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Movie Review: High Rise
I have no idea what this movie was about. It was pretentious and rambling and I literally fell asleep in the theater. It involves someone savagely maiming and eating a dog. I did not like it.
Stars: 0.5 out of 5
Bring with you: Nothing. Don't go.
Go watch instead: Another Independent Film Festival Boston movie (see our other review of Boyhood, which was also saw at IFF, here.
Like a college freshman trying to impress a bored peer by quoting Kierkegaard, High Rise is painfully empty of any original ideas and not nearly as intelligent as it thinks it is. The central premise of the film is that residents of a high rise slowly go insane and destroy one another as tensions between upper and lower classes simmer into all-out warfare. While the foundation (adapted from the J.G. Ballard novel) is fine, the result is an incredibly indulgent and shallow movie light on characters, interesting dialogue, and clarity of ideas and heavy on visual flair and little else.
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Bob's Rating: 1/5
How does it compare to other science fiction films about dystopian futures?
Worse than: Soylent Green (and nearly all others).
Better than: 27 Dresses


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Hooked Live, Ireland - what a fantastic show
We had the first day of the Hooked Live show here in Dublin yesterday, and it's a truly excellent event - some great stands, plenty of gear for sale (including lots of bass stuff), and just a really good feel about the whole thing. But as always with shows like this, for me the greatest thrill is getting to meet lots and lots of fishermen. It's the greatest sport in the world, and coming to a show in my most favourite country on earth is just awesome. Talking fishing is as cool as it always is. Not that we anglers like talking about fishing or anything like that !!
Much as we hear about how good the Irish sea fishing can be, I still think there is a huge amount of fishing over here that people are doing and we are not hearing about (plus any number of fishing locations that have never been fished). Although you might think that this is because the Irish lads do not want us to hear about it, from my experience this is very rarely the case. A more open and friendly bunch of anglers you would be hard pressed to find anywhere. But I do have a theory as to why we don't hear about some of the fishing, and it goes like this :
A lot of the Irish sea anglers simply don't know how good their shore fishing actually is - but when it's compared to shore fishing elsewhere that is. Think about it. What we do day in day out is our "norm". Our regular fishing is what we do, and if you have not done much fishing elsewhere, firstly you don't have anything to compare your "norm" to, and secondly you are going to accept that your "norm" is just how it is. So a lot of these Irish anglers who are fishing away just would never think to shout from the rooftops about how awesome their fishing is because they quite naturally assume that fishing is like that everywhere. So you can imagine the guys talking to me about their catches, and wondering if I am alright as my eyes start rolling in my head and my jaw begins to slowly hit the floor. Sometimes I actually stop the guys in mid-flow and ask them if they know how good their fishing is.....
OK, so I got talking to a lot of different fishermen yesterday from all over Ireland - as in the UK, the interest in going lure fishing for bass is just exploding, but at times I literally start shaking when some of the guys come out with the sheer numbers and quality of bass they taking at times. Nowhere fishes well all the time, the sea is far too fickle as we know, but there are pockets of good anglers over here who are sometimes catching bass on a level that can be hard to comprehend. Honestly, I have heard lots and lots before, but there are a lot more bass anglers over here doing really well than I had previously imagined, and from a wide range of locations across Ireland. And there are various locations that keep on cropping up in conversation over and over again. Believe me, I never need much of an excuse to come and explore more of this awesome country........
If we stay on the bass fishing for the moment, the guys from IrishBass.org are here to keep on drumming up support to try and protect this fantastic Irish bass fishery - please do all you can to help these people fight for one of Europe's great fisheries. See here and here for details. It does not bear thinking about that such a valuable recreational fishery could be potentially so badly harmed.
I got to speak to various Irish anglers yesterday about such things like big numbers of huge stingrays, serious numbers of large hungry mullet, thornback rays, pollack, wrasse, tope, hounds, you name it, these guys have it. The shore fishing for properly big stingrays in very shallow water seriously floats my boat in a major way - I have caught plenty of stingers in Angola and the Florida Keys, but it would be a huge kick to catch and photograph them in European waters. That's another photo trip on the To Do list. Plus the sea trout fishing off the shore on lures and flies - it's a major form of fishing over here, and I have yet to see a sea trout taken off the shore. Put that on the list as well. Perhaps it's best to just give in now to my urges and just move over here for good.
But the one tough thing about this show was having to watch the England v Ireland Six Nations rugby match in the bar yesterday afternoon - judging from the levels of cheering, I am pretty sure I was the only English bloke watching the match. We came so close, but as I thought we might, when it came to the crunch, England capitulated. The noise levels at that last Irish try was immense, and when the final whistle went I hung my head in my hands and wished it all could have been so different. Today is the last day of the show and then I am flying back home tonight. Next weekend it's the big bass fishing over in Nantes, France, and I am seriously looking forward to that one.


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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Surprised By Context: Roman Catholic Apologetics in 1994
A zealous Romanist posted a thread entitled, "The Real Luther." He was smitten by a footnote from Robert Sungenis on page 129 of Surprised By Truth (California: Basilica Press, 1994). Now, if you engage Roman Catholic apologetics, this is a volume you should pick up and at least be familiar with. It has the "conversion" stories of some of the big name pop-Roman Catholic apologists. The book is one of their main tools in "witnessing" for the sect of Romanism. You'll get a feel for why the conversion story is one of their key tools.
