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The Sydney gunman who was responsible for the shooting death of a NSW police financial officer has been identified as Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar, a 15 year old teenager of Iraqi-Kurdish background, a senior police source has told the ABC.
The shooting took place just after 4:30pm yesterday afternoon outside the NSW police headquarters on Charles Street in Parramatta. Farhad shot the civilian police officer at close range before firing several other rounds at officers as they exited the building.
He was eventually shot dead in an exchange of fire with NSW Special Constables.
The victim has since been identified as Curtis Cheng, a 17 year veteran of the police force's Finance Department, according to NSW police commissioner Andrew Scipione.
Scipione described the crime as both "callous" and "an appalling act of brutality".
"We believe his actions were politically motivated and therefore linked to terrorism."
According to the Daily Telegraph, Farhad, originally from Iran, had reportedly visited Parramatta Mosque prior to the incident and was shouting "Allah, Allah" outside police headquarters following the shooting.
Scipione said there was "nothing to suggest that he was doing anything but acting alone" but added police have not ruled out the possibility of support networks.
Police say Farhad did not have a criminal history. According to reports by Fairfax, he attended the nearby high school Arthur Phillip High but had shown no signs of terrorist leanings on his social media.
"We're a long way from establishing a full picture of this man, his exact motivations still remain a mystery to us," Scipione said.
Minister for justice and police, Troy Grant, described the shooting as a "horrendous tragedy just days after we paid tribute to the men and women of the NSW Police Force for National Police Remembrance Day."
"This will be a complex investigation and I have every confidence in the professionalism and dedication of the NSW Police Force to investigate this incident."
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Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Griffin in the glow
I think my favorite after-trip image is the griffin. He's such a cool mix of powers--clawed strength, flight, and serpent's lash.
Tech pen and Daniel Smith w/c on Strathmore Aquarius II paper--the mix of cotton and synthetic that cockles very little. It stays almost soft, a bit like painting on fabric. I'm liking it more and more, though I can only buy it online.
Definitely the paper I'll use for my next custom-made (coptic-bound) sketchbook.
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Sunday, November 27, 2005
And now, drawing from memory
This is an imagined scene. My hand, the Michael statue, and church stonework: reassembled.
After I draw a thing on site, I like to use it in imagined scenes, sealing the shapes into my memory so that I can draw them anytime with fresh lines.
Tech pen and w/c, of course!
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on the plane home
Love those blue Air France seats! Did the woman in seat 26F have as good a time in France as I did? I'll bet she doesn't have nearly 100 sketches for souvenirs.
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feet in the airport, leaving Paris
It's so much easier to avoid notice by my subjects when I draw their feet.
On the right side, those socks are much more colorful than the originals. Though one subject's socks (not posted) were bright orange and red. All the rest of his clothes, glasses, and hat were black. Fun to catch a glimpse of his colorful side!
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Saturday, November 26, 2005
Two more churches
This structure stands at one end of the upstairs space at Saint Chapelle, the church on the Isle de la Cité with the fabulous walls of stained glass.
While drawing this (instead of attempting a sketch of the stained glass), I saw what I'd not have seen otherwise, the tiny lizard creatures crawling head down at the corners.
Tech pen in the W/N sketchbook.
In Orsay, this blue-doored church was our landmark for navigating the main shopping streets. The central structure of it was built in 1200.
There has been a settlement on this site on the Yvette River since 999.
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Friday, November 25, 2005
Notre Dame, Paris
We spent about 2 hours roaming inside Notre Dame and I drew a lot of little items.
(Scanned with the setting on color.)
Suddenly bells rang and three priests came out to celebrate Mass. I happened to be sitting to the side behind a small candlestand and was able to draw the priest at the lectern.
Those tall candles were on thin supports that swayed a lot when, later, someone snuffed the candles.
Tech pen in W/N sketchbook. Scanned in grayscale, taking away that blue cast. Still learning about the software side of art.
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Fun signs
Wandering the area around the Centre de Pompidou, near the Quartier des Horloges, I saw this comix bookstore.
This is a simplified version of their sign. The way they spelled Heroes caught my eye--Heros--who is actually a mythical god.
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Thursday, November 24, 2005
Happy Thanksgiving!
This was the brasserie next to the train station closest to our B&B. I had tea there several times. The teapots were bright yellow and the hanging lampshades really were orange and yellow. The owner had his little dog there, as in most French restaurants, and it was a great place to hang out and draw.
Done in the sketchbook.
This was the wall and steps to the left of the Maison des Associations, posted earlier. Quickly drawn and colored on the spot, in spite of chilly air and a hard bench. Landscapes are not my thing.
Done on loose Aquabee sketchpaper. It's that blue wash again, too!
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005
The starting point
In the square in front of Notre Dame is Point Zero, the beginning point of French distance measurements. The center is shiny copper, not accurately captured in a quick yellow wash, unfortunately.
Tech pen and Aquabee sketchpaper.
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Drawing in the Musee d'Orsay
Usually the problem with sketching on site is the moving subject. For these, though, the problem was a continuous flow of people in the walkway between me and the statues, blocking my view.
And I wondered about the model for Schoenewerk, who had to hold that awkward head-down pose for HOW long?
Pen and shading wash in the W/N sketchbook.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Parked near the Jardin des Tuilleries
The tiny vehicles of Europe are endlessly fascinating, and so much smarter than our behemoth gas-slurpers!
The hill wasn't this steep, though some are. Just one wheel and a metal stand touching the pavement!
Same process as the previous sketches.
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Paris statues
Archangel Michael, outside Saint Chappelle in Paris. I think he used to be on the roof, now he's braced upright on the ground.
He can fly off if he wants to, of course. He held still for me here.
Tech pen and wash on Aquabee sketchpaper.
A statue in the Latin Quarter, just off the Blvd. St. Germain des Pres.
I guess he's a griffin, but the ones I've seen before have lion legs. Does anyone know what you call a flying snake/lion?
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Monday, November 21, 2005
Alimentation Generale in Orsay
Outside this food shop in Orsay, against the shiny tiled wall, hung glowing fruit and vegetables from black office paper clamps.
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Fantasy foot
Random doodle.
