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GSA Seeks to Redevelop D.C.'s Old Post Office
March 24, 2011
Effort will preserve historic landmark and add vitality to Pennsylvania Avenue.
WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. General Services Administration's National Capital Region issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the redevelopment of the Old Post Office building and annex located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, DC. With this project, GSA will turn this underused federal office space into a private sector initiative that best serves the community and the government. The request will leverage the expertise of the private sector in determining what future use will be most lucrative for the federal government while maintaining the historic nature of the building.
"The Old Post Office is one of our Capital's most iconic buildings. The RFP presents us with a unique opportunity to work with the private sector to find ways we can put a building on our nation's Main Street to better use," said Bob Peck, GSA Commissioner of Public Buildings. "Several decades ago, the landmark building faced imminent demolition, inspiring a campaign that laid the groundwork for the historic preservation movement in Washington. The building's redevelopment will continue advancing the Federal Triangle and establish a link between tourists on the mall and downtown."
The main building of the Old Post Office contains 315,000 square feet of space, divided between federal tenants on the upper floors and restaurant facilities on the first three floors. The 315-foot clock tower that makes the building visible for miles around is under the control of the National Park Service and is not part of the redevelopment project. There also is a 64,000 square foot annex built in the early 1990s, currently unoccupied, included in the project.
The Old Post Office was opened in 1899 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is being leased under Section 111 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Once a developer is selected, they will be responsible for the restoration, rehabilitation, and preservation of the OPO, as well as management and operations. GSA is issuing the RFP with a proposal deadline of July 20, 2011.
Currently, the OPO serves as headquarters for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. GSA and the National Park Service also have a presence in the building. In total, the federal government currently occupies 225,000 rentable square feet in the building. As the proposed redevelopment will encompass the entire OPO and Annex, these tenants will need to be relocated from the building. The RFP is being issued under the authority of the Old Post Office Redevelopment Act, a bill introduced by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton in 2008.
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New York Suberbowl Still Possible?
"One of the things that I've stressed is that it doesn't matter how we get to the final result, which is a win," said head coach Eric Mangini optimistically. "You just have to find a way to get a win and that's what we did."
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Three weeks ago, football fanatics were fantasizing about a New York Super Bowl game between the New York Jets and Giants.
Two weeks ago, some were wondering how deep the Jets would go in the playoffs. Today, the talk around town among fans and football pundits is – will the Jets get in to the playoffs after a come-from-behind 31-27 victory against the Buffalo Bills?
Walking in the parking lots during the pregame festivities at the Meadowlands last week, a popular and mellifluous sound echoed across the landscape of cars, trucks, SUV's, mobile homes and buses – the theme song to the movie, "The Godfather."
No other music played while fans congregated in clusters, indulging in their beverage of choice, and cooked, and ate, and tossed footballs around the parking lot. It was a somber realization to what is expected from the Jets – prepare yourself emotionally for the worst.
The Jets are in first place, albeit tied with identical records with Miami and New England; they are technically ahead because they lead the divisional series in their conference. Anything can happen in the next two weeks against their two opponents; Seattle and Miami.
"One of the things that I've stressed is that it doesn't matter how we get to the final result, which is a win," said head coach Eric Mangini optimistically. "You just have to find a way to get a win and that's what we did."
The Jets' win was almost an illusion when they were down 27-24 with less than two minutes to the game. The Buffalo Bills, instead of keeping the ball on the ground and killing time, inexplicably decided to try an air game; it was shocking since Buffalo's ground crew had accumulated 187 yards for the game, the most allowed by the Jets' this season. So Buffalo's quarterback J.P. Losman rolled to his right—he was hit by safety Abram Elam. The ball sputtered out of his grips, it was picked up by Shaun Ellis who sauntered to the end zone for the winning touchdown. "Looking at that situation, it is hit or miss," said Buffalo Bills wide receiver, Lee Evans. "Instead of sitting here trying to criticize that one call or whatever it may be, we had opportunities to win this football game."
The Jets should have lost their third game in the row. "When you look back on it, I think we're 9-5 and it doesn't have an asterisk beside it," said quarterback Brett Favre. "It's kind of like in baseball when you get a little 'punch-and-Judy' right over the first baseman's head. The box score doesn't say 'punch-and-Judy;' it says single."
"Once again, it doesn't matter how you win them. All I know is this team is 9-5 and we're still in first place."
The bottom line is that the Jets' fate will go down to the last game of the season, despite what music flows through the souls of their attentive fans before games. "If we would have lost, you would be asking about a loss," running back Thomas Jones said, to reporter. He broke Jets' franchise records for rushing touchdowns (13); touchdowns for a season (15); and it was his eighth straight games with a touchdown, which is a franchise record.
"We won, and at the end of the day that's all that matters," Jones the running back added.
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The legendary Cinque Mulini – Five Mills - Cross Country race in San Vittore Olona, an IAAF Cross Country Permit Meeting, continues to maintain its place in the history of the discipline with its 81st edition on Sunday (3).
Ethiopia's rising star Muktar Edris, the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships 5000m gold medallist and reigning African junior cross country champion, , will be looking to score a hat-trick in the major Italian Cross Country races during an outstanding winter in which he also won the Campaccio and the Cross della Vallagarina races in January.
In these two races he showed his variety of tactic skills, winning in a dramatic final sprint at the IAAF Cross Country Permit Meeting in San Giorgio su Legnano on 6 January and then running at the front from the start in Rovereto a week later.
