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The Reynoldsburg High School girls track and field team begins this season in a much different position than a year ago.
The Reynoldsburg High School girls track and field team begins this season in a much different position than a year ago.
After finishing second in the 2008 state meet, the Raiders entered last season with a goal of winning the state team championship.
They did so in dominant fashion, finishing with 82 points for the highest score any Division I state champion has ever produced as they placed in all four relays and in six individual events.
While some of the key remnants of that team return, much of the depth that helped Reynoldsburg accumulate the gaudy point total is missing.
Not only did the Raiders lose eight key seniors, including four who scored state points, but junior Azia Walker moved to Los Angeles and junior Taneisha Cordell transferred to New Albany.
Further complicating matters is the school's pay-to-participate fee increased from $30 to $500.
After typically having about 50 girls and 50 boys come out for the program, the Raiders have fewer than 20 girls and about 25 boys.
"We're used to having over 100 kids come out, and this year we've probably got (fewer than 50)," said Denny Hammond, who coaches both the girls and boys teams. "The pay-to-participate fee kills a sport like track. We always used to get kids that have never run track before, but nobody's going to just try it for $500."
While the lower numbers hasn't necessarily crippled the program, it will make finishing among the top 10 in the state -- as it has each of the past four seasons -- more of a challenge.
The Raiders opened last Saturday in the Hammond Relays and will compete Saturday in the University of Cincinnati Invitational.
The Raiders return seven athletes who competed at state last year, led by sophomore Destinee Gause.
Gause won the 200 meters (24.21 seconds) and ran on the winning 1,600 relay (state-record 3:43.83) and winning 800 relay (state-record 1:37.02) as well as the second-place 400 relay (program-record 46.78).
In the state indoor meet on March 20 in Akron, Gause won the 200 (24.76) and was fourth in the 60 (7.8).
Sophomore Faith Washington is back after finishing fourth in the 300 hurdles (43.38) and running on both the 800 and 1,600 relays. She was third in the 60 hurdles (9.38) at the indoor state meet as the Raiders finished third (34) behind Rocky River Magnificat (53) and Midpark (45) after winning the title last March.
Senior Loni Marchello will compete in the high jump and also ran on the 3,200 relay, along with returning senior Dani Watson, that was fourth (program-record 9:16.37) at state last year.
Junior Kacia Grant ran on the 400 relay at state and should be another key sprinter, along with freshman Diamond Gause, who is Destinee's sister and should compete in hurdles as well as relays.
Junior Donyelle Brown was second in the shot put (40 feet, 8 inches) and seventh in the weight throw (38-10) at the indoor state meet and should be a consistent scorer in the shot put and discus. Senior Alicia Rodgers was sixth in the weight throw (39-2) in the indoor state meet and should be another key thrower.
"It's actually coming together a lot better than I thought it would," Watson said. "We don't have as many girls because of the pay-to-play fee this year, but we have people who want to be here and we have a lot of great athletes back, like Destinee Gause."
The boys team competed in six events at the state meet last year when it scored 14 points to place 14th behind champion Gahanna (48). However, the Raiders only have one returning state competitor in senior Lamar Booker. He ran on the 3,200 relay that was second at state in a program-record 7:43.69.
He likely will compete in the 800 and 1,600 as well.
The Raiders have experience in distance events, with junior Hirui Abraha and sophomore Tsehaye Hiluf also among their returnees. Senior Kevin Zabala is another top middle-distance runner.
Senior Matt Kershaw is back in the discus and sophomore Davion Bowers is the team's best thrower in the shot put.
"We've got a lot of new guys among our sprinters," Hammond said. "Some of those guys are going to have to step up."
The other 2009 graduates who competed for the girls team at state were Melissa Dodaro, who defended her title in the discus (146-4) and placed fifth in the shot put (40-10 3/4), Timia Ingram (400 relay and 800 relay), Ashley Phillips (400 relay) and Melanie Marx (3,200 relay).
Also at state, Walker won the 400 (54.74) and ran on the 800 and 1,600 relays. Cordell won the 800 (2:10.79) and ran on the 1,600 and 3,200 relays.
The Raiders scored 177 points for their third consecutive OCC-Ohio Division meet. They scored 157 points to win the district 3 meet and 113 points to win their second consecutive regional title.
Daryl Murphy, who was fourth in the 1,600 (program-record 4:13.23), was among the 2009 graduates who competed at state for the boys team along with Calvin Garza (3,200 relay, 1,600), Huss Trowery (shot put) and Jake Wilson (3,200 relay). Senior Ken Fisher, who was eighth in the state in the 400 (50.41) and also competed at state in the 200, is not back with the team.
The boys scored 144 points for their ninth consecutive league title to top a field that included runner-up and eventual state-champion Gahanna (134.5).
The Raiders had a string of eight consecutive district titles snapped when they placed second in district 3 (99) behind Big Walnut (107) and then were second (48) behind Gahanna (81) at the regional.
"We won't have very many people this year, but we'll be all right," Hammond said.
At a glance
�Coach: Boys -- Denny Hammond, 16th season; Girls -- Hammond, 12th season
�Next meet: Saturday at University of Cincinnati Invitational
�Key athletes: Boys -- Hirui Abraha, Lamar Booker, Davion Bowers, Tseyhaye Hiluf, Matt Kershaw and Kevin Zabala; Girls -- Donyelle Brown, Destinee Gause, Loni Marchello, Alicia Rodgers, Faith Washington and Dani Watson
March 27 at Hammond Relays at Pickerington Central
April 3 at University of Cincinnati Invitational
April 6 at Grove City
April 10 at Cleveland Collinwood Invitational
April 13 vs. Newark
April 17 at Mansfield Mehock Relays
April 20 vs. Pickerington North
April 23 at Edwin Moses Relays in Dayton
April 27 at Lancaster
April 30 at Don Mitchell Invitational in Dayton
May 4 vs. Groveport
May 7 at Larkin/Crosten Classic at Upper Arlington
May 11 at Pickerington Central
May 13, 15 at OCC-Ohio meet


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Pendleton High School sophomore Tristan Morris is recovering after suffering life-threatening injuries in a crash.
His father, David Morris of Adams, said the 16-year-old boy was driving Wednesday at about 7:45 a.m. on Cayuse Road when his car ended up in a ditch. An ambulance transported Tristan to St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton, then to an emergency helicopter that flew him to Oregon Health & Science University, Portland.
Tristan, 16, suffered fractures in his face and other injuries, David Morris said. His son also underwent emergency surgery Thursday morning in which doctors removed a part of his skull to allow for brain swelling.
Since then, Tristan has shown remarkable recovery, his father said, and is now breathing on his own.
