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Ann Romney Cites Humble Welsh Roots in Campaign
Ann Romney, who will soon cheer on her dressage horse and trainer at the London Summer Olympics, is making a side trip this weekend to Porthcawl, a seaside resort on the south coast of Wales, according to a report in the Guardian.
Romney's grandfather was a Welsh coal miner, and she and her husband often mention him on the stump.
"My grandfather never saw the sun for six days a week, and it was on Sunday when they spent a lot of time in church that he saw the sun," Ann Romney said at a campaign event in Michigan in February. "I think of that and I think of the heritage that I come from, and how my grandfather made the sacrifice to bring his family to this country for hope and opportunity."
She and her husband have made similar comments since, bringing up her family's humble roots to blunt Democrats' depiction of them as out of touch.
Mrs. Romney's grandfather, David Davies, came to Michigan from Wales in 1929. She not only mentions his humble roots on the campaign trail, she bakes her famous Welsh cakes while on the road.
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Mitt Romney will begin his overseas trip to England, Israel, and Poland on Wednesday when he arrives in London. He will meet with British leaders, including Prime Minister David Cameron, on Thursday, then attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics with his wife on Friday before traveling to Israel this weekend. Mrs. Romney will return to London from Wales to watch the horse she co-owns, Rafalca, perform in the dressage competition, also known as "horse ballet," with her trainer Jan Ebeling.
In an interview with the Guardian, Roddy Evans, Romney's 77-year-old second cousin, said the would-be First Lady is "just a lovely Welsh girl."
"You couldn't meet a nicer family," Evans said in the interview. "Mitt and Ann are incredibly warm and loving. It is a hugely romantic story that this little Welsh family in despair get up and go to America.
"Ann's father was always extremely conscious of his Welsh connections," he added. "I think it was important to him because it must have been such a big thing to him when he emigrated at such a young age. It would be an extraordinary event for Nantyffyllon if that happened [Mitt's election]. It tickled me pink just to think about it.
"I can remember we were down in Florida and Ann and Mitt discovered we were there and they got on a plane and flew down for lunch," he added.
Nantyffyllon is the Welsh village Ann Romney's grandfather came from.
The Romney campaign did not return requests for comment on Mrs. Romney's trip to Wales.
Article source: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/ann-romney-cites-humble-welsh-roots-in-campaign/