Edris, who clocked 13:04.34 in the Samsung Diamond League meeting in Paris last summer, has also run frequently on the roads in Italy in the last few months. He finished second in both the Giro di Trento back in October and at then the Boclassic in New Year's Eve, the latter behind the current World Cross Country champion and his compatriot Imane Merga.
The last Ethiopian winner in San Vittore Olona was Hunengnaw Mesfin in 2010. In the past editions, famous Ethiopian stars who triumphed in the popular Italian race were Fita Bayesa, who won four consecutive times from 1992 to 1995, and the 12-time IAAF World Cross Country Championships winner Kenenisa Bekele in 2002.
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However, Kenya's London 2012 Olympic Games 5000m bronze medallist Thomas Longosiwa won the last edition when he became the 12th runner from this country to triumph in San Vittore Olona; adding his name to the list of past Kenyan winners who took the honours at the Cinque Mulini, which features John Ngugi, Paul Tergat, Charles Kamathi and Paul Kipsiele Koech.
This year, Kenyan hopes are carried by 18-year-old Albert Rop, who won last week in the IAAF Cross Country Permit meeting in Diekirch, Luxemburg, in snowy conditions.
The other top Kenyan runner in the field is Bernard Kipkemoi Rotich, who finished runner-up in San Vittore Olona behind Longosiwa 12 months ago.
A Ugandan runner has never won in San Vittore Olona but has contributed to the legend of this race thanks to 1972 Olympic 400m Hurdles champion John Akii Bua famously taking part in one edition of the Cinque Mulini, although he finished last after running in the leading group during the first lap.
This year, Uganda will be represented by 2011 World Cross Country Championships junior men's silver medallist Thomas Ayeko. The young Ugandan rising star showed his recent good shape when he won the at the recent IAAF Cross Country Permit Meeting in Antrim, Northern Ireland,, winning with a 37-second advantage over his nearest rival.
Gebru glory?
Ethiopia's Azemra Gebru, the 2011 World Cross Country Championships junior women's bronze medallist and 2011 African junior 3000m champion, was originally expected to start but pulled out injured on Friday. The mantle of favourite in the women's race now passes to her compatriot Afera Godfay, who has had some good outings in the last five weeks.
Godfay, 21, finished second at both the Boclassic on New Year's Eve and also in the Campaccio cross country race week later. She will be looking to bring back the Cinque Mulini title back to Ethiopia 15 years after their last triumph, which was achieved by Merima Denboba in 1998.
Kenya, which won last year's edition of the San Vittore Olona race through Priscah Jepleting Cherono, will be represented by half marathon specialist Eunice Kales while Italian hopes are carried by 3000m steeplechaser Valeria Roffino, who finished second in a close race at the Vallagarina Cross Country race.
The Cinque Mulini boasts a fascinating history. On 22 January, 1933, Giovanni Malerba, the 'father' of the Cinque Mulini, convinced his friends to shovel clear the snow-covered course to enable runners to take part in the first edition of the race. It has been held annually ever since, even during the turbulent years of World War II.
Late Norwegian running star Grete Waitz, who set a winning record of six victories in San Vittore Olona between 1978 and 1984, described the race as, "the most beautiful cross country race in the world. "
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Every so often a person enters your life who restores your hope for humanity. The person so evinces the character of Jesus, any doubt you might have about the existence of God quickly vanishes. Those of you who have faithfully followed this blog will know my beautiful wife fits the description I mean, and that is one of the zillion reasons I love her so much. Even though she is constantly on my mind, my wife doesn't happen to be the person I'm thinking about in this context at this moment, though.
Years ago, Clarence Wildes came on board the pastoral staff at the church I was attending. They made him the visitation pastor.Clarence has one of the gentlest hearts I've known in a fellow human being; a model of meekness and purity, Clarence is the poster child of the beatitudes; so you can imagine how popular he became with the sick and infirm parishioners. The rest of us cherished him, too.
This humble man possesses the childlike attributes of trust and faithfulness our Lord stressed as fundamental to entering His kingdom. These childlike qualities manifest themselves in Clarence in impishness, as well. His quiet demeanor easily distracts one to the coming salvo of insightful and clever humor that rarely disappoints, and is always accompanied by a sparkle in his eyes. But this childlike nature in no way implies simple-mindedness. Clarence is an avid scholar of C. S. Lewis, and always quite prepared to hold his own in the meatiest of theological discussions. But what I admire most about Clarence is he never lets doctrine or abstract ideas get in the way of serving King Jesus by loving people by always trying to see them as God sees them.
Clarence came to mind recently because I have found myself in one fashion or another embroiled in the endless conversation about God's sovereignty and human responsibility. Wait! Step away from that escape key! I'm not going to drag you into that fray, here. No, I only want to share a relevant lesson Clarence had taught me years ago concerning Jesus' invitation to all of us:
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry." [NET]
Clarence explained how his father had employed oxen for certain tasks on their farm; I don't recall what the tasks were, but it's not important. He said the way they trained an adolescent ox for the job was by yoking it to an adult. The adult actually bore the load of both yokes, but the young ox in this manner remained involved, learning the process of the job as it followed the experienced oxen. The young ox shared, therefore, in the work of the other oxen, and walked the same path they did. But the adult ox carried what the adolescent couldn't, while showing it what they both would do together more completely when the young ox fully matured.