"Now it's just monitoring him 24 hours a day," Morris said.
Tristan is a big game hunter and plays baseball and basketball, David Morris said, but the long recovery he faces could hamper those endeavors. Morris also thanked school sports teams, family and friends for their outpouring of love and support for Tristan.
PHS student Cora Theis opened a donations webpage Friday with a $20,000 goal to help pay for Tristan's medical expenses. The effort raised more than $2,400 in its first four hours. The page can be found here.
The crash was the first of several in recent days that sent locals to hospitals.
Travis Hoeft, 27, of Pendleton, and Jack Mann, 49, of Pilot Rock, went to separate hospitals after a head-on crash Thursday around 5 p.m. near Pendleton.
The Umatilla County Sheriff's Office in a written statement reported Hoeft was driving a Dodge Ram pickup on Hoeft Road when he crossed into the oncoming lane and smashed into a Chevrolet Silverado. The head-on crash trapped Mann, the Chevrolet's driver.
The Pendleton Fire and Ambulance Department responded to the wreck, along with sheriff's deputies, Pilot Rock fire and police and the commercial emergency service LifeFlight. Emergency workers freed Mann and a helicopter ambulance flew him to Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Richland, Washington.
Hoeft also suffered injuries; a ground ambulance took him to St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton.
The sheriff's office did not report information about their injuries. St. Anthony treated and released Hoeft, and Kadlec staff reported Mann was not at the hospital.
The sheriff's office also reported Hoeft received a citation for careless driving.
And Pendleton emergency crews Friday morning freed another driver. The city fire department responded to the westbound side of Interstate 84 near milepost 225 to assist the Umatilla Tribal Fire Department with the crash of a semitrailer. First responders removed the driver from the rig after extensive work.
Shawn Penninger, Pendleton's assistant fire chief, stated in an email this was the first time the department used its new extrication equipment to help save a life. He added Pendleton's fire bond, which voters approved in November, paid for the equipment
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The Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership has put together a list of the biggest, tallest, longest, most exciting things that together make us "unique."
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Also making the list are eis wein, the Lake of the Woods Regatta, whistling swans, the amethyst mine, Uncle Tom's cabin and Guy Lombardo.
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Eis Wein. Taste the Niagara Peninsula's ice wine, judged one of the world's best wines at Vin Expo in Bordeaux, France.
Caribana. It's a long way from the Caribbean, but Toronto's still the site of the world's largest Caribbean festival.
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Bruce Trail. Hike Ontario's oldest and longest trail, covering 731 kilometres along the picturesque Niagara Escarpment.
Manitoulin Island. Explore the world's largest freshwater island for its native culture, "floating inland" lakes, outstanding hiking, fishing and picturesque Bridal Veil Falls near Gore Bay.
Lakes and rivers. Ontario has 400,000 of them -- more lakes than any other region in the world, which means more fishing, canoeing, waterskiing and ice fishing.
Sandbanks Provincial Park. It's not the Sahara, but it is the world's largest system of freshwater sand dunes, near Picton.
Winterlude. Winter turns the Rideau Canal into the world's longest skating rink with eight kilometres of activities.
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Niagara Falls. One of the wonders of the natural world, where nearly 3.6 million litres of water a second thunder over a 57-metre drop.
Changing of the Guard, Ottawa. It's North America's extension of the famous London tradition, held in July and August at the Parliament buildings.
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We are getting closer to Christmas at this time. Many of us are rushing into stores to get a lot of decorations and gifts for the holiday. If you have a financial issue to purchase Christmas trees, there are some possible ways to get free Christmas trees for low income families.
Well, it is quite easy to get a free Christmas tree. It is the same as to get a free turkey for Thanksgiving. There are some programs from national and local to help you get it free.
Free Christmas Trees For Low Income Families From Christmas Tree Project
Their mission is to give a fully decorated Christmas trees away for all families in need. The Christmas Tree Project, LLC has been available since 2010. The organization has been giving away more than 1,300 trees in the past four years.
Even though this organization is in Colorado Springs, they are still working on other areas such as Denver, coast-to-coast and to families over the US. They even provided a tree in Nairobi!
You can even be the volunteers if you want to help. They need real and artificial trees, decorations, cash donations and other valuable things to decorate the trees.
To request a tree, the best way you to do is to email them at [email protected]. You should tell them about your situation as well as your phone number so you are eligible to get free Christmas trees for low income families. It is okay if you do not have access to email. You can take another way by calling them at 719-799-6070.
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The Generosity Project is a Christmas tree giveaway party, presented by the Community West Church at Henrico County, Va. Back in 2016, they gave away 200 Christmas trees on a first come freely. The tree giveaway is not only for low-income families but for everyone. They do not require any requirements. The party started from 9 a.m.
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St. Andrews in Charlotte County, New Brunswick — The Canadian Atlantic
Two hundred years and counting
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Against the odds
Many blockhouses were built in North America, but few have survived. Why is this one still here? Throughout the 19th century the St. Andrews Blockhouse was used for storage and occasionally as a barracks by the militia. In the 1860s, during a brief period of tension with the United States, it again became an important component of civic defenses, but its military role declined soon after.
Part of who we are
By the late 1800s, St. Andrews has become a popular summer resort. This blockhouse, once known as the West Point Blockhouse, was converted into a residence, and a public tea room opened nearby. The other two blockhouses (East Blockhouse and Joe's Point Blockhouse) were demolished. Over the years, this building has become a prominent symbol of St. Andrews. St. Andrews Blockhouse has been a national historic site since 1962.
Close call
In August 1993, the blockhouse was seriously damaged by fire. The people of St. Andrews and Parks Canada worked together to restore the blockhouse and ensure its place in the future of the town and the county.
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De nombreux blockhaus virent le jour en Amérique du Nord, mais seuls quelque-uns survécurent. Pourquoi celui-ci est-il
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À la fin du 19ᵉ siècle, St. Andrews était devenu un centre de villégiature très couru en été. Cet ouvrage de fortification, autrefois appelé blockhaus de la point ouest, fut converti en une résidence, et un salon de thé ouvrit ses portes à proximité. Les deux autres blockhaus (celui de la pointe est et celui de la pointe Joes) furent démolis. Au fil des ans, le bâtiment devint un important symbole de St. Andrews. Le blockhaus de St. Andrews fut classé lieu historique national en 1962.
Evite de justesse
En août 1993, le blockhaus fut gravement endommagé par un incendie. Les citoyens de St. Andrew et Parcs Canada travaillèrent ensemble à le restaurer et à lui garantir une place dans l'avenir de la ville et du pays.
Erected by Parks Canada.
