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A Great Night Of Orange Light Flying Tonight.! Started as always with 2 due south of us (loop 303 and Northern Ave) in the area of Goodyear. We also saw a line formation (east to west) just to the South/West of our location to the buckeye area. And then to My surprise, there was also another formation just to the West of them in a vertical line (up/down). In total, East/West line formation of 5 Orange Lights, and then just to the West and a little lower than the first line was the second formation up/down of another 5. And then we also had the 2 to the South and a Third joins them in the middle and just above them. It Was A Great Viewing Night For Us.


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Steven Markland has joined Downtown Music Publishing, where he has been appointed as Vice President of A&R and will establish Downtown's first office in Nashville, as announced today by Justin Kalifowitz (Founder/President of Downtown).
In his new role, Markland will sign and develop emerging and established songwriters, acquire catalogs and work closely with Downtown's creative teams in New York and Los Angeles to create new opportunities for the Company's writer roster. He will report to Kalifowitz and Downtown's Chief Operating Officer, Andrew Bergman.
A 25 year veteran of the music publishing industry, Markland has discovered and nurtured some of the most talented songwriters in Nashville including Brett James and Jeffrey Steele, who won multiple ASCAP, BMI and NSAI "Songwriter of the Year" awards as well as the two-time 2014 Grammy winner Kacey Musgraves (Country Album of the Year, Country Song of the Year).
Prior to joining Downtown, Markland served as Vice President of A&R, Nashville at Warner/Chappell Music, a position he held since 2009. Previously, Markland was tapped to open Windswept Publishing's Nashville office in 1996, under Markland's leadership the company earned over 50 ASCAP and BMI "Most Performed Songs" awards. From 1993 to 1996, Markland was Director of Creative Affairs at Patrick Joseph Music. A native of Ohio, Markland began his career in the music industry as an intern at RCA Records while attending Belmont University in Nashville.
"For over two decades, Steve has proven to be a tireless champion of songwriters," said Kalifowitz. "As we expand our business to Nashville, home to one of the most vibrant songwriting communities in the world, Andrew and I couldn't be more delighted to welcome such a passionate and talented executive to our team."


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The anticipated Tupac biopic, All Eyez On Me, has wrapped production.
According to reports, shooting wrapped earlier in the week in Las Vegas, where they shot the late rapper's death for the final scenes of the movie.
Pac was shot on the Vegas strip back in Sept. 7, 1996, hours after watching Mike Tyson's fight against Bruce Seldon. He would ultimately die from his wounds in the hospital on Sept. 13..
Producer LT Hutton shared some photos from the set on Instagram, which feature actor Demetrius Shipp Jr. portraying Tupac and Dominic L. Santana playing Suge Knight.
So far, a release date for All Eyez On Me has yet to be announced.
Throughout the filming process, Hutton and others have shared images from the set. Check some of them out below.


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The minister of tourism says that unlicensed travel agencies have until the end of January to register with the government and pay up or face closure.
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A travel agent in Phnom Penh. The government hopes to clean up the tourism industry by shutting down unregistered operators.
TOURISM officials are set to launch a crackdown on unlicensed travel agents after issuing repeated calls for tighter regulation of the sector, said the tourism minister.
The ruling could see 12 percent of the Kingdom's 200 travel agencies shut down the end of the month, according to ministry figures.
"Twenty-two of Cambodia's 200 travel companies are operating without licences," Thong Khon, minister of tourism, told the Post Tuesday.
The Ministry has been working to upgrade the country's hotels and travel agencies by introducing industry standards. The minister said the ministry sent warning letters on January 12 saying that companies have until January 31 to register or face legal action.
"After the deadline at month's end, we will invite them one by one to license their companies," said Thong Khon.
"If they still fail to apply for a licence, we will shut them down."
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The minister said that the offending travel agencies have already been warned to register.
"To get a licence for a travel agent, the law requires that the operator deposits US$5,000 at the National Bank of Cambodia, just in case something happens. It is for the benefit of guests. If they are not made to do this, the agents might abandon guests that have made reservations," he said.
He assured the agencies that the government will not steal the money held by the national bank.
"The deposit still belongs to them, not us. It is to ensure that they have the funds available for their customers," said Thong Khon.
Ho Vandy, president of the Cambodian Association of Travel Agents (CATA), told the Post Tuesday that its 171 members back the ministry action.
He said that CATA has complained to the tourism ministry for several years regarding legal action against unlicensed tour operators.
"There is no transparency in the market. We have licences, we comply with the law and pay the tax. [Unlicensed agencies] are not following the rules, so they do not pay tax - it is unfair competition," he said.
One owner of an unlicensed travel agency in Daun Penh district said that the government's reserve requirement is too high. "If I have to pay the money, I will go out of business. I am already losing every month, and sometimes there is often no money to pay the staff. I cannot afford to deposit $5,000 for the licence," said Chhoeun Marany, the owner of Rany Travel Agency.
She said that she plans to shut down at the end of the month when the ruling comes into force.


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|"Got it Mommy!" he said. He didn't think my head was necessary.
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Pattern: Sewaholic Renfrew
Fabric: cotton jersey - very stable
Pattern: none - cut two big rectangles, sewed and serged side seams, serged top and bottom, folded up hem and stitched, folded down casing and stitched, inserted elastic, closed casing. Voila.
Fabric: Robert Kauffman (bottom), Moda Oh Deer! by MoMo (top two)
Man, I love that Renfrew pattern. The first time I did it, I used a lightweight knit -- not the stable knit Tasia recommends. This time I widened the shoulders but cut the same size. Because my knits were more stable (thicker with less stretch and heavier weight), I should have gone up a size.** Especially on the orange one. You can see the under-wire outline of my bra. (Mom and I agreed that's an "It Might Be Too Tight" indicator.)
Next time I'll know. And there WILL be a next time.
The skirts are great. I'll pair them with my boots or ballet flats, find some wild-colored tights, and be good to go. The fun colors will distract people from my non-matching stripes. (The fabric was too expensive to buy extra for matching.)
WHY oh WHY did I not add pockets?
Another thing for next time.
I'm convinced the reason I keep sewing is to get it right "next time."
** In a case of perfect timing, Tasia (Sewaholic's designer extraordinaire) has an excellent post published today titled, "What's a Stable Knit Fabric?"


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On the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa stands a graveyard filled with simple wooden crosses. We don't know the names and stories of those buried there, except that they perished at sea trying to reach Europe, fleeing conflict in Syria, human-rights abuses in Somalia and Eritrea, poverty in West Africa.
Over the last decade, an estimated 20,000 people have died attempting to make the crossing. Last year was the deadliest on record, with more than 3,500 drowning or succumbing to hunger, thirst, or cold.
The number of deaths would have been far higher had it not been for the efforts of the Italian navy. After a deadly shipwreck in October of 2013 off the coast of Lampedusa, in which more than 350 people drowned—an incident the pope described as a moral failure—Italy deployed its navy in a major rescue operation known as Mare Nostrum, Latin for "our sea." The operation extended almost to the coast of Libya, from where many of the rickety boats embark. They rescued tens of thousands of people.
The Italian government has repeatedly asked member states of the European Union to share responsibility for rescue efforts. The EU is supposed to have a common asylum policy. But there was no appetite in Europe's capitals for a pan-European effort, in part because of concerns that Mare Nostrum was acting as a pull factor. Instead, European governments collectively resolved to focus on deterring departures, combating the smuggling that makes these crossings possible, and addressing the "root causes" of migration in countries of origin.


