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Friday, Dec. 1, 2017-Jan. 2, 2018 at Sinsinawa Art Gallery presents "Nativities of the World." Sinsinawa Mound in southwestern Wisconsin on County Road Z, off highway 11. This exhibit features handcrafted nativities from lands near and far including the United States, Haiti, Germany, India, Venezuela, Ecuador, Jerusalem, Peru, Russia, Kenya, and many more countries. The art gallery is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. More are, gifts, and books ae available in the Sinsinawa Book & Gift Gallery 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
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Brillion rebuilt its popular coulter chisel and introduced it as the new Soil Builder II. It is equipped with large cutting coulters and heavy shanks while boasting a higher clearance and a stronger frame than those of earlier chisel models.
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Kinze's new 3660 SDS Twin-Line planter will be ready for planting in 2009. The planter features an air-delivery system for transferring seed from the central hopper to individual row units instead of a mechanical system. On the 3660, the seed is constantly recirculated to prevent stoppages. The new planter is equipped with the Kinze Vision system that allows an operator to monitor planter functions and change seed population rates on the go from a single touch-screen display in the cab. It also features a closed-center hydraulic system to maintain planting depth across all row units, single-row air-actuated clutches, and a 110-bu. seed capacity.
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Yetter introduces a residue manager for planters with row widths as narrow as 15 in. Called the Titan, the model works with or without a no-till coulter. It moves residue to eliminate hairpinning, sidewall compaction and row-unit bounce. It may be set to float over the soil surface or to lock down for positive wheel traction.
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Unverferth's new cross-fold rolling harrow is now available in 39- and 43-ft. lengths. The harrow features double baskets and a coil-tine leveling bar to smooth and firm a coarse seedbed. The harrow is available in pull-type or semi-mount models.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
What I've Been Reading
Noelle Marchand. This is her first book and she sold it at a super young age (I think 16?). Sometimes category romances get a little formulaic but this one felt very fresh to me with vivid characters and an interesting premise.
If you didn't know it, this book has become popular posthumously. The author, Stieg Larsson, passed shortly after handing in the third manuscript. I enjoyed the writing in the book. It was different than my norm. While the pacing felt off, ultimately I liked the main character enough to start the second book.
I'd heard of this book for over a year but didn't get around to reading it until I saw the movie trailer and realized there was romance involved. I really enjoyed the writing and story. The premise/setting was really intriguing, the characters (most of them) were well-rounded and the way Sara Gruen set up the story was interesting. Now I'm ready to watch the movie!
What have you been reading? Any recommendations for 2012?
29 comments:
- Lindsay Harrel said...
Hmm, I've never read any of these books.
Recently, I read the Hunger Games series...highly recommended! And I've just finished a few Susan Meissner novels. Seahorse in the Thames was really good, as was Lady in Waiting. I'm looking forward to a few debut novels from some blogging friends in 2012!
- January 11, 2012 at 7:05 AM
- Jessica R. Patch said...
I just finished A Bride Most Begrudging and Maid to Match by Deeanne Gist. Awe-some! And I started Save the Date by Jenny B. Jones. So far, I like it!
- January 11, 2012 at 7:33 AM
- Sandra Orchard said...
You've been busy reading! Thanks for the suggestions :)
- January 11, 2012 at 8:09 AM
- Tamika Eason said...
Water for Elephants is a favorite! Definitely on my top ten list- that I know I would read again and again.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo- is one I've considered.
- January 11, 2012 at 10:14 AM
- Loree Huebner said...
My oldest daughter read The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo. She has a book club with her friends, and they all read it. I believe they started the second book for the same reason as you - they liked the main character enough.
She told me a bit about it.
- January 11, 2012 at 12:57 PM
- Stacy Henrie said...
I've got three books coming in the mail any day - all Christian historical romances, of course :) - and I can't wait to read them.
- January 11, 2012 at 4:36 PM
Wow, that is a great first line! I read Water for Elephants a few years ago after hearing my Dad had been on a CBC radio show, recommending the book. And I like Sara Gruen's story to publication. The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo is on my TBR list. Hope to get to it soon! I started Ted Dekker's Cicle series, so it might be awhile. :)
- January 11, 2012 at 4:57 PM
- Anita Grace Howard said...
Well you've been busy, my little reader! ;) You'll love WATER FOR ELEPHANTS. It's a beautiful movie. :) DRAGON TATOO--I heard that one was hard to get into in the beginning. Did you have that problem?
- January 11, 2012 at 5:59 PM
The Henry McLaughlin book sounds good. Will have to get it. Thanks.
- January 12, 2012 at 7:37 AM
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- January 12, 2012 at 7:37 AM
- Linda Kage said...
I've been debating whether I wanted to read Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I'm still not sure if I do, though I had no idea with was published posthumously. Love the covers for the other three book. How pretty.
- January 12, 2012 at 10:06 AM
- Jessica Nelson said...
Lindsay, I haven't read Meissner yet but I want to. I've heard her books are really good.
Jessica, heard Save the Date was great!
Sandra, always! lol
Tamika, Girl was okay, I think worth the read, but it does start very slowly.
- January 12, 2012 at 10:11 AM
- Jessica Nelson said...
Loree, it's def. Lisbeth who I root for and am interested in. There's the freaky mystery in her past which is hooking me and I'll probably read all three books just to find out what happened to her. lol
Yay Stacy! Fun stuff. :-)
Lynn, very cool about your dad!
- January 12, 2012 at 10:13 AM
- Jessica Nelson said...
Anita, it wasn't hard for me because I was curious already, but it is slow and filled with extraneous details. Backstory, even. Still...it's an interesting read, I think.
Traci, I hope you enjoy! :-)
Linda, they are pretty, aren't they?
- January 12, 2012 at 10:14 AM
- Karen Lange said...
Just finished Love on the Line by Deeanne Gist. Enjoyed it, especially the ending. Also read an ARC of Cathy Gohlke's Promise Me This. It was excellent!
- January 12, 2012 at 3:00 PM
- Terri Tiffany said...
Some really good books you've been reading. My hint--don't watch the Elephant movie---it was not as good as the book! Just my opinion:)
- January 13, 2012 at 9:47 AM
- Bibliomania said...
You and I are kindred literary spirits! I am trying to read as many books as possible in 2012 and I'll have to read some of your recommendations. I am currently reading The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver. It is amazing!