Don't know about those toes. They don't belong to me. Do stable ballerinas have toes like that?
Ink and w/c on Aquabee sketch paper, with light leaking into the scanner.
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Sunday, November 20, 2005
Blue washes in Orsay
When I started with the roof of this Maison des Associations in the little town where we stayed, I was focused and warm. As I got colder (weather overcast and chilly), the bench got harder, and I got bored with architectural drawing, I really lost interest by the time I got down to the ground floor.
Good thing it wasn't a taller building!
Ink and wash on 90# w/c paper.
In Paris we'd seen a gallery with beautiful line drawings backed by a swoosh of color. So I came home and rendered my water bottle.
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Saturday, November 19, 2005
The rest of us on the train
Carol, done in 3 stops before we had to get off. Six minutes means fast hair and simple shapes. That's my excuse! And I don't think her nose is right at all.
Tech pen. I don't do any pre-marking or drawing with a pencil. I like the uncertainty and the serendipity of what emerges. My subjects might not!
Jim looking down, and on a separate drawing, what he was looking at, writing in his Moleskine.
In the Picasso museum we saw this same layout, using one sheet of paper for the head, another crosswise piece for the torso. Better than squeezing it all on one, Picasso and I say.
The head scan was with "color" and the hands with "grayscale." The paper doesn't have a blue-cast except where I added paint.
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My enabler
The French RER train has a smoother ride than most, but added various squiggles to all the train drawings. When Jan looked at this, she said, "Yuck!" and we all agreed I put her eyes too close together.
But she knows she's more beautiful than this and that I need a lot of practice, so it's ok.
Tech pen in W/N sketchbook, light shading and earring color added later with w/c.
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Stalking my subject
This man was far ahead of us in the Air France line, checking in at Logan, but we all noticed his unusual ears. Then he was in the waiting area and Jan started to say, "You have to draw him."
After a long plane ride, we were all standing in the aisles waiting to deplane and he was across the center seat section from us. "Draw him!" said Jan.
So I pulled out a tiny square of w/c paper (stockpiled for just these reasons) and quickly captured his profile. Later I put in the graphite background.
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Thursday, November 17, 2005
First tea in Paris
I had to record the squarish cup with the circular opening. In tech pen, colored in (gray counts, I say) with water-soluble graphite.
Being with 3 or 4 other people meant we kept moving most of the time. I did nearly all the sketches in 10 minutes or less. Sometimes they were done in the interval of 3 or 4 train stops on the RER into Paris.
That's my excuse . . .
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Taking off
The man across the aisle talking on his Blackberry before leaving for Paris. I knew I had to incorporate drawing into the trip immediately to make sure it became a daily activity.
I used the W/N sketchbook (pictured several weeks ago) and either Staedtler or Faber Castell tech pens for nearly all drawings and adding one color to capture the eye.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Jetlagged Jack
His eyes show his jetlag or else he's still under the influence of Picasso from visiting the Paris museum.
Tech pen and Daniel Smith lapis watercolor on Aquabee sketch paper.
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Monday, November 14, 2005
back with a full sketchbook
Home with hundreds of photos, great memories and a full sketchbook. Selective scans coming soon; I've just put my bags down.
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Thursday, November 10, 2005
more drawing in Paris
Still no scans, but drawing pictures of our group in the train to and from Paris, items in Chartres Cathedral, and two scenes in the park of Orsay. Have dropped the paints and gone to fast sketches as we keep moving.
The most fun was drawing in the Musee d'Orsay and the Centre Pompidou with other sketchers everywhere throughout the museums. I copied one of Picasso's sketches from 1931 in his museum. Filling up my Winsor/Newton notebook, as pictured earlier.
To Paris again tomorrow, to Saint Chapelle and Notre Dame on a French national holiday. Hope the artists are out on the streets along the Seine.
The most fun was drawing in the Musee d'Orsay and the Centre Pompidou with other sketchers everywhere throughout the museums. I copied one of Picasso's sketches from 1931 in his museum. Filling up my Winsor/Newton notebook, as pictured earlier.
To Paris again tomorrow, to Saint Chapelle and Notre Dame on a French national holiday. Hope the artists are out on the streets along the Seine.
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Monday, November 07, 2005
Drawing in France
Doing ink drawings of people and objects as we criss-cross Paris, but have no scanning equipment here. Only to say it's fabulous here, the Musee d'Orsay was wonderful, and the wine and cheese are worth the trip! The Eiffel Tower tonight was a highlight of the trip so far.
7 more days to go. Oooo, la la!
7 more days to go. Oooo, la la!
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Thursday, November 03, 2005
Halloween hangover
Doodling an abstract after the packing, before the plane to Paris. Don't know which way is up, or what this means. Doesn't matter.
Process: water-soluble Derwent graphite, permanent pen, and gouache on 90# paper.
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Hawaii's Most Endangered Historic Places
(page 4 of 4)
Here's what's happening with a few historic places we've written about in previous years.
Coco Palms Resort in Kapaa, Kauai
A developer has finally purchased this defunct historic resort, which was ravaged by Hurricane Iniki in 1992. Ron Agor, the architect on the project, is dedicated to maintaining its historic integrity. "We are rebuilding structures that can't be saved on the same footprint," he says. "All we're really doing is replacing wooden walls with windows with big glass and putting a railing up. We're keeping all the structural elements. The whole idea is not to dig the earth, because it's pretty sacred land. Even if one doesn't believe in the spiritual, you're compelled to respect other people's beliefs."
The Honolulu Advertiser Building in Honolulu, Oahu
It's mixed news for the old Honolulu Advertiser building. A year ago, the 1929 Beaux Arts-style structure was purchased by Honolulu-based developer Downtown Capital and is now being converted into workforce housing. The back portion, where the printing press and warehouse were located, has already been torn down and converted into a high-rise.
The Queen's Retreat in Kailua, Oahu
Interestingly enough, something that threatens this location is also helping it: television crews. "The Hawaii Five-O film crew came in this year and they made some significant improvements to the foundations of the Irwin House, the house that was constructed in 1893," says Paul Brennan of the Kailua Historical Society.