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The Democratic Alliance (DA), Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and United Democratic Movement (UDM) have made their submissions to the Speaker's office in their call for a secret ballot on a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma.
Parties had until the end of business on Friday, 14 July to submit their views on the preferred means of voting when the motion is held on 8 August.
The parties say speaker Baleka Mbete should now be prepared to provide reasons for her decision on the kind of ballot that will be held, and that they will not allow her to take a decision that is not in compliance with last month's Constitutional Court ruling.
The Daily Maverick's Marianne Merten has more on this development.
It looks like the usual political fault lines have emerged, and it is now up to National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete to as the court instructed her, apply her mind and make a decision— Marianne Merten, writer at the Daily Maverick
There is no deadline, there is no time frame, she could do it on Monday, or on the day, the 8th of August.— Marianne Merten, writer at the Daily Maverick
READ: #SecretBallot: There are two necessary evils, choose the lesser evil - Matshiqi
Merten says whatever decision Mbete makes, she will have to avoid another court case.
The most important thing will be that whatever she does in the coming days, is something that can stand out and will be accepted one way or the other and she will not find herself back in court. It is a difficult situation, it is politics....— Marianne Merten, writer at the Daily Maverick
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Heather joined CKO one year ago (Nov 2012) and made really good progress her first 7-months. She was happy with her results but was not satisfied, she knew she could do better and she knew she had more work to do in order to reach her full fitness/health potential but she needed that extra push! The first seven months at CKO gave Heather the strength, the endurance, and the confidence needed to take her fitness to the next level. So at end of July 2013 she inquired about doing a personal 10-week challenge which consisted of nutrition counseling, attending a minimum of 3 classes per week, and a weekly circuit training session.
We had instant chemistry, what really impressed me was her passion and her drive, I have seen/heard a lot of people talk about fitness goals but quit as soon as the going gets tough, but not Heather, she talked the talked and walked the walk! I would set weekly goals and every time she consistently exceeded the requirement-pushing herself harder and harder each and every workout. The nutrition portion of the 10-week challenge, is based on a primal diet which means, NO SUGAR and NO GRAINS. Within one week, I noticed an immediate physical appearance in her face and her level of energy was up too. Heather was super fun to train, as time went by her strength, speed, stamina, and health continued to improved. I was also very excited to see her food choices significantly improved, she became much more aware of what she ate and how it affected her body.
I truly believe this is only the beginning. She deserves all the credit and remains focused on her goal to get six-pack abs. What I admire about her most is her drive. I thank her for letting me train her because she truly is an ideal client with an amazing attitude. I want Heather to know that the sky is literally the limit and she has the potential to do great things in this world! 🙂
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My fitness journey began with the purchase of a Groupon for CKO Kickboxing. One of my good friends, who has since become a CKO instructor, thought we would try it out to see if we liked it. The summer I joined CKO, I was going through one of the hardest times in my life. I had just broken up with my boyfriend of almost seven years, who I had been through so many ups and downs with during the relationship that it totally weighed me down. I barely could get through the day at times, but I always looked forward to getting to CKO after work; it was my therapy.
When I finally joined CKO, I fell back in love with fitness. I was reawakened and finally felt like myself again after losing touch with who I was for so long. I started wanting more than just group classes. I wanted to get stronger and toned. The best decision I ever made was hiring Robert Rivera as my trainer and nutritionist to take my fitness to the next level. I was quite honestly a little scared because I had heard he made you cut out all grains, pasta and sugar from your diet. But I had made up my mind and set my eyes on the prize. I was fully committed to a healthier lifestyle.
I started seeing a difference in my body within the first week. My stomach looked smaller and leaner and my body continued to rapidly change. I was motivated and wanted to get better every day. I have gone from a size 6/8 to a size 4 and I'm finally close to being back to my college size. I haven't touched grains in almost five months and I don't understand why people love bread so much. When people ask me what kind of diet I'm on or how I eat, I tell them this is not a diet, it's a lifestyle change. I can't be happier with the results I was able to achieve during the course of 13 weeks.
CKO Kickboxing is far more than just your typical gym. This place has completely transformed my life. Everyone here is rooting for you and wants you to achieve your goal, which is not something you'll find at any other gym. This is a special place. Thank you CKO and Robert Rivera for the daily nutrition text messages, checking in on my food log and always going above and beyond my expectations. But I'm not done yet. Robert and I have already discussed new goals and I'm ready for the challenge!


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PARIS (AP) — The International Energy Agency is urging OPEC countries to swiftly deliver on promised production cuts if they want to see a sustained increase in oil prices that will also help shore up their economies. In its monthly report Tuesday, the global watchdog said production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries hit a record high in ...Read More »
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North Dakota oil output up about 2,375 barrels daily in July
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's oil production increased by about 2,375 barrels a day in July, after dropping by about 20,000 barrels the month before. The Department of Mineral Resources says the state produced an average of 1.029 million barrels of oil daily in July, up from 1.027 million barrels in June. North Dakota's production record was set in ...Read More »
Suddenly, old methods aren't the best any more when it comes to paraffin removal
If you've ever burned a candle in the same candleholder over and over again, you know that there is going to be huge wax buildup. Removing the wax is no easy task. The same holds true in the oilfield. The plain fact is that crude oil contains wax . . . paraffin to be exact . . . and over ...Read More »
US rig count up 17 this week to 481, Texas up 13
HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 17 this week to 481. A year ago, 884 rigs were active. Depressed energy prices have sharply curtailed oil and gas exploration. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 396 rigs sought oil and 83 explored for natural gas ...Read More »
US rig count up 7 this week to 447
HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by seven this week to 447. A year ago, 857 rigs were active. Depressed energy prices have sharply curtailed oil and gas exploration. Houston oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 357 rigs sought oil and 89 explored for natural gas ...Read More »
North Dakota oil output increases 5,400 barrels daily in May
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's oil production increased about 5,400 barrels a day in May, after dropping by about 70,000 barrels the month before. The Department of Mineral Resources says the state produced an average of 1.047 million barrels of oil daily in May. North Dakota's production record was set in December 2014 at 1.22 million barrels daily. North ...Read More »
US energy secretary sees oil market coming into balance
BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. energy secretary said Friday he sees the global oil market coming into balance over the next year as rising demand catches up with a two-year-old supply glut that depressed prices. Ernest Moniz said supplies should be adequate after the market comes into balance. He said Saudi Arabia has made clear it will maintain spare production ...Read More »
Oil price unlikely to rise much further, global agency says
LONDON (AP) — The price of oil is unlikely to rise much further after rallying almost 90 percent since January, as the global market shows signs of stabilizing, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. The Paris-based agency, which advises the world's top oil consuming nations, nudged up its estimate for global oil demand this year in its monthly report. It ...Read More »
Flo-Rite Magnetic Fluid Conditioning for Horizontal Wells
Since the horizontal well boom began, production technology has advanced exponentially. But despite these advances, there remains an arduous and persistent problem which plagues both conventional and unconventional wells alike — paraffin and scale buildup. Treating paraffin with Magnetic Fluid Conditioning Magnetic Fluid Conditioning (MFC) is not new to the oilfield. Historically, though, the process hasn't been trusted as an ...Read More »
Oil prices set for fourth-straight monthly gain
The price of oil is on track to set its longest run of monthly gains in five years. Futures were up Tuesday morning in New York, paving the way for a fourth-straight monthly advance. Oil production has been disrupted in several different countries in recent months. Nigeria's oil production is down 50 percent after a series of militant attacks. In ...Read More »


