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3.2 Principles of Gospel Leadership
Prepare Spiritually
The Savior commanded Peter, "When thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren" (Luke 22:32). When leaders are converted and are growing spiritually, they can help others become converted and grow spiritually.
Leaders prepare themselves spiritually as they keep the commandments, study the scriptures and the teachings of latter-day prophets, pray, fast, and humble themselves before the Lord. With this preparation, they are able to receive inspiration to guide them in their personal lives, their family responsibilities, and their callings.
Participate in Councils
In councils, leaders meet under the direction of presiding officers to discuss ways to help individuals and families. Guided by the Holy Ghost, they work together to determine effective ways to serve members of their organizations. Some examples of councils in the Church are the ward council, the stake council, bishoprics, and quorum and auxiliary presidencies. For guidance on participating in councils, see chapter 4.
Minister to Others
Like the Savior, leaders seek to minister to individuals and families, both spiritually and temporally. They care about each person, not just about managing an organization. They reach out to new members, less-active members, and those who may be lonely or in need of comfort.
The purpose of ministering is to help others become true followers of Jesus Christ. Ministering to others includes:
In addition to being caring neighbors and good citizens, members of the Church also have specific assignments to serve individuals and families as ministering brothers and sisters (see 7.4, 9.5).
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All leaders are teachers. Effective teaching inspires people to strengthen their relationship with God and live according to gospel principles.
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We've seen every Christmas Carol done at Trinity Rep, including the years they produced two with different casts, but this is the first time we have seen it set in the '50s.
I must admit that I had my doubts, especially when I saw a stark stage with what looked like three air shafts and rod iron walkways. And then it starts as if they were doing a radio show, and D'Arcy Dersham sings, "What are you doing New Year's Eve."
What the heck is going on?
Wait a minute. There's Marley's ghost (Richard Donelly) rising from the depths and dying while Scrooge (the magnificent Brian McEleney) is counting his money.
And there's Bob Cratchit trying to tune his portable radio and plug in an electric heater in the orchestra pit while Scrooge winds up his baseball bat.
Now I know we're in the '50s, and it is all coming together as the spoken words are nearly the same as all past versions. I've forgotten about London in the 1800s and accepted the fact that we are back to an era I remember so well.
So it makes sense that Mrs. Partlet (Barbara Meek) is bringing her boss a TV dinner and not gruel. And young Scrooge works in a shoe factory. And the men wear suits and ties. And Scrooge is bald. And what better song for the big production number than "Jingle Bell Rock."
Once you get into the play, you'll love what director Christopher Windom has done with it, without changing the true meaning of the three ghosts and the redemption of the crotchety old man.
It is a strong cast, with Stephen Thorne playing a poignant Bob Cratchit, Janice Duclos, Rickey Oliver and Richard Donelly representing the three ghosts and Fred Sullivan Jr. livening things up with his interpretation of Fezziwig and Old Joe, as only Sullivan can do.
The cast is too large to mention, but rest assured that they all are great, including a wonderful array of children who often upstage the veteran actors.
Once again, it is Brian McEleney who makes the Christmas Carol sing out the message of caring for all of mankind. He is the old man you will love to hate as he chases little children, shouts at well-meaning money raisers and treats his nephew badly. His redemption is not only realistic, it is downright hysterical. His cartwheel and dancing drew loud applause from the audience, not only because it was so graceful but also because it was unexpected.
Don't get hung up by the fact that the setting and era is completely non-traditional. Trinity has shown us that the spirit of Christmas and the message of "A Christmas Carol" is the same, regardless of time and place.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Sept. 14 announced that 27 projects will receive a combined $59.3 million to help transit agencies purchase and support cleaner, greener buses that reduce harmful emissions and improve fuel economy while also delivering a more comfortable, reliable ride for passengers. The funds from the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) FY 2012 Clean Fuels Grant Program will help achieve President Obama's goal for an independent and secure energy future.
"President Obama is committed to investing in sustainable transportation systems that improve access to jobs, education and medical care for millions of riders, while bringing cleaner air to our communities and reducing our dependence on oil," LaHood said in a press release. "These projects will also help transit agencies operate more efficiently, and save money in the long run."
The types of projects selected to receive funding include replacing aging diesel buses with new hybrid-electric, compressed natural gas (CNG) or zero-emissions electric vehicles; building new fueling stations to accommodate alternative-fuel vehicles; and purchasing new clean-fuel hybrid batteries for buses.
"As more and more Americans choose to ride the bus to work and elsewhere, it's good to know that they can depend on vehicles that won't pollute their neighborhoods while also helping us to achieve greater energy independence," said FTA Administrator Peter M. Rogoff. "By investing in these clean-fuel projects today, we're helping to ensure that the nation's transit services are good for the environment for years to come."
Demand for FY2012 funding was competitive, with FTA receiving 146 project applications totaling $516 million. For a list of all 27 project selections and a related map, go to http://www.fta.dot.gov/grants_14835.html.
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New Haven, Conn. – The No. 47 Yale women's tennis team will resume its season this weekend after a two-month long hiatus from match play. The Bulldogs will host Boston College (Saturday at 12p.m.) and Boston University (Sunday at 1p.m.) at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center at Yale.
The fall season was mostly composed of individual tournaments, in which the Bulldogs excelled. Doubles team junior Vicky Brook and senior Lindsay Clark had an amazing run at the 2010 USTA/ITA National Indoor Championships, reaching the quarterfinals. The duo (seeded No. 2) was the first Yale doubles team to qualify for the Indoor Championships, and earned their spot in the tournament by defeating the No. 1-seeded Princeton team of Hilary Bartlett and Taylor Marable in the 2010 USTA/ITA Regional Championships.
The Bulldogs also had a spectacular showing at the only team matchup of the fall season, in which they blanked Buffalo 7-0. This portends well for Yale's spring season, which is mostly team competition.
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Hot off the press (no pun intended) this evening is the release of the New York Times app for those lucky enough to be picking up a BlackBerry Z10. The app provides top news articles free of charge, or users can subscribe for further content, such as video and slide shows.
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The New York Times (NYTimes.com) today launched a news application for BlackBerry® 10, which delivers the latest news and award-winning journalism of The New York Times, designed and formatted for optimal reading for BlackBerry 10 smartphones.
"We're very excited to have The New York Times bring their news app to the BlackBerry 10 platform at launch"
The new app introduces a refined interface that incorporates native BlackBerry 10 features, such as the intuitive BlackBerry flow as well as a compelling design and layout.
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This simple exercise demonstrates how Maya numbers are written and how higher place values of numbers are calculated. This activity can also be used in informal education settings with people ages 9 through adult. Includes information for educators,... (View More) Maya numbers and place values chart, and worksheet. Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for Math are identified. (View Less)
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This is an activity about using models to solve a problem. Learners will use a previously constructed model of the MMS satellite to determine if the centrifugal force of the rotating MMS model is sufficient to push the satellite's antennae outward,... (View More) simulating the deployment of the satellites after launch. Then, learners will determine the minimum rotational speed needed for the satellite to successfully deploy the antennae. This is the seventh activity as part of the iMAGiNETICspace: Where Imagination, Magnetism, and Space Collide educator's guide. Instructions for downloading the iBook educator's guide and the associated Transmedia book student guide are available at the resource link. (View Less)
Learners will be introduced to the concepts of error analysis, including standard deviation. They will apply the knowledge of averages (means), standard deviation from the mean, and error analysis to their own classroom distribution of heights. They... (View More) will then apply this knowledge to data from the Student Dust Counter (SDC) onboard the New Horizons mission to determine the issues associated with taking data, including error and noise. Note: Updated links to the Student Dust Counter Data Viewer and website are provided under Related & Supplemental Resources (right). (View Less)
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NCSE's executive director Eugenie C. Scott is to be the first recipient of the Stephen Jay Gould Prize, awarded annually by the Society for the Study of Evolution "to recognize individuals whose sustained and exemplary efforts have advanced public understanding of evolutionary science and its importance in biology, education, and everyday life in the spirit of Stephen Jay Gould."
