mooted GHOSTBUSTERS 3. Funny that this non-news (ain't gonna happen) hits in the exact same week Ansari needs 30 MINUTES OR LESS pimping. As much as I'd love to see another GHOSTBUSTERS sequel, I think I have to get used to the fact that we'll never get to see it. Damn you, Bill Murray! Just sign already!
* Despite Stallone insisting he was done with the character of John Rambo, CONAN THE BARBARIAN writer Sean Hood has just completed his draft of RAMBO: LAST STAND for production company Millenium. We're still peeved Stallone dumped his own 2009 draft that featured the character hunting a Monster! We're not even kidding, google it.
* WEEDS star Mary Louise Parker has joined the cast of Jeff Bridges & Ryan Reynolds comic-book adaptation R.I.P.D. as the bereaved wife of the latter.
* Forever chasing that TWILIGHT demographic, DreamWorks have acquired the rights to DARKFEVER, the first book in Karen Moning's acclaimed fantasy series. Expect a franchise should it hit.
* Will Smith is in talks to go on a FANTASTIC VOYAGE with director Shaun Levy (NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM). The remake of the 1966 sci-fi classic will be produced by James Cameron and his Lightstorm Entertainment partner Jon Landau. Always preffered INNERSPACE myself.
* Sorry BABYLON 5 fans, creator J Michael Straczynski has shot down star Walter Koenig's recent claims that the series is set to return in the near future. "Walter misspoke" Straczynski told Spinoff Online. Oh.
* Good news for Muppet fans however – not only is their big-screen return almost upon us, but now we have THE GREEN ALBUM, a collection of contemporary artists covering classic Muppet tracks. And you can listen to the entire thing for free, here!
* Just as I was beginning to warm to the idea of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES (predominantly due to Marti Noxon overseeing screenwriting duties), turns out the flick is undergoing huge delays due to their bewildering difficulties finding a leading lady! Hollywood might have its problems, but a shortage of young actresses isn't one of them. Most recently ZOMBIELAND's Emma Stone passed on the lead role, and before that Natalie Portman walked when original director David O. Russell (THE FIGHTER) did the same.
* Is there anybody out there that's a fan of the CHILDREN OF THE CORN series? There has to be right? Otherwise why would we have CHILDREN OF THE CORN: GENESIS, the eighth entry into the series?! Here's the trailer for the upcoming direct-to-DVD sequel:
* BUFFY/ANGEL alum Charisma Carpenter and James Marsters are set to return to the genre in an upcoming season 7 episode of SUPERNATURAL.
* THE WOLVERINE finally begins shooting on the 11th of November in Vancouver, which will double for the story's Japanese setting. Will Hugh and co get it right this time? We'll find out next summer.
* The RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION folk aren't settling for no faux Japan however, with plans to film sequences of Alice's upcoming globe-spanning adventure in the country itself. But first, a quick trip to Russia, where, according to Milla Jovovich's Twitter account, they're "DOING A HUGE ACTION SEQUENCE IN RED SQUARE!!!". Glad to see at least one person excited about this flick.
* Hot on the heels of the trailer comes the new promotional poster for GLEE creator Ryan Murphy's upcoming TV show AMERICAN HORROR STORY. Something tells me he's not going after the same crowd...
* Who's up for a third trip to the HOSTEL? Not Eli Roth apparently, who has nothing to do with the direct-to-DVD HOSTEL: PART III. Originally held up due to a few problems with American sensors the MPAA, the film has now finally secured an R rating. Sorry, but no Eli, no point in my opinion.
* Aaaaand finally. Ever wondered what the deal with Marty McFly and Doc Brown's relationship was? Quite honestly, no. But it seems a lot of people over the years have been somewhat puzzled as to why a 16 year old kid would be knocking around with an old bloke as his best mate. So much so, BACK TO THE FUTURE writer Bob Gale's stepped in to set people's minds at rest: "We never explained it in the movie. But the history of the characters that Bob Zemeckis and I created is this… For years, Marty was told that Doc Brown was dangerous, a crackpot, a lunatic. So, being a red-blooded American teenage boy, age 13 or 14, he decided to find out just why this guy was so dangerous. Marty snuck into Doc's lab, and was fascinated by all the cool stuff that was there. When Doc found him there, he was delighted to find that Marty thought he was cool and accepted him for what he was. Both of them were the black sheep in their respective environments. Doc gave Marty a part-time job to help with experiments, tend to the lab, tend to the dog, etc. And that's the origin of their relationship." Thanks for clearing that up, Bob.
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Proper installation of Attitude Adjustment Plate on X35
An attitude adjustment plate was installed on my 2008 X35 by the dealer. I was surprised to find that it does not retract up behind the boat to be "out of the way" when fully raised, like other trim tabs I've seen. Instead, it sticks straight out behind the boat like and extension of the hull.
Is this the correct installation, or did the dealer make a mistake? I can't find any photos anywhere to indicate what is correct...
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I don't beleive mine retrancts up passed horizontal. Not the best angle but you can see that the attitude plate is horizontal.
Pretty sure mine is horizontal too.
mine is just like the pic shown
that is how mine is on my 08 X2
My 2010 X-15 is horizontal just as in the picture. Came from the manufacture that way.
