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Skip to comments.Saint Malachy, Prophecies about 112 popes until the end of the world, the last five Popes
Posted on 10/14/2007 8:25:58 PM PDT by Salvation
Note: The Church does not lean on private revelation for doctrinal matters, but it does not oppose to the faithful obtaining benefit from them so long as they don't go against our faith.
This analysis focuses on the last five Popes in the context of the prophecies of Saint Malachy.
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Saint Malachy was born in Amagh Ireland in 1094, he lived a religious life as a monk, then he was ordained priest and finally Bishop. He was canonized in 1199 by Pope Clement III. His biography was compiled by Saint Bernard, a contemporaneous saint.
He made a pilgrimage to Rome and during the end of the year 1139 and the beginning of 1140 had a series of visions about 112 Popes from Celestine III, elected Pontiff in 1130 until the last Pope who is described in his list as Peter Romanus.
After the last Roman Pontiff, Saint Malachy predicts the end of the world.
The Benedictine historian Arnold Wion was the first person to mention these prophecies in his book Lignum Vitae, published in 1559.
These prophecies are short, but they have demonstrated to be very accurate, even though in the time of their publication they caused much controversy as some claimed that they were falsified.
The book of prophecies of Saint Malachy was published originally in 1969 by Colin Smythe Ltd. in England, with the title "Prophecies of St. Malachy and St. Columbkille."
Tan Books published the book in the United States in 1973 with the title "Prophecies of Saint Malachy" its author is Peter Bander.
The foreword reads like this:
In publishing THE PROPHECIES OF SAINT MALACHY, Colin Smythe Limited have produced an instructive and entertaining book.
There is great deal of instant information in Peter Bander's nutshell biographical accounts of the popes who occupied the Roman See since the year 1143 to our present time - and indeed of the antipopes as well. The remarkable way in which the visions St Malachy is alleged to have had, are shown to apply to the succesive individual popes is most amusing. Is it not the case to repeat: "Se non e vero, e ben trovato"? (If it is not true, it is well rhymed)
Whatever one may think of the genuineness of the prophecies attributed to Saint Malachy, here is a fascinating study which provides the curious reader with much profit and pleasure.
Archbishop H.E. Cardinale
Apostolic Nuncio to Belgium and Luxemburg, until recently Apostolic Delegate to Great Britain.
It is curious to think that whenever there is a Conclave, the Cardinals read these prophecies of the saint, and even though they are not ecclesiastic authority they give an idea of what has happen and of what is to occur.
Prophecies of Saint Malachy
This study is an analysis based on private revelation and observations of what is taking place now. It is not to be taken as an official position of the Church. It is good to remind us of the words of the Lord: "stay awake."
The last five popes are mentioned with the following titles:
Flos Florum
De medietate Lunae
De Labore Solis
Gloria Olivae
Petrus Romanus
Flos Florum - Flower of flowers
Pope Paul VI
Pontiff from 1963 to 1978.
Giovanni Battista Montini. In his coat of arms there are three "fleurs de lis"
With great success he concluded Vatican Council II, he made rigorous reforms to the Roman Curia, he traveled the five continents and was called peregrine pope . In 1965 he was well received and accepted at his address to the UN. Author of the encyclicals opulorum progressio (1967), Humanae vitae July 24, 1968. He died in August 6, 1978, feast of the Transfiguration.
De medietate Lunae - Of the half moon
Papa Juan Pablo I ' Abino Luciani
Pontiff for 33 days.
He was born on 17 of October 1912 in Forno di Canale, called now Canale de Agordo, he was baptized the same day by his midwife, for fear of his death, he was later baptized by a priest.
After a life dedicated to the Church as a priest, he was elected Pope during the second day of the Conclave in August 26, 1978. He died of cardiac attack in September 28 1978, thirty three days after the beginning of his papacy.
"De la media luna" Of the half moon is a very accurate description regarding his beginning and also his short pontificate. Even his name Abino Luciani means white light, it has been mentioned that the most important events of his life took place in dates of half moon.
De Labore Solis - From the toil of the sun - or - Of the eclipse of the sun.
Pope John Paul II
Pontiff from 1978 to 2005
This description fits John Paul II perfectly, since he emerged as a especial light for the Catholic Church, promoting the faith from all angles. The works of John Paul II were truly the work of God, the labor of the sun.
The second meaning of "De labore solis" is a solar eclipse, in which the sun seems to struggle in order to give its light. Perhaps the fact that John Paul II, was a very Marian Pope who had a special devotion to the Virgin Mary, the woman clothed with the sun that appears in the Apocalypse, suggests that the sun (Our Lord) has been temporarily eclipsed by the moon (Our Lady).
John Paul II was a great humanist and peacemaker, a traveler Pope, proclaimer of the gospel in more than 130 countries throughout the world, author of many apostolic letters, encyclicals and books. Canonizer of more saints in his pontificate than any other Pope in all history. During his last years as Pope he concluded his pontificate proclaiming the Holy Trinity, the Virgin Mary and the Eucharist.
Year 1997. God the Son
Year 1998. God the Holy Spirit
Year 1999. God the Father
Year 2000
24 December 1999 - 6 January 2001Great Jubilee.
Year 2002-2003. Year of the Holy Rosary, institution of the Luminous mysteries.16 October 2002 - 31 October 2003
Year 2005. The Holy Eucharist. 17 October 2004 - 29 October 2005
Gloria Olivae - The Glory of the olive
Benedict XVI
Joseph Ratzinger
Starts Pontificate in April 2005
He chose his name in honor of Saint Benedict, author of the very strict rule of the Benedictines.
His motto is "Co-worker of the Truth."
He has been known even before becoming Pope as a conservative man, ready to defend the Catholic principles that represent the truth of the teachings of Christ.
Our new Pontiff is covered under the sign of the olive according to the prophecies of St. Malachy
The branches of the olive were symbols of peace and victory for Noah after the flood. Throughout history, we know that olive branches have made crowns for kings and athletes as symbols of power and glory. The olive tree thrives in silent areas, such as the garden of olives where Jesus suffered his agony before being arrested by the soldiers.
Olive oil has anointed kings, saints, popes and in a especial way all Christians.
The leaves and the oil of the olive tree have medicinal properties, derived from the oleic acid which is an anti cancer component. The good kitchen cannot exist without olive oil. The best paints have olive oil base, to give them luster and to increase their durability.
The olive is a symbol of peace, abundance, glory and purification.
The Church has been through a period of light, and now is the the time to celebrate and pick up the fruits of the previous pontificate of John Paul. It is quite possible that they will bring many conversions and an increase in the faith especially from the young people.
With the purifying properties of the olive, our new Pontiff comes to challenge error. He presents himself exposing the truth of our faith with a special courage, he is prepared to heal the cancer of heresy, the infection of apostasy and to promote the health of our Catholic faith.
According to the prophecies of Saint Malachy, Pope Benedict XVI is the Pope before the last one, named "Gloria Olivae" which means the glory of the olive, it is to be a time of glory and rejoicing for the true Church.
Due to the straightforwardness of our new Pontiff, great opposition is expected, but the Spirit of God is with him and we are in good hands.
Petrus Romanus - Peter Roman
The apostle Peter was the first Pope of the Church, elected directly by our Lord Jesus Christ:
You are Peter, the rock. On this rock I will build my Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in Heaven, whatever you loose on earth will be loose in Heaven. (Matthew 16:18-19)
Peter, the same as Christ, drank of the same chalice of suffering when he died as a martyr.
The body of Christ, the Church represents our Lord Jesus Christ.