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CARB formaldehyde ACTM regulation for wood-based panels
CARB formaldehyde regulation
California Air Resources Board (CARB) released a regulation on formaldehyde emissions from wood-based panels and from composite wood products, the Airborne Toxic Control Measure ATCM 93120 for:
- Hardwood Plywood (Veneer or Composite core)
- Particleboard
- Medium Density Fiberboard
Both composite wood panels and down-stream products containing such panels are involved, such as wooden flooring, furniture and more. Certification goes for the manufacturing process and the products.
This regulation served as model for a draft regulation for the whole USA which is not yet in force.
The regulation is complex, therefore here is a number of valuable links to more information:
- Summary
- Another summary
- Text of the regulation (ATCM 93120)
- Related CARB homepage
- CARB factsheets in different languages
- CARB advisory no. 384 (revised) to composite wood products industry
- CARB advisory 09-01 (revised) to retailers
- CARB flyer
Less stringent requirements are valid for manufacturers of
- No Added Formaldehyde (NAF):
These manufacturers can be exempted upon application.
Ultra Low Emitting Formaldehyde Resins (ULEF):
These manufacturers can apply for less frequent testing or even for an exemption from the third party certification.
CARB approved Third-Party Certifiers TPC are certifying the mills producing composite wood panels. There is a list of certified mills, and a list of TPC presently approved.
The certification process includes formaldehyde emission testing in large-scale test chambers (ASTM E1333) or in mid-scale test chambers (ASTM D6007) that are calibrated against an approved large-scale test chamber. Testing is performed at 25 °C which is in contrast to emissions testing in most other parts of the world (where 23 °C is the temperature at test). That is the reason why Eurofins does not offer these tests, at present our test chambers are running at 23 °C only. Eurofins recommends using the CARB approved Third-Party Certifier Scientific Certification Systems SCS, California.
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Word of the Day: Expeditious
What I think it means: In a quick, efficient manner. Going on the word expedite here. However, another thought sprung to mind that'd be fun–if you took the alternate root of the word and took in the direction of expedition, it could be an enterprising/adventuring person. I know that's not the meaning of the word, but I enjoy seeing where my brain takes me.
What it actually means: Marked or acting with prompt efficiency. I knew this one already, but I think it's a fun word worth revisiting. This one has gotten plenty of mileage in personal usage as well, though more in formal papers than fiction writing.


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List of the best Thandie Newton movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Thandie Newton's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Thandie Newton movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Thandie Newton movies will be at the top of the list. Thandie Newton has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Thandie Newton movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Thandie Newton films to end the squabble once and for all.
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Episode Summary Heartbreak High Episode 70
Season Three
Bolton can hardly contain his excitement. Not only is he about to break his own blade-skating speed record, but he and the gang are about to go on the excursion of the century until things go horribly wrong. Bolton collides with the Principal June "The Terminator" Dyson, knocking her to the ground. Dyson confiscates Bolton's blades and the situation escalates when Bolton gets banned from the excursion and the other kids protest. It's the students vs Dyson. Who will win?
Con is revamping the Shark Pool. He has hired a new manager, Antonio and business is booming. However, his paradise soon disappears when Con discovers that "Ant" wants Katerina (Ada Nicodemou) and the Shark Pool for himself.
Heartbreak High also stars Vince Poletto as Matt, Inge Hornstra as Allie, Deni Gordon as Ronnie and Ian Bliss as Andrew.
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In just over a week after his mother filed suit, the father of James Smalts' has also filed suit claiming his son died of the personal injuries he sustained in a helicopter crash due to the negligence of the aircraft's manufacturer and owner.
On February 24, Clyde Smalts filed a wrongful death suit on behalf of James Smalts in Texas' Jefferson County District Court. James Smalts' mother, Gayle Spikes, filed a similar suit on February 13.
The suit, which names Rotorcraft Leasing Co. and Bell Helicopter Textron, says that Smalts died on December 11 as he was traveling to an offshore rig in a helicopter. He worked at the rig as a gauger for Island Operating Co., according to the suit.
Approximately 10 minutes after the helicopter took off, it malfunction and crashed into the ocean, which had a temperature of about 58 degrees. Smalts and four other men aboard the helicopter all died in the crash.
The suit says that when Smalts' body was recovered, authorities found that it had been badly beaten and cut.
Smalts' father said that he was engaged to be married at the time of the crash and that he was an "accomplished artist and loved to play guitar."
The suit says that Smalts' family incurred funeral and burial expenses, lost wages, and lost services due to his death. The suit further says that they lost business opportunities, suffered mental anguish, bereavement, grief, loss of Smalts' love, affection, solace, and society, emotional distress, and lost enjoyment, services, and financial support.
Clyde Smalts claims that before the flight, the helicopter had a history of mechanical failures.
The suit says that in 2002, the helicopter rolled hard to the left before takeoff, resulting in a hard landing. Additionally, there have been at least two other helicopter crashes involving Rotorcraft aircrafts in the Gulf of Mexico since 2004, according to the suit.
The suit claims Rotorcraft and Bell breached their duty to ensure that the helicopter was without defect by failing to keep it in a proper state of repair, failing to provide proper maintenance, and failing to properly operate it.
The suit claims the helicopter was defective because of a tendency to develop problems in the engine, transmission, and mechanical and electrical systems.
Clyde Smalts claims that Bell knew the helicopter had a tendency to develop problems, but failed to warn occupants of potential hazards.
The suit alleges negligence on the part of Rotorcraft and Bell for failure to warn, failure to provide proper maintenance, failure to properly test the helicopter, failure to properly hire, train, and supervise the pilot, failure to know the dangers, failure to disclose the dangers, and failure to properly manufacture the helicopter.
Clyde Smalts seeks unspecified compensatory, actual, consequential, mental anguish, emotional distress, statutory, common law and exemplary damages.