With the adjournment of the Oklahoma House of Representatives on May 22, 2009, House Resolutions 1014 and 1015, attacking Richard Dawkins, are presumably dead.
NCSE's executive director Eugenie C. Scott will discuss the significance of Ida, the 47-million-year-old primate fossil dominating the headlines, on the Culture Shocks radio show on May 26, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. EST.
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Today got off to a really slow start. I didn't snag my first ball until near the end of Pirates batting practice.
Lastings Milledge hit a home run that ended up in the upper bleachers. As I ran up to get it, another ball narrowly missed hitting me on my way up the stairs. I continued up the stairs to snag ball #1.
At the end of Pirates BP, Ross Ohlendorf tossed me ball #2.
That was all I got from the Pirates in the first 30 minutes. A bit frustrating.
Not long after the Brewers started hitting, Rickie Weeks hit a home run ball that was directly in the sun. I tracked the ball most of the way, but lost it at the last second. Luckily, the ball landed right next to me in the front row. Another ballhawk inexplicably threw his glove at the ball, which missed and ended up on the field, so I was able to dodge the glove and snag ball #3. It had the number '8' written on it.
I used the glove trick to snag ball #4 near the bullpen.
A ball had settled up against the wall and made for an easy snag. All I had to do was make sure Marcus Hanel, who despises the glove trick, wasn't watching.
I left after the third inning as I still needed to get to the gym and it was already almost 8:30pm.
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Sweet spots:
Game: 9 balls (4 hit, 2 device, 3 thrown)
Season: 304 balls (160 hit, 70 thrown, 31 device, 43 found)
Games: 47 games
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2010 Game Balls: 3
Career: 882 balls
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Global PC shipments dropped 6.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. The decrease is greater than the expected 4.4 per cent drop and the first time the PC market has declined year-on-year during the holiday season.
Windows 8 was launched during the quarter, with IDC saying the launch of the operating system did not have a significant impact on a sluggish PC market, as demand for tablets and smartphones increases.
"Although the third quarter was focused on the clearing of Windows 7 inventory, preliminary research indicates the clearance did not significantly boost the uptake of Windows 8 systems in Q4," Jay Chou, senior research analyst with IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, said in a statement.
"Lost in the shuffle to promote a touch-centric PC, vendors have not forcefully stressed other features that promote a more secure, reliable and efficient user experience. As Windows 8 matures, and other corresponding variables such as Ultrabook pricing continue to drop, hopefully the PC market can see a reset in both messaging and demand in 2013."
HP has retained the number one position, with IDC stating an aggressive push for Windows 8 helped it lift its presence in the Asia/Pacific region and the US. HP now captures 16.7 per cent of the PC market.
Lenovo grew 8.2 per cent (compared to nearly 30 per cent growth several quarters ago) and shipped more than 14 million PCs, while Dell's PC shipments were down 20.8 per cent year-on-year.
Acer Group dropped 28.2 per cent and Asus recorded 5.6 per cent growth year-on-year.
"Despite a generally weak performance, some leading brands managed do to well relative to the market. HP, Lenovo, Asus, and Samsung were among the top performers, taking advantage of some consumer interest in Windows 8 and a push to build up their presence ahead of 2013," David Daoud, research director, IDC U.S. Quarterly PC Tracker, said in a statement.
"Consumers expected all sorts of cool PCs with tablet and touch capabilities. Instead, they mostly saw traditional PCs that feature a new OS (Windows 8) optimised for touch and tablet with applications and hardware that are not yet able to fully utilise these capabilities."
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Archdiocese of Kenya
The Holy Archdiocese of Kenya is a diocese in eastern Africa under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Prior to its formation in 2001, the archdiocese was part of the Archdiocese of Irinoupolis.
Today, the Orthodox community of Kenya is the most numerous on the African continent, and consists of about a million parishioners out of an overall population of 35 million in the country. The Kenyan Archdiocese of the Alexandrian Patriarchate has about 200 churches, dozens of church parochial schools and a seminary in Riruta.[1]
Ruling Bishops
- George (Gathuna) (1973 — 1979)[2][note 1]
- Irenaeus (Talambekos) 1994 — 1996
- Petros (Giakoumelos) (1996 — 1997)
- Seraphim (Kykkotis) (1997 — 2001)
- Makarios (Tillyrides) (2001 — Present)
See also
- ↑ On November 30th 1979 Bishop George (Arthur) Gathuna was defrocked, caused by what he called a problem of leadership and authority. However, the Patriarchate accused him of a lack of vision. Following his defrocking Bishop George (Arthur) Gathuna joined a schismatic group under a bishop in Greece that followed the old calendar (Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili - Holy Synod in Resistance). Several other Orthodox Christians in Kenya followed him. On July 16, 1987, the defrocked Bishop George (Arthur) Gathuna reposed, and his burial was attended by Metropolitan Cyprianos from the Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Greece. Eventually however, the schism was healed, and on November 1, 2006, Bishop George (Arthur) Gathuna of Nitria (first Bishop of Kenya and the first Kenyan Missionary to the people of Bunyore) was reinstated posthumously by Patriarch Theodoros II and the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria.
- ↑ Orthodox churches in Kenya are dedicated to Russian saints. Interfax-Religion. 21 April 2010, 12:32.
- ↑ GEORGE (Gathuna), Bishop of Nitria. Orthodox Research Institute. Retrieved: 2013-04-19.
External Links
- Makarios (Tillyrides) of Kenya. The Origin of Orthodoxy in East Africa. Orthodox Research Institute.
- Amos Masaba Akunda. Orthodox Christian dialogue with Banyore culture. Th.D.Thesis. University of South Africa, June 2010. 334 pages.
- "Orthodox Christianity came to the Banyore people of western Kenya in 1942...I shall examine the relation between Orthodox Christianity and Banyore culture, and show how Orthodox Christianity, in dialogue with the Banyore people, became indigenised in Bunyore culture. Thus Orthodox Christians in Bunyore do not see Orthodoxy as something foreign, but as something that has become part of their own culture."
- Peter Lemieux. Kenya's Orthodox Miracle. CNEWA. Vol 34:5 (September), 2008.
- From The Heart Of Africa: An interview with Fr. Phillip Gatari, an Orthodox priest from Kenya. December 8, 2012.
- Journey to Orthodoxy. Orthodox Church in Kenya Destroyed. Orthodox Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA. January 17, 2008.
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Newegg Brings Out Whit Diffie, Ron Rivest & Ray Ozzie To Debunk Patent Troll's Claim; Troll Attacks Diffie's Credibility
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They also had Alan Eldredge, a guy who worked on the original Lotus Notes to talk about how they implemented everything in Jones' patent (using Ron Rivest's RC4) before Jones filed for it. The interesting tidbit there is that Eldredge wasn't your typical expert witness hired by one of the parties in the case:
Eldridge wasn't paid, as expert witnesses were—he came down to testify against the Jones patent out of a feeling of "civic responsibility," he said. He didn't know who the defendants in this case were until he was told. "I hadn't even heard of New Age until Saturday," said Eldridge at one point, as laughs were stifled in the courtroom.From the sound of it, Diffie oozed credibility on the stand, as he should, and Mullin believed the jury was eating it up (for more details on the specifics of the testimony, read Mullin's full article linked above):
Diffie's testimony went on some time, but he seemed to have the jury in the palm of his hand. A few jurors laughed at his jokes and smiled, and the more serious ones were certainly focused on his testimony. After about two hours, Albright passed the witness.Spangenberg's lawyer, Marc Fenster, apparently decided the way to respond to this incredibly credible witness (the dude invented public key cryptography!) was to... attack his credibility. First, he attacked his credentials. Diffie never completed a master's degree, nor has he held a full time academic position -- which, of course, doesn't even remotely matter for anything, but Fenster tried to use it to make him seem like a charlatan, leading up to a claim that Diffie didn't actually invent public key cryptography. But, of course, that's not actually true. This story is well known in cryptography circles and you can find variations of it online. The UK's equivalent of the NSA, GCHQ, more or less figured out much of the same thing, but kept the whole thing secret. Fenster referred to James Ellis of GCHQ, who had conceived a similar idea, but wasn't able to do the math. The math was done later at a time much closer to Diffie's efforts (the exact timing here is somewhat in dispute). However, as many people have pointed out, none of that much matters, because the folks at GCHQ did absolutely nothing with this, and from all accounts, they didn't even think it was anything important or special.