- January 13, 2012 at 9:57 PM
- Angie Muresan said...
Thanks for the recommendations, Jessica. I've been so busy I haven't read anything since the beginning of December. But even more important is catching up with all my favorite bloggers.
Hope you and your boys are well.
- January 14, 2012 at 11:22 AM
- Julie Dao said...
I've been wanting to read Water For Elephants for SO long, but never got around to it. I have to pick up a copy! I also like reading the book before I see the movie :)
- January 14, 2012 at 4:58 PM
- Janet, said...
Those sound like some interesting books, especially the first two.
- January 14, 2012 at 8:32 PM
- Susan J. Reinhardt said...
I'm currently reading Love on the Line and enjoying it.
I've seen The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, but the title puts me off. The other books sound appealing.
- January 14, 2012 at 8:44 PM
- Jessica Nelson said...
Susan, I don't think you'd care for Dragon. It's definitely R-rated. I've enjoyed Gist's work in the past and will hopefully pick up Love on the Line at some point.
Janet, hope you can grab some up sometime. :-)
Julie, I thought it was pretty interesting!
- January 14, 2012 at 9:05 PM
- Jessica Nelson said...
Angie! Hi!!! Yes, we're all well, thanks for asking. :-)
Hey Erin, thanks for popping by. I've heard good stuff about Kingsolver but have never read one of her books. I'll have to check one out this year. Have fun with all that book reading! lol
Hi Terri, yep, I heard they were different so I'll bear that in mind.
Karen, I'm jealous!! I'm a fan of Gohlke after reading the Watchfires book. I'd definitely read more of her.
- January 14, 2012 at 9:08 PM
- Faith Pray said...
So fun to read your book reviews! I'm currently entrenched in The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, The Tuesday Night Murder Club by Agatha Christie, just beginning The Guardians of Ga-Hoole by Kathryn Lasky and drooling to go buy Dragonswood by Janet Lee Carey.
- January 15, 2012 at 12:47 AM
- Nancy said...
I've been reading some pretty good mysteries. One was about murder on a cruise to Alaska. Well, it went down the same "Inside Passage" we were on. So fun.
Looks like you've been very busy reading some popular books. Sounds like you enjoyed them.
- January 16, 2012 at 1:07 PM
- Melanie N. Brasher said...
You always introduce me to new books. I love coming here. Blessings to you this week!
- January 16, 2012 at 9:56 PM
- Jessica Nelson said...
Hi Melanie! Blessings to you also. Love your new profile pic and name. :-)
Hey Nancy, yep, I'm a commercial girl. I usually end up reading what everyone else is. Mysteries are fun too, but I need romance in them. lol
Hi Faith! Thanks for stopping by. The only author you listed that I've heard of is Christie. Thanks for mentioning the others. I might need to check some of them out!
- January 17, 2012 at 10:06 PM
- Caitlin said...
I'm re-reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. I've re-read it every year since I was twelve.
- January 17, 2012 at 10:55 PM
- Warren Baldwin said...
What have we been reading? If I can recommend a nonfiction - Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. A great read about the founder of Apple. Very interesting, insightful, and also sad. I did a review of it a couple of weeks ago on FAmily Fountain. Hard book to put down.
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Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday set off a firestorm across global markets when for the first time he offered a potential timeline for the Fed scaling back its easy money stimulus programs.
Specifically, Bernanke said if the economy continues to improve, as the Fed predicts, the central bank could begin tapering its $85 billion-a-month bond purchase program known as quantitative easing by the end of the year and wrap it up by mid-2014.
Bernanke tried to be his usual cagey self, saying tapering would only occur if the Fed's economic forecasts lived up to their rosy projections and that nothing was written in stone. But markets sold off anyway.
Investors will undoubtedly be looking for additional clarity from Fed members this week.
On Monday Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher, a vocal policy and inflation hawk who has called for tapering sooner rather than later, is speaking on monetary policy in London; on Wednesday Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota will give a speech on monetary policy to the Society for Economic Dynamics in Seoul; on Thursday Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart will give a speech on the economic outlook to the Kiwanis Club in Marietta, Georgia; and on Friday Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker will give a speech on the economic outlook in West Virginia. Also scheduled to speak Friday are Cleveland Fed President Sandra Pianalto and San Francisco Fed President John Williams.
Regardless of the material offered in their speeches, these Fed members will undoubtedly be pressed on the specifics of a Fed pullback and how that wind-down will impact the broader markets.
Some of the more high-profile economic reports due next week include the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index due Tuesday, which measures monthly changes in the value of residential real estate in 20 metropolitan regions across the U.S. Also due Tuesday is a report on new home sales.
On Thursday, the National Association of Realtors will release its index of pending home sales.
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Clarendon Hills police arrested Preston Thomas, brother of former NBA star Isiah Thomas, for urinating near a church last week. Thomas, 52, of 279 Columbine Drive, Clarendon Hills, was arrested at 9:15 a.m. Jan. 8 at Notre Dame Parish, 64 Norfolk Ave. He was charged with public urination.
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Thea Devine today, remembering how my mom loved country music. She had a really nice singing voice, and oh, be still my heart, she could yodel. I mean, really yodel, with that back of the throat crick that you can't just learn ( I tried). And folk music. Mom loved folk music; Burl Ives. Susan Reed. Names you probably don't know any more. Names I grew up with so of course, I was going love folk music as well. All that came to fruition in college when I met a guy and he gave me a guitar. And book on How To Play.
The guy didn't last. The guitar did. I painstakingly practiced those three major chords, C-F-G, until I was proficient enough to play "To Everything Turn Turn Turn," and then there was no stopping me. I mean, do you know how many songs you can play if you know three chords? If you can figure out progressions? Or learn tablature instead of music?
John and I lived in the Village when we were first married. We spent a lot of time in folk clubs. Saw Buffy Ste. Marie, Tom Paxton, Tom Rush, Fred Neil, John Hartford, David Blue — names perhaps you don't know any more. Names I grew up with. I never stopped playing. I don't play well, but I love to play, learn songs, and write lyrics and chord them, as much as I love to write books.
It occurred to me that story premises are kind of like chords. That you can play a dozen plots off of one premise just like you can play any number of songs off three chords:
(C) the heroine is running (from, to)
(F) her (ex, her past, her future, the consequences of her actions, her childhood nemesis, her inheritance, her sisters, her stalker)
(G) and complications (bad guys, the hero, her presumed dead husband, a long lost friend, the death of a sibling, a quest) ensue.