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In Part III of this series, I pointed out that Mk (The Gospel According to Mark) is not a simple reporting of unadorned facts, but is instead a carefully constructed literary masterpiece. That Mark constructed his gospel carefully was actually known in antiquity. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon, in his Detection and Refutation of Knowledge Falsely So Called (still one of the most important sources of information about the "Gnostics," since Irenaeus had the good sense not to set forth a straw-man argument), gives the traditional stories about the origins of the gospels that were circulating in his day, in the mid-second century CE. One can see that they have undergone some typical legendization. The story about Mark is that he was Peter's secretary and wrote down what Peter had preached, but "not in the same order"—apparently a memory of the fact that he was not a clerk, copying preexisting materials, but instead a conscious author, taking moral responsibility for what he wrote, which is what Marxsen proved. Later legend said that Mark became Bishop of Alexandrian, apparently an attempt to reclaim the turf taken over by the Marianites—but that is a very different story.
It is easy to get the impression that Mk is much more historically reliable than the very different and incompatible story told in Jn, and that Jn is far more full of theological speculation and elaboration than Mk. But current scholarship (meaning the folks I've had the honor and pleasure of talking shop with, although not recently) says that such an impression is wrong. They are equally historical and equally theological. Both have chosen raw materials out of what was circulating and constructed them into a story intended to teach the theology that each of them sincerely believed was true. The major differences between them are largely the result of their having quite different writing styles.
The theologies implicit in the Gospels about what made Jesus the Messiah cannot be reconciled, although the "harmonies," lumping them all together, describe him as a pre-existent bring who was born of a virgin and then empowered by the Holy Spirit. That's overkill. Each of the Gospels asserts only one of those traits.
In Mark, the earliest of the canonicals, for example, the theology is "Adoptionist": Jesus is adopted as the Son of God and becomes the Messiah when he undergoes an enlightenment experience after his baptism. The experience is described as his seeing the heavens open, hearing a voice, and feeling the Spirit enter into him and drive him out into the desert. The experience is subjective; neither John nor anyone else is aware of it. Perhaps the description goes back to Jesus himself, perhaps not. Given that theology, Mark does not need, and gives no hint of knowing about, the concept of the virgin birth. Instead, he presents Jesus' siblings as being normal brothers and sisters, and he apparently assumes that Jesus had a human father. That Jesus was a gifted faith healer, as Mark makes clear, has nothing to do with whether he was the Messiah. Faith healing is a normal human talent, and the Essenes also forgave sins as a way to do healings.
John, too, knows nothing about a virgin birth. For him Jesus is a pre-existent being who has become human—though John does not give any details about how that might have happened. Jesus' siblings again are just that, and John too apparently assumes that Jesus has a human father. Jn as we have it is a second edition; so the first edition was probably the second of the canonicals to be written. Jesus' baptism is not described in Jn, but the Baptist's reference to seeing the Spirit descend upon Jesus depends on the baptism story as told in Mt. The second edition of Jn would then have to postdate Mt.
The story of the virgin birth thus appears first in Mt, written 50 to 60 years after the lifetime of Jesus. It is then picked up toward the end of the century by Luke, who knew the other three Gospels and who transformed the story into a vehicle for his profound free-will theology. For them, Jesus was Mary's first-born, and she then proceeded to have other children, perhaps by a second marriage. The belief in Mary's perpetual virginity arose several centuries later.
At this point we can look at what Mk 1:9-13 says, which is,
Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
As he came up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit, descending like a dove, entered into him. A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
There are three issues here. First, the passage describes the heavens opening and the voice as a subjective experience. Only Jesus was aware of them. The other three gospels legendize this story by having John also be aware of the heavens parting and the voice.
Second, the Greek says plainly into, not upon. Translating the preposition in Mk as "upon" in order to harmonize it with the other gospels is intellectual dishonesty.
Third, why a dove? Is that just a symbol? Did a dove alight on him at that moment? If it did, and that is possible, he would have understood what it symbolized. The dove is usually interpreted as foreshadowing his sacrifice on the cross, since the dove was the cheapest of the possible sacrifices in theTemple. But why was a dove sacrificed to Yahweh at all? Because long before 621 BC, it had been sacrificed to the Queen of Heaven, and was still considered to be sacred to Aphrodite in Greek culture. That dove did not have to symbolize his death. It could have symbolized his dedication to the service of the Queen. We will see more evidence that supports that possibility.
Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness. He was there in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals; and angels were ministering to him.
As I've already said, I think the passage overall is describing an Awakening experience. Rejecting it entirely because it cannot be literally true is sophomoric. With his personality transformed, he returned from the wilderness believing that he has been empowered by the Holy Spirit as a true prophet, like John, and began working with John at the Jordan, as is described at the beginning of Jn.
Another relevant passage is a saying recorded in five different passages by Jerome and Origen: "My mother, the Holy Spirit, took me by one hair of my head and carried me off to the great mountain Tabor." Again, this makes sense as metaphorical language trying to describe an Awakening. This saying is vastly important in that Jesus here is identifying the Holy Spirit, which in Aramaic is feminine in gender, as his spiritual mother. There is another saying, that "My mother bore me, but my true mother, the Holy Spirit, gave me life." In other words, according to the Marianite Christians, Jesus was saying not only that he has both a Heavenly Father and a Heavenly Mother, but also that his Heavenly Mother, given the symbolism of the dove, is the Queen of Heaven. Perhaps his anger when accused of being possessed by an evil spirit erupted because he considered that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit that had empowered him was also blasphemy against the Queen of Heaven. And what was special about Mount Tabor? A quick search reveals that on Mount Tabor was and is the Cave of Melchizedek, the archetypal High Priest. Perhaps part of Jesus' Awakening involved communing with the spirit of Melchizedek in that cave, thus becoming "a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."
In Part V, I can turn to further speculations. If Jesus did believe the Holy Spirit to be the Queen of Heaven, how might our evaluation of the "Parables of the Kingdom" change if some of them might have been "Parables of the Queen"? Further, how might that change our understanding of his relationship with Mary Magdalene? I can ask, "If the Father could send His Son, could the Mother have sent Her Daughter?" There are recently established "Neognostic" faith communities that believe She did. I wonder if I can decide that they are right.