It's just like Clarence to cut through all of the theological jargon and hair-splitting, and bring us to the simple truth and power of faith.
Clarence has grown old and afflicted with Parkinson's disease; yet none of this has dimmed the light of the Holy Spirit shining unabashedly from his soul. And this light will continue to shine because Clarence never forgets to whom he must remain yoked.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but lives such as Clarence's take us out of words, altogether, where we are no longer encumbered by them and so can finally begin to understand what the apostle John meant when he wrote, "By this we know that we are in him. The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked."
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
My Yoke Is Easy....
Every so often a person enters your life who restores your hope for humanity. The person so evinces the character of Jesus, any doubt you might have about the existence of God quickly vanishes. Those of you who have faithfully followed this blog will know my beautiful wife fits the description I mean, and that is one of the zillion reasons I love her so much. Even though she is constantly on my mind, my wife doesn't happen to be the person I'm thinking about in this context at this moment, though.
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Build a Bigger Better Bomb
Last week I finally sat down and watched the 1930 film rendition of Erich Maria Remarque's anti-war story, All Quiet on the Western Front. Some of you might be wondering what took me so long. All I can say is my life's riddled with imperfections, one of which is the tendency to overlook diamonds lying out in the open in the tall grass of life. Remarque's grim tale certainly falls in the category of a rare gem.
It had been said that WWI was the war to end all wars; AQOTWF should've been the story to end all wars. Sadly, both prognostications have long since been obliterated by an unrelenting barrage of ordinance of incalculable quantity. Since the days of WWI, when millions of faces of pawns had been sent up against dispassionate walls of machine gun lead to no purpose other than pride of might and nationalism, the slaughter has continued unabated. Only, today we are more sterile in our execution; we launch missiles from aircraft deployed hundreds of miles away from a target. We watch the unsuspecting target via satellite as the rocket surgically incinerates human beings--nameless faces of both the guilty and the innocent. And we congratulate ourselves because, as one person explained to me, "If we don't destroy our enemy, our enemy will destroy us."
In this week's issue of the American Chemical Society news magazine, C&E News, I read about the extensive research being conducted to build the bigger better bomb--that is, chemists are working to improve upon the ever faithful explosive RDX by synthesizing a new explosive of equal or more explosive power, less sensitivity, and--get this--less toxicity to the environment. I can only comment as the physician did at the end of Bridge on the River Kwai while witnessing senseless and futile carnage unfolding around him: "Madness. Madness."
It may be the old Prussian idea of soldiering as essential to completing a man has largely died out; but clearly other drivers such as nationalism, prejudice, and fear live on. Don't be fooled, though; as misdirected as these motivations are, governments have institutionalized them in order to more easily goad the taxpaying public into war. People willingly leap in front of bullets for some vague sense of justice contrived by their leaders, who we have to suspect are actually in it for self-interest and power.
Did I mention power?
Power belongs only to our creator God to wield and allocate, because only God is Good. And the only path to the justice and peace we all claim to want will be through the proper dispensing of this power according to God's kingdom principles of love in holiness. Only through the consistent extension of mercy in the face of opposition will we ever hope to see the end of war.
Some have suggested I want a free ride on the backs of those willing to risk their lives for my home and country by going off to war. But war has never bettered the world, and it never will. War cannot solve the problems of human society because it contradicts what is truly human.
Of course, war is here to stay until Jesus returns to fully establish His kingdom; so I know all too well Christians must be a part of this ongoing tragedy. But we must do this by giving to Caesar what is Caesar's, and giving to God what is God's. Walking with Jesus in His kingdom juxtaposed with the kingdom of this fallen world is a both/and proposition, not an either/or proposition. Thus, Christians must not sit in the bleachers; instead, they must willingly sacrifice themselves by first working in their local spheres of influence to relieve the poverty, injustice, prejudice, and fear fueling human conflicts; Christians accomplish this without trying to make the people they minister be something the people are not--that's God's job to do--but by encouraging them towards the eternally satisfying condition they can find only in God's kingdom.
And, yes, Christians, must enter the battlefields--no free rides; not to kill, but to pick of the pieces, mend the wounds, and grieve with the mourners. The actor who portrayed the main protagonist, Paul, in AQOTWF became a pacifist during WWII, to the detriment of his career. Yet he bravely risked his life countless times as a medic during the many raging battles. I don't know if he did this for Christ's sake, but his actions illustrate the both/and concept I'm advocating here.
Understand, I am not judging my fellow Christians who have taken up arms for their country; that is not my intent, nor do I even have any right to pass such judgment. C.S. Lewis, the premier Christian thinker of the twentieth century, fully embraced war. He spoke glibly of how two Christians on opposite sides could kill each other one minute, and be laughing together in heaven the next. It might be convincingly argued, as well, that the only way to stop a Hitler is to kill him. Certainly, Chamberlain's brand of pacifism--peace in our times--wasn't up to the task. But are we really confident that a third non-violent approach wouldn't have worked to bring down the Nazis? We'll never know.
In any event, so-called just wars such as WWII are rare exceptions in the long course of bloody human history. In one sense it doesn't matter. Should the day ever come, I will without hesitation use any lethal source at my disposal to protect my family, friends, and neighbors against a clear and present danger. But only because I lack the faith to defend them the right way.