I guess that makes me feel better. It seems, though, that the essentially extended hull changes the characteristics of the wake, especially for wake surfing. Any idea why MC chose not to have the thing retract to at least one position where it wouldn't influence the wake?
[that is how it looked on our x45
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Here is a picture of my x35 plate. It is flat.
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if i see it right they put the bracket on the boat to low.There for they need to place the two black brackets on the plate otherwise the plate was even lower as it is right now.
On the photo in this reply you will see a orginal wakeplate on a 09 x35 in his highest position.
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I wish I could find photos that convey how wonderful Christo and Jeanne-Claude were in person. I heard that she passed away on November 18th. It's not easy to imagine the two of them apart. When I saw them, she did most of the talking.
As a student, I saw photos of their art. I wasn't fully feeling something about it. I wasn't embracing it and digging it as much as I wanted to. Sometimes, of course, I love a work of art right away. Keep in mind I'm not talking about respect here, I'm talking about love. I can respect something immediately because I see the talent and the heart that went into it. On the other hand, of course, sometimes I dislike a piece of art right away. I'm referring to art as a song, a play, a film, a book, a runway show, a painting, and so on and so forth. I disagree with an artist friend of mine, a guy who once said to me "all works of art are beautiful." I get what he means, I wish I agreed, but for me, there have to be things I don't find beautiful, in order to have a frame of reference for what I think beauty is.
There is plenty of art that I reserve judgment on. Sometimes I must revisit it, even if it means reading a book a second time. Or I need to see it in person, or simply look at it more often, let it be in my life longer, before I know if I like or dislike it. If that makes sense to any of you, I'm happy, because I'm not sure how well I can explain the feeling. People usually expect me to like or dislike an artist instantly.
An old best friend of mine, named Melella, understood. I burned him a CD, and there was one song he fell in love with much later. I remember he used to say that the superior song on the album was the one that he realized was amazing after he'd listened to the song many times. Felt as good as discovering something hidden. "The song that grows on you is probably better than the song you loved at first listen." I don't think Melella's is a hard and fast rule...but I knew what he meant. Anyway, this is a roundabout analogy for the fact that Christo and Jeanne-Claude are now some of my favorite artists of all time, but when I first saw photos of their work I was definitely lukewarm about them.
As the years went by, I developed an increasing enthusiasm for public art, and I felt more intrigued by Christo and Jeanne-Claude's work every year. Eventually "The Gates" came to
I wondered if it were all pretentiousness, but when I saw the Gates in person, I was converted into a wholehearted fan. Later that year, I saw footage of the duo's decades preparing artworks around the world. They kept going up notches in my book, because I was gaining a sense of what phenomenal artists they were. First off, they were devoted to each other as if it were second nature. Such a cosmic, beautiful love story was there between them.
When I learned that they worked tirelessly, debating with municipalities and mayors, and passing other obstacles in order to get their artworks finished, I realized this team was passionate far beyond what I see in many people. I started to feel defensive of them when people would act like the Gates were ridiculous. I felt protective and endeared towards them. They were visionaries who had to win people over who couldn't see the worth in the art. They seemed so young even though they were about 70 years old.
They don't accept outside funding for their work, they don't make a profit, and it is to be viewed free of charge.
Some words paraphrased from their website:
"Christo and Jeanne-Claude pay the entire cost of the artworks themselves. They earn all of the money through the sale of the preparatory studies, early works from the 1950s and 1960s and original lithographs. They do not accept grants or volunteer help. They do not accept money for things like posters, postcards, books, films, T-shirt and mugs or any other products at all. Christo and Jeanne-Claude firmly believe that to accept deals of this kind would alter and compromise their art. Refusing this money assures they are working in total freedom."
I eventually met them at this little chilled out place after an event, never knowing that would happen. They reminded me of one of my best painter friends from
What do you guys think of these artists? I remember the Gates made me walk to parts of
They made thousands of people feel connected. You walked like an explorer. The color changed your mood. You saw people up ahead of you. Likewise, the people behind you saw you ahead of them. For a few weeks our perceptions of the park and of the other park goers were altered. It was as if we were all swimming in the same current.
I never expected to meet these two, and I never expected that the experience would leave such a deep and lasting impression on me. Thank you Jeanne-Claude... I'll never forget you. Rest in peace.


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A film projectionist (Buster Keaton) who is studying to be a detective puts his skills to work after being accused of stealing the watch of his girlfriends father. While at work watching a film the projectionist dreams he is the character in the detective story on the screen. Meanwhile, his girl is determined to find out who framed the young man.
Joseph Frank Buster Keaton was born into a vaudeville family. At the age of three Keaton took the stage with his parents. Keaton grew up being literally thrown around the stage, into the audience or in the orchestra pit for their comedy act. He noticed if he didnt smile they got bigger laughs, so he developed his deadpan expression. In 1917 when Keaton was 22, he met Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle at the Talmadge Studios, in New York City, where Arbuckle worked for Joseph M. Schenck. Keaton asked to borrow one of the film cameras, so he could understand how it worked. He dismantled it and then put it back together once he figured out the mechanics of the camera. He returned the camera to Arbuckle and asked for a job. His first film was The Butcher Boy (1917). Keaton co-starred, was assistant director and was the gag man for the film.