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How much time do we spend at work? About 8 hours? (I'm bad at work / life balance and often do paperwork well beyond that.) We all have things we specialize in. Editing. Retail. Community Protection. Food Service. Auto repair. Nursing. Marketing. Shoes and I just happen to specialize in "whatever goes the most wrong in society". I wouldn't be anywhere else, but on days like today, I get home, and I am so grateful for all of the little, tiny, most insignificant things that are going well.
Turns out those things aren't so insignificant after all.
On Facebook today, my friend Candace asked, "What does the Incarnation mean to you?" Some believe. Some don't. But on today, the day before Christmas Eve, when I am waiting for my Shoes to arrive and it is almost Christmas and we have so many lovely things to look forward to and I have spent an afternoon grieving with people whose Christmases aren't going to go well, I'm deeply absorbed in this question.
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One: Without the Incarnation, I do not know how to offer hope to children who are physically, mentally and sexually abused. I do not talk about it in session; I just personally do not know how to offer hope and light without the Incarnation. There's a little verse about truly knowing what hope and faith mean .... after you've seen the darkness.
Two: With the Incarnation, I believe there are good things in this world for us. I live in the land of the living. I need to see the good now. The whole world changes for me with the Incarnation.
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Library of Birmingham Boosted by Important 19th Century Photography Collection
Francis Bedford, Tour in the East, Birmingham Central Library.
A collection of rare photographs from the first photography commission for a Royal trip abroad has been purchased by Birmingham Library and Archive Services. Taken by the pioneering British photographer Francis Bedford (1816-1894), they chronicle the Tour in the East made in 1862 by the Prince of Wales, (the late Edward VII). Bedford became the first official photographer to accompany a member of the British Royal Family when he was invited to travel as part of the entourage of the Prince of Wales on a Tour In The East which covered Athens, Corfu, Constantinople, Tripoli, Egypt, Syria and the Holy Land.
Birmingham Library and Archive Services has acquired a rare set of the 172 photographs resulting from this tour for £55000 with grants of £32500 from the
Art Fund
and £15000 from the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund. The collection will be housed in the Library of Birmingham, currently under construction and due to open in 2013.
Originally published in 21 parts each containing 8 prints, together with three albums and two rectangular folios printed in 1862, the prints were further grouped into three portfolios titled Egypt, the Holy Land and Syria, and Constantinople and the Mediterranean. In addition to recording the official Royal visit, Bedford was permitted to photograph Christian and Muslim holy sites previously restricted as sacrosanct. His photographs therefore represent a unique visual diary of the tour and an important architectural and archaeological record of the Middle East.
The acquisition complements an already significant collection of 18th and 19th century published works on the archaeology, history and culture of the Middle East owned by Birmingham Library and Archive Services and will give Birmingham the largest and most significant collection of work relating to Francis Bedford in the world.
The acquisition will enable the Library to stage a major exhibition in the future showing the entire work for the first time since the exhibition in the 1860s - in the new Library of Birmingham. It may also enable the Library to organise an exhibition as part of a series of cultural exchanges proposed through the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding between Birmingham City Council and Abu Dhabi.
Pete James, Head of Photographs, Birmingham Library and Archive Services, said, We are very grateful to the Art Fund and to the V&A for their continued support in enabling us to strengthen and diversify our collections and Birminghams reputation as an international centre of excellence. This truly inspiring body of work by Francis Bedford will further enhance the value of our collection for scholars of the Middle East from educational institutions all over the world.
Stephen Deuchar, Director of the Art Fund, said, Were thrilled to have helped with the purchase of this fantastic collection of historic photographs which tell us so much about the UKs history in the East and offers a fascinating insight into the role of the Royal family some 150 years ago. Over the past few years weve helped Birmingham Library and Archive Services with a number of major photography acquisitions and look forward to the opening of the Library of Birmingham and the fantastic displays it will bring to members of the public.
Tour in the East is regarded by most photographic historians as being amongst the most important body of nineteenth century photographs of the Middle East andthe crowning achievement of Bedfords photographic career. Opening to critical acclaim in 1862, the exhibition at the German Gallery in Bond Street, London was described by the British Journal of Photography as perhaps the most important photographic exhibition that has hitherto been placed before the public. Bedford received a silver medal for the series at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1867.
The acquisition bolsters Birminghams reputation locally, nationally and internationally as a centre for the history of photography, particularly within the context of the photography research centre to be created as part of the new Library of Birmingham.
In recent years, the Art Fund, the national fund-raising charity for works of art, has helped Birmingham Library and Archive Services with a number of major acquisitions. These include a £42,695 grant towards the John Blakemore Archive (2010), £6000 towards the Back to the Village series by Anna Fox (2009) and £12,000 towards the Sir Benjamin Stone Legacy Collection (2008).
Tour in the East is regarded by most photographic historians as the crowning achievement of Bedfords photographic career and complete sets of the work are extremely rare with one recent set sold on 19 February 2009, at the Swann Galleries in the USA, The sale setting an auction record for Bedford's work with the suite of three albums selling for $132,000 (approx £82,500). Individual prints have sold for £800 to £1200 each. The Library of Birmingham acquisition consists of:
Suite of 3 portfolios entitled "Photographic Pictures Made By Mr. Francis Bedford During the Tour in the East in which, by command, he accompanied His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales."
172 photographs. Albumen prints, each is approximately 8 3/4x11 inches
(22.2x27.9 cm.), many with Bedford's credit in the negative with a single photograph mounted to each leaf.
2 x oblong folios, with the original gilt-lettered morocco title label "Photographic Pictures of Tours in the East" affixed to front covers.
London: Day & Son, 1862.
Birmingham Central Library already holds a substantial body of work by and about Francis Bedford. This includes:
§ The largest surviving collection of Bedfords work: 2700 glass negatives and 2049 prints, mostly architectural and topographical views of Great Britain c1870-1880.
§ Published works illustrated with Bedford photographs including W.M. Thompson, The Holy Land, Egypt, Constantinople and Athens, 1866; Photographic Views of Torquay c1865, Photographic Views of Warwickshire c1865.
§ A comprehensive catalogue of all Bedford topographical photographs including Cabinet, Large Cabinet, Panoramic, Small Cabinets, Large Photographs, and Small Panoramic Miniature Views.
§ A facsimile of the 1862 catalogue of Bedfords Photographic Pictures taken during the Tour in the East .
§ Published works illustrated by Bedford lithographs and chromolithographs including Owen Jones, The Grammar or Ornament, 1856; Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition, 1858; Sir John C Robinson, The Treasury of Ornament, 1858.
§ Bill Jay, Francis Bedford, 1816-1894, English landscape Photographer of the wet-plate period: a manuscript being substantially the same as a dissertation submitted for a MA Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, 1976.
§ Bedfords British topographic photographs are also present in collections such as The Sir Benjamin Stone Collection.
Francis Bedford (1816-1894) was the son of the prominent architect Francis Octavius Bedford, an influential figure in the Greek Revivalist movement of the early 19th century. He began his career as a draughtsman and lithographer and illustrated a series of books on architecture. The types of composition used in his drawings and lithographs became models for the photographs he was to make in later life.
Bedford took up photography in the early 1850s. He became well-known as one of the best English landscape photographers of the wet-plate period, his background in commercial art providing invaluable insights into the marketing of images and the tastes of the public. Bedford worked extensively in the south-west of England, the West Midlands and in Wales.
His work was highly acclaimed during his lifetime. More recently, the photo-historian, Graham Ovendon, has suggested that Bedfords photographs illustrate what is perhaps one of the most important qualities in Pre-Raphaelite art, the harmonious existence of the natural and the human world.
Between 1843 and 1849 Bedford frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy. In the 1850s he produced numerous publications featuring his work including two Photographic Albums, 1855-1856; The Treasury of Ornamental Art, 1858; and The Sunbeam, 1859. By 1861 he had been elected Vice-President of the London Photographic Society.
The 1860s was his most active decade with his business flourishing. In 1861 he was the first photographer to use electric light successfully in printing. In 1862 Bedford received a Royal Commission to accompany the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) on this educational tour of the Middle East. In 1864 he contributed to The Ruined Castles of North Wales and over the next four years produced a whole series of Photographic Views covering North Wales, Tenby, and neighbourhood, Exeter, Torquay, Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-Avon and neighbourhood. Bedfords Obituary (The Bookseller, 6 June, 1894) concluded that he was one of the leading photographers of the day and that he had produced some of the finest photographs issued in this country.
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A short ontology of interpretation
Posted in Reflections, tagged being, buber, experience, kierkegaard, language, nietzsche, truth on October 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »
This post is an attempt to draw out some of my implicit beliefs on the nature of reality. My main sources are my experience of the world, which consists in an ever-developing and reveloping, exveloping and enveloping faith in the God of Jesus to whom the Bible attests; my piecemeal reading of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Buber, all of whom in their irreducibly individual ways helped me see the validity of individual experience as a scientific category and all sciences as experiential categories; and every blessed contribution, intentional or no, from the conversations I've participated in in person, on the Internet, or passively through reading Wikipedia articles and book reviews on Amazon. I have not read the relevant literature, something which is neither to be celebrated nor can it be avoided.
The nature of language and comprehension is often highlighted in discussing the limits of our ability to interpret the world around us. We might say that (A) I have my own thoughts, which (B) I write up in a blog post, and then (C) my audiences interpret according to their own categories. Effectively, everyone is perpetually misunderstood. Between A and B I need to translate my metarational, metalinguistic experience of an idea into the rational, linguistic vernacular. Already something of the idea is lost because it is translated into that which is not the idea. At the most basic level, A is related to B but not identical to it. The "same" happens between B and C. A static text is comprehended in different ways by different people according to their histories of experiencing various words, word combinations, genres, etc. No one comprehension of an "etc" is the same. They are all related in that we could say a similar comprehension is happening, wherever it happens, but everyone interprets their "etc"s in the context of their history of having read "etc"s and the various places in which those "etc"s have appeared. To comprehend an "etc" is to call to mind a whole history of comprehension in which other "etc"s have occurred.
This is simple and indisputable. But it is too simple. For example, A, B, and C do not exist as discrete stages, instances, etc. This is an interpretation of a common occurrence. But it does not take into account (1) what takes place before A and after C, (2) the further infinite divisions between A, B, and C, and (3) the connections, sameness, and basic unity of the instances A, B, and C. I have deliberately posited another three with which to engage to hint to the ultimate arbitrarity of isolating anything. 1 is patent. The origin of a text stretches infinitely before an author and continues infinitely after them. There is no need here for recourse to a deterministic understanding of cause and effect, nor even a linear one. Regardless of the truth of such understandings, here we can at least see that A-B-C, in whatever way, is fundamentally related to that which occurs, exists, etc, outside of A-B-C so that our identification of A-B-C is again arbitrary. 2 follows the same insight. If we can isolate A, B, and C, then we can isolate say Ai, Aii, and Aiii — maybe three discrete thoughts which contribute to an idea. We can also say that every moment, which again is just an interpretation and does not exist, destroys the unity of the thing so that a text is not the same in one moment as it is the next moment because it occurs in an infinitely different world. Nonetheless, this discretion is infinite. This leads easily to 3, which requires a clarification of infinity. 3 means not only that A-B-C take place in a wider, "infinite," context, but that their basic discretion, and the discretion of "parts" within A, B, and C, threatens the truth that they constitute a single whole (within a whole). "Infinity" is thus invoked to underscore the paradoxical (?) nature of unity and distinction with reference to any thing. Everything is related to another thing. There is something common they share, which might be called being because they all be. They are thus finitely related. But because no thing which we identify is the same, all things take place in infinity ((in)finity?). That is, all difference is infinite difference.
Moreover, all difference manifests in identity and all identity manifests in difference. In light of the foregoing, this, to me, appears paradoxical. We might ask what the relationship between the categories of identity and difference is — what identity do they share? However, we would soon find that whatever identities these categories, and the infinite particularities and generalities which they represent, share, these identities are compromised by difference. The uncovered fossil in the dormancies of deep earth is infinitely different from the "same" fossil which it is three seconds later. It occurs in time, a time in which everything is constantly changing so that, despite the fossil's basic sameness its relation to every around it, including that of which it is made up, consists in infinite difference. Conversely, we might ask what the distinction between the categories of identity and difference is. But we would soon find that there is too much the same between the fossil and itself, the fossil and itself a year ago, a century ago, centuries ago, its infinite past in the food it ate and the genes it shared, and its infinite future in the renewal of all being. Identity and difference thus become two opposed categories with which we need to make reference to understand the infinity of being.
At this point, this affirmation and denial must be transferred to human interpretation. Our interpretation of the world is an interpretation. Numbers do not exist. They arise from our wonder, fear, greed, and love for the world, among infinite other things. Other species probably have their own use of some kind of numbers or meta-numbers but that should be no surprise because we share a common origin with them and a common world. Yet, numbers and every interpretation exists. Everything is true in the sense that every interpretation of the world arises within the world, as a product of the world, and in response to the world. The world is such that it responds to itself. Even falsities must be affirmed as truths because they are true insofar as they are related to that which they falsely attest and perform particular functions in the world. To say that human beings are faster than cheetahs is to, while obviously untrue according to the whole, affirm the truth of the concept "human beings," "faster than" and "cheetahs." To say the opposite, while obviously true according to the whole, is to rely on the false concepts of "human beings," "faster than," and "cheetahs." Which human beings, which cheetahs? Which measure of speed and which definition of speed does this rely on? Such a statement inevitably excludes the whole world in which they categories take place and open-endedness of all categories, however stubborn they may be. It is true then, but only in the sense that it functions in a particular context, a function it will never be able to fulfil "perfectly," that is with complete, one-sided identity, because such perfection does not exist. Numbers are true in this sense, then, that they make reference to the world (i.e., themselves), in a particular way and fulfill a particular function in the world (again in relation to themselves), but are utterly false and depraved in the sense that they attempt to swallow all being in one humanistic, hubristic movement which purports to attest to the eternal unalterable "truths" of the world. Yet they are also completely true in that they arise in response to particularities in the world.
That's all for now. I need to get back to study and this post is probably more for my own benefit than for others'. These are thoughts which are still developing and ones I would like to explore further when I have time.
What does theology look like?
Posted in Reflections, tagged epistemology, experience, heidegger, jesus, kierkegaard, language, peter rollins, reason, theology, truth on January 12, 2013| 5 Comments »
