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Dreaming Desert Dreams
I'm sitting in my office just six miles from where Justine Damond was shot and killed by police late Saturday night. Turmoil's slick fingers have grabbed hold of the city. Some see clearly the issues of fear-based policing and inadequate … Continue reading
Perfection Really is Overrated
If there is one thing I have always yearned for, it is musical talent. I have none. Now before all you music teachers out there rush to tell me that anyone can sing or anyone can learn to play an … Continue reading
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A Pastoral Prayer of Confession
I've struggled to find appropriate words for this week. So I offer the following prayer. If you are looking for sermon help, try here. Patient and steadfast God, how is it that you continue to love us so completely? So … Continue reading
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Fear is Not the Answer
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May I Have This Dance?
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Resurrection is Now
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This is an episode listing for JumpCut. To bring up a particular episode, just enter the episode name into the search box and click the "Search" button. To see all of the episodes, just click on the main JumpCut Archives menu item.
Episode 22: The last episode of JumpCut
Episode 21: Jon and Dana have been friends for a long time, but just how much do they really know about each other?
Episode 20: Chloe Labatte guest hosts on a YouTube based episode.
Episode 19: Alyssa Ochoa, a fashion student, joins the show to talk about the latest trends.
Episode 18: After almost 20 episodes there's finally another music video interpretation.
Episode 17: Jon does a music video review on an up-and-coming artist.
Episode 16: JumpCut Travels to Portland, Oregon.
Episode 14: Jonathan interviews students who have a YouTube show known as Awkward Adolescents.
Episode 13: Jonathan puts on his Geek Hat and explains browser-lingo
Episode 12: Gerard discusses the issue of students drinking.
Episode 11: The new season opens with a music video review and rating
Bloopers Episode: The name says it all.
Episode 10: An end of the year review (and a group hug).
Episode 9: Jonathan talks about hitting the wall.
Episode 8: Jonathan and guests discuss a video by Patrick Wolf.
Episode 7: The "Fried Egg" episode
Episode 6: Jonathan introduces us to Metronomy.
Episode 5: This episode is about bullying and includes a special report from CBS News.
Episode 4: The debut of JumpCut Shorts and new ways to waste time online.
Episode 3: Dana and the OC, Gerard's top five restaurant, and an annoying online cat
Episode 2: Jonathan explains what a jump cut is, Dana discusses the web, and Alex sings like Michael Jackson.
Episode 1: This episode is all about music.
Pilot Episode: This is the premier episode of JumpCut. It aired at the end of the 2009-2010 school year.


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The USMNT should start Michael Orozco Fiscal over Kyle Beckerman as the midfield destroyer against Honduras to give the U.S. superior speed and technical ability in front of the defensive back four.
Orozco is a faster and quicker player than Beckerman, and he is a better defender who has the athleticism to better time his challenges and keep up with quicker and more elusive opponents.
Whereas Beckerman always seems to be chugging along at a labored jog, Orozco is a quick defender who has a visibly higher technical skill-set than the other center backs on the Gold Cup roster.
At 27 years old, Orozco has been playing for years at the highest level in Mexico, and his skill-level and quickness as a defender have been highly regarded by the U.S. Soccer set-up for years.
While there was a time that Orozco was the subject of ridicule by American soccer fans, no one ever questioned his skill on the ball or the improved agility that he brought to the American defense compared to other center back options except for Geoff Cameron.
With Orozco's speed and skill on the ball and Klinsmann's likely preference to start Omar Gonzalez and Matt Besler at center back, using Orozco as the midfield destroyer allows the USMNT to start both Stuart Holden and Mix Diskerud in more advanced roles relieving them of having to constantly track back on defense or playing deeper than they naturally play.
The only tactical problem with using Holden and Diskerud together in place of Beckerman was that both players had to focus more on playing defense deeper in the midfield, as opposed to focusing on their strong suit which is using their passing and technical ability in a more attacking role.
By starting Orozco as a midfield destroyer over Beckerman, the United States can have Stuart Holden, Mix Diskerud, Joe Corona, and Landon Donovan combining together to break down Honduras as a unit of skilled attacking midfielders, while Orozco covers for them deeper in the midfield.
Using Orozco deep in the midfield and pushing Holden and Diskerud forward to play closer to Corona and Donovan allows both Holden and Diskerud to concentrate on playing more final balls for Eddie Johnson.
If Beckerman is susceptible to being beaten with speed or quick combination passing by Honduras, why not use Orozco as a defensive midfielder since he clearly has the skill on the ball, the heading ability, the speed, and the defensive skills to protect the American center backs from either counter attacks or just quality attacking play from Honduras?
It is very likely that Beckerman will be unable to keep up with Honduras, so why not start Orozco in his place?
While this suggestion may seem experimental or risky, Orozco has demonstrated than he passes well out of the back with both feet and he has the speed and defensive skills to fulfill the role of the midfield destroyer.
Any passing or defending that Beckerman can do, Orozco can do better.
Orozco plays in a better league, and his superior athleticism, defending, and skill on the ball are documented with ample video evidence from this Gold Cup and previous USMNT games.
While Beckerman is a MLS veteran, Michael Orozco Fiscal is a Liga MX player who is an aggressive and intense player who is always fired up to play. Below are Orozco's club and international playing record:
This mentality combined with his ability to receive and release balls quicker than Beckerman, in addition to his athletic gifts outline above, make him the only option Jürgen Klinsmann has at his disposal to compensate for Beckerman's lack of speed and quickness.
With Orozco floating between the realm of the center backs and the realm of the midfield destroyer, the United States has a capable gatekeeper to support the defensive back four in order to allow Holden, Diskerud, and Corona to focus on possession, attacking, and scoring.
Honduras should be better than El Salvador, and El Salvador was only down by one goal to the United States until the 60th minute. Additionally, Beckerman's lack of quickness was particularly on display when he was left for dead in the penalty box by Rodolfo Zelaya of El Salvador.
Starting Michael Orozco Fiscal as a midfield destroyer would certainly catch Honduras off guard and help to shore up the USMNT's defense.
USMNT XI Proposal with Michael Orozco as a midfield destroyer (4-1-2-1-2):
Nick RIMANDO; Michael PARKHURST, Omar GONZALEZ, Matt BESLER, DaMarcus BEASLEY; Michael OROZCO FISCAL; Stuart HOLDEN, Mix DISKERUD; Joe Benny CORONA; Eddie JOHNSON, Landon DONOVAN.