Keatons film career was off and running. Joseph M. Schenck soon gave Keaton his own production unit, Buster Keaton Comedies. Keaton began to make his own successful shorts that lead him to full length features. Keatons silent films always feature wonderful sight gags and technical trickery. He was one of the most technically adept directors of the silent era. Keaton was innovative with the film camera. Im sure not many directors took the film camera apart and could reassemble it, just so they could understand the mechanics of how it worked. This is evident in all of Keatons films and Sherlock, Jr has several highlights of movie magic being created.
By the time Keaton made Sherlock Jr., he had directed 22 features and shorts. In three years he would direct The General (1927) which is thought to be his masterpiece. All of his films are brilliantly imaginative and funny. In each project you can see Keatons progress as filmmaker. Gags become more surreal and stunts bigger, but he never forgets the comedy within the story. Sherlock, Jr. is only 44 minutes in length and Keaton packs in more laughs, story and originality than any filmmaker alive today. He takes a simple story of a young man with aspirations of being a detective, who wants to impress his girl with a $4.00 box of candy (but can only afford $ 1.00 and he changes the price to $4.00) and a tiny engagement ring and explores the power of our subconscious through dreaming.
We first see Keaton being interrupted by the movie theatre owner, while reading a book entitled How to Become a Detective. He only has enough money to buy his sweetheart (Kathryn McGuire) a dollar box of candy. He changes the price to $4.00 to impress her. He also gives her a tiny diamond engagement ring and uses a magnifying glass for her to see it. Another suitor (Ward Crane, The Villain) sees them together and steals McGuires fathers watch to buy her the huge $4.00 box of candy. When her father notices his watch is missing, Keaton takes charge of the case and suggests searching everyone. His rival puts the pawn ticket into Keatons pocket. He is blamed and told to leave. Undaunted, Keaton shadows Crane to the train station. Crane notices and locks Keaton in a train car. Keaton escapes through the roof of the car and rides the water pipe down and is doused. The force of the water threw Keaton onto the train rails where he fractured his neck in real life and he didnt know the extent of the injury until many years later. He went home that night with a splitting headache, took aspirin and went to bed and reported to work the next day. Wow!
Keaton returns to work and starts the feature Hearts and Pearls. The movie involves a stolen pearl necklace. In the interim, McGuire goes to the pawnbroker for a description of the man who sold the watch and finds the true thief. Keaton falls asleep while watching the film. He replaces all the characters in the film with the people he knows and goes to join them on the screen. As he tries to join them on screen,the action changes rapidly dropping Keaton into many different locations: the front door of the house, the garden, onto a cliff, to the ocean, a lions den, in front of a train and back to the houses garden. Keatons cameraman Byron Houck used surveying instruments to position Keaton and the camera at the exact distances and positions for continuity as the scenes changes location.
Keaton is now introduced as the world greatest detective, Sherlock, Jr. The villains set up booby traps, an exploding pool ball and poison drinks, but Sherlock, Jr. is always one step ahead of them. Sherlock, Jr. and his trusty assistant Gillette (character was named after William Gillette, an actor who played Sherlock Holmes on stage) follow Crane to his hide out. Gillette has equipment to help Sherlock escape if hes in trouble. Sherlock allows himself to be caught by Crane and his thugs. Hes informed that the girl has been kidnapped, so he grabs the pearls and dives out the window and is now dressed as an old lady. The thugs run past him, but soon catch on. Keaton does some spectacular sight gags and stunts that deify description. One needs to see them to truly enjoy them.
Sherlock runs off with the pearls and is pulled over by Gillette dressed as a motorcycle cop. Sherlock jumps on the handle bars and they are off. Gillette is flipped off the bike when he hits a huge pothole and Sherlock has no idea that no one is driving. Here is another wonderful highlight of sight gags, near misses and precisely timed stunts that show Keatons genius. Keaton barely beating a speeding train is an amazing sight. Sherlock, Jr. saves the girl, the pearls and vanquishes the villains. Keaton awakes to find his girl explaining their mistake. Keaton watches the film for guidance and imitates much of the action, but is flummoxed when the movie flash forwards showing the couple with twins.
Keatons surreal image of walking into the film screen to join the action has been copied by Woody Allens Purple Rose of Cairo and The Last Action Hero. Even in 1924 film had the power to fuel our imaginations and ignite our fantasies. I have wished many times to walk onto the screen and join my favorite actors into the beautiful and sometime scary domain they inhabit. Keaton knew of the seductive power that dreams hold. An audience may not get to experience all that they see on the screen, but they can be the hero/heroine of they own story in their mind. Keatons characters were the every man or woman just trying to get along in life. Keatons persona was a sweet ordinary person who could be an extraordinary physical and subtle comic genius.
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Decadent Bliss - Artisan Double Helix Glass Lampwork Beaded, Swarovski Crystal, Bali Sterling Silver, Wearable Art Necklace.
This Uniquely Distinctive, One-Of-A-Kind Necklace is a gorgeous ensemble of Glass Lampwork Beads ... U.S. Artisan handcrafted and properly kiln annealed (the lampwork artisan resides in WI).
The beads are a beautiful blend of Color and Design Work. Created with Double Helix Glass (in Clio) containing high levels of dissolved silver, this boutique glass is color-shifting (a similar quality to boro glass) and is most vivid in direct sunlight. Please see all pics for color variations. The Ruby-Cherry Clio has been further combined with other Double Helix glasses, in a delightful and unique blend of colors (Blue, Teal, Green, Purple, and Yellow) all encased under clear glass (adding to the depth and dimension) along with textured ribbing.
