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"It always seems impossible until it's done," Nelson Mandela once said, and a British comedian has proved it true.
Comedian Eddie Izzard completed his 707-mile challenge Sunday in South Africa, which he took up as a tribute to Nelson Mandela.
The 54-year-old actor ran a total of 27 marathons in 27 days, reaching his destination in Johannesburg, and raised a total of $1.35 million for Sports Relief.
After completing two marathons on Sunday in temperatures up to 107 degrees, the victor celebrated the completion of the challenge with champagne.
Top guy #eddieizzard #27marathons27days Fifa in awe pic.twitter.com/rrtpwPArzX— Helen Barrowclough (@helenkbarrow) March 4, 2016
#eddieizzard 27 marathons in 27 days for Sport Relief! So bloody proud #MarathonMan 🏃🏃🏃 pic.twitter.com/VtIdB8Lkuz— Glo (@wiltshireglo) March 20, 2016
#eddieizzard is our hero #SportRelief pic.twitter.com/oUJx3ge4JK— Jeanna Skinner (@JeannaLStars) March 18, 2016
The 27 marathons were in honor of the 27 years Mandela spent in prison before becoming South Africa's first black president.
Throughout the challenge, Izzard battled dehydration, heat exhaustion and sunstroke. It became even worse when he had to take an unscheduled rest on the fifth day, meaning he had to finish two marathons on the last day.
Read More: Dancer Who Lost Her Leg In Boston Bombing Set For This Year's Marathon
The actor's route tracked the story of Mandela's life, starting on Feb. 23 at Mbashe Bridge near the politician's birth town of Mvezo and ending at the statue of Madiba at Union Buildings where Mandela took his oath of presidency. During his journey, Izzard explored the history of South Africa and visited the organizations and communities supported by Comic Relief.
The comedian attempted the same feat in 2012, but was forced to stop due to health concerns after the fourth marathon.
"I always knew I'd be back. When I didn't make it in 2012, I knew I'd be back," said Izzard, speaking outside the Union Buildings in Pretoria where Mandela gave his inaugural speech in 1994. "I can't stand upright, I have a huge blister and I'm exhausted. But I'm delighted."
The Internet abounds with praise for the actor for his seemingly impossible task.
I can't believe @eddieizzard achieved 27 marathons in 27 days for @sportrelief - beyond a machine that! #eddieizzard— Jimmy Bullard (@jimmybullard) March 20, 2016
By the way, how bloody brilliant is what Eddie Izzard has just done?! Utterly amazing super-human effort. Respect. #eddieizzard #marathonman— Gavin Wright (@gingstertrippin) March 20, 2016
We've all left work till the last minute but #eddieizzard just did 2 marathons in 1 day to finish 27 in 27 days!! #incredible— Ben Hanlin (@benhanlin) March 20, 2016
I really am awfully fond of #eddieizzard What an absolute man of steel! Incredible stamina and guts 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽— Viv W (@VivWatson1) March 20, 2016
Eddie Izzard's achievement is so amazing it's almost impossible for me to comprehend. All you can do is applaud... and donate! #eddieizzard— Gregor Urquhart (@gregorurq) March 20, 2016
Recommended: 73-Year Old Grandfather Completes 50 Marathons In All 50 States
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Posted By: chief chickenActually, can I refine Diane's curse to make it even more frightening?You know you just called your mother a b**ch, right?
'When you return home, may MY mother come out from under the porch and give you a piece of her mind...'
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What is included with this book?
Dawn Cappelli, CISSP, is Technical Manager of the CERT Insider Threat Center and the Enterprise Threat and Vulnerability Management Team at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute (SEI). She has spent the past decade working with organizations such as the U.S. Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security in protecting the United States against insider threats. Andrew Moore is Lead Researcher in the CERT Insider Threat Center and Senior Member of Technical Staff at SEI. Randall Trzeciak is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at SEI, and Technical Team Lead for the Insider Threat Research Group at the CERT Insider Threat Center.
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxxi
Chapter 1: Overview 1
True Stories of Insider Attacks 3
The Expanding Complexity of Insider Threats 6
Breakdown of Cases in the Insider Threat Database 7
CERT's MERIT Models of Insider Threats 9
Overview of the CERT Insider Threat Center 13
Timeline of the CERT Program's Insider Threat Work. 16
Caveats about Our Work 20
Summary 20
Chapter 2: Insider IT Sabotage 23
General Patterns in Insider IT Sabotage Crimes 28
Mitigation Strategies 46
Summary 59
Chapter 3: Insider Theft of Intellectual Property 61
Impacts 66
General Patterns in Insider Theft of Intellectual Property Crimes 68
The Entitled Independent 69
The Ambitious Leader 78
Theft of IP inside the United States Involving Foreign Governments or Organizations 83
Mitigation Strategies for All Theft of Intellectual Property Cases 88
Mitigation Strategies: Final Thoughts 97
Summary 98
Chapter 4: Insider Fraud 101
General Patterns in Insider Fraud Crimes 106
Insider Fraud Involving Organized Crime 115
Organizational Issues of Concern and Potential Countermeasures 120
Mitigation Strategies: Final Thoughts 126
Summary 127
Chapter 5: Insider Threat Issues in the Software Development Life Cycle 129
Requirements and System Design Oversights 131
System Implementation, Deployment, and Maintenance Issues 136
Programming Techniques Used As an Insider Attack Tool 139
Mitigation Strategies 142
Summary 143
Chapter 6: Best Practices for the Prevention and Detection of Insider Threats 145
Summary of Practices 146
Practice 1: Consider Threats from Insiders and Business Partners in Enterprise-Wide Risk Assessments 151
Practice 2: Clearly Document and Consistently Enforce Policies and Controls 155
Practice 3: Institute Periodic Security Awareness Training for All Employees 159
Practice 4: Monitor and Respond to Suspicious or Disruptive Behavior, Beginning with the Hiring Process 164
Practice 5: Anticipate and Manage Negative Workplace Issues 168
Practice 6: Track and Secure the Physical Environment 171
Practice 7: Implement Strict Password- and Account-Management Policies and Practices 174
Practice 8: Enforce Separation of Duties and Least Privilege 178
Practice 9: Consider Insider Threats in the Software Development Life Cycle 182
Practice 10: Use Extra Caution with System Administrators and Technical or Privileged Users 187
Practice 11: Implement System Change Controls 191
Practice 12: Log, Monitor, and Audit Employee Online Actions 195
Practice 13: Use Layered Defense against Remote Attacks 200
Practice 14: Deactivate Computer Access Following Termination 203
Practice 15: Implement Secure Backup and Recovery Processes 207
Practice 16: Develop an Insider Incident Response Plan 211
Summary 213
References/Sources of Best Practices 214
Chapter 7: Technical Insider Threat Controls 215
Infrastructure of the Lab 217
Demonstrational Videos 218
High-Priority Mitigation Strategies 219
Control 1: Use of Snort to Detect Exfiltration of Credentials Using IRC 220
Control 2: Use of SiLK to Detect Exfiltration of Data Using VPN 221
Control 3: Use of a SIEM Signature to Detect Potential Precursors to Insider IT Sabotage 223
Control 4: Use of Centralized Logging to Detect Data Exfiltration during an Insider's Last Days of Employment 231
Insider Threat Exercises 239
Summary 239
Chapter 8: Case Examples 241
Sabotage Cases 241
Sabotage/Fraud Cases 256
Theft of IP Cases 258
Fraud Cases 262
Miscellaneous Cases 269
Summary 273
Chapter 9: Conclusion and Miscellaneous Issues 275
Insider Threat from Trusted Business Partners 275
Malicious Insiders with Ties to the Internet Underground 286
Final Summary 293
Appendix A: Insider Threat Center Products and Services 299
Appendix B: Deeper Dive into the Data 307
Appendix C: CyberSecurity Watch Survey 319
Appendix D: Insider Threat Database Structure 325
Appendix E: Insider Threat Training Simulation: MERIT InterActive 333
Appendix F: System Dynamics Background 345
Glossary of Terms 351
References 359
About the Authors 365
Index 369


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How much it's changed in sixty years.