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Women in History-Gertrude Bell
Gertrude Bell, Queen of the Desert
Gertrude Bell was born July 14, 1868, in Washington Hall, County Durham, England. (The wuthering heights of Yorkshire.) She died on July 12, 1926, at the age of almost 58 years, in Baghdad.
At one time, the name "Gertrude Bell" was a household word in England, and she was more famous than Lawrence of Arabia. Ms. Bell accomplished many more things than Lawrence of Arabia for her country; Gertrude's maps were in use during the war. The Bell family owned many mines, collieries iron foundries, and factories. The Bells were very rich; but it wasn't money that got Gertrude a First at Oxford in History; or helped her to survive encounters with murderous Bedouins in the desert. It wasn't money that made her volunteer to be a spy in the British army, or made her deliver the most impeccable service in the British army, eventually being elevated to the rank of Major. Gertrude Bell was a poet, scholar, historian, mountaineer, photographer, archaeologist, gardener, cartographer, linguist, and performed distinguished service to England.
T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) once wrote that Gertrude was "born too gifted". It is true that she had a diversity of talents, and used them all in her lifetime. Born in an age when women of her class typically divided their time between running a household and pampering the men in their lives, Gertrude Bell was unusual. In an age where women were "designed to be Adam's helpmeet" and encouraged to "develop the minor graces", Gertrude Bell emancipated herself early on from the trap of being a woman in society. Her rigorous mind cut right through political or social correctness: she could cut an opinionated bishop or a pompous statesman or a smug professor right down to size, with her incisive, true wit. She met people head on--she was intimidated by no one at all. She dealt on equal terms with such various people as a patronizing Don at university, a knife-waving Bedouin, a corrupt English government official, or English lord.
It's hard to give a coherent picture of Gertrude's life, she did so many things. After taking the first at Oxford, Gertrude wanted to travel. The spell of the East was upon her: one of her first extended trips took her Persia, to visit her uncle Sir Frank Lascelles, who was then an ambassador at Tehran, Persia Gertrude Bell published a book "Persian Pictures" describing what she found there. Gertrude later took a more extended trip through what was then Mesopotamia, and into Arabia. Gertrude loved the desert--the challenges to survival, the feeling of charting unknown territory; the idea that buried in the desert were archaeological treasures to be found. Gertrude spent much of the decade of her middle twenties into her middle thirties travelling the world. She mountaineered in Switzerland; she most notably climbed the Matterhorn, and was a famous mountaineer. E.L. Strutt, then the editor of "Alpine Journal", a professional's mountaineering magazine, said of Gertrude Bell:
Everything that she undertook, physical or mental, was accomplished so superlatively well, that it would indeed have been strange if she had not shone on a mountain as she did in the hunting-field or in the desert. Her strength, incredible in her slim frame, her endurance, and her courage, were so great that few surpass her in technical skill and she has no equal in coolness, bravery, and judgement.
She also mastered several languages, including Arabic, Persian, French, German and Turkish.
In 1899, she went again to the Middle East, to visit Palestine and Syria, and in 1900, on a trip from Jerusalem to Damascus, she made friends with the Druze living in Jabal al-Druze. She published these observations in a book entitled "Syria: The Desert and the Sown".
Gertrude went to the Ottoman Empire to begin work on the excavations there with archaeologist Sir William Ramsey, and they co-wrote a book called "A Thousand and One Churches".
At the outbreak of World War I Gertrude Bell volunteered for a Middle East posting. This was denied her at the time, in spite of her experience in the Middle East and her skill as a cartographer. She instead volunteered with the Red Cross, in France.
"The Thousand and One Churches
William M. Ramsay and Gertrude L. Bell. Edited by Robert G. Ousterhout and Mark P. C. Jackson
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Published in 1909 and long out of print, The Thousand and One Churches remains a seminal study of the postclassical monuments of Anatolia. Now a new generation of readers can learn of the extensive remains of the sprawling early Christian site known as Binbirkilise ("Thousand and One Churches," near Konya), excavated by Ramsay and Bell in 1907. The book provides extensive analysis of other early Christian and Byzantine sites across Anatolia that Bell visited at that time. Because many of the monuments have long since disappeared, this documentation is now invaluable, and Bell's extensive photographs provide a unique view of travel and archaeology more than a century ago."
It is difficult for me to understand why the British Army was initially reluctant to post Gertrude Bell to the Middle East. It was, after all, the area of her greatest experience and expertise, and she had already proven herself fit to compete with any man in a man's world. Whether the British army was as full of misogynists as the aristocracy, or whether there were political games afoot, the fact remains that Gertrude Bell's initial contributions to the war effort took place in France, where she went to Boulogne, to work in the new Red Cross Office for the Wounded and Missing. Gertrude was very instrumental in restructuring that office to an efficiently functioning system: it was a hard grind and a lot of filing. This office answered queries of loved ones who had ceased to hear from their soldier men during the course of the war. The loved ones didn't know if their soldier was missing, wounded or dead, or taken prisoner, and the War Office was unable to cope with the avalanche of enquiries, so the people were referred to the Red Cross. Gertrude did the grunt work to organize the available documents. It was an unglamorous but necessary task, and Gertrude performed it diligently.
In November of 1915, the Foreign Office in Cairo cabled for Miss Bell, to lend them assistance in the Middle East. Her knowledge of the area was encyclopedic, first-hand and recent; she was familiar with the different cultures and languages, and she had already proved herself to be a meticulous map-maker. The English Foreign Office asked her to investigate how far the German influence had penetrated in the Turkish Empire in northern and eastern Arabia. Because she was a woman, Major Bell was not suspected of espionage, and she sipped coffee and exchanged gossip with every sheik along the way. She boldly walked into a military encampment where German officers were retraining Turkish soldiers, and photographed it. Her information was vital to the Foreign Office. She was the first woman officer in the history of British military intelligence. She was very influential in shaping British foreign policy in the Middle East. She wrote reams of position papers in Basra and Baghdad; she also had established close relations with tribe members all across the Middle East. She was awarded the Order of the British Empire for her work in the Middle East. She was very instrumental in shaping the new government and giving newly-created Iraq independence from the British Empire, as the Ottoman Empire fell apart after WWI, in January of 1919. Her years of work, from the end of WWI to 1925, had finally paid off.
Gertrude Bell briefly returned to England in 1925. She died in Baghdad on July 12, 1926. She was deeply mourned by the Arab people. This is her eulogy, in part:
"No woman in recent time has combined her qualities--her taste for arduous and dangerous adventure with her scientific interest and knowledge; her competence in archaeology and art; her distinguished literary gift, her sympathy for all sorts and condition of men, her political insight and appreciation of human values; her masculine vigor, hard common sense and practical efficiency--all tempered by feminine charm and a most romantic spirit."
Paradise 7....I'll be visiting often. However long it takes me to read your Women in History series....and I hope you keep on writing them. I'm a fan of all stories of our female heroes & Fascinating women in history. I see you are from Upstate N.Y., as am I. So I'm not passing on any surprising info to you about the "Women's Hall of Fame," in Syracuse, N.Y. Have you ever been? Love your hubs, genius writing. Voted Up across the board.
Yeh..she is very interesting. I just went to library and ordered in one of her books set in Kuwait and Iraq. She worked for the Baghdad Times at one stage..should be good!
Back again! Found who I was after..Freya Stark! brilliant.. thank for your hub it pushed me in the right direction!
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great hub! I'm wondering if Gertrude Bell was regarded as the first English female travel writer.I had a book, (but unfortunately loaned the book to someone..need I say more) anyway I am trying to track down this book again..and I though you may be able to help..can't remember the name of the book but it was written in first person as a travel diary/story
I always thought that Lady Anne Davenport in Hidalgo was based on Ms Bell..
Gertrude Bell is AWESOME, and this is a fantastic Hub on her! What an enjoyable read. Thanks for putting her history together so nicely and sharing it with us!
........please keep doing your Women in History series necause I really love them and bring me in touch with some women I've never heard of - what an education and an enlightenment when I arrive here at your hubs.
Hubbravo and I will be posting this great one to my FACEBOOK page with a direct link back here.
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I wasn't familiar with Gertrude Bell before. I'll have to look into her more. Thanks for the interesting hub.
What a beautiful and fascinating woman! She did a lot for our gender and is definitely an inspiration to me. Voted up and beautiful, Paradise7. I love these "women in history" hubs that you've been writing. Bravo!
Wow! what an amazing woman. I had never heard of her before. Hearing about all her pursuits in life makes me exhausted. Gertrude was a multi-gifted woman for sure. Thank you for a fascinating hub. Good job.
What an amazing woman! This is such a beautiful story about such an impressive person. Up and awesome!
This is a beautiful well-written tribute to Gertrude Bell who was a remarkable woman who did not seem to be appreciated sufficiently during her lifetime. You made her live again with this hub, Paradise. Thank you.
I love history and I love this. Good work.
I think I once saw her name in an old book in the antique bookstore. A series of books about her adventures would be a treat! Up and shared.
I did not know of her either-- You didn't make this up, did you? :)
Great woman! I knew so little about her. Thanks for changing that.
Very fascinating life and a very independent women, way ahead of her time. Thank you for the history lesson... find them very enjoyable.
Very interesting! I had never heard of her before but am now completely intrigued!
Loved the hub and the pictures made it even better. Keep up the good work. Here's your up!


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This is pretty basic, but one of the issues with dealing with a college community is that you get a lot of people each year who are new to what the Internet needs to offer. So I wanted to discuss RSS feeds, and indicate how they're used.
RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication." It's a way to allow websites to notify people of new content. Instead of having to visit the website, interested users will be told when the website is changed.
You used to have to download software to see a feed, but that capability is built into web browsers. If you see that a page has a feed (usually indicated with a tiny orange icon), click on it and your web browser will let you add the feed. Most web browsers treat feeds like bookmarks, so you need to click to see if there's anything new, but you can see the titles of new items without going to the web page.
RSS is also a part of podcasting; a podcast is just an RSS feed for an audio/video file.
Siena I&TS has an RSS feed for changes to our web page; the address is http://lw.siena.edu/technology/rss.xml. Use it to keep up on what's new (we just added our Freshman Orientation presentation to the site and feed.)