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The Coen Brothers are one of the most beloved directing duos (possibly THE most beloved) in all the world, and it's easy to see why. Both Joel and Ethan Coen have done their best to cultivate and maintain a pretty impressive resume of films that span genres, themes and circumstance and yet all rest comfortably in the flare of their stylistic dead-pan writing. They understand humor and how it incorporates itself comfortably into drama, and they know how to spin tales so bizarre they feel authentically human. Yes, they fail from time to time (and when they do it's usually pretty awful) but they've earned to right to fail.
Their best is better than most.
Since their Oscar win back in 2007, the Coen's have been dwelling comfortably in Oscar's good graces, racking up nominations for their writing and their films and their actors and their directing and have pretty much become an Oscar staple, so it was easy to see why so many presumed 'Inside Llewyn Davis' was going to be another big hit for them. It received unanimous praise at the festival circuit as well as upon its theatrical release, and it looked primed for Oscar acceptance.
And then it received a Sound Mixing nomination and NOTHING else.
What makes this all the more depressing is that this is possibly their finest film since 'Fargo'!
While the rest of the world was devouring their every output, I was reluctantly holding off until they delivered something that felt tighter, stronger and more in the vein of what I expect from them. I really like 'No Country for Old Men', but to me that wasn't a true Coen Brothers film. 'True Grit' had a stronger sense of their whit about it, but it still felt muffled under the guess of two beloved directors trying to test out their range. 'A Serious Man' felt like a return to their roots, their true form, and yet it was messy and incoherent and really needed some elaboration in parts.
'Inside Llewyn Davis' is everything that 'A Serious Man' tried to be and more.
The film is kind of a non-story about a musician drifting through life, bouncing from couch to couch and alienating everyone he knows because he's, well, not a very nice person. When the film opens, Llewis is in an smoky bar bellowing a folk song and our attention is instantly stolen and propelled into this journey of self-discovery that feels deeply enriched through the sounds and sights around us. Using music as a springboard for many other things, 'Inside Llewyn Davis' is a swell of celestial sounds that heightens the atmospheric presentation and delivers one of the Coen's finest composite films.
To say this is 'lesser Coen' is a joke.
I love the way that the Coen Brothers present such deeply rooted life lessons without saccharine overtures, dealing out a film that feels uniquely human, if it were. The interactions between Llewyn and those around him spiral off into splinters of his own life, his own demons as it were, and present a universal truth about the struggle to create, to perform, to live and ultimately to conform. Llewyn's journey feels authentic and gives us a reason to root for such an unsavory character.
With star performances throughout, this is an all-around gem of a film. Carey Mulligan tears apart each of her scenes with a sharp and biting presence that escalates with each passing scene, and John Goodman's brief appearance adds an unexpected depth of mystery to the plot and the themes presented, but obviously this is Oscar Isaac's film to carry, and boy does he ever! He encompasses Llewyn Davis's every attribute, and his line delivery is laced with an ingrown sadness that permeates his actions and endears us to him, despite his repulsive attitude. This is a star performance if I ever saw one and it makes me so excited to see where he goes from here.
I give this a pretty easy A+, and this is easily one of my favorite films of the year and possibly my favorite Coen Brothers film outside of 'Fargo'. It is a remarkable little film and it is a shame that Oscar chose to ignore this one while embracing some of their lesser outputs over the past few years (yes, I know I'm in the minority about those films).


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Truth or Consequences: The Value of Effective Communications in Negotiations
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Roger Johnson is a step closer to joining Wolves after Birmingham City agreed a fee with the Molineux club.
According to Press Association Sport, Wolves have agreed a £7million fee for the 28-year old defender and he will now undergo a medical and agree personal terms with the club before the transfer is complete.
Johnson joined Birmingham from Cardiff City in June 2009 and has become a consistent performer for the St Andrew's outfit over the past couple of seasons.
Like a lot of his teammates, Johnson has been linked with a summer departure following Birmingham's relegation to the Championship and it now appears highly likely that he will set up camp with Wolves.
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It has been announced that both Capcom and SNK will be bringing their newest fighting games to the arcade scene. For now SFV and KOF XIV will only be coming to Japan, but hopefully some of the cabinets will make their way west.
Capcom will be bringing Street Fighter V to arcades in the near future in the form of the the PC version. Details will be clarified at a later time.
For Taito, the company announced NESiCAxLive 2, its follow-up arcade digital content platform. Companies such as Arc System Works, Examu, FK Digital and French Bread have pledged support for the system. SNK will also take part by announcing that The King of Fighters XIV will be coming to Japanese arcades through this platform.
While SF V will be based on the PC version, this does raise some questions. Does the game coming to arcades mean we will get a proper arcade mode is the first and foremost question on my mind. The lack of a proper arcade mode with character ladders and endings did hurt SFV, so this introducing an arcade more could help.
For KOF XIV, the game is already near perfect but this can be used to find ways to refine the game and make it even better. It can also be used to determine if DLC should be done and who should be DLC.
Most importantly though, this could help the sales of both games. SF V has done notoriously poorly in sales, and KOF has been lagging. Arcade versions could get more people interested and help get more sales for the games. Whatever your opinions are of these two fighters, the FGC needs more fighting games to sell if it is to continue, and this can help greatly.


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Jack and I went to Jamestown, New York, for his hockey tournament almost two months ago now. I've wanted to write about it ever since, but, well, you know the kind of laziness problems I've been having. Because our annual Cheetah-thon is this weekend, this seemed like a good time to tell you about it. (You are officially invited to said Cheetah-thon and also supplied with this here link to our fundraising site in case you are so inclined to donate to this fantastic program.)
So after Jack took the year off from the Cheetahs last year and re-started this year, Alex has been taking him to practices. Prior to this year, it was almost always me who took him, but Alex really enjoyed hanging out with him the few times he took him so he volunteered to be Hockey Parent this year, which was great with me because I don't like getting up at 6:30 am on Saturdays.
Alex was even going to take Jack on this hockey tournament trip but then *work something something work grumble work something* and I ended up going with Jack instead. At first I was a little annoyed because I LIKE TO STAY INSIDE MY HOUSE AND NOT GO OUTSIDE OR CHANGE MY SCHEDULE OR INTERACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE, but I am so happy and lucky that I got to go because it turns out that The Magic of Special Hockey is still real and happening and wonderful and also because I wouldn't have been able to do as much day drinking had I stayed home and Alex had gone on the tournament.
These tournaments do involve, like, a billion-hour bus trip, which isn't the greatest, although we do get to watch hockey mainstay movie Miracle on the bus DVD player every time. Jack played video games with his friend for about a half hour and then started feeling sick. After the Bus Barforama™ from the tournament two years ago, neither he nor I wanted to experience that again, so he sat next to me and stared straight ahead for the next six hours.
This, of course, left Jack totally free to tell me all about all the video games he played as well as to harass others, like when one of the hockey dads stopped to talk to me and Jack was all, "Are you flirting with her?" (he wasn't) followed with an emphatic, "SHE'S MARRIED." Classic Jack.
Incidentally and ironically, Quinn was hit in the head by a hockey puck at school that day.
We arrived in Jamestown, checked into our hotel, and Jack finally got to play all the DS that I'd promised he could play on the bus.
There were three eating establishments within a sightline of the hotel: a Bob Evans, a McDonald's, and a gas station. (Yes, gas stations count as eating establishments.) That night a big group of us went to Bob Evans and then the kiddos went swimming and then we went to bed.
The next day, Friday, Jack didn't have a game until 2:45, so we went to McDonald's for breakfast, then went back to the room where he did the same thing as in that photo up there and I read for a while and took a nap and then we ate lunch at McDonald's and then finally got on the bus to go to the ice rink.
It is here that I need to tell you about Jack's new philosophy about playing hockey. A few months ago, one of Jack's teachers gave the class an assignment to do something outside of their comfort zone over the weekend. Because he had a hockey game that weekend, he decided that the thing he would do would be to actually put effort into playing the game. Things turned out well for him and instead of lying on the ice and taking leisurely laps around the rink, he worked hard, scored a goal, made an assist, and generally rocked the casbah.
After such a good experience, he evidently decided that this is now his new comfort zone behavior for hockey games. I hadn't been at that first game where he put in effort so I was really excited to see him work it here. And work it he did. He did such a great job. I was super impressed.
We had a couple of hours before the next game, so some of the players hung out at a table in the rink restaurant and some of the parents sat at an adjacent table and commenced to drinking, what with our not having to drive anywhere AND it being St. Patrick's Day and all. Thus we waited out the time until the next game at which Jack also expended good effort. He is the greatest.
Because I am not the greatest, I don't remember at which game that first day that he scored his goal, but he did and it was AWESOME. He's come a long way. And not just in goal scoring. He chases the puck, he passes the puck, he is generally just an effort-expending hockey player. He is all kinds of cool.
After the game, not wanting to return to McDonald's for a third time in the same day, another mom and I wandered around unsuccessfully looking for a place to eat until we ran into a couple of dads who were headed to a pizza place. We became taggers on and were rewarded with delicious dinner, which we consumed just in time to make the bus back to the hotel.
It was a really happy day for both Jack and I and it made me feel a little sad for Alex that he wasn't able to experience it. I've always been the one to take Jack on his hockey tournaments, so he's always missed out. But at the same time as I was feeling a little sad for Alex, I was feeling very happy for myself and full of satisfied emotions because I was so lucky to be able to spend this time with Jack.
Saturday morning we had a game at 8 am, so we had to get up and moving early.
Because Jack is awesome, he scored two goals and continued to be awesome at that morning game. I insert these next photos so you know that going to a hockey tournament actually includes ice skating and playing hockey.
I don't have a lot of memory of what happened between games. That is the problem with writing a blog post two months after the event. Did we go back to the hotel? Maybe. Did I feed Jack lunch at the rink? WAIT A MINUTE! I remember! We went back to the hotel where I bought Jack doughnuts and I think I took him swimming but there was no one else down there so he was lonely and we went back to the room before we went back to Bob Evans for lunch and I ate lemon pie for dessert. I never forget lemon pie.
Jack had his last game that afternoon. After steadfastly refusing to be a captain all weekend (I think he thought it might involve extra work or motivational speaking or something), Jack finally agreed to step up and wear the "C" that made him Captain Jack for 45 minutes.
There is something about sitting in the stands with other special hockey parents watching your athlete play and seeing the coaches grin and encourage all of the players. It is really hard to explain, but there is something amazing there. I felt it so strongly that weekend watching all those terrific kids and young adults play.
Plus everyone got a medal because they are awesome.
From there, it was back to the hotel for more swimming in a pool that soon roiled with children, followed by a pizza party. You can't get better than that. Or can you? What if your mom is half drunk and decides you need a late-night snack walk to the gas station where she will buy you a king size Big Kat? That's even better.
One of the teams had a game Sunday morning so Jack got to watch funny videos of dogs and cats in the room and then with his teammates in the lobby of the hotel. Then he sat on a bus for six and a half hours staring straight ahead again.
And that was Jack's triumphant return to tournament hockey. We really could not have had more fun. There was a really fun group of parents there for me and so many nice players for Jack to hang out with, including his best friend, which is always a bonus.
Thank you so much to the parents who organized this trip. We appreciate your work so much. You made the weekend both fun and magical for us—that's not easy to pull off. And to the coaches, you skate every game for three Cheetah squads and you wear genuine smiles throughout every one. You are my heroes. Thank you.
If, after reading, you (yes, you) would like to support the team, please head over to https://www.crowdrise.com/annual-cheetah-thon where you can make a donation. Jack and the rest of the Cheetahs would be so grateful. This team has made such a difference in our lives and I know we're not the only family who feels this way. This is a really unique and incredible team and we appreciate so much your emotional and financial support.