My grandmother hated to wear a seat belt; she was afraid it would trap her in the car in a crash. I always felt unsafe without one.
How much it's changed in sixty years.
My grandmother hated to wear a seat belt; she was afraid it would trap her in the car in a crash. I always felt unsafe without one.
When I see one of those car crash video compilations on Youtube (dashcams are getting popular everywhere now), in about half of the accidents one of the cars goes careening all over the place after the initial impact, and you just know it's because the driver is under the dashboard or in the backseat area.
A lot of those out-of-control post-crash sorties end up in even worse, potentially fatal secondary crashes.
I wonder what those drivers could possibly be doing wrong?
I was right behind a woman who lost control of her car on a ramp. As she hit the guard rail, I was amazed to see her butt appear in the windshield area.
Was it still attached to the rest of her?
My 2017 Subaru Impreza is about as safe as a tiny car can be, but it probably wouldn't survive an encounter with a modern semi. On the other hand, a modern semi probably wouldn't survive an encounter with my 1962 Chrysler Nieuport (if I still had it). I did retrofit it with lap belts once my son was born in 1974 (helpful I could weld in the posts myself).
Driving is probably one of the most dangerous things that people do, but the govt. has no business forcing people to wear seat belts. Helmets would add to safety as well, but car drivers aren't forced to wear those. Why? Because people eventually resist govt.
CA will stop you for having tires go beyond fenders. AZ allows you to drive a car with no body.
Laws are made by people that are no more qualified to make them than you. They generally aren't handed down to us by god.
I remember my mom didn't want a car with electric windows because she was afraid it would short if you drove into water and you'd be trapped in the car. Now you can't get manual doors. I wonder if the mechanical systems are more likely to jam in a t-bone collision and electric windows are safer? Or do they just protect against shorts really well? Or possibly neither and people just don't like the cranks.
Apparently one issue with manual windows is, if the car is submerged and the interior hasn't entirely flooded, the pressure differential would prevent the windows opening just like it does the doors. A tool to break the window is pretty much the only option.
And when the car is not submerged, it'll still do the trick.
Those tools are cheap but depending on how severe the accident is, you might not be able to reach one.
Any accident that severe, you may not be in any condition to get out without help even if the windows blew out on impact.
You can still get manual doors with hand crank windows on a new car. At least here in Missouri you can.
Obviously the govt. should mandate explosive bolts on all car doors. /sarc
Stallone and Bullock might suggest collision foam?
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WSQ: Working-Class Lives and Cultures
WSQ: Working-Class Lives and Cultures
Edited by Renny Christopher, Lisa Orr, and Linda Strom
Discussing working-class literature, artistic production, and material conditions.
Paperback Edition
Publication Date: 06-01-1998
Volume 26, Numbers 1 & 2: Spring/Summer 1998
From South African sexual relationships, to teaching Medieval studies to working-class students, to the politics of a deaf workers' publication, to poems written in prison, this issue testifies to the growing depth and scope of working-class studies. Essential reading for all interested in the field, this issue offers an invaluable framework for discussing working-class literature, culture, and artistic productions, while also attending to the material conditions of working-class people's lives.


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Clearance analysis is a critical technology to validate virtual products for fit and form. Robust and fast analysis capabilities in combination with intuitive visualization aids are required for users to clearly understand the clearance results and quickly determine their disposition. With Teamcenter Visualization 10.1 we took a big step forward in making it faster and easier to use.
First, we make it easier for users to clearly understand the clearance results by providing better visual feedback with:
In addition, we completely overhauled the clearance results panel to provide an intuitive user interface, allowing users to quickly:
You can leverage these improvements in deployments with a formal batch oriented clearance process for the entire products or in any ad-hoc usage scenario.
In the past, Teamcenter Visualization represents the clearance interference regions by displaying the penetration points. In addition, users can now display the penetration depth vector associated with the clearance issue.
The penetration depth vector represents exactly the "results" value in the clearance results list. Therefore, making it very easy for users to see and understand the calculated clearance value.
Simply check the Penetration Vector Show checkbox in the Clearance Results Preferences dialog to activate the display of penetration depth vectors.
In addition to the penetration depth vector display, we've also improved the way intersection volume is displayed. With Teamcenter Visualization 10.1, users no longer required to perform clearance calculations based on BREP data in order to display the intersection volume.
Simply check the Intersection Volume Show checkbox in the Clearance Results Preferences dialog to activate the display of intersection volumes.
When cross-section display is enabled in the Clearance Results Preferences, users can now apply tri-color cross-section capping to make it easier to identify the interference regions.
Tri-Color cross-section capping is a new capability of the 3D cross-section module. Users can easily enable this capability in the 3D Cross-Section Preferences Dialog.
Last, but not least, with Teamcenter Visualization 10.1 we have merged all commands and functions users need to view, analyze, disposition, filter and manage clearance results into a single user interface. Our main goal is to empower users to perform all clearance related tasks from a single clearance results panel.
Clearance issues can now easily be grouped by any columns displayed in the clearance results panel. Simply right click on the header line of the column and select "group by tree column".
For fast search/filtering based on the content of a particular column just click on the little arrow at the top of the column. Users can use the search box on top of the panel to search for a specific string. As users type in the search box, the display will automatically narrow down the list to display only relevant clearance results. Frequently used filters are easily accessible in a pull-down menu for users to further narrow down the clearance results list.
Finally, next to the clearance results list, users can now easily access the disposition panel. From this panel users can quickly view and/or add all disposition information for one or several clearance issues.
I hope you like these improvements that we've made to make clearance analysis faster and easier to use. Upgrade to Teamcenter Visualization 10.1 today to take advantage of these enhancements and increase your productivity.
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A Kitchen Confessional
I feel like I should come clean about my kitchen. You've all seen it – little bits of it; when people come over who haven't been over before but who read my blog, they recognize the table. And the windows. The windows are the best part. (Also? This is as clean as it gets.)
Although I do love it, for the most part it's not fantastic. The funny thing about blogging (and social media in general) is that you get to pick and choose what parts of your life to share. You get to capture your life and your dinner from just the right angle, with the sun streaming in through the window, and edit out the mess that lies inches away. I do this on a daily basis.
I shared this photo before our pie party – remember? We need to have another pie party.