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It's harvest season! After all that hard work, it is finally time to enjoy the fruits of your labor…literally. If children were involved in planting the garden, now is the best time to get them involved in the harvest! I have found that being involved in the planting, harvesting, and preparing of healthy, homegrown food has a big impact on whether kids will eat it.
It's one thing to have a healthy dinner placed in front of you at the table…it's a whole different story when a child picks a tomato, helps to cut it up, adds it to the bowl, sprinkles salt, helps stir… or performs whatever jobs are age appropriate. For the child, it's about the ownership, the "hey look what I made!" And typically…if they have a hand in making it, they are going to eat it!
So, give it a try! Here is a simple, kid-friendly recipe, that they can help with in so many ways! Tomatillo salsa! It's great because tomatillos are easy to grow, fun to harvest, are super yummy, you can pack it with all sorts of healthy veggies, and kids love to dip things.
What you need for your Tomatillo Salsa:
- 2 cups tomatillos, seeded and diced
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1-2 ripe tomatoes, seeded and diced
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 jalapeno, seeded and diced (leave this out if your kiddos are opposed to a little spice)
- 1 lime, juice
- 1 handful cilantro, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- Add salt and pepper to taste
Optional add-ins to boost the health factor: black beans, chopped kale (or any dark leafy green), grated carrots, or come up with your own!
Step 1
Have children put on their "edible adventure capes!" These are invisible, so easy peasy.
Harvest ripe tomatillos, onion, garlic, tomatoes, cilantro in your garden or if you didn't plant them, buy them from the local grocery store. Tomatillos are ripe when the fruit fills the baglike structure they grow inside. Usually the size of a large bouncy ball.
Step 2
Unwrap your tomatillos from their bags. Kids usually love to do this part, however they are sticky! Rinse off all of the veggies.
Step 3
Dice tomatillos and tomatoes and remove seeds. Chop everything else up too. With supervision, even young children can help with this part. I give even my youngest a butter knife to "help" chop up the tomatoes. It ends up being a pile of mush, but I just add it to the bowl anyway and he feels great that he had a part in it all. If you are adding in kale, the little ones can help to break it into small pieces. They can also help to grate carrots or onions, depending on your type of grater. Mine is an old-school grater that tries to grate my fingers every time, but they make safer ones that children can use.
Step 4
Add it all into a bowl and stir. Have the kiddos taste test and adjust as needed.
Enjoy the harvest and have a blast going on new new food adventures together!
Helping Kids Make Healthy Food Choices . . .
As the director of education at our local community garden, I teach the value of eating local, organic, real food to over 200 students a year. As a mom to three young children, this education is instilled in our daily life. I've had lots of time for trial and error with this, so I'll share what I have learned about helping kids make healthy food choices. First, I have found that giving kids the wheel and letting them be in charge of their choices, creates a fun atmosphere. It allows them to go on a "edible adventure" when trying new foods. As soon as there is a mandatory aspect of eating the food, the fun aspect disappears and the kids shut down. Keep the aspect of "free choice" involved, such as "choose two veggies that you want to try." Maybe purple potatoes are more appealing than carrots – as long as they are trying new veggies…it's a win-win.
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Drew has taken on some big side projects, our house has been put on pause. This weekend the plumbing all got wrapped up.
Here's where we were, when last we met...
And here is today... Sometimes I have to remind myself that we have actually taken steps forward, and not backward. You can see from above where my confusion comes from. We have slowly been gathering the finish details for the kitchen and bath. For the kitchen we found another amazing deal on an apron front stainless steel sink.
I cannot wait to get it installed.
Then this weekend we found these gorgeous glass mosaic tiles for $2 a sq/ft. at Home Depot!
They look gorgeous next to our paint swatches! The trick is again to find a grout that doesn't make the glass tile lose it's luster. Sometimes you see glass tile that is so pretty, but as soon as the grout is added the tile looks dull. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Now onto the search for a faucet.
I love these industrial pull faucets. I always have. They are very "loud" faucets. They demand a lot of your attention when looking at a room. And I don't know if I want that to be the focus. But with our sink we bought that is thirty inches wide, and nine inches deep it would be perfect to reach all the corners of the sink and spray off dishes etc. A sprayer is a must for me. We don't have one on our sink right now, and it makes dishwashing take twice as long. Which leads me to the next faucet I love, but just don't think is very practical.
I think wall mount sinks are gorgeous, but the sprayer that they have is a major eye sore. The hose just hangs in the sink. And I don't think I can get over that.
So here is my "in-betweener" Pretty like the wall mount, but has a sprayer. I just worry about the satin nickel next to the stainless steel. Hmm... Decisions.


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zubbit comes pre-loaded with lots of fantastic designs and we are adding new ones all the time but if you want some fun and want to create your own that perhaps matches the look and feel of your own products or branded then we offer great options to create your own designs.
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"What raises The Big Country above a trite critique of contemporary politics and lends it a timeless relevance is the fact that it's also an examination of man (or should I say men) and what he's made of." ~ LiviusThe rest of this post has been updated and moved to my current blog, found here.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
It's the Little Things in Wyler's The Big Country
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I have to say it's extraordinarily kind of you to reference my post so extensively. I'm glad to hear you had the pleasure of seeing this in the company of your loved ones, and that they enjoyed it too.ReplyDelete
It's interesting that this film still managed to become one of the great westerns, even one of the great movies, despite the often chaotic nature of its production. That in itself speaks volumes about the talent and skill of all those involved. And it does really grow on you - the more I see it, the more I take away from it.
I'm also glad that you gave due credit to Chuck Connors as he does tend to get overlooked but his part, and his playing, is central to the story.
Thanks again man.
- le0pard13December 15, 2010 at 2:26 PM
You're very much welcome, my friend. Your post was one of the best film reviews I read this year. That it happened to be a review covering one of my all-time favorite films made it doubly great. My thanks for letting me ride your coattails on this, Colin.ReplyDelete
This is one that somehow managed to slip under my radar. I skipped the last part of your post to avoid the spoilers (thanks for the warning on that, BTW). I'm going to have to check this one out sometime, it looks like a great flick. It has a fantastic cast and a top notch director. Thanks for bringing this movie to my attention.ReplyDelete
- le0pard13December 16, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Yes, if you enjoy the western genre (especially those of the dramatic 50s), this one is not to be missed, John. Please come back after you've seen it and let me know what you think. My thanks, as always.ReplyDelete
- Jim AmentDecember 16, 2010 at 9:48 AM
I always liked this old film but haven't seen it in years. The fight scene between Peck and Heston was one of the best ever.ReplyDelete
- le0pard13December 16, 2010 at 10:49 AM
Very good point, Jim. Wyler framed and choreographed that sequence expertly... using only the sounds of the actual fight for the audio backdrop. Thanks so much for your comment, my friend.ReplyDelete
- christianDecember 18, 2010 at 4:26 PM
Still haven't seen all of this -- waiting for blu-ray or a big screen. But I own and adore the Jerome Moross soundtrack (who performed another great western score for THE VALLY OF THE GWANGI)ReplyDelete
- le0pard13December 18, 2010 at 8:56 PM
This one is a classic and well worth seeing on something that will deliver on its widescreen grandeur. I'm with you on the Moross soundtrack (and I'll have to revisit the Valley of the Gwangi). This one along with the Elmer Bernstein Magnificent Seven score are the most iconic for the western genre, I think. Thanks, christian.ReplyDelete
Toby over at 50 Westerns from the '50s reported this great news over the weekend:ReplyDelete
50s Westerns Blu-ray News #46: The Big Country (1958)


