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"Your story should be written now while it is fresh and while the true details are available. A journal is the literature of superiority. Each individual can become superior in her own humble life." ~Spencer W. Kimball
Thursday, March 8, 2012
The Big One
"The big one is supposed to hit. Any time, now. We must prepare for it."
At least that is what I have heard all my life.
I remember being in first grade and being so terrified to go to the bathroom at school. What if it hit while I was in the bathroom? What then?
As I grew older it was always a minor fear, but something I was mostly able to forget about.
Living on a fault line, an earthquake is inevitable, at some point or another.
No worries, though.
At least that was how I thought up until a week ago.
Then, for some reason, my thoughts changed.
I don't know why, but I am so scared of an earthquake right now. Each night, as we lay in bed, I long for my children to be in our room with us. I want them safe in our beds, not in their very heavy bunk beds which are held together by a very small metal piece. It terrifies me. I worry so much.
Each night, I fall asleep praying my guts out that those little angels of mine will be safe. That despite anything, my family will be safe and preserved.
To make matters worse, I read on the news something that scared me clear through. According to new scientific evidence, some earthquakes can be predicted. Scientists have found that every 350 years a very big earthquake hits Utah. The last one? 350 years ago. Which means the next one to hit will be this year.
I am terrified.
I don't know why this sudden fear has gripped me. I have basically lived in the same area my whole life. Fault lines running through the grounds of my school, my house, my town right on top of the fault lines. Never have I worried before. Now, I go about my day with a prayer in my heart, pleading for the safety of my family. Begging.
I guess I am so worried because I have never really been in an earthquake before. Not a real one, anyway. I have seen the news about the devastation in Haiti 2010, Mexico 1985, California 1994 etc. and it scares me like I have never been scared before.
I guess all I can do is continue to pray and have faith that my family will be looked after.
Qué será, será
5 comments:
- Lisa said...
Earthquakes are so scary!! I so have days where I worry incessantly about things... I hope this passes WITHOUT an earthquake!
- March 10, 2012 at 10:05 AM
- Myya said...
I remember an earthquake back in 93. It wasn't huge but it did shake things up. I till worry though. The way that Mother Nature is acting as of late scares the beejeezes out of me.
- March 11, 2012 at 1:48 AM
- Sue said...
Being from California, the earthquake fear is not so active with me. It's sort of a fact of life, though we make sure we are prepared.
My guess is that you are projecting the normal anxieties all moms have about their children onto worrying about an earthquake. I was a pretty anxious mom, myself, but it got better as time went along.
Having said that, I still worry about them, even now that they are adults. In fact, I worry more than I expected to!
- March 11, 2012 at 11:08 AM
- Em said...
i've heard the fault line on the wasatch front is bigger than the san andreas in california. not looking forward to that earthquake.
- March 11, 2012 at 9:55 PM
- A Randomlicious Blog for the Soul said...
I'm surprised that they can predict earthquakes because it seems I've never heard of a warning for those devastating one's that have hit?! You should try and not fear..I know easier said than done but the Lord will protect and take care of you. You can't live in fear everyday...especially for something that might not even happen.
I hope that your fears can subside! I know every year around this time (storm time) I worry about tornado's and thunderstorms. I hope you can find peace!!
- March 12, 2012 at 9:25 AM


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In The Sound of Music, there's a song called "Maria;" and as I'm sure (or hope!) most of you know, it's the one when the nuns ask, "How do you solve a problem like Maria? How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?"
As a general note about me, songs pop into my head without any real explanation, and then I just go for days singing them. Lately, it's been this song. Again, I don't really know why; but for today, I'm using it as the outline for this post.
In short, how do we "solve" a "problem" like dating? How are we supposed to "pin it down?"
Now, you may be thinking, "Why is Drew always talking about dating, and what gives him the authority?" Well, I respect you if you're asking this, and my answer would be that I don't really have the authority. However, I do have the passion to keep this particular conversation going. Why? Because I see it taking up a lot of headspace, for me and people I meet.
So, how do you solve a problem like dating? To put it bluntly, we need to find a better, more eternal source of life.
Now, I'm sure some of us may push back on that notion, defensively claiming that we don't overanalyze or over-desire what dating might (notice I said might) bring: the opportunity to be understood, known, and loved.
Yes, dating can bring that, but it shouldn't be the resource for or sole purpose of our hearts. In effort to explain further, take a look at this quote by Ben Stuart, the author of Single. Dating. Engaged. Married...
As someone who can tend to put my relationship with God on "cruise control" so that I can aggressively pursue other things, this quote hits home. It's one I pondered while reading Ben's book last fall and have come back to now once again.
In summary, God longs to be the source of life and can (and will!) provide exactly what we need, right when we need it—dating, on its own, cannot do the same to that fullest extent.
So, if that's the first question, then what about the second?
As some of you know, I recently conducted a survey about dating. I realize that it's not really statistically significant, but I do believe it's provided some key insights that help to guide this question at hand.
This sounds cliche, but don't disregard its truth. In fact, it points back to the comments above.
Here, this implies a confidence in who we are, which frees us from having to prove anything by dating. Why? Because we've gotten the priorities of our lives in line, with Jesus as our guiding light instead of over-relying on the potential ability of a possible mate to define or complete us.
Yes, this might mean that who or when we think we're "supposed to date" doesn't actually come to fruition. But, if we're being ourselves (meaning in Christ), then there's a peace that passes all understanding.
Furthermore, 89% of the survey respondents said they determine the potential of a first date (meaning how they decide to extend or accept a date offer) based on previous interactions. This, to me, begs the question, "Are we being ourselves in those interactions?" We should because that's how people are sizing things up.
Again, this sounds like a given, but it's a good reminder.
Specifically, people who took the survey mentioned wanting to feel safe when evaluating how a date or a dating relationship is progressing. There's certainly some risk involved; but even with that, we (especially as those doing the asking) can be kind to the other and create space for the other person to say, if they want, "No thank you."
As Christians, the other person is our brother or sister in Christ, and that won't change regardless of how the relationship continues. Another thing to consider: That person (who we want to date) will likely be someone else's later, if our relationship doesn't lead to marriage.
Our kindness shows that we respect their personhood and don't consider them as "some thing to possess." To close this point, Ben (the author referenced above) even calls out very clearly (in the book) that two people dating are still two people. It's not until marriage that they become one. (That can be hard to hear, but it brings home the need for kindness that much more.)
Lastly, here's another "cliche" thing, but it's serious and shouldn't be written off as simply cliche.
Specifically, there were quite a few people who referred to dating as "confusing," "unproductive," "meh," and "frustrating." That being said, and in efforts to be kind, we (those doing the asking) should be respectful of the other by clearly laying out intent, and do so at each step along the way.
Furthermore, there was one respondent who said, "If someone approaches me with a request to take me out and also gives a specific day, time, and location, I'm that much more inclined to accept."
Thank you for reading along. I realize I didn't offer too many quantitative insights from the survey, but again, I was mostly looking for qualitative nuggets to guide this conversation. There's a possibility that I'll conduct another survey, taking into consideration the learnings from conducting this present one.
Additionally, if I said something that struck a chord with you, please don't hesitate to reach out. I'm happy to discuss this topic further, as it relates to Christianity or anything else.
Finally, I'm grateful for you. I'm also grateful to God for seeing me through season after season, and I'm hopeful for what's to come. My prayer is that we'll be faithful in it all!