The ribbed barrel beads measure 1/2 Inch in width x 3/4 Inches in length - and the center focal bead measures 5/8 Inches (just over 1/2 Inch) x 1 1/8 Inch in length. The solid ruby-cherry clio beads measure 7 mm.
Complementing the Lampwork Beads are oodles of Swarovski Crystal (in Clear and Green Peridot, AB 2x), and Bali Sterling Silver. Fluidly finished with a mimicking in shape and texture, Sterling Silver Toggle Clasp.
This Stunning ! One-Of-A-Kind, Wearable Art "Statement" Necklace measures 26 Inches in Length.
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Hello! I am the newest blogger for OC Outdoor Fitness. You have heard about me before, I am married to Kristin. I want to give you a brief introduction to who I am and what you can expect from me.
I am sneaking up on 30, father of one (soon to be two) and a black lab owner. I love cycling, stand up paddling, swimming, mountain biking, rock climbing, running (sort of) and hiking. I am always up for an adventure and enjoy the occasional epic.
I will be blogging about upcoming events, providing race reports, product reviews, trail reviews and information on forth-coming OC Outdoor Fitness meet ups. I will also be providing you a look at my life outdoors and how I train for the adventure. You see me struggle, be lazy, re-dedicate and crank out some pretty fun outings. You'll also get to watch me balance family, work and fitness.
My goal is to make this an active online community where we can put our fitness and love of the outdoors to use. I am hoping this will be more than a place for information and serve as a way for outdoor fitness enthusiasts in Orange County to meet and make lasting friendships.
I will also be tweeting from @Andy_OCOF
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The christian god exists
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there is no round four as con posited, so i will just point out some ideas.
Jesus was known from non christian historical sources to have existed.
they noted that he died at the hands of Pilot.
"There is "near universal consensus" among scholars that Jesus existed historically"
"three passages in non-Christian works have been used to support the historicity of Jesus: two in the writings of the Jewish gistorian Josephus, and one from the Roman historian Tacitus. Although the authenticity of all three has been questioned, and one is generally accepted as having been altered by Christians, most scholars believe they are at least partially authentic."
'Amy-Jill Levine has summarized the situation by stating that "there is a consensus of sorts on the basic outline of Jesus' life" in that most scholars agree that Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, and over a period of one to three years debated Jewish authorities on the subject of God, gathered followers, and was crucified by Roman prefect Pontius Pilate who officiated 26–36 AD'
Amy-Jill Levine; Dale C. Allison Jr.; John Dominic Crossan (16 October 2006). The Historical Jesus in Context. Princeton University Press. p. 4.ISBN 0-691-00992-9.
his apostles were willing to die for their beliefs, which has historical proofs, while people by far are known to wouldn't be willing to die for a scam.
putative miracles occur to followers of the christian God, while the same sort of occurrences have not been shown to occur to atheists.
people experience Jesus in near death experiences, while they by far do not experience other religoius figures.
To begin my argument I would like to say that I personally do not question the existence of Jesus Christ. I do not affirm his existence either. I think it is far more likely that Jesus did exist than that he did not. Now accepting Jesus's existence as fact, I find it impossible to accept other aspects of his life as fact (ex. walked on water, cured sick people, change water into wine etc.). *though these miracles are widely known to be within the bible, just to be in accordance with the rules http://www.jesus.org...
You point to Jesus's apostles loyalty, in their willingness to die for Jesus, as some form of proof that Jesus was legitimate in what he preached. Well, this is yet another argument that holds no weight at all for me. Take a look at the Jihadists involved in 9/11 or any other Islamic Jihad that involved devout muslims sacrificing their life for their god. In order for Christianity to be true, and for the Christian god to exist, Islam must be false. Therefore, according to your belief system, all the Jihadists who have sacrificed their lives were "willing to die for their beliefs, which has historical proofs, while people by far are known to wouldn't [not?] be willing to die for a scam". Either you must admit that Islam is true, or you must admit that your point about his apostles loyalty is near meaningless. Also, all of this is working on the assumption that Jesus's apostles truly were willing to die for him, you cited no source for this information, but I digress.
Your next point, "putative miracles occur to followers of the Christian God, while the same sort of occurrences have not been shown to occur to atheists". Your word choice of "putative" is interesting to me. If you can point to me a single instance of a miracle that a christian experienced that is putative within, the general world, the scientific community, or any community independent of christianity, I would be very interested. Perhaps your definition of miracle is different from mine. I define the word miracle as "a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency", therefore to me, the intense feeling of awe one experiences while looking into the eyes of their newborn does not qualify as a miracle, for this infatuation can be explained by natural or scientific laws.
Your final point is another that I feel is very easy to dissect and expose as erroneous. "People experience Jesus in near death experiences, while they by far do not experience other religious figures". The notion that people who experience near death only experience jesus is false. Below is a link to a website encapsulating the testimony of a jewish woman who said to have seen angels of death in accordance with her Jewish faith when faced with near death.