Now back in 1994 when this book was published, a Roman Catholic apologist could more or less get away with a footnote like this:
In order to substantiate his claims that man was justified by faith alone, Luther deliberately added the word "alone" to his German translation of Romans 3:28. In reality, the only time "alone" appears with the word "faith" in the Greek text is in James 2:24 where it says we are "not saved by faith alone." Luther defended his novel addition bragging, "You tell me what a great fuss the Papists are making because the word 'alone' is not in the text of Paul. If your Papist makes such an unnecessary row about the word 'alone,' say right out to him: 'Dr. Martin Luther will have it so,' and say: 'Papists and asses are one and the same thing.' I will have it so, and I order it to be so, and my will is reason enough. I know very well that the word 'alone' is not in the Latin or the Greek text, and it was not necessary for the Papists to teach me that. It is true those letters are not in it, which letters the jackasses look at, as a cow stares at a new gate ... It shall remain in my New Testament, and if all the Popish donkeys were to get mad and beside themselves, they will not get it out." Cited in John Stoddard, Rebuilding a Lost Faith, (Rockford, IL TAN Books), 136-137.[Surprised By Truth (California: Basilica Press, 1994), p.129].
Now though, one can actually get immediate access to John Stoddard's book, Rebuilding a Lost Faith. Stoddard says,
As a proof of the arbitrary spirit which Luther showed in making his translation of the Bible, we have the fact that he confessed to have added, for dogmatic reasons, the word "alone" to the text of St. Paul (Rom. iii. 28):—"Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law." Luther rendered the passage "by faith alone"; and when reproached for this, he wrote:—"You tell me what a great fuss the Papists are making because the word 'alone' is not in the text of Paul. If your Papist makes such an unnecessary row about the word 'alone,' say right out to him:—'Dr. Martin Luther will have it so,' and say:—'Papists and asses are one and the same thing.' / will have it so, and I order it to be so, and my will is reason enough. I know very well that the word 'alone' is not in the Latin and Greek text, and it was not necessary for the Papists to teach me that. It is true, those letters are not in it, which letters the jackasses look at, as a cow stares at a new gate. ... It ['alone'] shall remain in my New Testament, and if all the Popish donkeys were to get mad and beside themselves, they will not get it out." There, therefore, it remains to the present time.
We see one definite thing here, Robert Sungenis in 1994 didn't bother to look up the Luther citation cited by Stoddard. Now one can simply find the exact treatise in which Luther made these comments. I've done a full review of Luther's comments in context: Luther Added The Word "Alone" to Romans 3:28?. I'm not going to repeat all I said in that link, but suffice it to say, Luther gives far more argumentation than either Stoddard or Sungenis admits.
Roman Catholics rarely read past Luther's angry comments towards his Papal critics. They discredited him as a doctor of theology, a degree he earned in a rather quick period of time, and his academic abilities were above most. Indeed, he had done the work necessary to be taken seriously. His critics criticized his German translation while at the same time stealing it for their own translation- this infuriated him, and rightly so. Those like Stoddard who used Luther's Open Letter On Translating against him really drop the ball in terms of context. Luther actually goes on to give an exegetical explanation of why he uses the word "alone" in Romans 3:28.
For you and our people, however, I shall show why I used the [German equivalent of the] word sola — even though in Romans 3 it was not [the equivalent of] sola I used but solum or tantum. That is how closely those donkeys have looked at my text! Nevertheless I have used sola fides elsewhere; I want to use both solum and sola. I have always tried to translate in a pure and clear German. It has often happened that for three or four weeks we have searched and inquired about a single word, and sometimes we have not found it even then. In translating the book of Job, Master Philip, Aurogallus (6) and I have taken such pains that we have sometimes scarcely translated three lines in four days. Now that it has been translated into German and completed, all can read and criticize it. The reader can now run his eyes over three or four pages without stumbling once, never knowing what rocks and clods had once lain where he now travels as over a smoothly-planed board. We had to sweat and toil there before we got those boulders and clods out of the way, so that one could go along so nicely. The plowing goes well in a field that has been cleared. But nobody wants the task of digging out the rocks and stumps. There is no such thing as earning the world's thanks. Even God himself cannot earn thanks, not with the sun, nor with heaven and earth, nor even the death of his Son. The world simply is and remains as it is, in the devil's name, because it will not be anything else.
I know very well that in Romans 3 the word solum is not in the Greek or Latin text — the papists did not have to teach me that. It is fact that the letters s-o-l-a are not there. And these blockheads stare at them like cows at a new gate, while at the same time they do not recognize that it conveys the sense of the text -- if the translation is to be clear and vigorous [klar und gewaltiglich], it belongs there. I wanted to speak German, not Latin or Greek, since it was German I had set about to speak in the translation. But it is the nature of our language that in speaking about two things, one which is affirmed, the other denied, we use the word allein [only] along with the word nicht [not] or kein [no]. For example, we say "the farmer brings allein grain and kein money"; or "No, I really have nicht money, but allein grain"; I have allein eaten and nicht yet drunk"; "Did you write it allein and nicht read it over?" There are countless cases like this in daily usage.