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I went rock climbing on Saturday for the first time ever and it was awesome and I totally recommend it and I'm going back tomorrow! There are no ropes or harnesses at the New Orleans Boulder Lounge; Instead you free-climb up their 15 foot walls (with a padded floor underneath) along routes of hand- and foot-holds. The routes are color coded by difficulty, and so I chose the easiest routes because it was my first time ever and I'm no fool.
My first dozen times up the wall, I'd get about 8 or 10 feet off the floor and panic. My brain would start up the alarm bells and I'd freeze on the wall. I'm not particularly afraid of heights, but I felt paralyzed, unable to lift my hand away from its hold to find the next one up. But I persisted, and finally managed to get to the top of the wall. I climbed for a couple of hours until I was too tuckered out to do any more.
It was exhilarating! My arms and legs were sore for days afterwards, and my face was too from smiling. I was amazed at how happy climbing made me, and how free I felt from my own self-criticisms. So much of the time I feel stuck like I was halfway up the wall, incapacitated by the fear of failure, or maybe fear of my own ascent.
As I sat and watched other more experienced climbers do their thing, one of the employees came from behind the desk and put on her climbing shoes. She approached the wall at an easy route, one I had attempted, repeatedly failed at, and finally successfully climbed. She stood quietly, assessing her route. She took a breath, walked to the wall, and with more grace than I could have imagined, she climbed to the top. There was an effortlessness to her movements that amazed me. It was like she had danced up the wall.
I've spent a whole lot of my life comparing myself to other people. This is a destructive force. It was so freeing to go to the climbing gym, where I have no stakes in the game, nothing to prove. It didn't matter to me how good I was at what I was doing. It was fun and fulfilling and I didn't need it to be anything else.
But in so many other areas of my life (art-making, relationships, appearance, finances, etc) I find myself comparing myself to other people. These comparisons are so often without context, and without knowing it, we compare our own beginning to someone else's middle. This route that had been insurmountable to me was automatic to her. I don't know the graceful climber's story, her background, or her prior athletic experience, so to compare myself to her is utterly without basis.
Even when I manage to escape the trap of comparing myself to other people, I still often end up comparing myself to some idealized version of myself that, surprise surprise, I never seem to live up to. The inner judge doesn't give a shit about context. Its only function is to criticize, to condemn, to keep us small.
Look at the ways that you compare yourself to other people. What expectations do you have of yourself? Do they harm you when you don't live up to them? How much freer would you feel if you let go of those comparisons? If you didn't have a predetermined ideal to live up to, who could you be? What could you do?
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Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Barack Obama Chooses Nigerian Artist, Kehinde Wiley, For His Official Presidential Portrait
At the end of each presidency, the museum partners with the White House to commission one official portrait of the President and First Lady.
Michelle Obama selected artist Amy Sherald, who is known for her life-size paintings of African-Americans, to paint her portrait, the museum announced Friday.
Both Obamas' portraits will be unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in 2018, where they will be added to the museum's permanent collection.
Kehinde was born to a Nigerian dad and an African-American mom. As a child, his mother supported his interest in art and enrolled him in after-school art classes.
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You seem to have this mentality that people bear no responsibility for where they are in life, that everyone is just a victim of circumstance. That is what irresponsible people say.
--Jed on 9/21/11
Wow. I never said that. Again you totally distort what I wrote then accuse me of being irresponsible. I challenge you to show where I wrote that or said anything even close to that. Saying that A should help B does not say that B has no responsibility. You are the one being irresponsible in what you say. You are guilty of that which you falsely accuse me. It is unbelievable how you distort so many things.
on 9/21/11
Rocky, shame on you for lying. StrongAxe did say that it was the democrats that are for giving to the poor and needy while republicans just want to support killing and breaking things. So that is saying that republicans are not for giving to the poor.
---Jed on 9/21/11
No it is not. StrongAxe was talking about government programs, YOU applied it to personal giving, two totally different things, To argue they are the same is stupid. To reprove me for lying when I stated the truth and it is you that is wrong is pathetic, more so when your error is so obvious from your own words. You need to make sure you have your facts right before reproving someone.
on 9/21/11
Also, it is not a sin to have a big house and be rich. I am not wealthy by any means, but I don't blame others because I don't have some things that others do.
---Jed on 9/21/11
I never said it was a sin to be rich, but that it is wrong to spend money on indulging oneself in luxury while people go hungry and otherwise are in need. Why don't you respond to the points I actually raise instead of distorting my words then disagreeing with the words you put in my mouth?
on 9/21/11
Churches should handle social dutys....
Trav 9/21/11
That part I agree with. But since they are not, better to use government than to not help the needy. Why arent churches doing more? Why do rich waste so much on big houses and rich living? Where does it come from? ---Rocky on 9/21/11
Since Churches are not?? Let a befouled Anti-Christian government handle what I work so hard for? I pay, it's a bitter pill.
It is my earning. It is my heart and judgement to do right.
GODly government could operate this way...but, men promote amalgamation of all peoples/religions. You've agreed. Theirs and ours doesn't mesh. Neva will. There is only one way, one GOD. Not many ways, many GODs. Elder said it best. Tolerance....
on 9/21/11
Rocky, shame on you for lying. StrongAxe did say that it was the democrats that are for giving to the poor and needy while republicans just want to support killing and breaking things. So that is saying that republicans are not for giving to the poor. Also, it is not a sin to have a big house and be rich. I am not wealthy by any means, but I don't blame others because I don't have some things that others do. You seem to have this mentality that people bear no responsibility for where they are in life, that everyone is just a victim of circumstance. That is what irresponsible people say. People that live in reality accept responsibility for their own actions and the life that they've created.
on 9/21/11
Churches should handle social dutys....
Trav 9/21/11
That part I agree with. But since they are not, better to use government than to not help the needy. Why arent churches doing more? Why do rich waste so much on big houses and rich living? Why arent the churches condemning this more? Some say it is their money and they have a right to keep it. Where does it come from? Who made the Sun that provides power, the Earth that provides all resources, the air they choose to foul, the rain for the crops and food? Who says the top employees should be paid millions while the lowest a meager wage that in many cases won't support a family?
on 9/21/11
Democrats are big on spending for social programs Republicans are big on military spending.
Which of these two philosophies more closely matches that of Jesus's sheep, which matches that of his goats?
---StrongAxe on 9/20/11
Think they are approaching equality in error.
demo's for promoting,passing bills and legislation killing embryo infants and abomination practices.
Repub's for not being against openly.
Democrat is modified socialism. Take forcefully from those who have and give to those who don't, or won't.
Churches should handle social dutys....they know who is in need or should. Churches are foul to core now too. Or of an unknown religion opposite the Only GOD. Or a confused mixture like hendoorocksus.
on 9/21/11
James, what things do you do to improve or to participate in your government? Do you voice any of your suggestions or concerns to your President or your congressmen? You could write them a letter including your phone number and a S.A.S.E.
on 9/21/11
What on earth would make you think that just because republicans opose this kind of program that they are not giving to families in their own communities?
--Jed to StrongAxw on 9/20
StrongAxe never said that. Shame on you for implying he thinks that. This tactic of distortion is not proper discussion. But I will respond to the concept. The rich should give more to families in need, and as you give unto the least of them you give to Jesus. How do we know they are not giving enough look to the parable of the Pharisee and look around at the many mansions, expensive cars, and private jets of the rich. And the class composition of party affiliation is known.
on 9/21/11
I agree some lazy people take advantage of public assistance but many need it.