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Hope you are all having a good week. Welcome to a new challenge by the Rubbah Girls of the Crafts and Me Design Team. This week the theme for this week has been chosen by the lovely Teresa who is currently on holiday, and how lucky she has been with the weather. Teresa would like to see "Peaches and Cream". Hope you can join in the fun this week and we look forward to seeing what you come up.
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The adaptation of Jo Nesbø's The Snowman has started shooting in Oslo, Norway.
Directed by Tomas Alfredson (who we know from Let the Right One In), The Snowman is an English-language film that stars Michael Fassbender, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Rebecca Ferguson.
Fassbender plays Harry Hole, an idiosyncratic detective who investigates the murder of a woman whose death might be the cause of a serial killer who strikes with the first snowfall of the year.
In addition to Oslo, the film will also be shot in Bergen and Rjukan.
The series is produced by Universal, Working Title and Another Park Film. The founders of Working Title, Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan, acquired the rights to Nesbø's book in 2011.
Norwegian broadcaster NRK has reported that the film has the largest crew ever in Oslo, with 150 crew and 1,700 extras.
The Snowman is an important film for Norwegian cinema, particularly because it is the first international film to benefit from Norway's new tax incentive, which enables producers to deduct up to 25% of the production expenditure occurred in the country. The City of Oslo is also backing the production, which has been assisted by the Norwegian Film Commission.
Jo Nesbø is an Executive Producer of the film, alongside Niclas Salomonsson, Martin Scorsese and the films director.
This is the second Scandinavian film for Working Title, after they partly shot The Danish Girl in Copenhagen, with backing from the Copenhagen Film Fund.
Image source: Michael Fassbender http://www.watchthisspacefilmmagazine.co.uk/


