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I suppose I should preface this post by saying that yesterday's post was about my writing down the thoughts in my head, nothing more, nothing less. It was a lot to have to try and explain, and a lot of it was my needing to see the thoughts in my head in a concrete way. By seeing them in print, they were something I could tackle and examine.
Trying to find perspective with all that in your head is more than a little difficult, and I certainly didn't expect to find it right away. It wasn't even my intention in that moment.
Now though, I can sit back and work things out. I'm a very practical person in the sense that I can break things down into manageable chunks. Call it a learned skill after the downfall into illness; it was both practical and necessary.
What has occurred to me is that I almost need to re-learn how to dream. When you go through one thing after another, it gets hard to be able to visualize the things you want for yourself and others and simply imagine it. You would think that being the mother of a toddler and being an artist, that I would know how to do this. And I do… or rather I did.
Now, I'm having to look at where I am in my life and reinvent the concept of dreams.
You know, I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that I never remember my dreams at night. When I wake up in the morning I couldn't tell you if I dreamt or not. I have wondered if this is a particular fibro issue, but what I've read suggests it isn't, so it's still a bit of a mystery to me. The point is, the concept of dreaming is often enhanced/informed by our ability to experience the strange world of our own dreams. Or at least that is how I see it. I have a great imagination (which my RP club can attest to), but putting it to practice in my daily life is a skill I seemed to have lost. Is it the depression? Possibly, and goodness knows that my outlook is better when my mood shifts back to 'normal' for me.
I also know that right now is a critically important time in my life. Call me crazy, but I'm savouring it in a way. I feel like I'm on the verge of something truly life changing, and in order to allow it to come to fruition, I need to let everything happen as it will and also just be. If I try to force things to conform to some preconceived idea of what it should like look, I will lose sight of the process, and it's the process that interests me as much as the destination.
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Imagining the Future: Part Two
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- EmHart said...
Hi there, this is my first visit to your blog. It is nice to find another blogger based in the UK. I am looking forward to following your journey.
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- Jamie said...
I know just what you mean about writing down all the thoughts in your head. I had so much stuff spinning in my mind a few days ago, I made myself stop and write them all on a piece of paper. It was goofy and mostly illegible but it worked.
I hope your purging was as helpful for you and helps you get a little bit of clarity. Much love, friend.
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The second annual Ladakh dpal-nams Tuston-2017 (Ladakhi Pride Festival) was dedicated in the honour of the first Ladakhi political and social leader, late Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, on his birth centenary.
The festival was celebrated on November 16 at Leh with an aim to showcase the historical pride of Ladakh to the young generation.
The festival was organised by the local government and the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC). Pertinently, late Kushok Bakula Rinpoche was a renowned political leader who worked as an MLA and MP. He also worked as a Buddhist representative in the National Minority Commission for a decade and as India's Ambassador to Mongolia for a decade.
Chief Executive Councillor (CEC), Dr Sonam Dawa Lonpo presented Ladakh dPal-nams Tuston Award to Tashi Rabgais, a historian and scholar to honour his contribution in preserving and promoting Ladakhi literature, language and academics.
The programme started with a prayer offering at Tsemo Gonpa, a Buddhist temple situated at the hill top near Leh Palace.
As a part of the celebrations, a traditional cultural ceremony showcasing the royal dances of Ladakhi kingdom was also held at Leh Palace prior to the main event of the festival.
Addressing the gathering, Dr Sonam Dawa Lonpo said Ladakh had a history of having great legendary figures and in this transitional phase, it became very important to remember these personalities for their tremendous contributions in bringing Ladakh where it stood today. He stressed the need to take pride and pay tributes by celebrating the contribution and achievements of these legends.
Deachen Chamga, president of the Christian Association of Ladakh, said dedicating this year's festival to Kushok Bakula Rinpoche was much deserved as he had given his entire life for the welfare of masses without any personal motive. He said Rinpoche had always stressed maintaining communal harmony to prevail peace and prosperity in the region and urged everyone to follow his vision to ensure a better society.
Ladakh celebrates its glorious history with cultural festival
The second annual Ladakh dpal-nams Tuston-2017 (Ladakhi Pride Festival) was dedicated in the honour of the first Ladakhi political and social leader, late Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, on his birth centenary.

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Background: My dissertation is a social history of the emergence of new National Museums in Washington, D.C. in the decades following World War II. It explores the role of the federal intelligentsia (including government officials, federal civil servants and the employees of independent and quasi-independent federal agencies) in the development of national cultural institutions that contribute to the maintenance of a national community. It shows that the role of the federal government in American society is a sensitive issue for actors in the federal sphere. I now aim at further exploring the issue of the place of government as well as the role of civil servants in society.
Note: the present project presents my current hypotheses and objectives on the eve of a three-week research trip to Takoma Park.
Takoma Park was founded in the late 1880s as a commuter suburb of Washington, D.C., along the railroad line between Baltimore and Washington. In the year 2000, the city had less than 20,000 residents. The official, self-representation of the city stresses the progressive nature of local politics, its ban on nuclear energy, its award-winning recycling program, its inclusive policy with non-US residents and its «diverse» population. Since the 1960s, when a generation of residents took an active part in the fight for civil rights and protested against the Vietnam War, the city has hosted of a number of progressive initiatives. The establishment of its progressive identity culminated in the 1980s as Takoma Park became increasingly gentrified. 1978 was the year of the first Takoma Folklife Festival, while a cooperative food store opened in 1981, and a «producers-only» farmer's market was set up in 1982.
The progressive self-representation of Takoma Park by the municipal council and several local organizations is backed by an official historical narrative, which was written on commemorative occasions by local historical associations. It enhances the progressive frame of mind of a predominantly white and middle-class group of citizens, who took part in the temperance movement, and who accepted women in the local citizens' association as early as 1889. The historical association Takoma Inc. also stresses the independent character of the city.
There are a number of reasons to question that official historical narrative. First, Takoma Park was founded as an attractive urban development in a healthy area, with good water supplies, far from the mosquitoes and malaria that plagued the city of Washington at the end of the 19th century. At that time, real estate promoter Gilbert advertised Takoma Park as the perfect Victorian home for «the banker, the lawyer, the merchant and the clerk», that is to say for middle-class AND upper-class people. Second, the official narrative of «independent» Takoma paradoxically stresses its peculiar boundaries, as one part of the city belongs to the District of Columbia while the other is in Maryland. The specific links of the city with the national capital are mostly ignored. Finally, the 1930s are surprisingly overlooked in that progressive history. Although the Roosevelt administration was probably closer to Takoma's allegedly progressive mind than the Eisenhower administration, although federal works (at least a major bridge and a swimming pool) were realized in Takoma Park, there is hardly any reference to the role of the federal government in local improvements in the official narratives on the city. Whether Roosevelt's policies struck a chord with Takoma residents is equally unknown. I would therefore like to direct my study towards:
- the social origins and professional occupations of the citizens of Takoma Park who were involved in local affairs,
- the impact of the national capital on historical change in Takoma Park,
- the way the actors picture to themselves the role of the federal State in their local life.
Hypothesis n°1
An upper-middle class group of Takoma Park residents work for the federal government. In the first decades of the 19th century, some scientists of the Department of Agriculture were known to live in Takoma Park, where they had ample space for experimental gardening.
Hypothesis n°2
The upper-middle class federal employees who live in Takoma Park are influential in local affairs. The early creation of a 6,000-volume library as early as 1899, and the subsequent creation in 1911 of the first branch of the Carnegie DC library in Takoma Park reveal the existence of an influential group of residents who enjoy cultural, financial, and social capital. Funding from Carnegie was secured thanks to personal connections between a Takoma resident and Carnegie, while federal funding for the maintenance of the library was obtained thanks to the actors' obvious familiarity with Congressional proceedings.
Hypothesis n°3
The same group of people contributed to the advancement of progressive issues at the local level. I have already mentioned the active temperance movement in Takoma and the early inclusion of women in civic associations. Of particular interest is the 1959 creation of Neighbors inc, a citizen group instrumental in promoting racial integration and fair housing practices. According to their historical webpage, Neighbors inc. reached out to members of the new Kennedy Administration and the diplomatic community to interest them in the neighborhood. My tentative understanding is that a progressive group of Takoma park home-owners, enjoying financial and social capital, fought white flight to the neighboring suburbs (and resisted the attendant devaluation of their homes) by promoting integrated neighborhoods.
Hypothesis n°4
Due to the proximity of the National Capital, national political issues are more often than not reflected in local politics in Takoma Park. But the logics of local identity-building, combined with a national tendency to anti-statism, tend to make the federal presence less visible.
Finally, here are the sources that I plan to work with:
- The local historical society is called Historic Takoma Inc. Besides conducting preliminary interviews with its volunteers, I plan to use some oral histories they made with lifelong residents, whose memories go back to World War One. I might conduct oral history interviews myself on the more recent past.
- Combined with the information collected at Historic Takoma Inc., the minutes of municipal meetings and the local historical newspapers should provide me with enough information to figure out who the prominent actors in local life were, what the stakes of local politics were, and how the proximity with the federal seat of power was envisioned.
- I also plan to read some secondary literature, as the Takoma Park library collection includes unpublished manuscripts about the history of Takoma Park.
Wrap Up
Takoma Park is considered by many of its residents as «progressive, public-spirited and independent». However independent in character the city may feel, I aim at showing that the national capital fundamentally impacts the nature of its social fabric and its local issues. The role of federal employees and the residents' involvement in social circles close to the seat of power might even be the political unconscious of its progressive local politics. My project is therefore as much about Takoma Park as about the boundaries of the national capital. It focuses on the social history of actors in the federal sphere, and on their understanding of the role of the State in their local life. My perspective on Takoma Park will be that of a critical heir to community studies, which have brought sociologists and anthropologists to focus on American middle-sized cities, my foremost aim being to contribute to the social history of the federal state in the United States.