Location. 45° 4.621′ N, 67° 3.719′ W. Marker is in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, in Charlotte County. Marker is on Joes Point Road just from Harriet Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 23 Joes Point Road, St. Andrews, New Brunswick E5B, Canada.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. St. Andrews Blockhouse (a few steps from this marker); War of 1812: Defending St. Andrews (a few steps from this marker); Blockhouse 101 (a few steps from this marker); Wartime legacies (a few steps from this marker); Welcome, Enjoy your visit! (a few steps from this marker); St. Croix River (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); Lest We Forget (approx. 0.8 kilometers away); St. Andrews Historic District (approx. 0.8 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Andrews.
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Date: 1963
Format: paperback
Source: purchased used
Read: for the 2013 TBR Pile Challenge
Pages: 225
Reading time: two days
Paul Hussey, British antiques dealer, and his American wife are off to Russia. As a favor for the widow of a deceased friend, they are to smuggle dozens of drilon dresses into the USSR to sell to the state's material goods-hungry citizens. But when Mrs. Hussey is admitted to a St. Petersburg hospital to receive treatment for a painful rash and Mr. Hussey is investigated by Russian agents, the couple realizes they are in over their heads in this satire of the Cold War and Anglo-Soviet relations.
Being a satire, Honey for the Bears is billed as being "comic," but the humor just didn't quite catch with me. Mostly because it was dry. Soooo dry. It doesn't help that Burgess is a very 'literary' author who uses lots of highfalutin' words, and my little teenage brain is used to more puerile high school and college humor. Also, I'm not British and living through the Cold War in the early 1960s, so the book has lost much of the context it would have had for more contemporary readers. But this was still an enjoyable read, almost surreal at points. It was quite interesting to see what in the world could happen next to Paul Hussey and how (if?) he was going to make it out of the USSR. Some of Burgess's themes (i.e., homosexuality) were a bit unexpected, and others (freedom, Communism vs. capitalism) left me wondering how Burgess intended them to be interpreted.


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"Creation or Evolution" - Book Review
"Creation or Evolution: Do we have to choose?"
By Denis Alexander
Six years on from its first appearance, and following a number of reprints, Denis Alexander has provided a welcome second edition, revised and updated, of this excellent book. Written for Bible believers by a Bible-believing scientist passionate about evolution, it seeks to help its readers "baptise evolution into our Christian worldview … as the process God has chosen … to bring into being all the amazing biological diversity". Thus evolution "ceases to be a bogeyman and takes its place along with all the other wonders of God's creation". Evolutionary creationism provides a "framework to hold together the book of God's Word and the book of God's works in a way that does justice to both" (p.213).
Alexander gives us first a "thorough immersion in the overall biblical understanding of creation" – a past, present and future 'event' – with an explanation of how that theological perspective relates to scientific knowledge. This leads into a more detailed study of the science – usually comprehensible! – before returning to examine different understandings of Adam and Eve, the fall, death and suffering, in light of the science. He is unimpressed by extreme conservatives who look for scientific data and answers in the Bible (and by liberals who dismiss miracles). Better let Scripture be a "Rule of our Faith and Obedience" rather than a Judge of such Natural Truths as are to be found out by our own Industry and Experience" (56, quoting John Wilkins, one of the founders of the Royal Society). Rather, as Christians we should perceive evolution as God's way of bringing biological diversity into being.
The creation narratives of Genesis are seen as figurative accounts with theological purpose, Adam and Eve being, in the author's view, probably a couple of Neolithic farmers living about 8,000 years ago to whom God chose to reveal himself and enter into relationship with. The author uses John Stott's term Homo divinus for this couple, "the first humans who were truly spiritually alive in fellowship with God" (290). Adam thus became, in biblical terminology, the federal head of the whole of humanity alive at the time.
Pain, disease and death, were, of course, all there before Neolithic times – those who deny it merit, in Alexander's view, the proverbial reference to ostriches and sand! He sees physical death as "essential if we are going to move on in the purposes of God to inherit the kingdom with our new resurrection bodies in place" (315). Spiritual death, alienation from God caused by sin, can be remedied by faith in Christ's atonement, but the other death mentioned in Revelation, the 'second death', is final (see Matt 10.28).
Alexander concludes with chapters on Intelligent Design and Creationism, concepts he finds untenable and embarrassing – even quoting Augustine to support his squirming over Christians and their sacred writers being perceived by unbelievers as unlearned. On the contrary, as his postscript affirms, "Saving faith through Christ in the God who has brought all things into being and continues to sustain them by his powerful Word, is entirely compatible with the Darwinian theory of evolution." This is a book well worth studying.
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Saturday, 22 September 2007
From Toulouse to Bogotá
Azucena Rodríguez's Atlas de xeografía humana will participate at the CineSpaña Festival to be held in Toulouse from September 28th to October 7th. This film is base on a film from Almudena Grandes.
Mario Iglesias' De Bares will be the only Spanish film selected for competition at the 24th edition of the Festival de Cine de Bogotá. This film, shot in Pontevedra, will compete for the Precolombino de Oro prize. This festival will be held in Bogotá, Colombia from October 3rd to October 11th.
Galicia at San Sebastian
Three Galician films have been included in Made in Spain (20% of films in this section, not a bad figure). They are Unha muller invisible, De profundis and Bolboreta, mariposa, papallona. Part of Horizontes Latinos, Made in Spain offers to press agents and buyers a rigorous selection of the year's most interesting Spanish productions in close co-ordination with the festival's Sales Office. Let us hope that Made in Spain opens the door to new market opportunities for these films!
The Galician Audiovisual Consortium, DG Audiovisual Communication and Foro Galego do Audiovisual organize the Happy Hour Galicia Terra de Cine at the Kursaal's Press room. This promotion event will be conducted by Galician actors María Castro and Manuel Lozano.
The festival will present a retrospective on Philippe Garrel and will publish a book on his work in collaboration with the Basque Film Archive and the CGAI Galician Center of Image Arts, coordinated by Quim Casas and written by various authors. The retrospective will also be shown in Galicia at the CGAI theater.
Galicia will also participate in the Spain Film Commission meeting, the Ancine Cinema do Brasil meeting, and the annual meeting of the Raices co-production fund, promoted by Galicia, Catalonia, Argentina and Andalusia. During this meeting, the projects to be funded for the next year will be selected.
Tuesday, 18 September 2007
Frank Braña, Romero Merchant, and Roman Walls
The Lugo's 39th International Author's Cinema Week takes place this week. This year's program includes two special sections dedicated to two of the most relevant figures of Spanish cinema: Rafael Romero Marchent and Frank Braña (at least for an Alan Smithee's standards).