Add an A-minor — obstacles: no money, trapped in a blizzard, electricity goes out, she lost her job, a parent dies, a serial killer is after her, all of the above — and voila. The makings of a plot, which can twist in any one of several directions as you figure out who "she" is, what she's running from, and which of the complications are going to prevent her from getting to her goal.
But I expect those of you who play know all this. However, it's comforting to fall back on when plot seems like a foreign word and everything you come up with feels like you're duplicating every storyline ever written.
But, three chords: dozens of songs. One premise, dozens of variations. Really, it's true, it works.
Do you play? Do you write lyrics? Did you ever think of plot in terms of chords? Does it help?
Thea Devine is the author of twenty-five historical and contemporary erotic romances and a dozen novellas. She's currently at work on her next erotic contemporary romance.


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EXCLUSIVELooking like he wandered off the set of "Goodfellas," Justin Bieber rocked a golden diamond-encrusted fish around his neck at the Mayweather fight on Saturday -- and TMZ has learned, the thing cost $20,000!!!
Sources tell us, the 14k gold "koi" fish -- designed by celeb jeweler Ben Baller -- boasts 14 carats of VVS diamonds all over (supposedly fancier than normal non-VVS diamonds). Even the chain is covered in 12 carats of diamonds.
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Vatican Documents Leaked: Did Butler Paolo Gabriele Do It?
May 28, 2012
He is always at the Pope Benedict XVI's side.
Butler Paolo Gabriele helps the pope dress in the morning and serves him his meals through the day.
But now the pope's loyal butler is under arrest, accused of betraying the man he serves by leaking embarrassing confidential Vatican documents to the Italian media.
The arrest has stunned the Vatican, a place familiar with intrigue, but not public betrayal by someone so close to Benedict.
"The fact that this came from somebody who was in the papal apartment and a member of the papal family is great cause for a crisis of consciousness," John Allen of U.S. National Catholic Reporter said.
The butler's lawyer, Carlo Fusco, released a statement today that Gabriele was willing to cooperate and that he trusted the Vatican judicial system.
The embattled pope is said to be deeply "saddened" by the arrest of one of his closest aides.
But many people remain skeptical about the accusations leveled at Gabriele. Few believe he would have had the sophistication to orchestrate a series of leaks that have consumed the Italian media since January.
Marco Politi, Vatican journalist and author of a Benedict biography called "Crisis in the Papacy," told ABC News he believes that if the accusations are true, Gabriele did not act alone.
"If it happened, there are others helping him and maybe leading him," he said.
Today's newspapers in Rome say that Gabriele was just a messenger and that there is a network of Vatican insiders behind the leaks and that a so-far unnamed cardinal is orchestrating it all.
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Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi "categorically denied" that any cardinal was involved. He said many Vatican officials were being questioned in the investigation but "there is no one else under investigation at the moment."
Lombardi called the unsourced reports in the Italian media "pure fantasy."
In a cloak and dagger twist right out of a Hollywood thriller, a "deep throat" who claims to be inside the Vatican network spoke anonymously and nervously to Rome's La Repubblica. The interview was printed in Monday's paper.
"Whoever is doing this is doing this to support the pope," the insider told La Repubblica, "because the aim of the network of conspirators is to bring to light the rot within the church in the last few years."
The insider said there are warring factions within the Vatican, as some are out to destroy powerful Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican secretary of state.
Bertone is the second-most powerful man in the Catholic Church, responsible for the Vatican but also for overseeing the church around the world. His critics say he is too weak to lead the church.
But the insider said others within the Vatican believe it is Benedict himself who is too weak and that he has allowed Bertone to accumulate power and that he is not qualified for such a demanding job.
The leaked documents began appearing in the Italian media in January.
They expose alleged corruption, mismanagement and deep internal divisions at the Vatican. One document detailing corruption was addressed to Pope Benedict personally.
"Money is always involved," La Repubblica's source said. "There are also economic interests in the Holy See."
Many of the leaked documents focus on money laundering and kickbacks at the secretive Vatican bank.
The head of the bank, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, was appointed by the pope to clean up the bank and he reported directly to him.
But in yet another blow to the pope's influence, his friend was fired Thursday.
The insider told La Repubblica that when Benedict XVI heard the news, "he started to cry 'for my friend Ettore.'"
The now-disgraced butler began his life at the Vatican as a cleaner.
He rose to the rank assistant butler under Pope John Paul II and has been at Benedict XVI's side since 2006.
Gabriele lives with his wife and three children inside the Vatican walls in an apartment where the secret documents were allegedly found. So far he has been only been accused of theft.
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Because there is no prison inside the Vatican walls, Gabriele is being held in a room inside the tiny Vatican police station.
He faces trial in a closed Vatican court and if convicted he could go to jail for up to 30 years.
Under a treaty between the Vatican and the Italian government, anyone convicted of crimes by the Vatican serves his sentence in an Italian prison.
Conspiracy and intrigue are nothing new to the Vatican, but traditionally the Vatican has been adept at keeping it inside the walls of the city-state.
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An Ohio woman's attempt to sneak out the fire escape of a Dollar General store with $100 in shoplifted merchandise didn't go quite as planned, police said.
First, the fire alarm went off on Tuesday as 36-year-old Mary Waguespack opened up the fire escape door at the Alliance, Ohio shop, WOIO reports.
But that was likely the least of Waguespack's worries, the TV station reports. As the fire alarm was going off just after 8 p.m., the woman's 1-year-old child — who Waguespack had left "unattended and unclothed" in the dollar store bathroom during her shoplifting excursion, according to police — managed to get out of the restroom where the little girl had been left.
So just as Waguespack was desperately trying to escape the store with her ill-gotten bounty, her naked toddler started streaking "from the restroom and around the store, before being corralled by her mother," according to a police report reviewed by the Canton Repository.
Once the woman's estranged husband arrived to pick up the 1-year-old girl, police took Waguespack to jail, Fox 8 reports. She's still being held at the Stark County Jail, and bond has been set at $52,000, according to jail records.
Waguespack has been charged with child endangering and petty theft, according to the TV station.
She will appear next in court on Dec. 13, according to Stark County Jail records.
Previously, Waguespack was convicted on theft charges in 2015, the Repository reports. Waguespack was also on probation for separate disorderly conduct charges when she was arrested this week, ABC Action News reports.