The last two pontiffs will have to face the fury of the enemy who will make a violent persecution to Christianity. Faithful as Peter, the last Pontiff will take care of his flock in the midst of the attacks of the enemy.
2 Thessalonians 3-4 speaks of the apostasy of the last times before the second coming of Christ, when evil will be defying everything that is sacred. The man of iniquity, or the anti-Christ will take his seat in the temple of God.
This does not necessarily means the embodiment of the devil but if could mean the evil that is being accepted broadly when human beings who are temples of the spirit of God are being desecrated by their own wickedness.
Just as the Lord lived, taught us, gave us spiritual food and saved us by his death on the cross, the Church being the mystical body of Christ has a similar task. Therefore the church is to be persecuted, insulted and finally crucified, in preparation for the coming of the Lord.
But just as the Lord rose after his death, the Church will also be resurrected for the Glory of God.
No one knows the day nor the hour, but the Lord tells us to be ready.
The prophecies of Saint Malachy end like this:
In the persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will reign Peter the Roman, who will feed his flock among many tribulations after which the seven hilled city will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people.
The Scripture often used the image of whores/prostitutes to depict the people of God when they strayed from the truth of His revelation and began to worship under their own imaginations. You can see this in places like Ezekiel chapters 16 and 23 and Revelation 17. Israel played the harlot by leaving the true worship of God and setting up idols after their own self-absorbed vanities.
When the patriarchs of the Roman system abandoned the simple, true worship of God revealed in Holy Scripture and invented a new system under the pretext of magisterial authority, they became the harlot in no less fashion that ancient Israel.
The Reformation was all about calling the Church to abandon her harlotries and return the faith of the Apostles. This they have refused to do, preferring instead to call the faithful in other denominations less than truly Christian.
Thankfully, it is not too late for your prelates to reform their system. They just need the will to do so and the unction of the Holy Spirit, Who is now far from them.
Again, your point is based on falsehood. The Liturgy is of apostolic age.
So, again your point (whatever it is) is worthless.
You can believe that is you wish, but the fact is there is no evidence to suggest that the apostles or early century Christians would have recognized the medieval-modern blasphemy known as the Roman Mass.
It's of a certainty that they wouldn't recognise (as Christian) the modernist heresy that is protestantism. Indeed, they would recoil in horror at the self-so-called "reformation".
Any complaints, Dominick? No? Didn't think so.
There's plenty of evidence that Trent merely codified existing Roman usage that goes back to the early 5th Century. There's little or nothing "medieval" about it. The Byzantine Rite is of similar antiquity.
Read this for an even earlier view of Roman liturgy.
Get ALL of "topcat's" comments about whoring and blasphemy zotted (note post 26 and post 43, among others) and I'll be happy to see post 44 get zotted, too.
No complaints about #26 and #43?
didn't think so.
Oh, do tell. What's blasphemous about it?
I'm not interested in zotting anyone's posts, Dominick is. Talk to him/her. Apparently on this forum it's not OK to use the word "whoring" (which as far as I know isn't a banned word on FR) in reference to Catholics but it's OK to say essentially the same thing to Protestants. Sheer hypocrisy.
Read before you post. I do have a problem with the word "whoring" in this context.
Essentially the same thing? Would you rather your mother were called a "heretic" or a "whore"? If it takes more than a few seconds to figure it out, don't bother responding.
Chapter, verse?
Gosh, is it OK if I respond? Gee, I hope so.
Maybe you're just sensitive to the word "whore," but I see no real difference between "heretic" and "whore" in this context. In fact, I think "heretic" may be worse. Calling someone's religion a heresy is extremely harsh, don't you think?
What is the simple, true worship of God as revealed in Holy Scripture? Come on now, you have all the answers at your fingertips. Don't disappoint.
I understood that you did not like purely religious discussions. Did I get that wrong?
You should have said, "end of the 7-Hilled, Mystery Babylon" system.
As a matter of fact, Malacy says it himself at the end of the article leading this thread: "after which the seven hilled city will be destroyed and the dreadful Judge will judge the people."
The words "whore" and "harlot" are not banned on the Religion Forum. But when you use the words on the Religion Forum it had better be academic and/or in reference to a passage from the Bible.
Using such words to characterize another confession is hate mongering per se - on the order of Jack Chick - and will not be tolerated.
There will no further warnings - this thread is on zero tolerance.
Heresy is a verfiable accusation. It's a word that has an actual religious or theological connotation. "Whoring" is being employed as imagery of societal pondscum (as it were) to personify our holy mother Church. Given the context of the "Whore of Babylon", Topcat is calling us in league with Satan. If Topcat needs a Thesaurus, there are plenty of online resources. Using the word "whore" is intellectually lazy and designed to shock, not make efficacious.
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Day 103, Chapter 103
I'm flabbergasted by today's chapter. Not because of the content – there's nothing that could shock me at this point, good or bad – but because of its immense, massive, mouth-watering girth! Beginning on page 309 and ending on page 313, Chapter One Hundred and Three packs more words per chapter than any of the previous 102. JPatt's been saving up his 103 mph fastball for the bottom of the ninth. Or maybe it's the Bugs Bunny slowball. Either way, this one's a doozy – oh my, how will I ever be able to give it the proper attention?
Heidi shows up to talk to the FBI about her husband, the Lipstick Killer. After talking to Lindsay and Agent Dick Benbow for awhile, they tell her that she needs to enter Witness Protecion with her kids. She wants to bring Sarah Wells with her. After a bit of muttering, Benbow agrees. That's it. I don't know who the hell wrote this chapter, but at twice the length, there's no way it was James Patterson. Here are my favorite passages – the whole chapter is from Heidi's perspective:
1) How had she lived with Pete Gordon and never known who he was? Pictures kept coming into her mind, images of cooking for Pete, reasoning with him, trying to keep his lid on.
2) And now her husband had both literally and figuratively blown up their lives.
3) "He said that when he was driving around, he was planning to kill Stevie, but then he saw something in Stevie's face. He said, 'He looks just like me. But you, Heidi. You look nothing like me at all.'"
"That was pretty ugly."
4) Heidi's mind flooded with thoughts.
5) Benbow was saying that, for her own protection, her life as Heidi Meyer was over. That for the safety of her kids, she had to disappear, delete her real life and start over as a new person. It was damned near inconceivable.
6) Heidi was overwhelmed by the enormity of this immediate and complete break with her past – and with the idea of a future without Pete. What would it be like to love without fear, to be with Sarah every night and in the light of day?
7) Tears filled Heidi's eyes again and spilled down her cheeks. She covered her face with her hands and let the tears come.
1: Please keep the lid on that thing.
2: Oh, right, he blew up your house. (I really did forget that part.)
3: "That was pretty ugly." Thanks, Lindsay.
4: Quick, build an ark!
5: Her last name's been Meyer all this time? Inconceivable.
6: "Every night, all night," you mean. Am I right, JPatt?
7: Tears filled Seth's eyes and spilled down his cheeks. Two and a half months of his life was completely gone and there was no way to get any of it back.
Go to Day 104
3. Instead of "You, Heidi, look nothing like me," did he maybe mean "Stevie looks nothing like you, Heidi?" I mean, why would there be a resemblance between Pete and his wife? I don't get that line at all. Now I'll be up all night, ruminating. 😀
Nate, the reason he didn't kill the stink bomb is because he looks like him, but Heidi doesn't look like him so he's trying to say he would have no problem killing her. It makes perfect sense…to JPatt.