If we profess Jesus as Lord, then our Master demands us to address injustice in this world through means contrary to this world's methods. We are to love our enemy, pray for those who persecute us, and never repay evil with evil, but repay evil with good. All of which requires us to be living sacrifices through the renewing of our minds. And whether we live or die in the process, we live; because our King, Lord, Master, Jesus overcame death on the cross.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The Presence
As with most young people growing up in Colorado, my friends and I enjoyed camping and hiking in the mountains. I've since moved away to the flatlands; so should the opportunity present itself, I now prefer to experience the mountain scenery through large windows of a lodge, with a glass of wine in hand before a fire crackling in a cavernous fireplace under the watchful eyes of a moose head. My friends who have remained in Colorado tell me they still love to get up close and personal with the Rocky mountains, and it shows in their thin and lithe physiques.
But back in the day (there's that dreaded phrase again), we enjoyed the mountains. And so it was, my friend and I decided to hike up Pikes Peak on one of the trails carved out for that purpose. I don't remember if our intent had been to climb to the top; it may had been; in any event, we ended up camping about half way up before meandering our way back to civilization.
It was just after dawn on a Sunday morning when the mountain disgorged us into the back of Manitou Springs. I recollect the sky being overcast and the site quite deserted. The air was still like the Sargasso Sea. I seem to recall a pumping station for the western slope water shed, but I could be mistaken. If so, the pumps would have made the only sound we had heard--like when the time traveler first entered the lair of the morlocks in H. G. Wells' The Time Machine.
And then I felt it.
My friend did, too, and at the same instant; his eyes told the story. An invisible cloud of gloom diffused around us like Indian ink does in a pool of clear water. A distinct disquiet enveloped us, displacing the fresh air with an oppression that weighed on us.
"You feel it, too," my friend whispered.
I would like to be scientific about the whole experience, but I cannot; an unmistakable Presence closed in around us that morning. And its evil was palpable.
My friend and I were Christians, so we wasted no time analyzing or entertaining the Presence. Indeed, after terse conversation, we bowed our heads and openly but unceremoniously prayed against it. And as quickly as it had infected the atmosphere, it dissipated, leaving behind the cool, fresh, and thin air so welcome on Colorado mornings.
It must be noted that neither my friend nor I were prone to dwelling on matters of the occult or witchcraft; we certainly hadn't been discussing such topics during our excursion that weekend. The Presence had appeared totally unexpectedly; we had arrived at the spot without any thoughts or suspicions of even the possibility of such a manifest evil rearing its ugly head. You must believe me, boogie men were definitely not on our radars. Nor had we been unnerved by the solitude of the place; my friend and I tended to be introverts in those days, so we welcomed the absence of people; we had been quite content to come off the mountain into the deserted back-streets of Manitou Springs. No, the Presence we encountered that Sunday morning was real and malevolent.
You might be asking yourself about now why some nebulous evil should happen to pop up on a Sunday morning at such an obscure place as the foot of Pikes Peak. Well, in the great tradition of the late Paul Harvey, here's the rest of the story.
Months later, in the commons at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, I struck up a conversation with a fellow student who had recently become a Christian. He told me he had come out of the occult. He went on to explain he had been a prominent warlock at one of the local witch covens.
"Witch covens? We have those around here, for real?" I asked.
"Quite a few," he answered.
"I don't believe it," I said.
"Believe it." He looked at me with that kind of expression of cold certainty indifferent to how I might react. "Point of fact," he continued, "except for perhaps San Francisco, Manitou Springs is home to the largest concentration of covens in the country."
Okay, so what's my point?
The next time you turn on the news, open a newspaper, or just walk out the front door into our mad, mad, mad world, tell yourself the chaos is not solely the handiwork of evil human beings, but also that of the Presence, who exploits men and women for the Presence's own evil purposes. And even though the Presence had been defeated two thousand years ago by Jesus on the cross, it still menaces and influences our tormented world. The Presence draws its strength from its deceptions; for Jesus described Satan, the despot of the Presence, this way: "...Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies." [NET]
Therefore, my point is this. Our hope and security are not in our politics, politicians, philosophies, science, wealth, and the rest because they all are ready pawns in the hands of the Presence. Rather, our hope and security are in Jesus, and Jesus, alone. For Jesus is King; the Presence knows this and shudders. And Jesus' kingdom cannot be shaken; indeed, Jesus' kingdom will one day be all and in all; and Jesus' kingdom lasts forever.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Why's it so Tough to Trust God?
At the risk of being a broken record, I want to again say we need to trust God for everything. I suspect you are the same as I am in thinking this is easier said than done. You may have also noticed how I endeavor to distill things down to root principles. I do this because even though the details are important, we easily become overwhelmed and lost in the minutia. And yes, no doubt I can be guilty of oversimplification. I'm willing to take the risk, though, because I firmly believe simplification can lead us to fresh perspectives of what we claim to believe; if I make an oversimplification, you jolly well know it because the exercise provoked you into thinking more deeply on the subject; and that's a good thing.
To remain true to my form, then, I propose we struggle with trusting God because we are afraid. When we peel back all the layers of the onion of our complex lives, the flag we find at the core of our soul--flying motionless, I might add, like the American flag on the moon--that had been planted there by the first of our race to explore that cold desolation, has written on it in large bold black font the obscene four letter "F" word, FEAR.