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"Seasons of Love" is a song from the wildly successful Broadway hit, Rent. It's sung at the funeral of one of the characters and asks the question, how do you measure a year of life? According to the Gregorian calendar year, there are 525,600 minutes in a year. Now that we're coming to the end of 2013, it's time to ask, how and what are you measuring?
I find that in business, numbers matter more than anything else. What's your cost per hire? What's your interview to hire ratio? What's your time to fill? While I appreciate the straightforward nature of statistics, they do little to inspire action and even less to answer the question of why? Why did one of your top candidates accept your offer? Why did another reject your offer? Why were you more successful at one of your target campuses than another?
Your employer brand continues to be the greatest weapon in your recruiting arsenal. It's intended to answer the question of why – why would a talented student want to join your organization over any other? To gauge an employer brand, you have to be able to measure the intangible. It's hard to quantify feelings, but it isn't impossible. Here are five tips for measuring a year in the life of your campus recruiting team:
- Establish a vision: Statistics reward short-term thinking. And, we all know that recruiting a student is a four-year proposition. If you're truly looking to impact your presence on campus, you have to create a vision. Your vision is what it will look like when your employer brand is relevant, memorable, engaging and desirable to students on each of your target campuses. It's the vision that gets people excited. Be certain that leadership and your campus team members are fully aware of your long-term vision.
- Create a roadmap: Clarify exactly what you want students to say about your organization. Describe what you want students to feel after they've been interviewed. State what you want students to tell others about your company and the people who work there. Be clear, be specific, and don't make it complicated. Your vision is about creating a feeling and backing it up with a positive experience.
- Get people onboard: You have to make certain that leadership and your team believes the journey is worth the effort. Describe what will happen when your vision becomes a reality. A vision is aspirational in nature; however, it has to be something that people believe they can achieve. Describe the many benefits of creating and maintaining a strong and desirable employer brand. Don't underestimate the power it will have on every aspect of your organization. A strong employer brand is a corporate asset.
- Measure what matters: Quantitative research will tell you how many, but qualitative research will tell you why. I advocate using both. Analyze your numbers, but don't stop there. Conduct focus groups of interns, new hires, and students on your target campuses. If you send out surveys, be certain to include open-ended questions to gather qualitative responses. And, ask each of your team members to record anecdotal feedback throughout the recruiting season.
- Expand your reporting: It's great to be able to announce that you've reduced your cost-per-hire by 10 percent. It thrills the accountants. But, it gives people an emotional boost to learn that you hired the top candidate on one of your campuses because of how your organization treated her throughout the job search process.
As humans, we're both analytical and emotional. So when it comes to measuring your year, report what you did, but be sure to add how you made them feel.


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If biofuels have helped improve your income and your community, tell Washington -- now. There's a petition online at ProtectTheRFS.com, a new website launched by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Iowa Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds. The website is designed to voice concerns about the EPA's proposal to reduce RFS levels for 2014. If you have a website, you might add a link to it.
The Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) points out that consumers, farmers and renewable fuel producers will be harmed if the EPA's proposal moves forward. In a news release issued by the IRFA, Governor Branstad stated that Iowa's economy and family farms will suffer as a result of the proposal. "Corn prices have already dropped to the cost of production, and this will likely further squeeze corn producers and negatively impact income growth in rural America."
Governor Branstad will join Senator Chuck Grassley tomorrow, November 22, at Lincolnway Energy, Nevada, Iowa, to shed light on the negative impact of the EPA's proposal. The "Defend the RFS" event is being organized by the Iowa RFS Coalition, and starts at 1:00 p.m. For more information, contact Monte Shaw at IRFA, Tel. 515-252-6249. firstname.lastname@example.com.
The event will also feature representatives from the ethanol and biodiesel industry, and the Iowa Corn Growers.


text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - Why does God keep silent to some people even though they cry Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Why does God keep silent to some people even though they cry Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Culture View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message sridattaJoined: 16 Sep 2009Posts: 44 Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:29 am Post subject: Why does God keep silent to some people even though they cry Why does God keep silent to some people even though they cry to Him intensely? A diabetic patient cries before a doctor to get to eat a sweet. The doctor has infinite number of sweets but he does not care at all to give one to the patient. You cry before God, who is the Divine Father (Creator of all the souls) to give some wealth or to solve some problem. If He helps you, there will not be even a trace of any personal loss to Him. Neither is His wealth finite nor is His power finite. His love for souls is not limited either. The only factor that guides God is seeing the future position of the soul after God helps the soul. If after receiving Gods help, you are going to reach the climax of ego, God will prefer to keep silent and not answer your cries. Because He knows that after His help, you will fall down even from your present level and then you will cry again before Him to lift you up. If the doctor gives you the sweet, the level of your blood sugar may go up and the emergency treatment required, is also the responsibility of the same doctor. Hence, the doctor will not give you the sweet. If the doctor is confident of your health, he may give the sweet. Sometimes, the doctor gives you the sweet and then also conducts the emergency treatment to show you the truth. This is when you scold the doctor and call him unkind. The response of the doctor lies on his analysis of the situation and it is not the subject of the patient at all. You must have faith in the doctor (God) that any response from Him is for your good alone. You must also know that the patient is ignorant of his own real welfare. Back to top pugachevVJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 2295 Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:17 pm Post subject: There is no god. However, it is arrogant of you to assume you know what motivates the God you think exists. Back to top sridattaJoined: 16 Sep 2009Posts: 44 Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject: Lord- Atheist Service pugachevV wrote: There is no god. However, it is arrogant of you to assume you know what motivates the God you think exists. Building is there. Implies Builder should be there. Creation is there. Creator should be there. I can see the building, which is in front of my eyes, but builder need not stand in front of the building. He will be in his own job. If you want to meet the builder, you should definitely put effort to locate the builder and see him. Likewise Creation is there in front of our eyes. But have we put anytime effort to locate and identify the creator? Instead of that, with least effort we can propagate to others also that God is not there. They are not only blinded, they are making others also blinded. Some people who are theists may become prey for the propagation of this ignorance also unfortunately. The