And, more importantly, none of that actually takes away from the stuff that matters here: all the important work happened long before Mike Jones got his patent, and Spangenberg's company TQP's claim that Jones' work enabled e-commerce still looks like complete bunk. Even if GCHQ had figured out public key cryptography before Diffie, it doesn't change the fact that his version is the one that made it well known, RSA's implementation made it work, and that's actually what made secure e-commerce possible, not anything from TQP's patent.
It appears that Newegg is so confident that it's going to win the case completely that it didn't even bother having its final witness take the stand. That witness was going to challenge the $5.1 million damages claim from Spangenberg. But that only comes into play if the jury finds for TQP. While it may be a bit risky, Newegg seems to be betting big that damages aren't even going to be in play here at all.


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Leslie H wrote:Having a vet you trust makes such a big difference.
I agree and I have 2 of them. When I got home from work today, Shay's oncologist left me a message. He said Shay's been on his mind and he needed to check in on her before he left for vacation. Him and my original vet have been talking. When oncologist gets back we will do bloodwork and then he wants to start her on steroids and chemo.
Thanks for all the good thoughts and Jena Shay sends hugs back at you.


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|2009-09-05, 01:47
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And as Vexx said, the foreign companies need the approval of the Japanese company for almost every little detail. And if the Japanese care, they can decide the names' spelling, which ends in things as Satoru being spelt as "Satol" (E'S author), Taito turning into "Tite" (Bleach author), Yuu becoming "You" (You Higuri). These are all authors but of course they can do the same for character name's (f.ex. in Sgt Frog there was a character Kirara, but the Japanese forced Tokyopop to turn it into Kilala).
Seriously, for Holo they even did show her name in the anime itself. So it's pretty clear that the Japanese have decided on this spelling.
I'll quote myself:
And Vexx, your explanation is quite right, but one thing is missing imho.
And honestly I'm a bit shocked at a Japanese instructor not explaining that in a more detailed way, we had a whole debate about that in class ^^;
I only hope they'll spell Diana as Diana, not that weird english-fied spelling the fansubs are using.
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Ah, I should clarify -- only one of them knew the Ainu word for wolf. But they all scratched their head at the "lo". One of the others suggested that who ever made the decision might be an older person
If we had some European name to go by for Horo/Holo, like we do for Lawrence and Nora (or Nola) - it'd be easier to swallow the "lo" choice. Honestly, I think it boils down to the shape of the letter "l" being more appealing to the decisionmaker. I've beaten this horse to smithereens... so like I keep saying, I just type it ホロ and its pronounced the same way no matter what.
Hell, I'm surprised they aren't spelling it "Lawlence" at this point. Great examples from other series, by the way
|2009-09-10, 03:38
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This is a fine place to post this I guess...
I'll finish watching this for the cute chara's but, reality is totally out the window here...
If I was him...
I would have built up way to much resentment at this point, slapped the -s- out of her, yelled and screamed about what a -b- she's been.. Then the cops would have come, and arested me, for abusing the -c-...
And that would have been the end of the storyline...
I like this show, but this kind of BS is just way to unrealistic, these are nothing but otaku arch types at this point...
Sorry, she came out of a 500 year "sleep" for him. Right? She loves him unconditionaly, and then, she totally betrays him at the drop of a hat?
I'm sorry but this is the kind of woman that gets killed by her boyfriend in reality... I'm tired of this tsundere crap..
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|2009-09-10, 15:17
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|2009-10-12, 15:59
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I like her "accent" I guess I would put it. I'm not sure if it reflects a specific dialect (of which there are far too many for my head) or if it's just to make her sound old and foreign. Calling herself わっち、ending in かや じゃの じゃろう etc. Sounded charming with her voice actress.
|2009-10-14, 00:52
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I can follow that idea... I have speech and writing patterns that mix standards over the last 50 years and from all the people and places I've lived around - so someone who has lived 500+ years might have a very interesting mix of speech habits.
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|2009-11-11, 02:15
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Reading the posts from this thread, lots of people like Horo's character for lots of different reasons. That being said and as others have pointed out, Horo is a great example of a multi-dimensional character. Personally for me, Horo is very likeable because of her quick wit and independent history contrasting with her sometimes playful and childish behavior. Thanks to her multi-faceted character, it's refreshing to watch how she interacts with everyone. She is as unpredictable as they come. You can never really tell what's on her mind, etc. and it's nice to have that mystery/surprise so that you never get bored.
|2009-11-11, 11:01
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I like Horo's character because it's difficult to tell where the god ends and the woman begins. She's impatient, petty and insanely prideful. She is one of the more realistic embodiments of pride I've ever seen. A truly prideful woman, who cannot relent, is tough to make into a character that can be explored without it being too cliched and obnoxious (and at times it does ride that edge in the second season).
I appreciate that the novel's author is willing to take risks with her characterization. She's gone from sympathetic to just pathetic in the second season, and on reflection that takes a lot of guts to write (especially for a story like this that moves at a glacial pace).
Finally, it is a nice touch that Lawrence is the patient one. The most humorous aspect of this story is that it's the *guy* that's holding a sex-starved god-woman back. The icing on the cake is that fact that she's letting him do so, despite having ample opportunities to ditch him for instant gratification (this tale is prime doujin-bait).
|2009-11-11, 21:42
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|2010-10-05, 10:27
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Two Sides of Holo:
Dear Guys:
I was thinking about this last night. That there are two sides of Holo's complex personality.
There's the side of her that's a six hundred year old deity. She has seen more than enough of human nature, its both good and bad sides. She's seen how stupid people can be, and also how clever they can be, when they have too. This spirt part of her is very wise in a way, she knows how things must end. This wolf side of her, also, knows the loneliness of living for six hundred years plus, and possibly never seeing her friends again, and it possibly this part the ancient part of her struggles with the most.
Then there's the part of her that is a fifteen year old girl. This is the part of her that blushes, when a stranger starts giving her compliments (even though she knows he's pulling an act). This is the part of her, that likes to indulge in food and beer, This is the part of her that likes to dress up and look in the mirror, and know she's beautiful and catch any boys eye. This part of her, probably enjoys giving Lawrence grief when she gives him a bad time, and is half that gets upset when other girls get our favorite peddler attention.
Any other comments on Holo's two sides. And which do you think is stronger? And in the end do you think Holo might need Lawrence just a tad more than Lawrence needing her?
|2010-10-05, 11:20
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I see it differently.
She is much older then 6 six hundred year. Horo doesn't have typical wishes any more. Money, time, haste, status are nothing. Horo doesn't want to be alone, but she always wants to get a pleasure, plays. In addition, she wants to live a day-to-day existence. Without human's adult complexes and wishes, I guess, we can see the character as it is. It's a children grain.