Jesus said we would have poor with us always - he did not use that as an excuse to not give, because some might abuse it.
I know quite many people on disability or food stamps or other public assistance, even some in their twenties/early thirties, but are either unable to work due to medical conditions, or try to find work but nobody will hire them.
I have one friend who donates blood twice a week just to bring in a few extra dollars so his kids are decently fed (meanwhile, he often went days without eating, so as not to deprive them of food).
These are people I would not classify as "lazy bums".
on 9/21/11
StrongAxe, now your posts are all making sense to me. You really do believe that social programs like welfare actually help the naked, cold, and hungry. That's so sweet, but so naive. As a social worker, I have seen first hand how impossible it is for the truly needy and elderly to get the help they need when can physically no longer work because all the money is being sucked up by young 25 yr olds that are just plain lazy. What on earth would make you think that just because republicans opose this kind of program that they are not giving to families in their own communities? I think most republicans would fully back a program that actually helped people who truly can't help themselves rather that enableing and catering to young lazy bums.
on 9/20/11
Good that you brought up Jesus's final judgment separating sheep from goats. Note particularly what his criterion is for separating them. His judgment was not based on theology or belief - only on action.
The good sheep fed the hungry, clothed the naked, etc. while the wicked goats did not.
Now look at the agendas of the political parties. Democrats are big on spending for social programs like welfare (that feed the hungry and clothe the naked), while Republicans are big on military spending (i.e. "breaking things and killing people" as Rush Limbaugh puts it) and cutting social programs.
Which of these two philosophies more closely matches that of Jesus's sheep, and which matches that of his goats?
on 9/20/11
Eloy, like Trav says, your spiritual blindness is causing the country great political errors. ---Rocky on 9/19/11
--Trav quoting on 9/20/11
Trav is taking the quote out of context and distorting it for his own purposes. Please see the entire contents in my post of 9/19 that starts with "Your spiritual blindness is one of the continuing reasons this and these political errors increase."
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Eloy, like Trav says, your spiritual blindness is causing the country great political errors. ---Rocky on 9/19/11
Ha. Collectively you,him and the like. His vote + your vote + the rest of who call evil good and good evil....make up his worshippers.
Christians that discern him and girlie boy types acting as leaders, could/should vote em out.
But, alas there is no such thing as aggressive sheep. Just sheep. Some lost, some found. The goats have climbed and bleat on the hill.
Matthew 25:32
And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
on 9/20/11
Trav, "You generation of vipers, how can you all speak good things, when you are evil? ....---Eloy on 9/20/11
Exactly. Know a viper and his offspring the by hissing. Perfect scripture, by the way.
Heres another.
Eze36:2 Thus saith the Lord GOD, Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:
12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel,they shall possess thee, thou shalt be their inheritance, thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.
37 Thus saith the Lord GOD, I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them...
on 9/20/11
The real bad guys (and gals) are the voters that keep choosing bad leaders. Polls show that for decades voters gave a very poor rating to Congress yet thought highly of their own Congressmen. If the Congressmen were all as good as their own electors thought, we should have had good laws. The backgrounds of both Bush and Obama lacked the experience and record of performance we should expect of the most important position in the world. Wouldn't you think we could find one of those among our millions of citizens?
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---shirley on 9/19/11
It seems to have been enough time to make it several times worse though.
on 9/19/11
Jed, Please do your homework. It costs millions of dollars to clean up devastation and mess and to pay for recovery, and he is spending necessary money to clean up the foregoing presidents nonpayments. Why do you think he turned over the military maneuvers over in the Middle East to NATO? Because we cannot afford it.
on 9/19/11
"You generation of vipers, how can you all speak good things, when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the fulness of the heart: A good person brings forward good things out of good treasure. And an evil person brings forward evil things out of evil treasure. Blessed be you all when that malign you, and will persecute and say all evil word against you, lying falsely, on account of me. Rejoice and raise high, that the bonus plenteous yours in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets, them be fore you."
on 9/20/11
I would say both of them.One primarily caused it and the other didn't correct the problem.Two years is a short time to fix a big problem though.
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Rocky, I do not listen to conservative propoganda, I speak from experience. As a mental health professional, I see first hand how people on welfare and disability who do not work have flat screen TVs, nice stereo systems, eat the best food, have it better than my own family. I also see how many people are on disability for bogus mental health disorders that are more able minded and bodied than most people I know that have jobs.
Eloy, you keep saying that Obama inherited a mess he did not create. I guess that's why he has increased our debt to several times what it was when he took office. Already having spent more in less that 3 years than Bush did in 8.
on 9/19/11
Bush didn't "attack our enemies when they attacked us". He wanted to finish his dad's war. Al Qaeda attacked on 9/11. They were Saudi-trained operatives hiding in Afghanistan. So why did he invade IRAQ? He kept claiming they had WMD - based on intelligence HE KNEW BEFOREHAND was false, but he chose to follow them anyway, because it gave him the excuse he needed to prosecute a war that he would otherwise have had no legal or moral right to do.
As I had mentioned in another Obama-related post years ago: what is more important, the flag, or the truths it stands for? Would you rather follow a man who ignores the flag but upholds the constitution? or a man who wraps himself in the flag but spits on the constitution?
on 9/19/11
he dealt with the enemy when they attack us One mistake Bush made was to trust Barney Frank.
--shira 9/19
Iraq never attacked us, did nothing to support those terrorists, and did not have weapons of mass destruction. Attacking them has now cost thousands of American lives, hundreds of thousands of Iraq lives, and hundreds of billions of dollars. Bushs trust was more misplaced with Cheney, Rumsfield, Rice, and Paulson, and not listening to those warning of the need for increased control of financial markets, particularly derivatives. But we should not have expected him to regulate the bankers that contributed so heavily to his campaign and provided his financial advisors.
on 9/19/11
You're spiritual blindness is one of the continuing reasons this and these political errors increase.
--Trav to Eloy on 9/19
Eloy, like Trav says, your spiritual blindness is causing the country great political errors. You single-handedly are confounding Pres. Obama and Congress, preventing them from doing the right thing. If only you would learn to be more spiritually correct, like Trav, unemployment and poverty in this country might vanish and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq might be won You are personally stealing jobs from the economy and making millions of people miserable. Eloy, please repent and save America.
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Elder, you are right. It is MY money, I earned it, I don't overspend and I am also on a budget. I was born in America and I am full bloom American who loves her country and military. Unlike some, I am proud of my country but not the present government. For anyone to suggest I be deported because of my view is so far down on the stupid ladder. My husband died for my freedoms as many other Americans have died. Pres Bush wasn't perfect but he dealt with the enemy when they attack us. He didn't bow to muslims leaders, disrespect our flag or our country. One mistake Bush made was to trust Barney Frank.
on 9/19/11
Jed, I was addressing the people who diss the good President.
---Eloy on 9/19/11
You're spiritual blindness is one of the continuing reasons this and these political errors increase.
Discerning Christians that do not call on GOD in alarm is the other.
Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Psalm 52:3
Thou lovest evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
on 9/19/11
"Obama but he also has been blocked by a conservative Congress which cares more making Obama look bad than helping the country."