I could end this posting right here and now by telling you to stop being afraid! trust the Lord! But I don't think that will help you much. I mean, the angels who have visited various persons during the course of millennia, what is the first thing they always say? Don't be afraid. And how often did the visitee actually do that? You know, how often did the person so visited relax, put his arm around the angel's shoulders and say something such as, "Que passa, dude, what's comin' down from on high? Ah, say, Gabe. That's your name, isn't it? Yeah, ah, Gabe, I have, or should I say had this uncle Wooly. I think he's up there someplace. I don't suppose I could impose on you to ask him something for me, when you get back and aren't busy?" The answer is never. All of us would have been shaking in our boots. And we will continue to shake in our boots until we successfully pull that flag from its moorings in our soul and replace it with one bearing the beautiful five lettered "F" word, FAITH, which in essence is trust.
Therefore, the way to trusting God begins with recognizing we are all afraid. But it won't do to simply admonish each other to not be afraid; it's true, of course, but it ain't gonna pay the bill when it comes.
For me, it always helps in praying for matters such as fear, if I can approach God with some idea of what I am up against. This is not universally the case; sometimes all I can say to God is "HELP!" That's good, too. However, knowing the landscapes helps me to pray intelligently and--and this is most important--more clearly recognize God's wise responses and direction.
First, then, we pray for understanding of what feeds our fear. Here are seven back-stories of fear that God might reveal to us. Please comment on others I may have overlooked; the more insight into this fear gripping us, the better.
1) Someone we should have been able to trust, let us down.
2) I, who should have my best interests in mind, have failed myself.
3) I don't want to suffer.
4) I don't want to die.
5) I don't want to be ostracized by my people.
6) I have an inflated ego (either self-deprecating or narcissistic).
7) I need to be in control.
Hmm, some of those categories seem pretty obvious, but the others--in the words of my beautiful wife--not so much. Let me quickly demonstrate how I might contemplate a couple of these in order to better identify the fear in my life and so better know what to pray about.
Point 5 is fear of estrangement, but the more fundamental issue is where one is placing his/her loyalty. Certainly we all want to be accepted by our people; and our people should accept us. But when we curry their favor at the expense of truth, which is a response of fear, we drive ourselves further into fear because the basis of trust--that is, our peoples' good favor--is wholly unreliable. If however, we submit to God, loving our people out of the desire to please God, fear will be replaced by love. In other words, instead of seeking what we can get from our people, which will lead to fear of their disapproval, we seek to please God, and therefore, seek what it is we have to offer to our people--fear turns to love. Understanding our situation this way helps us to pray more effectively and expectantly for God to help us overcome our fear.
Point 6 is fundamentally fear of being found out who the real me is, or more precisely, fear of exposed inadequacy. In his novel, Steppenwolf, Herman Hesse wrote, "...self hate is really the same thing as sheer egoism, and in the long run breeds the same isolation and despair." I would only add that the same fear is behind both self hate and sheer egoism. And it is this fear that leads to the despair Hesse describes. Ironically, both types of personalities are accomplished in one or more things; indeed the more accomplished either person might be the more they actually fear their inadequacies, and defend themselves from possible exposure through sheer egoism. The extreme offensiveness of the narcissist and the false humility of the self-hater are defense mechanisms in response to the same fear of inadequacy. And just as in point 5, the fear responses only serve to intensify the fear. Only when they see that their talents--and we all have talents--are a gift from God to express and act in love for the profit of others, will the fear that grips them begin to turn to love. Understanding this will help them to focus their prayers to overcome their fear.
The apostle John quite correctly wrote, "There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love. We love because he [God] loved us first." [NET]
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The plugin is not yet available via AwkwardTV's plugin listing, but there is a YouTube video available of xdog demoing the plugin on his own unit. Among some of the options available are Recently Featured videos, Week's Most Viewed, Week's Most Discussed, Month's Most Viewed, and Month's Most Discussed. Users who want to change how the video is streamed can also adjust the cache settings for the plugin.
Hopefully xdog doesn't stop here after publishing the plugin. I'd like to see us being able to log into our YouTube accounts and watching the videos from users we've subscribed to.
Any time a plugin is written that allows users to watch video that isn't from iTunes—particularly streaming from a big-name service—is significant. First there was Joost (P2P video service, not NRG) and now YouTube. We have seen studies suggesting that Internet users would love to move some of this content to their TVs in a simple manner that doesn't involve a HTPC, so plugins like this are really indicative of what could become the future of the Apple TV and devices like it.


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What Are the Lessons of Shady RAT?
Probably the most sensational news from last week's BlackHat conference was of Shady RAT, the long-term hacking campaign that compromised many corporate, government and international agencies. But in describing Shady RAT, McAfee didn't identify a particular culprit. So who's the perp, and what should we do about it?
Because of the targets involved and the methods McAfee says that a "state actor" is likely responsible. The usual suspect in these cases is China and so it is here, especially because of the targets and other characteristics of the attacks. Xinhuanet, the official Chinese news agency, points out that there is no direct evidence indicating China is responsible, but that's the problem with these attacks: it's too easy to act through proxies and preserve plausible deniability.
The lessons of Shady RAT are disturbingly mundane and boring. It turns out that the usual best practices security experts always recommend are the ones which would have thwarted it. Part of the solution is technological, which is good because it means you can do something about it with some money. But part of it is human: the entry vector for the attacks was a socially-engineered spear phish with an Excel, Word, PowerPoint or PDF attachment.