So, if Lowrense is 1 thousand years old, he will lost his money hunt actions and, may be, will be remind himself in his childhood. I guess.
But Horo is a pride, wisdom, experience woman. Especially in the serious moment. So, there are no two sides in her for me.
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|2010-10-06, 23:13
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But then, it's clear that he isn't going to be letting go of her. Whether he "needs" her or not is irrelevant as of the end of the second season, because he clearly values her above his own needs.
|2010-10-21, 13:07
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One of two female characters in anime/manga that i love the most (second is Asuka Langley Soryu). Few more like Eri Sawachika, Rhin Touhsaka, Seven (Mishima Nana), Alice (Pandora Hearts) are close to this two, but they still win ;p
I think its needless to answer why ;p
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|2010-11-02, 14:58
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Immortals, even those of long lives, have different priorities. Stop and think how you'd prioritize things if you knew you had a 300 year life span instead of an 80-100 year life span.
|2011-02-16, 09:03
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After finishing this enjoyable ride, I re-embrace my original feelings to this amazing multi-faceted character.
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Oh and her Oiran kotoba... it makes me melt. It's so, so sexy!
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|2011-04-11, 11:50
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I forget what scene it was but it may have happened a few times but when Holo/Horo is in bed and Lawrence is about to pat her head, he hesitates and does not pat her head. Then without him know it, she's really pretending to be asleep and she "snicker"s or says "Hmpf"? Which is it?
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Last Wednesday, September 29th, was our first ever Best for Babes Benefit to Beat the Booby Traps at the very posh Deva Spa in Soho, New York City! Fit Pregnancy, Big City Moms and Deva Spa hosted the evening and it was a huge success!
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Mind you, this was New York City, not West Virginia where the breastfeeding rates are abysmal. New York City, where most people assume that all expecting moms want to or try to breastfeed! We realized in that moment that we were accomplishing exactly what we had set out to do when Danielle and I founded Best for Babes. We have always wanted to reach out to women who are on the fence or nervous about breastfeeding, or who are not being reached by traditional breastfeeding advocacy.
We believe that a large portion of moms who are determined to breastfeed have a pretty good chance of finding their way to La Leche League, Kellymom.com, Breastfeeding.com or an IBCLC—even though they are often being boobytrapped and suffer unnecessarily, many persevere, and there are actually a lot of resources for those moms that are resourceful. ( Best for Babes also works very hard to raise awareness of all the fantastic resources available to breastfeeding moms.) But what about the moms that are not making it to the breastfeeding support groups, who don't have peers, family members or health care providers who are nudging them along, or who are actively undermining them? These are the moms that are falling through the cracks; either they don't even try to breastfeed or if they do, they throw in the towel because they are being overwhelmed by the barriers–including false advertising and aggressive marketing of artificial breastmilk substitutes–in the first few days and weeks. Our vision, which was realized at the event, is to "woo and wow" those moms. We attract these moms through our mainstream images and branding that they can relate to, through positive, gentle, non-judgmental and encouraging messaging and easy-to-digest breastfeeding info, and by reaching them in their comfort zone, under the umbrella of the familiar and well-oiled marketing machine of the maternity industry.
So, our guests were treated like royalty, with luxurious mini massages, facials and manicures—one mom raved it was the best ever—and enticed with delicious food (thanks to the generosity of Fit Pregnancy, who donated a feast of healthy snacks and beverages, and Milk Makers, who donated tasty cookies). Peg Moline, the stylish and fabulous Editor-in-Chief of Fit Pregnancy, spoke candidly about nursing her own children until they were 3, and delivered very practical and useful tips for nursing on the go, setting a great example as a powerful, successful woman who made it work. Our phenomenal, persuasive lactation consultants spoke on topics of great interest to moms:
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The four songs on the new Fleetwood Mac EP — which the legendary pop-rock outfit put up for sale on iTunes last month with little warning — arrive steeped in echoes of the past, in at least one case quite literally: "Without You," a strummy acoustic number overlaid with harmony vocals by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, reportedly dates to sessions for the singers' 1973 album as a long-haired vocal duo deeply opposed to shirts.
But the other tunes on "Extended Play," newly composed by Buckingham and co-produced by him and L.A. studio pro Mitchell Froom, feel no less rooted in earlier iterations of this on-again/off-again institution.
"Miss Fantasy" has some of the folky back-porch guitar action of "Never Going Back Again," while the stripped-down "It Takes Time" could be Buckingham's version of Christine McVie's big piano ballad, "Songbird." And opener "Sad Angel" shimmers with the glossy textures of 1987's "Tango in the Night." (Incidentally, if you want to get a sense of Fleetwood Mac's enduring influence on synthed-up young rock acts like Phoenix, go straight to "Tango" — it looms larger these days than the vaunted "Rumours" does.)
Nothing about this self-reference surprises, of course, especially given that Fleetwood Mac is amid a giant arena tour that will bring the band to the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday and Anaheim's Honda Center on May 28. Old hits are what the members are playing onstage — "Don't Stop," "Dreams," "Go Your Own Way," "Silver Springs" — so old hits are what the members are hearing in their heads.
And yet Fleetwood Mac's first studio output since "Say You Will" in 2003 doesn't sound stale or overworked; indeed, the songs have an impressive crispness that makes their familiarity seem less like evidence of a tapped creative supply than like proof that this is simply the kind of music Fleetwood Mac writes.
"I remember you," Buckingham sings over and over again near the end of "Miss Fantasy," and he might be addressing his own melody. But it's a good one. You'll remember it too.
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Back in March, Bauhaus singer Peter Murphy was nicked on a DUI charge in Glendale, where he allegedly hit a vehicle, fled police on foot and was eventually apprehended with a bag of what police described as methamphetamine in his car. It seems the famed goth-rocker's night-life regimen is even darker then we thought.
It's a shame, for many reasons, because this really should be a landmark moment for Murphy and Bauhaus. The estimable English imprint 4AD just reissued the band's classic 1980 album "In the Flat Field" (along with 1981's "Mask"), and its peals of atonal guitar noise and Murphy's possessed wails have never sounded more contemporary.
Bauhaus might be best known for its cackling single "Bela Lugosi's Dead," which set the template for an entire goth culture. But in hindsight, the band's debut, "Flat Field," showed just how much more it was capable of, like the razor-cut rockabilly lines of "Dive" and the steely tension of "A God in an Alcove." On "Saint Vitus Dance" Murphy's voice dances with the devil, and with Jerry Lee Lewis' jitter.
Without "Flat Field," sinister and stylish bands like Savages might have gone on to make music brimming with hope and optimism. We're holding onto a bit of the latter that Murphy can put his recent unpleasantries behind him for his 35th-anniversary show of all classic Bauhaus material July 27 at the Fonda Theatre.
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Andy Clinton - Last Friday, my wife and I had a rare opportunity to see one of our oldest friends in the flesh. Or, in this case, in the felt. Kermit the Frog and his good friend Steve Whitmire were the special guest performers at the 2011 National Puppetry Festival at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. We'd met Steve before at an event he did at the Center for Puppetry Arts, also in Atlanta. He'd given a series of talks and puppetry workshops, which were thoroughly enjoyable and enlightening. But this time, Kermit was coming with him; we leaped at the chance to be there.
Steve and Kermit were the second of two scheduled main-stage performances for Friday night. The first was a short adaptation of a classic story: Goldilocks and the Three Sharks, performed as an underwater mermaid black-light puppet extravaganza. A clever show, very entertaining, performed by the talented Puppet Art Theater Company. As much as we all enjoyed it, though, everyone knew that Kermit was the main event. Even the Papa Shark acknowledged it, saying, "I wanna see Kermit!"
