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California, July 19, 2010 - The Republican Liberty Caucus of California today announced both its support of California's Proposition 19, and its opposition to any regulation or taxation of marijuana. Prop. 19, on the ballot in November, changes California law to partially legalize marijuana and allow it to be regulated and taxed by local governments. Prop. 19 also prevents children and those under 21 years of age from gaining access to marijuana.
"Clearly the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle free men and women living on free soil to grow and smoke marijuana," said RLCCA Secretary Parke Bostrom. "Prop. 19 respects this right, while at the same time highlighting that under our Constitution, the federal government does not have authority to control the sale and possession of marijuana."
"While some Prop. 19 advocates are calling for taxes on marijuana (cannabis) as a means of managing the pain of California's chronic budget crisis, Prop. 19 itself creates no such taxes or regulations. The RLCCA recommends voting "YES" on Prop. 19, while at the same time strongly opposing any taxes and regulations that local governments may try to impose," said RLCCA Chairman Matt Heath. "It is important that voters and politicians alike remember that even after Prop. 19 passes, Article 13C of the California constitution grants voters the opportunity to block each and every new tax proposed by local governments."
"Prop. 19 helps restore freedom to adults over what they choose to consume. In addition, it will help reduce violence between rival drug gangs and law enforcement along the U.S./Mexico border," said John Dennis, the Republican nominee in San Francisco's 8th Congressional District. "While not perfect, Prop. 19 is a big step in the right direction."
The RLCCA is the state chapter of the national Republican Liberty Caucus which was founded in 1991 as a 527 political organization. The RLCCA works to advance the ideals of individual rights, limited government, and free enterprise within the State of California and the Republican Party. The RLCCA supports candidates and policies that uphold these principles in order to secure a free and prosperous future for all Californians and their children. Learn more at www.rlcca.org.
RLCCA Resolution Recommending YES on Proposition 19
(Legalize Marijuana)
(Legalize Marijuana)
Whereas controlling the sale and possession of marijuana is not a Constitutionally enumerated power of the federal government, but is instead a power reserved to the states; and
Whereas states that prohibit the sale of marijuana do infringe on personal freedom, and any efforts to enforce such prohibition erode civil liberties and waste taxpayer dollars; and
Whereas prohibition also concedes a monopoly to organized crime; and
Whereas taxation and regulation constitute an infringement on property rights and other vital liberties; and
Whereas Proposition 19 would legalize limited personal cultivation and possession of marijuana and empower local governments to legalize commercial production and limited retail sales; and
Whereas Proposition 19 does not directly impose any new taxes or regulations, but rather leaves those questions to local governments, subject to the taxpayer protections in Article 13C of the California Constitution; and
Whereas Proposition 19 is the only measure available this election that takes a positive step towards complete legalization;
Therefore be it Resolved that the Republican Liberty Caucus of California recommends voting YES on Proposition 19; and
Furthermore be it Resolved that the RLCCA rejects the implication of portions of Proposition 19 that special taxation and regulation of marijuana is appropriate, and once Proposition 19 is passed by the voters in November, the RLCCA urges local governments to fully allow the production of marijuana and its sale to adults without imposing special taxes or other limitations.
(Download the press release and resolution, PDF 61KB.)


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This is me (wearing a half beard-moustache that I loved, but my wife did not)
On this blog (and in my old peeterjoot.wordpress.com blog) I write about
- My physics and math study. This was initially focused on Geometric (Clifford) Algebra, then covered material from the undergrad physics courses I was taking at UofT as a non-degree student (2010-2013). It now includes material from the M.Eng ECE electromagnetics program I started in fall 2014.
- Tricks and tips of a career C++ Unix software developer, including debugger and text manipulation tricks that seemed notable.
- Occasional home improvement stuff.
- Occasional random rants and comments on world or local events or miscellanea.
My math and physics writing is somewhat selfish, written for myself to improve my understanding, and represents a running log of my personal learning progress. Please feel free to comment or write if you find any post confusing, helpful, spot an error, or have something to say. I'll also take tips in bitcoin if you find something of value.
After a few years of taking undergrad physics courses as a part time non-degree student, I have now started (still part time) an M.Eng degree in electromagnetics as of fall 2014. That program offers the sort of fundamental science background I'm interested in, as well applied computation courses, and has "relevant" physics grad courses available as options. This gets me closer to my end goal of doing some scientific computing work, which would mesh well with my programming experience, but also require both actively learning and application of interesting science concepts.
A fairly extensive set of notes, lecture notes and problems for those classes, can be found listed on my Writing page. Despite the fact that I don't usually write any more than 6 pages in any given day, the total page count now weighs in around 5300 pages.
My occasional programming related posts are usually related to work problems in some way, massaged to obfuscate the original code.
Some somewhat random stuff about myself
I'm a dad and stepdad and have two plus two kids at max capacity. I blinked and they somehow transformed from fit-on-my-lap sized to almost full grown. I have a wife who not only tolerates and encourages my studies, but is also awesome enough to think that math is sexy.
I enjoy my '06 Shadow 750 as much as Canadian weather allows. Sadly I use it primarily for commuting, and not for pleasure riding, and now live too close to work to get adequate use of it.
Regular expressions are beautiful things. I'm a scripting junkie, and have wasted large amounts of productivity writing perl code to "save time".
My '97 'Engineering Science: Computer Engineering' undergrad days seems like a very long time ago now. I envision myself as the old man in most of my classes.
In April 2016, I joined lzLabs. My work with them will likely be concurrency related, but may also end up with my hands in build and test infrastructure.
Before lzLabs I worked as a computer programmer for IBM Canada on the Unix/Windows version of DB2 for about 20 years. This was programming in the lowest levels of guts of the product, doing system level stuff like asynchronous IO implementation and exploitation, Linux and 64-bit porting, concurrency infrastructure (lockless reader/writer mutex implementation, …), as well as work on the DB2 interface to the pureScale server (redundancy, failover, …).
I'm now a lapsed student of martial arts. I took Tae Kwan Do long enough that I earned a black belt by Canadian standards (despite the fact that our school did no competitive sparring, and I have very little flexibility). Later I took some Wing Chun style Kung Fu at Chung's Arts Academy in Markham. That is a style that is very non-intuitive compared to Tae Kwan Do, and at one point in time I was able to go through some of the motions in a less clumsy fashion. It's interesting how different the spirit of Tae Kwan Do (stand back and kick) and Wing Chun (up close and personal) are.
I was raised in a Scientology family, but haven't practised or studied it since I was a teenager. This background gave me a curiously non-rational acceptance of ideas like 'past lives', and 'out of body experiences' despite not having any personal observation of either. I don't have any immediate desire to reconcile these ideas with the science that I am actively studying, but find the dichotomy amusing and ironic.

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Archives: April 2017
Identity Crisis4/28/2017 in Category Campus Life
Another student who had a life-changing trip (to Florida) was Matt*. Matt is a great kid who has been heavily involved in Campus life for a few years now. In that time he has been on and... More
"Not Yet"4/24/2017 in Category Campus Life
Sometimes a week on the beach provides just the right opportunities for leaders to answer questions and speakers to share the Good News resulting in a student starting a relationship with... More
A Five Year Journey4/13/2017 in Category Campus Life
Five years ago, a close friend of mine invited me to be a Campus Life leader in our local ministry. I was helping in the high school, but was asked to be the female leader at the middle... More
A Huge Weight Lifted4/7/2017 in Category Campus Life
This spring break trip to Florida was my first trip with YFC. It was an amazing trip and I had the opportunity to bring eight students. Overall it was an incredible trip where our Campus... More
Birth of a Leader4/3/2017 in Category Campus Life
Jeremy* is a long time Campus Life kid who has been on our Florida spring break trip several times but as a senior he'd been looking forward to this week since school started. While Jeremy... More