Symantec put together their own report on how Shady RAT works. They throw cold water on the idea that it's a particularly sophisticated attack. The attachment exploits a vulnerability for which a patch was already available and running as a standard user as opposed to administrator would probably have blocked the execution of the malware.
Symantec recommends what you already know you should do: keep your antivirus up to date; turn on an IPS (intrusion prevention system); use an e-mail filtering service; patch your operating system and applications quickly; and, the last and most problematic action to take, educate your users.
There are sophisticated attacks which might get around the solutions above, but they are comparatively unusual. Shady RAT shows that there are still so many organizations out there not following best practices that it would be a waste of money to use a sophisticated attack when so many old and cheap ones still work.


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Fridays soccer game between Durango High School and St. Pius X had a bit of everything a 53-minute delay to find officials, great goals, a playoff-like atmosphere, overtime in the dark.
What it didnt have, however, was a winner.
New Mexico No. 2 (maxpreps.com) St. Pius X from Albuquerque and Colorado Class 4A No. 9 Durango (The Denver Post) battled each other and the rapidly approaching dark for a 2-2 draw after 80 minutes and 10 minutes of overtime at Riverview Sports Complex.
The game started 53 minutes late because of a scramble to find officials, and what transpired after was an entertaining, physical battle between two of the regions best.
The Demons (4-0-2) had several chances late in the second half to grab the decisive goal, the best an Ian Bowers penalty kick attempt that Sartans goalkeeper Joe Sanchez dived and deflected off the post in the 63rd minute to keep the game even.
DHS midfielder Zeb Soignier said not being able to finish some quality chances late was frustrating.
We were so close on so many chances, and we just couldnt finish, said Soignier, son of Brian and JoC Soignier.
The fact that nobody scored in overtime wasnt terribly surprising. The two sides played with a more visible yellow ball in an attempt to battle the heavily descending darkness, and the Sartans even tried to shoot off the kickoff from midfield to open the first overtime, hoping Demons goalkeeper Will Sommerville wouldnt see the ball as it came flying in.
The Sartans took their first lead in the 49th minute, when they were awarded a penalty kick that was one of many calls both the sizeable DHS crowd and head coach Kenny Wood werent pleased with in a rough-and-tumble contest. David Gros scored into the upper right-hand corner to beat Sommerville for a 2-1 lead.
Soignier, however, got DHS even with a nice individual effort in the 51st minute. He dribbled past a couple of defenders and fired off the hop from the top of the penalty area to square things at 2.
I saw an opportunity, and I took it, Soignier said.
DHS got on top first in the 11th minute. Bowers long feed to Luke Dekay allowed the latter to get off a shot that hit the far right post and began to trickle over the goal line. The Sartans defender couldnt clear it off the line but instead put it into the net for a 1-0 Durango lead.
The Sartans answered in the 24th minute. Brian Billstrands free kick found the head of Alex Arvizo, who flicked it over to the head of Josh Campbell, who buried it to square the game.
The one thing we need to get better on is our mental mistakes. It cost us I think in the tie (against Hinckley), the Farmington game, and now this game, Wood said.
Sommerville spelled starter Ben Marvin-Vanderyn at halftime, as the starter left with what Wood called a precautionary move because of a sore shoulder. It was just one casualty in an incredibly physical contest.
St. Pius X (3-1-1) provided a test the Demons needed after coasting to a 9-0 win over Montezuma-Cortez earlier in the week. It should prepare them well for next weekends Southwestern League contests at Grand Junction and Montrose.
DHS also will get Daniel Fallon-Cyr back, who missed the game for personal reasons, which Wood said were related to his college search.
The opportunities were there, and thats what weve got to build upon. ... That team played physical, and ... its a good test for us, Wood said.


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Alec Baldwin went on a homophobic, profanity-laden online rant Thursday before shutting down his Alec Baldwin Foundation Twitter account, all in defense of his pregnant wife Hilaria, whom a Daily Mail reporter had apparently errantly accused of tweeting while the couple attended James Gandolfini's funeral.
The Mail story's headline screams, "Alec Baldwin's pregnant wife Hilaria TWEETS about Rachael Ray and anniversary gifts during James Gandolfini's funeral."
Baldwin replied with screaming of his own -- words of denial and retaliation that lit up Twitter on Thursday night and into Friday.
The "30 Rock" actor's rep explained in a statement to KTLA and other outlets, "It's disgraceful that a reporter would manufacture and publish a story and not call for comment or explanation -- especially when it's intended to take away attention from honoring the memory of a beloved figure like James Gandolfini."
Hilaria had denied the story as well, tweeting on Thursday afternoon, "FYI I don't believe in bringing phones into a funeral and I never did and I never would."
The couple had left "discreetly out a side door" about 45 minutes into the service, after the eulogies but before communion, according to L.A. Times reporter Meredith Blake, who was in attendance and noted it was extremely hot in the non-air-conditioned church. The couple's child is reportedly due in mid-August, and sources told the Daily Mail the mom-to-be was "feeling faint."
Some on Twitter noticed the byline taken off the Daily Mail story for a period of time and replaced with a "Daily Mail reporter"; it was then restored. They also noticed that the reporter appeared to have done his timestamp-math wrong, getting the times of the tweets on Hilaria Baldwin's account wrong by failing to adjust for East and West Coast time zones.
In other words, the tweets weren't happening while the funeral was going on.