Finally, after a short intermission following the first performance, the lights went down, and it was time to get things started.
Steve came out by himself, to great applause, and took a seat on a chair in the middle of the stage. I couldn't help noticing the black bag under his seat. We all knew what was in the bag, but I did my best to refrain from using my x-ray vision and ruining the "surprise."
From the start of his talk, Steve came across as humble, gracious, and charming. He started talking about his work with the Muppets, acknowledging that if not for the Muppets, he might still be giving a speech in public today, but it would be more like "Welcome to Walmart," or "Did you just want the burger, or did you want the meal?"
Steve noted that this year would mark Jim Henson's 75th birthday, and that on the same day, Steve himself would turn 54, the age that Jim was when he passed away. He then began to talk about Kermit, and how his job since Jim died has been "to extensively analyze this one part of Jim," which he referred to as "the best part of Jim, rather than an alter ego."
Kermit, Steve said, has always evolved since his earliest performances. And so he has continued to under Steve's care, with Steve basing his performances on everything that Jim brought to the character, while still inhabiting Kermit and finding new aspects that he brings out in Kermit himself. Really, Steve said, he sees the puppeteer's job not simply as giving movement to a character, but as giving that character a sense of consciousness. He felt as if that were at the heart of everything that the Muppets do—that illusion of a sentient, thinking, feeling consciousness inside of these tools being manipulated by the puppeteers.
He went on to show a fascinating montage of Kermit clips, which he narrated over, to demonstrate how Kermit has changed both in design and performance over the years. This included clips from Sam and Friends, Sesame Street, The Frog Prince, The Muppet Show, The Muppet Movie, and Muppet Treasure Island. As the clips went on, Steve noted how the puppetry has gone from being very broad and over-the-top to being very subtle, realistic, and human. This is something that Jim worked toward, and something that Steve has continued. In fact, Steve said, Jim often didn't like to look back at older material or show it to people, because he was always looking ahead toward how he could do things better in the future. The video montage ended with a side-by-side comparison of Kermit in the 2009 "I Believe" music video with Tiffany Thornton and the early Sam and Friends clips that started the montage. The difference in Kermit's subtlety and nuance was startling!
Steve then showed one more clip—the recent appearance of Kermit on the "black carpet" of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, interviewing celebrities. Quietly, while the audience was watching the piratey goodness above, Steve turned his back to the crowd, leaned down in the dark, and reached for the black bag under his chair. And then, when the lights came back up, magic happened.
Steve turned back around in his chair. Only it wasn't just Steve. Perched next to Steve on the arm of the chair was the one, the only, Kermit the Frog. The crowd went wild! I've heard many times that when people see Muppets being performed in person, they completely disregard the fact that the puppeteer is sitting right there performing, because the presence of the character is so complete. Even though I'd heard that, I don't think I was really prepared for it. Yes, Steve was sitting there speaking Kermit's lines with him and holding him up, but that barely registered in my mind. Kermit the Frog was onstage saying hi and waving to us all, and that's as real as it gets!
From the moment Kermit came out, there were really two people onstage. Steve played around with this a bit. Since he was speaking before an audience of mostly puppeteers, Steve started off by saying that he wasn't going to split himself and pretend that Kermit was actually here. Kermit lowered his head in sadness at this news, which got a big laugh. Steve then referred to Kermit as being a puppet rather than an actual person; Kermit just stared at Steve with that irritated "squishy face" look that gets me every time. Kermit also introduced Steve as his puppet, which drew a big laugh from the audience. So, despite a common understanding of the art and skill of puppetry, Kermit was a real live person for everyone in the room, which is a tremendous testament to the "consciousness" of the character that Steve spoke about earlier.
Kermit spent a little time apologizing for looking so weird, as though he'd just come out of a bag, and then made an offhand remark about being without Miss Piggy for the weekend and how nice it was to be a "frog about town." Then he and Steve settled in for a lengthy Q&A that took up the remainder of the evening. Among the highlights of the discussion:
- Kermit was asked to reflect on what it has been like to evolve. He did so. Silently. Then he questioned the questioner: "You want me to comment, or just reflect?"
- Kermit was asked about his relationship with Disney: "I am a wholly owned subsidiary, and I am proud of it."
- Kermit was asked about why people talk to the puppet instead of the puppeteer: "I'm much more interesting. That's why the puppet is up here (gestures high) and the puppeteer is down there (gestures to Steve). But, you can't live without 'em."
- When asked about his relationship with the audience, Steve said that most of the work he does is on camera and not with a live audience. His biggest chance to engage with an audience and find out what they like is by reading Muppet fan sites.
- Steve talked about the Muppets, and Kermit in particular, as a lineage. He spoke of Kermit not just as a character he performs, but as something that he inherited from Jim. When asked what he thinks about any future incarnation of the character, he said that he hopes that Kermit could be passed on in a similar way, through a sense of inheritance and linear tradition.
- Steve mentioned channeling a bit of Patrick Stewart from Star Trek: The Next Generation for Kermit's performance as Captain Smollett in Muppet Treasure Island.
- Kermit and Steve were asked about their fondest memories. Kermit talked about his home life, back in the swamp, as the oldest of four or five thousand siblings. When the questioner turned the question over to Steve, Kermit said "Sure, just cut me off, right in the middle of reminiscing. I'm just a frog..." This drew enormous sympathy "awws" from the audience.
- Steve answered the "fondest memory" question by recounting his first phone conversation with Jim Henson, after having met Caroll Spinney at a puppetry festival. Caroll had told Steve to audition for the Muppets, and he had submitted some recorded performances. Jim called him to offer him "some kind of job" with the Muppets, though he wasn't sure if he would offer him a job performing or building puppets. Steve then shared with us that he was going through old possessions at his parents' house recently, and he discovered a cassette tape where his father had actually recorded that first phone conversation with Jim!
- When asked what he thinks of the new Muppet movie, Steve said that he hasn't seen it all put together yet, so he doesn't know what he thinks, but he hopes it's very good!
All in all, the question and answer session with Steve and Kermit was entertaining, enlightening, and just delightful. It was amazing to be a fly-on-the-wall for a conversation with Kermit the Frog without getting eaten. But the highlight for us really came at the very end of the night. The last question of the evening came from a woman who—bless her—just asked Kermit if we could all sing along with him for a moment. He very kindly obliged. And so a whole auditorium full of (mostly) adults got a chance to get a little misty-eyed singing "The Rainbow Connection" with Kermit the Frog. That's the kind of thing that leaves a permanent smile on your soul.
And after that, there really was nothing more to say. A quick bow for Kermit and Steve, a big standing ovation from the audience, and it was done. I would have loved to meet Kermit backstage, as would all of us, surely, but it was not to be. I did get a chance to send a little present back with one of the organizers of the event, a little poem that I wrote for Kermit earlier that day, which you can read here: http://andyspoemplanet.blogspot.com/2011/07/poem-for-kermit.html I hope that Kermit read it, and I hope he liked it. As for me, the chance to spend an evening with two such classy guys as Steve Whitmire and Kermit the Frog was a lifelong dream come true, and something I will never forget. Thanks for hopping by, and I hope I haven't made any of you too green with envy.
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Muslim celebrated Shab-e-Qadr or the night of Destiny or the night of Power on the last Wednesday. Shab-e-Qadr is believed to be the night when the Quran was first revealed. Muslims believe that revelation of the Quran occurred in two phases, first revelation of the entire Quran came from Allah to the angel Gabriel in the lowest heaven , then the verses were transmitted through the angel Gabriel to Muhammad, a camel driver on Earth. Muhammad received revelations while he was sitting at the cave of Hira on Mount Nur in Mecca, in 610 CE. Millions of Muslims pray as much as they can on the night of Shab-e-Qadr. It is believed to be the night when God descends to the lowest heaven and decides the destiny of everyone.