Which isn't to say I don't have a fancy kitchen. It's long and narrow, parts of it (the windows) added on to the 100 year old house. The counters are shallow and prone to splintering, their wood tops recovered from the old UofC science lab. (Who knows what was dissected on them?) The pinky-bluey fifties-patterned Formica table, bolted to the floor in the nook which has long since been liberated of its cushions (which I still haven't managed to replace) once belonged to my friend's grandmother – it was in her kitchen when her kids were growing up, and I love it.
The sink was recovered from a farmhouse – it's thick white ceramic, and it drips. Also, the enamel has worn away so it's rarely clean. With one small drain, we're not allowed to have a garburator.
(First world problems, I know.)
My old workhorse GE oven came with the house, and was well-used by the family (with 3 boys!) who lived here before us. It has done me well, churning out food daily for cookbooks and articles and blog posts and our regular meals – and it's still going strong. It burst into flames last weekend, and the bottom of it is still coated with a thick layer of baking soda. (W ran into the room yelling "I missed it! Can you do it again??) It's still going, but I need a new oven.
We had no dishwasher for a year after the door fell off our last one; it acted as a big dish draining rack until my sister took pity on us and our single sink and bought us one for our birthdays. The floors = old + large dog. The fridge = second hand from my parents' house. We have no pantry, save for a couple two-by-fours hammered to the wall at the top of the basement stairs.
The open cupboards look cool, except when they're messy, and because we have no hood fan over our oven they're constantly covered with sticky, greasy gunk. The lower cupboards are deep and awkward, so often after I go spelunking to find that little bag of quinoa/buckwheat flour/sprinkles, my kitchen looks like this. (OK, it often looks like this, whether I'm looking for something or not.)
Which is all to say I love my kitchen, and it's about to meet a sledgehammer. Which is exciting/nerve-wracking/scary – and there's so much pressure to do all of it properly, since I spend so much of my time here. But it does need an extreme makeover in order to make it more functional (and less prone to catch fire). I'm unlike most grown-ups in that I've never managed to do home renos. (At my age, my parents had already designed and built their own house.) Also? How am I going to live without a kitchen for a month??
So let's talk kitchens – what do you love (or hate) about yours? What would you do? Right now I'm relying on Pinterest and my mom, so if you have any kitchen reno advice to share, I'd love to hear it.


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Jill of All Trades
Quirky and usually quiet, Raven is more of a watcher than a talker. She always seems a bit on edge but at ease at the same time. She can be a great listener, and although she may not seem to know much, she knows more than you think. If you ask for an opinion, Raven will always tell you honestly (sometimes crudely) how it really is.
I'm from a small town called Harvest. I grew up farming and with my best friend Mei. She was always getting herself into trouble by learning about technology instead of farming. One day she disappeared and I never knew what happened to her. I just assumed she was dead which was really hard on me. She was always like a sister I never had.
I have wander lust, so I got the hell out of Harvest shortly after Mei disappeared. I guess in some ways I was hoping to find her. I survived off of picking up odd jobs and learned a few different trades along the way. I got screwed a few times for some gigs I did or some gigs got screwed and i managed to duck out without anyone noticing (hopefully). I find myself an easy person to forget in the right situations.
I am now working on Boros, or should say "I was" working. I was a dock worker unloading cargo for little pay, but was laid off due to the lack of jobs in the city. I am currently searching for work and I am not picky as long as I can eat off of what I make and have a place to sleep.


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With over 22 years of experience painting on silk, Canadian Silk Artist, Kety Bagwalla, brings to your homes and your person, her art of original silk paintings and wearables. Each piece is hand painted on silk, with love and passion for this beautiful style of painting, making each piece a one-of-a-kind art.
I studied this art form at the Dubai International College of Arts in the Middle East. Though I am passionate about art in any form and always eager to learn and experiment with different kinds of medium, the art that really captured me and closest to my heart since the last over 2 decades, is painting on silk. Deeply inspired by my instructor's exquisite paintings on silk, there was no turning back for me, from the time I began my journey to become a fine silk artist…..AND the journey continues.
The feel of luxurious silk sliding and gliding through your fingers, feel the drape of a scarf around your neck or see a beautiful painting on your wall is an experience in itself. The colors move and flow gently across a blank piece of silk, take form to create brilliance on silk and seeing your painting come alive, is like magic – TRULY A POETRY IN MOTION.
Having moved to Toronto from Dubai, my primary goal was to source suppliers of all silk painting materials so that I could continue to paint. I took several workshop wherever and whenever I got an opportunity.
To name a few:
- Abiquiu Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, Santa Fe – New Mexico (during the S.P.I.N. – Silk Painters International Festival, which takes place every 2 years)
- Silk painting workshop with Donna Cameron.
- Southampton School of Art
- Port Angeles at Karen Sistek studio
- African Batik with Ugandan Master Batik artist, David Kibuuka, in Toronto
- Traditional batik in Yogyakarta, Indonesia at Brahma Tirta Sari and Batik Winotosastro.
- Moghul miniature style painting in Udaipur, Rajasthan
- I have also taken several online workshops learning different techniques of working with silk – a few of which are:
- Batik with Rosi Robinson
- Arashi shibori with Anna Hedstrom
- Itajame shibori with Anna Hedstrom
- Painting wearables with Natasha Foucault
- Ice dyeing with Susan Purney-Mark
I have participated in numerous juried shows and won a few awards. My paintings adorn many homes across the globe.
I feel my creations embody my spirit and the rich cultures I have absorbed from my travels around the world.
For those who have graciously visited my site, I'd like to leave you with one thought….
"Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not as easy as looking at it". – Vincent Van Gogh
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Disable Zoom when CMD-scroll
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Hey! Is it possible to disable the zoom when clicking CMD and scrolling? This feature sadly makes Vivaldi unusable for me.
this is annoying me every 15 seconds. also a horrible feature attached to that: zooming one tab on a domain zooms all tabs ( existing or in the future) on that domain. who has these weird ideas, and did you ever tested this on real users?
btw: i command scrolled during switching tabs, now I zoomed out the interface itself to 30% size. and can't undo it. Restarting or Reinstalling don't even help with that.
btw: it zooms not only when you hit CMD and scroll, but also when you start a fast scroll motion, release the scroll and press CMD while it's still "scrolling" (even if at beginning/end of page already). also keeps scrolling like that across tabs, so don't switch tabs while scrolling.
To fix the UI scale:
Open Preferences (Alt+P) –> Appearance --> UI scale --> Reset button
The names may differ as I'm not using Mac nor it's in English.
Nah, that didn't work. I had to use the same bug that created this behavior to undo it. Will avoid creating new tabs while scrolling for now.
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This is one of a very short list of issues that prevents me from using Vivaldi. Every time I go back to try it again, I have all sorts of accidental zooming. And I go back to my old browser every time. A simple preference to disable this is all that is needed. Vivaldi is supposed to be the browser that users can configure as the wish… right?
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Unfortunately this is still an issue with build 1.3.551.13.
I hope this will be configurable/fixed with the final 1.3 release.
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Thanks for your comments.
About the issue of scrolling and clicking on CMD and it starts zooming.