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Condemns Mehbooba's doublespeak
Srinagar: The JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was remanded to 14 day judicial custody on Wednesday shortly completing his 12-day remand in central jail Srinagar. Malik was brought to Srinagar court from the central jail where second additional sessions judge extended his remand for 14 more days and ordered to sent him back to Srinagar central jail.
Before being taken away to central jail, Malik in a press statement said that a reign of terror has been unleashed in Kashmir and killing with impunity and jailing young and old has become an order of the day. He said that all this oppression is going on to make so-called Indian election drama a success and all pro-India politicians, their political parties and so-called rulers are directly involved in these killings and other oppressive measures. JKLF chairman while ridiculing the recent statement of Mehbooba Mufti on Chadoora killings said that she being so-called chief minister and also the home minister is actually responsible for issuing orders to killer forces and police. How can she become a judge and remain the head of oppression at the same time, said JKLF chairman. He said that Mehbooba is trying to act as an empire and instead of stopping the hands of her killer forces is busy accusing those killed and oppressed. This shows that she for the lust of power has lost every bit of humanity and political decency, said Yasin Malik. JKLF chairman said that it is she and her India that have choked every political space on youth , who are killing our young ones with impunity and who are pushing our new generation to the wall therefore instead of blaming others for promotion of violence and issuing shameless sermons she should introspect her deeds first .
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The draw for the Quarter-Finals of the 2018 SWPL Cup has taken place at Hampden today. There is still one First Round game to play with the postponed match between Glasgow Girls and Hamilton Academical still to be arranged.
There will be a double-header at Ainslie Park with both Hibernian and Spartans being awarded home ties.
The holders Hibernian, who overcame Hearts' spirited performance, will take on Rangers for the third season in a row. In 2016, they met at the Semi-Finals where they were 4-1 winners whilst last season the Edinburgh side were 5-0 winners.
Spartans, who defeated Edinburgh University Hutchison Vale, are rewarded with a home tie against the most successful side in the competition's history, Glasgow City. The one-time winners, when they were known as Edinburgh Saints, have reached the final five times since without lifting the trophy – most recently in 2013. Three of those finals were against City. Spartans reached the Semi-Finals last season where they lost to Celtic 2-1, whilst City were knocked out at the same stage by the eventual winners Hibs.
Whoever wins the rearranged tie between Glasgow Girls and Hamilton Academical will be rewarded with a tough home tie against Celtic. Neither Glasgow Girls or Hamilton progressed past the First Round last season, whilst Celtic were the runners-up.
The other tie sees Forfar Farmington take on Stirling University. Neither side has ever reached the final, but Farmington will be looking to reach their first Semi-Final since 2013 when they lost to Glasgow City. Stirling University has twice reached the Quarter-Final stage but has yet to progress.
Ties to be played on 25 March
Forfar Farmington v Stirling University
Glasgow Girls or Hamilton Academical v Celtic
Spartans v Glasgow City
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Sunday, 19 September 2010
Preserving summer
I've had a busy weekend. Lovely day out in Corbridge yesterday, with my friend Helen. Lunch at Tea and Tipple in the market place as usual.
Minestrone Soup with nice crusty bread, followed by their heavenly Lemon and Blueberry Cake. Once we were restored we had a wander along the river to make the most of the late summer sunshine, then a gently potter around the shops.
Feeling inspired later in the evening I made a Lemon and Blueberry Cake of my own, based on a recipe I had for Redcurrant Cake, which includes ground almonds and lemon zest and juice. Substituted home grown Blueberries for the currants and served with cream. (the tea shop version had a lemon frosting) Very tasty, the Blueberries are lovely and juicy in a cake.
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2008-09 GIRLS BASKETBALL: East Alton-Wood River Oilers
WOOD RIVER - The recent past may not be too impressive, but the future is bright for East Alton-Wood River. That is, according to second-year coach Jessica Evans.
The Oilers feature a varsity team nearly evenly split between upperclassmen and young players, with the youngsters a particularly talented bunch, Evans said.
"I think we'll improve a great deal this year over last year, but especially in the next two or three years things are going to start turning around," said Evans, whose team went 4-22, 3-7 in the SCC West last season. "With the group of sophomore and freshmen we have, I think we'll be a lot better."
Still, Evans does not want to discount the current season. With returning starters Kelsey Westbrook, a 5-7 senior who averaged 3 points per game, and 6-1 junior Kelsey Harrison, who averaged a team-best 8.9 points per game last season, the Oilers hope to earn more than four victories this season.
"We want to win more games, that's for sure, but basically we just want to be more competitive," Evans said. "I think last year we had a hard time scoring points, so this year we're going to focus on staying in games and not getting blown out like we did last year, being more competitive day-to-day."
Along with the Kelseys, the Oilers feature 6-1 junior Keri Harmon, 5-4 senior Corey Terry and 5-6 senior Brittney Smith, whom Evans called the "smartest girl I have on my team." Then there's that young bunch Evans talked about. Keri Harmon, a 5-2 freshman, leads the group.
"She's an extremely good ball-handler," Evans said. "I know it's going to be a lot to kind of throw her in for something she might not be ready for, but I think she'll really help us out."
There's also 5-11 sophomore Hannah Sabolo, 5-5 sophomore Ashley Sneed, 5-7 sophomore Kristin Edwards and 5-9 sophomore Cassi McGee.
"I know things aren't going to turn around over night, it's going to take a little while, but I'm excited about the future," Evans said.