In all these phrases, this is a German usage, even though it is not the Latin or Greek usage. It is the nature of the German language to add allein in order that nicht or kein may be clearer and more complete. To be sure, I can also say, "The farmer brings grain and kein money," but the words "kein money" do not sound as full and clear as if I were to say, "the farmer brings allein grain and kein money." Here the word allein helps the word kein so much that it becomes a completely clear German expression. We do not have to ask the literal Latin how we are to speak German, as these donkeys do. Rather we must ask the mother in the home, the children on the street, the common man in the marketplace. We must be guided by their language, by the way they speak, and do our translating accordingly. Then they will understand it and recognize that we are speaking German to them.
Luther continues to give multiple examples of the implied sense of meaning in translating words into German. He then offers an interpretive context of Romans:
"So much for translating and the nature of language. However, I was not depending upon or following the nature of the languages alone when I inserted the word solum in Romans 3. The text itself, and Saint Paul's meaning, urgently require and demand it. For in that passage he is dealing with the main point of Christian doctrine, namely, that we are justified by faith in Christ without any works of the Law. Paul excludes all works so completely as to say that the works of the Law, though it is God's law and word, do not aid us in justification. Using Abraham as an example, he argues that Abraham was so justified without works that even the highest work, which had been commanded by God, over and above all others, namely circumcision, did not aid him in justification. Rather, Abraham was justified without circumcision and without any works, but by faith, as he says in Chapter 4: "If Abraham were justified by works, he may boast, but not before God." So, when all works are so completely rejected — which must mean faith alone justifies — whoever would speak plainly and clearly about this rejection of works will have to say "Faith alone justifies and not works." The matter itself and the nature of language requires it."
"But," they say, "it has an objectionable tone, and people infer from it that they need not do any good works." Dear me, what are we to say? Is it not much more offensive when Paul himself, while not using the term "faith alone," spells it out even more bluntly, putting the finishing touches on it by saying "Without the works of the Law?" And in Galatians 1 (as well as in many other places) he says "not by works of the law." The expression "faith alone" may perhaps be glossed over somehow, but the phrase "without the works of the law" is so blunt, offensive, and scandalous that no amount of interpretation can help it. How much more might people learn from this that "they need not do any good works," when they hear this teaching about the works themselves stated in such a clear strong way: "No works", "without works", "not by works"! If it is not offensive to preach "without works," "not by works," "no works," why is it offensive to preach "by faith alone"?
Still more offensive is that Paul does not reject just ordinary works, but works of the law! One could easily take offense at that all the more and say that the law is condemned and cursed before God, and so we should be doing nothing but what is against the law, as it is said in Romans 3: "Why not do evil so that there might be more good?" This is what one Rottengeist of our time began to do. (10) Should we reject Paul's word because of such "offense" or refrain from speaking freely about faith? Dear me, Saint Paul and I want to offend like this, for we preach so strongly against works and insist upon faith alone just so that people will be offended, stumble and fall, that they may learn that they are not saved by good works but only by Christ's death and resurrection. Knowing that they cannot be saved by their good works of the law, how much more will they realize that they shall not be saved by bad works, or without the law! Therefore, it does not follow that because good works do not help, bad works will; just as it does not follow that because the sun cannot help a blind man to see, the night and darkness must help him to see.
I am amazed that anyone can object to something as evident as this. Just tell me: Is Christ's death and resurrection our work, that we do, or not? Of course it is not our work, nor is it the work of any law. Now it is Christ's death and resurrection alone which saves and frees us from sin, as Paul writes in Romans 4: "He died for our sins and rose for our justification." Tell me, further: What is the work by which we take hold of Christ's death and resurrection? It cannot be any external work, but only the eternal faith that is in the heart. Faith alone, indeed all alone, wihtout any works, takes hold of this death and resurrection when it is preached through the gospel. Then why all this ranting and raving, this making of heretics and burning them at the stake, when it is clear at its very core that faith alone takes hold of Christ's death and resurrection, without any works, and that his death and resurrection are our life and righteousness? As this fact is so obvious, that faith alone conveys, grasps, and imparts this life and righteousness — why should we not say so? It is not heretical to believe that faith alone lays hold on Christ and gives life; and yet it seems to be heresy if someone mentions it. Are they not insane, foolish and absurd? They will admit that it is right but they brand the telling of it as wrong, though nothing can be simultaneously right and wrong.
Furthermore, I am not the only one, nor the first, to say that faith alone makes one righteous. There was Ambrose, Augustine and many others who said it before me. And if a man is going to read and understand St. Paul, he will have to say the same thing, and he can say nothing else. Paul's words are too strong — they allow no works, none at all! Now if it is not works, it must be faith alone. Oh what a fine, constructive and inoffensive teaching that would be, if men were taught that they can be saved by works as well as by faith. That would be like saying that it is not Christ's death alone that takes away our sin but that our works have something to do with it. Now that would be a fine way of honoring Christ's death, saying that it is helped by our works, and that whatever it does our works can also do — which amounts to saying that we are his equal in strength and goodness. This is the very devil's teaching, for he cannot stop abusing the blood of Christ.