Hey friends, it's nice returning to WordPress after being 'away' for a short while. In this away time I managed to have a little holiday, arrive back in Aotearoa, write a third of a novel (which is indefinitely stowed away somewhere on my personal internets for future completion), apply for bible college in March, read some more and then spend this last week playing far too many games. On a 'more personal note', I'm still recovering from a decisive dip in faith some readers will have picked up in the posts last year, a kind of Nietzschean ressentiment, creating truths to revenge myself against existence. Many of my thoughts still stand; I just hope now to express them with more grace and humility, not so much to tear things down, which is the easy and boring thing to do, but to focus on upbuilding, on actually say something. The purpose of this post is a kind of preparatory for my course this year. Ideally it would be beautifully referenced, demonstrating my wide reading on the subject and attempt to answer all the appropriate questions and reservations. Yet this is not so. See it as a kind of journal, something intended for self-reflection, but in this case happenchanced upon by others.
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Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling-block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength.
(1 Corinthians 1:20-25 NRSV).
Theology is the study of God. If you want to narrow that down then you can have a g/God, or the point of access to God, like good Christians will tell you that Jesus is the starting point for theology. Alternatively, you can have a specific focus, ecclesiology, the study of the Church, which is rooted in theology, etc. You could also give theology a wider application by saying something like the study metaphysics, that which is beyond the 'physical'¹. That's theology, or at least my sloppy definition of it. What, then, does it look like?
"If anyone could prove to me that Christ is outside the truth, and if the truth really did exclude Christ, I should prefer to stay with Christ and not with truth." — Dostoevsky
Some time ago on a jaunt through Wikiquote I discovered this awesome statement. It raises many questions. Why would you want something other than the truth? Does a good Christian not accept Christ as truth anyway? What does Christ have above the truth? Some beautiful deception? Having not read the context in which this quote appears, the best thing I can do is to possibly misunderstand Dostoevsky by taking his word for it. So what does 'his word' mean to me? Here truth operates within the circle of reason and language; Christ operates in a circle beside that. Language, composed of words, structures and myriad other complex nuances, signifies reality/experience and all that is contained within it (this includes what is only contained in it as a possibility, like absolute zero). Reason can be the manipulation of ideas expressed in language (although there also exists a pre-linguistic reason, coming to conclusions without reference to language, not even an internal one²). The problem then with reason and its position in language is that it signifies; it is not identical to the reality it expresses.
Be careful not to misunderstand me. This is not traditional apophatic theology: our corrupted reason cannot express or think God (although I accept this in another time and place). Nor is this philosophy's equivalent: How do we know that what we know is true? This is only to assign reason and language to their proper places within experience. It is a redistribution of wealth. As Heidegger says of Descartes, the doubting subject is not the centre of epistemology (method of knowledge), yet it is not absent from it. The doubting subject is not the source of epistemology but only a mode of it. We are thrown into the world before we make sense of it. This is the next point: although language is not identical to that which it expresses, it still expresses it. There is definitely some identificating going on. This, then, is the correct place of language and reason: A part of the whole, one site in reality where the rest of experience can be conveniently bottlenecked.
Note that this applies also to my description of language and reason. A mutiny is occurring at this moment. I cannot assume some metalanguage with which I deal with language, etc. What I can do though is to point somewhere with this contradiction in an attempt to distract the reader. Imagine a politician speaking to a large crowd and attempting to convince them of a certain ideology. Just when the speaker is reaching the crux of their argument, the crowd, as one, suddenly turns and leaves. There is no one left. The speaker may continue but their words will not be received. Or consider rehearsing words in your head for an upcoming job interview, but a Taylor Swift song comes on the radio and you can't ignore it. The rehearsal sinks out of sight. This is the critique of reason, not with reason itself, but a force from the outside. I will acknowledge that my examples full short because they only exist in the language I am using here rather as actualities. This gap will always be present when speaking of such examples. All I can say is that if you want to take me up on this one I can just disable commenting on the post.
Language is one mode of epistemology. There are infinite others³, such as joy. I 'know' something about reality through the extent, variety, etc of joy I experience. Joy as a mode and the knowledge gained from it both exist pre-linguistically. If I am joyful semi-regularly then I experience the world with joy before I can translate that it into words and ideas. Maybe my experience is accompanied by words and ideas. This does not negate pre-linguistic joy as a mode of knowing but only shows it occurs beside our most linguistically recognisable mode, language.
If you've still energy after that little excursion then follow me back to the issue at hand, Jesus, who is theology. Jesus is intermodal. I want to avoid saying he is a particular mode because he appears in many modes (you could possibly say the same about joy and language). He is not confined to reason and therefore cannot be 'reached' through reason alone. He could possibly be reached without reason, but this would require a strict definition of reason and exceptional circumstances which I have no mind to express. Saying this is akin to saying it' useless waiting for snow in the middle of Australia but it is possible we could still reach snow if we were somewhere else. Enter Dostoevsky's Christ. This is the elusive 'If' with which Dostoevsky introduces the statement. Now reason is not an end, nor a meaningful end to an end. Reason can only be contributory, the 'If not'. If Christ is not outside truth then I can reasonably say that this blog post can contribute to myself and others 'reaching' Jesus (or, as a good Christian would say, contribute to a medium for Jesus reaching us). As Peter Rollins writes,
a person may "believe" that they are utterly safe in a roller coaster and yet be too terrified to ever step onto one. The point is that the conscious claim (I am rational and know that this is safe) is a mere story that covers over the operative belief (I will not be safe). — Still my favourite, accessed here.
Jesus appears in our beliefs only if they have operative value. A person who practises prayer but often doubts its value believes in it more than a person who merely affirms it intellectually. Or Kierkegaard, "Even if one were able to render the whole content of faith into conceptual form, it would not follow that one had grasped faith". That appears on banner of my blog. For me it sums up not only Kierkegaard but theology. A cute argument is not the site of God. Jesus exists not in saying "The watch must have a watchmaker". He was a carpenter. Sound theology will always exist not in the abstract, the beautiful sermon or the journal article of intellectual depth alone, but in the lives of those who practise it. If I am to do theology it be in the open air, rather than in a vacuum. Theology encompasses more than the use of reason and language. A true theologian conforms to the character of Christ and takes part in the Kingdom of God4.
We know love by this, that he laid down his life for us—and we ought to lay down our lives for one another. How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sisterin need and yet refuses help? Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.
(1John 3:16-18 NRSV).
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¹Physical literally meaning soul-like. Is the irony intended? That metaphysics is defined as that beyond the metaphysical? Maybe metamaterial (metasomatic?) would be better, but perhaps I'm missing the history involved in this coinage.
²This, of course, is a very lazy definition of reason. Linguistic and pre-linguistic reason are only relatively, not absolutely, distinct: The latter will make use of some non-linguistic signification as it needs to signify reality in some way in order to operate within, which therefore makes it linguistic, as language signifies. Linguistic signification must also depend on the non-linguistic for it to make sense to the subject, ie. we are distinct from the language we use. Therefore when I speak of two kinds of reason, I speak as a good relativist, of two different poles.
³'Language' is a convenient way of naming a mode but in reality it will be composed of infinite infinitesimal parts which are also modes, the same going for any other examples I give.
4I must also anticipate here any Pentecostal 'amen'. Reason, thinking, theology as mental education, writing books for Jesus, etc — these are not bad. They just need to be situated in their appropriate context.
Dear (verbal) diarrhea
Posted in Reflections, tagged deception, diary, identity, jason bourne, journal, self, truth on September 24, 2012| 3 Comments »
"I can tell you the license plate numbers of all six cars outside. I can tell you that our waitress is left-handed and the guy sitting up at the counter weighs two hundred fifteen pounds and knows how to handle himself. I know the best place to look for a gun is the cab or the gray truck outside, and at this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. Now why would I know that? How can I know that and not know who I am?" — Jason Bourne.
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Throughout the years in primary school we made our way through different text types. I remember haiku. My glasses are cool, my glasses are very cool, my glasses are dumb. I remember capitalising on exclamation marks in narrative writing. I remember a good friend's poem that rhymed 'number-twoer' with 'sooner'. One year we did diaries. I think it was every day we just had silent writing time to write about real life things in an almost real diary. It's reality was compromised because if you wrote about girls that you liked then you'd have to accept sharing it with peers and the teacher. But you could write about other things.
As I grew older, the idea of a diary made perrenial returns in my personal life. In early high school I tried the whole write-about-the-girl thing and grew increasingly frustrated when I couldn't find a nice sounding word to describe blonde hair. 'Tussock' regrettably sufficed. In my post high school years it was a kind of predecessor to this blog, a coming-to-terms with my new faith and the infinite possibilities and inconsistencies this brought to surface ex abstracto.
Throughout my limited experiments with the medium of diary/journal, I continually realised one limit, which I now have the language to express: Authenticity. Because the self is expressed in a foreign medium, it is necessarily distorted. Thus in high school, rather than providing the object of adolescent desire, true feeling was slaked through my lack of words. The medium of representation differs from that which is represented. So even in the most ideal situation, an external kind of machine which could read all your inner thoughts, desires, motivations, etc, and represent them objectively in a diary would fail. The diary would represent that person but it wouldn't be that person. The perfect form of representation, then, is not representation at all but the person in its complete authentic selfhood.
Someone can write a book about Justin Bieber and earn some dosh. But Justin Bieber sees himself from the inside; no doubt he can write a better book. There are two Biebers here. There is the Bieber who sings, records and hangs out with Usher, and there is the Bieber who actually experiences himself doing these things. This latter Bieber writes a book. But Bieber ultimately fails even if he writes no book. In his internal monologue he fails: The Bieber who reflects is one and the same with the material Bieber. Thought is at once the medium for representation of the material self and a part of the material self.
In the case of Jason Bourne, his struggle for identity is especially interesting: Though the material, actual Bourne remains, the conscious-reflective Bourne has been displaced and replaced by an incomplete version of itself. This is a metaphor for the diary: The self that wants to know itself is already itself and somehow already knows itself. Something is lost in reflection. The same self which attempts to scrutinise its own motivations, "Why did I take up faith?", is participating in a motivation as it writes, thus presupposing a zero-level impenetrable base which falsely enables it to represent its false self.
Lies to tell your children
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"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth." — Niels Bohr
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Been thinking a little about how people respond to truth lately. Not that I know what truth is, but what follows is three ways an individual can respond to something that another holds true.
Assimilation or accommodation: We used these terms at uni to describe two opposite processes people go through when responding to cultures different from their own. Interestingly enough, the power relationship you have in relating to something that is at odds with you in some way will often have an effect on your response to it. The example used in my course was the culture shock experienced when you move into a country that differs from yours in many ways. If an individual is embarrassed by the customs and way of life they have come from and therefore feels the need to rid themselves of these, then it is called assimilation when they allow themselves to be swallowed up by the new dominant culture and take it on as their own. Alternatively, an individual may retain a lot of what they grew up and also take on board what they feel they need to from their new context to operate in that. This, then, is accommodation because they accommodate new values, practices, etc into their existing ones rather than vice versa.
Bored yet? This dynamic can be seen in churches also, when Christians are either shaped by or shape the world around them. We're warned against the former, and, ironically, the measures we often take to avoid it also may prevent us fulfilling the latter.
Tension and balance: A beautiful way to make peace when discussing theological differences is to proffer the possibility of a 'tension'. It's bound to make an appearance in any conversation that (a) different Christians will have differing opinions of and (b) has practical implications. Look at the assimilation/accommodation example I just used: One concerned friend notes how, in an attempt to reach a certain people group, someone in their community is starting to backslide because they've been spending too much time among those of the world. Another contradicts the concern by noting that those of the world would never be reached without interaction. I'm oversimplifying here because I don't want to write for ages. Finally, the peacemaker speaks. Their first move is to identify it: "Oh, it's a tension." There are audible ahhs of understanding, and the peacemaker expands, "It's really important to balance the two. Find a mid-point." Likewise, you can see this is in more abstract matters like inspiration of scripture (human vs divine input), morality (grace vs grace abuse), and God's sovereignty (omnipotence vs the unfulfilled kingdom).
Paradox: At the risk of regressing in my own understanding of this and simultaneously confusing you, let's give paradox a go. Really, I dislike it when people look at a word's etymology to make an appeal to the real meaning of the word. Unless you're doing Koine Greek or something to help readers understand the original context, why tell your acrobats that circus comes from the same root as circle so that you can maintain a circular performance area? No, language changes over time. However, I think the etymology or paradox is important. In the Greek, para- means beyond and dox, belief: Beyond belief. Ambrose Bierce's ironic and delightfully cynical, The Devil's Dictionary, provides a good example of paradox under the definition of Trinity:
In the multiplex theism of certain Christian churches, three entirely distinct deities consistent with only one. Subordinate deities of the polytheistic faith, such as devils and angels, are not dowered with the power of combination, and must urge individually their claims to adoration and propitiation. The Trinity is one of the most sublime mysteries of our holy religion. In rejecting it because it is incomprehensible, Unitarians betray their inadequate sense of theological fundamentals. In religion we believe only what we do not understand, except in the instance of an intelligible doctrine that contradicts an incomprehensible one. In that case we believe the former as a part of the latter.
Paradox transcends language because it is logically impossible. Instead of watering down two truths to find a mid-point, or saying that one end of the spectrum is true in some cases and the other in other cases, paradox defiantly holds both at the same time. Paradox pulls a moonie at truth. Paradox is the parody of truth. In some ways it can be seen as the option for those who are too intellectually weak to decide if one statement is more logical, empirically testable, or true than another statement, which Bierce takes a jab at in the above definition. And this is probably the greatest temptation, but au contraire, paradox shows not only the limits of truth as expressed in language, not only our own understanding, but our humanity.
It's all in God's hands, but we need to proclaim the Good News. You need to love others, but you also need to speak out against their injustices. Grace is completely free, but it will cost you everything. Accept this intellectually, at a glance. Look at that. Yes. Done already. But now try to live this. There is no mid-point. You cannot say that it's a little bit of you and a little bit of the Holy Spirit. You cannot say that God does all the work, and you definitely cannot say you do all of it. Your only option is to continue the hard task of living it, to the limits of your humanity.