Oh yea? Where have you been for the last 3 years?
on 9/19/11
Jed, I was addressing the people who diss the good President. Barack Obama walked into a humongous mess: gigantic debt that he did not create, economic crisis where busineeses and banks and large were bankrupting, and large unemployment rate, and recovery from terrorist attacks murdering thousands of Amercans, large oil spills off the coast, hurricanes and flooding displacing people in Louisiana and the East Coast. In the face of all these mountains of problems, bad-mouthers criticizing him and disrespecting him because they dislike the color of his skin. I say, Give honor where honor is due, and if you don't like it here, then please leave our country because we do not need you here nor do we need your unappreciative disrespect.
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...not taking money from someone to give to others. That is socialism.
--Jed 9/19
How many times do I need to tell you what "socialism" is. It is NOT what you say. Please go read a dictionary. And a "flat tax" refers to a flat or same tax rate. So you want to start taxing the poor about 25% of their income now? How abusrd.
on 9/19/11
\\If I were President I would have all seditious bad-mouthers deported out of this country, and sent into the countries that hate Americans.\\
Criticizing the President, any elected official, or any public policy in general is NOT sedition.
in fact, under the First Amendment, it's protected speech.
Glory to Jesus Christ!
on 9/19/11
Majority of [people on welfare] are folks who have figured out they can have a more luxurious life living off other people then actually working a job.
Another lie. People on welfare skrimp by on very little. Many are disabled and can't work or have several kids with no support from deadbeat dads and day care would cost as much as they can earn. You need to do little more reading from objective sites and not parrot back conservative propaganda and lies. I too am unhappy with Obama - he has not taken the right steps to deal with the crisis he INHERITED, but he also has been blocked by a conservative Congress which cares more making Obama look bad than helping the country.
on 9/19/11
what about the exploitation of the workers. many work hard doing 3 or 4 jobs but they are paid the same.
then the CEOs get bonuses for the work they did not do. that is ALSO SOCIALISM.
is that what you call success for those CEOs?
I agree that there are lazy people who are on welfare but they are healthy.
on 9/19/11
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Eloy, I don't hate this country, I love it. It's the current administration I hate. Obama does not define what America is, the people do. And the majority of people are agaist Obama and his ideals, not for him. I never said I'm unhappy here. I'm very happy with my life, thank you very much. I don't, however, have to sit around and act like everything is okay when it's not. You don't want to call it socialism, that's fine, call it what you want. Getting money from the government (taxpayers) for doing nothing at all is plain wrong, whatever you want to call it. That's what Obama has encouraged and enabled. Not just Obama, many democrats, but he's the ring leader of this circus right now.
on 9/19/11
It is not Obama who is destroying this country. He's just trying to pick up the pieces of what Bush left us with, and leaving us with a long recession - RATHER than a 1929-style Great Depression which is what we would have had, if he hadn't taken severe steps.
Remember, Bush started his term with a surplus, and in 8 short years turned it into the biggest deficit in this nation's history. Plus he started two wars in the middle east that we're STILL suffering the fallout from, dumping billions on billions of dollars into them, while letting things at home (i.e. the economy) and abroad (i.e. US good will everywhere else) suffer for it. Also remember that the stimulus package was started under Bush.
on 9/19/11
I agree that Obama is not the bad guy. However, no president has the right to deport people based on thier opinions. 9 years ago, anyone who merely criticized Bush or his ruinous war plans in Iraq or Afghanistan was called a traitor (or worse - some were detained indefinitely thanks to The "Patriot" Act).
The very same First Amendment that gives you the right to freely worship your God in them manner of your own choosing and to state your own opinions, also grants others the right to worship their gods, and to speak their minds, no matter how offensive you may personally find their speech.
on 9/19/11
Eloy, you don't know what you're talking about. I help the needy more than you know. If you really think the majority of wel-fare recipients are needy, unable to help themselves then you are plain naive. The majority of them are folks who have figured out they can have a more luxurious life living off other people then actually working a job. And get one thing straight. Obama did not take down Bin-Laden, soldiers did, soldiers that were placed there by Bush. Giving credit to Obama is a disgrace to the soldiers that are actually fighting for this country, not trying to destroy it like Obama.
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The ungrateful american whom lifts no finger to assist the needy. And instead of praising the good President of the U.S.A. for distributing stimulus moneies to the people and taking down the infamous Bin Laden whom murdered over 3,000 Americans in 9/11/2001, he would rather sinfully make faults and bad mouth him. If your unhappy here, the door is open, and your free to leave. If I were President I would have all seditious bad-mouthers deported out of this country, and sent into the countries that hate Americans.
on 9/19/11
Rocky, I was not suggesting a flat tax, but rather an equal percentage of income would be fair I think. And then taxes should be used for things that benefit everyone like roads, national security, etc, not taking money from someone to give to others. That is socialism, and it simply doesn't work, as proved in this country right now. What does work is holding each individual responsible for providing for their own family, rather than the government paying your bills with other people's money. That would lower the unemployment rate rather quickly. I see help wanted signs out at McDonalds everyday. Having only some people working while others don't and get the money, is slavery, is it not?
on 9/19/11
Jed, when you say Obama must really mean "HAVE a fair share" when he says "pay their fair share" is another gross distortion and bogus attack. Your definition that "pay fair share" means pay the same tax rate is just your interpretation. We have had a graduated income tax since the early 1900s. I am not aware of even a single Republican leader or candidate that supports the flat tax you use for comparison. And taking money from those that have and giving to those that do not again is not socialism. Why do you choose to exaggerate and distort Obama's position before attacking him, and use loaded words like "socialism"? That is dishonest.
on 9/18/11
Obama's big thing, by his own declaration, has always been "shared sacrafice". That very concept is socialistic in itself.
--Jed 9/17
No it's not. When Obama uses the term "shared sacrifice" he is talking about paying for government, which has absolutely nothing to do with socialism which, again by definition, is government ownership of production. That was pointed out before, why keep repeating the error? The notions you state "that everyone deserves the same thing" or to that "the rich should keep giving till everyone is on the same level" likewise are not related to socialism and have never been espoused by Obama. Grossly distorting his statements then attacking him for your words is dishonest.
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Obama's big thing, by his own declaration, has always been "shared sacrafice". That very concept is socialistic in itself. In capitolism, each individual is responsible for making his own way through hard work and good choices. This notion that the rich should keep giving to the poor until they are on the same level financially, or that everyone deserves the same things no matter what they have done in life, is simply socialistic, hands down.
on 9/17/11
Obama always says everyone should pay their "fair share". What he must really mean is that everyone should HAVE a fair share, which is completely different. If everyone paid their fair share, then the poor would be taxed at the same rates as the rich, which they are not. In fact, nearly 50% of American's pay no taxes at all, while the top 20% of wage earners pay 80% of all taxes collected. So if you can do math you'll see that many have to be paying MORE than their fair share already because 50% aren't paying at all. Taking money from someone and giving it to someone else who doesn't even work, through social programs, is plain socialism.
on 9/17/11
The difference is when I blow my money it is mine not someone elses. Plus, my household doesn't over spend. We have to live on a budget. Is it strange that I want my government to do the same?
Saying, "everyone does it" solves nothing.
---Elder on 9/16/11
Your the hammer Elder on that question.
Nice analogy.
Hey, remember this one speaking of hammers?
Judges 4:21
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
on 9/16/11
"as Americans many of us have overspent with credit card purchases and wild speculations."
