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Is never far away from me … it is part of me. It is part of my karma that I must release in this lifetime to clean the slate, it seems. I continues to shown up again and again in various ways in my life my family, my friends and even complete strangers continue presenting this horrific disease.
I am a recovering alcoholic, alcohol was my DOC. I have been clean and sober for years and I am proud to say that I have never touched a drop of alcohol since the day I finally admitted to myself that I had a problem with alcohol. I knew for many years prior to finally admitting it to myself and my inner circle but, at the time, I did not have the strength, courage or determination to let go of what seemed like the only thing that numbed my busy mind. It was vice of delusional that led me to believe that I was the person I falsely wished to be – fun, outgoing and exciting – it falsely allowed me to step out of the pain that was seeking my attention at every turn. It allowed me to momentarily tear down the walls of my insecurities and be someone else. It was my friend, too many times I overindulged in this friendship. Alcohol numbed any semblance of my inner voice, it drowned out the whispers of my soul and fed the raging beast that screamed inside me yelling at me to conform to societies expectations of who I was supposed to be; it was a constant battle until it wasn't a battle anymore. A choice.
I don't believe in labels, I really dislike them and rarely, if ever, put a label on myself. I prefer to say that I have chosen not to drink alcohol anymore period. I choose to give my attention to my soul's journey.
I also believe that whatever we give attention to grows, whatever wolf we feed is at the helm of our lives and addiction is no different. When I made a resolve to myself to stop drinking I attended the AA program, a program that has helped so many people move out of a life of addiction and walk a certain programmed set of steps to keep moving towards a higher power. There is so much good in the program but it was not a place that I found any comfort. I believe that whether you're giving your addiction positive or negative attention, you are still giving it attention. When someone asks you who you are and you automatically say I am an addict you are leaving so much out, so much unsaid of the person you really are. I believe that we are many things in this lifetime and that when we have outgrown a part of ourselves we can simply put it on the shelf and it can and will always be a part of us but not a part of us that we continue to feed, that we give attention to anymore. It is put on the shelf to collect dust because it is no longer a part of who we wish to be in this moment. I believe that with AA and any other program that highlights the fact that you are an addict feeds the addiction and it stays alive inside of us. I believe that if we focus our attention on who we want to become instead of who we were we have a better chance of moving forward and leaving the past behind.
If you are reading this and are considering leaving the beast of addiction behind please get help, it is a disease, a monster and needs the help of professionals in the early stages. The shelf will always be waiting to set it down when you are ready and have support.
Addiction has reared it ugly head again in my life only this time it is the cycle repeating itself into the next generation. Someone close to me has relapsed into addiction, yet again, leaving in its wake people who love and care for this individual, leaving a darkness, a hole in the place of where the heart should be residing. It has been painful to watch this experience unfold again in my life. This time I watch from a distance and witness myself as a "recovering co-dependant" and recognize my automatic reactions of wanting to step forward to rescue and sweep up the mess. It was in this comfortable, yet uncomfortable, place that I became the witness of my old patterns of behaviour and was given the chance to do something different . By allowing another to step into their own power and strength it allowed me to step into the role of support while allowing the other to build their own solid foundation. A foundation that would be sturdy, a foundation that would be build with their own hands, a foundation that would support them into the future without the adhesive of another.
Addiction is a slippery slope. I remember hearing that addiction is always doing push ups in the background just waiting for the mind to falter. It is the truth, once you have let go of addiction it can be a constant battle of the mind if you keep it on the mind. As soon as you notice that familiar body sensations of sweat tingling to the surface, that certain kind of excitement that wells up when you know your next hit is around the corner, and that familiar bubble in the depths of your bowels you know addiction has got you by the short hairs. In this moment, this is the only moment, you can walk away and say NO otherwise you take another slippery ride down the mucky slope until you find yourself sitting in a pile of shit at the bottom knowing, as you look up at the mountain you worked so hard to climb, it is still the same mountain. You start the climb all over again putting one foot in front of the other. One step at a time, moment by moment, day after day you climb until you reach your landing-place, each step filled with the determination, the strength and the courage you have in your tank. Most of the time with addiction it is empty thereby making the climb seem impossible but step after step, you climb, weathered, tired, disappointed, overwhelmed, unsure, doubtful, you climb step by step. Walking further and further away from the urge to do it again.
Addiction is like a starving, wild animal that devours anything you have in the house, it eats away at everything, it destroys all the beauty, it devours everything and when it leaves it feels like it took everything, is has destroyed and you wonder if its worth even getting up again. You wonder if just laying in the destruction will somehow make it all go away and the next time you open your eyes it will all just be a bad dream.
Addiction is the destroyer of the mind, not just the drugs that have been ingested but the taker of everything. It takes any self-worth, confidence, belief, wisdom that you thought you had and crushes it, stomps all over it leaving you feeling worthless.
Addiction lies, cheats and steals and you are left a ghost of who you once were. Your mind is ravenous with want & need of a substance to numb the roaring beast your mind has become.
Our minds are like the mafia, if we open the door to addiction, the mafia move in and takes, blackmails, steals, hurts, beats, disrupts, drops you to your knees, backs you into a corner and leaves you fighting the savage wild animal until all you can do is survive. Survival becomes feeding the mafia, giving it anything it wants in order to stay alive, it becomes a never-ending cycle of abuse without any regard for consequences, if feeds on itself and keeps the cycle going round and round until you are left a skeleton, a ghost, the remnants of who you really are behind the growling beast, all the good is covered and you live as the savage beast raging inside of you with only the instinct of survival, the next fix. The next dose to dull any and all senses and you live a life of survival and anything, anyone who gets in your way will get hurt. It the way of addiction.
Growing up in a violent alcoholic family with a father who lived the daily battle of addiction day after day with nothing left to give any anyone except his roaring beast. We lived with secrets, so many secrets. It became my blueprint in life, it's all I knew. Living a life of complete honesty and truthfulness has been another journey all of its own which involves a complete surrender to what other people think, letting go of the judgements that you are sure to come with revelation of truth. There have been many times while writing this blog that hitting the send button has produced beads of sweat accumulating on my brow paralyzed with fear, feeling like I was dishonouring a code of silence I tool as a little child, worried for the consequences that I believed could only be abominable.
As I write this the same feelings are produced but at the very same time I realize that it is of no concern to me what other people think of me anymore, the drive to continue on this journey to become who I am from the inside out is most important and it means coming clean, being honest and living with integrity. I vow to keep my heart open, to tell the truth and to live within my integrity in the hope that one person can read my words and take some comfort, some encouragement, and perhaps recognize some part of themselves in my writing and keep moving forward.
The path to equanimity is through self-realization, awareness, stillness, belief, will and a continuous climb. I have realized that although enlightenment would be a wonderful place to reach, in this lifetime I will be very content to be able to stay or at least return to equanimity, which is where I reside today.
As I sign off on this post I wish to send light and love, loving kindness and hope to all people struggling with addiction and hope and pray that someday the knocking on their doors will be something other that the vice grip of addiction. Something so strong; a love, a child, a friend, an inner voice that provides the hope, the strength, the determination and the courage it takes to put addiction on the shelf where it belongs and start living the life you were meant to live, that your light will be ignited with love and that you will shine so bright that you will never allow your light not to shine instead you will become the spark that ignites the light of others, paying it forward again and again!
The cleansing of a karmic debt!


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Montebello Leather handbags are designed by David MorYousef – a designer, stylist and manufacturer of women's handbags. MorYousef admits that ever since he could remember he was surrounded by fashion. His father established Prince Abner – a leather fashion enterprise, still thriving today by his family in France. MorYousef worked for over 15 years in some of the best brands in the world such as Begedor Italiy, Mr. Fulop, Eichoff, Macy's and Mesil.After coming to Israel, He has decided to open his own brand –Montebello Bags Design. In Montebello Bags he uses the best materials, mostly bought from Italy to make elegant, high quality woman bags – natural material such as leather, suede and raffia but also high quality synthetic fabrics such as Alcantra. The designs are simple yet elegant drawing from the classical French-Italian design of the 60s, featuring summer and winter women's bag.
Every month MorYousef tries to innovate and create new models. All the work is done by him and the ideas take shape very quickly from designing and styling to manufacturing.