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Mrs. Gordon
Welcome to Clinton Elementary!
We are the "little school with a big heart and big dreams."
On any given day, you could take a walk through the halls of Clinton Elementary and find amazing things taking place. Teachers are teaching, students are learning, and everyone is having FUN at the same time! You see, we believe here at Clinton Elementary that ALL children can learn – we just need to find out what they are interested in and then take an interest in it! We are a family and strive to ensure ALL family members reach their goals.
I would encourage you to talk with anyone who lives, works, or attends our school in Clinton. I am sure you will find that everyone shares our vision of having a big heart and big dreams. Not only do we take care of our own, we also extend that care to others in our community. The opportunities we offer above and beyond academics in the classroom, such as Student of the Month, Student Council, Lego Team, and Running Club, just to name a few, keep our students engaged and allows them to become true role models for others.
I am honored and thrilled to be a part of the Clinton community of learners. If you have any thoughts, ideas, or questions about our school or its programs, please don't hesitate to contact me at any time. I would be happy to talk with you about our "little school with a big heart and big dreams."
Cathy Gordon ~ Principal


text: Feel free to add to the list! AMIRIGHT? Literal translation: "Are we on the same page?" or "Do you catch my drift?" BAIL Fall off your board. Did you see that guy just bail? YEEEWWOO that hurt! BOARDSIDE (BUSHING) Refers to the bushing closest to your board or under the truck hanger. See also: Roadside (bushing) What bushing are you running boardside? BOMB (BOMBING) To ride down a hill fast. That guy was bombing that hill so hard! BURLY Going big with a trick. That slide was burly! DAD Name for people / Something to be said. (Are you my dad? Thanks dad. Dad. DOPE Referencing the amount of steeze in ones trick. Dude that slide was dope! DURO Short for durometer, the rating of hardness for wheels and bushings. What duro are you running in your set up? EAT IT / ATE IT To fall off your board and crash. Ahh he ate it good. GNAR Gnarly. Extreme. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being extremely extreme and 1 being not so extreme, gnar would be 11. GNAR BAR Variation of gnar. HIGH SIDE When the wheels grip up mid slide and throw you off your board forward, down the hill. Dangerous and no fun. Easy fix: lean back more. HYPED when your hyped about something = your excited or pumped up. KNUCKS FO LUCKS Nuff said. (We're actually not even sure what this means, it's just fun to say.) LANDY Short for Landyachtz, a brand of skateboards. LOW SIDE When the wheels slide out more than you expected and the board shoots out from you. Holes in ya pants. Easy fix: lean forward over the board more. PRANDAL Paris/Randal Trucks. These are made by mixing a Paris hanger with a Randal baseplate, or vice versa. Yo dawg, my Prandals have more lean than your PNLs! TURNT / MAD TURNT When you're mad turnt, you're going hard. "Yo that was mad turnt" = "Yo you're shredding" MOBBING Going fast, killing it, shredding like crazy (That kid is mobbing) OTANG Short for Orangatang, Loaded's wheel brand. ROADSIDE (BUSHING) Refers to the bushing closest to the road and above the truck hanger. See also: Boardside (bushing) What bushing are you running roadside? SHRALP Similar to shred, may be used as a step up from shred. "Holy *@$# that dude was straight shralpping!" SHRED To skate in an outstandingly gnarly or sketchy circumstance that proves your skill as a skateboarder. SHRED SLED Your longboard set up. Grab your shred sled man, let's go bomb! STEEZE Coolness. Look at that guy and all his steez. STEEZY (STEEZEY) Coolness with a Y. STOKED To be intensely hyped about something. Also the name of yours truly. SUMURFING Smurf surfing. THANE Short for urethane, which is short for polyurethane. Thane is what wheels are made of. (Did you see all that thane that guys slide lay down? THANE LINES The awesome urethane lines longboard wheels make when riders do slides. Groms and pros alike measure their thane lines to see whose are biggest. THROW DOWN Doing a trick that puts it all out there. Did you see that guy throw down that heelside? It was awesome. TRILL True and real. In other words "that was trill" = "that was cool" https://stokedskateboards.com/knowledge-base/longboard-slang.html


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There Are A Number Of Home Improvements That Increase The Value Of A Home When It Is Time Sell A Home.
What material you use for this part of your project devices depending on the form of DIY home repair job. And if you do decide you want storage to be is simply a dartboard guess - starting at around $800. Depending on the nature of your home improvement projects, could be dramatically improved with a quality bay window. Mullions Make the Bay Window Better If my husband is the big promoter of the your bay window was complete, there are even more options - the exterior options.
Remember most bay windows are custom - it is the combination that you create that creates the design ranch below appears to use the dormers in lieu of skylights - adding light and adding architectural delight to that large expanse of roofing. Additionally, as we mentioned if the replacement window matches in size, the cost is much less and if the foundation is already there and you cabinets to provide double duty to this space can be simpler for installation and less expensive than custom cabinets. Mullions and Arches - Great Visual Impact architectural possibilities don't end with provide light and much more - they are simply an architectural delight - inside and out. If you are patient, do your research your project will surely be a great success - offering 45-degree units range from about 16 to 22 inches deep.


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Europe's March windstorm could blow in $1.6 billion in insured lossesReprints
Insured property losses from Windstorm Niklas that hit Europe in March will be between €750 million ($810.5 million) and €1.5 billion, ($1.62 billion) according to catastrophe modeler Risk Management Solutions Inc.
Losses in Germany will account for about three-quarters of the total, RMS said Monday.
The estimate includes damage to property, autos, forestry and agriculture and direct business interruption claims, RMS said.
The storm, which hit during the last week of March, also caused widespread damage in Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.


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Wall-Sized DIYs from the Sunset Idea House
Last week Andie posted about the inspiring Sunset Idea House located just south of Los Angeles. While the house has many moments to exclaim over, it was the wall treatments in two of the rooms that really jumped out at me. David John Dick of Disc Interiors, who, along with his partner Krista Schrock, was responsible for the house, shared that they were both looks that could easily be re-created at home.
In the study, it's the wallpaper that takes the room into "Wow!" territory. Not only does the mural underline the indoor/outdoor charm of California living, but it makes a room with a relatively small footprint feel expansive and inviting. The wallpaper was created from a photo of the California coastline taken by photographer Laure Joliet using a large format camera. The image was then printed on paper in black and white. With all four walls receiving the same treatment (the image is mirrored so it appears continuous), the image appears to fade into the ceiling, blurring the line between inside and outside.
Krista and David had the image printed at Design Your Wall. "The photo wasn't even that high of a resolution," David points out, good news if you're considering using a photo you snapped with your iPhone this summer. Along with their custom option (which can be printed on vinyl, mylar and canvas), there are also plenty of ready-to-hang wallpaper images available.
Upstairs, in the children's room, it's the graphic and textured eight-foot-tall letters which spell out the word SEE (a play on words that references the room's vaguely nautical decor) that are the space's focus. Created by LONDUBH Studio, an LA-based decorative painting studio whose name means blackbird in Gaelic ("Birds symbolize the heavens and higher ideals. Black is the color of power and potential."), it's an easy DIY that can be recreated in at home with a little bit of scissor skills and some wallpaper paste. Outline your letters, then fill them in, collage-style, using a mix of papers to give the letters texture.
By the way, if you haven't seen the Sunset Idea House in person, you can check it out this weekend, along with five other homes sprinkled throughout LA's beach communities, as part of Sunset Magazine's first Home & Garden Tour.


text: Governor Kasich signs S.B.1 to protect Lake Erie and Ohio's water quality April 6th, 2015 Governor Kasich has signed SB 1 into law—a bill that aims to restrict agricultural practices known to contribute to the formation of harmful algal blooms. Specially, the law sets limits for fertilizer application in Lake Erie's western basin, increases phosphorus monitoring at wastewater treatment facilities, and restricts open lake disposal of dredge material. The Greater Cleveland Partnership closely monitored the development of this legislation and supports the final version passed by the General Assembly. "We are pleased that the Governor has signed this important legislation into law, said Marty McGann, the GCP's senior vice president of advocacy. "Enhancing the civic and economic benefit of our Great Lakes is essential to our prosperity as a region. SB 1 will be an important tool to accomplishing this." The GCP also continues to urge the Army Corps of Engineers to ensure timely post-winter dredging of the Cuyahoga River and that the dredged material is not dumped into Lake Erie. With key businesses along the river that rely on it to transport goods, a delay will have a negative impact on economic activity. The GCP will continue to work closely with key partners, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for a viable solution.