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India-Russia JV to fund hypersonic missile project
Brahmos Aerospace will fund a joint project of an Indian and Russian educational institution for developing a hypersonic cruise missile capable of flying at Mach 7 or seven times the speed of sound.
BrahMos, an India-Russia joint venture, will initially fund $1 million each to the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) for them to work on the project.
BrahMos, MAI, the Russian ministry of science and technology and the Russian partner in BrahMos NPOM Machinista signed an agreement on this here Tuesday.
BrahMos CEO Sivathanu Pillai, MAI Director Gerashenko Anatoly and Russian Federation Minister for Science and Technology Furshenko Andrei signed the agreement.
The new missile, capable of flying at more than twice the speed of the existing BrahMos missile, will need new technologies in materials, electronics, guidance, propulsion and warhead which the joint project is expected to develop.
Giving details, BrahMos public relations officer Praveen Pathak said the funding could be increased depending on the progress achieved by the institutes working on the project.
There will be an exchange of scientists and engineers between IISc and MAI and the intellectual property of the research will be with BrahMos.
The joint project aims to develop the next generation cruise missile based on scramjet technology.
Separately, the Defence Research and Development Laboratry (DRDL), an Indian public sector institution, is working on a scramjet for the BrahMos missile.
The engine will be integrated into the airframe, guidance system and warhead that are to be developed by the IISc-MAI partnership.
Further, the Indo-Russian Joint Commission on BrahMos partnership has approved a list of countries to which the missile could be exported, Pathak said, adding that the meeting held in June gave the go-ahead for international marketing of the missile to non-NATO countries.Share this: Twitter | StumbleUpon | Facebook | Delicious | digg | reddit | buzz
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What we believe and teach: Eschatology – The state of man after death
What we believe and teach: Eschatology –The state of man after death
Man consists of body, soul and spirit. When he dies, his spirit returns to God who gave it, his body returns to the dust because it was taken out of the ground, while his soul continues to live consciously in another world.
When a Christian dies, his soul goes immediately to Paradise, which is a marvellous heavenly place prepared for the saints, to be with the Lord Jesus Christ. He remains there consciously awaiting the resurrection of life. There he praises the Lord, but he does not intercede for the living who are on the earth. Peace reigns in Paradise, there are no sufferings in Paradise and the glory of God illuminates everybody and everything. That's why to us to die is gain. The dead who die in the Lord are blessed because they rest from their labors. The New Jerusalem, which was seen by John in a vision while he was on the island that is called Patmos, is a real city, a heavenly city.
When a sinner dies, his soul goes immediately to Hades (Greek word which means 'the unseen world'), which is a place of torment located in the heart of the earth. Hades is a place without any order, full of thick darkness, where sinners are tormented by fire, which causes them terrible pains and sufferings. In Hades there is weeping and gnashing of teeth and the wicked await the resurrection of condemnation. (Giacinto Butindaro, from http://www.the-new-way.org/wwbat/index.html)
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This past Sunday was World Teachers Day, a UNESCO celebration with partners from UNICEF, Education International and the International Labour Organization. UNESCO recognizes teachers as the most powerful force for equity and the promise for a better standing in life. However, currently there is a huge shortage of teaching professionals with quality training to guide new generations of children to a better life. Too often, teachers where they are most needed are under-qualified, poorly paid and have low statuses. World Teacher Day is to bring awareness to the great contribution that teachers give to enrich and better our world. The UN calls on this Teacher's Day for the world to invest more into teachers. According to UNESCO, another 1.4 million teachers are needed to achieve universal primary education by 2015.
There are those great teachers we all remember from our primary and high school days, and most students will have common fond memories of one very special teacher who made learning more fun, or really made them see the world differently. Here are a few of the greatest on-screen teachers:
- Mr. Feeney, Boy Meets World
- Ms. Frizzle, The Magic School Bus
- Ms. McGonagall, Harry Potter
- Sean McGuire (played by Robin Williams), Good Will Hunting
- Ms. Norbury (played by Tina Fey), Mean Girls
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Slowly but surely
Slowly but surely I am starting to get the stuff together for my first care packs and memory boxes! I am so excited! I recieved my first monetary donation, which helped me buy items for almost 5 memory box items! Thank you so much everyone for supporting my cause. It means so much to me!
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QUETTA: At least four police personnel embraced martyrdom in an armed attack by unknown armed men in Loralai late on Thursday night.
Police sources said that unidentified armed men forced police personnel to alight from Punjab-bound bus and killed them on Loralai-Dera Ghazi Khan road.
In another incident, unknown armed men attacked a police vehicle in Chichloo area of Loralai district and opened fire at police personnel, leaving three policemen dead. The assailants managed to escape from the scene.
The law enforcement agencies rushed to the site and shifted to the dead to hospital for autopsy. They also cordoned off the entire area to trace out the suspects. Further probe was underway.


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Lately, I've been questioning the existence of God. Not necessarily whether He exists, because it is so deeply ingrained in my head that of course, He is real, but more importantly, if He does exist, then what's His deal? I don't know about you, but what I've been learning about the going-ons in the world doesn't exactly lead me to have belief in the future of humanity, or belief in general. Which is where I stop, look up, raise my fist to the heavens and ask: "Why, God? Really where the hell are you? Cause I'm pretty sure if you are who you say you are you would have done something about this fucked up world a long time ago."
Sorry to be blunt, but there it is. And it doesn't sit well for me to think about my God this way, believe me, it doesn't. But if I'm supposed to live as Jesus did, which I want to more than anything else, then I should love people above all else, because that's what He did here on earth. For instance, I have to consider people in terms of how God sees them. Not me, not other humans, who are prone to error, but through the eyes of Jesus, which is pure love. But the more I truly love people, the more I realize how unjust and unfair it is to watch innocent people die from crazy weather or war situations throughout the world. So then how do I account for it? For this existence of evil?
Evil is everywhere. Its seen in natural disasters, like the recent tsunami that hit Japan. The death count is around 20,000. Many of the bodies of these people had been missing, passenger trains of people, alive or dead, nowhere to be found.
Bodies are being discovered washing up on the shore, after being whipped around and drowned in the mass of the body of water that engulfed Japan. Its at moments like
this when I realize I could be one of these people. A mother received text messages from her daughter saying her goodbyes after she found herself trapped, left to die in the earthquake in New Zealand. This girl could be me. And I can't help but think of these situations and wonder, why the injustice? If you were God, would you sit back and watch your people, the people of your flesh, whom you love, die at the whim of the weather? Its very difficult to swallow as a Christ follower. Which leads me to my point. Who is this God who claims to be the way to overcome evil yet allows for the existence of it all the same? Can He be just?
Doystoevsky, a famous Russian existentialist philosopher, claims He cannot be. In his famous work entitled "The Brother's Karamazov," he says that "there is no imaginable final state of the world in which the suffering of children makes a moral sense, that is, is justified." Another famous philosopher and historian, David Hume,
states: "Even if the existence of evil is logically compatible with the existence of an infinitely powerful and good God, nevertheless, the evil we encounter in human experience is strong evidence against the existence of such a being." Yes, I must agree with this. But where does this leave the girl who believes in this God yet knows that if He exists, He cannot be the good, just God He claims to be. Can He?
But John Hicks, an English philosopher, argues that God is just. That the existence of evil is actually necessary for us to understand God and the good in general. He claims that if humans are to become more like Christ throughout their life, that we MUST encounter evil in order to really be able to truly appreciate the GOOD.
Now let me clarify my point by giving a hypothetical example. Let's say there is no evil, and we live in a perfect world, and God created us to be in this world. Then our love and dedication to live a life pleasing to God would mean nothing to Him, because it is only natural to do so, and therefore, it comes on the cheap. We are CREATED to live for him, therefore, there is no worth in our choice to love him. The point is, without the evil, there is no choice. It would be as if we were created as robots PROGRAMMED to love God.
But in a world of sin and evil and death, where every corner we turn we are bombarded with evil…when we can look all of this in the face and STILL choose to look upward to heaven and CHOOSE GOOD, and the God that comes with it, how much more worth would we then have with our Father in heaven? It is THROUGH this struggle of good and evil that we are able to live a life glorifying God, becoming more like Him and His Son. Perhaps this justification is the only consideration that helps me get through the day, that helps me deal with the problem of evil.
I am convinced that God is love, regardless of the world around me. Perhaps you find me idealistic, maybe even stupid, but the truth is, I really don't care because I have to do what works for ME. And following the teachings of Jesus Christ just happens to give me the peace and hope I need to get through the day.
As Kanye reminds me in "Jesus Walks,"
I ain't here to argue about his facial features
Or here to convert atheists into believers.
I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers
The way Kathie Lee needed Regis that's the way I need Jesus.
This is my opinion and based off of my belief. It is personal and not at all meant to be taken objectively or even universally. But if you're struggling right now with the state of the world, if your soul cries out for the injustice of the people dying in Libya and Japan and Syria the way mine does, take comfort that there is something bigger to live for, that there is a cause that you may not always understand but may lift your soul to sing while the rest of the world weeps.
I'll leave you with a song from Jesus Culture:
I'll set You as a seal upon my heart
As a seal upon my arm.
For there is LOVE that is as strong as death
Jealousy demanding of the grave
And many waters cannot quench this LOVE.
This implies that the God I love is actually JEALOUS enough of sin and death to offer payment upon my grave in order to HAVE ME. This thought alone stirs my soul to sing. Let me not forget this now while the rest of the world wavers, teetering upon the precipice of destruction. Let me instead find hope that there is still GOOD in this world, and its worth fighting for, living for, and even dying for.