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Christmas Is Over
Well that's it for another Christmas
It's all down hill from here.
No more spending time with the family
An end to festive cheer.
Well that's it for another Christmas
And it didn't even snow.
But the yuletide will soon roll round again
Just three hundred and sixty three days to go!
Copyright © 2011 by Nicholas Palmer


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Since the sun protection can be better, use a primer or foundation with higher SPF.
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Artist Sandile Goje's linoleum cut 'Meeting of Two Cultures' (1993) is part of Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now, an exhibit that opened Thursday at the Museum of Modern Art that showcases the museum's own collection of prints by South African artists. Image courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, New York. © 2011 Sandile Goje
Maine Gov. Paul LePage wants to take down a mural at the state labor department that depicts historical scenes of working men and women, arguing that it advances a pro-union agenda, via The New York Times.
The head of the Guggenheim Foundation responded in an open letter to a protest movement against labor practices for workers at a new museum location in Abu Dhabi, via The Art Newspaper.
When someone tried to mail a Renoir painting from Poland to the United States last year, the Polish customs office intercepted the package, and now can't locate the original owner, via The Telegraph.
Richard Leacock, a British-born documentary filmmaker whose approach to shooting and innovation in capturing film footage with sync sound made cinema verite possible, has died in Paris at the age of 89, via The Associated Press. Leacock was first a camera operator for documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty. Along with D.A. Pennebaker, he helped shoot the footage for the film Primary, which followed John F. Kennedy in his bid for the presidency.