However, damage had been done on both sides by then. In the rant, which has since disappeared along with the Twitter account, Baldwin called Daily Mail writer George Stark a "toxic little queen" and "lying little bitch," and suggested Stark would enjoy forcible sodomy -- specifically a foot up the rear. The actor also threatened to find the writer and mess him up, only in more profane terms. You can see the full rant here, if you can handle the language.
"Someone wrote that my wife was tweeting at a funeral," he wrote. "Hey. That's not true. But I'm gonna tweet at your funeral."
And while Alec Baldwin's Twitter account was gone, his wife's remained active.
"I don't know what hurts more: people randomly and maliciously writing lies about you, or the people who actually believe them," the 29-year-old yoga instructor wrote Thursday.
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"My husband fights for me fiercely. It hurts to be misunderstood and it hurts to see your loved one in pain-even more so when she is pregnant," she added in a series of tweets. "It is shameful the bullying that the internet allows for. 'Reporters', 'publications', and anonymous posters. Rage, greed and pettiness hurt. I hope that this reporter knows how much pain and drama he has caused from his poor journalism. Lying and bullying are shameful."
And on Friday morning she offered what might make it right for her: "I would like a real apology," she wrote.
That said, Alec Baldwin's words, though deleted, were still echoing Friday online, especially in light of what's happened to Paula Deen this week over her use of the n-word. Time will tell if the Emmy winner faces the same fate.
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Thousands of sugary marshmallow treats and a lack of eggs in the grocery store can only mean one thing...Easter is here!
We have more than 30 fun craft ideas for Easter that are perfect for bunny lovers, egg enthusiasts, and those who love to fill their homes with pastel shades of pinks, purples, and yellows. From cute Peep bunting to eco-friendly Easter egg dye, these craft ideas for Easter will have everyone hopping with joy!
Whether you're hosting a fabulous Easter brunch or are gathering up all your Easter egg hunt supplies for the neighborhood egg extravaganza, we have lots of crafts that will help decorate your home for the holiday. We have Easter home decorations for your buffet tables, as well as colorful decor for your mantel and entryway. The Bunny Peeps Bunted Banner is sure to catch everyone's eye and kids and adults alike will love the Easter Bunnies and Chicks Parade! And you can easily keep it up all spring!
No collection of craft ideas for Easter would be complete without Easter baskets for adults and kids! The bright and bold Pink Crochet Easter Basket is great for little girls and kids and adults will love the sweet Bunny Land Easter Box. Fill it with candy or small plastic eggs. We have lots of unique easter baskets in our collection of craft ideas for Easter!
Speaking of bunnies, look who's hopping on down the bunny trial? It's the Sweet Treat Bunny, filled with lots of candies for good girls and boys! This is one of many craft ideas for Easter that are made with recycled items...so they're cheap, easy, and Earth friendly! Easter bunny crafts are always a great way to bring spring into your home...and like most of our spring decor, these can stay out all season as well! These adorable Egg Fabric Bunnies are prefect for Easter, but would also look cute hanging out near some indoor plants or on your bookshelf. With some cheap Easter eggs, you can make this and many more of our craft ideas for Easter...and we know you'll just love them! Check out how to make the Sweet Treat Bunny here:
Finally, we have some egg-ceptional Easter egg decorations, great for displaying, giving, or hiding! These Dazzling Easter eggs will insure that no egg goes missing during your morning search! The glitter and glitz makes these eggs very easy to see, and kids will love the sparkle! If you are dying eggs this year, consider using this Eco-Friendly Easter Egg Dye, made with all natural ingredients and no harsh chemicals.
All these craft ideas for Easter and more are waiting for you in this virtual Easter basket...so gather up those plastic eggs and let's get cracking!
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Easter Home Decorations
From banners to centerpieces, we have lots of craft ideas for Easter that you can use to help decorate your home. The napkin rings and place card holders are great for your Easter brunch get together, and you can easily welcome in spring with the Colorful Easter centerpiece!
Easter Bunnies and Chicks Parade: Create an adorable centerpiece or home decor display with some terra cotta planters and this cute bunny idea! Decorate it with plastic eggs or little pom-pom chicks.
Easter Critters Napkin Rings: Guests of your Easter brunch will love these adorable napkin rings. They're easy to make and add a cute whimsical look to your table scape.
Easter Pom-Pom Chicks: These adorable pom-pom chicks will bring a smile to anyone's face! Add them to childrens' Easter baskets or glue them to a gift package.
Everywhere a Chick, Chick: Easter chick decorations are a great way to jump right into spring! These cute mama and chick craft would be a great Easter decoration or a fun Easter gift!
Colorful Easter Placecard Holders: Looking for some useful craft ideas for Easter? These Placecard holders are so easy to make and guests will love how colorful and fun they look on your table!
Colorful Easter Table Centerpiece: Wow your guests at Easter dinner with this beautiful bounty of spring color. All it takes is a little STYROFOAM and some beautiful florals and candles.
Bunny Peeps Bunting Banner: Craft ideas for Easter can be easy and adorable! Who wouldn't love this cute Easter banner? Make your bunnies in your favorite Peep color!
NEW! Crochet Easter Eggs Wreath: This simple crocheted wreath is a great project for your front door. Show off your crochet skills with this sweet spring wreath!
- NEW! Hoppy Easter Clay Pot Centerpiece: Create adorable Easter decorations for the home with this cute Hoppy Easter Clay Pot Centerpiece. Perfect for displaying all the yummy treats brought by the Easter Bunny, this DIY Easter decor is a great way to celebrate the magic of spring.