Frank Braña (1934) a.k.a. Frank Blank, Francisco Brama, Francisco Brana, Franck Brana, Frank Brana, Frank Branya, Francisco Braña or Paco Braña is one of the most prolific Spanish actors. To write down a complete list of his films is practically impossible. Apart from his many aliases, he was not credited in many films. In any case, he has been confirmed to appear in more than 200 movies, almost always in a supporting role. He died in more than 100 films, being reputed as the best dying actor in Spain. Frank Braña was born in Asturias, although he spent most of his childhood in Fonsagrada, Galicia.
He participated in many of the worst films produced in Spain between 1972 and 1980, in turn one of the worst periods in Spanish filmmaking (S-rated films, late spaghetti westerns, chorizo westerns, Z series horror movies, …). However, some gems could be saved from his prolific filmography:
· La muerte tenía un precio
· El hombre que mató a Billy el Niño
· El bueno el feo y el malo
· Perros Callejeros
· Cañas y Barro
Spanish director Rafael Romero Marchent's (1926) philosophy of life drove his extended career in Spanish cinema: A film director must know all other filmaking jobs. He worked as performing actor, dubbing actor, famous actress's boyfriend, writer, and many other technical functions. He has around 60 films in his curriculum (many of them completely forgettable, btw), but he also was the alma mater behind two TV shows that are basic milestones of the Spanish transition to democracy: Curro Jiménez and Cañas y Barro.
Friday, 14 September 2007
Burgers and Crêpes Suzette to nurture audiovisual talent
On August 21st, in my way to Montreal, it was aired the last chapter of On the Lot, a kind of variant of American Idol from Fox TV produced by Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett. It is about a competition among to-be-filmmakers for a one millon dollar prize covering the production costs of a movie with Dream Works, plus the mentorship of Steven Spielberg.
The final winner for 2007 was Will Bigham, a film editor originally from Canyon, TX, currently living in Glendale, CA. Bigham attended the Florida State University's Film School.
For a Galician like me, this show points out how important are economies of scale in filmmaking. The show started with a casting of around 12,000 candidates from all around the world to make a first selection of 50 people, selection that was refined to appoint a final winner. Probably, most participants will earn a career in filmmaking or at TV, if not already in the show business. A taxy driver from New York told me this summer that between 800 and 1,000 films were shot anually only at the Big Apple, most of them never reaching the movie theaters. Note that most funding for audiovisual production in the States come from the private sector, which obviously will try to get the most from their investments. My conclusion, expressed as two rethorical questions:
Taking into account the number of good films that come from the states, and the lot of resources (human, financial) that are consumed to produce them, How many good films can be produced in Galicia on itself? Does anybody think that co-producing is not a neccessity?
The one million dollar prize was intended to finance the production of an independent film with Dream Works. How this compare with the usual budget of Galician independent productions of similar characteristics?
Tuesday, 11 September 2007
Chroniques Québécoises
I was invited to participate in the premier of The Mud Boy at the Cinémas du Quartier Latin with Director Jorge Algora and producer Susana Maceiras. This film is a Galician-Catalonian-Argentinean co-production financed by the Raices audiovisual fund.
That night I had also the chance of share a glass of wine with Spanish journalist Javier Angulo, Carmelo Romero (chief officer of the Malaga Film Market), Mexican Jorge Sánchez Sosa (General Director of the Guadalajara International Film Festival, Serge Losique (President of the festival's Board of Directors), and Danielle Cauchard (General Director of the festival) among others.
We agreed that this festival is a good opportunity to promote Spanish cinema in general, and Galician cinema in particular. This edition, Spain was the third country insofar selected films is concerned after Canada and France, and Spanish films were among the most acclamed films programmed.
More than 1,000 people enjoyed The Mud Boy at Montreal, the theater being almost full every time it was shown.
The other Galician production, a 100% Galician production from Voz Audiovisual, was also a success. I only had the chance to assist to the international premiere on August, 29th. Again, a practically full theatre and a wonderful response from the audience.
As said, I also had the chance to visit the Quebec Film Archives, where I tried to gather some information about the Canadian support to the audiovisual sector, and more specifically, the public support to French speaking films.
Basically, there are two institutions that contribute to the support to audiovisual production at Quebec: SODEC (Society for the Development of Cultural Enterprises of Quebec), and Téléfilm Canada, the latter with a Canadian scope.
SODEC supports the cultural industry in general, and therefore the audiovisual industry. It supports original script writing, short film and feature film production, documentary film production, promotion of film and TV production, exports and international presence, and the promotion of Quebec's film locations. SODEC provides financial support, fiscal support, and capital investments in audiovisual enterprises.
Téléfilm Canada is devoted primarily to commercial audiovisual. TC was initially targeted to film production, but was lately reoriented towards TV production. Present time support programs of TC consist of capital funds.
To sum up, Canadian public support to the audiovisual sector in Quebec is made up from complementary approaches at several levels: from a culture stance (SODEC) and a communication stance (TC); as capital grants and as capital funds; production-oriented and promotion-oriented… No doubt is an interesting model to study further.


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This summer, I'll be headed to the annual Space Between conference, Intersections of Resistance in the Space Between, 1914-1945 at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. I'll be talking "bad" reading practices, ethics, and grammars of resistance in Virginia Woolf's 1941 novel, Between the Acts. You can find the full abstract below. "Bad" Reading and … Continue reading Space Between Conference: "Bad" Reading and Grammars of Resistance
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Here's a little-known fact: Drinking alcohol cuts your night vision in half. So, if you were struck by an impaired driver at night, he or she may not have even seen you coming. The person shouldn't have been driving, and that is very clear to most courts. There's no reason the impaired individual should get away without fines and punishments for that crime.
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Repetition in Pop Music
You heard it. Now you want to hear it again. And again. And again. As it turns out, human brains have grown to love repetition, especially in music. Vox looks at the rise o the repeat in pop music with some very interesting graphs put together by Colin Morris.


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Elite Guardians bodyguard Haley Callaghan may be in South Carolina, but when a photo leads investigators in West Ireland to open a twenty-five-year-old cold case, her life is suddenly in danger. Haley knows how to take care of herself; after all, she's made a career out of taking care of others. But after an uncomfortably close call, Detective Steven Rothwell takes it upon himself to stay with her--and the young client she has taken under her wing. A protector at heart, he's not about to let Haley fight this battle alone.
In a sweeping plot that takes them into long-buried memories--and the depths of the heart--Haley and Steven will have to solve the mystery of Haley's past while dodging bullets, bombs, and bad guys who just won't quit.
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A chilling cold case, a long lost family, the start of a swoony romance, and bad guys behind every page - this story is one wild ride!
