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McCormick Look Book For Spring Recipes
It's no secret that cooking is one of my main passions in life. I can spend countless hours perusing recipes and I love trying out new recipes all the time. When I put together my weekly menu, I often look to the internet in hopes to find meal ideas that will become part of our regular rotation of family favorite recipes through out the year.
One of the brands of spices I can always count on to bring me good results in the kitchen is McCormick. They've recently launched the McCormick Look Book that showcases recipes made with McCormick products. Since it's springtime, they've got plenty of Spring recipes that will perk up your weekly menu and through the Look Book, you can collect the recipes you're interested in to make your own look book (virtual cook book). All you need to do to save a recipe to your McCormick Look Book cookbook is to click on the heart (it will turn red like pictured below) and it will automatically add it to your own Look Book!
I really like this feature as it compiles all the recipes I'm interested in trying out in the future which saves me time when it's time to make that recipe. I no longer have to bookmark all those recipes individually and there's a drop down box so I can sort each recipe by category. This Look Book has an easy to organize format that simplifies my weekly menu process and it does so beautifully. The pictures make all the recipes look so good and I have several that I've included in my weekly menu for the next two weeks. I also like that I have the option to share recipes with my family and friends through email, Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.
One of the first recipes I tried through the ecellulitis magazine was their version of Blueberry Muffins. I had a lot of Alaskan wild blueberries in my freezer to use up and there couldn't have been a more fitting recipe than that! I also incorporated many of the McCormick products that were sent to me and my kids could hardly stand waiting for these goodies to get done as they helped me bake them. I've included the recipe below just in case you'd like to give it a try yourself!
McCormick Look Book Blueberry Muffins Recipe
Recipe type: Breakfast, BrunchAuthor:Prep time: 15 minsCook time: 25 minsTotal time: 40 minsServes: 12Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, divided
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Cinnamon, Ground
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease 12 muffin cups or line with paper baking cups. Set aside.
- Mix flour, 2/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Mix sour cream, milk, oil, egg, orange peel and vanilla in medium bowl. Add to flour mixture; stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. (Batter will be thick and slightly lumpy.) Gently stir in blueberries.
- Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling each cup 2/3 full. Mix 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over muffins.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of muffins comes out clean. Serve warm with Honey Butter, if desired.
These blueberry muffins were a big hit with my kids. They scarfed down 2 dozen blueberry muffins in the span of two days. I can't wait to try many more of the recipes from the McCormick Look Book and plan my weekly menus around some of their amazing looking recipes! You ought to give the McCormick Look Book a shot yourself. You won't be disappointed! You can find several spring baking recipe ideas here: http://bit.ly/HosWp1 or http://bit.ly/HguVOm.
*I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for McCormick. I received product samples and a promotional item to thank me for participating.


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USHER email@example.com_county.london.london_free_press 2005-03-30 published
GREEN, John Adam " Jack"
John Adam " Jack" GREEN, 69, of R.R.#1, Embro passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2005. He was born in Zorra Township, Oxford County on March 26, 1936 a son of the late Nelson GREEN and the former Helen KERR. He was a member of Knox Presbyterian Church in Harrington where he had served on the Board of Managers. Throughout his lifetime he had a great passion for dairy farming, was a former member of Jr. Farmers and was a former Director of Embro and Zorra Agricultural Society. John is survived by his wife, the former Reta Isobelle USHER, whom he married at Embro on September 22, 1962; one son, Brad and wife Faith GREEN of R.R.#3, Embro one daughter Cheryl and husband Gary DOTZERT of R.R.#1, Stratford three grandchildren Becca, Ainsley and Aiden DOTZERT; one sister, Betty and husband James SCOTT of Stratford; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Wilfred WEAVER and his friend Pauline MacGILLIVRAY of Durham, Dorothy LAING and Norman STEWARD/STEWART/STUART, both of Woodstock Helen KEMSHEAD of London, Tony and Tina USHER of Saint Marys, John and Luella SIPPEL of R.R #1, New Hamburg; Robert and Sheila USHER of Embro. He was predeceased by two sons, James Adam GREEN on April 30, 1986, Stephen Geoffrey GREEN on August 8, 2002; two sisters, Jessie DAVIS and Margaret WEAVER; sister-in-law, Eva STEWARD/STEWART/STUART and brothers-in-law, Bill DAVIS, Lloyd LAING and Bruce KEMSHEAD. Relatives and Friends will be received in the Francis Funeral Home, 77 Woodstock Street North, Tavistock on Wednesday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. where a private funeral service will be held on Thursday, March 31, 2005, The Reverend David KETCHEN will officiate. Interment in Knox Presbyterian Cemetery, Harrington. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, the Canadian Cancer Society or the Liver Transplant Organization would be appreciated and may be made through the funeral home by calling 1-519-655-2431.
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CAPE, John Meredith
Died peacefully in his 95th year on January 18, 2005 at his home in Victoria, British Columbia. Predeceased by his loving wife Betty OGILVIE in 1972 and his cherished wife Nini MacDOUGALL in 1996 and his loving son David in 2000. Dearly loved father of Christopher (Bev,) Mary USHER- JONES and Susie (Rob RUTTAN,) father-in-law of Sylvia CAPE, step-father of Diana JOHNSON and Alan MacDOUGALL. He loved and took great pride in his 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. He is survived by his brother Dr. David CAPE of Montreal. Born in Montreal, he was educated at Trinity College School, McGill University and Royal Military College. He joined EGM Cape (General Contractors) in 1933 as a field engineer and retired as President and Chairman in 1971 after a career encompassing projects in Canada, Great Britain, South America and the Caribbean. During World War 2 he served with the Royal Canadian Artillery in Sicily and Italy and following the war was Commander of the Montreal Reserve Artillery Unit until his retirement as Brigadier General. He will always be loved and remembered for his generosity, incredible strength, unselfish nature, sense of humour and quick wit. He had many hobbies and interests including woodworking, music, travelling and nature
his inquisitive mind inspired all who knew him. The family is deeply grateful to all his wonderful caregivers especially Mila and Nikola ERLIC. Funeral Service will be held in Victoria at 3 p.m. Saturday, January 22 at Saint Mary's Church, Oak Bay. Interment to be held at a later date at Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice.
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LIESEMER, Helen▼
Peacefully, surrounded by her daughters, at Markham-Stouffville Hospital, on Tuesday, February 1, 2005, at the age of 66 years. Helen beloved wife of the late Gary. Loving mother of Lee Anne and her husband Mike MORRIS, Kristen▼ and her husband Mark USHER, Kathryn and her husband Geoff McCULLOCH, Michelle▼ and her husband Niels NIELSEN. Sadly▼ missed by her grandchildren Jeff, Mitch, Emily, Kate, Erik, Jennifer, Shona, Kory, Reid, Holly, Laura and Nicole. Loving sister of Albert, Patrick and the late Clem and William KELLY. Sister-in-law▼ of Gaye MUSSELMAN and Glenda KELLY. Friends▼ will be received at the Dixon-Garland Funeral Home, 166 Main St. North (Markham Rd.) on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass on Saturday morning at 10: 30 in the Church of St. Patrick, 5633 Hwy. 7 (Markham). Cremation. The family would like to thank her Friends and family for their loving support. In lieu of flowers, donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated.
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USHER- JONES, Gordon Raymond
Jeffrey, Adrianne and Fraser are saddened to announce the sudden passing of their beloved father. Gordon died peacefully in his sleep in Tuscon, Arizona on March 30, 2005. He is also survived by the children's mother, Annemarie ELVIDGE, his brother Brian (Toronto), sister Susan (Virginia), brother Christopher (Ottawa), and many nieces and nephews. Gordon's family and Friends will miss his wonderful ability to reduce us all to tears of laughter. We will remember the hilarious stories, fabulous golf games, and the good times we had when he was with us. Relatives and Friends are invited to a visitation at the Centre Funeraire Cote des Neiges, 4525 Cote des Neiges, Montreal (342-8000) on Wednesday, April 6th from 5pm to 8pm. A funeral service will be held at St. Matthias Church, 131 Cote St. Antoine, Westmount, on Thursday April 7th at 11: 30am. Donations, in lieu of flowers, can be made to Fondation Portage, 85 Square Richmond, Montreal, Québec H3J 1V8.