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Aug. 2003
First Presidency MessageThe Fatherless and the Widows: Beloved of God
|Thomas S. Monson
|Of Walkers, Wheelchairs, and Wisdom
|Jean Hedengren Moultrie
|Your Family History: Getting Started
|Boyd K. Packer
|Finding Links in the Chain
|My First Church Assignment
|John A. Harris
|That Happened to You?
|Lorie Nicoles-Davis
|One Family
New TestamentParables of Jesus: The Parable of the Talents
|Ronald A. Rasband
New TestamentWords of Jesus: Resurrection to Ascension
|D. Lee Tobler
|Lifting the Burden
|NaDene Cope Simmons
|A Walk down Parley Street
|James W. Petty
|My Turn in the Nursery
|Steven H. Jensen
|Seeking a Balanced Life
|Donald L. Hallstrom
|After Divorce: Help for Latter-day Saint Men
|A. Dean Byrd
|An Aussie Pioneer
|Sarah Martin
Visiting Teaching Message:Prepare to Be Strong through Trials
Random SamplerFrom "Silver Question" to Golden Contacts
|Damaris Fish
Random SamplerIdeas for Relief Society Music Training
|Jolene Stephens Picker
Random SamplerFour Tips for Family Home Evening
|Lori Mortensen
Latter-day Saint VoicesBecause Sally Smiled
|Jennifer L. McQuade
Latter-day Saint VoicesForsake Wrath
|Wanda Jo Cooke
Latter-day Saint Voices"My Heavenly Father Loves Me"
|Ricardo Lopes de Mendonça
Latter-day Saint VoicesLock the Back Door!
|Kelli Allen-Pratt
News of the ChurchPresident Hinckley Dedicates Kirtland Historic Sites
|Alan and Teresa Chapman
News of the ChurchLatter-day Saints and Muslims Prepare Aid for Iraq
|Sonja Eddings Brown
News of the ChurchNew Area Presidency Assignments
News of the ChurchPrimary Celebrates 125 Years
|Lisa Ann Jackson
News of the ChurchArtists Shine in Art Competition
|Lisa Ann Jackson
News of the ChurchSister Elaine Cannon Dies at Age 81
News of the ChurchThe Lesson I Remember Best
News of the ChurchNew Testament Chronology Chart
|Making the Most of This Issue