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After witnessing the reawakening of Groudon/Kyogre at the bottom of the Seafloor Cavern, you to go Route 126 on your way to Sootopolis City.
Explore the Route
If you wish, you can explore this route before entering Sootopolis City.
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Kuhailan Haifi I (a.k.a Tajar 1934)
By Joe Achcar
Posted on November 22nd, 2008 in General
Kuhailan Haifi I is the only son of the desert bred import Kuhailan Haifi out of the Babolna mare Mersuch 1-3-1 (Kohejlanka in Polish breeding). He was exported to Babolna in 1938, where he was renamed "Tajar". He left two Asil mares: 21 kuhaylan Haifi I, which left no Asil progeny; and 250 kuhailan Haifi I the dam of the Stallion Siglavy Bagdady VI which Edouard recently wrote about.
This leads me to surmise that there may be Asil horses from Babolna lines left, trough the Babolna mares taken by the Germans during WWII, rescued by the Poles, who returned them in 1951 to Babolna. Maybe Tzviah can help ?


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Google has spoken to some of the top music-recording companies about creating a subscription music service similar to Rdio and Spotify, but music industry sources have told The Verge that any launch of such a service is still months away.
Google has specifically talked about a launch of a streaming music service in the third quarter, the sources said today. The Financial Times reported earlier in the day that the launch is "impending."


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Minster FM News
Bradford Man Who Died at York Racecourse is Named
4:20pm 28th May 2013
A man who died at York racecourse on Saturday 25 May 2013 has been named.
He was Jack Yates, who was aged 21 and from Bradford.
A date has not yet been set for his inquest.
The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being compiled on behalf of the coroner.
James Brennan from York Racecourse told Minster FM:
"This is obviously a serious and sad incident over the weekend, and the thoughts and sympathies of everyone at the racecourse go out to the friends and family of Jack Yates."


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"Back in the 1970's we tried price controls."
I remember that and it didn't work.
I'm speaking about localized disasters. If the price to a retailer goes up, he should be allowed to raise his prices accordingly. He should not be allowed to gouge me in life - death situations.
What's localized about having 20% of the entire US refining capacity shut down? High prices discourage low value consumption like driving on a vacation. Also considering the infrastructure for delivering more supplies to the areas affected by the hurricane was damaged, the cost of delivering more supplies increased. Much of the refined products had to be diverted to places where they normally don't go. I'd rather have high prices and available supply than fixed prices and no supply, especially after a natural disaster.


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- Cypress Swamp (8.5km)
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Maple Leafs acquire Ryan O'Byrne from Avs
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DENVER — The Toronto Maple Leafs bolstered their defense by acquiring Ryan O'Byrne from the Colorado Avalanche for a fourth-round draft pick in 2014.
O'Byrne has a goal and three assists in 34 games this season for Colorado, which currently owns the worst mark in the NHL.
The 28-year-old O'Byrne joins a Maple Leafs squad that's in the thick of the Eastern Conference playoff chase. He could help add more defensive stability to a team that's surrendering an average of 2.67 goals a game.
Colorado originally acquired O'Byrne from Montreal on Nov. 11, 2010. He was taken by the Canadiens in the third round of the 2003 draft.
The Leafs also announced the signing of defenseman Andrew MacWilliam to a two-year entry level contract. MacWilliam, 23, was selected by Toronto in the seventh round of the 2008 draft.


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It's the day after Thanksigiving and I feel decidedly….ungrateful.
And for the life of me, I'm trying to get myself back to that place of gratitude, to look around me at my blessings and my gifts, of all the rambling statuses on Facebook that people posted yesterday about life and love and happiness….but I'm just not there.
This year, for the first time in I'm not exactly sure how long (at least six years, I went back through Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving in my head after I went to bed at 8:15pm), it was just the five of us for the holiday. And I know I should be grateful just for that, because there was a distinct possibility that my eldest might not have made it back home this year. He is now a real adult, fully employed and living in the DC area. Luckily too, he has some friends from high school who also have settled in that area (what are the odds, right, this tiny little rural town northeast of NYC, with only a few hundred kids graduating each year, that he would have friends who are also in DC), so he had people to carpool home with Tuesday night.
And too, we started off the day right, with a trip to church, where my daughter was an altar server for the Thanksgiving service. It brought to mind everything I love about living in this small town; the way one of my best girlfriends sat down in the pew beside me; the way the priest uses my name at Holy Communion because everyone knows everyone at our smallish church; the coffee and doughnuts afterward. Our priest, a clearly flawed human who shares his struggles with us through his homilies, warned us about all of our travels we would be embarking on yesterday…both physical and emotional. Especially the emotional. I'll never again think priests don't understand real people's problems after listening to this guy. I left church with a sense of peace and purpose, clicking off the menu items still to be taken care of, thinking ahead to a lovely afternoon of cooking and catching up with Z and drinking and eating.
But that illusion fell apart immediately when my husband made the turn into the grocery store on the way home from church. I asked, incredulously (and probably not terribly politely), "What on Earth could we use at the store? I've been shopping for three days?" From the backseat my daughter and youngest son also expressed their disbelief. "Hash browns," my husband growled, the one household staple I keep forgetting at the store (probably because I'm not eating them since I'm trying to lose weight). Crystallized in his two words were anger, frustration, and bitterness.
"Fine, well I'll just run in and get them so we can be quick," I said, noting the nearly empty parking lot; it wasn't crowded, so it wouldn't take long. Then I could get back home and start cooking, including the surprise cherry pie I'd had to add to the menu because of the wrinkled face my husband had made when I mentioned the dessert I'd planned was Pumpkin Cheesecake.
All of a sudden I felt the car swerve and R made a big circle to leave the parking lot. "Fine. Forget it. No one else wants them. We'll just go home, and no one gets hash browns tomorrow morning for breakfast." His jaw was set tight, his grip so firm on the steering wheel that I could see the whites of his knuckles.
I raised my voice, telling him he was ridiculous, to turn around, but no matter. When R makes up his mind, that's it. He was done. And he remained done, all day long.
He was silent when I informed him that the whole incident was for naught, because when I returned to the grocery later on, I discovered it closed. We wouldn't have been able to get the has browns anyway. No matter.
He was silent when I asked him to check on the cherry pie I'd made expressly for him as it baked. He was on his way to the bathroom from the sofa where he'd planted himself since the moment he'd arrived home from church, and wasn't terribly interested.
He was silent as I bustled in the kitchen, battling with my mother's cranberry sherbet (I won, but it was a long fought battle), sauteeing the onions and celery for my mother's stuffing, creating the pesto out of herbs and carefully sliding it between the skin and the fat breast of turkey R brought home from the butcher, as I peeled and mashed the potatoes, as I slid into the oven the broccoli casserole from my great aunt's recipe.
And because he was silent, so were the kids. My daughter played on the computer in one room; my younger son watched TV in another. My eldest shuttled between my husband in the front room and periodically checking on my progress in the kitchen, trying to break the tension by asking me about the thin citrus slices I used with the bird and asking R about the dismal performance of the Detroit Lions on the television.
It didn't work that well.
And so, after every dish was washed (my grandmother's china), after every leftover was put in a plastic tub and into the fridge, after the kids parked themselves on the sofa to watch this year's playing of "Elf" on the big screen, I quietly wandered upstairs to bed. It was 8:15. I tried to remind myself to be grateful. I tried to look around my bedroom filled with lovely furniture, my warm house, my full belly, my family downstairs enjoying the movie. But it didn't help. Then I went back through the last few Thanksgivings in my head, trying to realize why they did not leave me with this same feeling of emptiness. Last year, in Pittsburgh with my father. Two years prior, here with R's parents and sister. Three years ago, again in Pittsburgh. Four years ago, we were at his cousin's.
This was the first year in a long time when it was just us. Without other family members to change our family dynamic, we fell into our same patterns and arguments, fights and foibles. It made what was supposed to be a special day just like every other day. No amount of special food could save us from ourselves, the lack of appreciation and respect for the basics of who we are to each other. It made me sad, empty and certainly unable to see all of the many other blessings around me.
Life could be worse, I know. But I often wonder, is that the motto I really want to live by?
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Super delish!
I am accustomed to eating and making buko pandan salad but pandan jelly with corn kernels salad? Nah! Absolutely no!
One day my sister Desiree and I chanced to drop by at Taft Ave in Metropoint to run some errands. We decided to get some snack before we head back home. We were busy looking around when I came across trays of dishes displayed outside the open area of Casa Ilongga restaurant, their place is old and dingy. I said to myself, perfect, their food must be cheap (hahaha), because I'm sure I'll be paying for it since I'm the one who asked her to snack.
I had pancit palabok and she got herself buko pandan with corn kernels salad. I asked her we share my pancit since it was surprisingly delicious, she offered her salad because it is delicious too. I took a spoonful and I must agree it was odd because of the corn kernels mixed in the pandan flavored jelly but it was really good. So good that I offered her to eat all her salad and she can have my pancit. 😛
It was fun discovering new odd but delicious food like this. It's easy to make too.
This is how it looks like after you mix all the ingredients. Still looks good, right?
A friend asked me if I put on cheese, I said no since the one I had doesn't have one. She told me a friend of her too made something like this but used strawberry jello and had cheese and tasted very good too, I promised her I'll make one soon.
Happy Monday everyone!
Pandan Jelly with Corn Kernels Salad
1 pack Ferna Jelly Gulaman (Buko Pandan Flavor) 90g
1/2 cup Del Monte Summer Crisp Golden Sweet Corn (I recommend using this one, it's sweet and really crisp compare to others, it's available in Landmark and S&R)
1/2 cup Alaska All-Purpose Cream mixed with 1 tbsp of sugar
Put them all together and enjoy!