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USHER firstname.lastname@example.com_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2005-10-05 published
USHER, Ewart Sheldon
Died peacefully in Laguna Hills, California, U.S.A. on September 21st, 2005. Born at Niagara-On-The-Lake, July 25th 1920 and raised at the Beach, Toronto; attended University of Toronto, Mechanical Engineering; was a lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve during World War 2; worked for Otis Elevator Company in northern United States until his retirement in 1980. Predeceased in 1999 by his first wife, Patricia Ruth BARKER. Lovingly remembered by his children David, Rick, Cathy, Jane and Rob and his four grandchildren, all of the United States. He will be mourned by his wife, Marjorie BLANCHARD- USHER of Laguana Hills, California and his sister, Joan Scott LAIDLAW of Toronto, Ontario.
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LIESEMER, Helen▲
Peacefully, surrounded by her daughters, at Markham-Stouffville Hospital, on Tuesday, February 1, 2005, at the age of 66 years. Helen, beloved wife of the late Gary. Loving, mother of Lee Anne and her husband Mike MORRIS, Kristen▲ and her husband Mark USHER, Kathryn and her husband Geoff McCULLOCH, Michelle▲ and her husband Niels NIELSEN. Sadly▲ missed by her grandchildren Jeff, Mitch, Emily, Kate, Erik, Jennifer, Shona, Kory, Reid, Holly, Laura and Nichole. Loving sister of Albert, Patrick and the late Clem and William KELLY. Sister-in-law▲ of Gaye MUSSELMAN and Glenda KELLY. Friends▲ will be received at the Dixon-Garland Funeral Home, 166 Main St. North (Markham Rd.) on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass on Saturday morning at 10: 30 a.m. in the Church of St. Patrick, 5633 Hwy. 7 (Markham). Cremation. The family would like to thank her Friends and family for their loving support. In lieu of flowers, donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated.
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USHER, Thomas Clemens
Passed away peacefully at the age of 90 years on February 26, 2005 in the Bellingham Hospital in Washington. He was the founder of Polydex Pharmaceuticals and was still active as the Company's Vice Chairman and R&D Director. Beloved husband of Ruth, stepfather to Wendy and caring grandfather to her family. Much loved father, friend and mentor to George, he will be missed greatly by his family in Toronto. Loving father to Jonnie, Rebecca, Charles and Roderick and also a cherished grandfather and great-grandfather to all of their families. Tom devoted many of his years to the research of dextran and other products for the fight against Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, cystic fibrosis and other medical conditions. As a highly respected member of the scientific and financial community, he will be greatly missed by the many business colleagues and the employees of Dextran Products in Toronto. Funeral Service will be held at the All Saints Church (12935 Keele Street) on Monday, March 7, 2005 at 11: 00 a.m. For those who wish, donations may be made to any A.I.D.S. organization or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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PICKEN, Georges John Robert " Bob"
Suddenly taken from his family on April 21, 2005 at St. Joseph's Health Care Centre. Bob, in his 84th year, beloved husband of Marion. Loving father of Barbara and her husband Herby, John and the late Greg. Dear grandfather of Tiffany, Aaron and Rebecca. Brother-in-law of Muriel GRAZIANO and husband Mike and Irene USHER. Friends will be received at the Scott Funeral Home, 1273 Weston Rd. (just north of Eglinton Ave.) on Tuesday from 6-9 p.m. Funeral Service to be held on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 at 11: 00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Interment Sanctuary Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.
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USHER email@example.com_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-08-11 published
Lightning strike kills professor
Friend made frantic 10K run for help
Tragedy on Killarney wilderness trip
By Roberta AVERY, Special To The Star
Killlarney, Ontario -- A Concordia University professor was killed Tuesday evening when lightning struck the ground near his tent during a hiking trip to a remote lake in Killarney wilderness park with his son and a friend visiting from Russia.
After the lightning strike, the Russian, 19-year-old Anton SORTUNATOR, made a frantic 10-kilometre trek over rough terrain in a vain attempt to get help for Victor ROSSOKHATY, 48, of Montreal. The hike along La Cloche Silhouette Trail from Lake Topaz normally takes at least five hours to complete but SORTUNATOR made it to the park gate in just 90 minutes.
"It's very rough terrain, it's considered an advanced trail," said Cam HOEPP, assistant park warden at Killarney Provincial Park, which lies about 100 kilometres southwest of Sudbury.
Paramedics, who arrived by air ambulance a short time after SORTUNATOR raised the alarm, still had to hike about 600 metres into the bush up some craggy slopes to reach the remote campsite.
Since ROSSOKHATY had no vital signs, the paramedics, deciding it was too dangerous to try to carry his body out in the dark, stayed at the campsite overnight, said Const. Michelle COULOMBE of the Sudbury detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police.
Members of the Ontario Provincial Police's Emergency Response Team arrived in the early hours of the morning by boat, travelling down Baie Fine inlet and then hiking into the site.
ROSSOKHATY's body was carried out by emergency workers yesterday afternoon. That was about 21 hours after ROSSOKHATY, his son Alex, 19, and SORTUNATOR took shelter in the tent around 5 p.m. Tuesday during a violent thunderstorm.
SORTUNATOR and Alex ROSSOKHATY scrambled out of the tent after seeing lightning hit the ground nearby.
SORTUNATOR, apparently struck, felt a numbness travel down his limbs, said Const. COULOMBE.
"Then Alex realized that his father wasn't with them and when they went back into the tent to look for him, he was lying on the floor of the tent and wasn't moving," said COULOMBE.
"It appears that the lightning had travelled through the ground."
Alex immediately began cardiopulmonary resuscitation on his father, while SORTUNATOR, who is here on vacation, made the journey to get help.
ROSSOKHATY's wife is on vacation in the family's homeland of Ukraine, where ROSSOKHATY, an assistant and associate professor at Kyiv National University from 1990 until 2002, was recognized by Ukraine's National Academy of Science in 1990 for his research in graded semiconductors.
Nabil ESMAIL, Dean of Concordia's department of electrical and computer engineering, said ROSSOKHATY was "extremely excited" about joining the faculty in 2002 and learning about the culture of Canada.
"Getting a position with Concordia was like winning the jackpot for him," said ESMAIL, who described ROSSOKHATY as a "big strong man" who loved his new life in Canada.
Colleagues were devastated by news of his death.
"He was very well liked, people here are crying and are having a very difficult time taking it all in," said the university's Sebastian VOYER.
COULOMBE said police believe that ROSSOKHATY died from the lightning strike, but are waiting for an autopsy scheduled for today before making that the official cause of death.
According to the Ontario Weather Page, a website run by Fergus, Ontario, "storm chaser" Dave PATRICK, lightning kills about 16 people a year in Canada.
Tuesday's tragedy bore an eerie similarity to the August, 2003, death of Lee USHER, 41, of Toronto.
He was killed when lightning struck near a tent he was sharing with his two sons near Parry Sound.
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USHER email@example.com_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-10-29 published
COLDHAM, C. Alex
Peacefully, with family at his side, on Thursday, October 27th, 2005 at the Sunnybrook Hospital - "K" Wing, in his 96th year. Beloved husband of the late Christine COLDHAM (1992.) Loving father of Lance and his wife Sandi. Dear grandfather of Dean, Todd and his wife Kelly, and Amanda and great-grandfather to Bryce and Chase. Survived by his brother Stan and sister Jean USHER of London, England and predeceased by his other brother Henry. Friends may call on Monday, October 31st, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the R.S. Kane Funeral Home (6150 Yonge Street, at Goulding, south of Steeles). Funeral Service will be held at the Chapel on Tuesday, November 1st, 2005 at 1 o'clock. Cremation to follow. As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to the Sunnybrook Hospital Foundation - "K" Wing. Condolences - www.rskane.ca.