All of your arguments have been based around non empirical testimonies of individuals (or sometimes groups) belonging to the christian faith. I would like to stress to you how easily fabricated these stories can be with this example of a boy who wrote a best selling book about his meeting with jesus when he experienced a near death. If a six year old boy could do it, and write a book that was revered as truth by thousands of christians, what makes you think others couldnt do the same?
there is a difference between the apostles who were martyred and the modern day muslim martry. the apostles claimed to have seen Jesus.
as to miracles, i've cited some in the debate on this subject i'm having.
you seem perhaps receptive to at least things that seem to be miracles to some people. so where is your examples happening to atheists? that is a standing debate ive had for a long time at this website, and i have never gotten even one example. all i've gotten are rationalizations for twhy they happen to believers and not atheists.
angels of death are not just a jewish concept. first, angels are part of christian religion too. second, judiasm is a precurser religion to christinaity so their concepts have some basis in christianity as well.
while some NDEs are made up, there is plenty of testimony to know most are not made up.
As for miracles happening to atheists- Ill tell you exactly why it doesn't happen. Atheists don't believe in miracles. If an atheist is cured from cancer, he will credit luck or treatment, and not a miraculous work of god. This is why atheists never experience miracles. In other words, atheists and non christians do experience things that would be classified as miracles if they were christian, but since they don't believe in miracles they correctly classify their good fortune as just that- good fortune, existing within the confines of scientific and natural law.
You say that while some "NDE's are made up, there is plenty of testimony to know most are not made up.", once again, there are thousands of people in ancient greek history who would testify to having an experience with Zeus. By your logic, if I convince enough people to testify that I am a 20 foot tall ant, it will be true. No matter how many people believe in something, belief itself can not make anything more or less true than it is.
Now to add some new ideas to the discussion, consider this: according to the bible, god is omniscient(1). This means that he knows everything, including what you're doing, thinking, wanting, and what you will be doing, thinking, and wanting in 20 years. This means that when god created Adam and Eve, he knew that Adam would eat from the forbidden tree, but he decided to let this unfold. This means that he intentionally created man as a sinful being, but he decided to do so anyways, even though he knew this would eventually mean sacrificing his own son to atone for the sins of mankind (which also makes no sense, as murdering an innocent man on behalf of wrongdoing others is easily recognizable as immoral). How could such an immoral god be perfectly moral as stated by the bible(2)?
The bible explicitly states that it is god's will that all those who do not accept christ will be sent to hell, or the alternative to heaven, as shown the quote "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God" John 3:3 (3). As previously established, according to the bible god is perfectly moral. With this being established, how could a perfectly moral god create a world where 68.5% of people will suffer an eternity in hell for the simple act of not believing in him, when he gives extremely inadequate evidence to believe in him in the first place(4)? Beyond this, a serial murderer can easily make it into heaven and avoid an eternity in hell simply by repenting and accepting jesus as his savior. Does this seem like a perfectly moral god to you?
My next (and final, as I have few characters left) point is this. The bible makes many grand claims about the universe that are easily falsifiable. One of the silliest and most easily proven wrong is the claim that the earth is only 6,000 years old (5). I do not have the characters to explain why this is extremely untrue, so I will attach this (6). If the bible claims to be the perfect word of god, yet it is clearly wrong about many things, why should you believe it is right about anything? Much less it's grandest claim, that it's god is the one true god.
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Posted by dairygirl4u2c 3 years ago
con hasn't shown anyone having an experience of Zeus, he just claims it has occurred.
Posted by Josh2900 3 years ago
Paul wrote about Jesus 20 years after his death.
Gospels on resurection were written 40 to 90 years after the death of Jesus.
Paul mentions of no empty tomb.
Paul's mention of resurrection is mostly a spiritual one, not psychical.
Gospels say there's an empty tomb yet the earliest Paul doesn't so it's added in later to believe in a physical resurrection.
No evidence that the disciples died for what they believed.
No evidence for the 500 witnesses.
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- Semi-consistent data – the Map Reduce programming model is similar to the relational full table scan. As such semi-consistent input data is important to such processing. I'll explore this more in an upcoming paper on Cloud Databases.
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ATLANTA, Jan 03, 2007—The Board of Directors of The Home Depot and Bob Nardelli announced today that they have mutually agreed that Nardelli would leave his position as The Home Depot's chairman, president & CEO and as a Director effective January 2, 2007. Frank Blake, the Company's current vice chairman of the Board of Directors and executive vice president succeeds Nardelli, effective immediately.
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"I am honored to lead this exceptional company and build on Bob's significant achievements. The Home Depot has a strong core business and exciting opportunities in its adjacent businesses. I believe that the Company continues to have tremendous potential for growth and that we have an exciting future ahead of us," said Frank Blake. "The Board and I are committed to continuing on our current strategic path and remain focused on enhancing performance and delivering value for customers, shareholders and associates."
The Board also announced that Carol Tome, the Company's current executive vice president and CFO, and Joe DeAngelo, the Company's executive vice president, HD Supply, will be assuming additional responsibilities. Tome will be assuming responsibility for mergers and acquisitions, credit services and additional strategic responsibilities. DeAngelo was appointed to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. In this position, DeAngelo will continue to oversee HD Supply and will assume additional responsibilities for the retail business.