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1. The Sing-Off is back on TV! It took what feels like a one million year hiatus after Pentatonix blew the roof off last year. They had to build a new one, I guess, so it took a while to get back on air. They replaced Sara Bareilles with Jewel, so I don't know how I feel about that. I missed last night's episode, but caught up on all the performances. The first episode never really impresses me, but I loved this song:
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2. I think I'm done with Christmas shopping except for the secret Santa at work and wrapping Sean's last gift. I have it sitting upstairs in the closet, carefully hidden. I had to get a special box to wrap it. I'm so excited for people to get their gifts this year! BE JOYOUS WHEN YOU OPEN WHAT I GAVE YOU!
3. Speaking of Sean, his beard this year is magnificent. He's been letting it grow out since late October (because he forgot to shave it before no-shave November) and told me he'd wait to shave it until at least my company's Christmas party in Decembeard. I think he might even let it go past that into Januhairy. I'll try to get a pic for you guys. It's hard since he hates pictures.
4. I went to the post office yesterday to mail a package, and, aside from the jerk who honked at me for not driving into oncoming traffic, it was actually a pleasant experience. The post office employees in the post nearest our apartment were SO UNHAPPY with their jobs and so rude. They always acted like getting your stamps or helping you figure out how to send your package was like running a marathon after they'd eaten 3 pizzas. Disgusting and sickening. Tiring and nauseating. The post office people at the one nearest our new house are SO NICE. The line was short and moved fast, the woman at the desk helped me choose what kind of shipping I actually needed (not the $80 kind), and people in the parking lot were even nice, letting me cross the road and pull out. It's sooooo nice that some people are humane to others during the season of joy and kindness…
5. I found a blind dog up for adoption. Sean said no. No surprise there. This very bearded, heartless man refuses a regular dog, but also he's now refused to rescue a 3-legged dog AND a blind dog. Rude.
6. I think we finally have our Christmas travel schedule figured out. Maybe. It changes day by day as others change their plans. I did manage to get out of driving to 3 different states for up to 36 hours over the Christmas week holiday. Might as well go to work if I'm going to sit in one place for that long…
7. We're so close to the weekend already! Happy Wednesday!


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In 2014, we created Unheard Of!, an ongoing series — 7 events so far — which presents poetry, music, and oral literature from a wide range of languages and regions, including Indonesia, the Pamir and Himalayan mountain ranges, the Celtic lands, the Jewish diaspora, Mexico, and the southern United States. All events were hosted in conjunction with our friends at the legendary Bowery Poetry Club in New York City.
Part 1: Indonesia presented Betawi poetry by Corin D. Asmara, Tontemboan storytelling by Rosa and Alfrits Monintja, Ngaju Dayak reading by Ben Abel, Acehnese pantun poetry by Yusra Zaini, and a special performance by Amalia Suryani and her Saung Budaya Indonesian Dance Group. View the "Unheard Of Part 1" Slide Presentation
Part 2: Pamirs presented the music of Shughni sitar player and singer Khurshed Alidudov, Shughni reading by Nanish Nazrisho, a Bartangi story read by Gulchehra Sheralshoeva, Wakhi from Husniya Khujamyorova, as well as presentations by Habib Borjian and Rustam Nazrisho. View the "Unheard Of Part 2" Slide Presentation
Part 3: Celtic, in partnership with Breizh-Amerika, included Irish poetry from Hilary Mhic Suibhne, Irish songs and readings from Timothy McKeon, a Breton musical performance and reading by Matyas Le Brun from his book Douar-Neizh (Earth, This Nest); a talk on Breton by Charles Kergaravat and a performance by Fabienne Geffroy, and a special (non-Celtic) performance by visiting Saami yoiker Ánde Somby.
Part 4: Himalayas included Amdo Tibetan songs performed by the Himalayan Language and Culture Project with Tenzing Jempel and Sonam Lhamo, Sherpa music by Phuri Lama, and presentations by Mustang speaker Nawang Tsering Gurung and linguist Chris Geissler. View the "Unheard Of Part 4" Slide Presentation
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Our Jewish Languages of Brooklyn tour, part of the Jewish Languages Project, visited the heart of the tight-knit Syrian Jewish community; learned about a unique Jewish dance tradition from Azerbaijan; heard the singing of a cantor who carries on classical Judeo-Arabic musical traditions; sampled delicacies at a famous Syrian Jewish bakery; and waded into a unique treasure trove of Jewish books with a focus on deep Jewish diversity. In the process we heard examples of Jewish languages from Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, the Caucasus, and elsewhere.
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TRIPOLI, Libya -- Libyan officials claimed Wednesday that government forces remained in control of areas around a mountain range southwest of Tripoli that rebel fighters say they are using as a base to advance toward the capital.
The rebels based in villages in the western Nafusa mountains have been slowly solidifying their hold, forming a second front against Muammar al-Qaddafi's troops who are also battling rebels on a few fronts east of the capital.
In Paris, a military spokesman said France sent weapons to rebels in the Nafusa mountain region earlier this month.
In recent days, rebels in the mountains claimed to have advanced to the town of Bir al-Ghanam, some 50 miles from Tripoli. On Tuesday, they said they took over a large weapons storage site some 20 miles south of the mountain town of Zintan.
But Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi played down the reports of mountain rebel advances Wednesday.
"The situation in the western mountains is good, and it's under control," he said when asked about the fighting after a meeting of Cabinet members and municipal governors in a posh sea-front hotel in Tripoli.
The fighting in Libya began in mid-February and has devolved into a civil war, with rebels in control of the eastern third of the country and pockets in the west, including several Nafusa mountain towns.
The municipal governor of Gharyan, a city at the eastern gateway to the mountains and on a major road to Tripoli, acknowledged that there were minor skirmishes with rebels around the town.
But the official, Abdul-Nabi Mohammed Bakir, said the "situation is much better than the news tries to report" and dismissed suggestions of a major rebel advance as incorrect. He spoke to reporters at the meeting in Tripoli, suggesting he remains allied with Qaddafi's government.
"Yes indeed we do have limited numbers of armed individuals who go beyond our lines of defense, just like any thief would do under cover of night. But there are no masses, as you might describe them, of armed rebels," he said. "There are limited numbers of them here or there."
Bakir said he goes to work in Gharyan day and night without being worried about his safety. The city, he said, is "really 100 percent safe from the rebels."
Gharyan lies about 50 miles south of Tripoli.