greatest sin on the earth is to be unfaithful. To identify the builder you should know the identification marks, where he lives, what he does etc.. and we have to enquire if we don't know. This is to say that knowledge is required to identify any person. This knowledge is called divine knowledge if the aim is to identify the Lord, which actually only is to be propagated. Lord created this universe for the enjoyment without any selfish motive and we human beings are enjoying the creation. Like through nice parents, wife, children, beautiful nature consisting of pleasant looking mountains, rivers, sea, nature, changing weather etc. If we cannot please the Lord, the human life is incomplete. We serve our family members by spending our hard earned money and also physically. Are we not serving family as Servant, and these family members are nearly equal to us. Where as, Lord is omnipotent and requires no help from us, many times satisfied our desires, saved us from mishaps etc. and if we cannot bow our head in front of Him, it is very ridiculous. It is very great honour to serve Him, this is the path followed by His real devotees. These real devotees could overcome ego and always wants to serve Him as servant. Jesus preached the gospel and His followers participated in His mission as servants for further propagation of divine knowledge. These great devotees never hesitated to serve Lord Jesus and their names have also been known even today. Back to top pugachevVJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 2295 Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:18 am Post subject: Most builders who are proud of their work proudly put up a sign and give an address where they can be reached. They do no tell fairy stories. They are open and honest and will talk to you directly. Back to top sridattaJoined: 16 Sep 2009Posts: 44 Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:29 pm Post subject: God comes in human form to give His proof to us pugachevV wrote: Most builders who are proud of their work proudly put up a sign and give an address where they can be reached. They do no tell fairy stories. They are open and honest and will talk to you directly. Exactly. The builder Himself gives the sign and address. Human incarnation is the address. Divine knoweldge is the sign. The real form of God is only human incarnation that exists before your eyes, which should not be also a photo or statue of the past human incarnation. The contemporary human incarnation is only the real and direct form, which accepts your practical service without any return. When you offer food to the live human incarnation, it is totally eaten by it and nothing is left over for you! Therefore the real love to God should be present here, which is not instrumental. This contemporary human incarnation is the only real address of absolute God since the absolute God exists in His body. The main aim of such living human incarnation is to guide you in the right spiritual path after clearing all your doubts. No other form of God can do this. The statues and photos are only representative models of God (Pratika) whereas the contemporary human incarnation is the direct address of God (Aparoksha). Back to top pugachevVJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 2295 Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:21 am Post subject: And your scientific proof for this is what? Back to top sridattaJoined: 16 Sep 2009Posts: 44 Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:43 pm Post subject: pugachevV wrote: And your scientific proof for this is what? You can see the human incarnation now on this very earth itself. The absolute God is unimaginable. We cannot imagine Him or see Him. He is beyond our comprehension. He is beyond the worldly logic. Such GOD created this world for His entertainment. The creation is only His dream. Thus creation is His imagination. The creation is negligible or nothing compared to God or almost nil or only God is said to be truly existing or THE TRUTH. Such God enters into His own creation (own imagination) by selecting the most suitable soul existing in the creation known as Son of God to give His presence to us, preach, and uplift us through divine knowledge. He is known as Human Incarnation and we can see Him, touch Him, co-live with Him and clear all our doubts. Whoever see Son of God has seen the invisible God existing in Him. This is the only way to see and serve the unimaginable God. Back to top pugachevVJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 2295 Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:37 pm Post subject: That's not proof. It's fairy stories again. Back to top sridattaJoined: 16 Sep 2009Posts: 44 Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 5:52 pm Post subject: pugachevV wrote: That's not proof. It's fairy stories again. You can see Human incarnation in this world with your own eyes and you can analyse His preaching by your own brain, your inner-consciouness is the proof for you. Back to top pugachevVJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 2295 Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:49 am Post subject: Well, MY inner consciousness tells me that there is no god and I don't believe in fairy stories, no matter how entertaining they may be. 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BOSTON, Mass. - Sophomore Chris Devlin scored a layup on an inbounds pass as the horn to end regulation sounded, leading Suffolk to a huge upset over previously-unbeaten MIT, 69-68. The Engineers missed the front end on two consecutive one-and-one attempts from the free throw line to set up the Rams for the game-winning score.
The Rams rebounded the second missed free throw with 11 seconds left in the half, and charged down the floor trailing by one. Suffolk's Brad Schoonmaker had the hot hand, and the Rams were looking to get the ball into the hands of its shooter. Despite good pressure from the MIT defense, Schoonmaker took a pass at the top of the key and delivered an off-balanced shot that just missed off the rim. The ensuing rebound was knocked out of bounds by the Tech defense. With one second showing on the clock, both teams set up for the final play of the game. While MIT made sure the Rams' trio of scorers were heavily marked, no one picked up on Chris Devlin, who stood wide open under the left side of the basket. The smallest player on the floor, Devlin's game-winning layup was also his first field goal of the game.
MIT (3-1) shot under 40 percent from the floor for the third time this season, and although the team has been able to rely on its defense to pull out the wins, Suffolk shot a season-high 47.4 percent and forced the Engineers into a season-high 14 turnovers.
Once again Mike D'Auria paced the MIT offense, scoring 20 points and dishing out a season-best eight assists in the loss. Freshman Will Mroz also played well on the offensive end, closing with a career-high 17 points in just 21 minutes. Senior Adam Gibbons finished with 16 points, although his playing time was adversely affected by early foul trouble.
Most of Tech's offense came from the outside as MIT went 10-for-37 from three-point range, tying the school-record for long-range attempts. Unfortunately, while the Engineers remained icey from beyond the arc, the low-post game never fully developed and scored only 15 points. Junior Phil Murray led the way with eight points and a career-high 10 rebounds. Senior Mike Huhs added six points, eight boards and two blocks.
MIT missed a chance to record its second-best start since 1966, but will look to bounce back against NESCAC-power Tufts University on Tuesday night. The Engineers haven't defeated the Jumbos since the 1997-98 campaign, and lost last season's battle, 72-56.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale sophomore Tyler Varga (Kitchener, Ont.) earned National Running Back of the Week honors from College Football Performance Awards after gaining 220 yards on 25 carries in last Saturday's game at Columbia.
Varga, a first-year U.S. collegian, got his first start at quarterback, having lined up as a tailback the first six weeks of the season. The Bulldogs had lost three signal-callers in a win over Penn the previous week, and the Yale newcomer was moved into the role.
He answered the call with three scoring runs and nearly put the game on ice for the Blue, which fell 26-22 to the Lions.