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Hugely Successful Ragnarok Mobile Is Going Global (In English)
Gravity inked a deal with Ragnarok Mobile developer Shanghai Dream Network Technology to launch the game worldwide. Shanghai Dream is a Chinese gaming company that licensed the Ragnarok Online franchise from Gravity then made a mobile version of it and it looks like Gravity is turning around and licensing it to bring the game to players outside of China.
Gravity announced plans to first release the game in Taiwan and Hong Kong sometime this year, followed by South Korea and Southeast Asia. While no Western release has yet to be confirmed, a Southeast Asian version means it'll be available in English. The Chinese version of the game remains quite popular and will be gettin ga bit update called Episode 2.0 which adds new areas and 2 new classes (monk / Crusaders), as well as a new pet system.
Those who want to play Ragnarok Mobile right now can do so, but the game is naively in Chinese. There is an unofficial English patch though.
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August 16, 2011
Vintage Grocery Stamps
I purchased a bag full of these old grocery stamps at an estate sale a few years back. I'm not quite sure why I bought them but here's few for you to use in your crafts.
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- Melanie Statnick said...
I really enjoy all thre free clip art. Your ad's slow my browser down and I'm often stuck unable to scroll.
- August 16, 2011 at 9:37 AM
- SparkleFarkle said...
These are better than terrific, they're Tom Terrific! (I was an official S&H Green Stamps Licker as a kid!) Thank you ever so much!
- August 16, 2011 at 9:45 AM
- Annette said...
love the stamps, the S & H stamps and gold bonds bought lots of things as a newly wed. Brought back good memories. I wish I had had these, I did a little post on my blog about these. Even showed the cook book that I bought with them Great memories and thanks for your site. xoxo
- August 16, 2011 at 9:56 AM
- Shawls IndustRy::: said...
wow..great!!i love stamps!! if anyone wanted for buying odd stamps,let me know,i want to sell those from my collection. you can view here : http://garagesalelelong.blogspot.com/2011/08/hobby-collectibles-stamps-for-sale.html
thanks for your info!
- August 16, 2011 at 3:38 PM
- Sarah said...
Melanie- sorry for the slow load. Unfortunately I have ads on the site to help support the blog. I use that money (small as it is) to acquire new vintage images that I find at estate sales, etc. I'm sorry that it is so slow for you and I will research to see if I can do anything to speed it up.
SparkleFarkle- I LOVE your name. Your blog is too funny! Where did you get the side images of the clowns?
Thanks for all of the positive feedback Annette! I am too young to have known of these but I'm so happy that people like them.
- August 16, 2011 at 5:36 PM
- Diane said...
Ah! Green Stamps! I remember getting quite a few Christmas gifts thru this program, I can still taste the paste! BLEH!!
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Very nice, thanks for the information.
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Book Review: The Many lives of Ruby Iyer by Laxmi Hariharan
*Publisher: Read out loud publishing *ISBN: 978-81-921448-1-8 *Publication Year: Nov 2014 *No of Pages: 289 *Cover: Paperback *Language: English *Genre: Fiction *Price: 249 *Rating: 4/5
My View:
It's an action packed, page turner novel. Very interesting, fast paced thriller with lots of twist and turns. The story started gripping from the very first page. Characters buildup is superb, equal importance is given to each and every character. The description of Mumbai and their commuters is very well portrayed by the author. Many times it seems you are watching a Hollywood movie.
This is the story of every human soul living in Metro city, everyone doing odd jobs for survival. The story is written in such a manner that you get desperate to know further, suspense in every page. Also author has perfectly displayed the true face of Mumbai, its overcrowded trains, pollution, and poverty, its high society etc is very well portrayed by the author. I highly recommend this for fantasy lovers.
A girl desperate to rescue her best friend. A cop willing to do anything to save the city he serves. A delusional doctor bent on annihilation.
When Ruby Iyer's best friend is kidnapped by the despotic Dr Kamini Braganza, she will do anything to rescue him. Anything, including taking the help of Vikram Roy, a mysterious cop-turned-rouge on a mission to save Bombay. The city needs all the help it can get, and these two are the only thing standing between its total destruction by Dr Braganza's teen army. As Bombay falls apart around them, will Ruby be able to save her friend and the city? Will she finally discover her place in a city where she has never managed to fit in? and what about her growing feelings for Vikram?
About Author:
A near life incident told Laxmi Hariharan to write. She never stopped.
Laxmi has been a journalist with The Independent and a global marketer with MTV and NBCUniversal. She is the author of the kindle bestselling, epic fantasy The Destiny of Shaitan (Bombay Chronicles, 1) and blogs for the Huffington Post among others.
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The Southwest Effect to Bring More Growth to Belize
With the inauguration of nonstop air service from Houston's Hobby International Airport to Belize City's Philip Goldson International Airport, a new era of convenience dawned in Belize, thanks to what's being called the "Southwest Effect" by the carrier's Managing Director of Customer Support and Services, James Ashworth. Southwest Airline's daily nonstop service began to impact Belize travel from the moment the first flight took off in mid-October.
The announcement of the Southwest route addition generated lots of excitement, showcasing Belize's bright future as a world-class tourist destination, say Belize tourism authorities. In September 2015 alone, there was a 19.3-percent increase in overnight tourism that exceeded projections. That statistic was revealed even before Belize won two prestigious international travel prizes in October, adding more credibility to the nation's growing reputation as the Caribbean's vacation capital.
It's easy to see why Southwest flights to Belize are being met with so much excitement. The airline is known for policies that relieve travelers of having to pay baggage and change/cancellation fees, so ex-pats can shuttle back and forth between their families at home, without having to worry about paying those extra charges.
Competition is also heightened now that Southwest has entered this bustling market. As a matter of fact, since the carrier began servicing Belize with daily non-stop service, several domestic airlines–American and Delta among them–have begun to offer less expensive flights to Belize, so airfares are even more affordable nowadays thanks to these fare reductions.
In addition to breaking news of Southwest's direct flights to Belize is the announcement that Orchid Bay, the pre-eminent community for retirees, is setting up tours of the area for visitors between November 12th and 15th ,and December 3rd and 6th. This announcement came as a response to demand by tourists fascinated with the idea of retiring to a nation where real estate values remain strong, the retirement age is just 45 and ex-pat taxes are low.
Visiting Belize to see what all of the excitement is about won't even take much of your time. Direct flights on Southwest and other domestic carriers leaving from major metro centers literally take just a few hours, so you won't even have to change your watch. Tour Orchid Bay to see a unique community designed just for retirees who demand high-quality infrastructure and a built-in lifestyle if they're to relocate abroad and expect to return home in a Belize state of mind!
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Tim Thornton
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"The Thorntons
Tim and Laurie Thornton live with their daughters Ellie and Emma and a black lab named Sampson in the mountain town of Woodland Park, CO, land of fly fishing, restaurants that go out of business in the winter, and an unusual convergence of kindgom-loving artists. They gasp at the beauty of Pikes Peak all year long and enjoy hiking, snowshoeing, camping, and the people around them. For Tim, a long day on the river with rod and net is about as good as it gets, and Laurie recently finished in her first half-marathon.
They make music with folky instruments and write songs that reflect their obsession with the kingdom, much like a man who once told stories about sons and coins and wheat and weeds and yeast and sheep. They recorded two Blackthorn Project releases, Until and The Bluing of the Sky before being featured on Enter the Worship Circle: Fourth Circle as songwriters and musicians/singers. They are currently releasing their own Simple Series, a song-by-song musical release which allows listeners to join the journey of music with the Thorntons instead of waiting for a polished final product. The stories and scriptures that birth each Simple Series song are shared on the blog as each new song is released.
And More…
The Blackthorn Project is a 501(c)(3) organization founded by Tim and Laurie Thornton in 2006 with the aim to help people encounter and be transformed by Jesus and the message of his Kingdom. They've been putting all they have into serving in that capacity since then, using their music and teachings to foster worship experience and connection where communities gather, whether the home, the church's building, the music venue, or the mission field. What does that look like? Well, read our mission statement!
Why is it named Blackthorn?
The Blackthorn Project is named for the Irish blackthorn, the "tree of strife." Blackthorn is the original Irish translation of Thornton (the co-founders' last name), and the tree is symbolic of the enduring struggle against oppression and adversity.
Getting in Touch
You can contact us Tim and Laurie directly to bring The Blackthorn Project to your venue, fellowship, small group, or living room. You can book Tim and/or Laurie for your recording session. You can license our songs for your media or get permission to include them in your recording project."


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Childhood and adolescent obesity in America is a "big" issue and it is getting "bigger." While most adults who struggle with their weight are more than aware of this growing problem and expect to be counseled when visiting their doctor, this is usually unexpected when we take our children in for a routine yearly check up. Unfortunately, the facts are that childhood obesity has tripled in the past 30 years. Nearly 30% of children age 6-11 are overweight and nearly 20% of those are categorized as obese. These numbers are steadily and dramatically increasing.
Screening for overweight and obesity is done in your physician's office by taking a body mass index measurement, or BMI, a calculation based upon the height and weight of your child. Our children are defined as OVERWEIGHT if they have a BMI in the 85-94th percentile and OBESE if they are in the 95th percentile or above. While it may be uncomfortable, I suggest you go to the Centers for Disease Control website and enter your child's information into the pediatric BMI calculator. It is tough to be objective when it comes to our own children and this will give you a number which removes our biological bias.
The American Academy of Family Practice recommends obtaining this measurement annually beginning at age 2 to ensure a healthy weight trend and the United States Preventative Services Task Force recommends we refer for nutritional therapy beginning at age 6.
If your child's BMI is in the overweight or obese range, I highly recommend you do not initially focus on your child or children. First take a look at your family habits and parenting styles. The benefit of behavior therapy may be increased if you parents, rather than the child, are given the primary responsibility for behavior change.
Being overweight or obese can have a significant effect on both the physical and emotional health of our children. Their behavior can drift towards becoming bullied or being bullies, they can develop low self-esteem, depression and anxiety. The obesity epidemic is made complex by various factors. However, it can also be made quite simple, energy in should equal energy out.
In order to maintain a healthy weight as a child and into adulthood our energy intake needs to equal our energy expenditure. For starters, your entire family needs to embrace a permanent change including a healthy lifestyle. Much of your failure or success will come from the balance between your diet and exercise. Current recommendations are physical activity of 1 hour a day for children and 30 minutes for adults; 5 days a week. The activity does not necessarily have to occur in a gym or with sport but can be just simple, brisk walking. Start somewhere and add at least a step each day!
I believe in calorie counting. I am amazed at how much my patients learn from discovering how many calories their food is poisoning them with. I would also like to say that for the most part, your child can not eat what junk food you do not buy.
I would like to end with a personal story about two of my new heroes. I coach soccer and at about age 11, boys love to play shirts and skins. It crushes my heart to see the heavier boys jockey to be on the shirts side and when they end up on the skins side, they are embarrassed. This is a lot of pressure on our kids. I have never said anything to those boys specifically but could see their pain. Over the years, I have made general recommendations of a good diet to the entire team as a whole, like we should do for our families. I am not sure if this was it or something else, but something clicked in two of the boys minds. Over a year, these two boys changed their diets completely. One played soccer almost every day with his dad. The other started running and eventually personally chose to run and win 5 K's. These two boys are now the most fit players on my team. I am amazed by them. However, most kids are not likely to change their stars on their own like my two little heroes. Most kids need their entire family to change beginning with the parents and grandparents.
Finally, if you need help, the entire family should go and see your doctor to discuss the family weight, get caught up on wellness measurements including the BMI percentile, blood pressure, insulin level, glucose level and cholesterol profile.
Mark Mansfield MD