Therefore the matter itself, at its very core, requires us to say: "Faith alone justifies." The nature of the German language also teaches us to say it that way. In addition, I have the precedent of the holy fathers. The dangers confronting the people also compel it, for they cannot continue to hang onto works and wander away from faith, losing Christ, especially at this time when they have been so accustomed to works they have to be pulled away from them by force. It is for these reasons that it is not only right but also necessary to say it as plainly and forcefully as possible: "Faith alone saves without works!" I am only sorry I did not also add the words alle and aller, and say, "without any works of any laws." That would have stated it with the most perfect clarity. Therefore, it will remain in the New Testament, and though all the papal donkeys go stark raving mad they shall not take it away. Let this be enough for now. God willing, I shall have more to say about it in the treatise On Justification.
Well, so much for 1994. Perhaps Madrid can revise Surprised By Truth, but then again, one wonders if a revision would still include the conversion story of Robert Sungenis.
9 comments:
- Ryan said...
The blog title alone gives this post an A+
- 8:26 PM, April 20, 2010
- Joe said...
Well, so much for 1994. Perhaps Madrid can revise Surprised By Truth, but then again, one wonders if a revision would still include the conversion story of Robert Sungenis.
Why would Sungenis conversion not be included?
Honest question.
In Him,
- 8:40 PM, April 20, 2010
- James Swan said...
Why would Sungenis conversion not be included?
Robert Sungenis has fallen out of favor with mainstraim pop-Roman Catholic apologetics.
Stuff like this hasn't helped him stay popular:
- 9:08 PM, April 20, 2010
- James Swan said...
see also:
- 9:11 PM, April 20, 2010
- Joe said...
Okay. Thanks.
Just as an fyi...the second link was not working.
In Him,
- 8:04 AM, April 21, 2010
- Carrie said...
The blog title alone gives this post an A+
If you were ever to write a book about Catholics on Luther, the title would have to be "Surprised by Context". Love it!
- 10:20 AM, April 21, 2010
- Lvka said...
There are the works of the law, and then there's the faith that works through love. Circumcising oneself makes one neither holy nor sinful, it just makes one circumcised. The same for keeping the Sabbath or eating only ritually-clean foods. (Ritual purity is not the same as actual purity; the former is merely a symbol of the later).
- 10:36 AM, April 21, 2010
- Rhology said...
Do you think it might be a good practice to cultivate to, whenever you post a comment to one of those volatile RC forum threads, to post it and then to save the page for your own records?
- 11:38 AM, April 21, 2010
- Alexander said...
The book is one of their main tools in "witnessing" for the sect of Romanism.
Who are you referring? I don't own the book.
…his academic abilities were above most.
Empirical evidence?
- 2:13 PM, April 21, 2010


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Actually, slag heaps are pretty interesting places if you're a botanist, often with interesting chemistry quite different from their surroundings – maybe alkaline in an acid area, or with metal contamination, and they always seem to have some ecological oddity.
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| August 2012 »
man, are we having fun with the olymics on tv all day long.
i am usually annoyed when the tv is on all. the. time.
this isn't junk though.
this is educational!
and my sports nuts in the house are in heaven.
go team usa!!
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that phrase popped out at me while i ran through hobby lobby tonight.
it made me think.
especially because i miss recording my story here.
i'm being a little shy this year.
2012 has challenged me in ways i had no idea i could be challenged.
fear and peace.
joy and pain.
grief and relief.
what's my story right now though?
lots of people in my tribe have been sick this month.
barf bug, strep, no energy, fevers, sore throats, belly aches, and anxiety.
i'm tired of it.
we're also unpacking and repacking, and i can't wait to head "up north."
football is in full swing too.
i feel like summer is about gone.
that makes me super de duper sad.
lump in my throat right now as i type sad.
i don't like to have so many people running our lives.
summer is free and fun for us!
yes, i lose my patience with these four.
but we work hard to keep our nest in order, we play, we march to the beat of our own drums, we're together more than we're apart.
that's the best part.
and now i'm in tears.
i hope to do a better job of keeping up here so i'll remember my story.
it's a new month, maybe that's my august resolution :)
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we're back from a week of doing a whole bunch of nothing.
nothing at the beach with my favorite people.
oh yeah!
it was so nice for me.
reinforcements for a whole week ... it doesn't get much better than that.
none of the kids were scared of the ocean or beach.
we're becoming a "big kid" family!
or we're just big.
we traded our whites for brights for this beach photo shoot.
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i'd love to show you what we've been up to lately cuz i use my iphone camera most of the time!
and we have a lot of fun.
just go look at instagram.
i'm staciebphoto there if you wanna follow me.
there are over 4000 pix on my iphone and so far my computer has only recognized 1099.
so i can't even show you wassup!
i hope that's not a problem.
i thought i'd blog instead of worry about it in the meantime.
that's my story these days.
but i can't leave without showing you one thing.
that's the butterfly bath janie made at art camp this summer.
it already shattered :(
i'm very glad we have a picture of it even if it was just taken with my iphone!
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i used to accomplish more.
things would go on a list and get done on time.
i was on projects like flies on poo though.
and now, well, hmmm ... i'm busy dealing with everyday "stuff."
the list of things to get done, projects, deadlines, they wait.
and most of the time, it doesn't really matter.
every once in a while i get a chunk of time without distractions and remember that someday i'll get things done on time again.
until that day, i'm gonna enjoy the distractions that come with raising babies who are becoming big kids.
here's an example of something that was on my mental to do list for about six weeks.
maggie's eighth birthday photo shoot at eight years old plus two months!