Haley's story is finally told, and I have to you, it's staggering! I really want to say more, but I don't want to give anything away, so you'll just have to read the book. *winks and grins* I have always loved the long lost family trope, and this story is no different. While Haley's story really thrilled me, Steven's spiritual story touched my heart. Through Steven's heartbreaking tragedy and some wonderfully veiled references, Lynette Eason shows readers how forgiveness can lead to a new heart.
I liked that Haley and Steven's romance was slow because otherwise it would have felt too fast for me. By the end of the overall story, they were just starting to date, and an epilogue gave me the Happily Ever After that I love so much.
Four Stars - An excellent conclusion to an exciting series! Chasing Secrets is the fourth and final book in Lynette Eason's Elite Guardians Series, and I think readers will be very pleased! Chasing Secrets is its own independent story, and very few references are made to the previous books, so readers will not be confused if they consume the stories out of order.
I received a copy of Chasing Secrets by Lynette Eason from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group. All opinions expressed are my own.
See you next time, and God bless you guys!!!
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V. Joy Palmer is an avid blogger and co-founder of Snack Time Devotions. Joy is a youth leader because she loves acting crazy and drinking coffee with the teens. When Joy isn't urging the elves that live in her computer to write, she's hanging out with her husband, their adorable baby girl, and their socially awkward pets.


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Emanuel sends layoff notices to city workers in union showdown• Chicago Sun Times
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is sending layoff notices to about 625 city of Chicago employees — and delaying 61 blocks of curb and gutter improvements and 76 blocks of sidewalk repairs — after union leaders didn't agree to work-rule changes the mayor wants or offer alternate ways to cut costs by a deadline Friday.
"My duty as mayor is to protect our city's taxpayers and be their voice — not to protect the city's payroll," Emanuel said at a City Hall news conference Friday. "No amount of smoke and mirrors can put off the tough decisions any longer."
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Ivanka Trump and EPA chief set to meet over Paris climate agreementPosted by Jim at Friday, May 05, 2017
By Jonathan Swan
4 May 2017
(Axios) – Ivanka Trump will meet with EPA administrator Scott Pruitt on Tuesday morning at the White House before a crucial meeting regarding President Trump's decision to stay or leave the Paris climate accord.
The president's daughter, who serves as a senior White House advisor, is passionate about combating global warming and turned heads when she brought climate activist Al Gore to Trump Tower during the presidential transition.
Sources inside the White House say the president's inclination has been to pull out, but Ivanka has set up a process to go through the decision and ensure he hears all the facts before making his decision.
White House sources say she wants the U.S. to remain in the Paris accord, but that her main objective is to ensure the president has all the information he needs to make his decision. Trump has previously promised to get the U.S. out of Obama's Paris deal, but he's more recently indicated that he's listening to all perspectives. No decisions have been made, and both Jared and Ivanka want the president to have full visibility of all the downsides of exiting this international agreement. [more]
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About Me
- About Got Water?
- Biography
- My husband got a big screen Plasma, I got a big saltwater aquarium, I think I got the better deal.
- Location
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Interests
- my kids, my dogs, and now MY FISH
- Occupation
- Self-employed (restaurant owner), contractor, and interior decorator
- My Tanks
- TANK - 140gal SW with 35gal refugium & 155 lbs live rock, 200 lbs sand, sump light, protein skimmer, 20gal auto topoff tank, 2-powerheads, lighting-blue, white, & purple (8/54-T5), 2-heaters
CORALS - 2 chili peppers, green striped mushroom, red mushroom, blue mushroom, fluorescent-green mushroom, green torch, bubble coral, orange frilly sponge, button coral, frogsprawn, finger leather, fox coral, toadstool, orange tree coral
FISH - pair of clowns, 5 chromis, flame hawkfish, bicolor blenny, copperbanded butterfly, clown goby, bluespotted jawfish, pajama cardinalfish, possum wrasse, yellowheaded sleeper goby, yellow tang, purple tang, mimic tang, sailfin tang
OTHER - blue maxima clam, rose anemone, sebae anemone, 2 sandsifting starfish, 2 fire shrimp, turbo snails, hermit crabs, peppermint shrimp


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So, I drove to three different newstands and finally found and bought the June/July issue of Quilting Arts magazine.
And here is my work.....right smack on the Editor's page!
To be honest, just last month I remember thinking about how being the Table of Contents girl might kind of suck because everybody wants their work visible and in the context of the article. Or, that's how I feel anyway. Then a friend mentioned she had seen my piece and the photo was re-e-eally small. But, she was quick to assure me, you could see it and my little write-up was included!! I have to admit, I was a bit deflated. I had already noticed on a couple of other blogs that some pieces had received a full page - pretty heady stuff when you consider the audience this magazine reaches. But, the editor did single my work out in comments in her editorial, so I am honestly pleased with that.
The idea behind these pieces is that the magazine issues a Reader Challenge with a theme and guidelines and then opens it up to their readers. You send in photos of your interpretation of the theme and the editorial staff chooses a varied number to publish in an upcoming issue. So there is lots of room for having fun and getting creative with an idea!
This piece is based on a photo my husband took of myself and my son when we were travelling in Guatemala. We are on a sloping road in a little village on the beautiful Lake Atitlan, checking out our bearings. Neither of us had any idea we were standing back to back with those puzzled looks on our faces but Rejean captured the moment! To be fair, Gabe is now actually a very good navigator, but he had a lingering virus that entire trip and felt pretty lousy most of the time. I have no excuses. I am generally pathetic with directions, but am an enthusiastic traveller and am willing to follow anyone most anywhere! It just takes me longer. Anyway, the photo makes us laugh every time we see it.
I used a lot of my photos printed on fabric for this piece, as I am so often apt to do. I printed a map of Guatemala for the back and my label is a photo I took of a beautiful beach, the Playa Blanca, on the Caribbean Sea a short boat ride out of Livingston. If you ever feel the urge to visit Guatemala, go for it!! We were so charmed by this country that we plan to return to visit areas we missed and volunteer, most likely with Trama Textiles.
The little worry dolls I stitched onto the quilt are ones my son had when he was just a wee boy. My Mom had purchased them at a Ten Thousand Villages sale and they came in a little handwoven bag. I really hadn't paid attention that they were Guatemalan until we travelled there and I saw lots for sale. Kind of serendipitous, in a full circle kind of way, I think. Anyway, we were so sure we would eventually find our way that we really didn't need worry dolls that day, though in my experience, it is always good to have a backdoor plan! Just in case.....