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It was eight years ago today that the horrific events of 9-11-01 occurred. In light of that, I wanted to reprise the article I wrote the day after, because it is obvious now that what I wrote was both prescient and prophetic. I knew that day, as I watched the events unfold on television that we were witnessing the collapse, not only of the Twin Towers, but the world's economy, if not the "Fall of Babylon" prophesied in Revelation 18. Though the news commentators and pundits were unwilling to speak such things at the time, it was confirming and reaffirming to hear Alan Greenspan, the then Chairman of the Federal Reserve — the twelve banks that are the real control center of America — admitted in a recent televised interview on a CNBC progam about the 2008 global economic collapse that he too instinctively knew he was witnessing the collapse of the world economy when he flew over ground zero in a helicopter the day after to see for himself the utter devastation and ruin wreaked at the hands of few foreign terrorists. The article regarding 9-11 follows.
|America Under Attack
September 11, 2001
"A Day that Will Live In Infamy"
By Steven Lambert, ThD
Dear Friends and Fellow-believers,
Regarding the tragic and incredible events of yesterday, September 11, 2001, another "day that will live in infamy," some ten years ago, the Lord gave me a prophetic dream showing me, in essence, devastation of this sort taking place specifically in NY City. He also showed me in my discussion with Him about what transpired in the vision (far more than I can disclose here), that NYC was the epicenter of the financial, communication, commercial, and international political infrastructure of America, and hence the world. In the days following, He went on to tell me that there would come a time (I believe this is the beginning of that time) when everything that we have come to rely upon as being foundational to our individual and collective lives, the "foundations" of America and the free world, would be rocked, critically wounded, and indeed, some of them fatally wounded and destroyed.
Consequently, "life" as we have come to know it in this country especially, (at the time of the fulfillment of the vision) would be "forever changed." The words that continuously reverberated in my spirit, which I knew to be the words of the Holy Spirit within, were, "Nothing will ever be the same. Nothing will ever be the same."
It was surreal for all Americans as well as people around the world to watch the events unfold on the TV screen, but especially to me personally, in that the WTC collapsing and decimation in a vital section of Manhattan was essentially a replay of what I saw in the dream. Without launching into detailed account of what the Lord has shown me concerning end time events particularly in this country, I will say that I believe these horrific acts of barbarism perpetrated against not only the bastion of freedom but also against the very precept of democracy are the beginning of a series of events that will precipitate international actions that will result in massive and wholesale global geo-political upheaval and modification; that is, "tribulation," if you will. Tribulation that will cast the entire world into unprecedented trepidation, uncertainty, and a sense of insecurity the likes of which has not been known since World War II, and in many ways greater. Modification that is absolutely necessary to protect and defend liberty and democracy against those radically diabolical elements of the world whose totally indefensible and irrational dogma, more appropriately, "doctrines of demons," make them enemies of all that is good and right. But, modification also that is required to comport the present geo-political landscape and international alliances with Biblical eschatological prediction to prepare the way for the only ultimate answer to the ancient struggle of good versus evil — the Kingdom Reign of Christ.
Nothing will ever be the same — for Americans, nor the world. Nevertheless, in many ways, into the relative immediate future, the changes that will take place in the natural, both nationally and among allies of democracy and freedom, will certainly be good and beneficial, and actually improvements to our personal and national security. However, the spiritual impact that will be realized from the ensuing global tribulation is the overriding "pot of gold" at the end of the rainbow that will manifest when the sun (really, Son) finally breaks through this dark and devastating storm sweeping through our world at the present. In short, the spiritual effect will be that many rational and common-sensed people will begin to realize as never before that the creation, including its supremely sophisticated specie, mankind, with all its intelligence and "powers," is not capable, in and of itself alone, of managing itself, but that a Superior and indeed Supreme Being, the Creator of the creation, the Originator of Life, is the only One capable of such macro-management of such a massive cosmos.
Myriads of so enlightened, in spite of their many unanswered questions concerning the seeming injustices and "mysteries" of this "life," shall begin to cast aside as irrational and inconceivable the inane notions that the cosmos with all its unfathomable intricacies could have possibly somehow "evolved" out of itself or nothing, and to call upon the Chief Architect to take control of their "world" as well as the world. Indeed, though such spiritual concepts may be extremely difficult for many spiritual "newbies" who may be reading this to comprehend or mentally ascend to, the ultimate end-result of all the "tribulations" that shall gradually transpire over the next unknown period of years will be that Jesus will be exalted and revealed as the Supreme Lord of All and the true Bride of Christ will be glorified, though as through the furnace of affliction unto purification. All of the events that will be taking place in the years ahead will have one ultimate purpose: to demonstrate that there is only ONE God, the Trinity of Divinity, and that Jesus is LORD and the ONLY name given among men by which mankind can be saved! (Acts 4:12)
Regarding the Church, the Church that Jesus is building, "purification unto glorification" will be the divinely inspired process through which it shall be taken. If the Ecclesia is to spare itself of unnecessary despair, grief, sorrow, and losses, not to mention delay in fulfillment of the plans and purposes of God which He has determined to carry out through her, as never before, then the Church MUST begin to comprehend and apprehend the strategies of God for the Church and in turn the Cosmos. The Body of Christ, and "now are we the Body of Christ," must begin to receive the instruction and commands of the Christ, the Head of the Church. The Body for far too long has been doing its own thing rather than the thing of its Head.
Moreover, the Church must begin to incorporate into its collective understanding and mindset the indisputable and immutable fact that, like it or not, we have been thrust into a WAR! An all-out, life-or-death struggle against the well-armed and -trained forces of a diabolical enemy, indeed, the father of all evil. He is not a mythical red-pajama-adorned, pitchfork-wielding, double-horned figment of religious conjuration, nor a specter of irrational cogitation and paranoia, nor a mere looming prospect. But rather, as the innumerable faceless "terrorists" hell-bent on annihilating the "great satan" we have been told for years exist around the world, and who, with these recent attacks, we now know are very REAL, so also the arch-nemesis of the Creator and thus His Creation, the fallen arch-angel, satan, is himself the consummate "terrorist."
And, the Church must quickly come to the realization, as did President Bush regarding the senseless attacks on America, that the attacks against us are not merely acts of terrorism by a terrorist. They go far beyond that. They are acts of WAR! The intent of this enemy is not merely to terrorize, but to "steal, kill, and destroy" (John 10:10). The chief enemy is not merely engaging in psychological warfare. Rather, it is shoot-to-kill WAR! The sooner we recognize this reality and respond with deadly and unrelenting force against the assailant, the fewer the casualties and the lesser the losses. Without the slightest hesitation, trepidation, and intimidation, we must aggressively engage ourselves in the warfare against the forces of the enemy in which we have been conscripted, utilizing "the weapons of OUR warfare (which) are not of the flesh but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses (strongholds)" (2 Cor. 10:4, emphasis, italics added by author), remembering at all times, though, that the real enemy is not flesh and blood, that is, people, but the true enemy behind all the warfare waged against us in the natural is a spiritual enemy, a spirit-being, along with unnumbered hordes of diabolical spirit-being cohorts:
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." Eph. 6:12
There is one other critical word of advisement to the Church that it must begin to hear and heed. The Body of Christ must begin to understand and incorporate into its collective psyche and strategies that the Head does nothing without doing it through the Body. Christ is the Head; we are His Body. The perhaps enigmatic Divine Choice is, rather than by-pass the betrothed Bride, to deputize Her and to work through Her to implement every aspect of Divine plans and purposes. Though the Church assuredly is the Family of God endowed with and the conduit of the Agape-Love of God, it is also the Army of God equipped with the weapons of spiritual warfare and enjoined by God as His soldiers to carry out His strategic battle plans against the megalomaniac and master-mind behind all evil perpetrated upon the Earth (cf, Eph. 6:11). We are the Army of God, and not a bunch of rag-tag, undisciplined, untrained, independent commandos, without leadership or direction. No! Just as American armed forces are the most highly trained, skilled, armed, commanded, and lethal in the world, so also is the spiritual armed forces of God! Though many segments of the Church-at-large, do not understand this, nor even the imperativeness of it, it is nonetheless true. As outlandish as it may sound to some, no true believer is called to be a pacifist. Rather, every Christian is called and anointed to be a spiritual WARRIOR!
Indisputably, the foundation of any armed forces is its leadership. An army, as any enterprise, is only as effective as its leadership. No military can function or succeed, and therefore, survive, without highly skilled, knowledgeable, wise, tested and proven, and seasoned leadership. Likewise, the leadership of God's military is its foundation. God Himself unequivocally and categorically states in His Word that the foundation of the Church is the apostles and prophets (Eph. 2:20).1
God Himself has Hand-chosen, commissioned, extraordinarily anointed, thoroughly equipped, and specially and uniquely prepared an extensive corps of military leadership at every level of command to lead His Army in ferocious, unfailing, undefeatable, and Divinely designed strategic battle plans that in the end will thoroughly and finally vanquish the unseen forces of the ancient foe, the devil. The Church must begin to recognize, appropriately respect, and receive these leaders God has appointed and consigned with the unenviable and inglorious task of leadership in His military. In the wars that lie ahead, God will be communicating His Divine Directives through His appointed hierarchy of leadership, and the bona fide, Spirit-trained and -led soldiers of His Army will operate in total order, discipline, and obedience:
4 Their appearance is like the appearance of horses; And like war horses, so they run.
5 With a noise as of chariots They leap on the tops of the mountains,
Like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble, Like a mighty people arranged for battle.
6 Before them the people are in anguish; All faces turn pale.
7 They run like mighty men, They climb the wall like soldiers; And they each march in line, Nor do they deviate from their paths.
8 They do not crowd each other, They march everyone in his path; When they burst through the defenses, They do not break ranks.2
America is under siege, and is no longer in peacetime, but rather war. Wartime brings with it constraints upon freedom necessary to preserve freedom and protect the citizenry at-large. Certain civil liberties in place during peacetime of necessity must be sacrificed for purposes of the greater good during wartime. Pacifism must give way to protectionism and the counter-aggression it requires. As a US Army Vietnam War Era veteran, I can tell you that war certainly is no game, but as in sports, the best defense is an overwhelming offense. In war, stealthy and preemptive strikes of overpowering force are absolutely necessary in order to swiftly vanquish the enemy, and thereby limit casualties. As with Desert Storm, under the direction of our current President's father, George Herbert Walker Bush, we must act suddenly, swiftly, decisively, and definitively. Moreover, if our armed forces and those of our allies are to win for us a quick and decisive victory, Americans must immediately acquire a political appetite for expanded intelligence gathering in groups and nations that pose a threat to American security as well as the absolutely necessary preemptive aggressive action against known potential terrorists that our intelligence agencies identify.
Likewise, the Church must draw the parallels of these principles regarding war in the natural and apply them to the war in which we have been engaged for eons against the real enemy behind all evil and hatred in the world. Believers must begin to develop an appetite for the spiritual intelligence and guidance of its corporate intelligence agents, the prophets, as well as give them the funding necessary for them to do their job, a la the U.S. Congress and our national intelligence agencies. The Body of Christ, that is, the Army of God, must also begin to follow the commands and directives of its preeminent spiritual military leaders, the apostles, though the wartime strategies they propose, in comparison to peacetime strategies, so to speak, the Church has been engaging for centuries, may seem to some to be radical, overly aggressive, mystical, and even irrational, at times.
Let us rise up, Saints of God, out of our arrogance and spiritual lethargy into which we have been allured by the accoutrements and privileges of our enormous and unprecedented per capita wealth in this country. Let us never forget that the love of money is the root of all evil. First comes the natural, then comes the spiritual (1 Cor. 15:46). Events taking place in the natural realm are often a reflection and even forewarning of what is or is about to happen in the spiritual realm. Let US, the Body of Christ, not wait for the terrorist attacks of the arch-terrorist, satan, to awaken us out of our arrogance and complacency.
Let us rise up now, listen to the reports of terrorists hell-bent on bringing destruction and devastation to our lives we have already received from the Supreme CIA, the Holy Spirit, which are published in the Word of God, and let us put on the full armor of God, go into battle alert, and launch a full-scale preemptive attack of our own against the forces of the enemy. For, we have one distinct advantage over our country's government right now, which is that we know without any doubt who our enemy is, for God has declared, "Your adversary, the DEVIL, prowls about like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour" (1 Pet 5:8). So, we know that like it or not we HAVE an adversary, who is the ultimate terrorist, who incessantly is seeking an opportunity to devour and destroy us. And, the ensuing verse tells us we must OFFENSIVELY "RESIST him, firm in your faith." As America must identify, root out, and vanquish those that would choose to be our adversaries, lest we be destroyed, so also believers must engage in offensive warfare against our adversary, lest we too as individuals be irreparably destroyed.
Regarding America, America is a Divinely chosen and blessed country. For hour after hour, the eyes of America were riveted on our television screens and the live images of the horrifying events and resulting devastation transpiring within the infamous and seemingly immutable Manhattan Island skyline the news organizations broadcasted. Looming somewhat inconspicuously but poignantly in the foreground of the aerial camera shots of New York Harbor, was the comparatively tiny, Ellis Island, unscathed by the dastardly acts of terrorism perpetrated only a short distance across the Harbor. There proudly "stands a Lady with her torch held toward the sky," the Statue of Liberty, the universally recognized monument of liberty and democracy. Those profound images, which shall be forever etched upon our minds, perfectly symbolize the American spirit that shouts forth from our collective rooftop that though you lay siege to our institutions and the buildings that house them, the mere physical, outer elements of our nation and society, nevertheless, no one — no individual, no group, no band of terrorists, no foreign or domestic power — can destroy the American SPIRIT, the HEART, the internal elements, of this "one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all" — the greatest nation in the world!
Make no mistake about it, America, despite its shortcomings and imperfections, is still the greatest nation on the face of the Earth, and indeed in the history of the world. And we can know with complete certainty, that God has heard and answered the simple prayer uttered countless times by millions upon millions of ordinary citizens, performers, speakers, bards, and politicians, "God bless America!"
Though perhaps humbled and chastened in a variety of ways, America will survive, will prevail against all aggression, will rebound, will rebuild, will prosper, will coalesce, and will as a nation return to God, to be used by God as primary base from which "this gospel of the kingdom (of Christ) shall be preached in the WHOLE world for a witness to ALL the NATIONS" (Mat. 24:14, emphasis, italics added by author).
Look up, all ye that would believe upon the one and only Savior of mankind, for your redemption draweth nigh!
Many Blessings,
Dr. Steven Lambert
1 For our purposes here, we must swiftly and completely debunk the cessation theories with the common sense assertion that if there is a viable, that is, living, Church today, comprised of "living stones," and no true believer would deny there is, then there must of necessity be a viable, that is, presently living, not ceased or deceased, foundation to that Church. This fact of living, functioning apostles and prophets today, is indisputably corroborated by First Corinthians 12:28, in which the Spirit of God testifies that GOD HAS (present continuous tense; not "did") SET (immutably fixed) in the CHURCH first apostles, second prophets." Inherent in this passage is the truth that as long as the Church exists God is continuously setting into the Church apostles and prophets as its primary leaders.
2 The New American Standard Bible, 1995 Update, (La Habra, California: The Lockman Foundation) 1996.
READ: The Evil Face of Our Adversary, another article regarding the Attack on America, with incredible photographs showing the face of the devil in the explosions of the World Trade Center!