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Export from Quickbooks as CSV and Upload top FTP
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We need a script to run daily that would export Invoice information(Fields to Export: PO#, Line Item, Memo), specific to two customers based on Ship Date, from QuickBooks as CSV file and upload to FTP site. Must have experience with Quickbooks SDK.
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This replacement exterior door handle is just what you need to get your Honda Accord in good working form again!
Door Handle Specifications:
- LH (Driver Side) FRONT
- Replaces dealer part number: 72180-SV4003, 72180SV4003
- Durable construction
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- Does not fit rear door
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"Who are you more likely to see when you google "CEO?"
According to this University of Washington study, which examined how accurately genders are represented in Google image search results, CEO is one occupation where "women were significantly underrepresented." While women account for 27 percent of CEOs in the United States, only 11 percent of the top 100 Google image search results returned images of women.
And that, according to researchers, can impact searchers' views on gender and work. Overall, they found that "across all the professions, women were slightly underrepresented on average." "


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by Dan Rafter
For Jim Knutson, it only made sense: The REIT he serves as executive vice president, Fargo, North Dakota-based Dakota REIT, was ready to expand. Few markets were as promising as the Minneapolis/St. Paul region.
So Knutson and his fellow Dakota REIT officials have worked with Cushman & Wakefield|NorthMarq to acquire three commercial buildings totaling 115,000 square feet in this market during the past nine months.
And Knutson says that Dakota REIT is far from through with its investment in the Twin Cities.
"I can't say that we are looking for X number of properties in the Twin Cities market. But if the right property comes along, we will be interested," Knutson said. "We want to be invested in this market. We are the type of REIT that acquires properties and manages them for the long term. We are not the type that comes in, buys a property and then sells it after two or three years. That is not our intent. Our intent is to hold properties for the long term."
Dating back to December of 2014, Dakota REIT has acquired Eagle Point Office Center III, a two-story, 40,000-square-foot office building in Lake Elmo, Minnesota; Eagle Point Office Center II, a single-story, 30,000-square-foot office building also in Lake Elmo; and Plymouth 6-61, a 45,000-square-foot industrial building in Plymouth, Minnesota.
Knutson said that Dakota REIT considers several factors when determining what commercial buildings to acquire. The three buildings that the REIT has acquired in the Twin Cities market all have positive features that Dakota demands in its acquisitions, Knutson said.
For example, the buildings feature long-term tenants and property-management teams that have worked hard to maintain the buildings and serve these tenants. The areas surrounding the buildings boast commercial properties that attract high rents, and the markets in which they sit are strong and active ones today.
"We were comfortable with all those factors in these three acquisitions," Knutson said.
Those factors are more important than building type, Knutson said. So far, Dakota REIT's portfolio is made up of about 60 percent multifamily buildings and about 40 percent retail and office space. But that mix is not set in stone, Knutson said, with Dakota REIT officials willing to look at properties of all types, as long as they boast strong fundamentals.
Scott Pollock, executive director for capital markets with the Minneapolis office of Cushman & Wakefield|NorthMarq, helped Dakota REIT identify and acquire the three buildings.
Pollock said that the three buildings are strong one, and should be successful purchases for Dakota REIT.
"The buildings that Dakota REIT acquired are top-quality buildings in that market," Pollock said. "The buildings have attracted a lot of name-brand tenants. They have great rent rolls, if you will. They are located conveniently off of Interstate-94. And the assets simply belong together. They make a good package."
Avery Ticer, director of capital markets in the Minneapolis office of Cushman & Wakefield|NorthMarq also worked with Dakota REIT to help it locate the building in Plymouth. He said that the REIT's decision to invest in this particular market was a sound one.
"That's a good, strong market for office and industrial properties," Ticer said. "It has great fundamentals. The building should bring the stable returns that Jim and his team are looking for. The building has a great location. It's a strong performer, and it's going to continue to perform strongly given the fundamentals in Plymouth and the overall market."


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It didn't start out as a statement. It just kinda happened. I haven't been out of the house for three months while recovering from back surgery. I feel like I should hang my head in shame as I admit that shaving my armpits was absolutely not high on my list of priorities. In fact, it has not happened at all.
This week I started physiotherapy. Taking off my coat I realised with a shot of adrenalin that this would be the first time in my whole life that anyone would see my full grown underarm hair. Heck, it was the first time I had even seen it! The hour that followed was an emotional roller coaster. I went from feeling bold and daring, to embarrassed and ashamed.
I considered explaining that I had been stuck in bed for months, but making excuses would reinforce the perception that body hair is wrong. I tried to avoid lifting my arms and then scolded myself for being so hateful towards my own body. They say 'Fake it till you make it' and that is exactly what I am going to do. …Read further on Blendle


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Even with the advent of solar and then extrasolar travel, old divisions and rivalries between members of the human race continue, pitting group against group in an often bitterly fought contest.
United States: The dominant military force of the Fourth Age, the US usually has first choice on the best colonies and resources spaces. Culturally the Americans still pursue the qualities of liberty and justice, although this pursuit is particularly difficult in a wide and complex universe.
Great Britain: Often referred to as the Second Empire or the Commonwealth, the British control territory second in quality only to the Americans. Their military is likewise a respectable second best and protect the colonies near and far. Britain is nominally still ruled by the Royal Family, but a expanded Parliament makes all major decisions.
The European Union: An amalgamation of the 'old' Europe and former Soviet States, the Union came late to the galaxy and was bogged down en-route the complexities of the Far Planet Revolution and Pan Eurasian War. Following the latter, the Union began a programme of modernisation, leaving their military a mix of out-dated and brand-new. Culturally the Union is a melting pot of traditions, ideals and motivations; their politicians are often slow to make decisions for good or ill.
The Asian Coalition: Another loose alliance of old Earth states, the Coalition is the most populous of the human factions. Politically disparate, their leaders rarely agree on unilateral action outside of significant events like the Pan Eurasian War or their wide reaching colonisation efforts. Their modern military is remarkably varied with everything from the modern Japanese warships to old, reconditioned British Dreadnoughts. The Coalition is another mix of cultures and ideas that leads to an odd and unpredictable variety in daily life.
Megacorporations: The biggest of the "mega" corporate organisations have the reach, budget and standing to rival some countries. Several vie for control of the current and future economy, waging a largely unseen, bitter conflict.
The Agency: Barely known, whispered of in the shadows of these gargantuan groups, is the Agency. It employs individuals referred to as "genetically different" and markets their unique (often fantastical) powers as the highest calibre of mercenary. The other human factions utilise the Agency for tasks, jobs and missions deemed too risky or difficult for anyone else. The costs for such services are prohibitive.


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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) --She's an NBA fan favorite, and she needs help your help to find her 7-foot-tall unicycle.
The performer known as the "Red Panda" had her signature unicycle stolen last week from San Francisco International Airport's baggage claim.
RELATED: Warriors to replace Red Panda's stolen 7-foot-tall unicycle
Police are hoping to identify the man in surveillance images. He's suspected of taking the suitcase with the unicycle inside.
The Red Panda's agent tells ABC7 News that the performer is very upset and is using a backup unicycle for now.
He says a $2,000 reward is being offered for the return of unicycle and will be paid, no questions asked.