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The debate over cannabis legalization came to Fresno on Tuesday, the last stop in a series of "Blue Ribbon Commission" forums chaired by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom. About 75 people showed up for Wednesday morning's session at Fresno State's North Gym, the Fresno Bee reported. "This is complicated, and good people can disagree," said Newsom, who has been supportive of legalizing marijuana use. "I want you to know that most of the people involved in [read more …]
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What is a Tummy Tuck? - By Mr El Gawad
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Who can participate?
You! Do you have a passion for white spaces and blue skies? Do you like to imagine, make, and collaborate? And does the budding cannabis industry pique your interest? You should participate!
What does participating entail?
To participate, you have to be here for the entirety of the event. This includes both Friday evening's kick off and all day Saturday. Once you're here, you'll ideate and come up with awesome ideas!
What do we expect you to create?
You must create a prototype. The type of prototype you create is up to you. You may create a visualized storyboard, a physical prototype or any other method that will bring your idea to life. Be creative!
Do I have to come with a team?
Nope! You may apply with a team or we'll match you up with a group of diverse participants.
I don't live in New York. Can I still participate?
Absolutely! But in order to participate, you will have to come to New York for that weekend, as we require that all participants be on site for the entirety of the event. We will not subsidize or reimburse travel.
Can I do research before?
Yes, please do! We will send an industry overview to all accepted participants. We have also put together a collection of relevant articles that you can find on our resources page, which we will be updating until happy hour on September 23rd. To understand the industry further, you may do your own desktop research, talk to cannabis users and experts, or anything else you can imagine.
Can I start working before the event?
Aside from doing your research, no. To make the competition fair for all, we are not releasing the specific design prompts until happy hour on September 23rd, which means that you may not start working on your idea in advance. Any previously created mockups, code, or prototypes are not allowed.
How will my ideas be evaluated?
Relevance, desirability, feasibility, viability. Your ideas will be evaluated based on how well your idea addresses the needs of the end-user and would appeal to them, how feasible the idea is to bring to market, and how viable and scaleable it would be in the long term.
Will my ideas be protected intellectual property?
Because of the nature of the event, no. This is a makeathon with the potential for press coverage, and as such, everything that is created here will be available to the public. What this means is that any ideas created on site are not protected IP.
Sounds fun. Can I bring my stash?
Definitely not!!! Because of the legal status of cannabis in New York State, cannabis is not allowed on the premises of the event.
what we'll provide
Background research and industry news
This is by no means fully comprehensive, but we think it's a good start. You can find a collection of articles in our resources section of the website, and we will provide an industry overview document to all participants. Feel free to do your own research as well.
In addition to the user profiles provided in this document, we'll have a few cannabis users on site Saturday morning for you to interview.
Industry experts
We will have industry and design experts on site to provide inspiration and perspective. Some will also be wandering around to answer questions throughout the day and provide guidance and recommendations. Again, these experts only represent a small sample so feel free to conduct your own industry research.
Prototyping materials
We will have a variety of materials ranging from post-its and sharpies to low-fi physical prototyping materials. We encourage you to think outside the box in how you visualize your idea.
What happens if you win?
Each member of the winning team will receive $500
Your idea will be featured on Smart Design's website
Too far? Well, at the very least we can promise you'll walk away inspired, having worked on an interesting and provocative challenge with top-tier designers, strategists, and innovators


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Hi Everyone.
Hope you are all enjoying your summer & managing to stay cool. One way to cool off is to attend Kayak New Mexico's Open House this Sat. June 23rd. from 6PM-7:45 PM at the Rio Rancho Aquatic Center.
Thanks goes out to Prudential Overall Supply & Janet Kahn School of Integrated Arts Yoga Group for being sponsors of the June Open House. Because of our sponsorships, if you pre-register, the cost will be $5.00 per person for anyone entering the water, $10.00 per person day of event. That's a $5.00 savings so why not do it today?
Register at: http://www.kayaknewmexico.org/adaptive-kayaking-open-houses/
If you don't receive an email after registering, that means your registration didn't go through & you will have to do it again.
I have attached a flyer & we would appreciate you helping us out by sharing the info about the event. Maybe you have a place or know of a place where you could post the flyer?
As a special note--we have decided to give our volunteers a month off so we will NOT be having an Open House in July.


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New Artist Spotlight: Harry Sidebotham
Parallel Dimension No. 8
Harry Sidebotham's paintings emulate natural systems of organization by manipulating modules and creating organizational systems. Math and science play a large role in his research and inspiration for creating new works.
Parallels No. 2
Although mostly focusing on painting, he also makes sculpture, time-based, and performative work and use a wide range of materials.
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Our curriculum, which is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), is designed to prepare students for real-world success as artists, designers, art historians, art teachers and museum and gallery professionals. Each area teaches required foundational skills and techniques while informing students of current trends in their respective field. Through the formal and contextual analysis of art and its interdisciplinary connections, our students obtain the critical thinking, research and writing skills that form the basis of all professional careers. Our programs are focused on helping students master not only the art disciplines, but also their critical and analytical thinking, visual literacy and creative expression. Art & Art History offers an educational and collaborative experience with established and emerging artists within the School of the Arts.


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What is Active Surveillance?
Active surveillance does not actively treat prostate cancer. It monitors the cancer growth with regular PSA tests, DREs and periodic biopsies. A schedule for tests will be set with your provider. To help your provider do these biopsies, a multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (pmMRI) exam might be done. With active surveillance, your doctor will know very quickly if the cancer grows. If that happens, then he/she will suggest next steps for you. At that point, radiation and surgery may be the best treatment options.
What are the Benefits, Risks and Side Effects of Active Surveillance?
Active Surveillance is best if you have a small, slow growing (low-risk) cancer. It is good for men who do not have symptoms. If you want to avoid sexual, urinary or bowel side effects for as long as possible, this may be the treatment for you. Active surveillance allows men to maintain their quality of life longer without risking the success of treatment (if and when it's needed). Action is taken only if the disease changes or grows. For many men, they never need more aggressive treatments.
Active surveillance is mainly used to delay or avoid aggressive therapy. On the other hand, this method may require you to have several biopsies over time to track cancer growth.
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the 10x Club – how internet startups can be evaluated by VCs
Bill Gurley wrote a detailed blog post about All Revenue is Not Created Equal: The Keys to the 10X Revenue Club which I stumpled upon, literally using the service. It is a purely financial perspective on Internet startups, but it gives a comprehensive overview of a VCs evaluation scheme. Have a detailed look on the article, just to summarize the 10xClub is all about (according to Bill Gurley):
- Sustainable Competitive Advantage
- The Presence of Network Effects
- Visibility/Predictability Are Highly Valued
- Customer Lock-in / High Switching Costs
- Gross Margin Levels
- Marginal Profitability Calculation
- Customer Concentration
- Major Partner Dependencies
- Organic Demand vs. Heavy Marketing Spend
- Growth
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text: Share: Comments Print July 2, 2011 at 10:48 AM North Cascades National Parks staff gearing up for summer hikers Posted by Mark Yuasa The summer hiking season is now in full swing around the North Cascades National Park. Hikers on trails over 5,000 feet should be prepared for snow and mountaineering conditions, but lower elevation backpacking trails and day hikes offer stunning views and wildlife viewing opportunities. A favorite is the 1.3 mile day hike to Coon Lake, which offers rewarding mountain views, spring wildflowers and abundant birding opportunities near the shoreline of a mountain lake. The lake is also a frequent rest stop for visitors headed up McGregor Mountain or further up the Stehekin Valley to camps such as Bridge Creek. Bridge Creek is an easy 5-mile hike via the Old Wagon (Pacific Crest) Trail that also makes a great hub for both families and the adventurous because of its access to several other trailheads. The Agnes Gorge Trail is a relatively easy 5-mile (round trip) day hike featuring several different plant communities and a waterfall reward at the end. Each of these trailheads can be reached via the Stehekin Shuttle at the High Bridge stop. The Rainbow Loop Trail, Rainbow Creek Trail and Boulder Creek Trail have reopened in North Cascades National Park. These trails were affected by the Rainbow Bridge Fire, which burned approximately 3700 acres in August of 2010. Hikers on the Rainbow Loop, Rainbow Creek and Boulder Creek Trails should expect to see burned areas with pockets of unburned vegetation. In the areas affected by fire, wildflowers are blooming and many wildlife species are returning, making this an exciting time to explore and discover the natural cycle of change that follows a wildland fire. Although numerous efforts have been taken to reduce hazards, all hikers should use caution and be aware of their surroundings. The potential for debris flow, surface erosion and flash flooding exists in fire affected areas and is greatest where major drainages cross the trail. Please do not linger in these areas, especially when it is raining. Wind can blow trees down across the trail. Even trees that appear healthy may have root damage and could be blown over during strong winds. Watch for rolling rocks and falling debris in areas with a steep slope above you. Park trails are maintained for your safety, so it is important to stay on the trail. Off-trail areas remain hazardous. Camping is only allowed in designated campsites in the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area and North Cascades National Park Complex. For more information on trails and other details go to the North Cascades National Park website. Comments