Varga leads the Ivy League with 122 rushing yards per game and 208 all-purpose. He has rushed for over 100 yards in four of his six games, while he is the only Ivy player to rush for more than 200 in a game this season. His 220 at Columbia are sixth best for a Bulldog player.
He was the first newcomer to run for triple digits in his Yale debut since Mike McLeod in 2005. Varga, who played at the University of Western Ontario in 2011.
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WASHINGTON — Pinch-hitter Hector Sanchez stepped to the plate with one thought in mind against Washington Nationals closer Rafael Soriano: Look for a fastball.
After being on the right side of a borderline call with the game on the line in the top of the ninth, Sanchez was ready for the next one. With a full count, he drove a three-run homer just inside the right field foul pole in the second deck, helping the Giants beat the Nationals 4-3 on Thursday.
"In my mind I just think 'Stay fair.'" Sanchez said.
Sergio Romo worked a scoreless bottom half for his 29th save. Javier Lopez (2-2) pitched 1 2-3 scoreless innings of relief to earn the win.
The loss snapped Washington's five-game winning streak and spoiled Dan Haren's six-inning, one-run effort.
"That one hurt," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said.
The Sanchez homer followed a 2-2 fastball that Soriano (2-3) thought was a strike, but home plate umpire Jim Joyce ruled high. Johnson acknowledged that Joyce had called the high pitch consistently a ball all game. His closer disagreed.
"That pitch, to me, I think it [was] a strike," Soriano said of the 2-2 pitch. "I think that's when the game changed."
Johnson, however, pointed to Soriano's walk of left fielder Roger Kieschnick with two outs and Buster Posey at first base after a leadoff single.
"A .250 hitter, you've got to get him out," Johnson said. "You can't come close. You've got to make him put it in play."
That set the stage for Sanchez, a switch-hitter who was batting left-handed. He turned on the next fastball and tucked it inside the foul pole.
"I know my job, like everybody," Sanchez said. "I have to be ready for that situation. I have to come into the cage during the game and get ready."
Ian Desmond doubled home two runs in the third inning and Jayson Werth added two hits for the Nationals.
Brandon Belt homered for the Giants and extended his hitting streak to 10 games. Ryan Vogelsong allowed three runs in the third inning, all with two outs.
San Francisco, which had a late rally fall short in a 6-5 loss on Wednesday, snapped a three-game losing streak
"The boys needed this," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "To come up short [Wednesday] after fighting so hard there in the ninth? Save a little sanity here."
Vogelsong labored during a 39-pitch third inning. Desmond's double into the gap in left-center drove home both Denard Span and Werth.
Adam LaRoche then followed with an RBI single to score Desmond and put the Nationals up 3-0.
In the seventh inning, LaRoche's line drive struck Giants reliever Sandy Rosario in the chest. Rosario immediately left the game and was replaced by Lopez. He was diagnosed with a bruised sternum.
"One of the hardest hits I've seen a pitcher take," Bochy said. "Scary moment. He's going to be sore for a couple of days."
San Francisco's struggling offense did little against Haren, who during one stretch allowed just two runners to reach base out of 14 batters. One of those runners came via error and was erased by a double play.
Belt snapped that stretch with a solo home run in the sixth inning to cut the deficit to 3-1. But Haren escaped the inning without further damage. He threw 98 pitches and gave up just one run on three hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
"A lot more positives than negatives," Desmond said of Washington's recent surge. "But right now, I think we're just kind of resting on the negative. Shake that off and we'll be ready to go (Friday in Atlanta)."
NOTES: Bochy said CF Angel Pagan (hamstring), on the DL since May 28, would begin a rehab assignment Friday with San Francisco's rookie affiliate in Arizona. He is expected to play three innings. ... Washington agreed to terms Thursday with international free agent 3B Anderson Franco, 16, of the Dominican Republic. ... The Nationals recalled RHP Drew Storen from Triple-A Syracuse and optioned RHP Ryan Mattheus to Syracuse. ... Nationals C Wilson Ramos (strained hamstring) missed his second straight game. Washington manager Davey Johnson said Ramos will return to the lineup Friday in Atlanta. ... The Nats begin a three-game series with the NL East-leading Braves. RHP Taylor Jordan (1-3, 4.14) opposes LHP Alex Wood (2-2, 2.78). ... The Giants continue their six-game road trip on Friday in Miami. RHP Chad Gaudin (5-2, 2.42) faces Nathan Evoldi (2-2, 2.82)
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DENVER (AP) The St. Louis Cardinals have recalled right-hander Eric Fornataro and infielder Pete Kozma from Triple-A Memphis to fill the roster spots of injured pitchers Michael Wacha and Jamie Garcia.
Wacha (right shoulder stress reaction) and Garcia (left shoulder inflammation) were placed on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday. Garcia's move was retroactive to Saturday and Wacha's placement was retroactive to last Wednesday.
Fornataro was 1-2 with a 3.27 ERA and four saves in 19 appearances for Memphis. Kozma is up for the second time this season. He began the year with the Cardinals before being optioned on April 14 to Memphis, where he hit .234 in 59 games.
Left-hander Marco Gonzales, the Cardinals' first-round draft pick last year, is set to have his contract purchased from Double-A Springfield and start Wednesday's game against Colorado. Gonzales, who will be making his major league debut, grew up in nearby Fort Collins. His father, Frank Gonzales, is a minor league pitching coach for the Rockies.


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It is great to see so many candidates coming to Colorado Springs no matter what party you are affiliated or unaffiliated with! Many candidates have come to Colorado Springs, CO during the primaries leading up to the Democrat and Republican Conventions and plan to all the way to the presidential election.
Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama visited Colorado Springs on July 2nd and addressed a crowd at UCCS (the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs). He used the opportunity to lay out his agenda on national service in the military and in civic service. There are no future visits planned to Colorado Springs that are known of for Obama at this point.
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Editors' Favorite Jeeps Of 2011Posted in Project Vehicles on November 1, 2011
We run around the country every year finding Jeeps we think are cool and preserving them for time immemorial by printing photos and writing features on them in our little magazine here. And like anything else, sometimes you hit it out of the park, and sometimes your peers just don't see eye-to-eye with you. When it comes to these features, obviously, the editor who shot it really likes the Jeep. Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken the trouble to grab the camera, collect the owner's info, and write it all up. But what about the other two guys on staff?