It was fixed for Mac, look for VB-19308 in this snapshot:
About adding a setting to disable zooming while scrolling and clicking on CMD / Crtl
We added a feature request and submitted to the team so that they consider it. If they decided to implement it, then look for VB-20069 in future snapshots.
We're closing this thread for now. If you have any further request, please submit it here: https://vivaldi.net/forum/features-requests-for-1-4
Thanks for being patient with us and using Vivaldi.
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Ok, its closed, but it's still not implemented - and Vivaldi is unusable. Plz fix!
There's an option to disable this. In Vivaldi Settings / Webpages, uncheck the following:
Use ⌘+Scroll to Zoom Page
I hope that this will make Vivaldi usable for you again.


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Given the challenges confronting modern organisations, leadership is emerging as the single most important element in determining which will succeed and which will fail. The leadership qualities you display will determine not only the success of your organisation but also the nature of your career trajectory. This MSc in Leadership programme is designed to significantly increase your leadership capability so that you can function with increased confidence and maximise your impact and influence.
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Gregory Itzin has revealed details of his character on the upcoming fifth season of Big Love.
The actor - known for his role as the scheming Charles Logan on 24 - will play Senator Richard Dwyer in five of the season's ten episodes.
He told Entertainment Weekly that Dwyer and Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) "will butt heads. [Since] he's come out as a polygamist, he's taking a lot of political heat, and I become the spearhead for that, because I am the Speaker of the House."
However, Itzin explained that the two characters would form a temporary alliance as the season progresses.
"I extend an olive branch, and he does too," he claimed. "But I don't know how long that will last."
Itzin previously revealed that his character would be "judgemental" of Henrickson.
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That doesn't mean, however, that your tree has to look like Charlie Brown's Christmas tree. These six DIY tree decorations are kid-friendly and sure to please the eye.
Wax pine cone Christmas ornaments
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You'd never know it, but these gorgeous dipped pine cones were made by tiny little hands, using only a pine cone and melted crayons. Curious? Check out The Magic Onions for a DIY tutorial.
Loopy baubles
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According to Laura of Laura Wears, this cute little bauble takes only 20 minutes to create. It's a good one for older kids, since it requires working with pins. Can't you imagine your tree sparkling with these eye-catching baubles, particularly if you use interesting colors and styles of paper?
Christmas tree ornament
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In this craft, Mom preps by creating the Christmas tree shape from a cardboard box before painting it. Children simply have to string cute beads on yarn, and then wrap the tree for a darling take on a miniature Christmas tree. Visit The Imagination Tree for step-by-step instructions.
Birdie treat craft
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Dreaming of an outdoor Christmas tree this year? Nothing could be more perfect than these adorable ornaments made from birdseed. You'll need birdseed, cookie cutter forms and several baking supplies to make this craft a success — but even the smallest children can participate in this one. We also love the idea of little ones watching birds from the inside of a frosted window.
Cinnamon stick stars
Photo credit: A Pretty Life in the Suburbs
Yummy spice has never looked so nice. These rustic-looking stars are made from cinnamon sticks, a glue gun and tiny embellishments for extra fun. Just imagine these interspersed with burlap and gingham garland for a country look this Christmas.
Ice pop stick snowflakes
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These ice pop stick snowflakes can be as fancy or unrefined as you wish. Older kids can glue together their own crafts in a design they like, and younger kids can rely on Mom for the gluing and themselves for the button-placing. Regardless, it's a great and easy craft for all ages, and requires only ice pop sticks, buttons, glue and markers.
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"Here's a teacher doing her after schoolwork, and she is lucky she didn't get seriously injured or killed," said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood.
It happened just after dismissal time yesterday at Upper Darby High School.
Police say 19 year old Darlington James walked in a back door during dismissal yesterday.
They say he went to a second floor classroom, where he attacked a teacher with a hammer.
Police say he started swinging at her and they fell to the floor as they struggled. James then allegedly fled with her laptop computer.
Other teachers joined the chase and called police.
They found James hiding in a backyard nearby.
Police say he had the computer in his backpack and later confessed.
Parents of Upper Darby High School students were alarmed to hear how easy it was for James to get in the school.
"When I heard something like that, I always worry about is it a safe place to bring my child," parent Gohar Kaladjian said.
Police say he is also being charged with a similar incident at Beverly Hills Middle School that happened on January 14th.
James, who is not a student at the high school, is being charged with multiple felonies. Police suspect that he may have been involved in a rash of computer thefts in the school district.
Officials say the teacher suffered some minor scrapes and bruises in the incident.
"The brazenness of these guys just walking into a school and doing what they do is just mind-boggling," said Chitwood.
In another incident, police have also arrested a 13-year-old 8th grader at a Drexel Hill Middle School. They say the boy was overheard saying that he was going to shoot up the school on Wednesday.
Police went to his home Tuesday night and found a knife in his backpack but no guns. He is being charged with making terroristic threats.
"When you hear in this day and age that somebody is going to shoot up the school, it is top priority, zero tolerance," Chitwood said.
The 8th grader is being held at a juvenile detention center pending further investigation.
Parents are upset they weren't informed of any of this.
Action News tried to ask why that was the case, but the district has no comment.
It did, however, release a statement praising its staff for contacting the police.
The statement also mentioned the police released the information to the media without their knowledge.
Here is the statement in full:
In response to recent events that occurred at Beverly Hills Middle School, Drexel Hill Middle School, and Upper Darby High School and were reported on the news today, the Upper Darby School District Administration and Security alerted the Upper Darby Police Department to all three incidents. This was a joint effort to keep the children and staff of the Upper Darby School District safe.
Yesterday, at approximately 3:30 PM, Drexel Hill Middle School administration received information from a parent about a potential student terroristic threat that would allegedly occur on Wednesday, February 20th. Upper Darby Administration and Security immediately contacted Upper Darby Police to handle the investigation. At approximately the same time at Upper Darby High School, an adult male attacked a teacher and stole a laptop. Upper Darby Administration and District Security immediately contacted 911 and pursued the 19-year-old perpetrator until police arrived and placed him in custody. According to the police, this individual is also linked to an incident involving a physical altercation with a teacher and a stolen laptop at Beverly Hills Middle School in January.
We are proud that our parents, school district administrators, school district security, and Upper Darby police department all worked together in the best interest of the security of our schools and students.
Normally, according to our Memo of Understanding with the Upper Darby Police Department, the school district and the police department would hold a joint press conference on such events. However, the police decided to hold their own press conference today without our knowledge.
The safety and security of our students always has been, and continues to be, the top priority of the Upper Darby School District.


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This is New York City, the view from my (former) home subway stop. Having lived in the same apartment for all 3.5 years of my stay, I saw this view in every season, and being a pastry cook meant I saw it at all (odd) hours of the day and night.
This particular day was early autumn, Sunday, and one of the first actually cold mornings of the season. It was about 6:30am when my sister in-law, Bathsheba, and I ventured out on an experience that only crazy people or real foodies (or real crazy foodie people) would do. We left the warmth and comfort of our beds to wait in line for hours, shivering and holding our pee so that we could taste the original, the infamous, the one and only cronut. This girl is kind of badass in every way, but waiting in the cold for hours just to taste a pricey weird dessert, well…she's also a girl after my own heart.