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well, i didn't think i'd make it through last week.
there was a bunch of sickness inside 391, life kept going with things to keep us busy, and it was extremely hot (even the pool didn't cool us down much).
i was tired, and tired of being tired too.
our biggest little sports nut wrapped up another baseball season under the lights with a tournament championship win!
towards the end of the game when our team was up by a lot of runs, coach walked over to dave and me to tell us, that he can always count on our son to swing his bat.
he said when there are a lot of walks, like there were that night, lots of boys this age get up there and want to walk to get on base and score.
not joey.
he wants to hit that ball so bad that he swings with his whole heart!
he had his fair share of strike outs.
he learned that it's okay.
he goes down swinging most of the time.
he's becoming a tough little guy.
and now i have a lump in my throat because i like him little, and he's growing up more every. single. day.
we are so proud of joey!
his biggest fans are proud of him too ... you should hear those three cheering for their big brother.
"let's go, joey, let's go. hit the ball!"
just for fun, here are my personal favs about baseball 2012:
my not so favorite things:
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again,
because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly . . ." -theodore roosevelt
i got this quote from here.
i cannot wait for brene brown's new book to come out in september.
she inspires me often, and i don't even know her in real life :)
i think she's amazing!
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it's a rainy day here today.
there's something about water that is so so calming for me.
i looked at the flowers on my way back from the mailbox and was just grateful that god watered them today.
i've been splashed at a couple different pools this week.
i took a big gulp (a whole cup) of water and felt refreshed today.
i get to be around two different big bodies of water over the next couple weeks, and i can't wait!!
maybe some of those days when i don't have house chores to do, i'll get to catch up with you here.
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we got to have a very important family meeting recently.
we had it in our cozy bed!!
over the past year i've decided that a king size bed is too big for dave and me.
then we held family meetings in there, and i realized it is cozy.
party of six in one king size bed, that's why we got it in the first place.
so our family could grow (we got it two kids ago ... because i measure time in kids instead of years sometimes :)).
that reminder was definitely the silver lining in the tough talk we had.
and i'm so happy to have all six of who we are because together we're very good!
joey brought thoughtfulness and gratitude.
janie brought concern and care.
johnny brought humor and light.
jeff brought energy and laughter.
dave brought strength and love.
i brought love and tears.
i'm struggling to keep up here and post pics of what summer looks like.
instagram is where i share the life i'm able to capture.
follow me at staciebphotography if you want to see our days!
here's a sampling of some of the stuff i grabbed from the big camera.
we're having fun surviving summer ... i just wish it would slow down.
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one of our favorite friends in the 'hood just added onto their family.
this is johnny's best buddie, colton's family.
and boy have there been some precious moments.
like the day trenton came home from the hospital, we were counting our blessings at the dinner table and johnny said "i'm thankful for my new friend, trent!"
that same night we went to meet him and i saw johnny's giddy smile looking at colton and his brand new baby brother.
johnny's first words to colton were, "do you love him?"
life becomes so simple when a new baby is born into a family.
needs are met.
friends and family arrive to help.
it's all so beauty-full!
i'm thankful we have new life in the 'hood ... that's fo sho!!
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The benefits and inconveniences of becoming a full time game tester
Being a video game tester might seem at first sight to be the dream job of anyone. If you take a first sight from the outside you are going to get paid for playing video games all day long, wouldn't that sound like a lot of fun?
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The rest of the year at Westrey Wine Company (a compound of their last names), the couple works to produce 5,000 cases of pinot noir, pinot gris and chardonnay with help only from their two teenage sons. They are hands-on in the vineyard, tending to every grape, harvest, crush, fermentation and bottle by hand — the way they've done it since they founded the company in 1993, when winemaking was still in its infancy in Oregon.
"Since the very beginning, we started the winery based on the idea that we want to have our hands on every part of the process," says Wesselman. "That doesn't allow for us to be open on a regular basis."
Today, Westrey is one of more than 150 wineries in the Willamette Valley that hosts a giant party for visitors every Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 23-25, 2018). Fresh off the year's harvest, wineries offer special tastings, new releases, food pairings, live music, holiday pricing on bottles and more.
The holiday open house tradition dates back to 1965, when David and Diana Lett planted Oregon's first pinot noir grapes at their The Eyrie Vineyards. "It's all about seeing the same familiar faces come back, and thanking them," says Wesselman, who worked for the Letts while learning the trade as a young winemaker. "It's really become a boon for the entire Willamette Valley."
Wine lovers of all stripes flock to the valley to sip their way through their favorite spots and panoramic vistas and explore new ones. Several wineries are like Westrey, open to the public exclusively on Thanksgiving and Memorial Day weekends.
Many tasting rooms are brand new or newly renovated, like Remy Wines in Dayton and Day Camp Wines in Dundee — a hip new wine collective that opened in February 2017 with 11 small, local producers under one roof. Enjoy a flight in the modern tasting room with floor-to-ceiling windows, or seating on the outdoor patio with firepit.
Check the listings for the full lineup of Thanksgiving weekend events.