The difference is when I blow my money it is mine not someone elses. Plus, my household doesn't over spend. We have to live on a budget. Is it strange that I want my government to do the same?
Saying, "everyone does it" solves nothing.
on 9/16/11
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that's what people say against him. I heard 1 christian say he is
anti military
anti american
anti everything.
on 9/15/11
Don't forget that "a debtor losing his property to pay his debts to the debtee" is a very capitalist thing. You see big corporations dumping money into failing companies (either by loans or hostile buy-outs) and then taking them over all the time, and this is considered the epitome of capitalism. So how is it any different when the government does it?
This isn't the government coming in and socialistically saying "OK, we're taking you over for the Public Good" - they're doing it by purely capitalist means.
on 9/15/11
Jed: First you dont responded to legitimate questions about your earlier post but instead you launch into a gross generalization that is a lie on the face most people do not call someone rascist, violent, or hater just for taking stand against Obamas policies. But when you mischaracterize his policies you are a liar. By definition, socialism is government ownership of the means of production. Please explain where Obama espoused not just socialism but radical socialism. The government did take over General Motors, to save the company which otherwise was bankrupt, not as a policy of taking over production. I will not condemn you for opposing Obama, but will say you are in grave error when you lie like you do.
on 9/14/11
Jed: I agree with a lot of that, but I'm not sure about the rest. I don't see that the nation has gone against either democracy or God in the past year - it's a nation slowly turning away from God, yes, but the last three years are not something special, they are just a continuation.
My comment about Obama is almost anyone, in his position, would end up making mostly wrong decisions, as the decisions are so hard. He made wrong decisions, yes - but could we do any better?
on 9/14/11
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Mike, now the problem IS when you take a stand against Obama and his radical socialism, you are labeled as racist, violent, and a hater.
on 9/14/11
the problem WAS when you disagree with bush & his war you are labeled Weak, unpatriotic, unamerican, america hating citizen.
on 9/14/11
Jed: What are the extreme evil turns taken against capitalism and Christianity over the last 3 years of which you speak? What specifically are you talking about when you say respect for God has decreased and what is the evidence? What specifically has Obama done to steer the loss of respect for God?
on 9/14/11
Please explain your comment: "We allowed these perversions in office." And especially the word "perversions".
And then please read:
Daniel 2:21 which says, "He (God) changes times and seasons, he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning."
And then Romans 13:1 "Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God."
on 9/13/11
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Jed. Obama inherited the problems from the conservatives and they blocked his efforts to respond to the crisis. Bush stood idle while free trade exported of millions of jobs. Instead he championed Bushs wars, including one fostered by lies from his administration, that have cost over a $1 billion with much more to come for GI health care and benefits, while passing a large tax cut for the rich that further exacerbated the deficit. He ignored calls for increased regulation of the financial markets, the immediate cause of the financial crisis and recession further adding to the deficit. The recession requires increased government spending to boost demand but conservatives in Congress have prevented him from the providing the support required.
on 9/13/11
I suspect that you think that you are being very fair with your comments with regards to the President, but just humor me, and point out a few examples of how "..respect for God..." has declined since January 20, 2009 and how the president has caused the decline.
on 9/13/11
Peter, Obama has taken the worst crisis we've had in 70 years and escalated it to the worst crisis we've ever had in history. I can't believe the extreme turn our country has taken against democracy, capitolism, and christianity over the last 3 years. No matter how bad our fincancial situation has been in the past, at least we still had a respect for God overall, nothing like we see today, much to Obama's stearing.
on 9/13/11
//We are in a bit of a mess here!//
Thank God! If not, we would need no Savior.
---aka on 9/12/11
We are at fault. Christians. We are the government. We allowed these perversions in office. We say nothing. Stupid sheep. A judas goat leader.
Leadership weaker every election. We allow it. We say nothing collectively because of lukewarm P.C. girlie preachers who do not know scripture. We allow these too. Hosea 8:4
They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Micah 3:1
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel, Is it not for you to know judgment?
on 9/13/11
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A cursory look at the prideful patterns of greed and obscenities of the last six decades should provide some hints to today's and tomorrow's woes.
on 9/13/11
We, Americans, have made the republicans vs democratic parties, liberal vs tea party, Obama vs Rep. challenger, higher taxes vs lower taxes, and other comparisons as the answer to all of our problems. When the true answer is God. So pray for Obama and other gov't officials because we are commanded to. Hopefully and with great confidence God will impart great wisdom on gov't officials.
on 9/13/11
//We are in a bit of a mess here!//
Thank God! If not, we would need no Savior.
on 9/12/11
Both are at fault, certainly
I feel some sadness for Obama, though, as he got into office at an absolutely terrrible time
That doesn't meen he's been a good president, I just mean he's had a very hard job to do - get the country out of its biggest crisis in 70 years
on 9/12/11
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Rocky, I agree with you. It's easy to put the blame on the devil. Believers don't realize he is one person? He is not omnipresent, Omniscient, Omnipotent, he can only be in one place at a time. Imagine him going to billions of people? The Bible tells us sin is our responsibilty. I also heard that when people sin, they do it unwillingly. How can they commit sin unwillingly? Unless someone puts a gun to their heads. Eve said, "it was the devils fault" and Adam said it was "Eve's fault" I didn't hear what the devil said. I'm sure he blamed God. There is many evil spirits, but we sin because we want to sin at the moment we do, and later regret it. Unbelievers don't regret they sinned until the consequences of that sin comes.
on 9/12/11
massive tax cuts & war spending from 2000-2008
plus bailout of banks
ENRON was the precurser
on 9/12/11
Donna: I agree that greed is the root of many evils, although much of it comes from human nature and does not require the devil's active intervention. And I agree that our society is much too materialistc. But the greed of politicians, particularly with respect to their own careers, and their lack of true love and compassion for others, results in much bad legislation to the detriment of our country and citizens.
on 9/12/11
It's the devil's fault and let me tell you why before you throw stones at me.
People don't want to believe and OBEY God's word. The bible tells us to owe no man anything. To pay our taxes which people in my family don't (except me and my one cousin).
It's the spirit of greed that is on this earth that tempts people to buy, buy and buy this and that and put it on credit cards and have no money to pay those cards off each month.
It's the devil's GREED that has got us into this mess. If you don't agree, then you must think it's God's greed and God is a GIVER, not a TAKER, and certainly not greedy with His blessings upon our lives (to those that Obey His word). Thanks for letting me vent about this subject...lol.
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Bill - discussing public policy issues and what caused problems is not only accepted but required in a democracy, as is discussing who is responsible so as to remove the malfactors from office. The biggest problem our country has is with the voter who keeps returning poorly performing policitians to office. For years polls have shown people have a low opinion of Congress but a high opinion of their legislator, clearly a dichotomy only possible if most people are overestimating the abilities of their own elected representatives. Your recommendation is only appropriate when living under a Kingship as in times of old.
on 9/11/11
and bushes was to blame Clinton, and Clinton blamed father bush who blamed... i think this is part of the political game, they have to blame, because nobody can win with a slogan "the other one did a hell of a job, i can't do better"
really in general Obama isn't worse then the former ones, if he'll be better History will tell, surely he will be remembered in history at least for one thing.
on 9/12/11
It is easy to blame the government about overspending and not being responsible with their money but as Americans many of us have overspent with credit card purchases and wild speculations.
on 9/12/11
The Bush (and previous) administrations overspent, too.