In Paris, a military spokesman Col. Thierry Burkhard said guns, rocket-propelled grenades and munitions were parachuted in to rebels in the Nafusa mountains following earlier airdrops of humanitarian aid including water, food and medical supplies.
However, a member of the rebel military council in the Nafusa mountains denied that any weapons had been sent.
The official, Col. Gomaa Ibrahim, said rebels would have expressed gratitude, "but we have not received anything from the French forces. We only have weapons (seized) from the Qaddafi forces. ... We have nothing to hide, and we have always asked for help in terms of weapons."
Ibrahim said the leadership council in the rebels' de facto capital in the east, Benghazi, was seeking to clarify the matter with NATO.
Meanwhile, the International Committee of the Red Cross said it was preparing to transport by sea about 600 people in Tripoli who had been cut off from their families to Benghazi on Thursday.
The Red Cross organized a similar ferry journey last week, carrying 294 people to Benghazi. On the return trip, 106 people in the rebel-held city made their way back to Tripoli.
Red Cross spokesman Robin Waudo said the relief agency is working with officials on both sides of the conflict to reunite Libyans separated by the fighting. He said passengers must prove they live in the part of Libya where they are headed to, and may only travel after the Red Cross ensures they are returning willingly.


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This oddly named repast is warming, spicy and quick, based on hot Italian sausage, canned tomatos, vegetables and mashed potatoes. My mother named it after the noon meal served to her as a child when she attended 'The Little Flower Academy' if you can believe it. Because we're talking almost 100 years ago, I suspect the nun who made this dish relied on her own preserved tomatoes, and probably her sausages were less spicy.
My father recognized this meal as 'bangers and mash', and while I enjoyed my mother's breakfast link sausage version as a child, I've enhanced it with extra vegetables and flavours. This is ready in well under forty-five minutes, and it will serve four if you have four sausages.
4 hot Italian sausages (maybe more if you're really hungry)
4 potatoes, cut into chunks
4 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon salt
water to just cover potatoes
¼ cup butter
¼ cup milk, or cream (approximately)
1 teaspoon canola oil
1 red onion, diced
10 to 15 mushrooms, sliced
15 grates fresh black pepper
1 teaspoon oregano
4 chili peppers, finely diced (or to taste)
¼ red cabbage, finely sliced
1 can tomatoes, (28 ounce size)
Poke sausages with a fork and grill them, either in a pan under the oven broiler or in a barbecue. While they're cooking (about ten minutes on each side) start potatoes. When the sausages are done, let rest on a cutting board.
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Put the potatoes, garlic , salt and water into a large scratch proof pot and set on high heat. Cover, when potatoes start to boil, uncover and bring heat down to medium high. You want most of the water to boil off.
While the potatoes are cooking, add oil to a non-stick saucepan and place on medium high heat. Cook onions till translucent and golden at some edges. Add the mushrooms and cook them till they start to get golden here and there. Add the black pepper, oregano and chilies and cook for a couple more minutes. Add the cabbage, and cook for another five, stirring occasionally. It's important for these items to caramelise just a bit to get really good flavours.
While the vegetables are gently cooking, check on the potatoes. When they are very soft and tender, pour off remaining liquid and turn off heat. People who like mashed potatoes fall into two categories. Some like them super smooth, almost like wallpaper paste. Those types use an electric beater to pulverize them into submission. I am a texture person. I leave the peels on and I use a hand masher.
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Either way, add the butter and perhaps a spoonful or two of the potato water if you're cutting some calories. Otherwise, add milk or cream, just a bit at a time. Mash potatoes as you prefer. Check for taste and consistency, adding a bit more salt or liquid. Cover while continuing with vegetables and sausages.
Finally, open the tomatoes and carefully pour the liquid into the pan. Using your fingers deep within the can, gently pry the tomatoes apart. They will try to squirt, so keep the tomatoes below the top of the can. The idea is to get them into manageable pieces. Add to vegetables.
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When the sausages are cool enough to handle, slice them either into coins or angled pieces. Add to the tomato mixture to reheat for a few minutes.
Dollop mashed potatoes into a big bowl, ladle tomato mixture over all, being generous with the sausage, and enjoy. This is comfort food, heavy, yet spicy and full of healthy vegetables. I like to think those Little Flower Academy nuns are watching down, drooling, and mum's elbowing them out of the way for her fair share.
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Law, Gospel and the Good Samaritan12:41
We love to identify with characters in the Bible. We love to find ourselves in the story. But do we always find ourselves in the right place? Just think of the Parable of the Good Samaritan. Now, I think we'd all agree that we're not supposed to identify with the robbers. And surely we're not meant to see ourselves as the priest or Levite either (after all, they don't come out of this story looking too well). So who does that leave for us to identify with? And immediately we jump in and cast ourselves as the Good Samaritan.
To be fair, we don't need an awful lot of encouragement to do so, for the expression 'good samartian' has become such a part of our language and culture, that it would be really odd not to see ouIrselves as the 'good samaritan.' After all, charities and hospitals are named after the good samaritan. Everyone in this country knows what a good samaritan is - a good helpful person, the sort of person we should all be! And so we all instinctively 'know' that the message of the parable of the Good Samaritan is:
Don't be a nasty priest or Levite - Be a Good Samaritan instead!But, as much as that 'meaning' for the parable might be ingrained in us in 21st Century British culture, is it at all what Jesus was saying?
In Luke's Gospel, the Good Samaritan isn't a parable without a context (Luke 10:25-37). We're told why Jesus tells this parable and we're told the events that surround it. Jesus tells the parable in response to the question, 'Who is my neighbour?', a question that still normally goes along with the parable in its retelling. But often in the retelling, Jesus' answer to the question, as well as the fact that this is just a follow-up question in a wider conversation, seems to get left out or muddled up. You see, Jesus' answer to the question tells the questioner, not only who his neighbour is, but also who he is in the story - who we are in the story. And, sorry to disappoint, but Jesus tells the man, and us, that we're not the Good Samaritan. You see, in all our eliminating of possible characters to identify with, we forgot one - the very one we're actually supposed to identify with: the man who was beaten and left for dead. And that's exactly who Jesus says we're supposed to identify with. Just compare the lawyers' question in verse 29 - 'And who is my neighbour?' - with Jesus' question at the end of the parable in verse 36 - 'So which of these three do you think was neighbour to him who fell among the thieves?'. The lawyer is talking about his own neighbour, and Jesus talks about the man who fell among the thieves' neighbour - in other words the lawyer (and, by extension, us as the audience) is the man who fell among the thieves!