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This research maps and analyses how new security technologies are developed in practice through inter-disciplinary collaborative research between social scientists and engineers. It will contribute to cross-disciplinary and applied knowledge about the drivers and challenges of science and technology in relation to defence and security needs. It studies the HANDHOLD project (an integrated portable Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive detection device) that involves nine partners including engineering companies, academics, and end-users from five EU countries.
This project explores how these different contexts affect the management of risk and uncertainty in the development of security technologies. It examines how different understandings of risk and security interact in processes of technology development, how risks and uncertainties are negotiated and managed, and how the risk of failure and the security context shape the complex creative enterprise of technology development. The methods employed include analysis of key documents; observation of scientists and engineers in action, and interviews with key participants in different agencies.
The research will produce a number of reports and workshops for government and other stakeholders as well as high quality academic publications. It will offer important lessons for technology development, implementation, and policy making, as well as for academic knowledge.


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When offering her book recommendations to me, my friend, Alexis, has told me on more than one occasion, "You would like this type of author, Colleen, she's the type of woman that puts a pot roast in the oven and then grabs her book to read while it's cooking."
To that I say, "Yes, please," because the only type of reading that happens around here is while I'm waiting for the roast or for the dryer to buzz. When I'm disciplined and resist the lure of the bright blue haze of the Internet (which, really,
do I waste my time????), my go-to pleasure is a novel and I have them stashed all over the house.
I have a degree in Psychology and I love people. People
me and stories are almost always about complex people with lots of baggage and pain and good stories are about complex people with lots of baggage and pain who somehow manage to find redemption in a world of struggle. Good stories also can teach you something about life, and love, and God, and humanity.
So again I say, "Yes, please."
This year and for the first time ever, I kept a log of all the books I read. As I reviewed the list, I realized that I wrote about almost all of my favorites on this old blog almost as soon as I finished reading them, so if you are a regular to these parts, some of these may not be new suggestions.
Here goes...
Best Spiritual Book:
The Practice Of The Presence Of God
The simple words in this book have revolutionized my thoughts about and approach to prayer. This is a powerful, small treatise. Highly recommend.
A favorite quote:
"Let us thus think often that our only business in this life is to please GOD, that perhaps all besides is but folly and vanity."
Best Fiction:
I loved this book. Fast, easy Summer beach read that was also meaningful. The author had some powerful insights on life as a new mother.
A favorite quote:
"I believe you can prove everyone wrong, too, Victoria. Your behavior is a choice; it isn't who you are."
"Anyone can grow into something beautiful."
Best Classic Novel:
Somehow, I had never read or seen a production of the sprawling epic, Les Miserables, so the story was completely new to me. And what a beautiful story it is. The story itself contains everything: moral issues, political diatribes, melodrama, history, and love. Victor Hugo, a genius story teller, was masterful in his insight into the human person. I shouldn't have waited so long to befriend this story. My kids will know it much sooner than I as the Broadway music is already required listening at my house. (After I finished the book, my aunt kindly slipped
into the mail for us. Lovely.)
Best Book On Writing/The Creative Life:
Steal Like An Artist: Ten Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
Here's the thing about books on writing or the creative life: the tone of the author is either helpful and user
friendly or high-handed and condescending. Kleon's tone is most certainly the former. This quick, easy guidebook inspired me to make several resolutions and to work on cultivating creativity everyday. High recommend this little manual.
A few favorite quotes:
"Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use – do the work you want to see done."
"Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing."
"You don't get to pick your family, but you can pick your teachers and you can pick your friends and you can pick the music you listen to and you can pick the books you read and you can pick the movies you see. You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life. You are the sum of your influences. The German writer Goethe said, "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love."
Best Memoir:
Campbell's book is one of the best spiritual memoirs I've ever read (and is the kind of book I would like to one day write).
It's a blend of her personal narrative about her father's descent into Alzheimer's and Campbell's infertility struggles and coupled with how the stories of six women saints helped her in her suffering: Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux, Faustina of Poland, Edith Stein of Germany, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and Mary of Nazareth.
If you are looking for a good spiritual book that is both edifying but easy to read, this is a terrific pick.
The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny
This memoir is about the unlikely friendship between a female business professional and an impoverished young boy. Stories like these remind me there really are good people in the world and that I want to be one of them.
Funniest Read:
The Year Of Learning Dangerously: Adventures In Homeschooling
This is an engaging, quick read which details Quinn Cumming's decision to embark upon the unfamiliar territory of homeschooling. I identified with Cumming's a lot because like her, when it came time to put the pencil to paper ( ha, ha) and actually educate my own offspring, I felt completely incompetent.
She writes about hiding in her laundry room during her first week of homeschooling:
"I had a rock solid reason to be slumped on the linoleum wheezing into a paper bag. I had been homeschooling my daughter for two whole days and found myself suddenly, brutally aware of how completely unqualified I was for this assignment. Here was my child--my one shot at creating a decent, kind, productive member of society--and I was treating her like a goldfish I'd won at a carnival."
Yes! Goldfish!
"Look at me with my adorable offspring and look at what I can do with them! Now, blow bubbles, Topher!"
Part of Cumming's foray into homeschooling included investigating the various types of approaches to educating children at home--specifically by attending conferences or speaking to Radical Unschoolers, Classical educators (which is where I fall), Fundamentalists, and Gothardites. I particularly loved her honesty about her inability to "glow with delight" over her child. She had attended a Radical Unschoolers Convention and writes about how different she felt:
"I sensed that none of these women had ever hidden in the laundry room to get away from her child. I could tell that none of them hated Candy Land. Not one single person at this entire conference had ever driven past the nearest public school after an especially long week and heard the low, dangerous voice say, "You know we don't have to homeschool. Legally, they have to take her. I could just leave her here." I was a horrible teacher and a thoughtless mother. And Alice would never taste a really fresh egg."
(Because almost all the homeschoolers she met raised their own chickens...yes, yes, and yes.)
I have some of those exact thoughts and desires every week and I frequently feel so out of place in a convicted group of homeschoolers.
All in all, I found the book to be refreshing but I must warn you: Cummings's is irreverent (which I love), so if you are a super religiously convicted homeschooler, you may be offended by this book. For the most part, I found her insights about the different types of homeschool groups (including the Conservative Christians groups) to be fairly accurate and insightful. I consider myself a Conservative Catholic but I have to confess, the observations she made about various Conservative Christian homeschool attitudes/practices were things I've encountered and often, these attitudes and practices are not attractive.
Honorable Mentions:
Seven: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess
What about you? What was the best you read this year? Any recommendations for me? I'll take them.