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Hook Or Neal: Who's The Better Match For Emma On Once Upon A Time?
InterviewsOnce Upon A Time Jul 29, 2013 Craig Byrne, Editor-In-Chief
The third season of ABC's Once Upon A Time begins Sunday, September 29, and the cast and producers made their way to Comic-Con recently to promote the upcoming Season 3.
We spoke with several of them at a Comic-Con press room, and we will be spreading those out over the coming days. But first, here are Colin O'Donoghue (Captain Hook) and Michael Raymond-James (Neal) on what is coming up in Season 3, which O'Donoghue tells us "starts off right where it left off."
"The ship falls down to Neverland, and Neal goes to the fairy tale land," Colin says. Despite the different locales, Raymond-James points out that all of the characters have the same goal. "All of us are trying to get to the one single point, and that's wherever Henry is," he says.
For O'Donoghue, the notion of all of the characters on the same ship should prove to be interesting. "We've got three villains and three goodies on the ship, so they all have to try and band together in some way for the greater good, to get Henry. It will be interesting to see, from that perspective, how that works out," Colin says.
For Michael Raymond-James' Neal, his showing up in the fairy tale land comes not too long after his character found out that he's Henry's father, so a lot is going on. "Literally, in the overall timeline, it's just a few days ago. I say at one point 'not bad for Day 3 as a dad,' and I screw up as dads are prone to do. So it's really been a very short amount of time. But for Neal, that was the thing that he's been looking for, through all of it, was that sense of family," Michael says, showing how important it is for Neal to get back to Henry and Emma. Will Neal (formerly Baelfire) use magic to get what he wants? "It's a means to an end, and the ends justify the means, I think, for me. Not in terms of killing or anything like that. I don't like magic, but if it helps me to get to my son and the woman that I love, then I'm not going to withdraw on moral obligations," he says.
O'Donoghue himself asked Raymond-James if Neal has the power to do magic. "I didn't have any magic at 14 when my dad became the Dark One, and I wasn't interested in magic," he answers. "I saw him become this monster that wasn't my Dad. I wanted my Dad. That was it. I was a kid who was scared, and he let me go… if he has any in him, he hasn't cultivated it."
Over in Neverland, fans can look forward to all of the characters you would expect to find there. "It's a magical place," O'Donoghue says. "It's also very different in a way that only Adam and Eddy can do. A spin on it. It's very different. People will be interested to see how dark it is. The Lost Boys and stuff like that are there, and they're very different from the Lost Boys we've known from before. From Hook's point of view, it's not a place that he wants to go back to. He doesn't want to be back there. It's not a nice place."
But, enough about locations. We want to know the more pressing question: Which character is a better suitor for Jennifer Morrison's Emma?
Michael Raymond-James gives a safe answer. "I don't think either one of us could answer that. I don't think that's for us to decide, either," he says.
"I think they both, in their own minds, have [an idea]. First off, I'll preface it [with] I don't know if Hook and Emma are a thing or not. I know that they have a connection. But I think both of them would feel that they both deserve to have love," Colin adds.
"If that were to be a debate, it would be spirited, to say the least, I'm sure," Raymond-James admits.
Once Upon A Time Season 3 premieres September 29 on ABC. Come by our Once Upon A Time forum, and be sure to come back soon for more interviews!


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See something you have to have? Go home and think about it. Give yourself 24 hours to decide if you really have to have it. 72 hours is even better. I've saved myself hundreds of dollars this way, and you know what? My life is just as satisfying without those things that, at the time, I thought I just had to have.

Have fun with this rule — it's like the "time out" you use for kids. It helps put a pause in place when the impulse shopping urge kicks in. If you engage your friends and family they can even help call time out for you.

If you're an avid book reader, try a trip to the library instead of the book store. If you're a golfer, substitute one tee time a week for a trip to the community driving range. The important thing is not to give up the things you like! Instead make small, occasional substitutions that will save a little bit here and there. The little things add up over time.

Years ago I realized I spent hundreds of dollar each time I walked into WalMart. I cut my spending in half by allowing myself no more than one trip a month.

Whether it be Target, eBay, or the hobby store, next time you're tempted to stop in at your favorite store, just drive on by. Instead of shopping, go for a walk, grab a cup of coffee, or read a book. Or if it's online shopping get in the habit of watching a favorite music video instead of shopping. The key to making this money saving tip work is building a new habit to replace the old one. Trust me, it's more satisfying to watch the savings account build up than the momentary pleasure you get from buying stuff.

In his book A New Earth, author Eckhart Tolle talks about our tendency to identify ourselves, and our self-worth, by our things. Well, you are not your things!

The sense of self-respect you get when you make smart financial decisions is worth far more than the ego-centric feeling of driving the fancy car and wearing the latest styles. Evaluate lifestyle changes you can make. It might be your house, your car, your clothes — whatever it is, downsize where you can. Being financially secure is sexy at any age.

Carpool or use public transportation once a week, or more if you can. If you're still working ask if you can have one telecommuting day a week. Instead of lots of trips, consolidate your errand running and plan it for times when there is not a lot of traffic. Even better, consolidate and carpool all at once by running errands with a friend!

Do you really need call waiting, 3-way calling and all the other extras the phone company charges you for? Scour your phone bill and see if one or two of those extras can be turned off. Pay special attention to the cable bill. Extra channels can add up quickly when you're charged every month, year after year.

In addition, turn up, or off, the air conditioning or heater during the day. Yeah, it's not quite so comfortable when you first get home, but the savings will add up.

Take your lunch once in awhile. Before you head out for dinner, try a glance through the pantry first, and see what creative meal you can come up with at home.

If you have to eat out frequently, skip the sodas and ice teas. Drinking water is not only better for you, for some who eat lunch out every day, this simple substitution will save well over $30 a month.

With a little effort, you can pay 20 - 50% less for most of the things you buy. Like most things in life, time is money. If you're willing to put in the time, you can find discount codes and sales that save you money. It may take a little extra work, and quite a bit of patience, but remember, you're getting paid for your time to not shop retail with significant savings!

Warning — many people get lured into spending more because "it's on sale". This tactic is not to be used to buy things you don't need. It's a strategy where you plan out what you buy already, and find ways to get it for less.

Health and fitness are priorities in my life and I believe everyone can benefit from regular exercise. So, if the only way you can commit to a fitness regime is through a gym membership, stick with it!

But if you're the self-motivated type, there are all kinds of fitness activities that don't require a monthly fee: walk, run, do yoga at home, buy a fitness video, do pushups, sit-ups, use exercise bands and a pair of dumbbells…

My sister loves arts and crafts. She can't walk into the bead store without spending a few hundred dollars. She started making jewelry and now she sells it. She doesn't make a lot of extra money, but she earns enough to cover the cost of her hobby.

Other money saving hobby ideas? As I mentioned, I'm into health and fitness. I used to teach an aerobics class on occasion in exchange for a free gym membership. When I was into horses, I worked a few hours a week at the barn in exchange for horseback riding lessons.

Implement some of these money savings ideas now — and you'll be on your way down a path that leads to greater financial success!