The cronut flavor changes each month, so we actually ended up meeting a few other NYC residents who were returning to try October's Pumpkin Spice. There are no other choices, it's just whatever flavor the bakery makes that month.
The boys showed up in time
for doors to open and the dessert purchasing to begin to eat. As we finished our indulgent breakfast an older woman approached our table and whispered, "Was it worth it?" Still taking it all in, I immediately replied " I don't know." She turned to a man by her side and said something about being glad they didn't have to wait. Anyone can just walk into the bakery if they're ordering anything besides cronuts.
Now that it's been a few months, and I've been able to try some of the "imitation" cronuts out there, my answer has changed. It was totally worth it! The cronut from the Dominique Ansel Bakery had a very distinct flavor (beyond the pumpkin spice), and the experience of putting forth effort and then waiting patiently for a treat makes it that much more special to savor. Just my thoughts.
After dessert, we walked from SOHO to Chinatown for a much needed savory lunch, at a vegetarian dim sum place that we'd had on our list to try for almost as long as we'd been in NYC. Why? Because "good fortune" and "unicorn" were featured on the menu. And it was delicious!
Lesson learned. Never put off vegetarian dim sum, ever.
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Getting Hollywood to "Sell the Product" to Children
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In reading the article/speech below, ask yourself how successful (or unsuccessful) by comparison Darwinists have been in selling their product to children.
Inhofe Slams Leonardo DiCaprio and Laurie David
by Marc Morano (more by this author)
Posted 10/29/2007 ET
Updated 10/29/2007 ET
Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Environement and Public Works Committee, delivered a more than two-hour floor speech today debunking fears of man-made global warming. Below is an exerpt of his remarks about how Hollywood, led by Leonardo DiCaprio and Laurie David, has promoted unfounded climate fears to children. For video of speech section denouncing Hollywood is below.
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We are currently witnessing an international awakening of scientists who are speaking out in opposition to former Vice President Al Gore, the United Nations, the Hollywood elitists and the media-driven "consensus" on man-made global warming.
We have witnessed Antarctic ice GROW to record levels since satellite monitoring began in the 1970's. We have witnessed NASA temperature data errors that have made 1934 — not 1998 — the hottest year on record in the U.S. We have seen global averages temperatures flat line since 1998 and the Southern Hemisphere cool in recent years.
These new developments in just the last six months are but a sample of the new information coming out that continues to debunk climate alarm.
But before we delve into these dramatic new scientific developments, it is important to take note of our pop culture propaganda campaign aimed at children.
In addition to Gore's entry last year into Hollywood fictional disaster films, other celebrity figures have attempted to jump into the game.
Hollywood activist Leonardo DiCaprio decided to toss objective scientific truth out the window in his new scarefest "The 11th Hour." DiCaprio refused to interview any scientists who disagreed with his dire vision of the future of the Earth.
In fact, his film reportedly features physicist Stephen Hawking making the unchallenged assertion that "the worst-case scenario is that Earth would become like its sister planet, Venus, with a temperature of 250 [degrees] centigrade."
I guess these "worst-case scenario's" pass for science in Hollywood these days. It also fits perfectly with DiCaprio's stated purpose of the film.
DiCaprio said on May 20th of this year: "I want the public to be very scared by what they see. I want them to see a very bleak future."
While those who went to watch DiCaprio's science fiction film may see his intended "bleak future," it is DiCapro who has been scared by the bleak box office numbers, as his film has failed to generate any significant audience interest.
Gore's producer to kids: 'Be activists'
Children are now the number one target of the global warming fear campaign.
DiCaprio announced his goal was to recruit young eco-activists to the cause.
"We need to get kids young," DiCaprio said in a September 20 interview with USA Weekend.
Hollywood activist Laurie David, Gore's co-producer of "An Inconvenient Truth" recently co-authored a children's global warming book with Cambria Gordon for Scholastic Books titled, The Down-To-Earth Guide to Global Warming.
David has made it clear that her goal is to influence young minds with her new book when she recently wrote an open letter to her children stating: "We want you to grow up to be activists."
Apparently, David and other activists are getting frustrated by the widespread skepticism on climate as reflected in both the U.S. and the UK according to the latest polls.
It appears the alarmists are failing to convince adults to believe their increasingly shrill and scientifically unfounded rhetoric, so they have decided kids are an easier sell.
But David should worry less about recruiting young activists and more about scientific accuracy. A science group found what it called a major "scientific error" in David's new kid's book on page 18.
According to a Science and Public Policy Institute release on September 13:
"The authors [David and Gordon] present unsuspecting children with an altered temperature and CO2 graph that reverses the relationship found in the scientific literature. The manipulation is critical because David's central premise posits that CO2 drives temperature, yet the peer-reviewed literature is unanimous that CO2 changes have historically followed temperature changes."
David has now been forced to publicly admit this significant scientific error in her book.
Nine year old: 'I don't want to die' from global warming
A Canadian high school student named McKenzie was shown Gore's climate horror film in four different classes.
"I really don't understand why they keep showing it," McKenzie said on May 19, 2007.
In June, a fourth grade class from Portland Maine's East End Community School issued a dire climate report: "Global warming is a huge pending global disaster" read the elementary school kids' report according to an article in the Portland Press Herald on June 14, 2007. Remember, these are fourth graders issuing a dire global warming report. (LINK)
And this agenda of indoctrination and fear aimed at children is having an impact.
Nine year old Alyssa Luz-Ricca was quoted in the Washington Post on April 16, 2007 as saying:
"I worry about [global warming] because I don't want to die."
The same article explained: "Psychologists say they're seeing an increasing number of young patients preoccupied by a climactic Armageddon."
I was told by the parent of an elementary school kid last spring who said her daughter was forced to watch "An Inconvenient Truth" once a month at school and had nightmares about drowning in the film's predicted scary sea level rise.
The Hollywood global-warming documentary "Arctic Tale" ends with a child actor telling kids: "If your mom and dad buy a hybrid car, you'll make it easier for polar bears to get around."
Unfortunately, children are hearing the scientifically unfounded doomsday message loud and clear. But the message kids are receiving is not a scientific one, it is a political message designed to create fear, nervousness and ultimately recruit them to liberal activism.
There are a few hopeful signs. A judge in England has ruled that schools must issue a warning before they show Gore's film to children because of scientific inaccuracies and "sentimental mush."
In addition, there is a new kids book called "The Sky's Not Falling! Why It's OK to Chill About Global Warming." The book counters the propaganda from the pop culture.
Objective, Evidence based Science is Beginning to Crush Hysteria
My speech today and these reports reveal that recent peer-reviewed scientific studies are totally refuting the Church of Man-made Global Warming.
Global warming movement 'falling apart'
Meteorologist Joseph Conklin who launched the skeptical website in 2007, recently declared the "global warming movement [is] falling apart."
All the while, activists like former Vice President Al Gore repeatedly continue to warn of a fast approaching climate "tipping point."
I agree with Gore. Global warming may have reached a "tipping point."
The man-made global warming fear machine crossed the "tipping point" in 2007.
I am convinced that future climate historians will look back at 2007 as the year the global warming fears began crumbling. The situation we are in now is very similar to where we were in the late 1970's when coming ice age fears began to dismantle.