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My original plan for the week to felt a teeny kitty and to fool around with epoxy resin got scrapped. Among ALL other things done instead, I completed my application to become a freelance writer for Demand Studios. My application was pre-approved because I had written several short "how-to" pieces for eHow a few months back and the latter was acquired by Demand Studios (DS) in April. To continue to write "how-tos", I need to sign up with DS.
DS and eHow are both internet content aggregators that offer online public platforms for "netizens" who love to write and make a few extra dollars. I've to add, they are also referred to by some as "content mills". While eHow didn't pay writers directly (but offered ad revenue sharing based on some undisclosed algorithms relating to page traffic and such), DS in general pays writers a fixed flat fee for each article published. The median rate is around $15 a piece.
I write about DS here because I thought of your great writing skill, your wit and passion for writing that I see in your blogs! Since DS also accepts freelance writers from Canada and UK, perhaps when you have a bit extra time after blogging, you can write a piece or two for DS too. :-) Just a thought!
Anyway, today I went through way too many forum posts from former, current, and potential DS freelancers. On top of that, I got distracted and began to read posts from a forum on PublishAmerica. Oh dear, my eyes really hurt! I've got to go now...
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The Flag Court at Lewis and Clark Community College.
GODFREY — Lewis and Clark Community College Veterans Services, the LCCC Music Department and the Southwestern Illinois Living Veterans Group are sponsoring a musical tribute to area veterans, service members and their families at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, in Hatheway Cultural Center, Ann Whitney Olin Theatre.
"This event is a great opportunity for the music department here at L&C to show our support and appreciation for the veterans in our community," music professor Louis Michael said."I'm really looking forward to this celebration and salute to our veterans."
The free event will include lots of patriotic songs, flags outside and inside the auditorium, and meaningful presentations. Some of the day's highlights include the Scott Air Force Base Color Guard, an Honor Flight video, Mission: American Gratitude and the talented Charles Glenn, who will be performing several songs.
Dan Whiteside, an Alton firefighter, will play "Amazing Grace" on the bagpipes. Several members of the LCCC Music Department faculty have helped plan this event and also will perform.
"This musical tribute to veterans began taking shape several months ago when Ed Cochran and Marie Goforth-Allen of the Southwestern Illinois Living Veterans Group met with me to see if Lewis and Clark Veterans Services would be interested in working with them to expand on an idea they had done on a smaller scale in the past," LCCC Associate Director of Veteran Services Terry Lane said.
"The more we talked, the better the idea sounded," Lane said. "Talking with Ed and Marie was the catalyst we needed. I believe veterans and their families of all ages will be deeply moved by this tribute and for that reason I encourage everyone to come out and celebrate with us."
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ZTE's Nubia sub-brand has mostly been confined to China so far, but that's about to change. The company is now busy establishing an online presence for itself in India, which signifies that Nubia's entry into the subcontinent is very close.
Recently Nubia has launched a few interesting smartphones, perhaps the most intriguing of all being the Z9 with its zero lateral bezels. This has only been official for a day or so, but apparently it's not the first handset that will launch in India.
According to some unnamed sources, that honor will go to the Nubia Z9 Mini, a device which was unveiled alongside the Z9 Max. While that will probably be sold in India too, the Z9 Mini should be the first Nubia phone on that market.
Pricing for the Nubia Z9 Mini in India is still a mystery, but keeping in mind that it costs CNY 1,499 in China ($241), it can't be much more expensive in the subcontinent when it does land. A price tag of around INR 16,000 seems plausible.
The Nubia Z9 Mini has a 5-inch 1080p touchscreen, a 16 MP main camera with LED flash, an 8 MP selfie snapper, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable storage, and a 2,900 mAh battery. It runs Android 5.0.2 Lollipop underneath ZTE's Nubia UI 2.8, and it's powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 615 SoC, which comes with an octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU.
nubia is a increasing brand ,we can see its change from nubia z7 to nubia z9 series ,i have both nubia z9 mini and nubia z9 max in hand.i did not wait them into my country ,i order directly from online Chinese shop Flosmall,they install multi-languag...
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News from the Club – October 25, 2011
New Technology is great but it seems to be advancing so fast that the average person can't keep up!! What good is all this "good" stuff if we don't have the training, time or energy to learn what it's all about?! We don't really! Relax! We just need to do our best to keep up with what our own particular needs and environment request! Some of us need to know more than others and some of don't need to know any at all. That is, we don't all have to know the latest and the greatest but just those things that can keep "our" everyday business, life and families up-to-date and current with the technological world. The more I learn the more I see how it can benefit almost anyone in any profession. It does seem a little overwhelming with everything from: I-phone, X Box, Wii, W 7, QR codes, GPS, Blackberry, Droid, Web, Blog, Bluetooth, MP3 and things I can't even imagine or comprehend! Windermere just updated all the personal agent websites last week! A majority of us don't like change and the websites are a little more difficult than they were presented to be but we are figuring them out! Of course, at first we like to whine and complain a little but in the long run, these new sites are going to be great! Next Windermere will change their main Home Page and search Website to be more user friendly and combine some of the most popular attributes from other sites that clients are demanding. The best of all worlds! Before the end of the year our franchise Windermere/CIR for Camano Island and Stanwood will hopefully be reorganized with a type of "cloud" web sharing for our agents which will be another change! A lot of changes coming before the end of the year to get up and running for a great start to 2012! It seems like a lot of things all at once but we just have to take them as they come, do what we can, learn as much as we can in the time we have, move on and keep going. In addition to last week's blog of staying positive, it is much easier to embrace the new ideas, technology and changes coming our way. Real Estate has and is changing as well. We can now be at home or any hot spot on our computers and look at every entire property For Sale in any State or City, we can use our I-phones, Blackberry's or Droids and the QR codes to go to any listed property and shop for exactly what we want. We can drive around and use our GPS on our phones or handhelds and know where all the listings are located, then use the QR codes again to get either agent information and/or home information. We can get our I-Pads or Notebooks to go "On Line" as well and get all the information we are looking for from almost anywhere. Another reason why we as agents need to keep up with as much technology as possible to keep up with our technologically driven clients and the world!