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Earth Day is coming up and living in a city can make it tricky to give back to our glorious planet. But going green has never been easier with West Elm's very own "Green" products. These unique West Elm products, made for sustainable and green living, are the perfect addition to any home. They've set out to make a difference, delivered with style and a conscience to match. Responsibly sourced materials and organically grown cottons are what set West Elm apart from the rest.
Weighted back cushions on the Tillary Outdoor Collection create endless seating possibilities. Built with sustainably harvested FSC certified wood, not only will this sofa keep you cozy all summer, but also help reduce your carbon footprint. Pair it perfectly with the Natural Tree Stump Side Table crafted brilliantly from naturally fallen cypress trees. For a fun twist, cluster a few together and create your own one-of-a-kind coffee table.
Other green collections worth checking out are definitely the Jardine Outdoor Collection, the Stria Bed, Emmerson Collection, and the Mid-Century Collection. Each item is unique in its own accord, and gracefully designed to suit every taste and function.
What's a bed without bedding? Or a room with no accessories? Dress up your home and bed with these key features to transform any room into a greener space. Make any bed instantly glamorous with West Elm's signature bestseller, the Organic Cotton Pintuck bedding. Stitched in India and made from GOTS certified organically harvested cotton, it's cloud-like and dreamy look gives the perfect excuse to stay in bed a little longer.
Nothing makes a room seem more "together" than a beautiful rug to accent your existing décor. Handwoven in India, this beautifully textured Jute Boucle Rug is reversible, durable and full of personality.
In the spirit of handcrafted works of art, West Elm's Modern Weave Storage Collection is a star. Tightly handwoven rattan peel and tea-stained to perfection, this durable storage collection with cutout handles is the ultimate answer to re-organizing your things.
Collaborating with Caribbean Craft, West Elm has worked with local artists in Port-au-Prince to create these beautifully handcrafted Papier-Mâché Animal Sculptures from Haiti. Entirely fashioned out of recycled materials, these animal sculptures introduce a wild element to your walls. Add them to your art collection and enjoy a clever and alluring take on the African safari theme.
West Elm has got something green for every room in your house. So why not make your home green, and your friends greener this month? Shop West Elm's green collection today and help save the planet. Two birds with one stone.
The "Green" collections can be found in West Elm at Grand Avenue – The Avenues. For inquiries and information, call 2228 3072. You can also log onto www.westelm.me or follow them on Instagram and like their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/WestElmMENA . If you've bought something green from West Elm, tag your images #westelmmena on Instagram for a chance to have your photo featured on their Instagram page in April!


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Officials at the University of Colorado-Boulder are trying to prevent thousands of people from gathering on campus today for the annual 4/20 marijuana celebration. They have spread smelly fish-based fertilizer on campus as a deterrent.
A new study that links opium use with serious health problems, including cancer, circulatory diseases and respiratory problems, has implications for opium-derived painkillers such as morphine and codeine, CNN reports.
A survey of young adults recruited through social media finds more than half of those who smoke cigarettes say they also use marijuana. This is a higher percentage than has been reported in other surveys, suggesting young adults may be more comfortable reporting their substance use anonymously online.
A report by the General Accountability Office finds sales of pipe tobacco surged after the federal government imposed a 2,000 percent increase in taxes on roll-your-own tobacco and small cigars.
A new study links teenagers' use of Ecstasy and speed (methamphetamine and/or amphetamine) with a higher risk of developing depression.
In a four-month period last year when Florida required welfare applicants to undergo drug testing, the program yielded no savings, caught few drug users, and did not affect the number of people who applied, The New York Times reports.
The Supreme Court heard arguments this week in two cases involving different sentencing rules for sellers of crack and powder cocaine.
Depression and anxiety are the top reasons older adults abuse drugs or alcohol, according to a study by a Florida drug and alcohol treatment and recovery center.
Teenagers in treatment for substance abuse can benefit from 12-step programs, a new study suggests.
Many were stunned by a recent report that students in one community had been depicted on YouTube drinking and taking other drugs. It's not entirely clear what people were most shocked by – the realization that kids abuse drugs and alcohol, or that videos glorifying the use of drugs and alcohol appear on the Internet, says David Festinger, PhD at the Treatment Research Institute.