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This is the second year that I've kept a list of all the books I've finished, sharing that list on New Year's Eve once I've realized that I won't finish anything else before midnight. I've read plus-or-minus 56 books this year (the +/- will make sense if you read on), not counting re-reads or partial reads.
As I noted in last year's list, I was inspired to do this by my friend David Daniel, who keeps a list of the books he wants to read with him at all time.
2015 was a complex, challenging, exciting year for the Berens Family, as we spent the first half of the year living in Norway, moving back to Oregon over the summer. Looking back at where my head was and correlated that to where my body was geographically helps to make sense of the year in intriguing ways— not unlike when I look into my sent-and-received email when I need to figure out what the heck I was doing on a given day.
You'll see that I'm eclectic in my reading: lots of non-fiction, science fiction, media and marketing, with a new-this-year focus on behavioral economics.
Here's the list:
1. Hurwitz, Gregg. Trust No One. Finished 1/9/15.
I'd enjoyed Hurwitz's "Crime Writer" book a few years back, but I don't remember when this one made it into my iBooks on the iPad. Perhaps it was a free volume somewhere along the lines. A terrific thriller, fast paced with an interesting and flawed protagonist in Nick Horrigan.
2. Levitin, Daniel J. The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload. Finished 1/22/15.
Fantastic, smart, insightful. I'll need to read it again to gather my thoughts into order. I don't say that often… although I think I felt the same way after finishing the Carse book Finite and Infinite Games.
Levitan's work on the significance of physical environments in an evermore digital world is not to be missed by any digital thinker. It felt weird to read this book on the iPad, since one thrust of its argument is to be careful about digitization.
3. Sansom, C.J. Lamentation. (Book 6 in the Matthew Shardlake series.) Finished 1/24/15.
Terrific book, as all the Shardlake novels are. This one marked a major transition in the series as it moves from the reign of Henry VIII to young King Edward and with an eye towards Queen Elizabeth 1.
4. Thomas, Rob & Jennifer Graham. Veronica Mars: Mr. Kiss and Tell. (Book 2 in the Veronica Mars novels.) Finished 2/1/15.
Finished this during the flight back from London to Bergen after my iMedia UK "Data-Fuelled Marketing" keynote and subsequent hangout with my buddy Kevin M. Ryan in Amsterdam. It's in no way a surprise that Thomas, who created Veronica Mars, nails the sensibility and rhythms of the show and movie. The only surprise is how much I loved both this book and the first one that I read last year: it's like watching a long episode of the show.
5. Jones, October. Texts From Dog. Finished 2/6/15.
Dogless since the death of beloved Dexter in October of 2013, when my son happened across the hilarious Texts from Dog site we decided that we must support the creator, October Jones, by buying the book for my birthday. If you've ever had a dog, then this prolonged fantasy of what a dog would text if he only had thumbs will bring a smile to your face. The fact that it's utterly profane as well makes the experience even better.
6. Aaronovitch, Ben. Foxglove Summer (Peter Grant/Rivers of London Book #5). Finished 2/8/15.
Delightful fantasy novels written by a Doctor Who alumnus writer. I imagine that #6 must be coming-real-soon.
7. Harris, Sam. Waking Up: Searching for spirituality without religion. Finished 2/13/15.
Way back in graduate school, my friend David Brewer told me about Richard Rorty's Contingency, Irony and Solidarity and said that reading that book helped him to figure out his personal politics. Likewise, this magnificent book by Sam Harris helped me to figure out my own sense of spirituality. It's a fascinating, bracing, personal, helpful work about mindfulness, who we are and who we aren't, and how to live in the world. One of the most important books of my year.
8. Hornby, Nick. Funny Girl. Finished 2/14/15.
Hornby is always good, and the nice this about this book is that it takes him back into the 1960s, away from his usual modern milieu. An enjoyable, fast read.
9. McCloud, Scott. The Sculptor. Finished 2/15/15. (Graphic novel, but at 488 pages it counts!)
I used to teach McCloud's Understanding Comics as a writing text, and like all McCloud fans have been waiting for years for his next fictional work. This doesn't disappoint: it's a masterpiece of comics writing, brilliantly fusing words and pictures in a moving story about art, passion and life.
10. Sillitoe, Peter. The Guide to Shakespearean London Theatres. Finished 2/17/15.
A short, handy and fact-filled guide to the theaters of Shakespeare's London that I zipped through as I was preparing a talk about Shakespeare for the iMedia UK team.
11. Nadel, Barbara. A Passion for Killing. Finished 2/22/15.
An Inspector Ikmen and Inspector Suleyman mystery, set in Turkey. Nothing exceptional here, but a quick and well-crafted read. I wasn't moved to read any more in the series, but didn't regret reading this one, which is #9 in a series.
12. Nourbakhsh, Illah Reza. Robot Futures. Finished 3/2/15.
Smart meditation about how robotics will change our lives in the startlingly near future by a Carnegie Mellon roboticist. The book veers away from robotics towards the end — or expands the definition of robotics in ways I found unhelpful — but the first 3/4 were smart and clarifying.
13. Berger, Jonah. Contagious: why things catch on. Started & finished 3/7/15.
It's rare that I can finish a non-fiction book in one day, but Berger is a fine writer explaining his research with clarity and gusto. If you're interested in what works and what doesn't in advertising, then don't miss this.
14. Dolan, Paul. Happiness by Design: Finding pleasure and purpose in everyday life. Finished 3/16/15.
Remarkable. I've continued to think about this book at least weekly since reading it — along with Harris (and Kahneman, coming up next) one of my tops for 2015 — and I don't know why this isn't being read in every book club in the English speaking world. A fascinating combination of economics and psychology.
15. Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking Fast and Slow. Finished 4/11/15.
At last, at last! I have too much to say about this book in this compendium, so please see my blog post: "Daniel Kahneman kicks my ass, or Reading Fast and Slow."
16. Schrage, Michael. Who Do You Want Your Customers to Become? Finished 4/18/15.
A short, impressive book that pivots the reader's understanding of the project of a business from asking a consumer to "buy this thing" to asking that consumer to "become this person." It's one of those exercises that will help any business going through a strategy session or major transition.
17. Riordan, Rick. The Lost Hero. (Heroes of Olympus #1.) Finished 4/21/15.
I promised my son that I'd catch up on the Percy Jackson novels, and this was the first of the second series. Terrific YA fiction. Riordan is prolific and always good.
18. Sterling, Bruce, ed. Twelve Tomorrows 2014: MIT Technology Review Annual SF Anthology. Finished 4/22/15.
The always-strong, always-provocative anthology of SF stories from MIT's Technology Review— I never miss it.
19. Riordan, Rick. The Son of Neptune. (Heroes of Olympus #2.) Finished 4/25/15.
20. Sicart, Miguel. Play Matters. Finished 5/3/15.
Play has been a notion increasingly on my mind as key to why some technologies proliferate and some don't.
Play is different than the popular term gamification, and Sicart's brief but well-written book teases out the differences nicely. "Designing for play means creating a setting weather than a system, a stage rather than a world, a model rather than a puzzle. Whatever is created has to be open, flexible, and malleable to allow players to appropriate, express, act and interact, make, and become part of the form itself" (90).
21. Wright, Helen S. A Matter of Oaths. Finished 5/13/15.
Steve Patrizi linked to a list of great SciFi that included Wright's 1990, sadly out of print, but delightfully free on her website space opera. Ahead of its time in its gender politics with gay characters, the Locus review is right when it suggests that this is an entire series crammed into one novel, but it's still great fun.
22. Gibbs, Stuart. Spy School. Finished 5/15/15.
Another in a series that I read with my son: this is Austin Powers for middle schoolers. Great fun, and we've enjoyed the whole trilogy. I hope Gibbs writes more!
23. Delany, Samuel R. The Einstein Intersection. Finished 5/17/15.
When I asked my friend Joseph Carrabis who his favorite science fiction authors are, Delany topped his list. I can see why: this 1967 book is fascinating and hard to describe since it is told from the POV of aliens who have inhabited a far-future dead Earth and are attempting to live out human lives reconstructed from what the species left behind. Smart, deep, moving, esoteric and memorable.
24. Macleod, Ken. The Cassini Division. 5/19/15.