News from the Club 9/19
It never ceases to amaze me what a small world it is and how much smaller it gets all the time! Obviously with the increase in technology, the cyber world and "air space" is most definitely smaller, quicker and easier! But our actual physical connection to people and places is also seemingly smaller. Is it really or is that only what adults say? Do children in today's world feel it too? Is it only because I am bigger, older? In any case, our lives are connected in ways we don't even realize or always see. Any person, at any time either walking next to you or past you could have known someone you've known or may know currently. There may be a previous or future connection with someone within arm's reach. As in my favorite movie, "It's a Wonderful Life" you will never know how many lives you will affect everyday and what would happen if you never touched them. So a man drove past the office with a new landscape business and came by to introduce himself. He starts saying how he got a wonderful owner contract on a property on the Island and on and on. Come to find out that the previous owner is a very good friend of mine! Another client called my phone number from a sign and came by later to chat about Real Estate and remembered that he chatted with my husband over the phone a few weeks previous! What are the odds that he would call my number from a random sign? A conversation while a couple was waiting in a line hundreds of miles away brings them to Camano; they stop by the office just to get a recommendation and information on a Bed and Breakfast. The conversation in the line was with a Camano Island resident who said how wonderful she loved her new home up here and that they should definitely visit. The resident I sold a home to several months earlier!! Real Estate activities and Pending sales have and continue to stay up now at 44 from 50 last week for Camano Island!! Those missing 6 Pending, went to closed sales which is still nearly one a day!! Strange, fascinating and such coincidental meetings and connections! I love my job! I meet so many interesting and unique people and most have become not only clients but friends for years. The continued stream of buyers in the current market continues not only on Camano but as well in Snohomish! With more and more people coming to the area, I am anxious to see what new connections will come and who I will meet next!! We will only be having our Club Friday for the next three weeks. This week the 23rd, I will be open without a sponsor due to some other engagements and next week, September 30th with a double Open House between Windermere and the Country Club Fire Station 4033 Local Fire Fighters!! We will end our season with Greenworks of Washington on October 7th. Come in Friday or any day of the week to see who you might meet!!


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West Chester, PA 19383
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Phone: 610-436-1059
Teaching: I direct four of our university's eight choirs (Mastersingers, Cantari Donne, Vocal Jazz, Chamber Choir), teach choral conducting and voice to music education majors, and teach an occasional graduate/senior seminar on the oratorio.
Research: My research interests include the compositions and career influence of Carl Fasch (1736-1800), eighteenth- through nineteenth-century performance practice and works for developing voices, repertoire and program development, and faculty-student collaborative research. Aware and supportive of non-traditional models of scholarship for faculty in the creative arts, I am also a strong advocate for conventional publishing in conjunction with other forms of creative activities.
Service: My university service currently includes serving on the Faculty Mentoring Committee, the Graduate Council's Culminating Projects Committee, the School of Music's Recruiting Committee, and has included serving on the Research Advisory Council, the CAPC Low Enrollment Advisory Committee, and serving on numerous faculty evaluation and faculty/staff hiring committees. My student-related service includes serving on numerous graduate student advising committees and as the faculty advisor for the campus chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. My current professional service includes serving on the executive board of the Pennsylvania chapter of the American Choral Directors Association.
Interests/Passions Outside of Academe: My family (my wife and three young daughters), theology and church ministry, composing music, intellectual movies, Star Trek, baseball (Chicago Cubs) and college football (Michigan State, Oklahoma, Notre Dame), coffee and margaritas.
Times when I can meet: My schedule changes each semester, but generally I'm available on Wednesday afternoons, Thursday mornings, and Friday mornings.


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I have done a lot of funerals during my time as a pastor and there are two things I try to say at every one. The first thing I want to do is provide some words of comfort and assurance. Beyond celebrating the life of the person who has died, my presence as a pastor needs to remind people that death is not the end of life but the beginning of eternal life through Jesus Christ. I always want to proclaim the good news of the gospel and remind us all that there is a home waiting for us in heaven that has been prepared for us by Jesus.
The second thing I want to do is encourage family and friends to try and find ways to keep the life and spirit of their loved one alive in this world. I have often said that the best way to honor and remember a person is not by what is said at their funeral but by how we live after it. When we follow their example we keep their lives going in this world. Just yesterday I talked about how Ken Kopp was a very faithful man. He was always there for his wife and always working to be present in the life of the church and we would do well to learn from Ken how to live with faithfulness to God and commitment to our families.
So I try to do two things- comfort people and challenge them. I offer comfort by reminding us about the hope we have in the future when we trust in Christ and I try to challenge us all to keep going and keep following the example that has set. Comfort and challenge is also the final message Jesus leaves with his disciples in his farewell discourse. It is our Lord's prayer for us all to find comfort and yet to also be challenged.
We hear words of comfort from Jesus in John 14:1-7.
We often read this passage at funerals because it does provide comfort. It is this promise that Jesus makes that assures us that life in this world is not all there is but that Jesus has prepared a place for us in heaven. Some people have called this home a mansion, which is fine, but it's helpful to understand the image that Jesus provides. Jesus says that in his father's house there are many rooms and that he is going to prepare a place – or a room for us in that house.
Among the Jewish people, when a son or daughter got married they didn't go down the street and build a new house, the family would put a room onto the family house and they would all live together. There would often be three or more generations all living together and if you became part of the family you moved into the house. What Jesus is saying here isn't so much that we have some kind of physical home in heaven that is all ours but that when we believe in him we become part of God's family and that assures us of eternal life. What these homes are like doesn't matter as much as the comfort we find in knowing that there is life with God forever when we believe in Jesus.
But let's look at that word believe because it doesn't just mean we intellectually affirm who Jesus is and what he has done, the word believe means that we are so persuaded about who Jesus is that we will now live our lives differently. Perhaps a better word would be trust. Have you ever participated in an exercise called a trust fall? You stand in front of a group of people that you trust to catch you and then you actually fall back and allow them to catch you when you fall. I could stand here and say I believe my friends will catch me, but just believing that doesn't mean much – am I willing to be so persuaded that they will catch me that I am willing to fall into their hands. Are we willing to act on our beliefs?
This is the kind of belief Jesus is talking about. Are we so persuaded that Christ is the one who brings us life that we don't even look for other ways to find it? When Jesus says I am the way and the truth and life and no one comes to the father except through me, part of what he wants to do is give comfort and assurance that he is the way to God so we don't need to go out and find other ways. There is no other way so we can trust Jesus to bring us light and life now and forever.
Do we trust Jesus alone to bring us life and life eternal? It's easy to say yes, but how often do we still trust ourselves by trusting in our good deeds or wealth or giving? Saying Jesus is the only way to God means that we stop trusting ourselves or anything else or anyone else save us and give us life because Jesus is the one who has prepared the place for us.
Part of Jesus' final message is a word of comfort that we are part of God's family completely and that nothing can separate us from that. The room has been built on to the house and we are included in the family and we can trust God to make it happen and because it will happen we don't need to be afraid, we don't need to look for something else or to someone else and we don't need to try and do it on our own. We are secure and safe in the home of God forever. No matter what happens in this world and no matter what happens to us, when we trust Christ, we are safe and secure with God. God will never leave us. God will never forsake us. God will never give up on us. God will never forget us or abandon us or turn on us because through Jesus we are part of God's family. Jesus may be leaving his disciples but he offers them comfort by saying that through him we are part of God's family now and forever.