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LA JOLLA — Roosevelt Henderson hopes one day to tear apart the Comedy Store crowd with his jokes. But for now he spends four or five evenings each week tearing apart tickets and directing patrons to their seats.
Steve Florian pulls no punches when he checks IDs at the door of San Diego's senior comedy nightclub. But he's constantly thinking up punch lines and ways to pull legs so that when the time comes for him to make his debut as a professional stand-up comedian, he'll be ready.
Henderson and Florian are just two of several dozen aspiring comics who over the last 10 years have attempted to break into the funny business by working as doormen at the Comedy Store in La Jolla.
They're not quite ready to go on stage, except on amateur night. And until they are, they're content to work the door, which they say provides them with the best education they can get.


text: Jerry Reinsdorf was crushed when Derrick Rose went down for the season with yet another devastating knee injury. Rose is expected to make a full recovery following surgery to repair a torn meniscus, but the Bulls' future is anything but clear. From the team website: "Like Bulls fans everywhere, I was heartbroken when I heard of Derrick's injury. We are happy to know that, according to his doctors, his surgery was successful, and in time, Derrick is expected to make a full recovery. Everyone at the Bulls knows firsthand how extremely hard Derrick worked to return to the court this year, and I have no doubt he will do the same with regards to his recovery from this injury. Despite Derrick's absence, this is still a good team. I know from last year, this team and coaching staff will continue to make our fans proud.' […] GM Gar Forman: 'This was the best procedure for Derrick's long-term health. That is our primary concern. Whatever is best for Derrick in the long term as a 25-year-old athlete was our first thought. And what's best for Derrick is best for the franchise. He's still young, has a very long career ahead of him and there's no reason after talking to the surgeons Derrick will not return 100 percent. This particular option gave him the best chance for long-term success.' […] How is Derrick doing with all this? He must be devastated to go through surgery again so soon. Forman: 'Obviously, our first thoughts were with Derrick and his family. When it happened, obviously, he was very, very down. But he's an amazingly resilient and positive person. I don't want to speak for him, but he seems to be doing well. He really is a remarkable young man.' […] But given you probably cannot win a title this season, why not make changes for the future? Forman: 'It's obviously too soon to go down that road. Derrick had surgery this morning. Look, we are always evaluating our team, just like everyone else does. We felt good about this season, but we were hardly perfect. So we always are looking to get better. Everything we do is geared toward winning a championship and we will continue to evaluate any moves that will help us in attaining that goal.' […] But can you trust Rose now after these injuries? Forman: 'We see no reason not to. That's what the best doctors in the world tell us. His left knee is strong, as everyone has seen, and his right knee will be strong as any doctor will tell you after this surgery. We've seen with many current All-Stars go through the same procedure.'"