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Our Spring Concert will be held in the Cranmore Assembly Hall on two consecutive nights - Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th April 2014. The concert will start at 7.30 pm on each evening.
Tickets are available to purchase from Monday 24th February. Pupils at the Cranmore Campus can obtain them from Miss Scott at lunchtime. Pupils at the Richmond Campus can purchase them from Mrs Crockard in the Richmond Office at lunchtime.
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Norris Planning Minutes
November 3, 2014
Minutes of
the Norris Planning Commission meeting, held in the Council Room of the Norris Community Building, 20 Chestnut Drive.
Members Present: Chairman Spencer Boardman, Secretary Jeff Merritt,
Matt Zorvan, Jack Black, Ed Meyer and Chris Mitchell
Public Present: Bob Gregory, Jim Tomlinson (BZA), Tommy
Mariner (BZA), City Manager Tim Hester, City Planning Adviser - Dan Hawk
Call to Order: Chairman Boardman called meeting to order at 5:03 pm.
Hear the Public: No member of the public spoke.
Minutes - October 6, 2014
With no suggested corrections or questions Mr. Zorvan made a motion to approve the October
6, 2014 minutes as submitted, Mr. Meyer seconded. All voted unanimously to approve.
New Business:
Training Session on Public Chapter No. 686 regarding vested development rights and its relationship
to the municipal subdivision regulations:
City Planner and Advisor Dan Hawk conducted the public Chapter 686 training from 5:15pm to 6:15pm; BZA members Jim Tomlinson
and Tommy Mariner were present.
V. Old Business:
Chairman Boardman announced
that his term would be expiring December 2014 and has forwarded his resignation to Mayor Mitchell. Chairman Boardman
thanked his fellow commission members, City Manager Tim Hester, City Planner and Advisor Dan Hawk for their help and support.
VI. Adjourn
With no further business Chairman Boardman asked for a motion to adjourn. Mr. Meyer made the motion, Chairman Boardman
seconded. All voted unanimously to adjourn.
Minutes submitted by Jeff Merritt, Secretary
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Dear Kasha family, in light of World Hepatitis Day which is July 28th, we have prepared a blog with key points to know about hepatitis A, B, and C.
What is hepatitis?
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis viruses are the most common cause of hepatitis and there are five main types: A,B,C, D and E but infections, toxic substances (e.g. alcohol), and autoimmune diseases can also cause hepatitis. The condition can be self-limiting or develop into more critical conditions such as fibrosis (scarring) of the liver or liver cancer.
How is it contracted?
Hepatitis A can be found in the feces of people who have the disease. It can be spread by eating food or drinking water contaminated with the virus and also by close contact with an infected person (e.g. having sex or living in the same household).
Hepatitis B is found in blood and certain body fluids. The virus is transmitted when blood or fluid from an infected person enters the body of a person who is not immune.This can happen during unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected person, the sharing of needles, exposure to contaminated sharp objects, or transferred from an infected mother to a baby during birth.
Hepatitis C is also found in blood and some body fluids.It can be transmitted by sharing contaminated needles, through exposure to contaminated sharp objects, and transferred from a mother to her baby during birth. It is possible to contract as well through sexual intercourse with an infected person but rarer.
Is there a vaccination?
There is a vaccination for hepatitis A and B. However, there is no vaccination for hepatitis C.
Treatment and Recovery
The majority of people who contract hepatitis A are able to recover and the condition does not develop into a chronic infection. There is no treatment for this virus strain and doctors only prescribe supportive medication to alleviate the symptoms until a person recovers. Hepatitis B can develop into a chronic condition especially when contracted as a child. In addition, people with chronic hepatitis B infection have a higher risk of developing liver failure or liver cancer. There is antiviral medication to treat hepatitis B, the drugs prevent serious liver problems but do not get rid of the virus. When the liver damage is too severe a liver transplant is usually the last resort for this strain. Hepatitis C is treated with antiviral medication.
Hepatitis A and B can be prevented through immunization. In addition, for hepatitis A it is also important to wash hands with soap and water after using the toilet or changing diapers. Finally, it is also important to use a condom during sexual intercourse to prevent the spread of hepatitis strains transmissible through sex.
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Just about every young boy at one time or another dreams of scoring the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl. For New York Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw, this dream accidentally became a reality on Sunday.
With slightly more than a minute remaining in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl and the Giants trailing the Patriots, 15-17, Bradshaw took a handoff from Eli Manning and had a clear path to the end zone. But that was by the Patriots' design as they aimed to concede a score so that they could get the ball back with some time left on the clock. Bradshaw apparently didn't become aware of New England's plan until a split second before he reached the goal line. In what is likely the most awkward winning touchdown in Super Bowl history, Bradshaw actually attempted not to score so that the Giants could keep the ball away from the Pats' potent offense. If he'd been able to stop his momentum then the Giants could have run down the clock and then attempted a game-winning field goal. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately in retrospect?), Bradshaw's momentum carried him over the goal line, giving the Giants the lead.
The Patriots' final drive would prove unsuccessful however, securing the Giants' second Super Bowl victory in four years, and earning Bradshaw bragging rights for having scored one of the most important touchdowns in franchise history.. even if it was an accident.


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Alex Lovaas '02 Acura RSX Type S
Photos by Nick Caesar
Alex: "I bought the car bone stock about three years ago. I became a wheel whore right off the bat. Trading from one set and on to the next. The work wheels it sits on now are the 8th set of wheels that I've rocked. I knew static was the only way to ride, no time for me to be airing up. When the word got to me about a buddy selling his super wide Rezax, I knew I had to have them. I wasn't worried if they would fit or not, I was going to make them fit. Next After spending multiple days of the phone with BC Racing, we were able to come up with the new static setup id been searching for. Slammed on the pavement with a reasonably comfortable ride. When the interior already coming together the dream was starting to become a reality. But this build mostly came true because of the help from my dad. He tought me his knowledge, put me to work in his shop, and I had every tool I could ever need. Plus his fully restored 67' Mustang I doubt my slammed and stanced Honda was a joy to work on but when I needed him he was there. Couldn't have done it with out him."
Follow Alex and his RSX on instagram: @Slammed_Dc5
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Hints and tips on using the IKE Forum.
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Welcome to the Illinois Kite Enthusiasts Club Website and Discussion Forums!
The Illinois Kite Enthusiasts is an organization of kite fliers, dedicated to promoting the fun and excitement of kite flying of all types. Our members fly a wide range of kites and are knowledgeable on most everything having to do with kiting.
We urge you to join us and become a part of the club and share your experience or draw on the experience of others.
IKE charges no dues or fees. Our experience and knowledge is free to all.
All we ask for in return is that you share your knowledge, experience and enthusiasm with others. We would also appreciate it if you would register on the forum so that we know who you are and where you are from!
Also, don't let our name fool you. We have members from all over the country. While our main focus is in the Midwest (Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, & Iowa), you are just as likely to find a red IKE shirt flying in California as you are in the Midwest.
Thanks for visiting us!
The IKE Team
Listen. You already know what a kite is. You wouldn't be here if not, right?
We don't discount that you might be from someplace with no atmosphere, but that's outside the scope of our mission statement.
But back to the point; you know what a kite is.
But do you know?
These things are magic. They are art. They float on no breeze. They challenge the mind and body. They make people smile. A kite field is a place where you can stand shoulder to shoulder with a stranger and laugh like old friends. Magic I tell you.
We love kites. If you do too, we welcome you.
And if you don't know...don't really know...we want to share what we've learned.
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Children are not always kind to beloved stuffed animals. New York is even worse.
It's not easy being plush.
In the concrete forest, anything can happen. Teddy bears may be dragged, dropped, hugged, hanged, clenched, clutched and even clawed. They lie on cement sidewalks like pedestrian roadkill. They go to the park in the drooling mouths of giant dogs. They do double duty as toddler backpacks. They are forgotten on subways, buses and taxis. Strange but true: discarded soft animal toys may be bound to the front fenders of sanitation, moving and fire trucks. So Fifty Shades of Grey to me but it's supposed to be...cheerful?
But all is not lost for lost guys. This one went straight to the top. Smile on his face, wind in his fur, arms wide open, he gives new meaning to hugging the road.