Where to stay? Wine country retreats range from cozy B&Bs to rustic glamping to luxury vineyard rental homes. Make yourself a comfy basecamp at the The Allison Inn & Spa in Newberg; McMenamins Grand Lodge in McMinnville; The Vintages Trailer Resort in Dayton; or Black Walnut Inn & Vineyard in Dundee, a European villa-inspired bed and breakfast high on the hillside with panoramic views of the valley below. Find more unique options here.
What to eat? Farm-fresh and seasonal options in wine country are abundant. Try the Gem Creole Saloon in McMinnville for New Orleans cuisine with authentic fare like oysters, crawfish and fresh beignets. Or a walnut bread pudding french toast for Sunday brunch at Ruddick/Wood in Newberg. For some of the best barbecue in the region, head to Storrs Smokehouse in Newberg for melt-in-your-mouth brisket and all the fixins. See the listings for more options.
Where to go? If you want to skip the driving and organizing and pamper yourself with a little VIP service, schedule a wine country tour for part of the weekend. Two dozen operators now offer such tours, from luxury limo and town car rides to guided backcountry adventures, many offering custom itineraries and appetizers or picnic fare. Portland-based Winemaker Tours are led by local winemakers and sommeliers, and McMinnville-based Insiders Wine Tour specializes in small boutique wineries. Evergreen Escapes, meanwhile, offers a Willamette Valley Waterfall & Wine tour that takes small groups on a personable deep dive of top spots in the region.
What to bring? Help those in need and bring along cans of food or other non-perishable food to donate to the Willamette Cares Food Share program, an annual tradition for local wineries. Seventy wineries are collecting the goods this year at their tasting rooms during Thanksgiving weekend and continuing through December. The food is donated to the Oregon Food Bank Network.
Check the listings too for family-friendly or pet-friendly wineries, ones with vineyard tours or organic/Biodynamic designations.
There's more happening during Thanksgiving wine weekend across the state:
Mt. Hood/Columbia River Gorge
Since the Eagle Creek Fire smoke has calmed, all of the 30-plus tasting rooms in the Columbia River Gorge plan to be open to share their love with visitors during a Thanksgiving weekend open house. Love the mountains and back roads? Set out to explore the wineries of Mt. Hood Territory; call ahead for Thanksgiving weekend events.
Southern Oregon
Off the beaten path, most of Southern Oregon's 50 or so wineries will participate in Thanksgiving weekend wine festivities with dazzling events of their own, each showcasing the unique diversity of the region. The Applegate Valley Wine Trail, in particular, is a great way to start getting acquainted with this popular destination.
Portland Region
Want to stay close to Portland? Sixteen of the 24 or so wineries in the city belong to a collective called PDX Urban Wineries. Most will have pre- and post-Thanksgiving weekend events, but Hip Chicks Do Wine blows out all the stops for visitors that weekend. "It's one of only two weekends when we pour every single wine we make," says co-owner/winemaker Laurie Lewis, also president and founder of PDX Urban Wineries. That means visitors may taste 12 to 16 wines, made from six vineyards across the state — in the Willamette, Umpqua and Rogue valleys. They'll offer appetizer pairings, live music and the release of their first-ever white port, made from muscat grapes. Many of Portland's urban wineries are tiny operations, working together, but Hip Chicks Do Wine is the oldest, founded in 1999.
Also check out the crop of boutique tasting rooms in Tualatin Valley, where dreamy views accompany the award-winning wines.
However you celebrate Thanksgiving, make sure to raise a glass to Oregon wines.


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In our latest blog, Eve Worthington takes a look at the positive impact flexible working and technology has on her busy life.
If I was asked honestly how to sum up my life in three words juggle, juggle and yes, you've guessed it, juggle spring instantly to mind!
As well as being a director of Sidekick, I am a mum to three young daughters. I am lucky to have the support of my husband too but he also has a demanding full time job and has to manage the 'juggle' the best he can, too. It's certainly a joint effort.
I love both aspects of my life but there is no doubt that there are times when my two worlds collide, sometimes spectacularly! But a recent example of this just proved to me how, with the luxury of flexible working, (almost!) anything is possible.
I'd had a lovely week off with the family and on the Sunday my mind turned to work and what I had planned the following week. I checked through my diary and my 9.30am board meeting the next day stood out as a priority. I was woken the next morning by my husband who was off on an early train to Birmingham and then by a message from my colleague, her son was unwell and she was unable to make it to the office. I pondered the options as my girls started to rise from their slumbers – let's cancel and rearrange I thought as I skimmed through the next few days looking for a suitable slot. It didn't look hopeful.
Next minute, I hear 'Mum I don't feel very well' and it soon became clear I was in the same boat as my colleague - a poorly child so unable to make it in either.
I was straight on our WhatsApp group to convey the unfortunate news feeling extremely guilty as I typed the words. But as is par for the course for the Sidekick team, two ill children was not going to get in our way! After settling our little ones on their respective sofas with duvets, water bottles, and DVDs on hand we were able to conduct our board meeting over the most useful medium of Skype,
I always love a face-to-face catch up with my Sidekickers but when needed technology plays a vital part. But so does the ethos of a company. Having the support and understanding of my fellow directors to a flexible working approach made all the difference to my life that day. I realised after that experience, I am guilt-free. And it felt great!