Remember, it was Newsweek Magazine which in the 1970's proclaimed meteorologists were "almost unanimous" in their view that a coming Ice Age would have negative impacts. It was also Newsweek in 1975 which originated the eerily similar "tipping point" rhetoric of today:
Newsweek wrote on April 28, 1975 about coming ice age fears: "The longer the planners delay, the more difficult will they find it to cope with climatic change once the results become grim reality."
Of course Newsweek essentially retracted their coming ice age article 29 years later in October 2006. In addition, a 1975 National Academy of Sciences report addressed coming ice age fears and in 1971, NASA predicted the world "could be as little as 50 or 60 years away from a disastrous new ice age."
Today, the greatest irony is that the UN and the media's climate hysteria grows louder as the case for alarmism fades away. While the scientific case grows weaker, the political and rhetorical proponents of climate fear are ramping up to offer hefty tax and regulatory "solutions" both internationally and domestically to "solve" the so-called "crisis."
Skeptical Climatologist Dr. Timothy Ball formerly of the University of Winnipeg in Canada wrote about the current state of the climate change debate earlier this month:
"Imagine basing a country's energy and economic policy on an incomplete, unproven theory – a theory based entirely on computer models in which one minor variable (CO2) is considered the sole driver for the entire global climate system."
And just how minor is that man-made CO2 variable in the atmosphere?
Meteorologist Joseph D'Aleo, the first Director of Meteorology at The Weather Channel and former chairman of the American Meteorological Society's (AMS) Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, explained in August how miniscule mankind's CO2 emissions are in relation to the Earth's atmosphere.
"If the atmosphere was a 100 story building, our annual anthropogenic CO2 contribution today would be equivalent to the linoleum on the first floor," D'Aleo wrote.
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"Teaching the controversy" is about the scientific dissent from Darwinism which is separate from ID.
And by the way, you're outta here.
Intelligent agency is, at least according to NeoDarwinian theory, a natural occurence in the universe. It seems contradictory to rule out intelligence as a natural cause when the very theory under dispute claims that intelligence is a result of natural evolution.
ID doesn't speak to the origin of intelligence agency. It only serves to discriminate between the actions of agency and accident. For instance, an arson investigator can apply ID to help determine if a fire was accidental or intentional.
I see you got around to asking the notorious question "Who designed the designer?" The answer is we don't know and we have no empirical evidence from which to infer any answers. Confined to the question of origin of life on earth we have lots of empirical evidence – enough to warrant a design inference. I have yet to see anything about life on earth that requires a non-material designer but rather at a minimum a designer with some rather advanced (beyond current human technology) skills in biochemistry. This doesn't rule out a designer with more than just highly developed biochemistry technology but by the same token it doesn't require more than that either.
In another application of ID say we examine a piece of flint and determine it's an arrowhead. What can we infer about the designer from that? We can infer a designer with some skill in knapping flint. We might be able to determine roughly when it was made from its context. But there is a lot we can't infer about the designer. We can reasonably presume the designer was a human because they are known to have produced arrowheads provided the context supports human presence (i.e. we didn't find the arrowhead on the planet Mars or embedded in billion year-old strata). Beyond that we simply have no empirical data to infer anything. We don't know the age or gender of the designer, whether he/she had children or how many, what the designer died of, or really anything else at all. Biological origins are like that only we have even less to go on. We can infer it was designed and can infer a minimum skill set required to accomplish the design but, based on the evidence we have to work with today, we can infer no more. Trying to make further inferences is no more than an exercise of narrative invention (story telling).
ID makes testable predictions about evolution. Take for instance the parasite that causes malaria – P.falciparum. We observed this single celled eukaryote in the last few decades replicating billions of trillions of times. That is orders of magnitude more replications than it ostensibly took to transform reptiles into mammals. ID predicted that even in billions of trillions of replications no creative evolution of the type that distinguishes mammals from reptiles is possible without intelligent agency. Sure enough, when the parasite was scrutinized in both phenotype and nucleotide-accurate genotype after billions of trillions of replications it had accomplished nothing but trivial (albeit medically important) changes.
This was the largest real-world emprical test of the principles underlying ID and evolution by other means. ID was confirmed and evolution by any other means was repudiated. Feel free to offer an explanation for the lack of any significant creative evolution in P.falciparum under the rubric of the modern synthesis. And don't say ID doesn't make testable predictions. It did and the prediction was confirmed. Furthermore it continues to predict that no significant creative evolution will take place in P.falciparum in any of the billions of trillions of replications it undergoes every single year. Can the modern synthesis even make a prediction in that regard? At this point it appears it cannot. The theory absent predictions in regard to creative evolution appears to be the modern synthesis not intelligent design.
If CSI (a key to the design inference) is not generated by natural (material) causes, then it is either uncaused or has a cause outside of nature. That's all I'm saying.
The source of your misunderstanding is you are conflating "natural" and "material". The opposite of natural in this context is "artificial". Artificial doesn't necessarily mean supernatural or immaterial.
I see you dodged the question of how the modern synthesis can explain why falciparum didn't evolve in billions of trillions of replications.
ID doesn't need positive verification. We already know that intelligent agents can purposely tinker with DNA. It's called genetic engineering and I'm quite sure you're familiar with it. The $64,000 question is whether anything other than intelligent agents can purposely tinker with DNA.
I state the biological ID hypothesis as
All complex biological systems are generated by intelligent agency.
This conforms perfectly to what Karl Popper defined as a scientific hypothesis in his famous "swans" example:
All swans are white.
Popper stated that while it is impossible to prove that all swans are white the observation of a single black swan falsifiies the hypothesis. If the hypothesis can be falsified then it is "scientific" according to Popper.
It is impossible to prove that all complex biological systems are generated by intelligent agency but the observation of a single complex biological system generated by non-intelligent agency will falsify the hypothesis.
Now explain again why the ID hypothesis is not scientific and why, in principle, it is not falsifiable. P.falciparum replicating billions of trillions of times was the most comprehensive search to date for a "black swan". It could have, in principle, falsified ID. The proverbial black swan could have been observed but it was not. This does not prove ID but it certainly lends strong support to it.
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I think Victoria is our child that enjoys the snow the most. She can spend hours out there. Austin and Samara also enjoy it . . . just not quite as much. And Denver? Well, he usually can't be bothered with the mittens and boots! LOL! He's happy watching the kids from the front window . . . unless Mommy says he HAS to go out. :)
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Okay, now THIS is winter! Oh ya baby . . . it's snowing and snowing and showing no sign of stopping. I LOVE it. So pretty.
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by Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett / L.L. Bartlett
Yesterday I got the good word that A Fatal Chapter will appear as an audiobook the same day as the print and ebook editions. A Fatal Chapter will be the 9th Booktown Mystery, and will be published on June 2, 2015. (The Good News: I've seen the cover and it's gorgeous. The Bad News: I haven't been given permission to show it off yet.)
Everyone keeps saying that AUDIO IS THE NEXT BIG THING. I'd like to believe it. Why? Because I currently have 11 books out in audio. (And another one in production.) The entire Booktown Mystery series is available in audio
as are the first three Jeff Resnick Mysteries. (Even as I type this, the next book in the series, Cheated By Death, is being recorded for audio.)