Just like you, we bench race and our features aren't exempt from the old yardstick comparison. We have favorites, we talk smack to each other, and on rare occasions, we actually agree. So when we had to pick a short list of our favorites and say why we liked 'em or not, it's no wonder the opinions varied almost as widely as the types of Jeeps we feature. Check it out as Cappa (for the last time), Hazel, and Trasborg all cast their votes for the top Jp magazine Jeeps of 2011.
Cappa: The wheelbase is too long to actually take wheeling, but with the diesel engine it would make a sweet light-duty tow rig.
Trasborg: Don't get me wrong; I love that thing. I have since I saw it the first time in person. However, I hate that it keeps popping up whenever anyone hints about a Jeep truck coming down the pipeline. If Jeep does make a truck it won't have all that retro-cool stuff going on, so this is just a tease.
Hazel: Man, it's just pretty to look at. I mean, I really appreciate the lines—especially where they hung the spare tire. Add some steel wheels with dog-dish hubcaps and a few other things to up the utility vibe and quash the show-pony factor and I'm in love. I'd leave it on small tires and low to the ground. It needs a PTO and a rear-mounted auger attachment, too.
Cappa:It was a blast to drive. I loved how it just skipped over the dunes compared to some of the other heavier Jeeps.
Trasborg: I disagree. It's a great execution of a cool idea, but not one of my faves.
Hazel: Trasborg needs to get out of Jersey more. Not every Jeep needs disco LED strobe lighting to be cool. Go hang with The Situation in his double-dub H2 and leave the real fun Jeeps like Pork Chop to those of us who appreciate 'em!
Something Blue
Cappa: It's just a clean Jeepster. Of course, I would end up thrashing it.
Hazel: It's too pretty to wheel…but I would anyway.
Trasborg: Agree, both on being a favorite and that you guys would wheel (read: thrash) it.
Atypical Rod
Cappa: It's just way cooler than my flatrod ever was.
Trasborg: Disagree! Well, no, I do agree it is cooler than your flatrod. But it's like comparing apples and orangutans. I also think it is a cool Jeep, but not one I'd ever want for myself. It's just not my style.
Hazel: I would never like something like this because there are no self-cooling cupholders or working air conditioning. The exhaust was loud and unpleasant and there were sharp metal things you could hurt yourself on that should be ground smooth or at least given an OSHA-approved layer of protective padding. Oh, wait—I mean the exact opposite of all that.
The Tempo
Cappa: I miss having a big, dumb Jeep that I could mindlessly bash over really nasty trails.
Trasborg: Agreed. My first experience wheeling TDS was in Cappa's Rockwell-axled, 49-inch IROK-shod J2000, and it was just so cool how it seemed to go anywhere and even cooler that Cappa just didn't care where he was piloting it. The Tempo is the same kind of thing.
Hazel: He calls it a CJ-5, but it's got CJ-7-sized door openings, a YJ grille, and Kaiser axles. Aside from the schitzo-Sybill complex, I've never owned a Rockwell-axled rig, but this one kinda makes me want to.
Mailorder GI
Cappa: I hope that when I turn 50 (or hey, how about 45), someone will simply give me a restored MB or GPW. I ain't picky; it doesn't even have to be built with true NOS parts.
Trasborg: I know this is an awesome Jeep because I've crawled all over it. However, the fact is that under the skin it is less than perfect. And that works for me. I'd love to have a perfectly restored MB or GPW, but then I'd have to keep it in a climate-, humidity-, and dust-controlled environment. I want a Jeep to drive, not to sit around, and this one fits the bill.
Hazel: Mark my words: Some day I will own an MB or GPW Jeep with 100-percent factory-spec components, and I will love every second I spend behind its olive-drab steering wheel.
King Sling
Cappa: Yeah, it's not a Jeep. Heck it's not even an OE-manufactured 4x4, but who can deny 1,400 horsepower, grooved rice-and-cane tires, and a green chrome paint job? I probably couldn't afford to put fuel in it more than once or twice a year, but if my neighbors pissed me off, I could crank it up and blow out their windows.
Trasborg: It isn't a Jeep, you ninny. And since this story is about our favorite Jeeps, it clearly doesn't qualify for the list.
Hazel: Yeah, dumbass. Why don't you go to Four Wheeler! (Editor's note: It was somewhere right around here that Cappa did, in fact, leave the Jp building to go to Four Wheeler, so he won't be weighing in on any of the rest of the voting!)
Trasborg: I like Comanches. I like camping. I've seen this thing in person. It is like my Comanche with my Truck Tent, but it is what mine can only aspire to be when I have the tent in the bed. I'm sure Hazel will poke fun at me for my Comanche fetish and probably complain that this thing has no third row seating, but he'll probably come around.
Hazel: "Yeehaw, weez a gowin' caympin!" Actually, that's just how I imagine all Comanche owners sound. I remember spotting this thing from across the parking lot at the 2010 SEMA show and knew Trasborg would be dry-humping it like it was a stripper's leg. I'm really on board with the whole self-contained camper Jeep dealio, but it's still only a two-seater. Still, it was a well-executed build.
Trasborg: Give us a diesel JK here in the U.S. already!!!! 'Nuf said.
Hazel: There's just something about the overall vibe of Sarge that gives me an old-school, warm-and-fuzzy chubby. Maybe it's the radio-delete dash, the exposure to the elements, the lack of refinement and niceties, or all the military trinkets. Droolio, baby. I'd probably feel the same way about it even if it had a 3.8L gas-powered wart under the hood instead of the the VM Motori diesel—but it doesn't. Yeah, sign me up to daily-drive Sarge for the next year or so. I'm all over it like stink on a monkey.
Scrambled Budget
Trasborg: If you put me to it and asked which I liked more, a Comanche or a Scrambler, I'd be really hard-pressed to answer. I think both models tie for my number one spot. A Scrambler with a V-8 on 40-inch tires is pretty cool in my book. Even cooler is that the owner did the exact opposite of what most vintage Jeep searchers do. He bought it in the rustbucket east and took it west. It kinda reminds me of my cross-country swap meet to bring my Scrambler from Kentucky to California. But this one runs. D'oh!
Hazel: Trasborg is just saying that because his vehicular A.D.D. is so bad he doesn't realize he already owns this vehicle. He's got an injected V-8 and 40-inch Goodyears on his YJ, big axles under his M-715, and a Scrambler in his garage. His problem isn't coveting other people's builds; his problem is assembling all the cool parts he has into one complete, running vehicle.