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USIC firstname.lastname@example.com_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-01-13 published
USIC, Gracijano " Rocky"
Passed away on Monday, January 10, 2005 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton, at the age of 67. Beloved, loving father of Tanya, and Stefanie and father-in-law of Mark TAILOR/TAYLOR. Husband of Joanne TEARUN. Former husband and friend of Aileen USIC. Friend and former son-in-law of Simone HORTNESS. Dear brother of Gianni, and dear uncle to Freddie and Gianni (all of Sweden). Gracijano will be sadly missed by all of his family, Friends and colleagues. Friends will be received at the Neweduk Funeral Home "Mississauga Chapel", 1981 Dundas St. W. (1 block east of Erin Mills Pkwy.) from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 15, 2005. A Memorial Service will follow in the Chapel at 11 a.m. Neweduk Funeral Home, 905-828-8000, www.neweduk.com
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USICK email@example.com_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-02-19 published
SWALUK, Margaret Sophie
On February 10, 2005, age 84, Margaret passed away peacefully at the Shoal Lake-Strathclair Health Centre, with her sister, Anne, by her side. Margaret was predeceased by her parents, Steven and Katherine; brothers: Ross, Wesley, Walter, and her sister Jennie. Remaining to cherish her memory are brother, Joe of Windsor, Ontario, sisters: Minnie (Sid) PROKOPCHUK of Roblin, Marion (Rudy) USICK of Erickson, Anne SHWALUK of Oakburn, numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and Friends. Born in the Rural Municipality of Shoal Lake, always wanting to be a teacher, she began her teaching career in Rackham, Manitoba. She moved to Toronto in her early 20's where she obtained an educational degree as a primary school specialist, completing her 40 year career with the Ontario Catholic School System. Margaret was active in her church, a 50 year member of the Ukrainian Catholic Women's League, and a founding member of St. Demetrius Church in Toronto. Margaret's love of travel took her across Canada, U.S.A., Europe, and South Pacific. Her artistic talent showed in her many paintings and crafts. Although Margaret recently moved closer to her family, she kept in touch with her Ontario Friends whom she dearly missed. Prayers will be held on Monday, February 21, 2005, at 7: 00 p.m. at Rae's Funeral Chapel, Shoal Lake. The Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, February 22, at 10: 00 a.m., at St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic Church, Shoal Lake. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery. Reverend George MALIK and Reverend Deacon Conrad PLANTE will officiate. If Friends so desire, donations may be made to the Ukrainian Canadian Care Centre, 60 Richview Rd., Etobicoke, Ontario, M9A 5E4 (416) 243-7653. Remembrances and condolences may be emailed to email@example.com Rae's Funeral Service of Shoal Lake, Manitoba, in care of the arrangements. (204) 759-2160.
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USPRECH firstname.lastname@example.com_county.toronto.toronto_star 2005-02-05 published
FIELD, Murray
On Friday, February 4, 2005 at Baycrest Hospital. Murray FIELD, beloved husband of Shirley. Loving father and father-in-law of Marla and Howard GERTZ, and Haley FIELD. Dear brother of the late Irving FIELD and Betty USPRECH. Devoted grandfather of Dovid and Faigy GERTZ, Rochel and Shmuel STERN, Leah and Eli GHERNS, Paige KRUGER, and great-grandfather of Miri. At Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel, 2401 Steeles Avenue West (2 lights west of Dufferin) for service on Sunday, February 6, 2005 at 2: 30 p.m. Interment Pardes Shalom Cemetery. Shiva 486 Castlefield Avenue. If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Baycrest Centre, 416-785-2875.
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I was walking through the freezer section at Brookshire's not long ago, and I saw something out of the corner of my eye that stopped me dead in my tracks: Checkers/Rally's Famous Fries in a bag in the freezer case.
I was instantly transported back to the early '90s in Lynchburg, Virginia, where I went to college. There was a Rally's fast food joint about two miles from campus. Sometimes on Sunday evenings, my best friend Amanda and I would walk to Rally's and back for dinner. I guess we rationalized the walk negated the calories. Rally's fries were the BEST. Seasoned, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, they were well-worth the four-mile round trip. I remember the hamburgers being really salty, but the fries were sublime.
Rally's has long since closed, but knowing I can get the fries at Brookshire's and bake them in my own oven without a four-mile walk, brings a priceless memory back to life!
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We live in a world where a very large number of people are busy with the debunking of great works and great men. The revisionist historian and critic almost invariably revises downwardm , whether it be piercing what is deemed the legend of a famous character or proving some classic piece of painting or sculpture to be a fake. A few years ago I wrote a biography, and I know the temptation to ''revise.'' It was a study of New York's Mayor La Guardia (1933- 1945), generally assumed to have been the city's greatest mayor and a major political force in his day.
It would have been relatively easy, and almost certainly remunerative, to do a book downgrading and even ridiculing the man. He could indeed be (as I hope in honesty I made clear) a trivial and even an absurd figure on occasion. His reforms were more showy than substantial and few had lasting effects. He stayed in office too long, lacked the courage to raise the subway fare above five cents , and left the city in a parlous financial conditon. I yield these hints to any aspiring revisionist who wants to write a best-selling book. For myself I confess I had to see and judge La Guardia much as he was seen by the wisest men of his own time, a flawed character, but a serious and important one.
The discovery of fakes among artistic works is somewhat different, for it seems to be a question of getting at the truth of the matter and not merely exploiting a perverse or jaundiced disposition. A distinguished connoisseur and collector at Harvard, Philip Hofer, once told me how he had come to reattribute a work whose authenticity was considered secure. Having some doubts himself, he placed the small drawing where his eye could fall on it daily - until one day he perceived it to be indubitably the work of some lesser hand than that to which it had been assigned. Mr. Hofer is a sanguine man who would be the last wanting to be known as a debunker. But in this case his long training, his keen observation based on memory and knowledge, revealed in a sudden flash what later tests proved to be a verifiable fact.
Whatever the need for such negative reappraisals, it is a happy man who can go about seeing gold where others have seen only dross. Such a one was David Carritt, the English art critic, whose recent passing was recorded by John Russell in a delightful essay in the New York Timesm . It was Carritt's gift, and his rare good fortune, to detect authentic masterpieces in the most unlikely places. The museums of our country and of his own, he enriched with great works newly discovered, while unsuspecting owners of what they had taken to be second-rate or worthless paintings were rewarded beyond their wildest dreams. As his accomplishments increased, so did a benign and almost legendary repute. Impoverished nobility and owners of declining estates were said to dream of the day when the butler would come in and say, ''A Mr. Carritt to see you, my lord.''
At the age of twenty-five, John Russell tells us, this extraordinary man discovered in the remote home of a retired naval captain, a Caravaggio which now hangs in the Metropolitan Museum. Later he found in the stable of an Irish country house paintings by Tiepolo today hanging in Washington's National Gallery. A cottage on the River Thames at Bray, a clubhouse for golfers on the outskirts of London, the dining room of the Egyptian embassy, were other places where he practiced his divining arts. Often his travels brought him where other art historians had not penetrated, but on at least one famous occasion, while a hundred competitors looked on undiscerningly, he carried off a prize of immense worth.
The secret of such a gift Carritt compared to that of the botanist, a field in which he also excelled. Both called for an unerring eye, unfathomable patience, and a mind crammed with minute factual knowledge. Yet one suspects that in his moments of revelation as a critic, he also was guided by an instinct for hope and by an optimistic faith. If, botanizing, he looked closely at the earth, he must also have looked at the sky toward which all things grow.


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A windsor woman known for her recordings of Hindustani music is joining forces with the World Jazz Group Dave Sharp's Secret Seven.
You might not know the name Parag Ray but she is one of the best known purveyors of classical indian music.And she lives in Windsor.Known for her recordings of Hindustani music, in Ann Arbor tonight, Parag is stepping into another world of music...the jazz world.
She's joining the Dave Sharp Secret Seven jazz ensemble at the Kerrytown concert house in Ann Arbor.
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Our second IGN Trivia Night was Friday, February 28th once again at Pedro's Cantina. The crowd was so much bigger than last time. With the addition of Team Sega and Team Sony, Eriq and Naomi left 300+ IGNers collectively scratching their heads.
Special thanks to 2K Games, FeenixCollection.com, Ouya, and Sega for providing awesome prizes for our winning audience members.
Do you think you'd be able to win at IGN Trivia? Do you know which Pokemon is #11 in the Pokedex? See if you can answer that and more in our Trivia Night questions below!