Jesus offers his disciples comfort but he also issues a challenge. Several times during this final message Jesus tells them to keep following him.
John 14:15 – If you love me, keep my commands
John 14:21 – Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.
John 14:23 – Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.
John 15:10-13
The challenge Jesus gives his disciples is to continue to love him by following his teaching and obeying his commands. Love is not just an emotion we are to have for Jesus but an emotion that leads to action. We cannot say that we love Jesus and then not do what he asks us to do and live the way he has taught us and shown us to live. The way we love Jesus is to live the way he has shown us. Love and action always go hand in hand. This is also what I try to say at funerals.
If we really love those who have gone before us then we need to make their lives part of our lives. We need to love as they have loved us. If they have been patient and kind with us then we need to be patient and kind with others. If they have served us then we need to serve others. If they have been faithful and committed to family, friends, church and community then we need to live a life of faith and commitment as well. Loving others means that we follow their example and honor them by making the important part of their lives the foundation of our lives. The challenge Jesus gives us is to follow his example and keep his command to love.
Comfort and challenge was the message Jesus gave and it is also what we see in the illustration Jesus provided as well. John 15:5
I am the vine and you are the branch, remain in me and I will remain in you. These are words of comfort. Just because Jesus is going away doesn't mean that we are left alone. We are not being cast off like a branch removed from the vine where we will wither and die – we can remain in Jesus and he can remain in us and we can still be together. When we trust him we stay connected to him. When we love others we stay connected to him and this brings us comfort.
We also hear a challenge – produce fruit. We don't remain in the vine and stay connected to God just so we can feel good, we stay connected to God so we can bear fruit and that fruit is seen in how we live and love and serve. John 15:9-10. This illustration is part of Jesus prayer that we find comfort and yet are challenged to love.
The final thought Jesus leaves with his disciples about comfort and challenged is that these are not things we are left trying to find or do on our own but something God actually helps us with through the gift of the Holy Spirit. Jesus says that the Holy Spirit will comfort the disciples because it will remind them of everything Jesus has said. It will remind them that they are not alone and that their future is secure and the Holy Spirit will be a spirit of truth who will be with them and guide them into the light God has for them.
The Holy Spirit will also be there to encourage them as they try to live faithful and obedient lives. When John talks about the Holy Spirit he uses the word paraclete which means advocate or encourager. The Holy Spirit is the one who will walk beside us, go before us and stand behind us and give us all the strength we need to do all that God calls us to do. So it is the Holy Spirit who will comfort us and it will be the Holy Spirit who will give us the strength to live out the challenge Jesus gives us.
Today it is also important for us to remember that Jesus gave this final teaching as part of the last Passover meal he shared with his disciples, what we celebrate as Holy Communion. Think about how this meal sums up all of what Jesus is saying. This is a meal that provides comfort because we know that God is here with us and we see once again that it is Jesus who has saved us. Jesus is the way to God and the way to life and there is no other. This meal brings comfort because it assures of forgiveness of sin and the promise of eternal life.
But this meal is also a challenge because to reminds us to live differently. By taking the bread and sharing in the cup we are saying that we want to follow this example of Jesus. Sharing in the meal says that we want to lay down our lives for others and that we are even willing to love the way that Jesus loved – giving all that we have to God and placing others before ourselves.
This is also a meal of the Holy Spirit because it is the holy spirit present here that makes this more than bread and juice but the real presence of Christ with us. It is the Holy Spirit that provides comfort and it is the Holy Spirit that also challenges us right here.
Two things Jesus wanted to say to his disciples.
Be comforted. I am not leaving you as orphans and I will not forsake you – I will be with you always.
Be challenged. Live the way I have shown you and taught you. Keep my commands and love one another. And all this is possible through the Holy Spirit that brings us light and life.
Next Steps
John – The Gospel of Light and Life
Our Lord's Prayer
1. This week read John chapters 16-17.
Use the following questions during your reading:
- • What is said in this passage about Jesus?
- • In this passage, how does Jesus bring life to me?
- • What response do these verses require of me?
2. Jesus farewell discourse was to comfort his disciples. How does knowing you are part of God's family and have a place in God's eternal home bring you comfort?
3. In what ways have you put your trust in Jesus? Are there other things you trust to bring you light and life? In what ways do you need to trust in Christ more and in Christ alone?
4. Jesus' farewell discourse was also a challenge to his disciples. Where in your live do you need to be challenged to obey God's commands and follow Jesus' teaching?
5. How have people shown God's love to you? In what ways did that love bring light and life into your life?
6. In what ways can you love others? How can you show the greatest love there is and "lay down your life for a friend"?
7. What other concerns of Jesus do we see in his final prayer (John 17)?


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Things to look at when Buying Office Chairs
A huge number of people spend most of their time on a working desk. Unfortunately, most of them spend this time in an uncomfortable seat. As a result, most people living a desk-bound lifestyle end up complaining about body aches and other health condition. The only way to deal with these problems is to invest in the best affordable chair for the office. The only way you can get the right office chair is to look at specific features. That said, here are some essential qualities of a good office chair.
Back support
A good chair should offer the much-needed back support. Ideally, this support should be adjustable to ensure it can be customized to offers your back the much-needed support. This support should remain constant irrespective of your sitting position. The support should be the same as you move or recline. Having the right support serves to improve your posture, which ensures you remain safe from back problems entirely.
Another notable feature to look for in a home office chair is the seating. The most important thing to look for in the seating are the padding and the design of the seat. The seat should be well-padded, and the front part of the seat should have a rounded design. This serves to ensure that blood continues to flow on the backside of your knees as you go about your business.
Width of the seat and armrest
You need to fit into the chair. Ideally, this implies that you need to look at your body size and ensure the chair chosen provides a perfect fit. Besides having ample space in the seat, there should be adequate space between the armrests and your body. Ideally, the essence of choosing a chair with quality armrests is to make reading and writing while on the chair more comfortable.
Height adjustments
People are not of the same height. As such, the support needed by a tall person is entirely different from the one required by a short person. Ideally, the right height is achieved when the things are horizontal to the ground, and the wrists should be straight while working. Ideally, you need to find an office chair that offers these two features for maximum comfort.
So it is advisable to take your time when buying an office chair. This article shares some essential qualities to look for in an office chair. As a tip, you also need to look at other crucial features like stability, depending on your tastes and preferences. Again, having the right office chair will improve and make working pleasurable and healthy.