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Gluten-Free Blogroll
With all the great gluten-free blogs out there, I have not been able to keep up with updating my blog roll. I have decided instead to keep this post as a resource. If you want to be listed here, please let me know. Instead of leaving a comment, I would like you to use Mr. Linky. I will periodically check Mr. Linky, add the blogs to my list, and then delete them from Mr. Linky. I'm looking for blogs that are primarily about gluten-free living. If you added a link, but I didn't put it in the list, it is probably because I felt your blog contained too little gluten-free information. If you have a question about that or you change the focus of your blog, please let me know.
When entering your blog, in the box next to "name" put your blog title and in parentheses list other foods that you also omit from your diet. It is assumed that everyone is gluten free, but if you also blog about a sugar free and soy free diet, you would enter this: Your Blog Title (sugar, soy). That doesn't mean that every recipe or product review on your blog is sugar and soy free, but is should be what you primarily and currently blog about. In the box next to "url" please put your home page blog address.
Blogs will be permanently added to the list at my discretion. Blogs with offensive material will not be added. I don't expect this to be a problem, but you never know.
A Life of Sugar and Spice (dairy free)
About Allergy
Adventures of a Gluten-Free Mom
Amongst Lovely Things
Auntjayne's Blog
Beyond Rice and Tofu (vegetarian)
Bubble Tummy
Bye Bye Bread (corn)
Celiac At School
Celiac Family
Celiac Teen
Celiacs in the House
Celtic Celiac
Chaya's Comfy Cook Blog
CJ's Woodland Shed and the Autism Journey
Cooking Gluten Free
Dharma Cakes (dairy, egg, & soy free)
Easy To Be Gluten Free
Elegantly, Gluten-Free
Enjoy Life Free
Free to Feast (sugar, most dairy, grain & starch free)
Freedom to Dine
Finding Food
Fit Food Lover
Flip Cookbook
G is for Gluten
Ginger Lemon Girl
Glugle Gluten-Free
Gluten Hates Me
Gluten Free A-Z (vegetarian)
Gluten Free April
Gluten Free Asian Food
Gluten Free Birmingham
Gluten Free Cheaply!
Gluten-Free Denver
Gluten Free Diva
Gluten Freedom (dairy free)
Gluten Free Easily
Gluten-Free Flavor Full
Gluten-Free Food That Even My Husband Likes
Gluten Free Gluttony
Gluten Free 4 Goofs
Gluten-Free Greenie
Gluten Free & Healthy for Me
Gluten Free in SLC
Gluten Free Kitchen (dairy & soy free)
Gluten Free Motherhood
Gluten Free Naturally
Gluten-Free Optimist
Gluten Free Real Food (sugar, dairy, & grain free)
Gluten Free Recipe Box
Gluten Free Recipes
Gluten-Free Social Media Tips
Gluten Free Spinner
Gluten Free Taste of Home
Gluten Free and You
Goodbye Goldfish
Gracefully Gluten-Free
Gwinnett GF Food Examiner
Healthy Mama
I'm A Celiac
I Made Toast
Jenn Cuisine
Karina's Kitchen
Kosher Heathy Foodie
La Maoomba
Lisa's Gluten-Free Advice and Healthy Living
Living and Loving Gluten and Casein Free (casein free)
Living Free (dairy & sugar free)
Losing Creek Farm (soy, nuts, legumes)
Lynn's Recipe Adventures (nut & peanut free)
Madison Papers
Make it Gluten Free
Marine Corps Nomads
My Marriage Has Autism (dairy & egg free)
Mysteries Internal
Saving U Cents
Silly Celiac, You Can't Have Wheat!
Simply Sugar and Gluten-Free
Sing Cook Write (egg & dairy free)
Sophies Foodie Files
Super Charged Foods Blog
Sweet Sensitivity
Tasty Eats At Home
The Baking Beauties
The Crazy Kitchen
The Daily Dietribe
The Discerning Kitchen (corn, soy, dairy)
The Frugally Rich Life (dairy, sugar, most soy, and red meat free)
The Gluten Free Digest
The Gluten Free Food Blog
The Mommy Bowl (dairy, red meat, & refined sugar free)
The Not So Perfect Housewife
The Pink Cowgirl
Vividly & Gluten Free
What Can You Eat? (mostly vegetarian)
What Life Dishes Out
Wheatless Foodie
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Mine is a GF blog, although that is not the primary thing I blog about. I blog about our family life and homeschooling usually-- and then there's lots of GF mixed up in that!
Can we grab that image at the top of this post to add to our sidebars (linked back to you, of course)?
Can we grab that image at the top of this post to add to our sidebars (linked back to you, of course)?
Sarah, I'll look into that next week. Maybe I can make a smaller one because that one won't fit in most sidebars.
The focus of my blog is leaving gluten-free, especially recipes and lifestyle, but sometimes other interests like running, knitting, etc sneak in!
There are so many gluten-free blogs. On my Gluten-Free Optimist blog, I have nearly 50 on my blogroll, and I am sure I am missing some great ones. My newer blog is Gluten-Free Social Media Tips. On twitter, I created a list of gluten-free bloggers and examiners, which has nearly 150 bloggers. http://twitter.com/MarylandCeliac/gluten-free-bloggers
I'm a bit new to the world of blogging in general, but I am finding the gluten-free blogging community to be really supportive and fun. It's perfect since I just moved 500 miles away from all of my friends. Thanks for having this, and I am looking forward to Gluten-Free Wednesdays, too. I really need to get a better blog so I can add all of these buttons.
I did it wrong at first so delete number 26. Sorry! My blog is Gluten Free Naturally. I specialize in remaking old favorites, playing with various grains for breads and cooking for kids on a special diet. I use organic / real ingredients.
my blog is about autism. diet is a huge part in the therapy we do, and is a huge part in how i stay well, having sensitivities myself.
What a wonderful resource, thank you! Gluten Free and You is a celebration of everything gluten free. Readers can expect recipes, current events and product reviews all dedicated to the gluten free community.
I've been following your blog for some time as I gather more information on eating gluten free; looking forward to more!
Thanks for your examples, recipes and lovely way of presenting gluten-free living so it sounds more like fun and less like boring.
I'm into gf casseroles (kickasseroles) and sports. I love reading the posts and gatherings of recipes on GFH!
Thanks in advance for adding me to the list! I just started blogging last month, but have been cooking Gluten Free a little more than a year. My blog features all my favorite recipes, all Gluten Free, and most are vegetarian, too! Love YOUR blog, by the way!! :-)
My blog is about the farm and what comes out of the kitchen...GF, bean and nut free and as simple as possible.
Thanks for creating this. I am going to add the button to my side bar, because I too, have a hard time keeping track of all of the great gf sites out there.
I just started my blog focused on the specific challenge of keeping a young child happy and healthy on a gluten free diet. I post favorite GF product reviews, recipes the whole family can enjoy, and tips and strategies for living gluten free. Thanks for helping me build a community of other parents of celiac children.
My blog is gluten free vegetarian and mostly dairy free/ sugar free recipes. Love your blog and thanks for this great resource for bloggers.
I posted the Discerning Kitchen. It's gluten, dairy, corn, soy, egg, and nut free. Some recipes have tree nuts and some have dairy because my husband eats dairy, but by and large, I avoid all of these ingredients.
Thanks! :)
Thanks! :)
I would love for you to add me to your blogroll. I am Gluten Free Birmingham. We are totally gluten free.
Fabulous list of resources! We would appreciate you adding our blog: http://glutenfreerecipebox.com.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!
My blog is just starting, but I plan on focusing primarily on gluten-free items and recipes as well as gluten-free baby/toddler friendly items as well as other baby/toddler issues.
My blog, Gluten Free Greenie, is totally gluten free. It's about, me, an artist that is living gluten free and green (meaning trying to live as environmentally conscious as possible).
My blog features Gluten Free recipes, product and restaurant reviews, giveaways, some green hints, and things I'm learning along the way.
My blog features Gluten Free recipes, product and restaurant reviews, giveaways, some green hints, and things I'm learning along the way.
Thanks for letting us link. La Maoomba Blog is about living fully - gluten-free/dairy-free cooking is a large part of that for me, as well as being creative, enjoying the outdoors, and keeping in mind that have dietary issues does not have to limit you.
My blog, The GLuten Free Digest is a gluten free food blog all about cooking/baking, recipes, cooking baking questions. The goal of my blog is to offer yummy, tasty gluten free recipes.
I just added my link, Celtic Cealic: A Modern Guide to Staying Sane Without Grain. I write about my GF life in it's entirety, including reviews of products and books, recipes, giveaways, life experiences, locally gluten free places on long island, news and research. Hope you'll tag along for the adventure!