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The HRBFC Academy U18's are in FA Youth Cup action this Wednesday evening as they host Chertsey Town at The Beveree.
Please come down and give the boys your support.
FA Youth Cup - Preliminary Round
HRBFC U18 v Chertsey Town U18
Wednesday 6th September 2017
Kick off 7.45pm
Admission Prices are £4 for adults and £2 all concessions. (Season Tickets are not valid)


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Guess whaaaaat.........? Another snow day!
Current situation: the air is a painfully bitter 14 degrees outside with an angry, howling wind, but I am not complaining because I don't have to leave my couch today. I've literally been sitting in this same spot for hours. I know: I live the good life. Sometimes work stresses me out, but it's all worth it when I wake up to an unexpected day off in the middle of the week.
Let's talk about work for a moment: I have the task of discarding old, unreadable books.
This is a very sad event, but all librarians must do it. Now - please know that we glue and tape and re-glue as many times as possible before taking any books out of circulation but eventually it just has to happen. Most of the books I discard are placed on a "FREE" cart for students to take, yet there's always a handful with water damage or missing pages that must be recycled. Because I hate throwing anything away, I brought a few home to make Christmas ornaments.
I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, so I thought I'd share my ideas with you.
You will need:
You will need:
- old books with nice illustrations
(hunt at thrift stores or ask for discarded, damaged books at your local library)
- glue stick
- hole punch
- string or skinny ribbon
- hot glue gun
- glitter, felt, ribbon, paper clips - anything festive and fun to embellish with
Begin by choosing your favorite illustrations and cutting them out with plenty of extra space around the image.
Glue the illustrations to pages of plain text.
I tore my text pages from a copy of The Chronicles of Narnia that has been coated in glitter nail polish.
Not only will the ornament be less flimsy with two layers, but the back will be more attractive with book text.
Carefully cut the images out.
If you're a lazy cutter like I am, you may want to "bubble cut" them - a term I learned from my students that means to cut neatly and with equal distance around the outside of the image.
See? I love this.
Time to decorate.
Rummage through your craft supplies and pull out anything cheery, sparkly, or holiday themed.
If your craft stash is feeling lackluster, visit the $1 Spot at Target, which seems to carry better stuff than any actual dollar store.
There are no rules here; get out your hot glue gun and do whatever feels right.
Felt Santa hats felt right to me, along with scarves and bowties. Draw festive little details with metallic sharpies or glue tiny props in the hands (or paws) of the book characters.
Make candy canes by snipping apart red & white paper clips with wire clippers.
I bought these several years ago at a discount store, but you could purchase a set here.
Each ornament will be unique and completely different and adorable.
Place holes near the top with a hole punch.
I have a punch that makes very tiny holes from Michaels.
Cut segments of string or ribbon and thread through the holes. Tie the ends together and hang immediately on your tree!
Cut segments of string or ribbon and thread through the holes. Tie the ends together and hang immediately on your tree!


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It all started with an unlikely pairing of two unknowns. Back in the '80s, a couple of struggling actors named Grant Heslov and George Clooney were in Milton Katselas' famed acting class. Clooney asked Heslov, then a student at USC, if he wanted to do a scene from Neil Simon's Depression-era play "Brighton Beach Memoirs." Heslov agreed, playing the younger nerdy Eugene to Clooney's older sibling Stanley. Their chemistry worked, and shortly after, when Clooney was invited to audition for ABC, he brought Heslov along to repeat the scene.
"George ended up getting a talent deal out of it, and of course, I got nothing," Heslov says with a chuckle. "But that was the beginning of our friendship."
It's a friendship built on mutual respect, admiration and trust, one that has spanned more than two decades and pre-dates any of the success that both men would come to enjoy. It was Heslov who lent Clooney $100 to get his first head shots, and he's been there for the entire ride, watching his pal go from workaday actor to A-list superstar.
These days, Heslov, a lean soft-spoken former character actor, is still sharing the stage with Clooney. The two are partners in a production company called Smokehouse. Heslov received Oscar nominations for co-writing and producing Clooney's directorial effort, "Good Night, and Good Luck" and has now stepped into the director's chair himself with "The Men Who Stare at Goats," which stars Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, and . . . Clooney.


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AS I REMEMBER THE STORY I heard a preacher tell, he and his family decided to get rid of the TV. They didn't actually get rid of it, though…just stashed it in the garage.
Pretty soon, along came a presidential inauguration or a major world disaster—and they decided to bring it back in just to watch the big event…then they'd take it back out. But once the "big event" was over, their old favorite shows seemed better than ever, so the TV stayed. Until, that is—smitten with sheepish chagrin—they realized they were once again watching things they really didn't want to watch as Christians—and wasting huge amounts of time to boot. So again, out to the garage with the TV.
Then came the Olympics, and in came the TV. This time, when the box got its hooks into them again, the preacher cut off the plug-in at the end of the cord—and out again went the TV. The Super Bowl meant he had to wire the plug back on. A few weeks later, snip—and off went the plug again. Out to the garage. Back in. Ad nauseum.
When the preacher finally tossed the idiot box into the trash, he said, it had a six-inch cord!
Since my childhood in the "Happy Days" 50s, when every home in my town seemed to have a TV antenna on top to pull in snowy black-and-white images of Jack Benny and Ozzie and Harriet, TV has been in my life too.
I'm thinking now of ditching it. (That's the actual object in question above.)
My reasons are many:
- There's the content, of course. It's pretty hard to find much on the tube that comes within miles of Philippians 4:8. Who can argue that today's level of TV violence and immorality isn't a universe apart from "Leave It to Beaver" or even "Bonanza"?
- There's the noise factor. TV has become the constant background in most homes. Children grow up never experiencing what peace and quiet can be. They're bombarded with hyper-fast images and nonstop babble and bedlam. Constant sensory overload. And we wonder at the epidemic of ADHD even as we fret about the impact of TV violence on our kids. Even we adults need to get reacquainted with the power of quietness in our lives (see "Peace, Be Still"—my June 26 post in this blog). I'm also insulted when media "experts" tell me that the volume on TV commercials is no louder than the regular programming. I'm routinely blasted out of my chair by the sudden high-decibel screeching of a pitchman with a voice that could drown out a jet engine at five yards and shake loose my dental fillings—sending me scrambling for the remote in search of relief.
- There's the endless mind conditioning (a euphemism for what it really is—brainwashing). I'm talking here mainly about commercials—Madison Avenue's ceaseless battle for our minds, and ultimately, our pocketbooks. The primary purpose of TV is not entertainment or even information—it's commerce. A drama or comedy or newscast exists so we'll watch the commercials and part with our money in exchange for some anemic and typically mindless "entertainment." But mind conditioning exists also even in what once was called "news," but which has now largely become propaganda and "info-tainment." Finally, by repeated exposure to today's ever more violent and immoral programming, we're conditioned to see those as less objectionable than they really are. The old Alexander Pope poem I learned in academy is true:
"Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated, needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace"
- There's the time factor. According to the Neilsen ratings people, the average American now watches TV more than four and a half hours a day. That's presumably on top of working full time. Is it any wonder that in July of 2006, CNN reported on research showing that working parents spend only 19 minutes a day caring for their children? And that "caring for" may not include much real communication at all. People used to read. They used to spend lots of time outdoors. They used to go places and do things together as families. They used to have hobbies. They used to be more physically active. Now, they mostly "veg" in front of the box—content to be hypnotized couch potatoes with passive minds ready to be filled and controlled—their entire world for the moment reduced to a window only 19, 21, or (if plasma-fied) 36 or 48 inches across. I've begun to wonder how much more I could get done if my TV were gone. I don't watch anywhere near the Neilsen four and a half hours daily, but the time I do spend, I'm sure would make a huge difference if applied more productively.
As I say, I'm thinking of ditching my TV. Cold turkey. Cord and all—no garage. I'd sell it on Craigslist or give it to Goodwill. Why haven't I already done it? Well, I'm the kind who tries to think something through before acting. Right now, though, if I were my TV, I'd be thinking about my new foster family.
Feel free to weigh in. Comments welcomed!