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THIS is the terrifying moment armed police storm Borough Market during the London Bridge terror rampage.
A woman can be heard gasping in horror as specialist cops lockdown the area where three jihadi knifemen had slashed passersby.
It is one of several shocking videos shared in the aftermath of the atrocity on Saturday night, which has so far left seven dead and 48 injured.
Moments earlier the evil attackers had ploughed through pedestrian's on London Bridge at around 10pm.
Two of those injured are believed to be cops including a British Transport Police officer who was among the first to respond.
He was slashed in the face and body and was receiving treatment in hospital on Sunday.
Armed cops shot the attackers — who were wearing dummy bomb vests — outside the Wheatsheaf pub in the market.
Four explosions - confirmed as controlled blasts by the police - were heard outside The Sun offices near London Bridge between 1:23am and 1:49am.
Eye witnesses at London Bridge confirmed that several bodies were "strewn on the ground" and people were receiving CPR after being randomly stabbed by the sick extremists.
Among those hurt are believed to be a bystander shot in the head by crossfire and a reveller stabbed five times.
A van ploughed through pedestrians on London Bridge just after 10pm on Saturday
Three men wearing fake bomb vests began knifing bystanders and pub-goers
- Staff at one pub barricaded the doors as the attackers tried to storm the building before the three terrorists were shot dead
- Member of the public caught in the crossfire as cops fired being treated in hospital
At least seven victims were killed and 48 people were injured with 21 critical
- At least two police officers are among the injured
Theresa May chaired a Cobra meeting before declaring 'enough is enough'
- Jeremy Corbyn said he is 'shocked and horrified' by 'brutal' attack
- Home Secretary Amber Rudd said police believe they have "all the main perpetrators" and are confident they were radical Islamic terrorists
- Police Commissioner Cressida Dick praised the 'extraordinary courage' of by-standers
- Cops raid block of flats in Barking, East London, reportedly home to one of the attackers, and arrest 12 as well as sealing off East Ham flat
- A French man and a Canadian are confirmed among those killed
Police appealed for witnesses to send images and videos to help identify the attackers and piece together the chaos
The Met opened a casualty bureau for those concerned about family and friends. There are two numbers to call: 0800 096 1233 and 020 7158 0197
- All the main political parties aside from UKIP suspended campaigning as Mrs May confirmed the election will go ahead
- One Love Manchester Concert goes ahead as youngsters refuse to let terrorists stop them attending
- Sick ISIS thugs celebrated attack and called for more atrocities
The PM delivered a firm warning to those who harbour extremists in what looked like a turning point in terror policy.
Following the third attack in just three months, Theresa May defiantly confirmed Thursday's General Election will go ahead and issued a warning to jihadis and their supporters, saying: "Things need to change".
After chairing a Cobra emergency meeting, she said: "It is time to say enough is enough. "Everybody needs to go about their lives as they normally would. Our society should continue to function in accordance with our values.
"But when it comes to taking on extremism and terrorism, things need to change.
"While we have made significant progress in recent years there is, to be frank, far too much tolerance of extremism in our country.
"So we need to become far more robust in identifying it and stamping it out - across the public sector and across society.
"That will require some difficult and often embarrassing conversations, but the whole of our country needs to come together to take on this extremism."
Related stories
- Bloodied victims of London Bridge terror attack hid in Borough Market pub, video footage shows
- Hero rugby player cop took on all THREE machete-wielding terrorists as they attacked innocent victims and continued fighting with just a baton until the savage trio stabbed him in the face
- London Bridge attack victim stabbed in throat with 12-inch hunting knife – but survived when blade missed major artery
- Sick ISIS thugs celebrate London Bridge terror attack that has left seven dead and dozens injured
- Donald Trump slams London mayor Sadiq Khan and calls on people to 'stop being politically correct' after London Bridge terror attack
- London Bridge attack cabbie tells of hero who 'saved 20 lives' using her body to barricade restaurant door, blocking terrorist
- Horror of London Bridge attack as woman cradles horrifically injured lover pleading 'Don't let those f****** get away with it'
- British cops in balaclavas and carrying assault rifles take to the capital's streets after London Bridge terror attack
- Bystander 'shot in the head' and killed as London Bridge attack terror cops open fire on three knifemen
- London Bridge attack terrorist's Barking flat raid sees armed cops arrest 12 people including women
- London Bridge attack was revenge for RAF's 'love from Manchester' airstrike say sick ISIS supporters who post taunting picture of the inscribed RAF bomb
- Moment armed police swarm east London and aim their guns up into flat as captial on alert after London Bridge terror attack
- London terror attack photographer who took dramatic pic of jihadists being gunned down relives moment he came within feet of knife maniacs
- How the London Bridge terror attack unfolded leaving seven dead and dozens critically injured
- LIVE BLOG: London Bridge attack latest live updates – Cops confirm three terrorists shot dead after jihadis kill seven and hurt 48


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The citizens of La Habra Heights are among the most well-educated in the nation: 47.34% of adults in La Habra Heights have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in La Habra Heights in 2010 was $49,672, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $198,688 for a family of four.
La Habra Heights also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 22.38%.
The languages spoken by people in La Habra Heights are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in La Habra Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Chinese and Korean.