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Really? Do you even have to ask? It's pretty obviously Obama hands down. You know his favorite thing to do is blame Bush.
on 9/11/11
The start of our decade long downfall was caused by conservatives and business interests that pushed through free trade laws that sapped our industrial strength and jobs and dismantled banking regulations protecting the economy. The primary blame goes to Bush who pushed through an unjust war while cutting taxes on the rich, plunging the budget into a huge deficit and overheating the economy. On his watch banking regulations were further weakened and no action taken to stem the tide of bad mortgages issued nor regulate the derivatives to resell them. Warnings were ignored. Further the focus on the war and deficient prevented the country from adequately addressing the real issues of education, health care, and poverty. (continued)
on 9/11/11
Paul: Of course you are right, but the question was 'more at fault' not 'who IS at fault'
on 9/11/11
Truly both are at fault, and truly we need to find a way out - in a country with 'a government of the people for the people' we, the people, must help
But how do we help? Spend less government money, pay more, and in both cases, how?
We are in a bit of a mess here!
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Jude 8-9 > "Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries. Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, 'The Lord rebuke you!'"
"Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence." (1 Timothy 2:1-2)
So, most at fault could be us who have been just criticizing, instead of praying with hope "for".
on 9/11/11
Both Bush and Obama raised the national debt. Obama just raised it to a higher order of magnitude in a much shorter period.
on 9/11/11
According to your question both are at fault.
on 9/11/11
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NEW YORK - Imagine an employer who subsidizes up to 40 percent of your rent - as much as $13,000 in annual housing costs.
Then imagine the boss gives you more than $17,000 a year to pay for your child's private education - for 20 years.
Among other fringes, you receive a "children's allowance" - $1,936 per child annually - for up to six offspring.
But, alas, it's still expensive to live in New York City. So the company awards you a 41 percent cost-of-living adjustment on top of your six-figure base salary.
For most people, that is only a pipe dream. But foreign nationals working for the United Nations in the United States can get all these goodies - and more.
Highly compensated and pampered with perks and privileges, thousands of international civil servants are savoring the good life at U.N. headquarters in Turtle Bay.
And when they retire and go home after wrestling with global woes, the U.N. turns hundreds of them into pension millionaires. The striped-pants set believes in taking care of its own - even its own alleged war criminal.
$2.3 million nest egg
Former U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim may have been the most reviled figure in the world body's 57-year history. A Nazi intelligence officer in the Balkans between 1942 and 1945 - when Jews were deported en masse to death camps and Allied POWs were executed - he lied about his war record for more than 40 years.
His reward? A $124,754-a-year lifetime U.N. pension, paid in the currency of his choice, that has let him quietly amass a $2.3 million retirement nest egg over the past 20 years, courtesy of the U.N.'s 190 member nations.
A posting at the green-glass Secretariat Building is a passport to the lush life. Among the benefits:
A pension so sweet, one need work only five years to qualify - and can start cashing out at age 55.
An average annual gross salary, for the 3,000-strong professional class of $121,571, including base pay and a cost-of-living adjustment - and all that before a staff assessment (a kind of internal tax) is deducted.
An all-but-guaranteed "step up" or raise every 12 months for most jobs - and as often as every 10 months in some cases.
Six weeks of vacation - after just one year on the job.
Free round-trip travel back to the home country every two years for employees, spouses and dependent children, with a daily subsistence allowance for two rest stopovers en route.
A $275-a-day "assignment grant" for 30 days - just for starting work in New York. And an additional cash bonus, $137 a day for each dependent, as part of the grant.
U.S. contribution
Americans on the U.N. payroll - about 10 percent of the 4,892 New York-based staffers - are generally denied the housing and education subsidies and some other perquisites because they work in their home country. Yet the United States pays $566 million - or 22 percent - of the U.N.'s $2.6 billion biennial budget. Its share was reduced from 25 percent two years ago in return for Washington's pledge to make good on long-overdue dues payments.
Meanwhile, the diplomats from overseas stationed here are routinely lavished with dozens of cushy if little-known grants, allowances, subsidies and other inducements.
Such giveaways to the expatriate U.N. staff come at a cost to the average New Yorker. Struggling to meet rent and college payments, and with no comparable subsidies, longtime New Yorkers are placed at an unfair competitive disadvantage when it comes to the housing and education markets.
U.N. brass say their benefits package must be competitive to assure high standards for staff.
Officials complain that other countries have outpaced the U.N. They say Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan and Singapore offer significantly higher compensation, but that U.S. civil service employees abroad and Foreign Service officers enjoy greater housing, education and social benefits.
Six weeks of vacation - 30 days - may sound like a lot, the U.N. staffers say. But in Germany, they get seven weeks. A child's cash allowance of $1,936 per offspring per year may be tough for Americans to fathom. But in France, the equivalent payments exceed $2,000 per child.
Falling behind
"Our allowances have fallen behind the American, European and Japanese civil service models in many cases," said Manfred Ordelt, chief of salaries and allowances at the U.N.'s International Civil Service Commission.
But critics of the U.N. argue that the subsidy system has an insidious effect on the host city, particularly in housing and education, because it artificially drives up the costs for everybody else.
"Ritzy private schools and East Side landlords look at the subsidies as a wonderful windfall that gives them an excuse to raise prices," said Daniel Mitchell, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington-based think tank.
"New Yorkers, who already pay high taxes - which help to fund the extravagant subsidies of U.N. bureaucrats - then have to pay even more for their rent and schooling."
Education allowance
Consider the education allowance. The U.N. pays 75 percent of costs, up to a ceiling of $17,584 annually, for each expatriate's child. Starting at age 5 and continuing to age 25, the grant can cover everything from private school expenses to university tuition.
The cost? If a diplomat stays in town for 20 years and educates just one child in America in that time, the U.N. would shell out a maximum $351,680. The private schooling of three children, over 20 years each, would set back the U.N. $1.05 million.
The rental subsidy could also make New Yorkers' blood boil: In their first four years in the city, diplomats can get up to 40 percent of their rent paid free and clear - as much as $13,000 a year, or $1,083 a month, in some cases.
Under a complicated formula, the maximum rent-reimbursement rate drops to 30 percent in the fifth year, 20 percent in the sixth year and 10 percent in the seventh year, after which it ends. The value of the subsidy can be as high as $71,500 over seven years - or up to $10,241 annually averaged out over that time.
While subsidies of 40 percent for rent and 75 percent for education may seem steep, the U.N. notes that the U.S. civil service abroad offers employees 100 percent reimbursement for housing and education. American U.N. employees posted in New York are ineligible for both subsidies.
Then there's the "children's allowance" in which a parent receives a flat payment of $1,936 a year for each dependent child, from birth up to age 21. This is described as a "social benefit" and is handed out for up to six children.
If there is no primary dependent - a child or spouse - then the "secondary dependent's allowance" could kick in. That's a $693 annual stipend for an employee who provides financial support for a mother, father, brother or sister.
'Post adjustment'
There's more. U.N. staffers get a "post adjustment" - basically a cost-of-living sweetener - to ensure that their salaries have the same purchasing power at duty stations anywhere in the world. In New York, that allowance is currently set at 41 multiplier points, with each point equal to 1 percent of base salary.
In other words, it's so expensive to live here that the U.N. heaps 41 percent on top of an employee's net pay as part of the compensation package.