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I have finished two rows of the "rings". I was getting bored, so I switched to doing one of the borders. I'm echoing the flower and the leaves, then using my BERNINA rulers to sew straight lines in the background. I love the way it looks, so old and antique, just the look I wanted. Not sure if I will have it finished by the wedding. I'm just going to keep working slowly and carefully. When it's done it's done. :).
Project #2- my dress. It's done, just needs to be hemmed. now I have to start the matching jacket.
My BERNINA 780 and foot #10- the edge stitch foot did a wonderful job on the facings. I'm going to add some machine embroidery to the jacket. Stay tuned for that.
Project #3- the clutch-
It's made from lace and trim from my mom's wedding dress and veil. Her dress had confetti inside the lace and lining, so I put it in my clutch. When I was a little girl I remember looking at her dress and seeing the confetti still inside it.
Project #4- I'm not sure about this one, but I want to make myself an old fashioned handkerchief
. I bought a piece of white fabric, kind of like a thin linen. Then I pulled out something I haven't used in a long time. The wing needle.
The wing needle is a needle you use for heirloom sewing. It punches holes into your fabric as you sew, creating a beautiful design. I wasn't sure what stitches to try, no worries there, I used the built in help guide on my 780, looked in the section on needles, and there was a whole write up on wing needles. It listed 3 stitches to try. I cut a small strip of my fabric, got some stitch and tear stabilizer
and off I went.
I tried the 3 stitches here, on my 780 it is stitch 701, 702 and 8. I'm going to cut a square of this fabric, narrow hem the edges, then use one of these stitches around all 4 sides of the handkerchief.
Maybe I will embroider the date on it.
I better get back to work, time's a ticking here.
Happy sewing


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Back to the Land: The Pastoral Impulse in Victorian England, from 1880 to 1914
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London: Quartet Books, 1982. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First edition, 1982. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 264 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, light foxing or age-toning to the page-edges, dust jacket with a bit of creasing at the tips. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector. (Inventory #: s00020282)