So this lawyer asks who his neighbour is, and Jesus tells him a story about how he is a beaten-up man left for dead! What's going on? Well, the answer is in the context. You see, we can't really interpret this parable to mean 'Don't be a nasty priest or Levite - Be a Good Samaritan instead', without violently wrenching it out of its context. So what is the context? It's that the lawyer asks Jesus two questions, not just one. Asking about his neighbour is only a follow-up question to his first question about how to inherit eternal life.
The lawyer tries to trick Jesus with a question about eternal life, but Jesus surprises him by not surprising him, and answers like any good lawyer would, by pointing the lawyer to the Law of God. And then suddenly the lawyer feels the need to justify himself (v.29). He hears the Law, and when he does, it shows him his guilt. And he thinks the way to get round his guilt is for Jesus to lower the bar of the Law. But that's not what he needs at all. What he really needs is for Jesus to speak a second word to him - a Gospel Word. And that's what Jesus does in the parable of the Good Samaritan.
You see, the parable isn't about how we're supposed to be wonderful Good Samaritans. It's about how we're like the beaten-up man. We've been crushed, wounded and left for dead by sin. But there is a true Good Samaritan - One who was despised and rejected by men, yet who comes to save His helpless enemies, and He's the One who's standing right there telling the parable.
Jesus is the true Good Samaritan!Anyway, if you want to hear a bit more about how Jesus speaks his two words of Law and Gospel to this lawyer, how Jesus is the true Good Samaritan, or how the parable is pretty much Jesus preaching on Hosea 6:1-2, then here's a sermon from Swansea on Sunday on the Good Samaritan.


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Small potatoes-20-25ea
Onion-2 ea (sliced)
Cumin seed-1 tsp
Cloves-4 ea
Cardamom-2-4 ea
Oil-1 tbsp
Tomato puree-1 cup ( I used fresh tomato juice)
Turmeric powder-2 tsp
Yoghurt-1 cup
Cilantro-1 bunch
Basmati rice-2 cup (soaked min 15-30mins)
Turmeric powder-1 tsp
To grind
Coriander seed-2 tsp
Red chilles-3 ea (acc to taste)
G.chilles-2 ea (Acc to taste)
Cloves- 4 pod
- Boil the potatoes & remove skin.
- Spike with a fork & deep fry until golden brown.
- Boil the rice with tomato puree, turmeric powder,salt & keep it aside.
- Grind fresh cilantro to a fine paste & add to the yoghurt.
- Heat oil in a pan, add cumin seeds, cloves,bay leaves,cardamom,sliced onion & sauté few mins.
- Add ground masala paste,yoghut mix & fried potatoes.
- Cook until all raw flovours extracts & add cooked rice & mix well.
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My daughters are in their 20's now, and though I support everyone's right to be who they are, I'm not sure presenting transgender issues to kindergartners is appropriate. Am I wrong?
From FOX40: "ROCKLIN -- How young is too young to introduce a child to the concept of gender identity? That is a question the Rocklin Academy Schools district tried to handle after a young student revealed herself as transgender.
Some parents applauded the district's efforts while others questioned whether it was handled properly.
Ankur Dhawan's 5-year-old daughter was in the classroom that day. She came home and talked about what she learned.
"She said, 'Well, we learned about a girl in a boy's body,'" Dhawan said. "This turned out to be a fairly decent way of introducing a topic that I wouldn't otherwise know to do."
The lesson came after a 5-year-old classmate, whose sex assigned at birth was male, was reintroduced to the class as a girl. Two books were read inside the classroom, both written specifically for young children, to illustrate what it means to be transgender.
"All I heard was my son just mentioned his friend who was a boy is now a girl," parent Chris Hurley said.
While some parents understand why their kids were given the lesson, others who spoke with FOX40 off camera took issue.
"They're concerned that they weren't notified this was coming," Greg Burt, director of capitol engagement with the California Family Council, told FOX40.
School officials say the teacher read the books in class without prior approval from administrators. Parents weren't notified until a week later, when a letter was sent out."


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How do I approach training?
It depends on what you are trying to achieve. If you would like to be a weekend warrior doing local fun rides and 10k's, you can probably get away with 3 – 4 training sessions a week of around 6 – 8 miles each. If you would like to get onto the racing circuit, we suggest getting a program. You will probably have to train around 100 – 150 miles per week to be able to be competitive in these events, as most of them will be marathons of up to 26 miles. You can basically follow a runner's program doing stuff like intervals, hills and over speed, as the approach in training is very similar, but the volume (amount) of training from these generic runners programs might not be enough for wheelchair racing. Best solution is to get a coach with experience.


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Last Thursday, September 6th, the ECB introduced its new goverment bond purchasing programme, known as the Outright Monetary Transactions ("OMT"). If you are interested in getting the information from the lion's mouth, you can watch the press conference here,read its transcript here and get the technical points here.
Draghi highlighted 6 features, "Conditionality", "Coverage", "Creditor Treatment", "Sterilization", "Transparency" and the meaning of OMTs for the "Securities Market Programme". The table below summarises these features and considers their meaning and implications regarding the effectiveness of putting an end to market pressure and effects on moral hazard.
Pari Passu Creditor Status as a Commitment Device?
The unlimited, transparent and conditional nature of the OMTs is a clear plus. The end to senior credit status, in favour of pari passu, while pleasing to the market creates a precedent for default, which could be considered akin to an indirect form of monetary financing (what is known as debt monetisation in economics).
Of course, if and once default happens, I suspect the ECB will have other concerns than Moral Hazard, such as the very survival of the currency. This concession on seniority it should also make the ECB reluctant to accept a default and exit scenario, as it would expose it to immediate losses. In a sense it can be seen as a commitment device. Given its large exposure to a loss, the ECB has given itself an added reason to stop a Euro-Zone break-up.