Naomi and Eriq
The fantastic team at Sega!
Trivia Team Names were clever
So packed!
Some won fantastic prizes...
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Eriq rocking the mic, as always
Naomi and a fan
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The threat of cyber-attacks and data breaches on healthcare institutions
Data from healthcare institutions is particularly valuable because it contains sensitive personal information, such as social security numbers, date of birth, address details and medical histories. That data could in theory be sold to companies looking to carry out targeted advertising. However, in more worrying cases, the information obtained is held for ransom (usually by locking data and threatening to delete it) and a demand for payment (usually in untraceable bitcoins) is made. Interestingly, the amount of ransom sought is usually low in value as the success of this crime only works if the victim can afford to make the payment.
Why Health Care Is Especially Vulnerable to Ransomware Attacks
It's still too early to gauge the fallout from this digital delinquency. But the breach highlights a stark—and scary—reality about health IT: Outdated medical systems are woefully unprepared to deal with a new class of criminals willing to hold patients' medical data, credit card numbers, and other personal information hostage barring a big payout. In fact, the FBI has issued several stark warnings about the unique and growing threat ransomware presents to health care companies specifically in the past few months.
Medical Devices Hit By Ransomware For The First Time In US Hospitals
A source in the healthcare industry passed Forbes an image of an infected Bayer Medrad device in a U.S. hospital. The source did not say which specific hospital was affected, nor could they confirm what Bayer model was hacked. But it appears to be radiology equipment designed to help improve imaging. More specifically, it's a device used for monitoring what's known in the industry as a "power injector," which helps deliver a "contrast agent" to a patient. Such agents consist of chemicals that improve the quality of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans.
Why We Need a Data-Driven Cybersecurity Market
Imagine you're the chief information security officer (CISO) of a big bank. You've just implemented a new cybersecurity program and you want to see how your metrics stack up against those of your peers. It should be easy, right? It's not. Unfortunately, there is no standardized process for measuring and reporting on cybersecurity metrics that all organizations can access. I can give my firsthand experience, or they can hire one of the big consultancies. Even then, the available data sets are too small and in different formats.
Last week's global cyberattack was just the beginning
Perhaps it is time for the United States to actually take meaningful action against Bitcoin. For non-criminal transactions, Bitcoin is decidedly inferior to all the alternatives, as it is expensive, cumbersome and surprisingly slow. Bitcoin's only "superiority" over other electronic payment systems is its censorship resistance: There is no central authority that can say "thou shalt not." Thus, it is only superior for criminal uses such as drug deals or extortion.
Another large-scale cyberattack underway: experts
Another large-scale, stealthy cyberattack is underway on a scale that could dwarf last week's assault on computers worldwide, a global cybersecurity firm told AFP on Wednesday. […] Instead of completely disabling an infected computer by encrypting data and seeking a ransom payment, Adylkuzz uses the machines it infects to "mine" in a background task a virtual currency, Monero, and transfer the money created to the authors of the virus.
Fearing Shadow Brokers leak, NSA reported critical flaw to Microsoft
Those same NSA officials, according to Tuesday's report, failed to communicate the severity of the vulnerability to the outside world. A month after Microsoft released the patch, the Shadow Brokers published the attack code, code-named EternalBlue, that exploited the critical Windows vulnerability. A month after that, attackers used a modified version of EternalBlue to infect computers around the world with malware that blocked access to data. Within hours of the outbreak of the ransomware worm dubbed WCry, infected hospitals turned away patients; banks, telecommunications companies, and government agencies shut down computers.
Police anti-ransomware warning is hotlinked to 'ransomware.pdf'
Official anti-ransomware advice issued by UK police to businesses can only be read by clicking on a link titled "Ransomware" which leads direct to a file helpfully named "Ransomware.pdf". […] The message and link were sent by a Met copper working for OWL, Online Watch Link. This is a police initiative which we are told "keeps communities safe, helps reduce crime and keeps people informed of what's going on locally".
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We are doing this in many cases with a combination of products and services, but more important by helping our customers tie together their complex cybersecurity products into a more collaborative architecture. More broadly, our product portfolio is transforming to be more service-oriented. For example, we are offering more of our capabilities as cloud services and we are utilizing analytics to make our products smarter and better able to assist the human user.
Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago. We Tested It.
We parked a 17-foot motor boat in a lagoon about 800 feet from the back lawn of the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, and pointed a two-foot wireless antenna that resembled a potato gun toward the club. Within a minute, we spotted three weakly encrypted Wi-Fi networks. We could have hacked them in less than five minutes, but we refrained.
Held hostage by ransomware? There is insurance for that.
According to Ben Myers, commercial lines producer with the Insurance Office of America, the standard "network extortion" coverage includes the cost of the ransom, experts to assist with removing the ransomware and the loss of income to your business in the event you are forced to cease operations during the attack. Additionally, as cyber insurance is a relatively new market, Mr. Myers advises that the varying insuring provisions can be purchased at a relatively low rate given the risk being assumed by the insurance company.
Why We Shouldn't Be Surprised If North Korea Launched the WannaCry Ransomware Cyberattack
Today, an elite squad of 6,800 North Korean state hackers are engaged in fraud, blackmail and online gambling that together generate annual revenue of $860 million, according to the Korea Institute of Liberal Democracy in Seoul. And as U.S. state infrastructure and military facilities become ever more controlled via computer systems, the scope for hacking to do real, physical damage — rupturing gas pipelines, crashing crowded commuter trains or sending stock markets reeling — increases day by day.
McAuliffe urges lawmakers to 'get their act together' on cybersecurity
"I have been very public in my displeasure with the Congress," McAuliffe said. "We don't even have a committee [in] Congress today on cybersecurity. It is spread through many different committees — nobody will give up jurisdiction to come together." […] McAuliffe, who has prioritized cybersecurity as chairman of the National Governors Association (NGA), said that he has visited lawmakers in both chambers to press them "to get their act together on cybersecurity" and "put all the partisanship aside."
North America Cyber Security Market, 2021 – projected to reach USD 53.34 billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 16.73%
The North American cyber security market was estimated at USD 24.62 billion in 2015 and is projected to reach USD 53.34 billion by 2020, at a CAGR of 16.73% over the forecast period. Many of the critical infrastructure components are completely dependent on IT systems as it provides the foundation for information exchange for sectors like voice, data, video, and internet connectivity. As such, IT systems are a part of other key security and emergency preparedness resources and are an important component of the overall national critical infrastructure.
Facebook hit with maximum fine for breaking French privacy law
The French data protection watchdog has imposed its harshest penalty on Facebook for six breaches of French privacy law. The breaches include tracking users across websites other than Facebook.com without their knowledge, and compiling a massive database of personal information in order to target advertising. […] CNIL wasn't the only organization concerned by Facebook's changes: data protection authorities in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Hamburg, Germany also began investigations around the same time.
Chrome vulnerability can allow attackers to steal user credentials
Recently, a security engineer, Bosko Stankovic, found a vulnerability in Google Chrome that hackers can easily exploit to get a user's credentials such as their username and password and potentially launch SMB relay attacks. It must be noted that WannaCry ransomware attack also exploits an SMB vulnerability present in the outdated version of Windows operating systems. Apparently, the vulnerability is in Google Chrome's configuration, as claimed by Stankovic who works as a security expert at DefenseCode. He found the flaw in the latest version of Chrome installed on an updated version of Windows 10.
PATCH Act introduced to improve federal cybersecurity and transparency
In the wake of the high-profile WanaCryptor ransomware attack, a bipartisan group of elected officials from both Congressional Houses have introduced the Protecting our Ability To Counter Hacking (PATCH) Act to improve cybersecurity and transparency at the federal level. […] The Patch Act creates an intra-agency review board, which will be chaired by the Department of Homeland Security, with one of its guiding principles being to ensure consistent policies are followed when the government evaluates vulnerabilities for disclosure and retention.
The hackers that leaked NSA cyber-weapons say they will dump more data on a monthly basis
In a blog post, the group said the releases will start in June, and be available to people who pay a "subscription" fee. It alleges the data could include "compromised network data from Russian, Chinese, Iranian, or North Korean nukes and missile programs," as well as exploits for Windows 10, handset exploits, and stolen data from central banks.