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Investor Carl Icahn is resigning from the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) board of directors, saying that the company does not need an "activist" on its board, MarketWatch reports. The news comes two months after Icahn cut his stake in the company in what he called a move to "balance his portfolio." At the time, Icahn emphasized that he supported Yahoo's ad deal with Microsoft and he reiterated that position in his letter of resignation to the Yahoo board Friday.
Icahn accumulated a big stake in Yahoo last spring as part of a proxy fight to remove Yahoo


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away into the wild/
i'll be back in a bit!
i'm off into kenya's deep south now, into tsavo east national park, then the coast below mombassa, and then down to just above the tanzanian border. as we will be roughing it a little i won't have access to the internet, but i'll be back soon, hopefully with one of these. you can keep a giraffe as a pet in a flat in north london, right?
can't wait to share the pictures when i get back!


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Happy Friday! I'm psyched for a weekend of birthday parties, Superbowl parties and hopefully a good movie somewhere in there. After thoroughly enjoying The Fighter last weekend, I have True Grit and The King's Speech in my sights. What are your weekend plans?
So with yesterday's Snickerdoodle Dip, I promised you some more football recipes. And since time is running out, I'm bringing you 2 recipes today. First up are my scallion pancakes which I made for Shaun last week.
With a bunch of scallions in my fridge, I knew this would be the perfect way to use 'em. Albeit not the healthiest. This is a natural party food since it can easily be cut into wedges and served on a nice platter with your not-so-fancy-but-people-will-think-it-is dipping sauce. Oh and though I haven't tried it, I'm fairly sure that you could easily make these in advance and simply reheat them at your gathering.
Scallion Pancakes + Ginger Sauce
*Adapted from Ming Tsai
For the scallion pancake:
2 C all purpose flour + more for dusting
1 C boiling water
1/2 C scallions, thinly sliced
1/2 cup canola oil
Olive oil
Salt and black pepper to taste
For the ginger sauce:
⅓ C soy sauce
1 tbsp candied ginger, minced (or 1 tsp ground ginger)
1 tsp scallions, finely chopped
Place flour in food processor.* With the motor running, slowly stream in the boiling water and process until a ball of dough comes together. Remove the dough ball and place in a mixing bowl, covered with a damp paper towel. Let rest for 30 minutes. On a floured surface, roll out the dough into a thin rectangle. Brush with a bit of olive oil and sprinkle the scallions, salt and pepper on top.
Roll it up (just like in my spinach pinwheels).
Slice the roll into 4 sections.
This is where it gets tricky and isn't quite and exact science. Take each piece and carefully roll/stretch in your hands until it's long enough to fold the ends into itself. At this point, simply form into a patty.
It's not an exact science, but you'd like to get about a 6 inch pancake out of this without spilling scallions everywhere. Once all the pieces are rolled, pan sear in a heated and oiled skillet until each side is golden brown. I did 2 at a time. To keep them from getting soggy, I let them rest on a wire rack when finished.
Cut each pancake into 4 wedges and place on a platter. In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, ginger and scallions.
Serve in a small dip bowl or cup alongside the scallion pancakes.
*If you don't have a food processor, you can do this in a giant mixing bowl with a wooden spoon. But be careful while handling the hot water!
And since I love you guys, I'm giving you yet another finger food recipe that's perfect for a party. It's not all that different than when I shared the buffalo tenders with blue cheese sauce, but this time, we're going nuggets and an easier dredging process.
Crunchy Chicken Nuggets, 2 Ways
*Adapted from Rocco DiSpirito's Now Eat This!
1 lb chicken breast
2 C panko breadcrumbs (I could only find regular, not whole wheat)
2/3 C Greek yogurt, 0%
1 lb chicken tenders
Kosher salt
Black pepper
Nonstick cooking spray
1/2 C Rocco's blue cheese dressing
1/3 C Franks' Red Hot
2 tbsp butter
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut the chicken breasts into strips and then into nuggets. Dredge in Greek yogurt (trust me, you will never look back) and coat with panko. On a wire rack (placed over a foil-lined baking sheet), sprinkle with kosher salt & pepper and spray with cooking spray. Bake until cooked through, about 14 minutes.
Serve on a small platter and make the buffalo sauce. In a saucepan, heat the Frank's Red Hot with the butter until melted. Serve in a small bowl along with the blue cheese dressing.
To change these up again, simply make the nuggets and serve with honey mustard or any other dipping sauces!
So there you have it. 2 simple recipes that will have your Superbowl-cheering friends loving you and your cooking prowess. What are your favorite party foods? Will you be celebrating the American tradition on Sunday?
Psst...looking for more Superbowl recipe ideas? Try these on for size:
Roasted Garlic & Goat Cheese Crostini
Sundried Tomato & Olive Tapenade
Carmelized Potato & Parsnip Tart
...and lots more that I'll share in a full roundup tomorrow!


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I wanted to share this as it's very sweet and such a pretty tune. Yes, I am a very lucky girl.
Friday, 4 March 2011
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Your chance to grab a bargain and raise funds for Christchurch!
Check this out! Stallion Auction - 50+ stallions of all different breeds. Most with a Reserve of ONLY $200!! Brennan and Hamish are both there so, if you have ever wanted to use either of them, now is a great time as you will be supporting a really important cause!
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Email Newsletter: A question for teachers/
Question: Do you think most parents in your class work with their kids at home?
Research shows that parent participation is linked to
improved student behavior and achievement
. Unfortunately, most parents aren't sure how to best help their child be successful in school. Here's how teachers can help.
Give parents opportunities to observe and participate in their children's class
This can include helping you in group rotations, going on field trips or simply sitting in a corner and sorting papers. Make sure you let parents know about these opportunities several times during the school year.
Communicate with parents about what they can talk to their children
This can be as easy as sending 3 questions home every week. Encourage parents to ask questions even if they do not know the answers themselves.
It is easy to post a message in ParentSquare, just select your class name, write your message and send. If you need step-by-step-instructions, visit
Teacher's guide in Help & Feedback
or if easier, recruit a parent to post it for you.