Trasborg: See the above diesel JK comment. Then add an awesome M-715-esque front clip and a bed. Wait, an M-715 that gets good mileage, could be built today, and looks as good, if not better than the original? Hmm, how many Camaros, Mustangs, and Chargers are being sold right now? Seems like green-lighting this project should be a no-brainer to me. That's why we'll never see it.
Hazel: The NuKizer pisses me off. Aside from the truck bed conversion out back, a chopped windshield frame, and a bolt-on carbon-fiber front clip, there's not much bodywork involved in getting that look. So why can't Mopar have a "Nuke" front clip manufactured in fiberglass and sell it through your local Jeep dealership, or a bolt-on conversion that mimics that look? I think that'd be pretty cool. They'd better get on the stick before somebody beats 'em to it!
Christian's M-715—aka The Evil Truck
Trasborg: Yeah, it last appeared in 2011 as part of a story about Jeeps we hate. See, I don't count the M-715 as a Jeep really. I clearly like the things. I scoured high and low to find one over a decade ago. I've owned the one I have longer than Hazel had his and moved it 3,000 miles across the country—but it is a truck first and a Jeep second. That said, Hazel's 715 had more power than mine, weighed about 2,000 pounds less, and looked like a blast to drive. I still wish mine was as fun to drive today.
Hazel: I still wish I was the one driving mine. I sold it to a guy who, I can't even bring myself to say it, painted it. Ugh. At least they didn't pull the Ranger Overdrive and SM465 to put an automatic tranny in it. Oh, wait…yes they did.
Great White
Trasborg: The WJ "aka Bubble-J" is arguably the best Grand ever. Solid axles, decent engine options, and non-cheesy comfort. Build one like Chris Stoner did and you have what could be the one Jeep that does all things.
Hazel: I like this Jeep, but it's a boring story unless somebody plays Devil's advocate, so here goes: Unibody Jeeps are a pain in the ass if you off-road 'em. First the squeaking starts, then the cracking, then the doors stop opening smoothly. Eventually you'll wind up having to gut the interior and strip off the seam sealer to weld up the cracks—that is, unless you spend a ton of time tying the chassis together with stiffeners. And if you're gonna go through that much trouble, why not start with a full-size Cherokee or Wagoneer from the '60s, '70s, or '80s?
Hot Dog
Trasborg: This big-tired, underpowered truck was my initiation into magazine-editor-type wheeling. I still haven't gotten the hang of it, but hopefully I'll be able to wheel my big YJ the way Cappa wheeled this vehicle. Then again, maybe not, 'cause I hope to hang on to my Jeep for more than two years.
Hazel: I didn't like Hot Dog as much as I liked the trip to Washington with Cappa to buy it. I remember sitting in our old offices on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles late one night searching Craigslist for a manual-transmission-equipped FSJ pickup for him. By some miracle, I talked him into buying this one from some old dude named George, and we left the next day. The trip home was hilarious and you can still read about it at http://www.jpmagazine.com/project build/154_0311_ 1000_mile_j_truck_ recovery/viewall.html
Off-Road Cruiser
Trasborg: A '79 Wagoneer that belongs to a chick who hates wood grain stickers and likes to go fast in her V-8-powered Jeep? The awesome photo doesn't hurt either.
Hazel: Mmmm, narrow-track Wagoneer on slot rims—mmmm! I really like the look of slot wheels on an FSJ, especially if it's got the narrow-track axles. The dull black paint, red racing stripe, and moderately effective camera pan blur make it look like it's about to break the sound barrier.
JK-8 Independence
Trasborg: I was so primed to hate this thing. We've been teased by that Gladiator concept for how long? And this is what we finally get? If I didn't see it next to my own MJ, I'd probably still hate it. However, it does solve many of the day-to-day things I would like to change about my Comanche, and there is no denying the solid-axle goodness underneath. It is available now, but no diesel. Hmm…decisions, decisions.
Hazel: I'm over it. We've been clamoring for a Jeep pickup for years. They finally give us one and we've got to assemble it ourselves? Yeah, beggars can't be choosers, but if I just bought a $25,000 four-door JK, I'm not gonna be too thrilled about cutting and chopping it up. I'll go buy a TJ, an aftermarket fiberglass half-cab, and mimic AEV's Brute conversion. Or at the very least, I'll go build an older Comanche, build it, and pocket the extra $20,000.
A Little at a Time
Trasborg: Nothing like watching a Jeep grow up. I bought my trailer from Keith four years ago, and I remember this thing on 35s. Like so many owners, he had plans for how it would someday be built. But unlike so many, this Jeep made it thanks to Keith's perseverance and likely empty bank account. The fact that it works great and doesn't have a ton of unobtanium in it is cool, too.
Hazel: I'm normally not down with fancy multi-link conversions on older Jeeps. I'm a big leaf-spring fan. But the relatively low-slung suspension and work-hardened vibe of this owner-built rig is all right by me. I still think the T-case guard looks like a cow catcher on an old 1880's locomotive, though.
War Wagon
Trasborg: A bright yellow lovingly abused Wagon with a screaming Chevy V-8? Sure, sign me up. The wagon is what one day I hope my daily-driver Cherokee and project Jeepster can be: a smog-exempt, reliable, fun-to-drive wagon that I can take anywhere. Go wherever you want and when you're tired, roll the sleeping bag out in the back.
Hazel: There's patina, and then there's crusty, boogery rust and rot. This one walks the fine line between the two. I think if you pulled the Boggers off and added less-aggressive tires this Jeep wouldn't hold quite as much favor with me. But lots of stock suspension and axle parts poking out, the Cutlas Power Lock hubs, and the wrinkly bumpers make me want to hop in, turn into the rising sun, and keep driving.


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Man arrested in storage facility fire
Authorities have charged a 19-year-old man with arson in connection with an early-morning three-alarm fire at a northeast Harris County storage facility.
Benjamin James Patrick LaChappelle, 19, faces an arson charge after admitting to the crime in an interview, said Lt. Dean Hensley with the Harris County Fire Marshal's office.
"He set the fire for gratification," Hensley said.
The Atascocita Fire Department responded to the Metro Mini Storage, in the 20500 block of West Lake Houston Parkway, about 2:45 a.m. Sunday.
Firefighters from Eastex, Sheldon and Houston joined in to fight the blaze, which damaged dozens of vehicles and boats, Hensley said.