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I have a copy of an LDS record sheet that is for Joseph Millis (b) @ 1715 of St. James Clerkenwell, London, Eng.Wife is Mrs. Elenor Millis (b) @ 1719 of St. James Clerkenwell, London, Eng.They list 3 sons and 2 daughters.Oldest child is William Millis, christened 19 Feb 1741, (b) in St. James Clerkenwell, London, Eng.
The name of the person submitting the sheet is Mrs. Nora B. Miles, Centerville, Utah.That's really all the info on the sheet, except for the names and birthdates of the other children.This info is old, so maybe you could check with the LDS internet site and find more info.I realize the dates are off, but thought I'd send the info anyway, because of the Clerkenwell, London connection.
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Went on a date and had a great time, going on another date tomorrow. What can I do to hint towards a relationship? What are some small things I can do to make him fall for me even more? We have known each other for a year and hooked up first, then he asked me on a date. We have great chemistry and lots in common, attractions definitely there!!
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Only the US can provide a truly credible threat against Iran
With Iran stubbornly spinning its nuclear centrifuges, despite nearly a decade of diplomatic efforts and sanctions, time is short to avoid another Middle East conflict that could spin disastrously out of control, leave many dead, and send oil prices skyrocketing. But the U.S. can still resolve this combustible crisis by using much bigger carrots and sticks to convince Iran to change course before it's too late.
Only a credible threat of devastating force against Iran will peacefully prevent a potential doomsday scenario from becoming reality, and only the US can deliver such a threat. Unlike the IDF, the overwhelming power of the US military can completely destroy — rather than merely delay — Iran's nuclear programme and Iran's ability to retaliate.
Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, last week sent a dangerously counterproductive signal to Iran when he said, referring to an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear program, "I don't want to be complicit if they choose to do it." His statement isolates Israel on an issue that requires international unity and inappropriately connotes criminality with the word "complicit."
The US, through diplomatic back channels, reportedly has asked Iran not to attack the US should Israel choose to strike unilaterally. Thus, rather than projecting unity and strength, the US has signaled division and weakness to Iran.
If Israel must act alone, the odds are far higher that a regional conflagration will result because Iran's retaliation will be that much more easily supported by one or more of its regional allies: Hezbollah in Lebanon, Islamic Jihad and Hamas in Gaza, and possibly even Syria. Such an explosive regional war would undoubtedly draw in the US, notwithstanding its meek diplomatic requests to the contrary.
Paradoxically, if Iran believes that the US is about to launch a massive attack, it will back down, and no force will be needed. But if Iran doubts American resolve, the Islamic Republic will continue on its nuclear warpath.
The threat of force should be used to achieve something far more effective than the illusory "arrangement" settled on with North Korea in 1994. The goal with Iran must be a Libya-style total disarmament, removing equipment and material from Iran's nuclear weapons programme, with independent verification by the IAEA.
Such a disarmament is the only way to eliminate the many risks posed by the Iranian nuclear programme. These dangers potentially include: (i) nuclear proliferation, because other countries in the volatile Middle East will feel threatened into wanting their own nuclear programs; (ii) the transfer of nuclear materials from Iran -- the world's chief sponsor of terrorism -- to terrorist organizations and/or states; (iii) bolder attacks by terrorist groups protected by an Iranian nuclear umbrella; and (iv) an even more belligerent Iran that flexes its nuclear arsenal to: export its radical Islamic ideology, acquire disputed territories and resources from neighboring countries, and/or undertake actions like blocking the Strait of Hormuz to increase the price of oil.
Iran violently quelled the democratic aspirations of its citizens in 2009 and has actively supported the brutal crackdown on Syrian protesters. The Islamic Republic directly and through its proxies threatens stability in Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Iraq, and the Gulf area. Iran is also responsible for many deaths of American and coalition troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
As clear as it is today that a nuclear weapon in the hands of the Third Reich would have spelled catastrophe, so should it be clear with the Iranian theocracy. Even reformers with the best of intentions would need time to transform Iran's governing system and political culture. The world must wait for major changes before concluding that Iran can be trusted with the world's most dangerous weapons.
In the interest of fairness and good faith, the threat of overwhelming military force for non-compliance should be complemented by generous rewards for co-operation. In exchange for the verifiable dismantling of Iran's entire nuclear programme, the US should compensate Iran financially for related losses, offer adequate guarantees for Iranian security, and provide economic benefits (such as a free trade agreement) that are collectively far more advantageous than a nuclear weapon would be. If the Iranian regime is peaceful (or rational), then it should readily accept such an attractive bargain. Otherwise, the regime clearly has bellicose intentions for its nuclear activities and must be stopped by the only world power that can do so swiftly and decisively.
Iran has frequently called for the destruction of Israel and has -- despite the sanctions against it -- actively worked to acquire the means to annihilate Israel whenever it chooses. Thus, every day the Middle East moves closer to an Armageddon-type showdown that could force Israel's hand. Only the U.S. has the power to resolve the matter peacefully, with a grand bargain, and decisively, if necessary, with overwhelming force. Our world depends on such an intervention, and history is watching.
Noah Beck recently published The Last Israelis, a doomsday novel about the Iranian nuclear threat. His editorial is largely based on the epilogue to that book.
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Garnier Skin Renew Brusher Gel-Cleanser smoothes skin and deep cleans your pores for a healthier look. The Gel-cleanser is oil-free, and it's unique formation with a soft exfoliating brush and a deep cleansing gel with soothing green leaf extract is gentle enough to use everyday.
The Skin Renew Brusher Gel-Cleanser is dermatologist tested, non-comedogenic, and will not clog pores.
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Not bad I did find my face felt clean but didn't make my skin feel that great after the gel made my skin pretty dry , I , I do like the scrubber idea
The price is perfect, but the product isn't. There isn't anything special about this product. The cleansing brush is like rubber so the major of the product is stuck in it. The cleanser is like putting soap on your face. Won't be repurchased.
La brosse nettoie les pores en profondeur ,mais beaucoup de produit tombe dans la douche à cause de celle-ci. Je n'apprécie pas vraiment l'utilisation pour le prix.
L'utilisation de la brosse nous fait perdre beaucoup de produit mais elle est tres efficace, nettoie en profondeur. Ma peau devient seche si j'utilise ce produit trop souvent. Je trouve le concept bon mais il pourrait etre amélioré.
I've never tried this product because I can't find them! But i would like a lot! A brush for clean my skin could be the best invention! And Garnier makes a really great product!
rough on my sensitive skin, packaging not effective as lots of product gets lost or not used up, dried my skin, not the best fregrance, too harsh for me.
This product really dried out my skin. Its ok for the summer.
I use this when I need a deep clean. The bristles aren't too hard and it cleanses my face nicely.
Garnier is becoming a leader in skin care products and growing fast. As always the new Garnier Skin Renew Brusher Gel-Cleanser does not disappoint. Effective and a good value.
First off, like a lot of these products is price... Unless onsale, it can be a bit expensive, $5.00 - $10.00
I like the brussels on it, i believe it gets a "better" deep clean into the pores.
I like the way my face felt after, but if used every day, it did dry my nose out a bit.
Good product, good brand, would buy again if on sale.
Especially during the summer windy months, those brussels can scrub into your pores
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Dana and Scott's was one of YummyYards first projects, and was definitely a fun one! With three younger kids, limited space, and an easy-to-work with client attitude, we created a beautiful space. Here are some of the elements that we incorporated:
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First off, I'm honestly disappointed this movie isn't getting a wider release.
Yes, it's got the Video OnDemand option going for it, and I'm glad for that. At the same time, a movie like this is perfect for a dark movie theater, and if you can get to one for this, I'd recommend doing so.
But, that's just a matter of moviegoing preferences. Now let's get to the movie itself.
The Babadook is a movie I had initially heard of when it was gaining buzz with horror community. I had largely filed it away until finally seeing a trailer in October. After that, it was a running game to figure out when the film would be coming here.
Thankfully, the movie was worth the wait.
The story is altogether tightly focused. We have a supporting cast, but really, it's almost entirely a matter of our two leads and the monster with which they have to contend.
The two leads in question are Amelia (Essie Davis) and her son, Samuel (Noah Wiseman). Samuel, we learn, was born the night Amelia's husband died; in fact, he was killed in a car crash driving her to the hospital. As a result, there's an unspoken tension between Amelia and her son- she still loves him, but there is tragedy hanging over them.
Samuel is…well…Samuel's a handful to say the least. Determined to protect his mother in his father's absence, he shares a belief in magic and monsters that has lead to him making potentially dangerous defenses to deal with the latter. In this regard I have to commend Wiseman as a new actor- he straddles the line between sweetly likable and aggravating perfectly. This is vital for the way this story plays out, but I'm getting ahead of things.
Their shaky home life takes a turn with the arrival of an unusual children's book, telling of a malevolent entity called Mister Babadook. This being, the story says, will try to get into your house; once it's inside, it can't be stopped, and when you see it, you will 'wish you were dead.'
Young and impressionable as he is, Samuel is terrified. Also somewhat shaken, but still believing it to only be a story, Amelia finds herself more and more frustrated with Samuel's behavior, and starts losing control herself. she begins to wonder how much of what she's feeling is her own anger, and how much may in fact be the titular Mister Babadook.
It's that element of uncertainty that propels a bulk of this movie. If you're expecting to see a lot of the Babadook, you're in for some disappointment. The entire idea behind the creature is that you won't see it there, but once you've let it in, there's no getting it out. The entire premise is almost fiendishly simple in how it's executed. It feeds on fear, it drives its targets from within, and pretending it doesn't exist – in its own words – will only make it stronger.