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There's Something Different About Ariana Grande in Her New Music Video
While we've seen Ariana Grande let down her signature ponytail (or half-up, parted to the side ponytail) a few times in the past, the hairstyle has become such an extension of who she is that whenever we catch a glimpse of the singer's flowing mane, it almost always sparks a wave of excitement. Case in point: Recently, Grande released the video for her new single, "Dangerous Woman," in which she flaunts a full, voluminous head of hair (with the help of extensions, we presume). But nonetheless, her long, wavy tresses are a thing of envy. The video is titled "Visual 1," so we can only image what the forthcoming visuals will bring. Maybe a bob? Another stab at blonde hair? We'll just have to wait and see. In the meantime, check out Grande's long locks below.
Want to pump up the volume in your hair like Grande? We love Kerastase's Spray A Porter ($42). Just flip your hair over, spray your roots, fluff with you fingers, and flip back over to reveal a fuller mane.
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If One Million Dollars, Why Not Two? Consultant Finds Successful Entrepreneur Stubbornly Limiting His Own Growth
Business Consultants and Their Clients
Consultant Finds the Roadblock on a Client's Road to Success
The consultant's task of helping people with informed advice combines both reward and frustration in a complex package. In a recent consulting project, I found myself using stories from past experience to illustrate not only how consulting works, or does not work, but also what kinds of problems it can or cannot be expected to help other business-people solve.
Everyone has problems, of course, just as everyone has advice to give others. The universal activity of advising people takes place every day at many different levels. I share this true story here to encourage better problem-solving and consulting not just in the world of business, but in the community at large, and better advice-giving in general.
My consulting career took a big step forward in 1969 when I placed a "Positions Wanted" classified ad in the Sunday New York Times that went something like this: "Gifted special assistant to company owner or president can help you solve problems and reach your goals."
The first response, early Sunday morning, came from Mr. Frank Marlin, president of Eastern Radio Corporation, one of America's first companies to import transistor radios from Japan (some details here changed for confidentiality). Starting from scratch, within two or three years, Mr. Marlin had quickly developed a national market and built a company with 65 employees worth over $1 million (in those days, a million was a million).
Growth had leveled off quickly, however, and in spite of great effort, he could not grow any larger. He asked me to help him find out why. How could a talented, ambitious young man with a great new product become a millionaire almost overnight, and yet stay stuck at that same level for several more years, and not know how to use that wonderful base to move forward into even higher brackets of income and net worth?
He also had a prohibitive turnover in executive secretaries, a key position in most small firms, so he gave me the second job of explaining this turnover, and if possible, helping him find a new secretary who would stay with him permanently.
In the initial interview, he resisted hiring me when I gave some weak answers to technical questions about the import business. Many people make this common mistake of assuming that no one can help them unless they have great expertise in their particular specialty or line of work. Mastering special details got them started in business, so they think they can surmount all new obstacles only by learning more of the same. They underestimate the value of general experience outside their narrow special areas, and they underestimate the extent to which all specific problems and goals have features in common, understandable in general terms to a trained person (just as obscure math problems yield to common denominators and other general procedures and formulas).
Mr. Marlin gave me a desk in his own office, with authority to investigate any aspect of his company for answers, and the next day he had me drive him, in his luxury automobile, out to the airport for the start of his previously planned ten-day business trip to Japan.
While he was gone, I spoke at length with leading members of his firm, even visiting in their homes to learn their perspectives. Rank-and-file employees told me much about the history and internal workings of the company. Leading customers also told me their points of view.
A clear picture emerged that sounded obvious only in retrospect. Even though Mr. Marlin had hired three excellent vice presidents (in marketing, production, and finance), he subtly but firmly resisted giving any of them any real authority to make decisions. They served him dutifully as figureheads, rubber-stamps to his detailed plans and ideas, biding their time quietly until new opportunities for greater responsibility might arise elsewhere.
In short, Mr. Marlin as president still directly supervised all 65 employees of the entire company! He obviously was a man with great operational insight and capacity for supervising people. But he had reached his limit, because every time he tried to hire more people to do more work, serious new problems began developing, and he had to let people go.
Every business organization has natural limits built into its system at any given point in time. Even with a sensational and proven new product for national marketing, Eastern Radio had found its natural net-value limit of $1 million by restricting itself to what one highly talented manager could accomplish directly supervising all 65 of its employees.
When Mr. Marlin returned home from Japan, I shared my results with the youthful enthusiasm that has always been my stock-in-trade. I knew he would be glad to learn that he himself was the problem, because then he could personally supervise and guarantee the solution! His company could start growing again just as soon as he took a few basic steps to learn the art of delegating true authority and responsibility for corporate growth to a few other qualified and talented people he already had on his staff ready to do whatever he said to do.
Mr. Marlin responded, patiently at first, with all the many reasons why such delegation would not work in his case, which all went back to his fear that teaching others what he knew about the technical aspects of the importing business might undercut his authority and destroy the proprietary basis of his success. He relished learning how to do more work personally, but the very thought of "turning the whole company over to hired managers" caused him real pain and denial.
When clients demand to know why they hurt where they do, good consultants, like good doctors, sometimes must give unwelcome news that hurts the client more than the original symptom. This prospective pain, in fact, has been serving all along to help rationalize hiding from the truth about the problem, and make objective, courageous, outside consulting the only way, short of divine intervention, to break free from the essentially self-imposed box of pain.
The client at that point still has two major options: (a) to face up to the newly discovered but painful realities, and cooperate with a new path toward healing, or (b) to shrink back and rethink everything in search of a gentler, kinder, easier path that accommodates the pain.
Mr. Marlin chose Plan B, and within a few days he had lost patience with my counsel altogether. I was too inexperienced at that time in my life to know how to present my analysis and plan for his success in a more effective, user-friendly way, and thus help him move on toward his stated goal of increasing his company's worth by a second million dollars.
In a further irony, he quickly fell under the influence of the wonderful new executive secretary I had recruited in his absence. She, in fact, warming to her promising new role as "chief advisor to the president," urged Mr. Marlin to terminate my one-year consulting contract, because my advice, obviously, would no longer be needed, thank you very much.
I ended up with my $1,000 advance (which to me in 1969 seemed like a million dollars and allowed me to buy a better car) and two of the twelve promised monthly retainer fees. More importantly, I had gained invaluable experience that led to more curiosity about general analysis and problem-solving. I had used my own research and independent judgment to analyze a formidable business quandary and develop new knowledge and specific plans for moving past the problem and closer to the client's stated goals. In the larger framework of offering executive staff services, I had begun functioning as an independent analyst, problem-solver, and consultant, albeit one who still, like my client, had much to learn.
Years later, in 1987, when the one-year-late honeymoon journey with Fay to Niagara Falls took us past some key places of my youth, we drove past that location and found Mr. Marlin's business still operating along the same lines as 18 years before. He apparently still enjoyed micro-managing his 65 employees more than he wanted to make the changes required in management style to move himself up into a higher category of net worth.
Thank you for reading my story. Now I want to read yours. One-way communiction can never establish the kind of relationships needed "to make the world go 'round." You can respond with your comments here, of course, but HubPages also lets you "tell your own story," and I challenge you to do that. HubPages also lets you e-mail me (if you prefer privacy) about your life or your business.
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Decorative Landscaping Rocks: What You Need To Know About Them
You are strongly advised to try and implement the use of decorative rocks especially when it comes to creating and developing your own landscaping project to improve your lawn's appearance. Most people that include decorative rocks in their landscaping plans more often than not end up having beautiful lawns and backyards that are also unique.
You will more often than not have very many different ways and methods when it comes to decorating your lawn or backyard using decorative rocks as they always come in many different and unique colors and designs. Decorative rocks have very many different uses especially when it comes to landscaping and some of the most common uses include setting up a resting place under a tree on your small garden or just arranging them on your lawn to make it more lively and colorful. There are very many ways of using decorative rocks in landscaping and some of the ways are discussed below.
Making beautiful pathways on your lawn and backyard.
One of the best ways anyone can use decorative rocks when it comes to landscaping is simply by creating pathways. A pathway that has been made in a garden will most likely ensure that you and your friends remain clean even after walking across your garden. You will only be able to make a good and efficient pathway if you use smooth and flat stones and this should not be a problem as most of the decorative rocks available in the market today are smooth and flat. When decorative rocks are used in landscaping, they are often arranged in different shapes in regards to the final vision of the property owner.
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Decorative rocks are normally very effective when it comes to making something stand out in your garden or backyard. Decorative rocks will also ensure that your small garden or backyard has some interesting places that anyone can relax and enjoy. Decorative rocks also bring variety and flavor when it comes to landscaping.
Decorative rocks are more often than not used by individuals who are looking to hide something on their lawn, backyard, or garden.
Even though decorative rocks are mainly used when it comes to decorating your lawn or garden, they can also be effectively used when it comes to correcting lines and shapes on your garden.
Decorative rocks can be used to make specific resting areas in your lawn, backyard, or garden where you or even your pet can rest. Decorative rocks can also be very effective when it comes to separating places that people should not step on such as flowerbeds in your small garden or lawn. You many decide to purchase decorative rocks from an online store as there are very many different online stores that stock them.
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Glenda M. Sweet, 74, died Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, at her home in East Jordan.
She was born on Feb. 8, 1936, in East Jordan, the daughter of William and Muriel (Spence) Derenzy.
On July 3, 1954, in East Jordan, she married Marlin Sweet.
Glenda worked for many years as an aide for the East Jordan Public Schools. She retired in the early 1970s after 17 years of service.
She enjoyed sewing, gardening, playing bingo and camping. Glenda was a very loyal and avid fan of the Detroit Tigers even when it was good, bad, or ugly. She loved working at the school as an aide. But most of all, she loved spending time with her family.
She is survived by her husband, Marlin Sweet Sr., of East Jordan; four children, Vicki (Gary) Shankle of East Jordan, Marlin (Gwendolyn) Sweet Jr. of East Jordan, Lynn (Brad) Sweeney of East Jordan and Kay (Kirk) Ralph of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada; 18 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one brother-in-law, Jack Whiteford, of East Jordan; two sisters-in-law, Margaret Derenzy and Vera Derenzy, both of East Jordan; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by five brothers, William Jr., Orville, Archie, Gerald and Clifford Derenzy; and three sisters, Ann Jeffery, Dora Edson and Greta Whiteford.
She was preceded in death by one grandson, Brandon Sweet, and one great-grandson, Devon Huffman.
A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, at the Lighthouse Missionary Church, 7824 Rogers Road, East Jordan.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be given to the East Jordan Ambulance Association, P.O. Box 223, East Jordan, Mich. 49727; or the Hospice of Northwest Michigan, 220 W. Garfield Ave. Charlevoix, Mich. 49720.
Arrangements were handled by the Penzien Funeral Homes, Inc. in East Jordan.