My blog started out as a regular blog about cooking and confections, but after diagnosis, I switched to gluten free cooking. Thank you for considering listing my blog. Yours is great!
I am recently gluten free and finally feel great! (I am 51 years old!)
My blog is all about eating gluten free and contains reviews of products, recipes, tips and just my thoughts on going gluten free.
My blog is all about eating gluten free and contains reviews of products, recipes, tips and just my thoughts on going gluten free.
Originally I blogged as "Gluten-Free Food That Even My Husband Likes" but recently I've transitioned to "Elegantly, Gluten-Free". The name change allows me to focus on a broader range of subjects more in keeping with the wonderful gluten-free food we have available.
Hi everyone! I am new to blogging and really love it! I am gluten-free and have been for over 2 years now. It's changed my life. I want to inspire people and to share my experience with food and fitness
Just like everyone else said, this is SUCH a great resource! I can't wait to start using all of these blogs :) I am new to the blogging world and would LOVE to have my blog added. The majority is all gluten and corn free cooking with an occasional craft thrown in the mix. How can I get my blog added?
Ok, got it figured out how to get my blog added. I cook gluten and corn free. It is the MAIN focus of my blog. Hope you like!
Thank-you for creating this Directory on your site.
I have just posted a Directory on my blog too, Thank-you for the idea.
Please stop by when you have the chance and add your website and recipe carnival to my Directory. And as always to can link your wonderful recipes to my Food and Health Carnival on Thursdays.
I want to thank-you for your wonderful website, you rock!
Have a very Merry Christmas,
Thank-you for creating this Directory on your site.
I have just posted a Directory on my blog too, Thank-you for the idea.
Please stop by when you have the chance and add your website and recipe carnival to my Directory. And as always to can link your wonderful recipes to my Food and Health Carnival on Thursdays.
I want to thank-you for your wonderful website, you rock!
Have a very Merry Christmas,
Thank you for putting this together! I'm just starting out, but am trying to get a collection of resources for having caliac in K-12 education, as there is not a single source for it yet. If any of you get a change, head over to http://www.celiacatschool.blogspot.com to leave a comment about what you most struggle with when sending a child with celiac to school- as an educator, I am going to try to answer as many questions as possible. Please also link to me or follow me.
I have a son who is in the autism spectrum so we follow a gluten free and casein (dairy) free diet for his well being. All of my posts are about being gluten and dairy free, my recipes, and how I came up with them. I just started my blog and would love to be added to your list!
Your blog is cool! :) I would love to be added to your list http:/supercharged1.wordpress.com or visit the website www.superchargedfood.com
Good idea ! This list is a great things for us !
Here's my little blog http://toutitelulu-le-blog.over-blog.com/
Here's my little blog http://toutitelulu-le-blog.over-blog.com/
I am still in the process of setting up my blog. Though i have made my first two post, I still don't have the hang of copy and pasting code into the blog. Hopefully I will get this right!
My blog is devoted to gluten free eating, recipes, and tips on how to shop and cook for this lifestyle in an inexpensive manner, without sacrificing nutrition. All things I had to learn the hard way and longed for better help with! I thought I would go flat broke just trying to eat gluten free and in a year and a half since diagnosis with celiac, I have learned how to shop to stock my cupboards and fridge and prepare recipes that are healthy and delicious! Now I want to pass that on to others that might be where I was back then.
My blog is devoted to gluten free eating, recipes, and tips on how to shop and cook for this lifestyle in an inexpensive manner, without sacrificing nutrition. All things I had to learn the hard way and longed for better help with! I thought I would go flat broke just trying to eat gluten free and in a year and a half since diagnosis with celiac, I have learned how to shop to stock my cupboards and fridge and prepare recipes that are healthy and delicious! Now I want to pass that on to others that might be where I was back then.
My blog is called Gluten Freedom and is primarily a place to come for gluten-free, dairy-free recipes and resources on living gluten-free. My goal is to make gluten-free cooking and baking more accessible to people with diet restrictions and to offer resources (i.e. places to shop, other blogs, information on celiac disease). I've been blogging pretty much since my first gluten-free meal two and a half years ago the day after I was diagnosed and have kept it up even while spending a year in Africa. I'd love to be included in your list of gluten-free blogs!
Hi there. I just started a blog called Gluten Free Asian Food after my husband was recently diagnosed with Celiac Disease. Since I am Asian American, I've been cooking a lot of gluten free Asian dishes and I would like to use the blog as a way to record and share my recipes. I would love to be added to your list. Thank you so much for doing this!
After being diagnosed with gastroparesis and having so many dietary restrictions I thought there was nothing out there that a I could eat.... not so! My Blog What Can You Eat is a journey through recipes for those of us who are picky eaters, gluten free, and have other dietary restrictions. I've been looking at your list and finding new great sites. I would love to be added. Thanks!
i have no idea how but i stumbled upon your blog--i LOVE it! thank you for gathering so much valuable information in one contained spot! i look forward to checking often--
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Definition of Mar
1. Noun. The month following February and preceding April.
Group relationships: Gregorian Calendar, New Style Calendar
Terms within: Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Lady Day, March 25, March 2, Texas Independence Day, March 19, Saint Joseph, St Joseph, Mid-march, March Equinox, Spring Equinox, Vernal Equinox
Generic synonyms: Gregorian Calendar Month
2. Verb. Make imperfect. "Nothing marred her beauty"
Generic synonyms: Damage
Specialized synonyms: Cloud, Corrupt, Defile, Sully, Taint, Blemish, Deface, Disfigure
Derivative terms: Defloration, Impairer, Impairment, Spoil
3. Noun. A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body). "A facial blemish"
Generic synonyms: Appearance, Visual Aspect
Specialized synonyms: Birthmark, Nevus, Chatter Mark, Check, Chip, Crack, Dent, Ding, Gouge, Nick, Mole, Mark, Scar, Scrape, Scratch, Burn, Burn Mark, Blot, Daub, Slur, Smear, Smirch, Smudge, Spot, Stigma, Verruca, Wart, Milium, Whitehead, Blackhead, Comedo
Derivative terms: Blemish, Blemish, Blemish
4. Verb. Destroy or injure severely. "Mutilated bodies"
Generic synonyms: Maim
Specialized synonyms: Force Out, Gouge
Derivative terms: Mutilation, Mutilator
Definition of Mar
1. n. A small lake. See Mere.
2. v. t. To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface.
3. n. A mark or blemish made by bruising, scratching, or the like; a disfigurement.
Definition of Mar
1. Noun. modified aspect ratio ¹
2. Abbreviation. (alternative form of Mar.) ¹
3. Noun. A title of respect in Syriac, literally meaning 'my lord' ¹
4. Verb. To spoil, to damage. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mar
1. to detract from the perfection or wholeness of [v MARRED, MARRING, MARS]
Medical Definition of Mar
1. 1. To make defective; to do injury to, especially. By cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface. "I pray you mar no more trees with wiring love songs in their barks." (Shak) "But mirth is marred, and the good cheer is lost." (Dryden) "Ire, envy, and despair Which marred all his borrowed visage." (Milton) 2. To spoil; to ruin. "It makes us, or it mars us." "Striving to mend, to mar the subject." Origin: OE. Marren, merren, AS. Merran, myrran (in comp), to obstruct, impede, dissipate; akin to OS. Merrian, OHG. Marrjan, merran; cf. D. Marren, meeren, to moor a ship, Icel. Merja to bruise, crush, and Goth. Marzjan to offend. Cf. Moor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Length: novel (208 pgs.)
TBR Reviewer: Amanda
Rating: 4 stars - Recommended Read.
This two-part Cinderella story has a great ending to it. Trinity and Archer have to fight through family prejudices and secrets, get past telling both families, and deal with jealous "friends" to get to their happily ever after. Without giving anything away, I'll just say that someone's past comes back and bites them in the butt, but it eventually helps clear the air. My only real
issue with this story was the formality of the dialogue at times between Trinity and Archer seemed odd, but otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed the read.