Next NSA Exploit Payload Could be Much Worse Than WannaCry
No one should be letting their guard down now that the WannaCry ransomware attacks have been relatively contained. Experts intimately involved with analyzing the malware and worldwide attacks urge quite the opposite, warning today that there's nothing stopping attackers from using the available NSA exploits to drop more destructive malware. The key is to patch vulnerable Windows machines while there is a downtime, ensure offline backups are secure and available, and that antimalware protection is running and current.
U.S. cyber bill would shift power away from spy agency
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Something in his eyes.
very nice, i look forward to seeing what happens next. Personally, i rly love this Steam story arc.
Epic fight will be epic
Slobro vs. Gaben, ruler of the company that is slow at making games.
Truly, a battle for the ages.
Oh yeah, and about that mess. Not it!
One word: Daaaayuuum.
Things are getting interesting.
Slowbro could use some assistance...
You can tell I laughed when Gabe said "Come at me bro" ;)
Looking forward to more Ozgaben
We can only pray Gabe doesn't know a thunder-type move D:
Get him Bro!
Uhhhh. Yeah, Im not finding this comic anywhere near as awesome as it was when it first came to Escapist. :(
Avenge Lance! Or Chad! I forget which!
Slowbro vs the guy who helped coin the term 'Valve Development Cycle'?
It's gonna be a slow day.
Was that Alanis Morissette?
Yes it is.
OT: And Erins hand miraculously regenerates. I knew she was hiding more superpowers.
When the hell did Gabe Newell turn into this guy:
Gah, i really want to see what happens...
And i find it difficult to read t Gabe Newell's lines in my head using his voice...
Awesome. Gabe Newel is shaping up as a great villain so far.
That was....heartbreaking...
Gabe managed to out-Bison M.Bison!! :o
oh just outstanding! come at me bro! i mean i knew gaben was a bad ass but this is on another level!
I'm not your bro, friend, I'm not your friend..etc
Gabe: now an EPIC WARRIOR of an apocalyptic world. Bow before his might, ye gamers, and tremble! He who controls the steam, controls the digital distribution!
I laughed out loud at the "Come at me bro."
You guys have a nice system for the memes. You definitely don't overdue them, so when you do use them they just fit perfectly. Like "U mad, son?" in the Video Game Ban court.
Please, You think a pitiful Wobbuffet will help you, Bro? BEHOLD, GABE'S DIGLETT!
Awesome. I love how much of a douche he is lol.
WoBUFFet brings more then just himself...
I could've sworn that was Chad, bro.
Christ, Gabe is evil...
There was lightning in the background when he said "Come at me, Bro"... we'll miss you slowbro!
The Slowbros are the best I hope lance doesn't die.
Go Gabe! Get that worthless IGN tool before he posts more false news or writes another piss-poor review!
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Awesome strip. I got tingles. It was amazing. Best one in this arc so far, except for the one where one of the Bros shoots the other.
Very effective!! I Seriously went DAAAAAAAYUUUUUM out loud when he said "Come at me Bro"
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He runs Valve...of course he's evil
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Former investment banks seek depositors' funds.
Yesterday, the last bastions of Wall Street independence announced plans to transform into more traditional banks, subjecting themselves to deeper regulatory scrutiny and tighter limits on leverage. The move also allowed them to pursue customer deposits, a more stable funding source than the recently chaotic money markets.
This morning, Bloomberg reported the 2 firms are already on the prowl, combing the banking landscape for deposits they can snatch up on the cheap. This may seem odd, since Goldman and Morgan were fighting for their lives just a few short days ago - and Morgan was desperately searching for an infusion of capital.
Potential investors may be comforted by new borrowing limits for the formerly leverage-dependent institutions. In addition, financing operations with customer deposits rather than through money markets will decrease the risk of a liquidity squeeze.
Rather than targeting entire banking institutions, Goldman is more interested in buying deposits on the wholesale market or from collapsed institutions like IndyMac, which is currently being liquidated by the FDIC. Morgan plans to expand offerings like certificates of deposit to its more than 3 million retail brokerage clients.
Goldman and Morgan, however, have a more daunting challenge ahead than simply finding cheap deposits to shore up liquidity: Trust.
The events of the past 15 months, specifically the dramatic government intervention into the free markets, has created a systemic shift in the way the public views Wall Street.
Main Street instinctively knows it shouldn't trust the alchemists of lower Manhattan; we should have learned our lesson after the dot-com crash. But Wall Street simply dreamed up a better disguise, hiding their structured mortgage bets behind the government-constructed façade of affordable housing for all.
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I LOVE 2 CopyCat (like i am doing right now this subject is what my cousin made at www.zanub.blogspot.com :) ) and i love to ACT CRAZY (again another copycat like my cosin!)
If you want you could send me an email at email@example.com i'v been waiting 4 some emails!
I am from Pakistan. Everyone calls me an Dadi (GrandMother in pakistani lanuage) cuz i act like one! And i get SO teased.
I know i am a kid almost a Pre-Teen but i really like to act like a Adult:
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2) I buy Adult shoes women size 5-6 or 2 1/2 -3 1/2, Adult size clothes somtimes shirts upto my knees
3) I treat my 6 1/2 year old brother like and adult and his Freinds.
4) (This is one thing i have to do and my mom likes it) Somtimes i stay home when my mom go's groceing (like lot's of older kids do stay home) and takecare of my Sister, Like my mom tells everyone i can do everything to takecare of My Sistter except 4 Nursing her (Cause she does not like Solid/Baby Food!)
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- Amad said...
Hello Dadi... your dad here... that means, that i am grand-dada or something??? thats weird.
- January 11, 2007 at 8:23 PM
- Reem said...
no, so it's weird that YOU call ME dadi, and you should put that grand-dada is grandfather so people understand
- January 11, 2007 at 8:24 PM
Asalaamu alaikum, Reem! Masha Allah, what a great blog. You're a very good writer and I look forward to reading more on Reemo's World! Jazak Allah khair.
- January 31, 2007 at 4:02 PM
Masha Allah Reem,
When i saw you at the party you were very respectful and when i saw your blog i was convinced that you are truly a very kind, sweet, caring, and loving person. Alot people look up to you and your kindness and I'm KNOW that your family loves you for everything you do. People would do anything to be your sibling.
- February 4, 2007 at 12:01 PM
- Sarah said...
Well, Reem acts like my sister!Right?!
- February 8, 2007 at 9:11 AM
you little weirdo, you are far from a preteen, honey. you need to shut up, sorry to disappoint you, you little immature freak.
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Meet Terry's client Bonnie Calhoun
Bonnie is one busy lady. As the Owner/Director of the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance Bonnie has helped use the 220+ blogs of the Alliance to promote many titles on the Christian bestseller list. She owns and publishes the Christian Fiction Online magazine, which is devoted to readers and writers of Christian fiction. She is the Northeast Zone Director for American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). At ACFW she was named the 'Mentor of the Year' for 2011, and she is the current President of (CAN) Christian Authors Network. Bonnie is also the Appointment Coordinator for both the Colorado Christian Writers Conference and the Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Conference. In her spare time she is an avid social media junkie, and teaches Facebook, Twitter, Blogging and HTML as recreational occupations.
It seems like every day I am seeing another interview of her or another review showing up on her book. I've been involved in this business for a long time, and I've never seen anybody come out of the starting blocks like this. Everybody is talking about this book and you don't want to be left out.
I predict that you're going to be seeing a lot more of this lady, even though she maintains a work schedule that will kill most of us . . .she's just getting started.
5 comments:
- Caroline said...
I'm looking forward to reading the book & leading the discussion for it w/the ACFW bookclub in July! Couldn't have happened to a nicer lady!
Congrats to you both. :)
- April 5, 2012 at 11:49 AM
- Heather Day Gilbert said...
I enjoyed reading Bonnie's post over at Novel Rocket--she has a great sense of humor that shines through! All the best to Bonnie!
- April 5, 2012 at 12:19 PM
- Davalyn Spencer said...
Awesome, Bonnie. Looking forward to seeing you again in Estes Park next month at CCWC.
- April 5, 2012 at 12:50 PM
- Cheryl said...