Why do I love audiobooks? Because they make boring tasks easier to handle. Things like ...
But I'm not the only Chick with audio books. Leann's Yellow Rose and Cats In Trouble series are on Audio. Mary's Talk Radio series is on audio. Mary Jane's/Victoria Abbott's Book Collectors series is on audio, too! And Ellery's Book Resort Mysteries have just been sold to audio, too.
So if you're an audiophile, there are a lot of cozy mysteries out there on audio you can listen to.
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I love Lent. I always have. On Twitter earlier this week, I said regarding Lent, "You can take the girl out of the Methodist church, but you can't take the UMC traditions out of the girl."
Cause growing up at FUMC Marietta, Lent was something everyone did, even when I was in middle school. The tradition of giving up something for the 40 days of Lent has just stuck with me through the years. I'm a bit of a Presbyterian now apparently [based on my church choice], and I don't even know how they feel about Lent. But I'm in it to win it. [There's no prize. That's just a saying.]
By nature, I'm what you might call "lacking in self-control" and maybe "lazy". So having 40 days of dedicated sacrifice [and knowing there is an end in sight] has always been really motivating to me and it encourages me that maybe someday I will actually be full of discipline.
This year, I have a small collection of Lent give-ups, but the biggest one isn't a give-up. It's a must-do.
I was talking with some friends the other night about the fact that I am struggling seriously with insecurities and lies in my head. And it's no one's fault but my own. Because I'm not going to God each day and spending time with Him, my well of Truth has run dry and I'm getting beat up in my mind. My reservoirs of Truth are empty. Time to head back to the well. EVERY DAY.
So for Lent 09, I'm spending time every day with God. No matter what. Yeah, I know that's lame and it was probably my Lent commitment in 1993 as well, but I'm bringing it back in 09. And my awesome Nash family friends are helping me out- we send emails every morning of Lent sharing something we learned in our time with God.
There ain't no better accountability for me than email accountability. What can I say? I love the internet.
Every day I'm listening to THIS PODCAST and using it to springboard the time I'm spending reading the Bible, praying, and writing in my journal.
What's my goal? To set a pattern, to create a habit, to grow in spiritual disciplines as a RESPONSE to what Jesus did for me on the cross. And to hear God.
What about you? Are you a Lent-er? Are you giving anything up? I'd love to pray for you in your sacrifice this season, so leave it in the comments and we'll all pray for each other. [That'll be real cute and totally community-ish of us.]
Yep, I've given up something for Lent for the first time ever, though I'm not telling anybody what it is. Only 36 hours in, and I can't believe how meaningful it's already been.
well, let's see…i don't "celebrate" lent, but i admire anyone who can give something up to focus more and rely more on God, that's always a good thing!! i have fasted before and i think it's a good way to get closer to God!!
I've never been a Lent person (not out of principle… just grew up down the street at the Baptist church!). But this year, I was inspired by a question that Buckhead Church posed –
"What, if removed from your life for a season, would give God more of your attention?"
Hmm. That's good stuff. I still haven't decided what I need to do, but I know I'm going to participate in Lent this year (albeit a day or two late). 🙂
ah HAH! You've joined us.
The minute you said you were moving to Nashville we knew you'd come around.
Now I will finish reading the rest of your post.
I have given up caffeine. It is terrible. I realized not long ago that I "needed" caffeine, that if I didn't have it, my body revolted. It is not healthy for me to need anything like that. So I gave up coffee. For Jesus. And it's been tough. Withdraws have been terrible. But I'm pushing through!
I've never even known what Lent was until your twit piqued my curiousity…I've wondered a time or two, but googled yesterday. I decided to acknowledge my contribution to the debt Christ paid and to give up some health-less things in honor of the love shown when Christ gave all! Thanks for the shove! May this Lent be a start to a renewed mind toward those disciplines you're feeling convicted about! I'm praying for your journey these 40 days!
The Lenten season is a journey of penitence that lasts for 40 days. We do not count Sundays in the season as they are mini celebrations of Easter. For many people during this season, they give up something (chocolate, meat, drinking alcohol, etc). Some people fast for periods of time while others spend time in deep reflection.
Whatever you decided to give up or take on, spend some time in prayer. I know I will be praying and listening to what the Lord has to say to me.
Blessings for a meaningful Lenten journey.
I'm a Protestant mutt – grew up Presbyterian, spent time as a Methodist and am now a Baptist – but I really appreciate the Lenten season and practices. I am giving up chocolate this year and reading a chapter of Exodus each day. I have been so lax on my quiet time discipline and this is a great way to bring me back to that. And yes, I'm lazy, so having a 40-day commitment is a good thing!
I've recently been talking with some friends about lies and insecurities that we believe, even when we know better. I'm reading a book by Jennifer Rothschild called "Self Talk Soul Talk" that addresses this very topic. Already (just 3 chapters in) it's speaking to my heart. Have you read it?
I'm reading the Bible aloud to my senior in high school. He's so busy with school, sports, etc, that I asked him if he would like me to read his daily Bible plan with him everyday while he's eating breakfast. So that's what we've been doing.
When I was in school it was my Catholic friends who always spoke of Lent. I was much older when I actually discovered what it was!
I haven't prayed about what I should give up, but I will.
Wow. Beautiful. The Ash Wednesday podcast featured a prayer song familiar from Sound of Music. Gorgeous. And the Joel scripture was in my Bible study on Ash Wednesday. Thank you.
Every year for Lent, I give up Lent.
No, really.
I like it Annie!
Mine is similar, I blogged about it on Tuesday: http://showerstoflowers.blogspot.com/2009/02/lent.html
I love Lent, as well and think it's a way to make giving something up a lifestlye, or adding something to your life part of your daily routine. Thanks for sharing :o)
i am going all out for my first observance of Lent evah. i gave up twitter, facebook, meat, dairy, caffeine, alcohol, sweets (doing the Daniel Fast). and reading the Power of a Praying Wife each day as i prepare for marriage (66 days away!)
thanks for sharing your heart, sweet Annie. i will definitely join you in prayer and podcast. XOXO
Wow. I really like that quote from Buckhead that Jamie put on here. I was planning to observe Lent for the first time ever this year by forgoing sugar. I did that once before (when my husband was on a missions trip) and I found that removing that small treat from my life was really purifying, in some way.
But now I'm thinking — it doesn't do that much to bring me closer to God. It's a daily reminder, like a string around my finger. But I wonder if I could do more?
ok. just listened to the podcast. LOVED IT. thanks so much for sharing!!!
great post annie. i get it.
i am giving up being a punching bag for lent (you'll have to read my latest post). hopefully by easter there will be quiet a celebration of freedom as we embrace Truth, drawing nearer to the One who saves.
i'm giving up dating for lent.
it is Lent – that time of self reflection and repentance. It is the time to take stock of ourselves as we really are – to be completely honest with ourselves, one another and with God. Lent is the season we must go through in order to get to Easter. No lent, no Easter. And similarly, out of the mud and muck in our lives, new life bursts forth.
Well, since you asked….