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5th and 6th of February 2018
in the city of Toulouse (FRANCE)
The International Symposium on Sunflower and Climate Change is organized in the frame of the SUNRISE project, by INRA Toulouse (Institut National de Recherche en Agronomie) and the French technical center for oilseed crops, grain legumes and fibre crops (Terres Inovia), in collaboration with the International Sunflower Association (ISA), the Association for Promotion of Oilseed Plant Selection (Promosol) and the International Consortium for Sunflower Genomics Resources (ICSG).
We will be very pleased to welcome you in the city of Toulouse (France) for the International Symposium on Sunflower and Climate Change. This symposium will take place in Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Jacques on February 5th and February 6th 2018.
This symposium will be the opportunity for scientists, breeders and producers working on sunflower from all over the world to meet, exchange and reinforce collaboration. The symposium will cover all areas of sunflower and adaptation to climate change research with updates on the most recent developments in all fields. It will be organized in 5 sessions: Genome functioning and diversity, Emergent pests and diseases, Resilience and stability of production, Predicting from local to global scales and Future of sunflower. Our objectives are to have a high scientific level and to promote discussions among participants.
This conference will allow you to enjoy Toulouse, a charming city in south of France. It is also an important area for sunflower production in France and in Europe.
We look forward to seeing you in Toulouse.
Anne-Sophie Lubrano-Lavadera
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Puree spinach with boiled eggs
Spinach puree with boiled eggs
Time preparation: 10 minutes
Processing time: 40 minutes
Serves: 2
1 kg spinach 2 green onions 2 tablespoons flour 3 tablespoons oil 2 tea cup milk salt 2 boiled eggs
Method of preparation:
Washed spinach and small-sized green onion boiled in salted water.
Drain and strain in a wholesale blender.
Flour lightly fry in vegetable oil, then add to the spinach, stir and pour the milk.
The mixture is boiled until thick.
Serve with boiled eggs.
Classic mashed potatoes
Washed and peeled potatoes boil in lightly salted water. Boil and cook for about 30 minutes until tender. Drained of water and strain while hot. In a small saucepan heat the milk together with the butter (or heated in a microwave oven). Then add to the mashed potatoes, and with a wooden stirrer to be broken down to give the air puree. Add salt and seasoned with ground black pepper. Formed...
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Baked tomatoes stuffed with bacon, mayonnaise, cheese and egg
Wash tomatoes well and cut the flaps from handles and carving inside with a spoon. In a bowl cut thin pieces of bacon and cheese grate. Add the mayonnaise, the inside of the tomatoes and spices. The mixture was stirred and partitioned into eviscerated tomatoes. Small tray smeared with oil, put water and tomatoes. In each of them clicks on an egg. The tray is placed in the preheated...
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Roasted eggplant with honey and spices
Eggplant cut into slices. Heat grill. Spread each of the pieces of eggplant with a little olive oil and put to bake. Eggplants turn, so that they become brown on both sides. In a pan fry the garlic in the remaining oil for a few seconds. Then add spices, honey and lemon juice. Put enough water to cover the mixture and placed inside eggplant pieces. Cook about 10 minutes to absorb the...
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Mashed potatoes - Kitten
Cook potatoes and peel. Blend together with milk, butter and salt to taste. Potato puree is formed like a kitten and served with a garnish of sliced tomatoes.
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Breaded mushrooms
Mushrooms are washed well without cut. Beat the egg with flour and salt. In the resulting mixture breaded mushrooms, then rolled in bread crumbs and fried in hot fat.
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Stuffed tomatoes with mushrooms
Tomatoes are washed and dried with a tissue. Cut a "lid" on each tomato and carving inside. Clean the mushrooms and finely. Chop the onion. In a pan getting hot oil and fry the onions and mushrooms. Add green spices, salt, pepper and lemon juice. Grate the inside half of the cheese. Fill the hollowed tomatoes with mushroom mixture. In a greased baking dish arrange the tomatoes and pour...
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Stuffed peppers
Grill the peppers, peel them and season them with a bit of salt. Whip the eggs together with the crumbled white cheese and the finely chopped dill. Stuff the peppers with the mixture. Dip each pepper in flour, whipped eggs and bread crumbs in turn. Fry the peppers in heated oil.
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Richmond is an English surname, and may refer to any one of the following:
Richmond is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,475 at the 2010 census.
The area around Richmond was settled as part of the town of Stockbridge in 1756. The town was set apart and incorporated in 1765, and named for Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond. The town of Lenox, which grew out of the village of Yokuntown, was also named for him when it was incorporated two years later. The town was mostly agrarian until the discovery of iron ore in 1829, which led to an iron works which lasted into the twentieth century.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 19.0 square miles (49.2 km2), of which 18.7 square miles (48.4 km2) is land and 0.31 square miles (0.8 km2), or 1.71%, is water.
Richmond is bordered on the north by Hancock and Pittsfield, on the east by Lenox, on the south by Stockbridge and West Stockbridge, and on the west by Canaan, Columbia County, New York.
Coordinates: 54°24′11″N 1°44′13″W / 54.403°N 1.737°W / 54.403; -1.737
Richmond is a market town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England and the administrative centre of the district of Richmondshire. Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and one of the park's tourist centres. Richmond is the most duplicated UK placename, with 57 occurrences worldwide.
The Rough Guide describes the town as 'an absolute gem'. Betty James wrote that "without any doubt Richmond is the most romantic place in the whole of the North East [of England]". Richmond was named UK town of the year in 2009.
The Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond, built in 1788, is the UK's most complete 18th century theatre.
The town of Richemont in Normandy (now in the Seine-Maritime département of the Upper Normandy region) was the origin of the placename Richmond. Richmond in North Yorkshire was the eponymous honour of the Earls of Richmond (or comtes de Richemont), a dignity normally also held by the Duke of Brittany from 1136 to 1399.
Born to Die is the second studio album and major-label debut by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey. It was released on January 27, 2012 by Interscope Records, Polydor Records, and Stranger Records. Del Rey collaborated with producers including Patrik Berger, Jeff Bhasker, Chris Braide, Emile Haynie, Justin Parker, Rick Nowels, Robopop, and Al Shux to achieve her desired sound. Their efforts resulted in a primarily baroque pop record, which sees additional influences from alternative hip hop, indie pop and trip hop music.
Contemporary music critics were divided in their opinions of Born to Die; some commended its distinctive production, while its repetitiveness and melodramatic tendencies were a recurring complaint. The record debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 77,000 copies; it was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) after moving one million units. Born to Die reached the peak position on eleven international record charts, and has sold 8.5 million copies worldwide as of May 2015.
"Radio" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Darius Rucker. It was released on July 22, 2013 as the third single from his album True Believers. Rucker wrote the song with Luke Laird and Ashley Gorley.
The song is a reflection on the narrator's teenage years: specifically, of borrowing his mother's car to take his girlfriend for a ride, and listening to songs on the radio while doing so.
The song generally received favorable reviews. Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave the song four and a half stars out of five, saying that "it sounds like the kind of fun song you would want to hear on the radio at a memorable moment." Peacock praised Rucker's "all-smiles delivery" and the song's "incredibly catchy melody and tight production." He also compared its theme to "I Watched It All (On My Radio)" by Lionel Cartwright. Tammy Ragusa of Country Weekly gave the song an A grade, calling it "the perfect marriage of an artist's effervescent personality with an upbeat song, this one about the love of music." Billy Dukes of Taste of Country gave the song two and a half stars out of five, writing that "the uptempo tribute to young love, open roads and, of course, the radio is familiar and easy to fall for, especially when powered by Rucker's unequaled exuberance." However, Dukes also called the song "a little fluffy" and "not difficult to forget."
Not What You Expected is the sixth studio album from American pop punk band Mest, their first album in eight years with only vocalist Tony Lovato returning. Originally slated for released in April 2012, the album was continuously pushed back until September 24, 2013. A week before the release, the band announced via their official Facebook account and website that they would be giving the album away for free, one song per week, through their official website. However, internationally in Japan, the album was released in full.
The album's first single, "Almost," which had an accompanying music video, was released on February 14, 2012. The second single, "Radio (Something to Believe)," was released over a year later on June 4, 2013, which has also been made into a music video. Although not an official single, "One Life," was released for free during the summer of 2012 to hold fans over until the official release.


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My word wall found a new location this year and I like it better already. As I introduce words, I add them to the word wall on an index card. The white card really pops on the black background. I write our names in one color and our sight words in another color.
The pictures aren't great because the laminated paper is reflecting the flash. Also, don't mind my pile of goodies to donate to other teachers on the counter.
It pleases me that the alphabet has an even number of letters. It would drive me crazy if these weren't even rows!
Send me a link so I can see your word wall. How else do you use it?


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Friday, April 13, 2012
Between the Seams - Art Book Preview!
19 comments:
- AnonymousApril 13, 2012 at 9:46 PM
This is going on my next Christmas List. I'M SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW BOOK! I haven't bought a print in ages, and I'm excited to make a new Shadowscapes purchase.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on the new book! It looks like a lovely retrospective and I'm looking forward to having a copy of my own!ReplyDelete
Congratulations! The book looks gorgeous! *wannnnt*ReplyDelete
what a wonderfull book !!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 13, 2012 at 11:41 PM
Congratulations, Stephanie! I've viewed your art with an overwhelming sense of wonder over the years and I'm absolutely delighted by the prospect of one day owning a full color art book of your work. Thank you so much for everything you do. You are truly a precious gift and the world is just all the more magical because you live in it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 14, 2012 at 12:53 AM
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. I can't wait for this to be out!ReplyDelete
I love, love ,love your work.
Thanks so much Stephanie.
- AnonymousApril 14, 2012 at 4:24 AM
DROOL, DROOLReplyDelete
Definitely going on my wislist!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 14, 2012 at 6:03 AM
Looks great Steph! ...what`s is the text about, are they poems, or a reflection of your ArtWork ...ReplyDelete
The text is a little of both!ReplyDelete
My list of "Books to Buy" is getting longer because of you. Can't wait!ReplyDelete
Hehe, sorry Betsy :)ReplyDelete
beautiful! I can't wait to behold it ;)ReplyDelete
Lovely:) Waiting for the release!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 12, 2012 at 2:19 PM
I cant wait. I have both of your instructional books and just preordered your newest instructional book. I bought the tariff cards and book that goes with it. I even ordered a fantasy novel because your artwork is on it. I one day hope to own an original of yours. I'm disabled and funds are tight but that is my dream. You are truly amazing. Even your writing is so heartfelt and wonderful. I can't wait to get this book. Am so looking forward to it.ReplyDelete
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I meant tarot cards not tariff cardsReplyDelete
Thanks! I'm looking forward to it too!ReplyDelete
When will the book be released? is there a place that I can preorder it? I'm still waitig on Dreamscapes Magical Menagerie
to be shipped from Northlight. seems like forever. they are telling me it will ship on June 22nd. that is too long. do you have the exact date of the release of "Betweem the Seams"? I'm sooooo excited about this book
It is offered exclusively from my website Shadowscapes: http://www.shadowscapes.com/image.php?lineid=21&bid=911ReplyDelete
And it is supposed to arrive tomorrow. So orders will start going out next week.