"I am extremely proud of what we have accomplished at The Home Depot since 2000 and I believe that I leave a stronger and more resilient company than when I arrived, and one that is well positioned to capitalize on the substantial opportunities ahead of it," said Nardelli. "I've worked closely with Frank, Joe and Carol and have the utmost confidence in their abilities. I have also been lucky to work with a very talented and dedicated management team, which will support Frank, Carol and Joe in the next phase of The Home Depot's strategy. I wish The Home Depot and all of its associates continued success in the future."
With the appointments of Blake, DeAngelo and Tome, the Board of Directors expressed its confidence in the Company's current business model, long-term strategy and future growth potential.
Nardelli and the Company have agreed in principle to the terms of a separation agreement which would provide for payment of the amounts he is entitled to receive under his pre-existing employment contract entered into in 2000. Under this agreement, Nardelli will receive consideration currently valued at approximately $210 million (including amounts which have previously been earned or vested). This consideration will include a cash severance payment of $20 million, the acceleration of unvested deferred stock awards currently valued at approximately $77 million and unvested options with an intrinsic value of approximately $7 million, the payment of earned bonuses and long-term incentive awards of approximately $9 million, the payment of account balances under the Company's 401(k) plan and other benefit programs currently valued at approximately $2 million, the payment of previously earned and vested deferred shares with an approximate value of $44 million, the payment of the present value of retirement benefits currently valued at approximately $32 million and the payment of $18 million for other entitlements under his contract which will be paid over a four year period and will be forfeited if he does not honor his contractual obligations.
Nardelli has also agreed not to compete with the Company for one year, not to solicit employees or customers of the Company for four years and other restrictive covenants. In conjunction with the management changes, the Board of Directors also announced that it had waived the retirement age of 72 and has asked John L. Clendenin, Claudio X. Gonzales and Milledge A. Hart III to stand for re- election at the 2007 annual shareholders meeting. This action was taken to retain these directors' experience, and deep knowledge of the Company's business and key personnel to help ensure a smooth management transition. This action is temporary and effective for one year.
About The Home Depot
The Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, with 2,127 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, 10 Canadian provinces, Mexico and China. Through its HD Supply(SM) businesses, The Home Depot is also one of the largest diversified wholesale distributors in the United States, with nearly 1,000 locations in the United States and Canada offering products and services for building, improving and maintaining homes, businesses and municipal infrastructures. In fiscal 2005, The Home Depot had sales of $81.5 billion and earnings of $5.8 billion. The Company employs approximately 355,000 associates and has been recognized by FORTUNE magazine as the No. 1 Most Admired Specialty Retailer and the No. 13 Most Admired Corporation in America for 2006. The Home Depot's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HD) and is included in the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 index. HDG
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Certain statements contained herein may be "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on currently available information as of their dates and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from the statements and other information contained herein, including risks and uncertainties associated with the effects of the changes in management personnel.
Additional information regarding risks and uncertainties is contained in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K. Forward-looking statements speak only as of their respective dates, and the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update them except as may be required under the federal securities laws.
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Investor group seeks coup at Home Depot
A prominent shareholder activist group is seeking a shake-up at Home Depot. Relational Investors LLC, known for stirring up boardroom battles at Sovereign Bancorp, Mattel and Waste Management, recently notified Home Depot that it plans to push the company's directors to study "strategic alternatives" for the Atlanta-based retailer, including a restructuring or possible sale.
Read Relational Investors letter and notice of shareholder proposal, plus Home Depot's response, here
The group's emergence sets the stage for a likely showdown next May at Home Depot's annual shareholder meeting, where San Diego-based Relational Investors will try to garner enough shareholder support to win seats on Home Depot's board.
Home Depot disclosed the move Monday, saying it would oppose the resolution and solicitation of shareholders but would agree to meet with Relational Investors early next year. In a press release, the company said its board of directors "unanimously supports the management team" and current strategy of Chairman and CEO Bob Nardelli. Relational Investors owns 13 million shares, or less than 1 percent of Home Depot's stock. Still, it carries a big stick as corporate rabble-rousers go.
Ralph Whitworth, the firm's co-founder, has made a career of trying to influence the companies he invests in, working his way onto several of their boards in the process. After buying a chunk of a publicly held company — frequently, an ailing one — Relational Investors typically voices its concerns through a well-orchestrated public relations campaign.
On that front, Home Depot could face a fresh round of crossfires.
Home Depot has produced revenue growth and strong profits in recent years, but it has had lackluster stock performance. The fact that the share price is down about 6 percent during Nardelli's six-year reign has spurred criticism.
There also has been an outcry about Nardelli's roughly $30 million pay package, which significantly exceeds those of peers at other big retailers.
This year's truncated annual meeting fanned the flames when Nardelli, the only board member in attendance, declined to answer questions from shareholders.
Citing Home Depot's "chronic inferior stock," Relational Investors told Home Depot that it seeks to nominate one or more independent directors for a shareholder vote at the next meeting, and that it also wants a committee of independent directors to evaluate Nardelli. "We attribute [the stock] performance to deficient strategy, operations, capital allocation and governance," Whitworth said in a letter to Home Depot last week.
Home Depot said in its statement Monday that its directors recently completed a "strategic review," and that Nardelli continues to have full support from the board. The company also ticked off a list of accomplishments during Nardelli's tenure, including large increases in sales and earnings per share, and $20 billion worth of stock buybacks and dividends.