I just posted my own little Lent post, and am hoping you won't mind if I leave you a little linky love on my blog….Is that OK?
I just started back fasting once a week. I'm not sure if I'll stop once lent it over….we'll see.
I LOVE your idea of spending every day with Jesus during Lent. Although you're right it does sound vaguely familiar like something I might have done in middle school. Nevertheless, I think I might do the same thing! 🙂 (I know I'm a little late – but I did have a quiet time yesterday and will have one today so I can still jump on board i guess!) 🙂
I'm also choosing to give back to the Lord by spending time with Him daily (as opposed to giving up something). I let too many distractions get in the way of my relationship with Jesus. I'm trying to make the effort to listen to more Christian podcasts (thanks for your suggestion!) and Christian music during this time, as well. New to your blog and enjoying reading.
Hi Annie, I came over from Twitter. I'm a baptist converted to Lutheran so this is only my 3rd lenten season. Among other things, I gave up comments on my blog (although I made an exception for when I talk about faith…my readers say they always learn a lot from the comments). The increased prayer and bible reading time have been great so far. God is faithful to our measly attempts at discipline! Look forward to reading more of your blog. Blessed Lent to you.
Apparently, you also can take the girl out of Scotland, but you can't take the Church of Scotland out of the girl.
Giving up sweets of all varieties for Lent. It makes for a gluttonish explosion on Easter Sunday with all the sacred chocolate the Easter Bunny brings to celebrate the Resurrection and the stockpile of Girl Scout cookies that Satan always delivers in the midst of the Lenten sacrifice.
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When Parallel Parking Was New and Meters Seemed Un-American
Parking on city streets today is a cinch compared with the 1930s, when free, unlimited parking was considered every American's constitutional right.
Just as their grandparents had tied their horses to the general store's rail, American drivers expected handy curb space for their cars when they went to town. By the 1930s, however, there were too many cars and too few curbs.


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ANNAPOLIS — In a competitive Carroll state Senate campaign last fall, Democrat Jeff Griffith benefited from his relationship with the governor to collect $7,500 in contributions.
Republican challenger Larry E. Haines profited from his business background to garner $6,300 from the Maryland Realtors Political Action Committee.
Both of those hefty contributions would have been outlawed under campaign finance reform legislation that passed the House Monday night.
The bill, sponsored by House Speaker R. Clayton Mitchell, D-Kent, and about half the 141 delegates -- including Delegates Richard N.Dixon, D-Carroll, and Donald B. Elliott, R-Carroll, Howard -- sets a$4,000 limit on the amount the treasurer of a candidate or PAC can contribute to a campaign during a four-year election cycle.
Currently, the state has no limits on PAC contributions and transfers from one candidate's treasury to another, leading to concerns that special interests wield too much influence in elections and votes on issues.


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BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall talked to reporters on Monday after the Cougars began the second week of spring practices. Coach Mendenhall addressed key issues of practice such as returned missionary progress, injuries and offensive line depth. Also, offensive lineman Fono Vakalahi, fresh off his mission, talks about the transition back into football and what spring ball has been like for him thus far.
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Festival of Trees
The Festival of Trees display will be up until Christmas at Grand Boulevard with 12 trees decorated by area non-profit organizations.
Lightwire Theater
The Northwest Florida Ballet presents Lightwire Theater's A Very Electric Christmas at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 23 at Destin United Methodist Church's Life Center, 200 Beach Drive. Show is a magical and captivating tale of family, friendship and hope set to timeless holiday hits including Nat King Cole, Mariah Carey and Tchaikovsky. Box office prices for adults are $35 each and $15 for children 12 and under. Available in November.
Tacky Christmas Party
Grab your ugliest Christmas sweater and join in the Tacky Christmas Party featuring Forrest Williams Band from 8 p.m. to midnight Dec. 23 at Local Catch Bar & Grill, 3711 W. County Hwy. 30A in Santa Rosa Beach.
Christmas Reflections
The lake in downtown DeFuniak Springs is a must see during the holiday season. Christmas Reflections offers a lights display with millions of lights surrounding the lake. Discover the Christmas-themed lights by walking, driving or even taking a romantic horse and carriage ride from 5-9 p.m. nightly through New Year's Eve. Cost is $3/person with children ages 6 and under free. Carriage rides available for additional fee on select nights. For more information visit http://www.defuniaksprings.net/index.aspx?nid=1097.
Coastal White Christmas
The Town Center in Grand Boulevard will have thousands of white lights through Jan. 1. Every Friday and Saturday night in December enjoy a free, horse-drawn carriage ride around the Town Center while faux snow falls on the Festival of Trees display in Grand Park from 5-8 p.m. Emerald Coast Theatre Company's Dickens Carolers will sing holiday carols from 5-7 p.m.
12 Nights of Lights
Enjoy a festive light show every Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday through Dec. 30 in the Events Plaza at The Village of Baytowne Wharf. Watch shows at 6, 7 and 8 p.m.
Holiday Champagne Tasting
Get bubbly with some bubbly at the NEAT Holiday Champagne tasting from 5-7 p.m. Dec. 28 at 11 North Castle Harbour Drive in Alys Beach. Enjoy live music, champagne offerings and Henry's Pizza Truck (not included). Tasting cost is $35/person, advance reservation not required.
Salute 2017
Indulge in some afternoon treats while participating in this Alys Beach New Year's Tradition from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fonville Press featuring Chris Alvarado. Leisurely enjoy light refreshments, cocktails and music while gearing up to say goodbye to another year.
New Year's Eve Bash
Ring in the New Year at The Red Bar in Grayton Beach beginning at 5 p.m. featuring the Red Bar Jazz Band followed by a DJ pumping out dance hits to take you into 2018. From 5-9 p.m. guests can enjoy regular menu pricing and seating, but from 9 until midnight enjoy a 4-course set menu with party favors and complimentary champagne! Reservations required at 231-1008.
Toast the New Year with Surfing Deer
Join the folks at Surfing Deer in Seagrove for the New Year's Dinner Celebration from 6-10 p.m. The $130 seat cost includes a five-course meal and for $55 more you can add-on wine pairings for each course. Advance reservations are required.
New Year's Eve at AJ's Grayton
Get ready for an interesting night at AJ's in Grayton Beach beginning at 9 p.m. with Luke Langford Band helping you sing and dance your way into 2018. Live music, drink specials and more await you at this local hot spot. Advance reservations not required.
Café Thirty-A New Year's Dinner
Ring the new year in with a three-course meal from 6 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at Café Thirty-A in Seagrove. Reservations accepted from 6-10:30, call to reserve at 231-2166.
New Year's Eve Fireworks Dinner Cruise
Dine, dance and cruise your way into 2018 on the SOLARIS yacht, leaving at 8 p.m. from Baytowne Marina. Cruise the waters of the Bay and enjoy live music, party favors and a champagne toast with a fireworks display. Advance reservations required, seats are $125 per person.
Baytowne Countdown | NYE
A free family friendly evening from 6-8 p.m. Dec. 31 with face painting, kids activities, and live music on the Baytowne LIVE stage, finishing off with a fireworks display at 8 p.m. and another at midnight. Dance the night away with live music till 1 a.m., featured on the Events Plaza Stage.