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The FBI arrested on Thursday a one-time candidate for Cal State San Marcos student-body president, 11 months after concerns of election tampering surfaced on campus.
Matthew Weaver is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in federal court in San Diego following his arrest on suspicion of wire fraud, access device fraud and unauthorized access to a computer, FBI Special Agent Darrell Foxworth said.
Details of the case were not immediately available, and a university spokeswoman declined to comment Thursday.
Last year, Cal State San Marcos officials said they suspected the user IDs and passwords of some 700 students were stolen to alter results of the student election, in which students cast votes via computer.
It was the largest theft of Cal State San Marcos students' computer passwords in the school's 24-year history.
The investigation into ID theft started after the university's computer technicians alerted campus police to odd activity on a computer, authorities said.
Campus police arrested Weaver on March 15, 2012 — the last day of the four-day voting period — after they found him at a school computer and in possession of a device that could be used to steal computer passwords.
At the time, Weaver, a third-year business student, was running to be student body president.
Weaver bailed out the following day and was not charged with a crime at the time. A month later, the FBI said it was investigating the case.
University administrators canceled the mid-March election, for fear the results were compromised. It was rescheduled for May 2012.


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I have been meaning to eat at Frank at the AGO since it first opened its doors. My parents are both members of the Art Gallery of Ontario and drive into the city from Oakville every so often to find inspiration. So when my father invited me to join him for the final day of the Picasso exhibit I jumped at the opportunity.
Marking the only Canadian stop on its world tour, the highly anticipated exhibition Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, was made possible as the museum temporarily closed for renovations, sending its treasures out on a rare world tour. My father and I arrived just before the doors opened and strolled through the busy gallery space for the final hours of its run in Toronto. We had both been to visit the Picasso Museum in Paris during our trip in 2006. It was a thrill to stare at some of Picasso's most famous works "at home," while remembering where they originally hung in Paris.
After our tour of the gallery we declared ourselves peckish and decided to plop ourselves at Frank's bar for a quick bite. A beautiful sculpture juts out from beneath the floor of the dining room directly in front of the kitchen. A clear connection between Frank's culinary offerings and the art gallery's artistic forces colliding onto our plates. The brunch offerings at Frank were fantastic and well complimented by a fantastic local beer and wine list. We munched on our brunch while a bartender muddled a few mojitos. Frank offers one of the best brunches I've encountered in the city with a clear interest in celebrating our Canadian roots. Not to mention one of the best art collections in North America sitting right next door.
We enjoyed:
Mike Duggan Number 9 IPA
Beavertail Double Bacon Sandwich
peameal bacon, maple cured bacon, 2 year old cheddar, apple butter, apple fennel slaw, beavertail flatbread
Bacon and Croissant
strawberry preserve, fresh cream
#364 restaurant reviewed in Ontario since moving to Toronto in 2010.


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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Britain's former chief drugs adviser, sacked for his outspoken views last year, launched an independent drugs advisory body on Friday he said would seek to tell the "truth about drugs" free of political interference.
Home Secretary (interior minister) Alan Johnson removed Professor David Nutt in October after he argued that ecstasy, cannabis and LSD were less harmful than alcohol and tobacco.
The government said Nutt, head of the influential Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) at the time, had overstepped his role and undermined its message on the dangers of recreational drug use.
His sacking caused outrage across the scientific community and caused a string of resignations from the council.
Nutt said the new body, the Independent Scientific Committee on Drugs already had 14 members, including himself, drawn from a broad church of academics.
"What this committee will do is provide you with the truth about drugs, unfettered by any political considerations," he told reporters at the Science Media Center in London.
"This is the strongest grouping of scientists (on drugs)...that we have ever had in this country. It is the first truly independent committee, and as we've already seen, we are extraordinarily impressive and we will grow and become even stronger."
He said four out five experts who resigned from the ACMD in protest at his dismissal were members of the new body. He said they had joined because they were horrified by the treatment of the scientific community.
Nutt said he expected the body to add between 5 and 10 more experts in the next six months or so.
Funding, to the tune of 150,000 pounds ($245,100) a year will come from a hedge fund manager with a scientific interest, who wanted to give something back to society, Nutt said.
The grouping, with expertise in neurology, toxicology, forensic science and education, would work in parallel with the government appointed ACMD, and not compete with it, he said.
"It's very clear that we are going to focus on the science of drugs...so the way I see it working is we will do that and if the ACMD wants to use our science then great."
Nutt said he had received a very supportive email on Friday from the new interim chair of the ACMD, Professor Les Iversen, who was only appointed this week.
"He welcomed the new committee and said he hoped we can work together," Nutt said.
The Home Office on Friday said it had no comment on the launch of the new organization and said the ACMD, a statutory body, would continue to influence government policy.
"When reviewing drugs harms the ACMD routinely consider evidence and reports from a wide range of sources, including external experts." A spokesman said that would not change.
The body, which first met on Thursday, will focus on three work programs over the next three months.
One will be on the dangers of so-called "herbal high" substances, smoking mixtures which have grown in popularity in the UK and which Nutt classed as dangerous when he worked at the ACMD.
Another will work on developing more flexible ways of "determining drug harms" and the third will examine the dangers of the growing recreational use of the animal tranquilizer ketamine.
Editing by Keith Weir