I love my issues of CFO. Great to know more about Bonnie's latest news.
- April 5, 2012 at 2:12 PM
- Martha Ramirez said...
LOVE Bonnie! Such an awesome person. And so talented. Great post!
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As I have continued to grow in this Christian journey, I have begun to discover the older son in Jesus' narrative is every bit as lost as the younger
Luke 15:25-32
Prodigal Brother, Fathers Heart
The results of living away from God are always disastrous, and nothing can prevent the ultimate consequences from catching up with us.
May 6, 2006
The Father's House
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Luke 15:11-32
Famine, Riotous Living, Far Country, Feed Swine
Three parables carrying one message: the lost sheep; the lost coin; and the Prodigal son.
Luke 15
'Horror of horrors!' proclaimed the scribes and Pharisees. The tax-collectors and 'sinners' were drawing near to hear the words of Jesus! The three parables which follow in Luke 15 show the calm response of the Master.
In fact, whilst there are three parables, the
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Luke 15:1-32
Jesus Parables, Parable Lost Coin, Parable Lost Sheep, Parable Prodigal Son, Seeking The Lost, C Lent 4
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Message on the Lost Sons.
Luke 15:1-32, 1 Timothy 1:15-16, Zechariah 11:6
Repentance, Restoration, Lost Sons
Christian Missionary Alliance
This sermon is inspired and provided by "City On A Hill" which owns the rights to the movie, "I Can Only Imagine". Much of the sermon structure is theirs, and it's been edited toward my personal preaching style as well as the personal illustrations
IMAGINE Forgiveness
As Christian's, forgiveness is a topic that we often talk about, but struggle living out.
Jesus knew that forgiveness was not easy.
-He lived his adult life in a place where a lake was the dividing line between two people groups who deeply hated
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Father, Forgiveness, Son
Assembly Of God
The father maintains his love equally with both sons.
One time a little boy was asked to define Father's Day and he said, "Its just like Mother's Day, only you don't spend as much on the present."
Erma Bombeck in her usual humorous way wrote the following about fathers, "When I was a kid a father was like a light in the refrigerator. Everybody's
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Love, Prodigal Father
Jesus gives us an inside look at the heart of God the Father and at the same time showing the Jews that their special place and status is secure. Jesus did not come to remove them from their place but instead wanted to see them willingly take their place
The Prodigal Son
Luke 15:11-32
Today we look at a parable that many of us know well or at least we think we know it well.
However as always the Holy Spirit of God desires to lead us into all truth or deeper truth about God's word.
It is important to remember that all of God's word is
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Luke 15:11-32, Proverbs 17:17, 2 Samuel 22:17, 1 John 1:9, Psalms 85:10, Isaiah 61:10, John 14:2
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Jewish, Repentance, Gentile, Selfish, Anxious, Impatient, Disrespect, Backsliding, Prodigal Son, Demands, Greed And Envy, Called Christians, Gods Chosen People
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This Father's Day sermon is the 6th sermon in the series, "Playing A New Game".
Series: Playing A New Game [#6]
Luke 15:11-32
Yesterday was a day full of mixed emotions. I preached Dan's Memorial Service, which was difficult; and then later Karen and I went to David and D'Linda's 50th Wedding Anniversary Celebration. There
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Change, Fathers Day
How the Father Feels When His Son Returned
Prodigal Son, God Is Loving, Our Heavenly Father
Someone noticed that the word "father" appears in the dictionary just before the word "fatigued" and just after the word "fathead." So, to all us fatigued, fathead fathers, Happy Father's Day! Updated June 2018.
Let us Pray....
O' Gracious Father - bless now the words of my lips and the meditations of our hearts. Breathe your Spirit into us and grant that we may hear and in hearing be led in the way ...... you want us to go. We ask this in the name of your son Jesus the Christ. Amen.
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Ephesians 6:1-14, Ephesians 6:1-10, Luke 15:11-32, Proverbs 22:6, Ephesians 6:14, Ephesians 6:1-4
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During a British conference on comparative religions, experts from around the world debated what, if any, belief was unique to the Christian faith. The debate went on for some time until C. S. Lewis wandered into the room. "What is the rumpus all about
Romans 12:19, Luke 15:11-32
Grace, Forgiveness, Transform, Prayer, Rejoice, Kindness, Lords Prayer
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We can turn out backs on God but God will never turn His back on us.
One of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes is entitled: "It's a Good Life." It starts out with the host, Rod Serling, standing on a dark stage with the map of the United States over his shoulder. Mr. Serling starts out:
"Tonight's story on the Twilight Zone is somewhat unique and calls for a
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Brother, Grace, Forgiveness, Repentance, God's Love, Prodigal
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Jesus reminds us of the true cost of discipleship by calling us to give preference to Him above all else - including the willingness to hate those who are closest to us.
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Luke 14:25-35
"Hate Your Father and Mother"
Today it is Mother's Day. What are Mothers?
They're the soothing voice in the middle of the night when you
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Cost Of Discipleship, Hindrances To Faith, Hating, Avoid Cheap Grace
This sermon looks at the parable of the Prodigal Son, and explores the relationship between the father, the younger son, and the older son. The intertwined relationship of this family shows that love and respect should be the key values of our church.
Lately I have been binge watching this new American TV series called "This is us". It's about a family with triplets and their intertwining stories with each other now, when the characters are grown up, but it constantly flashes back to their childhood times. It shows how their loving parents
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Love, Pride, Respect, Authentic Love, Sacrificial Love, Family Conflict
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Characteristics maturing believers struggle with:
1. We can be Unconcerned
2. We can feel Entitled
3. We can be Unresponsive
January 29 Ignoring The One Luke 15:11-32
Characteristics maturing believers struggle with:
1. We can be Unconcerned
2. We can feel Entitled
3. We can be Unresponsive
When I was a child, I don't know 6-7 yrs old, I went for a walk to discover what was on the other
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As President Trump's words are being widely condemned, some legal experts believe that the "s---hole" remark could also impact his case for the travel ban.
But given his previous call for a "Muslim ban" and other public statements, other experts aren't sure this latest comment makes much legal difference.
Attorneys fighting the president's executive action restricting travel in court, connected the president's latest comment to what they says is a "racist" ideology.
"The travel ban is a de facto quota - a return to a discredited national origin quota system that was in our law until Congress wisely abolished it in 1965," said Peter Margulies, professor at Roger Williams School of Law. Yesterday's alleged statement "couldn't have been a clearer example of what Congress wanted to abolish."
According to Margulies, the latest travel ban should be struck down in court on statutory grounds as a violation of a 1965 immigration law prohibiting discrimination based on national origin.
In other words, Trump's comments further clarified what was already unlawful about the ban, he said.
On Thursday during a bipartisan meeting on immigration reform in the Oval Office, the president asked those in the room why they would want people from Haiti, Africa and other "s---hole countries" coming into the United States, according to multiple sources either briefed on or familiar with the discussion.
Trump denied that he used "derogatory" language about Haitians, but did not specifically address the comments.
"The president has interjected race and ethnicity into the making of immigration policy in a way this country hasn't seen since the 1920s," said Hiroshi Motomura, professor at UCLA School of Law and author of two award-winning books on immigration law and policy.
"Yesterday's statement makes it more reasonable for courts to decide that the travel ban can be struck down as unlawful - beyond the president's authority under immigration statutes, and as unconstitutional - without necessarily intruding on the national security authority of a president who exercises that authority in a nondiscriminatory and rational way." said Motomura.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in December that the travel ban, currently in its third iteration, could go into effect while the lower courts continued to hear appeals in the cases.
Later that month, a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld a Hawaii district court injunction against travel ban 3.0, agreeing with the lower court that the policy violates federal immigration law and exceeds the authority of the executive branch.
But the ban remained in effect, pending the final U.S. Supreme Court review.
Another appeal that was heard in the 4th Circuit is still awaiting a ruling.
Yale Law School professor Peter Schuck said he thinks the Court will be "very reluctant to take into account informal comments made in a closed political bargaining session a year after the ban was imposed and not relating to Muslims."
Schuck believes Trump's call for a "Muslim ban" was more legally fraught than his alleged "s---hole" comment, and so he "can't see the courts focusing on this particular languages as being important, as odious as it is."