Published in 2000, this was an interesting, unplanned juxtaposition with Delany, since it deals with what happens to the normal humans left behind when some members of our species become post-human. A sci-fi version of HBO's "The Leftovers" series that talks about what happens to the rest of us post-Rapture. Interesting, well written.
25. Gibbs, Stuart. Spy Camp (Spy School #2). Finished 5/24/15.
26. Bujold, Lois McMaster. Ethan of Athos. Finished 5/31/15. (A reread technically but I didn't remember most of it for some reason.)
Bujold, as I've said many times, is my favorite living science fiction writer, and one of my favorite writers ever. This book is set in a cul-de-sac off the main path of her award-winning Vorkosigan universe, and it asks the question "what would an all-male society do to make babies?" Not a great introduction to the Vorkosigan books, but a great independent read.
27. Sharp, Byron. How Brands Grow: what marketers don't know. Finished 6/3/15.
When two friends in two countries (Carol Phillips in the US and Michael Bayler in the UK) independently raved about this book, I had to get it. It's hands down the smartest marketing book I've ever read, and one that delightfully punctures through a lot of market mumbo jumbo. Sharp is brilliant, incisive and sometimes wince-inducingly mean in his footnotes. Will keep thinking on this one, and I'm thrilled that a sequel has just come out!
28. Baker, Kage. In the Garden of Iden (A Novel of The Company #1). Finished 6/11/15.
A crazy time-travel story where a mega-corporation recruits orphans throughout time and turns them into immortals to do their bidding, secretly taking control of all civilization. Imagine the Time Lords of Doctor Who, only without conscience. The protagonist is a woman named Mendoza, whose first adventure is in pre-Shakespearean Elizabethan England. A speedy, fun read… enjoyable enough that I read the second one as well, and may go onto the others some day.
29. Asaro, Catharine. Undercity. Finished 6/21/15.
A new murder mystery series set in a prequel time to Asaro's terrific Skolian Empire series. Science Fiction and Mystery often don't mesh well, but they do here. This is a less soapy, more SF version of J. D. Robb's "In Death" series (Robb is a pseudonym for romance novelist Nora Roberts).
Note: this novel includes "City of Cries," a novella that I read in 2013.
30. Thaler, Richard. Misbehaving: the Making of Behavioral Economics. Finished 6/24/15.
Behavioral Economics fascinates me, and Thaler has been at ground zero for the birth and development of this new academic discipline. He's an insightful and hilarious writer, and so this is not to be missed if you're interested in these matters. It was a lucky chance that I got to read this and Kahneman within just a few weeks of each other.
31. Baker, Kage. Sky Coyote (A Novel of The Company #2). Finished 6/29/15.
32. Lee, Sharon & Steve Miller. Dragon in Exile. (Liaden Universe.) Finished 7/3/15.
A robust new entry in Lee and Millers wide-spanning Liaden Universe SF series. There is simply no way that a new reader will understand what's going on in this book if she or he hasn't read a half dozen other books, short stories and chapbooks, but I've read most of them and think they're terrific space opera. Start by heading over to this page on the authors' website if you're looking for a new series.
33. Wolff, Michael. Television is the New Television: the Unexpected Triumph of Old Media in the Digital Age. Finished 7/7/15.
This book frustrated and puzzled me: see this post for details.
34. Wilson, G. Willow & Adrian Alphona. Ms. Marvel: No Normal. (Trade paperback of issues 1-5.) Finished 7/7/15.
Wilson, G. Willow & Adrian Alphona. Ms. Marvel: Generation Why. (Trade paperback of issues 6-10.) Finished 7/23/15.
Wilson, G. Willow & Adrian Alphona. Ms. Marvel: Crushed. (Trade paperback of issues 12-15 & S.H.I.E.D. #2.) Finished 11/23/15.
Ordinarily, I don't include comics in this list, but Ms. Marvel is remarkable: a 16 year old Pakistani-American who get superpowers while still going to high school in Jersey City. It evokes memories of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the best possible way, although it's much different. Counting all of these as one book: a must if you have teenagers in the house.
35. Bujold, Lois McMaster. Penric's Demon. Finished 7/22/15.
Bujold is Just. So. Good. This is a short work in her "Five Gods" fantasy series, but you don't need to have read any of the other works in that series to enjoy this yarn about what happens when a ne'er do well second son of a minor aristocratic family accidentally becomes possessed by a powerful demon.
36. Lambert, Craig. Shadow Work: The Unpaid, Unseen Jobs That Fill Your Day. Finished 7/26/15.
I first bumped into the notion of Shadow Work in Levitin's Information Overload (Book #2 this year), and thought it was a compelling notion. Lambert's is a more exhaustive (although not exhausting) treatise on how our DIY culture expects us to do things ourselves that other people used to help us accomplish. Worthwhile, although unless you're fascinated with this sort of thing the passage in Levitin that covers Shadow Work will serve.
37. Gibbs, Stuart. Evil Spy School. (Spy School #3). Finished 7/31/15.
38. Corey, James S.A. Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1). Finished August 9, 2015.
Terrific space opera, now a TV series on SyFy. The book is mammoth, and therefore daunting (there are six of them each around 600 pages), but well-crafted, briskly plotted and enjoyable. It's the kind of commitment that Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars series was a few years back: worth it, but not if you're in a rush.
39. Moore, Geoffrey A. Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers. (3rd Edition). Finished 8/13/15.
Recently-updated classic work about technology adoption written from a B2B marketing point of view but applicable elsewhere.
40. Cline, Ernest. Armada: a novel. Finished 8/24/15.
Disappointing, particularly after Cline's interesting debut Ready Player One. Armada is too disappointing even to write a snarky review. Don't bother. It's a lesser version of the movie Pixels.
41. Scalzi, John. The End of All Things (#6 in the Old Man's War series). Finished 8/26/15.
Great read, but only if you're already devoted to the series, which I am.
42. Yancey, Rick. The 5th Wave. Finished 8/30/15.
Recommended by my friend Brian David Johnson, who told me it was dark. He wasn't kidding! The most disturbing thing about this book is that it's intended for the YA crowd. The plot is horrifyingly dark, with a teen girl losing everything as humanity's darkest hour arrives. I am in shock that they've made a soon-to-be-released movie of this, although after the success of the atrocious Hunger Games series I suppose anything is possible.
43. Leckie, Ann. Ancillary Justice. Finished 9/10/15.
Once again from that list shared by Steve Patrizi, the conceit of this book is remarkable: a human body formerly animated as a Borg-like drone member of a hive mind that helped to crew a starship has been sundered from her vessel, and now must make her way as an individual. Far future space opera: I loved this book so much that I had to let it sit for a couple of weeks, but then I inhaled the second and third.
44. Lagercrantz, David. The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium #4). Finished 9/14/15.
A perfectly adequate continuation of the Steig Larsson "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series, which peaked with #1. This is one of those books that will only be enjoyable if you read it when it first comes out, so I grabbed it and read it immediately.
45. Taleb, Nassim Nicholas. Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder. Finished 9/23/15.
Brilliant, fascinating, frustrating. I needed a buddy to make it though this complex book, and fortunately had one in John Willshire. I don't know if this is a compliment or an insult, but having just finished Antifragile I feel that I won't truly understand it until I read it again.
46. Leckie, Ann. Ancillary Sword. (Sequel to Ancillary Justice.) Finished 9/27/15.
47. Leckie, Ann. Ancillary Mercy. (3rd in the Ancillary Justice trilogy.) Finished 10/8/15.
I wish there were more coming in this series, but I think she's done.
48. Selznick, Brian. The Marvels. Finished 10/21/15.
Beautiful, theatrical, lyrical and secretly complicated: Selznick's hybrid graphic and prose works continue to impress and delight me. The Marvels is his most structurally ambitious work to date: two stories overlap each other. At first, they seem to have no point of contact, but then — Cloud Atlas-like — they do. The interlocking surprises of the last third of the book kept me reading later into the night than I'd planned. At nearly 700 pages it's an amazingly quick read since most of those pages are single-page illustrations.
49. FitzGerald, John D. The Great Brain. Finished early November.
Childhood re-read that I grabbed out of the library for my son, and then read myself when he wasn't interested. I'll try again to get him to read it. It's good.
50. Hoffman, Bob. Marketers Are From Mars: Consumers Are From New Jersey. Finished 11/6/2015.
Terrific, bracing, laugh-out-loud reality check on the BS of marketing and advertising— recommended by Renny Gleeson and Brian Wieser.