Further playing on this uncertainty, Davis is well cast as Amelia. She has to manage to be both sympathetic, but also frightening as the movie goes on, and she achieves the balance well. In particular with regards to that latter emotion ñ as tensions rise and she begins to snap at her own child, it becomes legitimately uncomfortable to watch at points. Rather than feeling over the top, her anger feels natural, which makes it more unsettling.
For a directorial debut, Jennifer Kent has made a strong first impression with this movie. I know some have said they didn't find it scary, but I'm going to have to respectfully disagree. This film plays in escalating dread to great effect. Yes, there are few 'payoff' moments, but with the nature of this enemy, it's better that way – it's almost more in the Babadook's nature that its movie would leave the audience dreading what could be coming.
That said, what we do see of the creature is (like a lot of the rest of this movie) a good case for well executed simplicity. I mean, on paper, the Babadook is a very simple concept for a monster: an ominous figure in a hat and cloak with long, clawlike fingers. However, the way the movie presents it makes for an incredibly creepy figure. What few scenes we see it, it genuinely looks like something out of a nightmare.
On the filmaking end, Director Kent is showing a strong eye for a first time out. Further bolstered by some great cinematography by Radoslaw Ladczuk and sharp editing by Simon Njoo, the movie has a distinct look that also plays into the film's blurring of dream and nightmare – an effect further added to by the film's ways of depicting dreams that are a nice change from the usual 'snap cut to awake' approach.
The film does have a few minor problems – most notably a third act that sets up certain points it seems like it will deliver on, only to leave them. Overall, it's a fairly strong horror film, and one it's one that really benefits from the movie theater experience. It's still solid on its own, but that theater does wonders for the film's already heavy sense of dread.
Of course, there is also another interpretation where the ending holds up well that I won't go into here for the fact it spoils some things. Let's just say it makes for a more personal fear and an interesting use of unreliable narrator.
With this as her first time out, I'm already interested in seeing what Kent may have in mind for future projects. Having both written and directed this, she's shown some strong creative chops and now that she's proven what she can do, I'm hoping it gets fostered well from here out.
For those who are wondering, no, this wasn't the seasonal feature I mentioned in my last Flash writeup. That's still coming, I promise. I just wanted to get something good in before I took that on.
Till then. I may be drinking when I get to that one.
-Some great acting and cinematography
-Uncertainty in the film used very effectively makes the film work on multiple levels
-Ending is a bit abrupt. Still satisfies, just feels like it could have been built on a bit more.
Rating: 4/5
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While almost everyone enjoys listening to music in one form or another, many do not fully appreciate the potential benefits that learning to play music can have for both individuals and the community. A number of local music-education businesses and organizations say that more people should take "note" of the positive effects of music education, including building life skills, enhancing cognitive ability and creating community connections.
Lawrence Piano Studio
Eric Sakumura, Owner and Founder of Lawrence Piano Studio, has been providing piano instruction in Lawrence for 32 years. Sakumura has Bachelor's degrees in both Piano Performance and Chemistry from the University of Kansas, and first started teaching lessons while he was working on his teaching certification in chemistry. Sakumura and his team of 10 assistant piano instructors, most of whom are music majors from KU, teach group lessons for younger children and individual lessons for people of all ages. While Lawrence Piano Studio has a number of advanced piano-performance students, Sakumura said that cultivating life skills and an appreciation for music is the studio's primary goal.
"I don't have all of my students on what I would consider to be a concert track," Sakumura said. "That's not really the point. I think the point is that you enrich your soul by learning to play music and then you decide how you want to incorporate it into your life. If we can make this an enjoyable process, then students will have skills that they can draw on for the rest of their lives."
The curriculum at Lawrence Piano Studio includes note reading, music composition, blues improvisation and performance. Sakumura compares the process of learning to read music to learning a new language, which is why he likes to include composition in the studio's instruction.
"I think that composition is a very important thing for students to participate in because you wouldn't teach someone how to read without teaching them how to write," Sakumura said. "The students learn how to take the notes on the page and play them on the keys, so I want them to figure out something on the keys and then learn how to put the notes down on the page."
Lawrence Piano Studio holds recitals each semester at the Lawrence Arts Center. While students are not required to participate, Sakumura encourages students to perform because it helps them learn to deal with nerves and leads to a sense of accomplishment.
"We are not looking for perfection by any means," Sakumura said. "With performances I emphasize learning how to move on from mistakes when they happen, because they do happen."
Sakumura said there are numerous studies that cite the benefits that learning to play music has on brain development and academic outcomes. He would love to see parents who have their children in multiple sports place one of those sports aside and invest that money in music lessons.
"Music makes for a more-rounded individual," Sakumura said. "Over the years I've had probably thousands of people tell me that they took piano lessons when they were younger, and that they wish their parents would have never let [them] quit, but I've never run into someone who has told me they were really upset that their parents made them learn how to play the piano."
Lawrence Children's Choir
Lawrence Children's Choir is another long-standing organization dedicated to musical education in Lawrence. Founded in 1991 by sisters Janeal Crabb Krehbiel and Marilyn Crabb Epp, LCC offers choral education for children in preschool through 10th grade via various levels of choirs, all of which meet at West Middle School. Three choirs for younger students, called Capo, Cadenza and Choristers focus on developing singing fundamentals such as rhythm, tone and basic music reading.
LCC's Tour Choir is the organization's top-level, audition-based choir for children in fifth through 10th grade and is made up of 80 students from Lawrence and surrounding communities. The Tour Choir rehearses for 90 minutes each week, learning more than 20 songs each year, many of which are in four-part harmony and/or foreign languages. As the name suggests, LCC Tour Choir travels throughout the state and country for performances, and it has also performed in Latvia, Lithuania, Germany and England in the past several years.
Lawrence Children's Choir's Artistic Director Carolyn Welch said that because most elementary schools do not have school choirs outside of regular music class, Lawrence Children Choir's lower level ensembles fill a niche for younger children who enjoy and excel at vocal music. At the middle school and high school level, Lawrence Children's Choir is distinct from school choirs in the same way that club athletic teams are distinct from school athletic teams, Welch said.
"We have excellent programs in our public school, but LCC is operating on a different level because we have some of the best singers from all of the schools," Welch said. "We hope that the kids that sing in LCC take their additional experience back to their school ensembles and act as leaders."
Like Sakumura, Welch believes that musical education cultivates numerous life skills. The Tour Choir's 90-minute rehearsals require physical stamina and concentration, Welch said, and memorizing complex music and lyrics is a great mental workout. Lawrence Children's Choir also hones manners, Welch said.
"Choir members are expected to be polite and delightful when we travel," Welch said. "If they don't have good manners when they leave on a trip, they certainly have good manners by the time they come back."
Like many sports, choir also emphasizes teamwork, Welch said.
"I call choir the ultimate team sport. You have to work hard together to be very precise," Welch said. "When you're in choir it's not about you; it's about being part of the beautiful and wonderful whole."
Americana Music Academy
Creating music with others is also a central theme at Americana Music Academy, a local non-profit with the mission of "carrying on the tradition of American roots music." Americana operates out of a 3-story blue and pink historic house near 15th and Massachusetts Streets teaching individual music lesson and acting as a venue for community building and outreach.
Executive Director Peter Lague said that American roots music encompasses a number of musical styles that have been passed down via a variety of cultural communities in the U.S.
"We don't exclude any variety of American music," Lague said. "We teach rock, jazz, and blues in addition to the traditional folk, bluegrass, and mountain music."
A staff of 14 teachers, most of whom work as part-time independent contactors for Americana, teach individual lessons in the many rooms spread throughout the Americana house. The instructors' areas of expertise cover the spectrum of stringed instruments, as well as percussion, piano, singing and songwriting.
While lessons are Americana's bread and butter, a calendar full of community jams and camps is its heart and soul.
Americana hosts a weekly Saturday jam, open to anyone in the community, where a group of musicians that can range in number from eight to 30 gather to play folk and rock music. Americana also hosts regular jams specifically for beginning musicians as well as a ukulele jam, an old-time fiddlers' jam and a monthly songwriters' circle.
"You can sit at home and play by yourself, and yes it helps the brain and helps the mechanics and everything like that," Lague said. "But when you step out of your comfort zone and play with others, you start to create something that's completely different. It's not just about you playing, it's about sharing something with somebody else, and that's where the community part comes in."
Americana puts on day camp sessions during the summer where children can explore American roots music, folk art and dance. The camp includes opportunities for making instruments out of simple materials like clay and gourds and also gives kids the chance to make music together in a relaxed setting.
"A lot of funky instruments that came out of the American tradition of making simple instruments," Lague said. "It's the tradition part of that that we want to keep going. We don't want to lose that connection to community and creativity."
The Benefits of Music Education Scientific research has found that:
• Playing music can help students improve grades
and test scores
• Music students perform better on college entrance
• Music majors are the most likely group of college graduates to be admitted to medical school
• Playing music can help under-achievers
• Playing music can make a person emotionally
• Music can help stroke victims regain language
Source: A Summary of Current Scientific Literature Concerning Music and the Mind. Compiled by The Foundation for Universal Music Literacy.