Similarly, Josh Blackman, a constitutional law expert at South Texas College of Law Houston, said "I don't think these statements, as odious as they are, have any bearing on this case."
"As a general matter, I think the president statements are fair game, but in the context of foreign policy judges have to be deferential to the president," he added.
Meanwhile, Neal Kaytal, who is the lead lawyer in the Hawaii travel ban challenge, and has a brief due at the Supreme Court today, took to Twitter in the wake of Trump's comment.
"Past immigration decisions have been made by Presidents who have not harbored this sort of animus. It is a daunting, and un-American, thing to have a President who not only says such vile comments, but acts on them," he told ABC News when asked if he could expand on his tweet. Omar Jadwat, director of the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, who litigated the 4th Circuit appeal, said the "s---hole" comment was "more fuel on the fire."
"I think it's further confirmation that prejudice and racism underlie a lot of the president's approach to foreign policy," he said.
The Department of Justice, which is responsible for defending the president's policies in court, did not provide a comment on the matter.
James Hill and Jack Date contributed to this story.
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Top 10: Fantastical ANGELA LANSBURY Roles
No, really. At 88 years of age, Angela Lansbury is a grand old lady of film and television. Best known nowadays for Murder, She Wrote, it's easy to forget she had an illustrious film career and still turns up in the odd movie today. Who could forget Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)? Although she was born a Brit, she moved to America at the start of the war and it's there her career started. But what, we hear you ask, has this got to do with Starburst? Well when you've made as many films as our Angela has, you're bound to stray into the fantastical territory we all love so much. Needless to say you'll be wanting a top 10 of Angela's genre work so here you go; you might be surprised.
10 - The Last Unicorn (1982)
This was one of those Bass/Rankin animations that are so loved by Americans. They did that version of The Hobbit in 1977 that hardly anyone in the UK has ever seen. It was based on Peter S. Beagle's novel of the same name but its classiness doesn't stop there, oh no. It tells the story of a unicorn looking for the last of its kind but the mild perils it encounters along the way include being captured by a witch voiced by our Angela. Stay with us, these get better.
9 - The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The 1965 episode, The Deadly Toys Affair features Angela as the brilliantly-named Elfie van Donck, an eccentric film star protecting her genius-nephew from those evil THRUSH agents. She even pilots a helicopter. Now we're getting somewhere.
8 - Beauty and the Beast (1991)
You know this one. Angela voices Mrs Potts the talking teapot, of course she does. Always good for anything with a song is our Angie. But everyone can do voice acting nowadays; we can do better than that.
7 - Nanny McPhee (2005)
This Emma Thompson vehicle featured no end of British luviness so it comes as no surprise to see Angela turn up as evil Aunt Adelaide. Seriously, who did you expect?
6 - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
Long before Tim Burton did that secret musical with all his usual chums (secret because the trailers did a fairly good job of disguising the fact), this Stephen Sondheim show opened on Broadway with none other than Angela Lansbury as Mrs Lovett. It won awards and everything. In 1982 it was immortalized on film so you can still see how Sondheim had originally envisioned the pie-maker next door. She is a versatile woman; did we mention she could sing?
5 - Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
She also does witches. Here she's a nice one in a film that, if you're a certain age, you may have once believed was the greatest movie of all time. Come on, apart from all those suits of armour walking about, it even had villainous Nazis (which is pretty much the only kind, come to think of it). It was like somebody had taken everything you ever saw on telly round your Gran's on a Sunday afternoon and made it for kids. It just wouldn't have been the same if they'd done the obvious and put Julie Andrews in it. It must also be noted that it featured Roddy McDowell (Planet of the Apes) and Sam Jaffe (The Day the Earth Stood Still) so it is, technically, unmissable.
4 - Gaslight (1944)
Yes, we're calling this one part of the genre. It's creepy and it's gothic and that's close enough for us. The British production of Gaslight (1940) was such a success that the Americans had to do their own version. Arguably, this was a fairly pointless exercise as they cast a load of Europeans in it. However, this one also turned out to be Angela's film debut as Nancy, the maid. This is one of the most subtle portrayals of a "bad girl" you'll ever see and got Angela her first Academy Award nomination.
3 - The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Oh, you know the plot. Angela plays Sibyl Vane whom this version transformed from the novel's Shakespearean actress into a music hall singer. Some may well argue that this slightly missed the point from the original story but it does mean you get to see Angela wow a music hall crowd with her version of Little Yellow Bird. It rocks. OK, it doesn't but that really is Angela singing. Oddly enough, her singing voice was dubbed in a couple of later films but not here. It also got her a second Oscar nomination.
2 - The Company of Wolves (1984)
They don't come more gothic than this Neil Jordan foray into dreams and emerging sexuality via, naturally enough, the werewolf story. Angela adds a nice bit of acting class in the pivotal role of Rosaleen's storytelling grandmother.
1 - The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
If you've not seen this original cold war classic then you need to. Apart from a brilliant plot and some of the best dream sequences committed to celluloid, it also features what is, in our not-so-humble opinion, Angela Lansbury's finest acting performance. Not only is she utterly convincing as Eleanor Iselin, the wife of an ambitious anti-red Senator and mother of a Korean War veteran, at 36 she was only three years older than Laurence Harvey who played her son. It's a brilliant portrayal that rightly got her a third Oscar nomination (again for best supporting actress) and, frankly, she was robbed by child actress Patty Duke for The Miracle Worker (1962). Alright, that's not entirely a fair observation but Angela is so good in The Manchurian Candidate that it would have been nice to see her win it with her third (and what is probably her final) nomination.
Angela Lansbury, we salute you.
So there you go, wasn't such a mad idea, was it? Mind you, that Boris Karloff top 10 would have been a darn sight easier.


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After being beaten into a brain-damaging coma by five men outside a bar, Mark Hogancamp builds a 1/6th scale World War II–era town in his backyard. Hogancamp populates the town that he names "Marwencol" with dolls representing his friends and family and creates life-like photographs detailing the town's many relationships and dramas. Playing in the town and photographing the action helps him to recover his hand-eye coordination and deal with the psychic wounds of the attack. When Hogancamp's photographs are discovered by a New York gallery and deemed "art," he is forced to choose between the safety of his fantasy life in Marwencol and the real world he's avoided since the attack. Marwencol has just been named the recipient of the "Truer than Fiction Award" in the Independent Spirit awards competition. (83 mins., video)


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Why does he have to become the next Nick Nolte of the 8o's or Robin Williams 20 years ago or any other famous stepper? I'm happy that he got over his booze problem if he really was addicted to alcohol, but why does he have to now make it his life mission to go speak at Drug Court and The Congress and create his own special sober living. That sort of pressure to carry around in front of the whole world is kinda of heavy weighted…isn't it?
What happens when he decides he wants to leave the cult and drink moderately. . We have seen that before. Robin Williams wanted to.
Does Matthew Perry know or care that he is outright breaking all of his glorious AA traditions. Not that I believe that they are anything worth listening too….But for gods sake…cant these movie stars , fuck up, get their shit together and get on with their lives?
I guess not, we are in Hollywood… the land of the cults,. The land of AA is so cool that a character had to go to a meeting in the "PLAYER " to take a meeting . What horse shit that was.
I feel as though we are up against such a monster with this type of preaching from someone as famous as Matthew. I sure would like to show him the film .
Yet deep down I know that AA is dying from within. IF we can stop the court ordering it will shrink by 50%. I was invited by a women in San Fran to take the film to Drug Courts and show it. I think I will.
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Here is a great new article by a woman who has been talking to me. I think it's a great shift in the wind.
I never wanted to go to AA, even when I needed it. After doing a bit of research when a private doc suggested it eight years ago, I decided it wasn't for me. The steps upset me, the prayers upset me, and the group itself was a bit too smothering at first. But I had no idea that other recovery programs existed. Not one medical professional or therapist knew of any other means to get sober outside of AA.
But I knew I had to get sober, so I became a member, and, after relapsing for over two years, I now have nearly six years of sobriety. Many AA meetings in LA are just fantastic, full of intelligent, fun, hip, successful people who wear the program, as is suggested, like a loose garment. I managed to sort of make it fit for me for a very long time, even though I still had many philosophical conflicts with the 12 steps, even though I'm an atheist, even though I felt slightly like a square peg in a round hole.