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The body
I invite you to take one breath for the earth beneath our feet, one for the sky above us, and one for the sea that surrounds us. Be aware of your body, and release any tension in your feet ... legs ... belly ... chest ... arms ... neck ... and head. Now look within yourself what images arise? ... [pause] ...The body contains darkness the velvet darkness of the flesh, the nourishing darkness of the earth. The body contains water water that answers to the call of the Moon, water that nourishes life. The body contains earth the chalk-white bones that hold us up. The body contains air the air that we breathe. The body contains fire the spark of life, the warmth of the flesh, the pulse of the blood. And the body contains light the spark of the Divine in every heart, the light of reason in every mind. The body holds our memories memories of happiness and sadness, memories that make us who we are. The body gives rise to our dreams dreams of freedom and peace, dreams of love and passion. The body holds our spirit, our consciousness, our inner life. The body fixes us in time and place, allowing us to experience the present moment in all its fullness. Let us be present now present to our bodies, present to each other, present to this precious moment. [long pause] Let us be present now. [music]
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Oct 10, 2009
BSC vs. Colorado College Box Score
CONWAY, Ark. – The Birmingham-Southern volleyball team dropped two matches today to No. 14 Southwestern University, 3-0, and No. 12 Colorado College, 3-1, at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference West/Central Divisional, hosted by Hendrix College in Conway, Ark.
The Panthers now stand at 9-9 on the season, and will face No. 15 Trinity University and Rhodes College tomorrow at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Southwestern won the match by the scores of 25-17, 25-21, 25-17. Sophomore #Hope Harris# led with 11 kills and also recorded 17 digs for a double-double, and junior #Christine Denning# led with 35 assists. Junior #Jennifer McKannan# led with 23 digs, and senior #Sarah Harris# was also in double digits with 12 digs. Freshman #Presley Dickson# led with two service aces.
Against Colorado College, the Panthers lost by the scores of 19-25, 15-25, 25-23, 28-30. Statistical leaders were Sarah Harris with 14 kills, Denning with 39 assists, McKannan with 20 digs, sophomore #Haley Johnson# with two blocks, and Sarah Harris and McKannan with three service aces apiece.
Heading into tomorrow's matches, Sarah Harris is now only three kills from becoming BSC's all-time career leader.