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Is he crazy? Am I crazy?Visitor's Question from a 21-30 year old Female
Ok heres the whole story...... He didn't want a girlfriend, he was a player. I didn't like him at first, but he tried really hard. I started hanging out with him.I told him that I didnt want to hurt him because I didnt think I would ever love him. After a couple of months, I started to like him, but he repeatidly told me that "we weren't together." I knew I wasnt the only girl in his life. It tore me up to see him with other girls. He would tell me about them, and there were a few instances where, they actually showed up at his house because he had previously invited them to stay the night. And I was constantly hearing about all of his other girls from friends. The jealousy killed me. We started getting closer despite it all. Things started going great. He was sweet and caring. Then the worse came, he hooked up with my arch enemy right in front of my face. I didnt talk to him for months, but I ended up taking him back, and we were "together" He was perfect for a while, but he got meaner and meaner and meaner. He always put me down. I went to visit my sister for a week, and he went to see a "friend" that happened to be a girl out of town. I had it, i broke it off. then he told me he hadnt wanted to be together towards the end and he was pushing me away. he still calls me. we still hook up on occasion, but he is still VERY mean to me. Whats his deal?
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His deal is that he is a mean player.
Your deal is that you are putting up with it.
Dump this loser as fast as you can.
Good luck! George
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According to a University of Pittsburgh study, living near fast food, without a car, is associated with higher body mass index (BMI), and obesity. The results of the analysis showed that people living in fast food neighborhoods, despite walking to restaurants, were twelve pounds heavier than those without fast food nearby.
Sanae Inagami, M.D., study lead author and assistant professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine says, "Owning a car is generally associated with a more sedentary lifestyle and excess weight gain because people spend more time in their cars and less time walking. But when Inagami and colleagues investigated, they found that now owning a car was associated with increased rates of obesity among those living in proximity to a fast food restaurant.
"Fast food may be specific to weight gain in particular populations and locations," says Dr. Inagami. "People who are less affluent don't own cars and can't go distances for healthier foods. As a result, they may end up opting for the lower-priced and high caloric foods available at fast food chains." The end result is poor health from increased weight, and higher rates of obesity when healthier food is not readily available.
The study, published this month in the Journal of Urban Health, shows how the availability of restaurants in a given area can impact health and contributes to obesity.
"There has been a major focus on fast food and its impact on individual health, but we need to consider the availability of all types of restaurants at individual and community levels", says the researcher. The study found that living near fast food restaurants does impact health and seems to influence obesity rates.
The study looked at 2,156 adults in 63 neighborhoods in Los Angeles County. Residents without cars in areas containing five fast food restaurants per mile weighed 2.7 pounds more than those with cars. In areas without a concentration of fast food restaurants, car owners weighed 8.5 pounds more than non-car owners. Having no transportation and healthier food nearby was associated with lower weight.
Inagami suggests encouraging communities to pay more attention to their food environment, to help curb obesity rates. Previous studies have linked obesity rates to proximity of fast food restaurants. The new study suggests not having a car mandates eating unhealthy fast food for some groups.
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Goodie Bag Giveaway
I gotta say, I'm impressed. You sent in some truly jaw-dropping images. Fashion no one will wear that costs more than my rent for the year. LOVE IT!
Above is a look from Galliano. You never know where his head is (apparently the reporters were perplexed even after he explained his inspiration), but you have to love the spectacle. Just to let you know, your submissions blew this out of the water.
It was VERY difficult for me to make a decision. You wrote very convincing arguments…and then pulled at my heart strings with your stories of ramen noodle dinners. Not fair. But actually it is, I've been there. Broke college life is a rite of passage.
Tomorrow night I will post your collection along with comments, and THE winner of my front row schwag bag.