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Joel Goodman discovered the health benefits of humor at a very unfunny time in his life.
In 1977 his father was diagnosed with an aortic aneurysm and traveled to Texas and famed heart surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey.
Goodman flew from Saratoga Springs, N.Y., to provide support.
The proverbial funny thing happened on the way to the hospital, Goodman says. Alvin, the hotel shuttle bus driver, was a magician, Goodman says. His trick was to share his childlike, playful sense of humor with Goodman and his mother.
They laughed. They were less stressed. They felt better.
Although Goodman's father faced a serious operation, and his wife and son still were concerned, they realized that laughing had helped them. They shared Alvin's approach with Goodman's father, and he felt better, too.


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Best and Worst of WWE SmackDown Live: 22 November, 2016
After a breakneck weekend here at Sportskeeda Wrestling News, we have still not recovered from Survivor Series. However, we have to get into pay per view mode again in just 2 weeks, for Smackdown Live's exclusive show – TLC. This week's episode dealt with the fallout from Survivor Series and attempted to build up to TLC.
Very honestly, based on the quality of wrestling that we've experienced this week; we felt that tonight's show was a bit of a dampener. We shall reveal why it was so, in the analysis that follows.
#1 Worst: Atrocious main event
Ellsworth, in his limited role as a mascot at Survivor Series, was the perfect fit. He got a massive pop and played his part to perfection. However when he main events a show, in a ladder match against the WWE Champion, all his weaknesses are exposed for the world to see.
Ellsworth has a lot of chinks in his armor, his work is weak and very honestly, does not deserve to main event a show with such legitimate contenders for the top Smackdown spot. Maybe at some other point in the show, this would have been interesting...but at the main event spot, it just got on our nerves.


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Strength-Go around punching stuff. Easiest 4 stars.
Driving- When you first start off, instead of picking one of the 3 agency vehicles take the cop car. Go really fast out of gate 1 and you will go off the ramp near the purple gate, that is your first 60 pts towards 1 star. Then just run over people.
Fire arms- Shoot people. Aim for the chest at low levels as you will miss when aiming for their head. Don't get to close or you will smack them with your gun and you will get strength orbs.
Explosives- Go to where the one gang leader is at the sports place, behind there you will find him near the beach. Kill him and take his rocket launcher, get near about 3 gang cars and start wrecking havoc until you're out of ammo. Then just go to a supply point and reload.
Final advice- When climbing the agency watch tower, don't fall off Link
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Moments away from Edgware Road, overlooking Paddington basin, Draft House Paddington is the latest opening from the Draft House family. A haven for hops-heads, this pub group takes everything about beer seriously, changing their draft brews more than most people change their socks. Just as we round the corner to the venue my dining companion makes a earth-shattering confession; "I don't like beer," he says.
The clientele is a mixed bag. There's a group of young guys with long hair and baggy jeans sat in one corner, while outside a man in a business suit sips a pint and looks out across the water. An excitably wagging tail under a table at the back informs me dogs are also most welcome here.
The walls of the venue are worth thorough inspection. They're covered in a giant mural of the Draft House, 'Fantasy Beer Islands', much like those maps of Middle Earth that only Lord of the Rings supernerds fully understand. It's clear from the off that these guys are fully committed to the craft-beer fandom.
Consequently, all the staff are all stunningly well-versed on their products, from provenance to tasting notes. They're also all stunningly nice people. Funny, approachable and accommodating, they add hugely to the pub's friendly atmosphere even on this quiet Tuesday evening.
Food and Drink
A waitress walks us through the various beer lists on the menu – house beers, speciality beers, beers in a can, beers in a bottle. "And if you don't like beer," she says, "no judgement, we 've got cider and wines as well." I see my companion stiffen slightly. As he orders a pint of Aspall Harry Sparrow cider (£4.85) – the only one they offer – I secretly hope he feels judged. I start off with a half of the Lervig Pilsner (half - £3) – mild and refreshing, it's not a beer you'd rave about but it's a decent brew, and acts as a nice pre-dinner palette cleanser.
Most of the Draft House venues put burgers front and centre, but thanks to the presence of a Neapolitan chef, at Paddington it's all about the pizzas. Coming in two sizes – 12'' and 22'' – it's a nice collection of classic pizza combinations, peppered with a couple of curve balls, like the Chick'n'Lickin - pulled chicken, red onion marmalade, mozzarella and BBQ sauce – and the Veganic, which comes topped with 'mockerella' and an array of vegetables.
We opt for the Chick'n'Lickin' (£8.00) and a Parma Parma (£8.00), a mix of prosciutto di Parma, parmesan, mozzarella and fresh rocket. When they arrive, it's thin crispy bases and no scrimping on toppings. My Parma Parma is a fresh and salty delight for the taste buds while my companion's Chick'n'Lickin is a rich feast of tangy BBQ chicken and sweetly spiced red onion marmalade.
I try to order a sour Te Punga from Liverpool's Mad Hatter Brewing Company – because who doesn't want to try a beer inspired by a mythical Maori beast and brewed by Scousers? But they're out, and once a beer is out, that's it, it's out.
I settle for a Gentlemen's Wit (half - £2.55), a Belgian white beer from Camden Town Brewery which is frothy and fragrant, with a sweet, honeyed aftertaste. My companion sheepishly orders another cider. Both drinks go down a treat with our desserts of Oreo sundae (£5) and Chocolate Fondant and Salted Caramel Ice Cream (£5).
With terrific beer, delicious pizza and obnoxiously pleasant staff, Draft House Paddington is a great, friendly spot if you're looking for a beer and a bite to eat of an evening. With an ever-changing line up of craft brews, you could go back once a week and no two visits would be the same.


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When drinking bottled water you need to think not only about the water but also about the bottle itself. Plastic is not an inert substance as its manufacturers would like you to believe. It contains chemicals like BPA and phthalates, which mimic hormones in your body.
Even tiny concentrations can cause problems such as:
Structural damage to your brain
Hyperactivity, increased aggressiveness, and impaired learning
Increased fat formation and risk of obesity
Altered immune function
Early puberty, stimulation of mammary gland development, disrupted reproductive cycles, and ovarian dysfunction
Changes in gender-specific behavior, and abnormal sexual behavior
Stimulation of prostate cancer cells
Increased prostate size, and decreased sperm production
Even tiny concentrations can cause problems such as:
One you realize that many sources of bottled water is:
No safer than tap water
Extremely expensive
Often contaminated by plastics chemicals
Contributing to massive environmental harm
One you realize that many sources of bottled water is:
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The most recent celebration happened in June. I left my job as an HR Generalist after 16 years at a company that had 450 employees.
SCARY? Yes!
Worth it? Yes!
I am now working as a Team Administrator (WD-40, as the CEO calls me) at a start-up health technology company with 33 employees. The atmosphere, support, encouragement, flexibility, and learning opportunites are vastly different, challenging and exciting.
You're never too old for a change, a challenge or an opportunity.
Thinking about it?
Be afraid, but don't let your fear hold you back. You don't want to have
regrets and wonder what it could have been like.