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Time Passes
A year ago today, my grandma passed away.
It's also father person's birthday today, which means I didn't like to mention this. I'm sure the parentals haven't forgotten, and reminding them seemed unnecessary, and would have put a damper on the mood. Yet at the same time, it seemed odd to go the whole day without mentioning it to anyone. Not even to my friends.
What's in a year? A year is ever so slightly over a seventeenth of my life. A year has seen many changes in what I'm studying, in what I'm doing with my life, in how far I've got with plans I'd made. A year has seen me grow up a lot.
It doesn't seem like a whole year — and yet at the same time, it seems like far longer than that. It seems like years since I last went and stayed at my grandparents' house in the countryside, and went for walks and came back to Ribena and chocolate biscuits. It seems like years since I went for a walk in the woods near their house with my grandfather and talked about stars and numbers and the concept of infinity. It seems like years since I was small enough to play in the playground.
It seems like years since my grandad held my feet so I could get across the monkey bars because my arms weren't strong enough to hold me; since I bought a box of tic-tacs and made it last three days by counting out how many I could eat each day; since I picked up a box-worth of drawing pins from the playground floor and buried them so kids wouldn't tread on them; since I watched my brother cook in my grandma's kitchen even though she never normally let people cook there and Ben wasn't even known for being good at it; since my grandma made me pancakes for breakfast and they came out bright yellow because of the eggs; since she used to give us a couple of pounds when we arrived to go across the road and buy drinks we wanted as she could never remember what we liked.
It seems like years since my grandad let me use his desk up in the attic; since I first brought my laptop there and amazed them with my knowledge of computers; since I watched VHS tapes on their upstairs TV; since I watched the Robin Hood series two finale at their house and tried to hide the fact I was sobbing when Marian died; since I met my second cousin Esme and not-so-subtly tried to persuade them to let her stay over.
It seems like years since Esme and I put on little shows for them, plays we'd written. It seems like years since my grandma wrote me a long letter giving me feedback about a book I'd written, encouraging me and helping me improve without pandering to the sensitive ego of a twelve-year-old. It seems like years since I played the violin and the flute to my grandad when he was too ill really to get up and walk around. It seems like years since my grandma bought me a book because she'd read a review and thought I'd like it.
It seems like years since my sister and I drove down to see my grandma and Bella played Frank Turner in the car and I fell in love with his music and we went for a walk and found a whole new area of the village that had just been created. It seems like years since I took my camera down to my favourite place by the stream to talk about why exactly it wasn't the same any more and yet it was still beautiful. It seems like years since I practised with my little child's camera, taking pictures of my grandparents on grainy film. It seems like years since they came to watch me in a school concert; since they watched me get baptised when I was thirteen; since I tried to explain to them why I wanted to do Irish dance; since my grandma wrote me letters and letters about her childhood, things she'd never told anyone.
It seems like years.
I guess it is.
After all this time, most of it blurs into one. It's a year since my grandma died. This May, it'll be three years since my grandad died. Even before that, it's a long time since I stayed there, living with them for three days or so, because they just weren't well enough. It's a long time since we went for walks. It's a long time since I was too small to get across the monkey bars, and these days I don't have the self control not to eat a box of tic-tacs all at once.
I saw Esme at both of their funerals and hardly recognised her. She's grown up. More than I have, I think — in fashion, at least. She doesn't look like the kid who used to do silly little plays with me and with whom I once had an argument over pens of mine that I claimed she'd broken (and she really hadn't).
My grandparents never read any of the books I'm so proud of these days. They won't see me published. They didn't see me take my GCSEs and they won't see me take A-Levels or go to university. They won't see me graduate. They won't know what happens.
The last time they saw me was a while ago. From there, my life could have gone anywhere.
I hope they like the direction it has taken and will take. And I hope that while we may not speak of them on days like this, unwilling to remember losses when there is so much else to think about, that will never mean we have forgotten them.
They are not forgotten.
(Other posts about my grandparents: Digging With Spoons; Ten Years Of Letters; One Of A Pair)


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Have not the poets said
"The woods are God's temple"?
But throughout time man hath said,
"The waters and woods are gods!"
So they whisper in the wilderness,
they shout from the mountain's brow,
raise arms in homage to the forest crown,
and kneel to honour the 'sacred' ground
Yet their precious Nature holds a scourge
whipping fire-cords upon the earth;
pillars of pine blaze a burnished bronze,
the wood-god's spirit spirals away in smoke
Men's lodge-pole idols, majestic towers,
have been blackened, bowed low—
they are gods-become-incense-of-ashes,
might and beauty all burnt away
Men are all wrong—Beauty and Nature
are not gods; rather, they are God's,
signposts leading men to their Maker
and to their place within His creation
The poets are only half right to say
that the woods are worship spaces—
For God Himself says that men
are His temples, His dwelling places
Though they begin charred and dark,
from ashes spring shoots of green,
life revived; renewed like a forest
after a consuming, cleansing fire
Spirit inhaled into ash-laced lungs,
inspired sanctuaries made holy by
the breath whispered into them from
mouth that fashioned woods from words
It is the theologians who know the truth,
that men are God's home, holding within them
His life-breath—the rubble-scarred redeemed,
reclaimed to life, growing into palace-pillars.


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I have had the Greek Cross on my brain for a while now and decided it was finally time to make it! Camille Roskelley is the designer of these threads, and if you follow her blog or her IG you know she has been taking her patterns and downsizing them to make mini quilts. I think they are just adorable! Sooo, that's what I did to the Greek Cross block, I "Camille Roskelleyed" it and made it super tiny and adorable!!!!
Here is a close up of the threads I used for the quilting. I did all my piecing and the binding with 2021 (the white). The ones I used for quilting are: 2830 (the aqua looking one), 2620 (the gray), 2105 (the light yellow), 1231 (the green), 2783 (the navy), and 2214 (the orange).
I am still in shock that I was chosen to be part of this amazingly talented group of "challengers"! You should really go visit them and see what they made too!
Jennifer Waaraniemi of lea & lars
Amy Gunson of Badskirt
Vanessa Lynch of Punkin Patterns
Kristin Schwarze of And Chips
Geta Gramma of Geta's Quilting Studio
Lindsey Rhodes of LRStitched
Penny Layman of Sew Take A Hike
They came up with some FABULOUS minis!!! And if you come back here tomorrow I will have a quick little tutorial of how I made my blocks!
I want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to the ladies at Sew Mama Sew and the wonderful people at Aurifil for letting me be part of this fun challenge!!!
I'll be linking this finish up with Amanda Jean of Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it Friday!!
~Hope y'all are having a GREAT day!!!~


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The heads of five conservative groups sent a letter to Senate Republican leaders calling on them to step down from their posts, saying they aren't making progress on the GOP's agenda and haven't worked hard enough.
Representatives of FreedomWorks, Senate Conservative Fund, Tea Party Patriots, For America and Media Research Center said Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and the four other leaders of the Senate GOP conference should step down.
"2017 has been a disappointing year for the millions of Americans who fully expected, and had every right to expect real change in Washington," wrote the leaders of the groups, most of which are allied with the Tea Party movement. "Republicans were given full control of the federal government. They –-you -– have done nothing."
Ken Cuccinelli, president of the Conservative Leadership Fund, said at a news conference on Wednesday that this year has been a "spectacular failure" with them in charge.
(Related: Pence Aide Calls to 'Purge' GOP Lawmakers Who Don't Back Trump)
The Senate isn't make enough progress on cutting taxes, undoing Obamacare, controlling the deficit and securing the border, said Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center. "The Senate under the leadership of Mitch McConnell has done nothing to honor those promises," Bozell said, adding that "it's been an absolute betrayal."
The letter chided Republican leaders for not working hard enough. "Perhaps more could be accomplished if you and the rest of your Gang of 5 leadership team would work harder, and require the rest of the Senate to do the same," they wrote.
The move underscores a protracted intraparty war between the GOP's pro-business "establishment" wing and a more-rebellious wing that helped elect President Donald Trump and favors smaller government and a crackdown on immigration.
Republicans have advantages in 2018's race for control of the Senate, with Democrats defending 23 seats and the GOP only nine. The split between party leaders and conservatives threatens to undercut that edge.
Two Republican incumbents are particularly at risk: Jeff Flake of Arizona and Dean Heller of Nevada. Both are moderates who face primary opponents that are more closely embracing Trump's agenda.
Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, plans to back primary challengers to almost every Republican senator who runs for re-election next year in an effort to depose McConnell and streamline Senate voting procedures. He'll support only candidates who agree to two conditions: They will vote against McConnell as majority leader, and they will vote to end senators' ability to block legislation by filibustering.
"We are talking to many organizations, including Steve Bannon," Bozell said Wednesday. "This is just the beginning."
—-Read Trump Names, Shames GOP Senators as Health Bill Hangs by Thread on ThinkAdvisor.
— Connect with ThinkAdvisor's Life/Health channel on Facebook and Twitter.


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On 17 December 2006, Chelsea's Frank Lampard netted an 80th-minute equalizer against Everton to become the club's best midfield goalscorer. Chelsea went on to win the match 2-3.
The previous record of 76 goals had been set by former captain Dennis Wise, who played at Stamford Bridge from 1990 to 2001. Lampard joined the club in June 2001 from West Ham, with Wise moving on to Leicester just over one week later.
In his first season with the Blues, Lampard scored only 7 goals in all competitions, but by his third seasons, he had found his shooting form, providing 15 goals. He has remained in double-digits ever since, with a career-high 27 goals in Chelsea's Double-winning 2009-10 season.
In the 2006 match against Everton, the Toffees were leading 2-1 late in the match when Lampard unleashed a right-footed rocket into the top corner of the net. It was his 77th goal for Chelsea and one of his most impressive. Didier Drogba then delivered the killing blow, taking the ball off the foot of an Everton defender to score in the 86th minute.
Lampard left Chelsea in 2014 with a final tally of 171 goals for the club.