I have been very curious to learn what the lowest heaven is, and where it is located.
The Quran says, 'Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then We parted them, and we made every living thing of water? Will they not then believe?(Quran 021.030), And we have made the sky a roof withheld (from them). Yet they turn away from its portents. (Quran 021.032),,And the sky He hath uplifted; and He hath set the measure.(Quran 055.007), Allah it is Who raised up the heavens without visible supports. (Quran 013.002), He raised the height thereof and ordered it. (Quran 079.028)'
There are seven heavens. Allah descends to the lowest heaven every night. The Sahih hadith says: 'the prophet said : The Lord descends every night to the lowest heaven when one-third of the night remains and says: 'Who will call upon Me, that I may answer Him? Who will ask of Me, that I may give him? Who will seek My forgiveness, that I may forgive him?'(al-Bukhaari, Kitaab al-Tawheed, 6940; Muslim, Salaat al-Musaafireen, 1262)
Not only during Shab-e-Qadr, during Shab-e-Barat, or Mid-Sha'ban, Allah descends to the lowest heaven to see what is happening on Earth, whether everyone praying to him. Allah writes the destinies of all for the coming year by taking into account the deeds committed by them in the past. It is believed that the lowest heaven is the most nearest heaven to earth. Allah can see what is going on Earth much better from the lowest heaven. From his arsh or throne, the place where he stays in most of his times, Allah doesn't see things well. Shab-e-Barat or the night of records, or the night of assignment or the night of deliverance, or the night of observance involves a festive nightlong prayers. Muslims believe that on that particular night the doors of mercy and forgiveness are opened wide, and those who sincerely grieve over and repent for their past sins and seek forgiveness from Allah are pardoned and forgiven. The night of Shab-e-barat is the greatest night for sinners and criminals because all their crimes are forgiven by the almighty merciful Allah. They do not care much about judicial system on Earth. Life on Earth is temporary anyway. A night-long prayer and Allah's assurance of forgiveness give them the strength to go on committing further crimes until the next Shab-e-Qadr or Shab-e-Barat, the great nights of prayers and forgiveness arrive.
Yesterday I asked some educated and clever Muslims, where is the lowest heaven?
They said, nearest.
I asked again, nearest to what? earth?
They said, yes.
-Somewhere between moon and earth?
-On the Asteroids passing close to Earth?
I said, okay, leave it.
They were happy.
But I was not happy. I asked, why does Allah need to descend to the lowest heaven to see who are praying and who are not? Can't he see them clearly from the place he lives?
One of them said, probably..
I asked, probably what?
He smiled nervously.
I said, man, use your brains!
After a few minutes he looked more confident. He said, Allah descends to the lowest heaven because it is night, it's too dark outside to see things. In this kind of situation it is better to come closer to the objects you want to see.
I smiled and said, you are right.


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Dear GOP Handlers/Strategists –
Continue Reading Below
I know the only reason you're reading something by a 'life coach' is because you want to have a laugh. So go ahead, get that out of your system. Hahaha. What does she know about our business?
The truth is, next to nothing.
But you want to talk people? I know people. I am genius at people. And people vote.
So you can keep reading and maybe have a shot at a presidential election victory in the foreseeable future or you could scoff, move on, and keep taking honorable men, wringing out all their most human qualities and remaking them into candidates who shift with the wind. Your choice.
Let's start here. How, pray tell, did you not win with an American war hero like John McCain representing your party four years ago? Had you let him be quintessential John McCain, warts and all, and not saddled his ticket with a candidate clearly chosen to fill pandering gaps as opposed to strengthen the potential leadership in the White House, things could have been much different.
And now there's Mitt Romney. On looks alone, he had to be a publicists' dream. In that department, he's what much of America considers "presidential." He's a family man. He proudly wore the title of grandfather to the Affordable Care Act. His business record is long and distinguished. Asset after asset for the job of applying himself to our economic challenges. A resume a handler can milk for the long haul.
With me so far?
In life coaching we like to focus on the authentic. Oh, geez, you're laughing again. No, I mean it. We want to get people to their authentic selves, not the self others think they 'should' be. They love it once they get going because they feel more at ease and it comes more naturally. We explore – What are their gifts? What is at their core? What makes them tick?
The closest I came in the last year to understanding what makes Mitt Romney – the person -- tick is a story I read in New York magazine in late September. You know, that left-leaning publication? The article showed me a depth in Romney I hadn't seen before. It painted a portrait of a man embracing other cultures and, in fact, helping them acclimate to ours, one who was hands-on in bringing the unity to community.
"In Boston during the eighties and nineties, when Mitt Romney was the church official in charge of more than a dozen congregations, Mormonism was engaging modern America -- ethnic diversity, feminist claims, identity politics -- and trying, however uneasily, to make some accommodation with it," wrote Benjamin Wallace-Wells. He went on to write, "Romney himself came to Lynn [Mass.] often, and when he did, it was with a blast of fellowship -- greeting the congregants by name, packing teenagers into a van for a basketball game, showing them by his presence that they mattered too."
Why wasn't this Romney proudly on display in his campaign? Because you decided it was best to play down his Mormonism. And God forbid he look like a community organizer like the other guy. You didn't think people (read: voters in swing states) could handle the real man. Would one brand of Christian be able to handle another brand of Christian? People are more open in that area than you think. Do you know how many out there consider themselves seekers? Who identify as "spiritual but not religious"? This is closer to becoming the norm in our nation.
Instead of selling your product, you decided to focus on defining it against the competition. That approach lost you, of all things, an endorsement in The Salt Lake Tribune, which so desperately wanted to back Romney it isn't even funny.
"Romney, though, is shameless, lavishing vastly diverse audiences with words, any words, they would trade their votes to hear," the editorial said.
That ultimately falls on you, the people who claimed to know how best to convince voters Romney was their man. How little you know about people. As if all that wasn't enough evidence, I remind you of your recent lashing out at Governor Chris Christie for not campaigning on behalf of your candidate while he was dealing with the aftermath of the worst storm we've ever seen.
The Jersey Shore looks like Venice and you're ticked off because he won't make a trip to Bucks County, Pa. to smile with your guy? As Christie indicated, Romney actually understood because he was once a governor. It was you and your one-track-mind, burn-all-bridges approach that was so heartless and infuriating.
You think this is what people want in leaders? No soul?
Mitt Romney has a soul. You chose to glaze over it. Your job, aside from crunching numbers and tracking trends, was to take his shortcomings and find a way to get people to see them as strengths. Or to explain things away in human terms.
Hint: You know you have lost your way when you're ripping on a guy who has been a good soldier in your party just because he's doing the job he was hired to do – govern. Christie is leading in a time of crisis. He was smart enough and compassionate enough to realize the storm didn't devastate people in red or blue categories. It was not so discriminant. In fact, you might have considered calling my governor and offering your condolences for the loss of a good chunk of his state; he came of age at the Jersey Shore, just like so many of us.
You know it's not a character flaw to be able to work with those of another party, right? To get that we need our president and our governor to work together? And that it's good, really good, to hear Christie say he cried after meeting and speaking with Bruce Springsteen?
That is what authenticity looks like. Wasn't it that very authenticity, that plain-spokenness, that propelled Gov. Christie to national prominence in the first place? Now you're demonizing him for that same quality.
We got a glimpse of what I believe to be the real Mitt Romney in his concession speech in the early hours of Nov. 7.
"This is a time of great challenges for America, and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation," he said.
"The nation, as you know, is at a critical point," he said. "At a time like this we can't risk partisan bickering and political posturing. Our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work, and we citizens also have to rise to the occasion."
More authenticity.
It's possible Mitt Romney 'got it' all along, but put himself in the wrong hands and failed to convey that.