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The poet-priest R. S. Thomas asked why God appeared so frequently in his poems, responded simply: "I believe in God." Pressed about what sort of God he meant, Thomas replied: "He's a poet who sang Creation and He's also an intellect with an ultra-mathematical mind, who formed the entire Universe in it. The answer is in a chapter of Augustine's Confessions where it says, "˜They all cried out with one voice, He made us'."
For the Christian this God does not remain unknown, but has revealed Himself to us in Jesus Christ, in the characteristic way in which persons make themselves known to us, not as ideas and abstractions, not as collections of atoms and molecules, or the patterns of energy of sub-atomic particles, but as persons with a capacity for love and relationship. Love always involves both faith and hope. Without this trio there would be no human life as we know it.
That reality points us to the God who made us, and whose being and action the Christian creeds confess, as one who is a communion of love, and life, and relationship, the source of our being, the ground of our knowing, the goal of our living. To say Credo "" I believe "" is to open ourselves to the deepest possibility of our lives. As the great preacher St John Chrysostom said: "Let us then draw Him to ourselves, and invite him to aid us in the attempt, and let us contribute our share "" goodwill, I mean, and energy. For He will not require anything further, but if He can meet with this only, He will confer all that is his part."


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- Chipset: Hisilicon
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|Collection Quest Information
This quest is part of the Collection Quests Timeline
Starting the Collection
Most Collection Quests begin by examining any of the members of that collection, which are harvested from special, random ground spawning nodes using the Collecting harvesting skill. Members of this collection can be found as follows:
- Yellow shiny sparkles named '.
Collection Members
- A Vine-Covered Giant Hand
- A Pollen-Soaked Giant Eyeball
- A Discarded Giant Satchel
- A Hastily-Written Giant's Will
- A Fallen Commander's Diary Page
- A Magic-Infused Petal
- Corrupted Kromzek Toes
- Engraved Kromzek Arrowhead
- Experience
- Briarthorn Entraller
- Withered Giant Rune


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My computer is in a state of stability! (he says, praying not to jinx it…) All that remains for me to is modify the graphics card cooler with a quieter one and I shouldn't hear anything from my box at all. Then just more software installations, although the drivers are bound to throw up some conflicts – I can see it now… I'd best make the most of a trouble-free existence for this one evening. Hence, I'm currently surfing the internet with a discreet whoosh in the background and typing on the Japanese keyboard I picked up before I left Akihabara. I managed to configure it and I can now type in both languages at the click of a button ^_^! す~ごい、ね?
Tomorrow both my parents are heading off to Antigua for 2 weeks, followed by a spell in nearby St. Lucia for another week. My Dad has been showing me a few things, like changing fuses for the lights, how to turn off the water if there's a plumbing problem, re-light the boiler if it goes out and giving me a pair of goggles and mask to use while cutting the grass *groan* o.O;. The one thing my hayfever was good excuse for not doing; obliterated by a most fetching pair of plastic lab specs…
Hopefully now my computer is on the move, I can stop finding 2.00-3.00am bedtimes and get back into a sensible sleeping pattern. I seem to be in a bizarre state of jet-lag limbo, having established a routine of sleeping between 2.00am and 9.00am, but not back into a normal sleep phase.
Today I've been fixing my home network and trying an old RPG game I bought from Ebay: 'The Longest Journey'. Ahh, the old point 'n click adventure game. Brings back the days of Monkey Island and vanquishing ghost pirates with root beer… Considering how well-rated this game is, I'm surprised it got by me those 5 years ago. A 'sequel' is due out this Autumn, too.
Anyway. Tomorrow I'm in Chatham for another appointment at the Opticians to see how my contact lenses are working (I can't say well, with my hayfever and all.) I'm meeting Keiron in the morning beforehand to catch up. Hopefully soon I'll set a date for the sleepover – bear with me ^_^.
(I'm aware my last few mood tags have either said either 'tired' or 'hot'. Definitely need to get sleep.)


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Irish PM receives letters in blood over abortion bill
Enda Kenny has been dubbed a murderer and has received plastic foetuses after his government plans to allow limited access to abortion
Ireland published a draft new abortion bill on Thursday after Prime Minister Enda Kenny said he had received plastic foetuses and letters written in blood claiming he is a murderer. The parliamentary bill was published ahead of the release of a long-awaited report into why an Indian-born dentist who was miscarrying died after being refused an abortion in an Irish hospital.
The death of Savita Halappanavar (31), in October ignited calls for the new legislation in Ireland, a predominantly Catholic country. The new legislation is aimed at clarifying the rules that legalise abortions in exceptional cases where doctors deem it necessary to save a woman's life. Abortion is currently illegal in Ireland except if there is a substantial risk to the mother's life but there has been much confusion about implementing it. Kenny said he had received a barrage of insults over the legislation.
"I am getting medals, scapulars, plastic foetuses, letters written in blood, telephone calls all over the system," he told parliament on Wednesday. "I am now being branded by personnel around the country as being a murderer, and that I am going to have on my soul the death of 20 million babies."
Kenny said he was a Catholic but he was proud to be a Taoiseach, or prime minister, for all the Irish people. "I am proud to stand here as a public representative, as a Taoiseach who happens to be a Catholic but not a Catholic Taoiseach. I am a Taoiseach for all of the people that is my job," he said. Halappanavar died of blood poisoning in a hospital in Galway. Her husband claimed she had repeatedly asked medics for a termination, but the request was refused 'because Ireland is a Catholic country'.
Report on Savita's death to be published
Ireland will publish a long-awaited report into why a miscarrying woman died in an Irish hospital after being refused an abortion, authorities said on Thursday. The 108-page report is expected to detail many failures in the medical care given to Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old Indian dentist living in the western city of Galway. The expert report, led by London obstetrics professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, is expected to detail several points when Galway doctors and nurses should have detected the rising septicemia in her blood.


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ProZD is great
Between this video and the one he did with Mega 64, I want to see Sakaguchi engage with more famous YT personalities
Returners Represent!
The man has said for years IX is his favorite and the closest to his vision of what Final Fantasy is to him.
Man I've been watching his "Ask the Gooch" segments for Mistwalker and have learned that A. the Japanese in general can't answer straightforward questions, cause Sakaguchi can be just as bad as Nomura and Kitase about beating around the bush for some of the simplest questions. B. Sakaguchi would be one of the most fun people to sit down and have a drink with while talking gaming shop. He just seems so personable.
True beauty exists in things that last only for a moment.
Current Mood: When I'm gone, They'd say we're all fools and we don't understand. Oh be strong, don't turn your heart. We're all, you're all, for all, for always... Let us cling together
I've heard good things about people who hang with Sakaguchi; seems like a fun and laidback dude.


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Criminals: Essays
Forthcoming from Counterpoint Press in July 2018.
All the Money in the World
Early in this novel, there is a wonderful scene—rich with embarrassment—in which Louis Glasser, the altogether unlikely hero, helps his Harvard-educated son buy a new suit. The son's fortunes founder, but that's nothing compared to the perils that overwhelm his father—a lawyer who operates on the margins and becomes the target of a criminal investigation. Siegel's … portraits (loving and otherwise) of the Glassers, New York prosecutors, and various lowlifes are right on the money. --The New Yorker
Full of richly drawn characters and jolting plot twists—Glasser's time behind bars is especially chilling—Siegel's debut novel works both as a parable of how quickly the high and mighty can fall, and as gripping drama. "Money" well spent. --New York Post
All Will Be Revealed
A photographer who refuses to see people as anything more than the raw material for pictures. A spirit medium who has come to doubt the reality of her conversations with the dead. A deceased polar explorer who cannot quite bring himself to regret the journey that killed him. A disappointed lover who trains a performing bear to read minds. These are the characters that people the novel All Will Be Revealed.
Set in New York City at the close of the 19th century, All Will Be Revealed explores the hidden connections between three Gilded Age obsessions: photography, Spiritualism and Arctic exploration. In doing so, it threads its way among a series of dualities: spirit and flesh, imagination and reality, the human need for connection and the fear of losing oneself in the other.
...Well-turned and elegant... gloriously complex. --Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Siegel is skillfull at incorporating into his narrative many fascinating details about photography and spiritualism... he draws readers into the emotional lives of two stunted people who exploit others' vulnerabilities while failing to understand their own. This well-crafted novel offers both an unusual plotline and richly atmospheric settings. --Booklist
Video: Reading AWBR at Authors@Google Series
Writing on the Web
"What the American Public Wants," PANK Online, July 2010.
"Eulogy," Five Chapters, Summer 2007.
"The Magic Box," Post Road 11, Fall 2005.
"Night in Taiwan," Fourth River, November 2, 2016
"Criminals," The Paris Review, Fall 2015 (listed as a Notable Essay in the 2016 edition of Best American Essays)
"My Mother, My Writing Student," in The New York Times Draft Column, June 21, 2014. Reprinted in the print edition, June 22, 2014.
"Unreliable Tour Guide," Ploughshares, Winter 2013.
"Kawabata Yasunari: The Breeze in the Ink Painting," Ploughshares, Fall 2013.
"Three Notes on Jesus' Son," Treehouse, May 2012.
"Haiku for an Ailing Father," Los Angeles Times Book Review: Off the Shelf, July 2009.
"The Sword, the Light and the Nintendo DS," with Karen E. Bender, Tablet, December 2007.
Articles, Reviews, Interviews
"Why I Take Fake Pills," Smithsonian Magazine, May 2017 (Click here for my interview on placebo with NPR)
"A God Who Let Us Prove His Existence Would Be An Idol: Archie Rand, 'The 613,' and the Slippery, Vexing, Kafkaesque Problem Of the Jewish Visual Imagination," The Los Angeles Review of Books, September 19, 2016
"Billy Childish: I Just Paint," The Paris Review Daily, September 14, 2015
"I Think I Would Rather Be a Painter," The Paris Review Daily, August 10, 2015
"Vermeer in Manhattan," The Paris Review Daily, August 3, 2015
"Enigmatic Interiors: On Love, Death, Divorce, and Michael White's New Travels in Vermeer," Los Angeles Review of Books, June 2015
"Terayama Shuji's The Crimson Thread of Abandon," Three Percent, May 20, 2015
"Yan Lianke's The Four Books," The Rumpus, April 2015
"Bookforum Talks with Yan Lianke," Bookforum, December 2013
"Bookforum Talks with Karen E. Bender," Bookforum, September 2013
"Bookforum Talks with Peter Trachtenberg," Bookforum, August 2013
"Syllabus: Unfinished Novels," Bookforum, August 2013
"The Question Floating Between Us: The Lovely Indeterminacies of Yôko Ogawa," The Los Angeles Review of Books, June 9, 2013
Work In Anthologies
"The Right Imaginary Person," in The O. Henry Prize Anthology 2014, Laura Furman, ed. New York:
Anchor Books, 2014
"Why She Stole It," in Now Write: Fiction Writing Exercises From Today's Best Writers and Teachers.
Sherry Ellis, ed. New York: Tarcher/ Penguin, 2006.
"Flight," in Full Frontal Fiction: The Best of Nerve. Jack Murnighan, ed. New York:
Three Rivers Press, 2000.
"Ode to My Backyard," 27 Views of Wilmington: The Port City in Prose and Poetry,
Hillsborough, NC: Eno Publishing, 2015
"Sean," in Pushcart Prize XXXVI: Best of the Small Presses, Bill Henderson, ed. New York:
Pushcart Press, 2012.
"Sean," in Freud's Blind Spot: 23 Original Essays on Cherished, Estranged, Lost, Hurtful,
Hopeful, Complicated Siblings, Elisa Albert, ed. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2010.
"The Sword, the Light and the Nintendo DS," with Karen E. Bender, in How To Spell Chanukah:
18 Writers on 8 Nights of Light. Emily Franklin, ed. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2007.