But after studying up on the addiction conversation while writing for this very site, reading news articles and researching various rehabs and learning about different treatment modalities, I came across something called SMART Recovery, a free addiction program. Actually, I came across many free 12-step alternatives, but SMART seemed to be the most popular alternative to AA.
read full story here…http://rehabreviews.com/like-go-smart-recovery-eight-years-aa/#prettyPhoto
I am so sorry for the family. My condolences to Annie his wife, Elizabeth Peterson, his mother, David White and Anthony White his brothers. May he rest in peace.
How many of these have to happen before we get the Judges to stop sending violent men to AA instead of jail. It doesn't work.
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A judge on Tuesday sentenced a West Ashley man to 25 years in prison for strangling a woman to death in a domestic dispute.
Charleston police had charged David Mark Reagan, 57, with murder and first-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with the death of his girlfriend, 52-year-old Kathy Hawkins.
Reagan pleaded guilty in a Charleston County court to a lesser voluntary manslaughter charge. His sentence was set as part of a negotiated plea agreement that also saw prosecutors drop the sexual assault charge against him.
Hawkins' body was found lying on the living room floor of her home at The Palms apartments on Aug. 20, 2013. The complex is located off of Orange Grove Road.
Surveillance images showed Reagan using the woman's credit card to buy beer and liquor after her death, 9th Circuit Chief Deputy Solicitor Bruce DuRant said during the man's plea hearing.
Luke Malloy, an attorney for Reagan, said the man suffered from bipolar disorder and alcoholism. Both conditions contributed to the violence committed by Reagan, who, when sober, was often viewed by others as "an amazing man."
The couple met in Alcoholics Anonymous, with Reagan referring to Hawkins as "the love of his life," Malloy said.
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What's wrong with all of these statements? They are all taking ones power away.
They are all basically saying that we "AA is right and you are wrong. Well, we know that is wrong. We know that so many things that AA members say to newcomers and even old timers is not truth.
I am digging deeper. I just saw Steven Hasan give a talk at The Steve Allen Theatre. It was really great and I saw how connected AA and is a mind control group and is very much a toxic group…
I will write more.
STAY Tuned. This coming Week on Blog Talk Radio SAFE RECOVERY.
Wednesday- August 5 @ 2:30pm. 1 Hour LIVE show with Cult Deprogramming Expert from Los Angeles, CA will be my Guest.
I am so happy to finally have found an expert and a trained therapist who really knows her stuff. We have talked…and it is amazing to find a person who is trained in this field.
I know many people have asked me over the years to find someone like Rachel. SO finally we have !!! Thanks to a new friend Michele, my roommate up in Big Sur!


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Fred L. Johnson1921-1999
Fred L. Johnson, 77, of Lawrence, Kan., died Friday, Oct. 15, 1999 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence. He was born Oct.19, 1921 in Devon, Kan., the son of Raymond and Lena (Larimar) Johnson. He married LuDell Horn on June 3, 1943, in Hunt, Texas. She survives at the home.
Johnson attended Devon,Kan. schools. He then attended C.C.C. Camp and was an Army Veteran of World War II. After the war, he came to Lawrence in 1944. He went to work for A & P Grocery Store as a meat cutter. He went to work for the contractor that built the electric lines that later became Leavenworth-Jefferson Electric Co-op. He went to work for the co-op as a lineman and retired as general manager after 41 years with the company.
Johnson was a member of Acacia Masonic Lodge No. 9 AF & AM and would have received his 50-year pin on Oct. 21, 1999. Besides his wife, he leaves two sons, James L. of Mission, Kan., and Raymond L. of Lawrence; a brother Lyle L. Johnson of Bartlesville, Okla.; two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Oct. 20, 1999 at 10 a.m. at the Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home in Lawrence.
Memorials may be made to the Educational Fund for the great grandchildren in care of the funeral home.
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WELLS, Maine (AP) — A Wells man who was holding a yard sale at his home was killed when two trucks collided and a 30-foot trailer flipped off Route 9 and pinned him.
Police told the Maine Sunday Telegram that Jeff Dickerson died after he was struck and pinned by the trailer Saturday morning.
Claudette Desjardins, a second person who was pinned, was taken to a Portland hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening. Their ages were not available Saturday night.
Police say a Dodge pickup was making a U-turn when it was struck by an oncoming Toyota Tundra that was hauling a 30-foot travel trailer. The trailer flipped over after the impact.


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Book Review #13: Wolfsangel by M. D. Lachlan
Title: Wolfsangel
Author: M.D. Lachlan
Publisher: PYR
Release Date: March 2011
Available Formats: Paperback and ebook
I saw the cover of Wolfsangel in September of 2011. I heard Lou Anders synopsis at the same time. I have wanted to read it ever since. I have made myself read things in order that I have received/purchased them because, well, because I'm an idiot, but I kept holding onto the day when I could jump into this story of Viking mythology. If you haven't noticed, I have an affinity towards Norse mythology and my one fear is Wolfsangel wouldn't live up to my expectations.
So on to the review.
Synopsis: The Viking king Authun leads his men on a raid against an Anglo-Saxon village. Men and women are killed indiscriminately, but Authun demands that no child be touched. He is acting on prophecy—a prophecy that tells him that the Saxons have stolen a child from the gods. If Authun, in turn, takes the child and raises him as an heir, the child will lead his people to glory.
But Authun discovers not one child, but twin baby boys. After ensuring that his faithful warriors, witnesses to what has happened, die during the raid, Authun takes the children and their mother home, back to the witches who live on the troll wall. And he places his destiny in their hands.
So begins a stunning multivolume fantasy epic that will take a werewolf from his beginnings as the heir to a brutal Viking king down through the ages. It is a journey that will see him hunt for his lost love through centuries and lives, and see the endless battle between the wolf, Odin, and Loki, the eternal trickster, spill over into countless bloody conflicts from our history and our lives.
This is the myth of the werewolf as it has never been told before and marks the beginning of an extraordinary new fantasy series. (Stolen from PYR's website)
Setting: The story takes place in Scandinavia (which should come as no surprise). The first half of the story is centered around a small Viking village. The second half takes us half way around Scandinavia and then back. Throughout the story the setting really just fits as a backdrop to the action. I can' t say that I felt any particular part came through more strongly than another. However, the tapestry Mr. Lachlan wove out of this frigid land was bleak, pale and desolate, which fit the story perfectly.
Plot: The boys mentioned in the synopsis grow up as boys tend to do. As the synopsis also states, he has become a plaything of powers that might not take his personal interests into account. For the sake of love, both boys are willing to sacrifice all they hold dear. The question is, what do they hold the most dear, and which will give the most?
Characters: Most of the characters in Wolfsangel are rather two-dimensional in many aspects. Mr. Lachlan might tell you how each is feeling at any given point in the story, but for the most part (with the exception of the last quarter of the book) none of the characters emoted at a level that really came through to the reader (at least not to me) beyond a superficial level. This isn't meant as a negative, just an explanation of Mr. Lachlan's writing style for this particular book.
Odin's recommendation: I simply cannot recommend Wolfsangel highly enough. This story reads like a myth imbued with a new life. Wolfsangel reads like a story told around a campfire whilst you sit at your grandfather's knee. There isn't a lot of dialogue, but the story moves along at a good clip and readers will definitely be wanting to turn pages long after they should have turned out the lights. I had heard from several sources that Wolfsangel was brutal in its depiction of violence. Maybe I have read too many of the Norse myths, or perhaps my sources simply are a bit more squeamish than myself, but I did not find the violence excessive. The story was told as it needed to be told. At 383 trade paperback pages, Wolfsangel is far from a small book. However, I devoured Wolfsangel more quickly than I would have preferred with the only saving grace being that I all ready have the sequel waiting on my nightstand. Alas, I have at least 4 books on top of it.
With my expectations set high, Wolfsangel still did not disappoint. I intend to read this story over again and highly recommend it to anyone that has a love of Vikings or Viking lore. I rank this book the best of 2012 to date, and am confident it will remain in the top 5.