Bottom line: Your best bet moving forward, no matter who you are, is to be your authentic self and let the chips fall where they may. It's always more rewarding, no matter the outcome. And, oh yeah, people like it.
Nancy Colasurdo
Nancy Colasurdo is a practicing life coach and freelance writer. Her Web site is www.nancola.com and you can follow her on Twitter @nancola. Please direct all questions/comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This birthday cake was made for a woman called Despo. I never met her, but from what I heart she is an excellent cook. This cake was her daughter's idea and from what I was told later on, Despo loved it.
It was a chocolate fudge cake filled with chocolate cream and covered with white fondant.
Happy Birthday Despo!!


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The 2010 Burn 24 Hour Challenge is in the books, and it turned out to be a great venue to torture test our prototype Access Carbon 29er hardtail mountain bike. Yes, we've decided to upgrade our big-wheeled mountain bike lineup with a carbon frame. We haven't received the final samples of our new Access Carbon 29er yet, but we've already been riding, racing and otherwise pushing the prototype frame to its limits before it makes it way into your hands.
In terms of the race, Chris battled some mid-race heat exhaustion, but pulled it together in the end to churn out his fastest lap time on his final lap of the race (on board the Acces Carbon 29er, of course). Chris will share some of his race experience below, but here's a short video about testing and riding our prototype Access mountain bike:
A cool part about the race was running into some folks who were out there tearing up the course on some of our current Access 29er mountain bikes. Below you can see Dan, who just happened to be part of a team camped right in front of our tent, on board his Access XCL 9.9:
And here you can see Luke, a junior rider who built up his bike from an Access frame. Luke raced on an all-junior team but in the adult coed category, and his average lap times were 1.5 minutes faster on his Access than on the full-suspension mountain bike he raced on last year:
But now let's hear from Chris, as he shares his thoughts on his first ever solo 24 hour effort:
With David out of commission, it was all me for the Burn 24 Hour Challenge race this year. I was more than a little nervous lining up for the start, but the morning of the race started off very well. It was sunny and HOT. We ate a great breakfast and I tried to relax and warm up a little. Here I am headed to the start:
It was going to be a long race for me. I started out on my Access Carbon 29er and would actually do a good number of laps on this bike. David was ready with bottles as I came through and I turned three good laps at the start. Then things started going downhill (and not in a good way). I started overheating big time mid lap and decided to not do anything about it until I got back. By the time I made it back to the tent, I couldn't eat or drink as my core temp soared.
David claimed the "best race supporter ever" title as he had crammed a couple of dish towels down into the bottom of our cooler where there was a load of recently thawed water. This made for soaking towels that hovered just above the freezing point. When applied to a severely overheating body, these were sheer bliss. It took about 45 minutes of rotating the towels out, but I was soon able to eat and drink again. Then I was back on the bike.
I rode (slowly) until the sun was about to set, then took a break for dinner. After dinner and a short time for my food to settle, I strapped on my lights and headed out for a couple of night laps.
With the temps dropping, the night laps were nice. On the other hand, my body still wasn't too happy with me for my earlier negligence regarding the overheating so my laps were slow and painful.
Also, the trails that had finally dried out somehow found some moisture from the mud and spread that moisture all over the many exposed roots on the trail. This made for a couple of rough laps and I soon called it a night.
The next day I got up early, got some breakfast and headed back out for another couple of laps. Feeling good for the first time in the race, I started passing people and had a fun couple of rounds. With about an hour and a half left, I took 20 minutes to re-group then headed out for my fastest lap of the race. I came in at about 11:50AM and decided I was done.
Here I am after finishing up, socializing with some of the other Triangle riders who made it out to the race (the nickname for the part of North Carolina near our headquarters).
And there I am with Tony, Lana and Kasey, our awesome tent neighbors who were racing in the coed duo category (well, Tony and Lana were… Kasey was just hanging out in the tent).
All in all, I had a good time. I only did 12 laps (the same number I did last year when David also turned 12 laps). This was far below my hopes for the race, but the trails were in good shape and the people we met out there were great as always. This is a super-awesome event and a great one to be my first 24-solo attempt. Would I try this again? Probably not, but who knows. The funny thing about events like this is that as time passes the memory of the pain seems to dissipate but the memory of the good parts remain.


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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — It didn't take long for the friendly-looking young woman whose face was splashed across HealthCare.gov to spiral from smiling stock photo to laughingstock. As it scrambles to correct problems with the website, the Obama administration is now asking people who have successfully purchased health insurance to let their pictures be used instead.
Two of them told The Associated Press they found the site easy to navigate, were happy with the plans they purchased and were eager to share their stories in any format, including become the new face of the health care overhaul.
Not long after she enrolled on Oct. 3, Deborah Lielasus of Portsmouth was contacted by the Department of Health and Human Services and asked to appear both in a video describing her experience and in photographs that could replace the stock photo. She agreed, in part, to set an example for her children.
"I think it's important to show them that you shouldn't hide from being honest and being sincere and talking about something that you believe in," she said. "Although family members have said to me, 'You don't need this, don't do this, because you're just going to get hurt,' I have felt like it is important."
Opponents aren't impressed. "The White House should focus more on fixing their flawed law and less time trying to prove their law isn't broken," said Kirsten Kukowski, spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee.
Since the problem-plagued site launched Oct. 1, the stock photo has become the butt of jokes. The satirical newspaper The Onion posted an altered photo of the cover girl "visibly panicking," and others have dubbed her "Glitch Girl."
The department declined to comment specifically on whether Lielasus' picture will have a place on the HealthCare.gov home page, on which the stock photo has been replaced by icons representing various enrollment methods. It also declined to comment on the broader marketing campaign, which so far includes posting video of Lielasus and another person on social networks, along with a dozen or so images and quotes praising the health care law.
Since her video was posted, Lielasus has been criticized in news reports, online comments and personal emails for describing HealthCare.gov as easy to use even though she didn't enroll until three days after the site launched. But she wasn't sitting at her desk for 36 hours straight — she spent about an hour total over those three days — and once on the site, it was easy to navigate, she said.
"I'm not a fool," she said. "I saw that there were issues logging on and staying logged on, but I also saw that the site itself, once they're able to overcome those problems, is going to be a really user-friendly, attractive site that people of all ages and technical abilities are going to be able to manage."
In Orlando, Fla., 22-year-old Daniel McNaughton said his experience was similar. Like Lielasus, McNaughton said it was a Facebook post about his experience with HealthCare.gov that caught the administration's attention and led to his participation in the online video.
McNaughton, a student at Valencia College, said he will be paying $ 70 per month for a plan that covers "anything I could possibly need." That's about what he's paying now for a catastrophic plan that covers only three doctor visits per year. McNaughton said he looks forward to not having to guess whether he needs antibiotics for the sinus infections he gets every winter.
"I won't have to ration my doctor's visits," he said. "It gives me good peace of mind."
He told administration officials it was "more than OK" with him if they wanted to use his picture on HealthCare.gov.
"I think it would be a good thing to put my picture or others who've enrolled," he said. "It might make it easier for people to relate to what's going on with the exchange."
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My husband spoke to his grandmother yesterday, at which time, she told him that she spoke to her daughter (husband's aunt) and she said that she thought we should get a divorce. She knows everything husband did or at least the gist of it.
My husband was upset over her reaction as was his grandmother who is the biggest reinforcer of his golden childness. Heaven forbid anyone ever say anything negative about her darling grandson…
But anyway, I told him that this was not surprising and is the exact reason why I had cut myself off from people. If I were in someone else's shoes, I would too think we should get a divorce. He cheated on me…had a girlfriend…why wouldn't his wife leave him? People in different situations don't understand why we are trying to work this out and it is what it is.