"The idea is that a staffer at a certain pay level in New York doesn't get any more or less than a staffer in Ouagadougou," said the U.N.'s Ordelt, referring to the capital city of tiny West African nation Burkina Faso.
And then there are the pensions. An undersecretary general - and there are 19 of them in New York - would have a final average pensionable remuneration of $203,380, of which 46 percent, or $93,716, would be a typical annual pension.
An assistant secretary general - there are 14 of them - with pensionable income of $188,395 would get an $86,661 pension.
Retirees with lengthy service at high levels of pay can accumulate seven-figure windfalls over time - in countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where per capita income averages $600, and Cambodia, where the average annual pay is $1,300.
As for top-dollar compensation, Secretary-General Kofi Annan pulls down $294,020 a year, including $220,968 in gross annual salary and a $73,052 cost-of-living adjustment.
Salaries at the world body are often described as tax-free. Wrong, the U.N. staffers say, they pay a staff assessment of about 32 percent, a kind of internal flat tax which is deducted from the gross salaries and from which deductions are not permitted. The assessment brings down Annan's take-home pay.
But don't feel too sorry for the secretary general.
He also gets a "representation allowance" - $25,000 - for entertainment expenses, not to mention the keys to an opulent townhouse on Sutton Place once owned by J.P. Morgan's daughter, which comes complete with gardens, river views and three formal parlors. In his homeland, Ghana, the per capita income averages $1,900 a year.


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Sarah Goodyear of Time Out NY has spoken and according to her, the blogs at the frontlines of the 'War for Brooklyn' are: B61 Productions, Brooklyn Record, Brownstoner, Gowanus Lounge, Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn, Planet PLG and Set Speed.
About us, she wrote: Spot-on commentary and reporting on the rapidly evolving (devolving?) Fort Greene scene, from yuppified bars to out-of-sight real-estate prices.


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Frankly, stories like this make me a bit uncomfortable. There is a lot to learn from 25 year old, Kyle Maynard. He was born without hands or feet and yet he climbed Mt. Kilamanjaro. His attitude is refreshing and, at the same time, challenging. Watching him redefines my challenges and compels me to get back in the game. How about you? What are your thoughts after watching him?
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This is one of my favourite recipes, I made it for my family for Christmas brunch last year and I'm very tempted to do the same this year... though something tells me I should probably come up with a new recipe. Still plenty of time for all that!
You'll find this recipe in the Christmas recipe ebook but we wanted to share it here with you too. I love adding in my home-made sugar free mincemeat (also in the ebook!) but this is optional, it just gives an extra festive flavour. You can change up the nuts and fruits as well if you prefer, this is simply the combination I found best for Christmas!
P.s The recipe is featured in our Christmas Recipe ebook updated for Christmas 2014 and available to download for free in our store here.
Recipe: Christmas Baked Oatmeal
Serves 2
- 2/3 cup gluten free oats
- 1 tbs ground chia
- 1 cup non dairy milk (coconut milk works really well)
- 3 tbs mincemeat
- ½ heaped tsp each cinnamon and nutmeg (or to taste)
- 1 small nectarine (or any small orange)
- Handful of dried cranberries
- Topping: 2 tbs flaked almonds and a little coconut sugar if desired
Peel and slice the orange into fingertip sized pieces. Mix all other ingredients together in a small bowl. Spoon into a greased oven dish min. 20x10cm. and press the orange into the top of the mixture. Dust with sugar if desired.
Bake at 180C for approx. 20 mins until the topping is golden. This also tastes great cold the next day!


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Mad Tom Theatre presents…
Frankenstein: Man or Monster
Four mental illnesses presented as part of the Frankenstein myth with a monster who is shunned and abused because he is 'different'.
Created and performed by Augustus Stephens – as seen on BBC1
Frank has multiple personalities one of which is Dr. Frankenstein who has delusions of grandeur and thinks he is creating life. When lightning strikes, a monster really is created who has his own problems and can't seem to fit in.
Augustus has spoken to many people with severe mental illness about their lives and their stories and has used these, along with his own experiences, to create the characters, from Frankenstein who has delusions of grandeur to Igor who has OCD and the monster himself who has schizophrenia.
The concept behind the show is that someone with a severe mental illness is often misunderstood and may be rejected or abused, i.e. treated like a monster. It presents a unique retelling of the Frankenstein myth with Mad Tom's usual mix of humour, songs and heart-breaking characterisations.
Themes: Mental illness; involvement with health services; survival; recovery and the impossibility of recovery; humour in the darkest places
Mad Tom Theatre was created in 2016 to continue, and to expand on, the work started by Augustus Stephens in the fields of mental illness and other kinds of difference. It's aim is to increase tolerance, reduce stigma and to give people a good laugh.
The company have two aims: first is to make people happy, whatever we present in front of an audience has to be entertaining; second is to educate or enlighten the audience on one of our themes: mental illness and tolerance. Art is what separates the brutal animal 'homo sapiens' from the wise and compassionate 'human being'.
**** Broadway Baby – Stripped back and incredibly emotive, Stephens' one-man performance will leave you begging for more.
Audience demographic
2018 is the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Anyone who has had or has come across mental illness (most of the population)
Number in company: 1
Personnel: Written, produced, performed by Augustus Stephens
Directed by Lucy Poulson
Running Time: 75 mins
Age: No restriction
Types of financing: Fixed fee, Box office split
Tech: Sound 'desk' for incidental music and sound effects
Availability: Anytime after July 2017. Anytime in 2018
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January 21, 2013
So here it goes… the GP125 is in pieces, the engine is out, the unnecessary road gear is in the bin, clip ons are 3/4 done and I'm studying 2 stroke tuning like a fat kid on a sugar high.
Some reference photos of the engine because I'm yet to see any decent quality ones online:
5 Responses to "GP125 WORKINGS"
January 22, 2013 at 4:42 PM
what is the purpose of the plastic gear?
January 22, 2013 at 7:46 PM
I am studying the two stroke tuning book as well its bloody hard to understand
February 23, 2013 at 11:21 PM
Two stroke tuning.. it's beautiful. It's very easy and very difficult at the same time. The workshop looks awesome. Love it.
August 26, 2015 at 4:50 AM
suzuki gp 125 is popular here in our city and all over our country (philippines).. we used it not for travel.. we used it to drag racing..


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|Maison mitoyenne 1 côté L'Isle-en-Dodon 180 m²
|290 000 €
Agency commission payable by the seller.
Beautiful stone house, the old presbytery, in a small village just 50 minutes SW of Toulouse. Impeccably restored and finished, heavenly terraced garden with fabulous Pyrenean views. 4 bedrooms, swimming pool, summer living and kitchen, outbuilding, currently double garage and workshop but potential to convert to maison d'amis.
Ground floor
Hall and stairs. Sitting room. Summer living room. Study/bedroom. Kitchen. Buanderie.
First floor
Large landing. Bedroom I, leading to bathroom. Bedroom II, leading to Bedroom lll (could be converted to en-suite bathroom. Wc and basin on half landing.
Garden terrace level
Cave with central heating boiler etc. Shower room. Bedroom lV with french windows to garden.