51. Riordan, Rick. The Mark of Athena. (Heroes of Olympus: Book 3). Finished 11/8/2015.
Enjoyable installment. There are just so many characters that it is hard to engage emotionally with any of them, but it is action-packed and fun. I can't keep up with my son's reading these days.
52. Allison, John. Bad Machinery: The Case of the Team Spirit. Finished 11/15/15.
Collected web comic of this British series. Six kids in high middle or lower high school… kind of like the Trixie Belden gang, only British. Recommended by Karen Hohndel. Pretty good, although I'm not on fire to read another as I'm decades past the target audience.
53. Dunstall, S. K. Linesman. Finished 11/17/15.
First in a terrific new space opera series recommend by Karen Hohndel. I inhaled it and look forward to the release of #2 in February. Not a lot of science fiction deals with class engagingly, but this book does. It reminds me slightly of Heinlein's Citizen of the Galaxy in that regard.
54. Carr, Nicholas. The Glass Cage: How Our Computers Are Changing Us. Finished 11/25/15.
An accidental companion to the Nourbakhsh book on robotics and to Levitin's Organized Mind from earlier this year, Carr is an insightful critic of the advantages and disadvantages of our digital lives. This is a nice followup to his earlier book The Shallows, and is required reading if you're thinking through how connected experiences will change human life.
55. Hidalgo, César. Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies. Finished 12/10/15.
An eccentric take on how our tight information density is what makes Earth and its inhabitants different than the rest of the universe. The book is truly interdisciplinary, mixing "information theory, physics, sociology, and economics." It sometimes made me think of the work of Jane Jacobs and also that of Steven Berin Johnson on environments.
Hidalgo is acute about how the physicality of objects differs from narratives about objects, and I love his notion of balance of imagination as opposed to balance of trade. On the other hand, when he starts talking about "personbytes" (how much information individuals possess) as an actual metric the argument spirals into nonsense. I also consistently wondered why the book didn't engage deeply with how digital technologies change information and human relationships to it, but I am in touch with how much that's me projecting my own obsessions onto the book.
56. Card, Orson Scott. Gatefather (Mithermages Book #3 of 3). Finished 12/18/15.
I'd read the first two (Lost Gate & Gate Thief) a year or so ago. When I saw that this one had come out I realized that I couldn't remember most of Gate Thief, so I reread #1 and #2 before jumping into #3. It's a solid, interesting fantasy series… although as with other pieces of Card's work there's an ongoing problem of characters getting powered up to godlike levels as the series continues. Here, the ratcheting up of power levels across the dramatis personae means that the series gets decreasingly interesting by the end. I'm also leery of Scott's lily white, hetro-only world view.
That's the list for 2015. A pile of books awaits me in 2016: I'm in the middle of Michael Polanyi's classic The Tacit Dimension, so expect that in first or second position next year. I'm also midway through Rachel Bach's "Honor's Knight," the sequel to "Fortune's Pawn" that I read late in 2014.
Thanks for making it this far!
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- April-5-2004.
Coming To America!
This is an attempt to re-capture my formative years as a child
growing up in British Guiana, my entrance into the world of work; my
spate of service in The Guyana National Service Institution, Trade
Union Activism & eventual emigration to The U.S.A.
Chapter 1:
I was born a raised in Charlestown. Georgetown, Demerara. British
Guiana. Son of Ms. Enid Patricia Griffith. As a child I attended
The Carmel R.C. School up to fifth standard, then left to enter the
job market. This decision was taken after deliberation within
myself, based on the harsh realities at home for survival. We were
very poor, my mother struggled without a male (father figure) to
support us financially. You see, I was the only male out of five
children, Patricia (the eldest), Derryck (that's me), Valerie, Eulyn
& Eileen Griffith. We were all conceived 'out-of-wedlock.' I was
told on several occasions by my mother that my father disappeared
when I was at the tender age of three. He left one day after
visiting my mother to return to take me to see a 'cricket match' at
the local stadium, but never came back since!
I left Primary School at 16, and sought employment with The Guiana
Lithographic Co. Ltd. It was one of The Booker Group of Industries
in the colony of Guiana. This was a printing & box-making business
that catered primarily to the Service Oriented Industries. There I
worked as an 'In House Office Boy/Messenger' for a weekly wage of
$11.25 cents per week. (8 hours per day). I started in June-1963 to
January 1975. I became a victim of Structural Re-organization; which
the company claimed to be necessary, as result of rising overheads &
declining demand for it's services locally and abroad.
Pollard's Govt. Aided Self-help Housing Group:
"Meadow Brook Gardens."
This was a period in my life that today is still very painful to
talk about, much less write about. But it must be written, and it
can only be written by me, for I am the only survivor of that
experience capable of explaining it, because I was personally
involved throughout the entire project!
Sometime in the 1960's my mother who was a member of a group of
individuals that wanted to own their own home, was eventually given
the opportunity to experience it from the then PNC government
headed by Prime Minister L.F.S.Burhnam. This Housing Project was one
of several that was implemented by the government, to aid poor
people in attaining homes with State assistance. This concept was
called the 'self-help' or co-operative approach for building homes.
Several groups were called in, lands were identified for each group
to build houses on, accompanied by a government Supervisor/organizer
for official guidance & supervision of building materials.
We were called 'Self-helpers' & toiled days & nights for over two
years in the building process. The work was dreadfully hard for me
as a child. My Mom had to fool the authorities about my age (because
minors) were not allowed to help in the building of these homes. I
suppose several members of our group knew that I was under-age, but
no one 'snitched.' We were all poor people, and desperate to have a
home to call our own!
In the rainy days & nights that followed, fighting the mosquitoes &
gnats and coping with the flooded lands that we were given to build
on, we toiled relentlessly until it's completion.
The going was very rough for the women especially among us. The men
often made them feel in-adequate by saying they were not pulling
their weight, and the men had the BRUNT of the work to shoulder. The
supervisor in his capacity as overseer, then would try to pacify
these contentions as he sees fit, by encouraging UNITY and
comraderie among us. This helped greatly to alleviate many quarells
from getting out of hand/physical.
Our homes were eventually completed in 1978, the keys handed to each
resident at a Total Cost then of $3 to 4,000.00 dollars per Unit.
Payable in monthly installments of $25.00 dollars to The Ministry
Of Housing, (Housing Dept.).
We moved in, all five of us. My Mom (Enid, me, Valerie, Eulyn &
Eileen),with the exception of my eldest sister Patricia, who was by
then already married & living with her husband in Kitty Village,
Newtown Georgetown. My mom became ill some time afterwards from a
heart condition & subsequently died. The burden of paying the
monthly/rental payments fell upon me now. Before my mother died
though, she never really liked being there. She complained that it
was too far for her to get to, and it encroached upon her ability to
continue puntering-gambling at the local 'horse-race betting
shop.' So shortly after moving in, she deliberately stayed away at
her friend's home (as she referred), to be able to get personal help
with her illness.
Incidentally, this friend of hers "never gave us a dime" to assist
me or anyone of us with the burial of my mother, (her so-called
I worked at several jobs subsequently, for example, The Ministry Of
Information & Culture: The General Post Office: J.P.Santos (a
private business enterprise): The Guyana National Service, and
finally The National Insurance Scheme from 1977 to 1989. During my
years of employment I tried to gain as much knowledge as was
available to me. I did a one year stint at The University Of Guyana
(Soc. 100) Sociology & Political Philosophy. Attended several
training courses sponsored by The Guyana T.U.C. (Trades Union
Council); because I was also an ardent representative of workers
rights/shop steward, rising to the level of 'Branch Secretary of The
Amalgamated Transport & General Worker's Union, (A.T.&.G.W.U.) at
the NIS Branch. I left Guyana on April-30-1989 to attend A
Leadership Training Course at The George Meany Training Center, in
Silver Spring, Maryland. Virginia. This was intended to be for the