Having the ability to be flexible and use the technology we have available at our finger tips means we can be more productive and organised as we make our time count and, importantly, the work always get done. Admittedly, this may sometimes be at strange times of the day or night but my phone is always nearby to keep an eye on emails and take calls. Our clients know we are committed and there when they really do need us.
At the beginning of this blog I called flexible working a luxury but it really shouldn't be, it should be a given. It's an opportunity to support people to be productive in their working lives but also to help them do what matters the most - lead an enjoyable life whilst taking care of themselves and their families. For me, the daily juggle continues but the all-important flexibility is there and that makes life easier. I can't ask for more.


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This goes out to my wife, who I adore, on our thirty eighth wedding anniversary.
I have been in my new home for a few months. I have been settling in and enjoying my new residence and location. Yesterday I came to a somewhat sad realization but at the same time it affirmed to me what really makes me happy and what is most important in my life.
If you've read my previous post (Star Trek In A Band) you know that I have an affection for the original Star Trek TV show. And you would know that what I liked most about the show was the comradery of the crew, the all for one and one for all attitude, the common goal of the core characters, the brothers and sisters in arms.
When I was young, and still to this day, the brothers in arms attitude in a band was one of the things that attracted me to music. I thought I had found it in one band when I was much younger, and have been looking for it ever since.
But sadly yesterday I realized I will probably never find it, especially as I get older.
It's not that fellow musicians aren't or can't be great people to work with. It's at this age, myself included, we all bring years of experience and with that experience a lot of excess baggage, too much baggage to lose that sense of self and commit to a band.
We all have a lifetime of experiences and emotions that we cling to, that we will not and really should not give up because it's what made us who we are, both good and bad.
So was I sad because I realized I won't ever find an Enterprise crew?
As I lay in bed that night mulling over my latest life lesson, I also learned that what made me sad was not the lesson but realizing that I had lost another piece of my youth and there are not many left at my age.
But there was still one more epiphany for the day.
I may never find another Enterprise crew and that's OK. What is truly important, what matters most, is I found and have had for the last thirty seven years my Juliet, my Guinevere, my only true love.
And what I know is that, her and I, us, that is what truly matters in this life.
I realized that whether I am in band, a group, writing and recording by myself, or just doing nothing, it doesn't really matter.
It is all about her and I and being together.
That is one piece of my youth that has lasted throughout my life, love.
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Marriage with a Spanish Flair!/
It's wonderful when people can bring their cultural backgrounds into the wedding day and that's exactly what we saw last week at the wedding of Cristina and Karl. Her Spanish heritage came through in the brilliant color combinations in the flowers, umbrellas and fans that the guests enjoyed. It was a sunny day so everyone took advantage of the shade from the beautiful parasols and it added a really festive element to the wedding.
Guests from all over the world, including Spain and Korea, enjoyed a really eclectic menu from Feast for a King catering. The Moroccan Chicken, Roasted Lamb and Sabzi Khordan (Mezza platter) were a big hit. Margaritas and Negroni's were the signature cocktails and the Charcuterie display included Spanish Chorizo and Jamon Serrano.
The best part, however, was the Flamenco treat provided by the bride's mom and aunts. They donned their flamenco costumes and performed a beautiful dance that lead into the dance time.
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By Tanvi Deshpande, Arjun Srinivas, Chandni Singh
Why assess vulnerability?
India faces a complex and often paralysing array of development issues. Climate change has joined this list and some argue that it competes for and overshadows other more pressing problems such as population growth, poverty and inequity, air pollution and natural resource degradation. Vulnerability assessments are increasingly being used as tools to prioritise development funding because they help identify who is most vulnerable and can inform decisions towards climate change adaptation.
However, the multiplicity of ways in which vulnerability is conceptualised and measured means that it is difficult to choose one method to conduct an assessment. While actors across a range of domains (government departments, private companies, non-governmental organisations) are expected to use vulnerability assessments to inform fund allocation and priorities, there remains a skills deficit across sectors. Recognising the need to fill this gap, the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) ran a three-day course "Understanding Vulnerability: Concepts, Methods, and Applications for Development Planning".
3-day course on concepts and methods of vulnerability assessment
The course was organised by IIHS's Urban Practitioners Programme (UPP) in association with the School of Environment and Sustainability from the 10th-12th December 2015. The audience ranged from various disciplines and sectors (including disaster management, urban development, renewable energy, agriculture) and domains (public, private, academic and civil society).
The course focussed on understanding how vulnerability is conceptualised in different disciplines spanning resilience and ecology, disaster risk reduction, economics and poverty studies, and climate change. The course also provided a snapshot of the various methods used to assess vulnerability, including indicator-based methods and participatory tools to capture vulnerability. Finally, the course touched on how vulnerability assessments can serve as a powerful tool to inform development planning and financial prioritisation.
The classes, which were a mix of lectures, case studies, participatory games and multimedia, discussed how vulnerability may change across spatial and temporal scales. For example, farmer food security changes across seasons depending on whether it is post-harvest or the dry, lean season (temporal vulnerability); and a household's exposure to a flood is very different from a nation's exposure (spatial vulnerability).
Participants engaged in an interactive session
Exploring vulnerability in Bangalore's informal settlements
One of the key components of the course was a field exercise that involved assessing vulnerability in a real world setting. Course participants were divided into two groups of 15 participants each and taken to two informal settlements in Bangalore. The settlements were chosen based on factors – such as climatic risks that residents face (e.g., flash floods) – and non-climatic issues – such as poor housing quality, poor water access, insecurity of tenure, and a lack of livelihood opportunities.