Garden, approx 3500m2 on several terrace levels. Well established planting; shrubs, trees, small orchard, flowerbeds, climbers etc.Swimming pool, 7m x 3.5m, provision to install counter current for swimming for exercise. Summer living room and kitchen, under the garden terrace, water and electricity. Outbuilding, seperate building, currently double garage (side by side ) with access from the street amd workshop, open to the eaves. Easy potential to convert to a 'Maison d'amis' /guardian's cottage. Access through iron gates both from street to front of house and along a driveway to the end of the garden.
Airport; Toulouse 67kms
Mandat: MM11263
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Paris, FRANCE - Award-winning Qatar Airways is once again participating at the high-profile Paris Air Show with a luxurious chalet at Le Bourget Airport in the French capital between 18 - 24 June 2007.
More than 200,000 trade visitors are expected to attend the world's largest and oldest aerospace trade show event, one of the most prestigious in the aviation industry calendar.
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker will be leading a large delegation of airline officials from head office in Doha to the biennial show, now in its 47th year.
The airline will showcase its fine hospitality with a two-tier chalet draped in its burgundy corporate colours. And Qatar Airways' brand new Airbus A330-200, newly delivered from Airbus's factory in Toulouse, will be parked as a static display in front of the luxurious chalet. This new aircraft takes the airline's fleet size up to 58 all-Airbus.
The A330 is one of the most spacious jets in the sky featuring Qatar Airways' seat-cum-flat beds in First and Business Class. After the show, the aircraft will take-off from Le Bourget to Doha, capital of the State of Qatar, for entry into commercial service on medium- and long-haul routes served by the Five Star airline.
In Paris, Qatar Airways is the only airline among hundreds of exhibitors - comprising aircraft, engine, military jet and helicopter manufacturers - participating throughout the week.
Al Baker said he was delighted that Qatar Airways was once again taking part in the event, following the success of the airline's participation at the show two years ago.
"The Paris Air Show is regarded as one of the top aerospace industry events of the year and we are pleased to be able to use this opportunity to showcase our hospitality to visitors from around the world," he said.
"We look forward to a highly productive week as it will be a perfect opportunity to network with existing business partners and build new relationships.
"Business talks will take place just before our first entry into the US market, which will be the highlight of Qatar Airways' route expansion during 2007."
Qatar Airways currently operates scheduled flights from its Doha hub to 75 destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Indian subcontinent and the Far East. The airline launches flights to Geneva on June 26, together with New York on the same date, followed three weeks later by daily services to Washington DC, beginning July 19.
Qatar Airways' fleet size will double in size to more than 110 aircraft by 2015. It plans to acquire 80 Airbus A350s and 22 Boeing 777s, with deliveries of the latter beginning in November 2007.
The airline is one of the launch customers of the twin-deck A380 'super jumbos' with four aircraft on order, scheduled for delivery from 2009, to coincide with the opening of the US$5.5billiion New Doha International Airport.
On the Paris - Doha route, the airline operates 11 flights a week offering passengers with attractive onward connections to holiday and business destinations such as Oman, India, Vietnam, the Maldives, China and Japan.
With a growing international network, Al Baker added that more travellers would have an opportunity to use Qatar Airways' brand new Premium Terminal at Doha International Airport, exclusively for departing First and Business Class passengers.
The Premium Terminal, which opened at the end of 2006, features facilities such as a spa, jacuzzi, duty free, business centre and fine dining restaurants. Built in just nine months, the US$90 million terminal is the world's first commercial passenger building dedicated to First and Business Class passengers.
Doha-based Qatar Airways will operate a fleet of 110 aircraft by 2013 – almost double the existing size. Qatar Airways has ordered 80 Airbus A350s, 60 Boeing 787s and 32 Boeing 777s, with deliveries of the latter having started in November 2007. The airline is a launch customer of the twin-deck Airbus A380 'super jumbos' with five aircraft on order and scheduled for delivery from 2010. Qatar Airways moves to the New Doha International Airport in 2010, when the first phase of the new facility opens. For more information, visit www.ndiaproject.com
Qatar Airways is one of only six airlines in the world with a Five Star ranking for service and excellence awarded by Skytrax, the independent aviation industry monitoring agency. Skytrax also named Qatar Airways' cabin crew as Best in the Middle East for the fifth year running in 2007 following a survey of more than 15 million passengers worldwide. For more information, log onto www.qatarairways.com
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Bartenders see some serious sh*t on a daily basis, and people often treat them like counselors when they don't get paid nearly as much. As such, bartenders must passive-aggressively enjoy judging their high maintenance clientele as a means of quiet revenge. The enterprising bartenders of Reddit decided to enjoy a little venting by spilling all their judgments onto the Internet.
Customers sort of know the drill already, for the prospect of ordering in a bar can be daunting. Many people skip the decisions and fall into ordering the same stuff on a repeated basis. Others are brave enough to shake it like a martini, thereby mixing up the same boring routine. Just know that your bartender is probably judging your choice, and you probably deserve it for being a bad tipper. Let's get down to the judgy secrets spilling from these bartenders' mouths:
User aquintana gets things started correctly with a handy rundown:
"Manhattan: young dude trying to look classy or something
Cosmo: chick trying to loosen up for ladies night
Draft domestic beer: casual drinker
Draft domestic beer and well shot: alcoholic
Whiskey neat or on the rocks: someone who really needs a drink
Old Fashioned: see manhattan
Rusty Nail: old man
Bahama Mama: someone who recently watched Cocktail
Vodka Rocks, twist: see Beer and shot"


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Wondering what to do with those Easter leftovers? Here are 3 creative ways to reinvent popular holiday fare that's perfect for lunch or dinner.
1. Lamb Shawarma-Style
Give leg of lamb an exotic makeover! Shawarma is an Arabic meat preparation in which seasoned meat, usually lamb, beef, veal, chicken or turkey, is roasted on a spit then thinly shaved. It is served plated with accompaniments or in a wrap similar to a Greek Gyro. Create your own at home by thinly slicing your leftover lamb and serving it on Mediterranean (pocketless) pita with hummus, shredded lettuce, cucumber and tomato and a drizzle of tahini (sesame paste).
2. Soupe de Legumes
This just a fancy French name for vegetable soup. It's an easy and delicious use of leftover veggies that I learned and enjoyed on my many visits to France. Puréeing the soup results in a velvety smooth consistency without the fat and calories of cream-based soups, especially if you're using an immersion (stick) blender or other heavy duty blender.
1 onion, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 large carrot, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 quart vegetable or chicken stock
1 tsp dried herbs or 1 Tbsp fresh
2 cups leftover cooked veggies - any combination (e.g. Green beans, carrots, potatoes...)
Salt and pepper
Parsley for garnish (optional)
Gently sauté onion, celery and carrot over medium heat, stirring frequently, until softened but not brown. Add garlic and herbs and stir until fragrant, 30 seconds - 1 minute. Add stock and bring to a boil. Add veggies. Reduce heat to low and simmer 15 minutes or until heated through. Purée and season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve garnished with fresh parsley.
Note: The color of your soup will vary depending on the veggie combination used.
Tips: Soup too thin? Add more cooked veggies and purée. Too thick? Slowly add more stock while pureeing until desired consistency is reached. Want more protein? Stir in some cooked white beans, shredded chicken or top with crispy crumbled bacon.
3. Pickle those eggs!
Here's a really fun idea from Epicurious to pickle hard boiled eggs in a variety of colors using natural dyes. There's a different recipe for each color. So pick one and give it a try. Call some friends and serve them up with beer and pretzels!


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