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Wedding & Lifestyle Previews
I literally met Kev the night of my husbands surprise 50th, he had been highly recommended to me by a friend. Kev slipped straight into the groove of things and blended in with everyone. He captured some amazing images and didn't miss a photo opportunity. It was fun to have him amongst us on the dance floor and he didn't make us feel self conscious at all. It was a last minute decision to have a photographer at the party but WOW I'm so glad I did! We now have the perfect way to remember all the colour, energy and joy of the night. Thanks Kev
Absolutely fantastic photography man Kev was brilliant with us all made the day more fun with some crazy pics, actually felt like he was part of us on the day. Would highly recommend him to anyone out there
The photos of Emily and Josh wedding are just amazing and you have just captured everything throughout the day all the special moments everyone is different and the photos of the eveing partly on the dance floor just fabulous and the photo booth was just a brilliant idea and everyone is just brilliant, you really did fantastic Kev!!!
Attended my cousins wedding yesterday and I have to say what an amazing photographer Kev was. Nothing was too much trouble. I stood on the side lines watching and everyone was having an amazing time while he was taking all the pictures. Hats off to you Kev.
I can honestly say I have never been to a wedding quite like this one, it was perfect and the photographers became part of the day and were very friendly and made us feel very relaxed! The photos show how fantastic it was and the photographers new exactly what images they were going to achieve with each pose! I would recommend Kevin and the guys to anyone I know who is getting married! Simply the best!
Beautiful photography for my stepson and his beautiful brides wedding on Saturday Kev was so friendly and had everyone smiling and enjoying the sometimes stressful photographs. The pictures captured and tells the story of this magical day . Highly recommended
I certainly would recommend Image-I-Nation Photography and Kev. Brilliant.
Well what can I say, I had the pleasure of being at my Granddaughters wedding yesterday. Kev is a close friend of hers and he taught her an awful lot about photography, she assisted Kev at weddings, and is now a photographer in her own right. It was her turn now to be a bride and of course who else could be the photographer, certainly not her. Kev was the one. Kev is as mad as a hatter, he has everyone doing all sorts in order to make "fun loving" memories. His photos are excellent. In days gone by, wedding photos were all the same, everyone standing to attention and saying cheese, so boring really. Kev, like I said before puts the element of fun into his photos, so much more interesting and entertaining than in days gone by.
Where to start, there when you want him., invisible when you don't.
Truly the Ninja photographer.
I say this jokingly but there are few people who can catch a photo of my wife relaxed. I know. I have tried thousands of times
And Kevin achieved this with ease.
This doesn't Mean Kevin Doesn't work hard. When he has to control people for
set shots. He does this with politeness, curtesy and a cheeky smile.
My Daughter (The Bride) is a complete control freak and Kevin dealt with this using patience and understanding.
Once allowed by my daughter to take his own shots. He pulled of
Some amazingly Beautiful and funny shots.
We are a very quirky, large and close family made up of lots of extended branches.
Kevin managed to Catch this in the photos.
So it's a big cheers and thank you from the Gallagher's and the Lewin's. :-)
(At least the review isn't as long as my speech)
Finding a photographer was the easiest job for us! The minute me and my husband met Kev we knew straight away we needed to book him. He is so down to earth, very easy to talk to and comical isn't the word!! I am a shy person and hate my photo taken but I felt at ease right from the beginning of our pre-shoot to our wedding day. Kev you are fantastic at what you do and we are over the moon with your work we can't rate you enough. We wish you all the very best in the future (not that you need it) Lots of love & RESPECT � The Blackburns �
I would just like to say how fantastic Kev & Jordan were on Sunday... You absolutely made our day and we can not thank you both enough. Kev you are amazing and we are so pleased that you agreed to capture our special day, all our love Mr & Mrs flatters X X
Booking a photographer for your wedding is a really difficult task, especially when you hate having your photo taken, but after speaking to Kev at a wedding fayre we knew is laid back, fun approach was what we were looking for. On the day Kev was amazing, Dad nicknamed him Ninja Kev because he was literally everywhere, all day, capturing perfect little moments. As I have already mentioned not being a fan of having our photo taken Kev agreed to lots more group shots and more natural shots which we love! So thank you for putting up with me on the day ( being so bossy) and for the beautiful moments you perfectly captured, they're perfect.
Mr and Mrs Lewin x
A very professional service with lots of fun and laughs on the way
to make everyone feel at ease. The standard of the photos was superb,
providing us with many happy memories of a wonderful day. Thoroughly
I hired Image-I-Nation Photography for my son's christening. I met
with Kev on the morning and from start to finish was at complete ease as he
made you feel so relaxed and guided you how best to get the pictures you want
without them all being too staged. He even helped in order to have pictures
taken of the service as the vicar at first was against it however Kev
contacted her directly and after a discussion and sending some previous
photos from another service she changed her mind! I was all set to have to
settle with pictures after the service that would then be staged but thanks
to Kev we were able to get natural captures! I would highly recommend for any
occasion however I will warn you…choosing the pictures after is the hardest
as you get lots of of high quality images which mean you want them all!
Overall I think Kev did a fantastic job that totally exceeded my expectations
and would definitely use again!
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Kev - just wanted to say a massive thank you for everything you have done for us this year. From our first meeting all those months ago you have been enthusiastic, beyond helpful and you added to the excitement leading up to our wedding day. I was so relieved when we finally found a photographer that we really liked, we were impressed with you portfolio but it is you that adds the sparkle to what you do. Your a great guy and an amazing photographer, you love what you do this shows in you passion and commitment.
You have kept in constant contact with us since our first meeting, we had a brilliant pre wedding shoot where you put us at ease and the pictures were great. As for our wedding pictures, what can we say..... We love them. Thank you for capturing our wedding day memories, they are very special to us both. We loved having you with us on the day and we had a giggle in the morning didn't we?! We couldn't believe it when we returned from honeymoon and you had put all the pictures in 3 albums for us - an excellent service. Can't wait to get our final album now, it is looking beautiful but at the same time I will be sad out time working together will be over.
Thank you so much!
From the first telephone call enquiring about the service, we knew Image-i-Nation was the company for us.
Kevin was both professional and personal and went out of his way to make us both feel relaxed. It was a second marriage for both of us and we did not want formal photographs, we just wanted the day to be fun and Kevin certainly captured the laughter and joy throughout! Our guests thought he was a member of our family!
Kevin just joined in the fun - he made everyone feel so relaxed, and this has shown in the wedding album!! My husband is known to his friends as " five star', and thanks to Kevin and his photography on our wedding day, he have given us "five star memories" that will last us a lifetime! Five Star Photography - Five Star Service!!!!
Kev is an amazing photographer. He was the first photographer we met and we knew instantly that we would be using him for our wedding day. He is friendly, welcoming and puts you completely at ease from the word go. We have known Kev for just over 2 years and have kept in touch with him over that time.
We used him for a family location photoshoot as we just couldn't wait until our wedding! We loved our pre-wedding shoot, it was such a laugh (even when it was raining!). Our little boy thinks he is ace! Thanks to Kev he is obsessed with taking pictures!On our wedding day he went above and beyond to ensure that we got amazing photographs. I hardly noticed he was there in the morning as he was so discreet! He put me completely at ease even at the last minute when I was stressed! Everyone commmented on how friendly, funny and approachable he was. Even our hotel staff said they thought he was the best photographer they had seen at their hotel.Kev and his lovely wife Chris trialed their new photobooth at our wedding. It was a huge success!
We keep receiving phonecalls and txts from our friends commenting on how fab it was! We were thrilled to be able to see a selection of photos from our special day the day after....that's Kev all over, 150% committed to the job!I seriously couldn't think of anyone better to capture your special day. Book him now, you will not be disappointed.We will continue to use Image-I-Nation Photography and will be singing Kev's praises at every opportunity.We can't thank you enough Kev.With love......Kylie and Richard (Your No.1 fans) x
Hi Everyone reading this...What can I say about Image-I-Nation Well...
I feel like we should be calling Kev 'Our Kev' ha that's how well I feel we have been able to get to know him.
From even before 'THE BEGININNING' of our wedding journey, from the first phone call with Kev I knew he would be our wedding photographer, he put me at ease instantly just by one phone call, Then we met him the next day and his personality wasnt the only thing that impressed us, it was his beautiful albums he brought for us to see! Its fair to say that the decision was pretty easy once we had met him.
But he didn't show up at our wedding, take some snaps and then we got an album DONE no no no it was so much more personal than that, He allowed me to sit with him and design our album together, his wife MRS IMAGE-I-NATION is lovely and makes wicked brew haha.As you will come to see you wedding day is sooo busy and I text Kev a few days after the wedding saying how disappointed I was that me and my husband didn't get to go off together and have a photo shoot because everyone wanted a piece of us that day and there just wasn't time, The message I got back in a flash from Kev was 'Re hire Gavins suit, get ya dress back on and we will do it' He give me and Gavin a 2nd chance in a flash and he took us both out and was with us all night taking us to different destinations taking snaps.
Do you know which other person would do that with no extra pay??? Kev will never know how much that meant to me and Gavin!Everything about it is what my husband and I wanted EVERYTHING! Every idea I had he did but put the professional touch onto it. Im just waiting for our album to come back now and if I'm been absolutely honest I will be a tad sad when the whole journey is over.I would strongly advise anyone to choose Kev you truly will never look back.
Kev explained everything and answered all our queries, he gave us pre wedding shoot to overcome our nerves and make us feel at ease in front of the camera.
On the actual wedding day whenever there anything going on Kev was there with the camera and didn't miss a trick.
He was great with the guests and always had them laughing. I have been to weddings where the photos seemed to have gone on for a lifetime, this was not the case with Kev.
He made sure we had all our family shots promptly and made the whole experience fun before taking us off for the more romantic shots, we had so many fantastic pictures to choose from but we felt we were hardly away from our guests.
Our wedding album itself is absolutely amazing we could not have asked for anything better and we love it. We expected to have to wait several months for our album as was told by friends that it was usual procedure, Kev must have worked through the night as we received our album within a few weeks of selecting our photos.
We cannot recommend Image- I- nation more and will definitely be using them for our future milestones!! Mr and Mrs Brady
Kev is a true professional and you feel instantly relaxed in his company (always good for those 'natural' shots we all love). He quite clearly loves his job which shows in the photos. He suggested that we did some shots outside of the venue which turned out to be some of the most beautiful. A creative genius, he is highly recommended x x
My sister had previously used image-i-nation photography for a lifestyle shoot with her young daughter. The photos were really beautiful and captured both their personalities as well as some lovely aesthetic images. After seeing her photos we decided we definitely wanted to use them for our wedding.
Before the wedding itself we did a pre-shoot at a local reservoir. Admittedly, being naturally a bit self-conscious, I was apprehensive about having our photo taken in a very public place like that. I need not have worried. Straight away Kev put us at ease with a few jokes and I was really surprised at how my worries completely melted away. I felt like we'd already known him years. We'd never had any professional pictures taken before so had no idea if we had to 'pose' or whatever but Kev has an innate ability to know what will make a great picture and gives clear direction. The result was some of the best pictures I've ever seen of myself and I felt proud showing them to pretty much everyone who would look!
The wedding itself came around and I was a big bag of nerves. Kev arrived in the morning and I instantly relaxed with a bit of banter with him. There was a load of stuff to do on the morning of the wedding and a lot of rushing around but Kev stayed in the background quietly going about his job - I hardly noticed he was there but he fitted in just like one of the wedding party.
I was amazed actually at some of the gorgeous photos he managed to get when I was so busy - just some really natural shots. Some of the best photos are spontaneous and not posed. The rest of the day he had as much fun as we did and just has a great eye for moments that are so easily missed at a wedding when it can be quite hectic - these are the photos you will treasure. This isn't just a job for him - you can really tell he absolutely loves doing this and it makes a huge difference. Some advice I would give to brides-to-be, and talking from experience; DO NOT scrimp on your photos, to be honest, the day will go past in such a blur you will hardly remember any of it. Not trying to scare you but seriously, the photos are the things that will truly last forever and you want an absolutely gorgeous record of your day. I am not trying to be gushing, I try to be as honest as possible with these things as I'd like an honest review if I was planning a wedding too.
There is nothing that disappointed me about Kev, he is the absolute best at what he does and I feel so lucky to have found him and totally privileged that he photographed our wedding.