Why is it that my explanation made my husband upset? Oh because it doesn't go along with his all goodness he has going for him. Honestly, this whole, I am being such a great husband and person now is really starting to affect me. You did a bad thing and you shouldn't be proud of the consequences of that bad thing.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Family Thoughts on the Affair
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That sounds exactly like my brother. All his life my mother petted, praised, complemented and told him he could do no wrong. She put him up on a pedestal.ReplyDelete
When my brother cheated on his wife, my mother went to great lengths to keep it hush, hush. (God forbid anyone learn that her son was a selfish ass). And when it got out anyways (they lived in a small town where gossip spreads like fire) she totally twisted the story and blamed his wife for everything.
This is just my theory, but I think in the long term being put up on a pedestal actually damages your self esteem. True self esteem is something that comes from within you. If start to rely on it to come from another person, you never truly learn to develop it on your own. You become insecure and constantly look to others to boost you up.
If you and your husband are going to counselling, you should ask the counsellor to make a plan for your husband to learn how to improve his self esteem. I think it might improve your overall relationship.
Anyways, that's my two cents
Oh yeah...except his family isn't blaming me - they are blaming the death of his grandfather, which pushed him over the edge.ReplyDelete
Yeah, you are so right. He doesn't have his own self-esteem - he relies on others for it. Gosh...I never thought of that before. But that does make sense with the affair and all...THANKS


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Very good friend Mary is visiting this week -- lots of visiting and shopping! While here, I quilted a baby quilt she had just finished, giving me an opportunity to try out my new "Red Snappers" (a system for loading quilts on the long arm -- no more pins!). I watched the You Tube video demonstrated by Renae Haddadin and found them very easy to work with - and FAST!
Saving the best for last, Blog Reader Friend, Amy Loar sent me a picture of her finished project inspired by my pattern "Missy's Fall Garden". Her project started with a block exchange in their Bee. Amy appliqued the centers to the flowers, snipped the edges and assembled on point -- Awesome Finish gifted to a very special young lady Amy knows. There is nothing more flattering when a quilter makes a pattern her own by adding those special touches.
Now I am heading over to Sarah's, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, for a link up to her Black Friday Party. Then I am heading to the sewing room for a little "Easy Street" Sewing with Bonnie Hunter's new Mystery Quilt.


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|2007-04-22, 04:19
|Link #81
❤ Fabulous MAX~! ❤
Graphic Designer
Ok, so recently Viz released Shana manga and novel, but my question is: which is which? (ie. cover)
I wanted to order Shana Novel trough one of the polish stores (which offers manga/novels in english/german) but know I don't konw what to order and it doesn't help that they didn't show the covers
Anyone can help?
(for interested: those are the products pages, unfortunatly in Polish, but I can translate some details - if that could help
Spoiler for links:
|2007-04-22, 04:34
|Link #82
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Join Date: Jan 2006
http://www.viz.com/products/products...roduct_id=6531 - novel, ISBN 1-4215-1193-2
http://www.viz.com/products/products...roduct_id=6535 - manga, ISBN 1-4215-1195-9
|2007-04-23, 17:09
|Link #83
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Well, I finally got the novel (ViZ) with the manga in the mail today. I've yet to read them though, due to schoolwork. >_>;
However, I flipped through the novel and was somewhat amused that ViZ cut off part of the color image with Yuji waking up to find Shana sleeping in the bed. XD [EDIT: Yeah, the B&W image of her changing got cut out as well.] (Guess they decided that it was a bad idea to show readers Shana in her underwear. Pity for the fans that liked the fanservice? Haha.... >_>")
When I can, I'll scan some sample pages to show you guys (just how well did ViZ translate this? ;o). I also read from somewhere (Was it this thread? Too lazy go back to check.) that there was a typo in the translation by ViZ so I intend to read it through to see if it's true. D:
Last edited by Dynzel; 2007-04-23 at 18:11.
|2007-04-24, 06:02
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They cut out some illustrations from the novel? Noooo~ D:
Half the fun in the novel, IMO, is the great artwork by Noizi Ito (Noiji? I always forget). And of course, censorship is bad. But it's not new to Viz.
I still need to order both the manga and novels, but the bookstores around here don't have them. Oddly enough, both have manga sections but most of the light novels published by Tokyopop and Viz are nowhere to be seen, go figure.
|2007-05-02, 07:32
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Wilhelmina Carmel my love
i've got the novel and comic of viz version
it that my hallucination?
i found two illustration lost in the viz novel
compare with the japanese original version
one is shana changing clothes
one is shana sleep on yuji's bed
is it because they delete these pics in order to make the novel suitable for teenages
or just because i have a copy that missing pages?
please help
|2007-05-03, 00:06
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Angeloid Type β - Nymph
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Canada, Ontario
i bought the Shana manga today and yet to read it. However i have a question.
I want to know which one is better, the manga or the novel? I know the difference. Novel is less pictures with more words while manga is the opposite. But ..does the novel go longer than the manga in 1 volume?
I dont know if i made the right choice or not in buying the manga version >.> I'm not that experience in it.
I asked the store owner and the expression he gives me is *blank* -___-.
|2007-05-03, 01:47
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Location
Age: 26
Well, one volume of novel should go further into the story than one volume of manga... I don't wanna take responsible if it doesn't so don't count me on it though. I have bought the book and have yet to read it.
@piku: I don't see the illustration of shana in underwear either (damn ;_; ) ... As for Shana sleeps in Yuji's bed one, I see the color'd illustration from one of the first few pages
|2007-05-03, 09:36
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Wilhelmina Carmel my love
there are one more shana in yuji's bed in grayscale... total 2 missing pics
seems not only my copy's problem then
i wonder if the korean version also has the same problem...
the chinese version has just follow to the original
|2007-05-03, 17:49
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I see...
Join Date: Jun 2006
Age: 28
It's like a movie that is based off a book. The movie may be great but, IMO, nothing would surpass the book.
But that is just what I think.
|2007-05-07, 18:00
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Junior Member
Where do you people buy the book?
Did you guys order it online or find it at a book store?
I was planning on getting this a while back but most stores around me didn't have it in stock. I really don't want to order it online unless I have to >.>
|2007-05-07, 18:14
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Angeloid Type β - Nymph
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Canada, Ontario
|2007-05-07, 18:42
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Age: 26
lol, same here... Dunno about the others but online was my option left... I bought it at walmart.com ... frankly, didn't expect it to be there
|2007-05-07, 19:30
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Canada, Ontario
|2007-05-07, 21:44
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Where to get the manga and/or novel? I got mine (both) straight from Amazon... I was pretty sure the bookstores near me like Barnes&Noble and Borders wouldn't have it the first day out [Apr. 17] (I'm impatient. XD). Kinokuniya might've worked too.... But then again, I didn't check. I live in NYC, by the way. So I don't know if these stores would be near where you live.
|2007-05-08, 19:53
|Link #97
Junior Member
I live in Toronto.
There's not many book stores near my area but are there any particular stores that i should check?
I know for a fact no Chapters nor Indigos would have it in stock.
I am not too familiar with smaller book stores so I really don't know where to check and I am way too lazy to just drive around the city looking for one >.>
|2007-05-09, 01:21
|Link #99
Angeloid Type β - Nymph
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Canada, Ontario
In South-West of the intersection, theres a chinese mall there, NOT AT the intersection but the mall down south abit. Its on the second floor. The name of it is called Kikiwai.
For Kikiwai, heres their site, you can call them for the location and what kinds of stuff they have currently: http://www.kikiwai.com/
For Anime Xtreme, heres their site as well, the site is closed when theres a mini-map where you can actually see where its located in the area: http://store.animextreme.ca/
I hope it helps
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