Personalized Easter Baskets and Boxes
One of the best things about Easter is opening Easter baskets! These personalized Easter baskets are great craft ideas for Easter, because you can make unique gifts for all of your loved ones. Customized Easter baskets are also great for egg hunts, since everyone knows which basket is theirs!
Easter Basket Surprise: There's nothing like the surprise of opening those plastic Easter eggs on Easter Sunday...and this Easter basket surprise is just like that! Recipients are sure to love the sweets nestled in the center of this sweet basket!
Bunny in a Basket: Create a cute bunny Easter basket to hold all your fun goodies. This is an easy craft project you can make in eight steps.
Crocheted Bunny in a Basket: This sweet crocheted bunny and basket are great craft ideas for Easter! Not only is this a sweet gift, but the bunny is super soft to cuddle, so it's great for kids!
Bunny Land Easter Box: Kids and adults alike will love this cute Bunny Land Box. Fill it with candy or jelly beans...it's a great gift for anyone!
Lilac and Lemon Cardstock Easter Basket: This is an easy and fun Easter basket to make. Craft ideas for Easter were never as simple as this! With a little paper and some ribbons, you easily make a paper basket just like this!
Mini Easter Basket: This Mini Easter basket is so cute! It's the perfect little gift for a teen or a neighbor! And the little buttons on the front make this basket so sweet and charming.
Pink Crochet Easter Basket: This is a beginner to intermediate level crochet pattern that you can make every year and share with a friend. Fill it with Easter goodies! This basket is hard to miss!
- NEW! Basket of Easter Fun: Kids will love this fun tie-dyed Easter basket. Great for filling with candies and plastic eggs, these colorful baskets are fun to make for kids of all ages.
Easter Bunny Ideas
A list of craft ideas for Easter wouldn't be complete without bunnies! Easter bunny decorations are great for getting your home in the Easter spirit...and bunnies can hang out in your home all spring!
Easter Bunny Holder: Make this cute Easter project for the holidays. Using an old Chinese takeout container, some fun foam, ribbon and chalk you can have this guy ready for Easter in no time!
Easter Bunny Figurine: Create this figurine as a table or room decoration, or put it in a child's Easter basket as a special surprise.
Button Easter Bunnies: Use buttons to create cute little bunnies, perfect craft ideas for Easter! Turn into pins to wear on Easter or use as embellishments for Easter baskets, gift bags or greeting cards.
Blockhead Bunny: This cute Blockhead Bunny would be a great addition to your spring tablescape. He's made of various wood pieces, including MDF and a simple wood block. Crafts like these are sure to please...so hop to it!
Dollar Store Easter Bunny: Makeover a dollar store ceramic bunny with pink paint and glitter. This pretty pink bunny is perfect as an Easter bunny for spring decorating.
Egg Fabric Bunnies: Use foam eggs and spring fabric to create Easter bunnies this season. These Easter bunnies are easy to make, inexpensive and just adorable when sitting on any table of your home.
Sweet Treat Bunny: Hide lots of yummy candy in this Sweet Treat Bunny! Made with a toilet paper roll, this bunny craft for kids is great for Easter egg hunts or Easter brunch! Kids Easter craft projects like this are also great for classrooms or church events!
- NEW! Bunny Toy: This adorable crocheted bunny is a welcome friend to your Easter decor. Perfect for crocheters of all skill levels, this sweet toy makes a wonderful basket stuffer for little kids and teens alike.
Easter Egg Ideas
Hiding Easter Eggs is always a fun holiday tradition...and these decorative Easter eggs will make searching all the more fun! Whether you like hand painted Easter eggs or eggs that are more crafty, we have lots of craft ideas for Easter that are egg-cellent for all ages!
Dazzling Easter Eggs: If you're looking for spring table decorations, centerpieces, or crafts, these Dazzling Easter Eggs are for you! Simple paper mache eggs are transformed into dazzling Easter eggs with various colors of glittering paint. Make your baskets sparkle!
Egg-stra Special Easter Tree: This beautiful tree makes a great Easter table centerpiece. Craft ideas for Easter are easy and decorative with this cute little spring tree!
Antique Crackle Eggs: Create a unique crackle look to your eggs with this easy painting technique. These eggs would look great in a country motif basket...or for that little boy who loves dinosaurs!
Braided Easter Eggs: Use fabric scraps and recycled water bottles to create these lovely braided Easter eggs. Use colorful fabric to create the eggs and display in a wicker basket for Easter decorating.
Bright Paper and Ribbon Eggs: These bright and cheery eggs are sure to liven up any basket! If you're looking for fun craft ideas for Easter that everyone is sure to love, try making these bright and colorful ribbon eggs!
Bright Ribbon Eggs: These beautiful, elaborately decorated eggs are a step above traditionally dyed Easter eggs. They work perfectly as an eye-grabbing centerpiece or a unique place card.
- Eco-Friendly Easter Egg Dye: Say goodbye to harsh chemicals and hello a fun Easter craft for adults and kids alike! This Eco-Friendly Easter Egg Dye uses elements found in nature, so coloring eggs is safe for all!
Still can't get enough Easter crafts? Check out our epic collection of "101 Easter Crafts" to find great Easter crafts for kids, Easter crafts for adults, and lots of quick and easy spring decorations!
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