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Diasterpiece Senior Monday 05/11/2012, 17:19
Does it count the free pill that is given to the character you play on that round? Like if you put 2 pillz on the character that makes it 1+2 pill so technically that's 3 pillz right?
UM_AaaBattery Moderator URBAN MADNESS Wednesday 07/11/2012, 11:12
Rmoved comment as it seems like I was wrong lol.
edited by UM_AaaBattery wednesday 07/11/2012, 11:12
Sicba Titan Open Casket Monday 05/11/2012, 18:53
Yes, thats 3 and you get 2 pillz back.
TheDoomBug Colossus Limit Break Monday 05/11/2012, 18:54
The free pill counts.
Infiniti Moderator Open Casket Monday 05/11/2012, 19:02
Yes the free pill counts, but its not really a "free pill" its just your cards base power.
Goatmanji Hero URBAN MADNESS Tuesday 06/11/2012, 14:17
If you add 2 pillz to the 1 that 'free' pill you get from the card's base power, and are defeated, you will get 2 pillz back. So yes, it is counted.
Diasterpiece Senior Tuesday 06/11/2012, 23:07
Thanks. I say free pill cause that's what the new game version says it is.


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Since my recent move to everyone's favorite square state (sorry Wyoming), people often ask me what I think is the biggest difference between my new home and my previous home of southern California. The answer is this:
Yesterday, when I was working at the ol' bookstore, my manager got on the P.A. system and made this announcement to the entire store:
"Attention Barnes & Noble customers, there is a black Nissan Altima, license plate number JBY402 parked in the handicap spot out front, and it is currently running. If the owner of that car is in the store, please be informed that your car is running. Thank you."
Here's the difference: in my old neck of the woods, that announcement would translate thusly:
"Attention, potential car thieves: put down that copy of DUB Magazine you're currently leafing through, 'cause I got a gimme for you. There's a black Nissan in the parking lot, and it's up for grabs. I repeat: FREE CAR. The keys are in the ignition, and there ain't nobody in it. Blue book value on this one's probably around seven or eight thou, minimum. Plus it's in a handicap spot, so if you've got two decent legs, chances are you can beat out whoever it is that actually owns it. So ready, set, have at it.
…and thanks for shopping at Barnes & Noble."


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To maintain a culture of Continuous Improvement requires a culture of personal development! After all, isn't it important to continue to improve ourselves as well as our process?
For many years at Aero Gear we have been driving a culture of Continuous Improvement. We have been focused on understanding our value streams/processes and then flowing the product by eliminating any waste and obstacles in the Flow. This effort also emphasized the need for cross-training so we can better utilize our highly skilled people to adapt with the variability of the workflow. We have operated effectively this way for quite some time. This type of training and workforce development is common in companies committed to a Lean journey.
As our teams have become more engaged in the processes, they have wanted to better understand the company as a whole. Questions like: What aircraft do the gearboxes we produce go into? How is productivity measured and how does it affect profitability? What are the principals of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)? What function do the gears we manufacture perform?
These questions prompted us to initiate informal meetings at the company called "Lunch & Learn". We have periodically arranged ad hoc lunch meetings where we discuss these topics. Typically, a person with specific expertise makes a 30 minute presentation on the topic and then the group discusses how this pertains to our particular company and situation. This always generates new areas for discussion.
In one of our Lunch & Learn sessions our CFO gave a presentation called "Finance 101 – the basic concepts". He gave a practical overview of finance in a manufacturing environment, covering topics including:
- An introduction to basic financial statements
- The importance of cash flow and inventory management
- The amazing power of productivity
- What we can all do to make a difference in the company's finance
- An exercise on maximizing profit using Theory of Constraints
In another session we had a well-known industry expert (John Kravonthka) give a presentation on the basics of TPM. He also led a discussion on best practices based on what he has seen other companies successfully implement. His session led to us initiating a Kaizen at Aero Gear in our maintenance department to improve our machine spare parts inventory and ordering system.
We even had a session where our sales department gave an overview of the aerospace market and a presentation to understand our customer base and where our parts are assembled in the aircraft.
At first it can seem like these meetings are not really necessary and in fact take time away from production, but if you are truly interested in Continuous Improvement shouldn't you also be interested in general knowledge in your field? Of course, and we have found that the discussions generated from these meetings have been beneficial in both a direct and indirect way. People learn about other people's functions in the company and industry. They learn about the bigger picture and where their efforts fit in the scheme of things in the industry. It instills a sense of pride and the understanding of how important they are in the whole process.
Our "Lunch & Learn" meetings are another example of how we at Aero Gear, continue to "Insist on Excellence" in every aspect of our company.


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Picture: The Killers perform at the Tennants Vital 07 festival in Belfast's Ormeau Park Belfast, Ireland - 22.08.07
Rockers The Killers have launched a furious war of words with The Bravery after accusing them of stealing their look, style and sound.
The Killers frontman Brandon Flowers insists The Bravery were a totally different type of band until they decided to follow in his group's footsteps to gain success.
He fumes, "They're signed because we're a band. I've heard rumours about that band being in a different kind of band.
"How do you defend that? If you say, 'My heart really belongs to what I'm doing now,' but you used to be in a ska band. I can see the STROKES play or Franz Ferdinand play and it's real, and I haven't gotten that from the Bravery.
"I think people will see through them."
Ironically, the Bravery's self-titled debut entered the British album charts at number five earlier this month (MAR05).30/03/2005 02:30