Whitworth said in an interview Monday that he would support Nardelli, too, if he agreed to change his blueprint for Home Depot.
"Management changes are rife with peril. We do not prescribe that as a first choice," he said. "We're focused on bringing fresh, independent perspective to the boardroom." Whitworth wants Nardelli to ditch the new wholesale supply business and focus completely on the core retail business instead.
Home Depot's recent push into industrial distribution has added roughly $12 billion in revenue this year, at a time when retail sales are slowing. Whitworth criticized the wholesale venture, though, as a lower-return, more cyclical business.
Relational Investors, which manages about $6.5 billion in investments, is prepared to mount a fight if it is not satisfied with its dealings with Home Depot, Whitworth said. The firm is recently known for its role in taking out Sovereign Bancorp CEO Jay Sidhu, who resigned in October following a drawn-out battle with Relational that was marked by lawsuits, critical full-page newspaper ads and a fervent telemarketing campaign.
"They're the real deal," said Reid Pearson, managing director of the Altman Group, a proxy solicitation firm. "It's certainly something that Home Depot has to take seriously." Nardelli has met frequently with large shareholders this year in an effort to boost support for his retail-wholesale strategy. The company's annual investor conference at Home Depot headquarters is scheduled for February.
At least one investor defended Home Depot on Monday.
"Home Depot is not a sick company," said Marvin Roffman of Philadelphia's Roffman Miller Associates, which owns Home Depot shares. "The slowdown in the economy is really affecting a lot of retailers. I don't see anything wrong with management or the company."
Still, there's always room for improvement, notes money manager Patricia Edwards at Wentworth, Hauser & Violich, another Home Depot shareholder.
"There is a lot of value in this company that has not been unlocked," Edwards said. "Sometimes you need to take management out and knock a little sense into them."
(Source: Patti Bond, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Bloomberg News contributed to this article.)
Nardelli Resigns As CEO of Home Depot
By Harry R. Weber, AP Business Writer
Atlanta, Jan. 3, 2007 — Dogged by criticism of his hefty pay and his company's poor stock performance, Bob Nardelli abruptly resigned Wednesday as chairman and chief executive of The Home Depot Inc. after six years at the helm of the world's largest home improvement store chain.
But he didn't leave empty-handed: the Atlanta-based company said Nardelli would receive a severance package worth roughly $210 million, an amount decried by some lawmakers as a golden parachute that sends the wrong message to investors.
"It's a sign of being totally out of touch," said Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the incoming chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. "They don't understand the extent to which they make the American public angry." Frank said he would push for legislation requiring public companies to allow shareholders to have a say in compensation and severance for senior executives. At Home Depot's annual meeting last May, shareholder proposals to give investors a say on the CEO's pay and to restrict retirement benefits for senior executives were rejected.
Nardelli's severance package includes a cash payment of $20 million and the acceleration of unvested deferred stock awards currently valued at roughly $77 million. A Home Depot spokesman said the timing of the resignation had no bearing on the amount in the package.
The total package is seven times the $30 million Home Depot set aside last June for stores and employees that provide good customer service. Home Depot has 2,127 stores and 355,000 employees in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China.
Nardelli, a former college football player, became CEO of Home Depot in December 2000 after being passed over for the top job at General Electric Co., where Nardelli had been a senior executive.
Home Depot said Nardelli was being replaced by Frank Blake, its vice chairman, effective immediately.
Blake's appointment is permanent, Home Depot spokesman Jerry Shields said. What he will be paid was not immediately disclosed, Shields said. The company declined to make Blake available for comment, and messages left for Nardelli with his secretary and on his wife's cell phone were not immediately returned. Home Depot shares rose $1.33, or 3.3 percent, to $41.49 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange, near the upper end of their 52-week range of $32.85 to $43.95. Before Wednesday's news, Home Depot's stock had been down more than 3 percent on a split-adjusted basis since Nardelli took over.
Nardelli's sudden departure was stunning in that he told The Associated Press as recently as Sept. 1 that he had no intention of leaving, and a key director said that the board was pleased with Nardelli despite the uproar by some investors. That director, Bonnie Hill, did not immediately return messages left Wednesday for her at her office in Los Angeles.
Asked in the earlier AP interview if he had thought of hanging up his orange apron and leaving Home Depot, Nardelli said unequivocally that he hadn't. Asked what he thought he would be doing 10 years from now, Nardelli said, "Selling hammers."
For The Home Depot? "Absolutely," he said at the time. Home Depot said Nardelli's decision to resign was by mutual agreement with Home Depot. "We are very grateful to Bob for his strong leadership of The Home Depot over the past six years," Home Depot's board said in a statement.
Nardelli was a nuts-and-bolts leader. He helped increase revenue and profits at Home Depot and increase the number of stores the company operates. Home Depot's earnings per share have increased by approximately 150 percent over the last five years. But the public discussion about his pay and the company's stock price became a distraction.
Industry experts and analysts said his departure and Blake's ascent to the top job are a good thing for Home Depot.
"This is not about strategy or vision," said James Senn, director of Robinson College's Center for Global Business Leadership at Georgia State University. "This is coming down to two things. Really the foundation of leadership is credibility. Bob has run into some problems there. The second is execution."
Edward Jones analyst Stephanie Hoff said she views the developments at Home Depot as a sign that there was a need for change at the top, not a change in the company's strategy.