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Preservation NC featured our very own Craig Bethel in their Spring 2017 newsletter! Craig and Julie Sikes have been involved with the moving and rehabilitation of the historic Schaffer House in the Prince Hall Historic District downtown.
Now at home on it's new lot on S. Bloodworth St., the Schaffer House has a new addition constructed on the rear of the building. This historic home has a new lease on life...good work Craig!


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This post is part of the Ultimate Homeschool Guide Series.
*This post contains affiliate links. You can read my full disclosure here.
Everything we do begins with discipleship. Raising a family to know Jesus means discipling our children. Discipling our children will lay a strong foundation for a successful homeschool experience. Every act of discipleship creates the framework for everything our children do and believe.
When it comes to homeschooling, whatever method you choose to use, God should always be in the center, in the outskirts, and all throughout everything we do.
So, how do we disciple our children? What practical ways can we teach our children about Jesus and how to live out their faith?
Here are six very practical ways you can disciple your children.
Read the Bible Together
This is at the top of every Christian list for every area of life because it's the bedrock of everything we do and everything we are. None of us can know God without knowing His Word.
Read all the great stories of the Old Testament. Help your children learn from the great heroes in the Bible -- who were really average people, like you and me. But because they loved God, He used them in mighty ways.
Read the Redemption story of the New Testament and teach the new Covenant God has given us, one story at a time. There are endless resources out there if you feel lost on where to begin or feel you're inadequate to teach the Bible because you don't know it well yourself.
We will always be learning more and growing. Don't let that deter you from reading God's word with your children daily.
Pray Together
This is another constant at the top of many Christian lists...though sometimes it's as a last resort.
Be proactive about praying with your children and allow them the opportunity to pray as well. Your prayers don't need to be fancy or long. In fact, Jesus warns against that practice in Matthew 6:7. Just make it personal, because prayer is personal.
Praying together (as a group and with individual children) helps your children build a relationship with the Lord with your guidance. You lead by example.
Bring Scripture into Everyday Life
Don't merely read the Bible everyday and leave the words written on the pages. While you don't need to literally quote scriptures and references, knowing God's word will help you easily bring it into everyday life.
For example, if your children are fighting and you're helping them resolve a conflict, you can can explain that we need to think of others as more important than ourselves (Philippians 2:3) and forgive each other (Colossians 3:13).
This leads into another opportunity to pray with your children in a very personal way. Doesn't need to be long for God to hear you!
Help Your Children Walk Out What They Learn
As with the above example, our children need us to walk them through how to live out God's word. It isn't something that comes naturally for anyone! We all need a bit of help and encouragement, don't we? How much more do our maturing children need it?
Don't use God's word as a weapon, but as a guide which leads. If we use God's word to threaten, shame, or belittle our children, they will reject it and reject Him. That is not the way of the Lord.
That's not to say some children don't need tough love. And I believe there is a time and a place for hard truths. But even hard truths don't need to be coupled with threats, shame, or put-downs.
Always deliver Gods word with grace and love. Don't water it down, but be gentle and kind.
Utilize Character Studies
I don't know if you've noticed, but these days, good manners are seriously lacking in children and teenagers. I don't know what the deal is with such a trend, but instilling good character in our children should be a major priority.
Today, feelings seem to lead our culture and our children need to know how to control their emotions and handle conflict through the Holy Spirit.
Don't be afraid to invest in some great character building materials. You'd be surprised at how children will walk in what they learn at home. This offers yet another opportunity to use scripture in everyday life.
Hang verses on your walls, post them on the bathroom mirror, make bookmarks with verses on them. Help your children remember how and why good manners are important and values such as integrity, honesty, trust, obedience, love, humility, and honor are to be treasured and sought after.
Walk Out Your Faith in Front of Your Children
Ultimately, they will follow where you lead and this will be the biggest testimony to Christ they may ever encounter in their lives. If your life is not evident of following Jesus, none of the above elements will matter.
I'm not talking about perfection but authenticity in your relationship with the Lord.
You see, homeschooling isn't just about academics. It's about teaching our children to do their best; to do their work with integrity and excellence. To take initiative and to go above and beyond. It's about training them to seek after God on their own (eventually) so they can continue growing a solid relationship with Him and never feel alone.
It's about helping them understand that apart from Him, we can do nothing. Every good thing is from Him. Everything we do is for Him.
It's about giving our children godly purpose and discipleship. That's the framework every Christian homeschool needs.


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Things got a bit difficult there for a while. Everything broke. The generator, the truck, various things on the camper. Repairs started to take up all my time. I hoped to move us to the Northeast, but that didn't work. We made it up to Maine, where we've been wearing out the welcome mat in the driveway of our friends Jim, Virginia and Henry. Now, we are forced to leave. It's just getting too cold. Things are frozen.
I am not pleased about having to leave the Northeast, but so it must be. And so it is. We will be back on the road starting tomorrow.
On the run, is more like it. I was hoping that once the trip was finished, it wold be finished. I have a book to write about it, and writing it while on the road is impossible. But there's no choice at the moment.
As for this blog. I would have liked to keep it up over the past months, but it wasn't possible. Being constantly on the move and camping every single night for more than a year left little time, and what time there was I used for writing that I hope might pay.
A web site named Patreon might be the answer. It's a way for people who do stuff like that—writers, musicians, bloggers, video makers, whatever—to hook up with (they call them) Patreons Patreons are people like, hopefully, you, who are willing to chip in a few bucks to encourage and support someone's work.
I'm posting this in a little bit of a hurry because I will only have intermittent internet after today. So, though the Patreon campaign is launched, it'll change and get better, if there's any response to it. What I expect to do is something along the lines of setting up a part of this site for Patreon supporters and then email you the link. Or, something like that. Trust me, I'll figure it out. I'd like to get back to this work and for those of you who have been asking for a way to help make that happen, this is it. Well, FedEx envelopes of cash would have been fine, too.
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Kellie Pickler Bravely Goes Bald to Support Cancer-Stricken Friend
During country star Kellie Pickler's rise to fame on 'American Idol' several years ago, her ditzy persona made many people question her intelligence. But if there's one thing you absolutely cannot question, it's her commitment to friendship — especially after she shaved her head bald in a show of solidarity with her bestie who's battling breast cancer.
Pickler's BFF, Summer Holt Miller, was diagnosed with breast cancer in June. She's already undergone a double mastectomy and just started chemo, which will likely make her lose her hair, so she decided to just go ahead and shave it off.
But to make sure she didn't have to go through it alone, Pickler joined her — and sacrificed her own long blonde locks in the process.
In a Sept. 5 appearance on ABC's 'Good Morning America,' Pickler said she did it to raise awareness of her friend's disease, and Miller, who's only 35, added, "If this compels even one person to change their mentality toward waiting until the age of 40 for their mammogram, then it will be worth it."
After seeing Pickler do the deed on 'GMA,' Ellen DeGeneres tweeted to her, "You have never looked more beautiful."
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Our New Hope (signed paperback)
Available July 8, 2017, from Black Opal Books, the second installment of The Hope Trilogy--Our New Hope.
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[LTTP Review] Far Cry 2 – Jumble Fever
If ambition were everything, Far Cry 2 would be one of gaming's most highly regarded titles. Taking the basic premise from CryTek's original game, Ubisoft reimagined the idea of Far Cry, but set it in a different kind of tropical setting. Relying less on level and objective-driven gameplay and more on emergent situations, this game strives to bridge the gap between a realistic simulation and a kick-ass action game. It is common knowledge that when a game tries to be all things to all people, it almost always ends in disaster.
In its own way, Far Cry 2 is a disaster — a stunning, singular, near-masterpiece of a disaster.
One way Far Cry 2 stands out from the other entries in this series is in its storytelling. The recurring theme which runs throughout deals with the acquisition of strength and power at the cost of one's humanity. While the first and third games take more of a literal and fantastical approach to this, Far Cry 2 explores it amidst the backdrop of an unnamed present-day war-torn Central African country. In truth (and I've played through the story twice), I still don't completely understand how all the different factions, the civilians, and the Jackal all figure into it. It doesn't bother me however; on the contrary, it feels appropriate considering that the player is a pawn caught up in an incredibly complicated situation. The best you can hope for (as in life) is to piece together what you've learned and make some assumptions.
The game begins with you getting a ride from the airport, in which the driver provides some background. Mercenaries stand guard at checkpoints all over the place, and look like they'd just as soon shoot you as look at you. Once you gain control of your character, you soon find out how true that is. You're a mercenary, hired to kill an arms dealer known as The Jackal. Beyond that you're pretty much on your own, left to contend with unreliable weapons, hostile locals, and a really bad case of malaria.
There is something to be said for a game that puts you in a position in which you need to figure out what your own priorities are and lets you go about it. Depending on which character you start with, you meet one of eight NPCs and become friends. These friends offer you jobs, provide alternative/covert missions while playing both sides of the civil war against each other, and (most helpfully) show up to rescue you if you suffer a lethal injury. It's a neat gameplay feature because it gives some meaning to doing side missions beyond being a completionist.
As a straight up shooter, Far Cry 2 is really quite fantastic. A wide variety of weapons and upgrades can be purchased by finding diamonds scattered throughout the gigantic game world. Both the weapons and the game mechanics are finely tuned to benefit any type of player, from sneaky stealth types to Rambo wannabes. Beyond that, this game introduces a couple of features that create a more realistic combat environment. The first is the ability to set fires. Once lit, they can become raging infernos in seconds. While it can be an excellent way to trap and distract enemies, it can just as easily cut off your escape. The second feature is that your weapons degrade over time, and may jam at critical moments. These types of things are not for everyone, but they add a nice layer of risk/reward that most games don't have. In the case of fires, it is still looks amazing five years later.
Far Cry 2's open world is easily one of the most beautiful ones I've encountered in recent memory. The topography of Central/Southern Africa is wonderfully rendered and so detailed you can almost feel the humidity. Within this world there are a ton of side missions to keep you busy. You can search for diamonds, activate towers, liberate and unlock safehouses, and of course take over guarded checkpoints. While I appreciate the breadth of activities, they could be better. For the checkpoints, it is a futile exercise since they repopulate almost as soon as you leave the area. The others are not bad overall, but the act of having to find them and get to them takes far too long in a game that's already quite lengthy.
Missions generally consist of the 'go to place x and kill somebody/blow something up' variety, which is actually okay because of the number of ways you can execute a plan. The problem with them has more to do with getting around. Just getting to a target zone can take a while, even using buses, which pads out an already long game, especially when you have to turn around and make the whole trip back once it's completed. I suppose one could argue that it's part of the game's aesthetic that you are supposed to take in the environments, but on the other hand would it have killed the developers to put in a fast travel system for places you've already visited?
Far Cry 2, much like those hundreds of diamonds scattered throughout the countryside, is an unpolished gem of a game that brushes achingly close to perfection yet is undone by the very qualities that make it so memorable. This game can be easily found and it is often on sale, so picking it up won't set you back much. I'll be honest with you; Far Cry 2 might make you want to pull your hair out in parts. It however is one of those games that everyone should play because when it is firing on all cylinders, it is absolutely incredible.
[+Unique, bold story] [+Amazing looking game] [+Unique tactical options] [-Navigating world is tedious] [-Plenty to do, but poorly organized] [-Fast travel would have been a welcome addition]