One of the sites was situated in Ejipura, in South Eastern Bangalore and represented a settlement of families that had been displaced due to the redevelopment of the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) Quarters in the vicinity. The second site was in Mahalaxmi Layout, in Northwest Bangalore, which is situated at a depth of 10 feet from the surrounding streets and is thus prone to flooding. The participants spent half a day interacting with the communities in the two sites and were asked to reflect on the best ways to assess vulnerability. Their presentations were insightful, to say the least.
Site one - Houses in Mahalaxmi layout are in a low lying area that is prone to floods every monsoon
Temporary housing in Ejipura: Participants gathering information from residents in site one
Multiple notions of what vulnerability is
Each group assessed vulnerability differently. While some groups employed a participatory approach, based on conversations with opinion leaders, others adopted indicator-based assessments covering social, economic and environmental drivers of vulnerability. The participants obtained primary information from the households based on education, employment and housing quality and aggregated the information to create individual indicators across dimensions. One of the groups deconstructed the vulnerability analysis to individually explore risks, sensitivity and adaptive capacity of the residents.
Vulnerability as captured by a combination of risk, sensitivity and adaptive capacity: findings from an assessment in Mahalaxmi Layout
Since the residents in the Ejipura settlement had been forcibly evicted from their original habitations, one of the groups presented a historical narrative, taking us through events of demolition and displacement. They highlighted the legal battle underway and the efforts of civil society activists in representing the slum dwellers. Using narratives to paint an evocative picture of displacement and unequal rights to an urban space, the group depicted vulnerability as powerlessness and the lack of choice.
Site map (left) and problem tree depicting drivers of vulnerability in Ejipura.
Findings from the two sites presented an interesting contrast. Situated on a stormwater drain and abutting the main road, the Ejipura community was perceived as representing extreme destitution characterised by lack of basic amenities, temporary tenements that were susceptible leakages, poor access to water, and regular outbreak of disease. On the other hand, the settlement in Mahalaxmi Layout, which has been there for over three decades, comprised permanent structures with relatively better access to amenities. Being a low-lying area, residents here were highly exposed to flooding during the rains. The learners inferred that regularisation and in-situ redevelopment of the land, in collaboration with the municipal authorities, was the way forward.
Group activity – consolidation of site visit findings
From the course and the field exercise, we found that assessing vulnerability is complex and often confusing because:
1. the drivers of vulnerability are contextual and confounded by issues at other scales;
2. there are multiple methods, and the pros and cons of each are not clearly or widely understood;
3. what we as assessors term vulnerability may differ from what the vulnerable themselves identify as drivers of vulnerability.
Crucially, vulnerability is understood and perceived differently by different people be it the researchers and academic groups, the government and non-government agencies (who are generally the assessors of vulnerability), the multinational agencies (who fund vulnerability assessment studies), or vulnerable groups themselves. Negotiating these multiple and often contesting perceptions of who is vulnerable and why can be difficult, but being aware of this is necessary for any assessment.
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Journey to the Center of the Post …hehe [screen caps & review]
I apologise for the nonexistent posts in the past week gone by, but my internet connection has been down and my girlfriend (totally loving being able to namedrop that) got priority over me and my time. MeowKapow baby!
I had wanted to see that new movie starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long "Going the Distance" but instead fixed an old TV Ariel and stayed home and watched NZ's Next Top Model (she did anyway).
But my movie viewing week wasn't wasted; may I recommend to any film buffs that enjoy watching movies with others "Journey to the Center of the Earth" Directed by Henry Levin; not the Brendan Fraser remake, the 1959 BLOCKBUSTER EPIC starring Pat Boone, James Mason and Arlene Dahl:
Heroic characters, menacing villains, monsters, big sets and special effects!
I honestly don't know where to begin… I love early Science Fiction films like Forbidden Planet, War of the Worlds (1953), The Day The Earth Stood Still and even cheaply made Roger Corman "King of the B-movies" B-flicks, but I've never seen such a fantastic adventure movie like this before, regardless of era.
I said "enjoys watching movies with others" because it's one of those gems you find and know nothing about, and when you watch it all you want to do is talk about it with someone during. You know watch I mean? what?
Seriously this film is awesome and lookout for my favourite part towards the end where the surviving characters travel 'upwards.' I also saw moments of this as an early inspiration for Indiana Jones.
James Mason plays Professor Oliver Lindenbrook, a scientist hoping to find the world's core in this 1959 adaptation of the Jules Verne novel.
He leads his unusual party on an expedition to the center of the earth, by way of a volcano in Iceland. On the way, they encounter enormous mushrooms and giant prehistoric monsters.
Produced by Michael Todd with then-spectacular special effects, the story was modernized to 1950s sensibilities. Mason gives this class, while Arlene Dahl and Diane Baker are the romantic interests. And Pat Boone is more palatable than you might expect as a secondary lead. You can watch this with your children and not be bored, and they will surely love it. – Rochelle O'Gorman
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Tehe, well if youre going to name and shame my penchant for narcissistic (hard to spell) reality tv you should add that I totally was the one who suggested we watch journey to the centre of the earth :p.
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