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I just returned home from a three-day trip to Cleveland. No, I'm not talking about the one in North Carolina, but the one in Ohio. You know, the one that is home to a beloved, yet frustrating, baseball franchise (it's still too soon to talk about the World Series).
Cleveland is often the butt of geography jokes, so I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy my brief stay in "The Cleve". The people I met were very friendly, plus I had a near-religious experience at my favorite Ohio-based restaurant chain, Skyline Chili. Glory!
Though my time away was fun and intellectually stimulating, I was eager to be back in North Carolina by the end of my eighth hour of travel yesterday. I missed Lisa and the kiddos. I missed sleeping in my bed. I missed home-cooked meals. I missed chatting with Lisa on the back porch.
I'm thankful that I have a place to call home.
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about our church. Every Sunday becomes my new favorite week. We're meeting new people all the time, our children and student ministries are growing like crazy, and people are finding new life in Jesus–life is good!
I believe the primary reason people are showing up to The Church @ Clayton Crossings every week is because they've found, in our church, a place to call home. The people who form this church have become family to me and to people who are discovering (or rediscovering) C@CC each week. I'm crazy about you, and I'm thankful that you put up with me.
Since our church is home, let me share with you the top seven things that are best experienced in your church home. At C@CC, you'll find:
- A place to relax. You don't need to dress up or talk any differently around here. You can be who you are, no matter where you are on your journey to becoming the man or woman God created you to be.
- A place to be loved. We know what it feels like to be loved unconditionally–you'll receive the same kind of acceptance and love here.
- A place to learn. Think about all the things you learned how to do at home: ride a bike, tie your shoes, feed yourself. You'll learn new things about yourself as we help you explore God's purpose for your life.
- A place to experience grace. We believe it's OK to not be OK, but it's not OK to stay that way. We all mess up, but grace allows for imperfections as we learn to live God's way. The gift of salvation through Jesus is the grace most loudly proclaimed here.
- A place to welcome guests. Growing up, my house was the "cool house" among my circle of friends. We strive to be friendly, we make sure the place is clean, and we try to not be weird. We honor our guests and want them to come back!
- A place to serve others. We serve not out of a sense of obligation, but out of love. Family members enjoy meeting each other's needs.
- A place to grow up. My parents didn't raise me to live in their house forever. At The Church @ Clayton Crossings, we want to equip you to do whatever God created you to do, even if that's in another place. We celebrate maturity and obedience!
We are family, and our church is home. That's not an aspirational statement; it's a factual statement. Consider inviting someone to join you this Sunday morning. Just like you did, I bet they'll find a place to call home.
We cared so much for you that we were pleased to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us.
1 Thessalonians 2:8 HCSB
What I need to remember:
- THE EMPTY CHAIR – NEW SERMON SERIES BEGINS THIS SUNDAY. An empty chair represents an unfulfilled opportunity. We'll spend a couple of weeks talking about the ways God wants to use us to point people to Him.
- EASTER SUNDAY – APRIL 16. Easter is a big day at The Church @ Clayton Crossings. To help us make room so that even more people can hear about the good news of Jesus, please consider attending the 9:00am service on April 16. Thanks for living like a missionary!
What I'm reading:
Leaders Made Here: Building a Leadership Culture by Mark Miller
Fathered By God by John Eldredge (I recently recommended this book to a friend who later called to tell me how much it impacted his life. I figure it's worth reading again…)
What I'm listening to:
"Oh God" by Citizens & Saints
"Come to the River" by Brandon Lake
"Casey Neistat Style" playlist on Spotify (my go-to playlist when I'm writing)
About me:
John Sanders is the non-stuffy pastor at The Church at Clayton Crossings. His primary mission is to help people find and follow Jesus. Additionally, he longs to write like the child of Aaron Sorkin and Dave Barry, preach like W.A. Criswell, look like Bradley Cooper, and eat like he's seventeen years old. A more complete (and less snarky) bio can be found here.
Let's be friends:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jtsandersiii
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jtsanders3


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HBO documentary reveals two very different sides of New York neighbourhood
On the weekend, I finally got the chance to watch a documentary I'd put on the PVR a few weeks ago—and I'm glad I did. "Class Divide" is an excellent one-hour doc examining the Manhattan neighbourhood of Chelsea, which has been gentrifying at a dizzying pace since the opening of the High Line elevated park (the first renovated section of the park opened in 2009 and the park was completed in 2014).
The film focuses strongly on a particular intersection. On one side of the street sits Avenues: The World School, a private institution for kids from kindergarten to Grade 12, where the annual tuition is close to US$50,000 a year. On the other side sits the Chelsea-Elliot Houses, a public housing development. And overlooking the Chelsea-Elliot playground is a townhouse recently listed at over US$10 million.
Filmmaker Marc Levin gleaned remarkable interviews from a wide range of residents, particularly children from both Chelsea-Elliot and Avenues. The gap between kids whose classmates have private jets and those whose parents have to worry about the electricity being cut off is…well, "glaring" is too weak a word. I dare you not to root for Rosa, an incredibly articulate eight-year-old from Chelsea-Elliot who dreams of being a doctor, or for Yasemin Smallens, a 16-year-old student at Avenues who tries to build bridges between the two communities. (She's developed a website called 115 Steps, whose title comes from the number of steps between her school and the housing project.)
If you'd like a glimpse into the inner workings of New York City that is much more intense than you would normally get as a tourist, I can't recommend this documentary highly enough.