text: William Reichert's conversion story [This Rock, January 1990] caused quite a stir. Some of it is reflected in letters published in this issue, but the largest stir has been within the Evangelical community in Southern California, where Reichert had been a leading and well-respected apologist at a prominent church near Los Angeles. His conversion came as a disappointing surprise to many, one of whom was the recipient of the following letter. "Max" (not his real name) is himself well known among Southern California Evangelicals for his work in Christian apologetics, and his disappointment at Reichert's switch was especially deep because he is more antipathetic to Catholicism than are most of Reichert's other Evangelical friends.We think Catholics should read this half of the exchange because it will give them some appreciation of the turmoil one goes through in coming to Rome. "Born Catholics" too readily think conversion is easy, but most converts will attest it's the toughest thing they've ever done.Dear Max:It is quite unfair to allege that the Catholic Church "allows" its clergymen and theologians to deny cardinal doctrines of the faith. The Catholic Church is patient with wayward clergy and teachers, but its moves to discipline Hans Kung, Charles Curran, Raymond Hunthausen, and Marcel Lefebvre show that the Catholic Church jealously guards the truth of the Gospels.With respect to the actual position of the Church on the issues you mention, it is not at all difficult to find. It has never been hidden under a bushel. The papers of the councils, papal encyclicals, and the like are easily available in Catholic book stores. The official position of the Church on many issues, such as the nature and role of the Church, is found in the documents issued by the Second Vatican Council, and these are available in English translation. (Look particularly at the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church.)In advance of our meeting again, I want to take a moment to clarify some of the points I raised at our breakfast. I tend to express myself better on paper than in person, so perhaps this will help.While I believe the Catholic Church is the true church, I don't believe for a moment that it is a perfect church in that its members are perfect. As I mentioned to you, in many ways I expect it may be a disappointment of sorts compared to my old church. The issue is not whether I am attracted to the Catholic Church; it is whether in obedience to Jesus Christ I must be in that Church. To be honest, until fairly recently my feelings about the Catholic Church were something of a love/hate affair (and mostly the latter). It is only recently that love has replaced hate, and only as I responded in obedience to what I saw as a spiritual imperative. Feelings, in other words, are following obedience, and not vice versa. There is much in liturgical Catholicism that is beautiful, but I felt that way for years while still rejecting the Catholic Church on theological grounds.The problem now is that I am convinced of the claims of the Catholic Church. What should I do but what I am doing? This is most certainly not a hasty decision; it has been over a year in the making. I have had a great deal of counsel, although admittedly not everyone's counsel. I have given each issue deep and serious consideration, starting from premises hostile to Catholicism.You said you sense a bit of pride in my decision and in my article. I hope you are mistaken in this. If anything I have said has given offense because of the way I said it (as opposed to what I said), I sincerely apologize to you and to anyone else I may have offended. But if my offense is simply in what I said, I cannot apologize, for I am still fully persuaded that all I wrote is true.In fact, I had to strip away what I perceived as pride on my part in order to look at the Catholic Church fairly. As a result I have felt a great deal of humiliation because of my blindness to the claims of Rome. I think I have been proud, even arrogant, in the past when I seemed to act as if there were some virtue in me for my Christian faith (of course, I knew it was all grace, but I didn't always act that way).But coming to acknowledge the claims of the Catholic Church hasn't made me proud: It has brought me low, for I have had to acknowledge a great deal of thick-headedness on my part. I'm not now saying I'm right; I'm acknowledging that the Catholic Church is right and I've been wrong. To say the Church knows better than I do seems to be the opposite of pride, for I would not admit just how limited my understanding has been.In Christian charity I must ask you to reconsider some of the points I raised in my article. While you were gracious to say there can be born-again believers in the Catholic Church, I did catch a certain "damning with faint praise" attitude, as if to say that despite the Catholic Church I could still, theoretically, be a Christian, although I would be pathetically misguided if I continued in the Catholic Church. The point of my paper is that Catholicism is not an option, like being a Baptist or a Methodist, but a command. Entering the Catholic Church is not like making a religious faux pas. It is as critical a decision as one could make.I found the most telling admission you made to be that you believed the Christian Church would never be visibly united in this life. You apparently see that a divided visible church is the inevitable consequence of the Protestant understanding of authority. You said each man is a "little church" unto himself in the final analysis. This was a conclusion I drew in a draft of my article, but I shied away from stating it in the final version, thinking I would be accused by Evangelicals of being unfair. I now see this is indeed the logical consequence of Evangelicalism.I have been an Evangelical and an apologist long enough to know exactly how you see me, even if you find it difficult to say so directly. You think that I must be blind to the truth if I embrace Catholicism, and you fear that I have become, if not a cultist, then at least a quasi-cultist. You have known me too long to deny that I am born again, but since you appear hesitant to engage me on the issues, you have to find some subjective motivation within me that accounts for my conversion--hence the accusation that I am motivated by pride. I will not respond in kind. I do not believe your unwillingness to address the arguments of my article are motivated by pride. But it does seem to me that, for whatever reason, you refuse even to concede the possibility that the Catholic Church could be right and you wrong. Is this correct? Or have I misunderstood you?In Christ,Bill


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We actually started on a hight on day 5 Stu's frame was up into the early hours putting his replacement bike together, food and company had been good and clothes were suitably dry enough from the water fest the day before.
As we got in quite late last night due to a closed bridleway, we decided to change the route slightly and head down the road in the morning.
In no time we had coveted around 12 miles and were back on track and started to climb out of Llandovery towards the Black Mountain.
Unfortunately, about 30km in my knee became painful enough that I had to jump in the van to let the others carry on.
It wasn't much further to the start of the bridleway up the Black Mountain where the group left the support vehicles.
However about 10 minutes later Bails was back for a replacement tyre as Clanks tyre had decided it didn't want to be round any more and exploded.
So Bails grabbed the replacement and shuttled it up to the incident.
I've been reliably that the climb up the Black Mountain was very very tough and because of the number of sheep tracks up there, it was proving difficulf to navigate.
While they were traversing up and over, the support vans took an hour drive round to the other side to wait for the crudders to appear.
From the top of the mountain, they finally caught sight of the South Wales coastline, boosting spirits over what had been an ardous climb.
The descent was fast and grassy with sudden rock fields to keep people on their toes. A few punctures were the only incidents fortunately.
Around 3 hours after setting off up the mountain, the riders appeared and headed the shory distance down to our accomodation for the night at Craig Y Nos Castle.
After a good food, (apart from Steves missing chips, which did eventually turn up 5 minutes after he'd finished his food), drink and relax we turned in for the night.
So now were up and its the last crudder breakfast... its been an epic adventure and although we're tired we don't want it to end!


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Here's our beautiful adult choir
and our children's choir
Jamie & Joey Hocutt as Mary & Joseph, and
Hamilton Sodergren and John Matthews as the narrators.
That's also our choir director, Jennifer Mills, with the super-fast hands...
and then came the shepherds...
(my hubs is in the vertical stripes)
p.s.- there were gorgeous angels on the screens in the sanctuary
King David
I wanted to get a pic of my girls in their matching Christmas outfits...
this was about as good as it got.
(note to self- take Christmas card pics immediately you slacker)
MM was out before we left church
Backing up to Sunday afternoon-
we ate lunch at Mannie & Grandaddy's after church.
Clay was channeling Indy with his attire and Eliza doesn't like to sit proper-like in her chair.
Grandaddy replacing a shoe...
The hubs and Pop.
Sorry these pics aren't great, but have I mentioned lately how much I miss my point and shoot?
more of E's antics in the kitchen.
FYI- the dog's food bowl has to be put away now because some little girl tried to eat it...
O really didn't want to wear a sweater to church, but after stepping outside there were no more complaints.
It's crazy cold here in Alabama at the moment.
O and I even saw snow flurries as we were getting in the car before church!
Nothing to close schools about though...
And that was our Sunday.
I also went to the mall Saturday night.
I know!
I HATE the mall, but I had coupons, and you know you can't just let those things go to waste.
It'd be a crime.
(p.s.- if you like The Limited or Belk, they are having crazy good sales right now. Just sayin...)