"I think his gruff demeanor, while some people would consider that refreshing, sometimes hurt him," Hoff said, adding that Blake is considered by some as more articulate and polished.
She added, "I think the board basically was looking at this situation and figured Nardelli had become such a lightning rod for criticism of his pay package."
The Home Depot board also announced Wednesday that Carol Tome, its chief financial officer, and Joe DeAngelo, its executive vice president for Home Depot Supply, will be assuming additional responsibilities.
Tome will be assuming responsibility for mergers and acquisitions, credit services and additional strategic responsibilities. DeAngelo was appointed to the newly created position of chief operating officer.
Besides the cash payment and the acceleration of unvested deferred stock awards, Nardelli's severance package includes payments of earned bonuses and long-term incentive awards, account balances under the company's 401(k) plan and other benefit programs and certain retirement benefits.
Nardelli has also agreed not to compete with the company for one year, and not to solicit employees or customers of the company for four years.
Home Depot did not say what Nardelli would be doing next.
In conjunction with the management changes, the board also announced that it had waived the retirement age of 72 and has asked John L. Clendenin, Claudio X. Gonzales and Milledge A. Hart III to stand for re-election at the 2007 annual shareholders meeting. This action was taken to retain these directors' experience. Home Depot said the action was temporary.


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On Fox News Sunday, Gingrich talked about his campaign in the past tense, saying, "It turned out to be much harder than I thought it would, but it was [the] right thing for me to do. I have no regrets." And he conceded that Mitt Romney was "far and away, the most likely Republican nominee."
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Hi Bees!
I haven't been on in awhile but thought this would be the perfect place to get some advice on the order of events for my ceremony…Fiance and I aren't super religious, so we're writing our own ceremony, which will be officiated by my uncle. I need your help on how the order of things should go…we're doing quite a few things and I want to make sure that it's in a good order…what do you all think and would you recommend something different? Why?
Order of Events:
1. Gathering Words
2. Reading #1: "On Love" by Thomas Kempis read by my friends (2)
3. Acknowledgement of Family and Friends
4. Rose Ceremony for Mothers
5. Remembrances
6. Reading #2: "Blessing for a Marriage" by James Dillet Freeman read by FI's dad
7. Marriage Address
8. Affirmation of Family & Friends
9. Reading #3: "The Colour of My Love" by David Foster & Arthur Janov read by my aunts (all 5)
10. Declaration of Intent
11. Song: "I Will Be There" by Steven Curtis Chapman sung by FI's mom accompanied by a friend on guitar
12. Unity Painting Ceremony
13. Reading #4: "The Art of a Good Marriage" by Wilferd A. Peterson read by FI's aunt & uncle
14. Handfasting
15. Vows
16. Ring Exchange
17. Reading #5: "Blessing of the Hands" by Unknown read by my mom & FI's dad
18. Pronouncement
19. Dove Release
20. Benediction
I know it seems like a lot but most of these things will be no more than a paragraph of talking and I really want our ceremony to be special because he has been there for me throughout my entire battle with cancer for the last year and a half and now that my cancer is incurable, we want to make it unforgettable…
Also, could you Bees listen to the songs for the processional and recessional and let me know what you think? I'll put up the youtube link for them…I really want my wedding party to do something fun, but I want something a little more emotional for me, so these are the songs I chose:
Bridal Party Processional: "Somebody Loves You" by Betty Who
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTVFQHuIg2I
My Processional: "When You Say Nothing at All" by Allison Krauss
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SCOimBo5tg
Our Recessional: "Tie It Up" by Kelly Clarkson
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCXEV-O0kQk
Thanks so much, bees! I know it's a lot to comment on but I want our ceremony to be as perfect as it can be!!


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The Goddamn Gallows' roots might be in Lansing, but the five-piece outfit, known for its potent mélange of punk, bluegrass and metal, has fans across the globe and spends much of its time on the road. This year, the band ventured even further from home. "We spent most of the year out of the country for the first time as a band, going to Brazil and Europe," said drummer Uriah "Baby Genius" Baker. "Our goal this year is to destroy all U.S. foreign relations — so far so good." Friday, the band headlines Mac's Bar, openers are the Devils Cut and Wormfoot. In addition to Baker, the Goddamn Gallows comprises Mikey Classic (guitar/vocals), Fishgutzzz (bass), TV's Avery (washboard/accordion) and Joe Perreze (banjo). Through October, the band is on a coast-to-coast U.S. tour supporting its fifth studio LP, "The Maker," released via Farmageddon Records.
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Back in May, the Twyla Birdsong Band won the Capital Area Blues Society's 13th Annual Blues Brawl competition, which landed the band a slot at the upcoming 31st annual International Blues Competition in Memphis, Tenn. The four-day blues challenge runs Jan. 20-24. The Twyla Birdsong Band plays Sunday at Moriarty's Pub. The show is free, but donations to help fund the Lansing-based band's Memphis trip are welcome. Birdsong is known for her soulful and captivating vocal style, a dynamic fusion of blues, jazz, R&B, gospel and rock 'n' roll. Fans of Billie Holiday, Joss Stone, Aretha Franklin or Etta James may want to check out this show. After two years of production and recording sessions, Birdsong is wrapping up work on her upcoming album, "Don't Waste Time."


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