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Samedi Clan Pin
An engraved and enameled clan pin featuring 3D detailing of the Samedi clan symbol.
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Show your affiliation at your next Mind's Eye Theatre LARP event. (Or just wear this every day because it looks awesome!)
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This engraved and enameled clan pin features 3D detailing to make sure it stands out on your costume or every day clothing. The metal is raised with inset black lacquer to give our clan pins depth and eye-catching appeal. Each uses a butterfly clutch to ensure your pin will stay on through Court meetings, Sabbat raids, and whatever those pesky Anarchs do. (Damn kids with their loud music and their Status Perfectus…)
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The Samedi are repulsive, even more so than their deathly, disfigured parent clan. Rotting skin, exposed bone, and the hideous smell of decomposition commonly afflict the Samedi, as does the tendency to be rude and uncompromising. These vampires claim to be the childer of the voudon loa Baron Samedi. Mercenary and self-interested, the Samedi do not join sects, preferring to work independently, keeping to themselves as much as possible. Samedi are known for maintaining the absolute law and word of any bargain they make — for good or for ill. As mentioned, the Samedi are putrid beyond words.


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Rick Sanchez: Comments about Jon Stewart were "Narrow-Minded"
Nearly a week after calling "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart a bigot and suggesting that members of the Jewish faith control the TV networks, former CNN anchor Rick Sanchez confirmed in a statement Wednesday that he has apologized to Stewart. Sanchez also called his comments "narrow-minded" and said he was excited about whatever opportunities lay ahead of him after being fired from CNN.
Sanchez said that he opposes "hate and intolerance in any form" in the statement released by CNN. In an interview with satellite radio host Pete Dominick Thursday, Sanchez said that Stewart is bigoted toward "everybody else that's not like him." CNN fired Sanchez Friday.
In his written statement, Sanchez referred to his controversial comments as "tired and mangled," confirming words his wife posted to Facebook Monday that the comments were the result of "exhaustion from working 14 hr days for 2 mo. straight."
Reports of Sanchez apologizing to Stewart came from a post Suzanne Sanchez published to her Facebook page. On Monday night -- the first "Daily Show" episode since Rick Sanchez's comments were broadcast -- Stewart opened the show by lampooning Sanchez. Stewart didn't mention having a conversation with Sanchez or an apology.
Read Sanchez's full statement below:
On October 4th, I had a very good conversation with Jon Stewart, and I had the opportunity to apologize for my inartful comments from last week. I sincerely extend this apology to anyone else whom I may have offended.
As Jon was kind enough to note in his show Monday night, I am very much opposed to hate and intolerance, in any form, and I have frequently spoken out against prejudice. Despite what my tired and mangled words may have implied, they were never intended to suggest any sort of narrow-mindedness and should never have been made.
In the aftermath of these comments, CNN and I have decided to part ways. However, I want to go on record to say that I have nothing but the highest regard for CNN and for my six wonderful years with them. I appreciate every opportunity that they have given me, and it has been a wonderful experience working for them. I have tremendous respect for everyone there, and I know that they feel the same about me. There are no hard feelings -- just excitement about a new future of opportunities.
I look forward to my next step with great anticipation.


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Against the drab beige of the dorm buildings, laundry popped like little pieces of art brightening an empty canvas. We also hung our laundry out to dry in the international dorms, but in a little courtyard area, not out our windows. I really loved the way it was sort of all on display, bras and all.
I had my favorite little campus store where I would buy bottled water for 1 RMB each (that means seven of them for one dollar!) and "fiber cookies" (my breakfast/snack food essential) and peanut butter Oreos, among other things. This little walk-up, however, was a popular stop for Chinese students, a cafeteria-of-sorts that was open longer into the night than the larger eatery. Little things like this made the campus charming in a way that American universities are not; then again, the dreary exterior building and the white sky were not as sunny as their American counterparts. Even so, people and life seemed to drift through the campus, under the spell of its steady calm and beautiful greenery. (2007)


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We are head over heels for the low-key elegance to be found here. No rah-rah, no flash, no bling or imposingly huge residence. Just a lovely restrained, Japanese influenced set of spaces, walls and garden. Absolute lifestyle catnip for those of us who long for the days when being cool was measured with a boho yardstick – each line a marker of what you read, what you made, the times you had, the friends and family you fostered and the peaceful, humble environment you based it in – a far cry from the bloated worship of stuff, selfies and excess taking over every suburb. We'd truly save this one if we could.
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May 23rd, 2006
"Is it possible that the lamp posts could be covered with some sort of low-friction plastic to avoid damage to vehicles? Even the smallest dent or scratch can cost a great deal to repair."
"At this time there is no plan to cover the lamp posts in plastic."
"Stop driving like an idiot, idiot."
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