month of May-1989. But at the conclusion of this exercise, I
remained here in America!
Chapter 2.
My Travel Visa:
The travel visa that I was issued with from the American Embassy in
Barbados, in-transit to the U.S.A. allowed me to stay in America for
only 'one month.' There was no work permit or extension allowed at
completion, but a proviso that I should return to Guyana & serve my
country or Trade Union for at least three years, before I can apply
for a return visa to America to reside (if I so wish). Therefore,
after over staying-violating my visa conditions, I automatically
became illegal or (un-documented). After which I sought legal
advice & representation since 1994, and is still awaiting The
Federal Government's approval for legal residence/Green Card Status!
This process may take years to unfold, because America's foreign
policies differ from country to country in relation to emigration
quotas. Presently, under the National Security/Terrorist Act of
2002 it has become much more difficult to attain this status. With
the new regulations of checks & counter-checks; targeted countries
as Terrorist Havens, these regulations are being enforced, sometimes
with impunity.
Chapter 3.
Coming To New York :
Growing up in Guyana, we are led to believe by most of our relatives
abroad, that they would help us upon arrival in America or anywhere
else for that matter. We are led to believe that we could count on
them to assist family in times of dire need, because we are family,
& family is supposed to help each other out at these times. Well,
that's a fallacy for many of us, because reality very often
contradicts this view. I left Guyana after suffering emotionally,
psychologically & mentally from the lack of socio-economic
opportunities available to most Guyanese. Living in a depressing
and mis-managed economy, coupled with political strife, and petty
political squabbles indulged by our political leaders is the reality
of life back home. One would expect that relatives who escaped this
harsh reality would extend themselves to those left behind, whose
ability to escape a similar fate is questionable, but obviously this
is not the experience of most of us who encounter our relatives upon
arrival in the land of opportunity.
I sought help in a form of accommodation from an acquaintance who
was living on long Island at the time. I moved in with my
acquaintances shortly thereafter, and stayed for over two years.
Eventually my friend complained that the burden of supporting me was
becoming too much for her to bear and indicated that I should seek
alternative accommodation. This situation was hinged upon the fact
that I was encouraged to go 'shop lifting' with her relatives, and
when I voiced objection, I was spurned, rebuked & insulted, and
threatened with eviction from their home. It is important to note
that I resided under what one might call oppressive conditions. A
few of the house rules included the fact that I was not allowed to
return after midnight, as well as the fact that I was not allowed to
receive visitors or friends. Albeit, I was un-documented, (illegal)
in this country, with no job or prospects, so how could my fate be
different given my circumstances? It is really amazing that the
human conditions one can live through, void of options!
Realizing that I was totally alone in this situation, desperate &
homeless with no place to turn, I mustered all the internal strength
and resolve that was necessary, and told myself that it is now 'do
or die.' I had no intention of returning home to Guyana anytime
soon. Primarily, I would be given another visa, I would lack the
financial means it would require to return. I refused to allow
myself to even remotely consider the possibility of wasting this
opportunity of landing in America.
I was faced with the harsh reality of survival at any cost, so I
took action. I was offered false documents from underground
(illegal) sources for a considerable amount of American dollars.
With this new identity I was able to temporarily seek employment,
but was always fearful of being caught at anytime by the
authorities. This cat & mouse game continued for some time. Being
the product of a family that were law abiding people, who were
respectful of the law & authorities, I harbored a great deal of
guilt, shame and fear about getting caught at anytime. Reality be
told, this perception of fear was merely a figment of my
imagination, as no one ever approached me about my status!
The Trials Of The Un-documented:
Being an un-documented person in America today could be a nightmare
for anyone. The present Patriot Act. of 2002 gives The Immigration
& Naturalization Department lots of power to arrest, detain and
deport any un-documented foreigner without access to an attorney.
They can be held indefinitely for long periods of time in 'A
Detention Center' without access to an attorney, because under this
law they have "no legal rights.'
If you test positive for HIV, the only medical help available to you
is The Emergency Medical Unit at a Public Hospital. No prescription
drugs are covered, or doctor's fees. Families invariably will not
be inclined to keep you in their homes for fear that when you
eventually become incapacitated, the bills will have to be paid by
them. this is a serious matter as you the unfortunate individual
find yourself in a position where you cannot seek employment because
you are illegal. Therefore, you are unable to contribute to or
provide for your up-keep. My Caribbean/Central & South American
brothers and sisters are being infected with HIV/AIDS disease at a
colossal rate, primarily through ignorance, (lack of knowledge),
cultural, language barriers, social & religious stigma, as well as
fear of accessing preventive services and counseling.
This is the reality of life in America today for any illegal
individual. I have sworn to voluntarily contribute my experiences
and abilities, in helping to advocate for and on behalf of people
living with HIV/AIDS and their families. This I started doing since
1997 in New York City, and the outer borroughs. This activity
involves lobby visits to Legislators, Congressmen/women in the NY
State & US Senate. It is my belief that we all have a role to play
in the process of making sure that there is equity among the laws,
regulations and policies that impacts the lives of all people of
African descent.
It is important to state that there are thousands of Guyanese living
in America that are legal residents, but for some reason are not
inclined to become citizens. They are missing out on all benefits
that citizens and naturalized aliens are entitled to. Their status
renders them incapable of assisting all of us people of African
descent acquire political representation at the Polls, because
without citizenship you cannot vote. This situation is chronic
among Caribbean & African nationals alike. They come to America,
live for years, accumulate property, but seem satisfied with this
precarious situation. That is why we do not have the
political 'CLOUT' that is necessary to make things happen for our
Derryck S. Griffith.
a/k Derryck Stewart.
Political Educator & Advocate.
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Code of Honour DVD
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American action feature starring Steven Seagal. Determined to clean up his city's streets, Colonel Robert Sikes (Seagal) launches a series of patriotic, one-man attacks on powerful, but morally corrupt, drug dealers, gangsters and politicians.
Hot on the vigilante's heels are Detective James Peterson (Louis Mandylor) and Sikes' former partner-turned FBI agent William Porter (Craig Sheffer), who are eager to bring the vigilante to justice and hold him accountable for his violent crime spree.
As the law enforcers try to close in on the elusive Sikes he continues his assault on the criminal underworld only to attract the unwanted attention of mob boss Romano (James Russo), who would also like to put a quick end to his heroics.
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- Region: 2
- Certification: (18)
- Catalogue number: HFR0407
- Studio: High Fliers Video Distribution
- Release date: 06/06/2016
- Genre: Action/Adventure
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8715 N. Colrain Court, Kansas CIty MO, 64154
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Rausch Coleman Homes is nearing closeout stage in this desirable location in Gardner, KS.This Johnson County new home community is known for the excellent Gardner-Edgerton School District and the comfortable hometown feel.The community has fantastic I-35 highway access to surrounding shopping and many restaurants. Read More
475 E Pawnee LN, Gardner KS, 66030
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 11 am - 5 pm; Tuesday and Sunday 1 - 5 pm
Whitetail offers quality new homes on estate-size lots at affordable pricing.Just west of the Olathe Lake and across the street from the Prairie Highlands Golf Course, Whitetail is situated in the award-winning Olathe School District. Read More
143rd and Landon Street, Olathe KS, 66061
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 11 am - 5 pm; Tuesday and Sunday 1 - 5 pm
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