Some Legal Considerations about Monetary Financing
Monetary Financing is a construct rather than a specific issue clearly defined by law. The ECB offers a good overview here. Theoretically, monetary financing includes several dimensions. Legally however, my understanding is that as long as the ECB stays away from the primary market, it should be innocent of any such crimes against price stability, as this is the only act explicitly forbidden by Article 21, Chapter IV of the Protocol on the Statute of the ESCB and of the ECB in accordance with the principles laid out in Article 101 of the Consolidated Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. Nonetheless, the pari passu status of the ECB on these (risky) purchases exposes the central bank to accusations that it is not "preserving the integrity of the central bank's balance sheet". Monetary Financing is not what
Going Forward: The Ball is on the Member States' Corner
However, there should be no confusion about what it means. The ECB has simply delineated the framework for crisis intervention. If it it is to activate its own lever, it will no longer do so alone. The ball is now in the camp of Member States who must request and approve assistance from and to each other. With 17 veto players and increasing mistrust and stereotyping, this will surely prove to be an arduous task. The crisis is certainly not yet over.
On this note we bid farewell to the SMP. It served the Euro-Zone well… when it was used.


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1. the Taliban
2. the Maoist/Naxalite violence in eastern India
3. international terrorist/crime syndicate figureheads
I had no idea that fundamentalist Islam, militant Maoism, and the South Asian version of the Godfather had anything to do with each other, much less an official government agency of a UN member nation-state.
Especialy when that nation-state's founder, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, spoke of ideas like these:
"Now, if we want to make this great State of Pakistan happy and prosperous we should wholly and solely concentrate on the well being of the people, and especially of the masses and the poor. If you will work in co-operation, forgetting the past, burying the hatchet, you are bound to succeed. If you change your past and work together in a spirit that everyone of you, no matter to what community he belongs, no matter what relations he had with you in the past, no matter what is his colour, caste or creed, is first, second and last a citizen of this State with equal rights, privileges and obligations, there will be no end to the progress you will make.
"You are free; you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion or caste or creed - that has nothing to do with the business of the State."
Oh, Pakistan, how far you have fallen. Who knows where you will go from here...


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For better part of my dating life, I've dated bigger women. Not as a fetish, not as a secret, not as the safer alternative. I never even heard the terms "BBW" or "pear/apple shape" until social media, where it's taken somewhat of a life of its own. To be real, I don't like to even refer to a woman as a "big girl", it lends itself to the notion that she's somehow different from any other girl. I have similar stances to women outside my race and older. As for thicker women, its primarily just been what I've been attracted to; man like curves, chubby girl has curves, man likes chubby girl, I never thought I was doing anything special, nor did she. I don't defend my preference, I detest those memes about how big girls ride better, nor did I ever feel as though she was or ought to be "easier". She's my girlfriend not a statement.
Enter….Lily (she had another name but I forgot), me and Lily dated briefly one summer, didn't work out. For a multitude of reasons. Me and Lily remained civil, and by civil I mean she pops up every couple of months trying to get that old thing back after some other dude broke her heart. On her latest attempt, I respectfully decline #thelob, she sits and reflects on this rejection and retorts "its because I'm fat, I know it is you ain't gotta lie."
Full disclosure, after I broke up with Lily way back when my next girlfriend was fairly petite, so in her mind it was forever engrained that she was REALLY my type. The dialogue that followed went into how every man "likes" the big girl, they'll flirt, they'll smash, they'll entertain but at the end of the day they always rather wife a smaller woman yada yada yada. At this point, I could correct her, maybe even reassure her of her beauty, but it would fall on deaf ears; I'm just another man who didn't want her. My inaction will speak louder than words. These are the breaks.
For what its worth, I never cared about her weight. What turned me off to her as you could tell from that anecdote was a overall lack of confidence. Just as I think most men, whether she's skinny or plenty, has a low tolerance for low self esteem. When we dated, I always felt I set a standard that hopefully she would forever hold others to. She's someone's queen, even if she isn't mine. However I set one standard, society and cold beds set another. Lily has unfortunately fallen into this fallacy of what a "big girl's" dating life should be…..low expectations, promiscuity, overcompensation. Alas, she returns to my inbox with another story wondering if this is what its supposed to be like, I tell her no, she doesn't believe me. Perhaps I just got persuer privilege (not that its so easy for a chubby brotha….spinoff post? Maybe.) But what I do know is, size doesn't dictate worth. Lily is no less worthy of love than Kelly Rowland, and hopefully, eventually she'll accept that not from me but from herself. Also, say no to Buckfoys kids, like seriously.


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Free Printable Chinese New Year Firecrackers
My 2019 Chinese New Year printables continue today with these fun (and safe!) Chinese New Year Firecrackers. Print and make at home to celebrate the Year of the Pig!
Chinese New Year 2019 is the Year of the Pig, and falls on February 5th. I have shared lots of Chinese New Year printables over the years, and I like to update them so that they reflect the correct Chinese Zodiac signs.
The Pig occupies the last (12th) position in the Chinese Zodiac and 2019 will be a year of fortune and luck! Your Chinese Zodiac is Pig if you are born in one of these years: 1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019.
Chinese New Year Firecrackers
We love to celebrate Chinese New Year in our household, I remember as a child going to Chinatown in London with my family and seeing the Lion Dance which always had me in complete awe, and we'd always enjoy some Chinese food too. My dad was really into Kung Fu in his younger days, so maybe that's where it all stemmed from! You can read more about Chinese New Year on my blog here.
I made a set of these firecrackers for the first time in 2016 for the Year of the Monkey and I just love the way that they turned out. I left them hanging by my desk long after Chinese New Year was over! I updated them in 2017 for the Year of the Rooster, and in 2018 for the Year of the Dog.
For 2019 they are updated again for the Year of the Pig!
Now quick disclaimer, they're not explosive (of course), that would just be irresponsible of me… they are made simply with paper and wool. Firecrackers are commonly used to celebrate Chinese New Year.
I've updated the firecrackers again for the Year of The Pig. I know that they may look like they're tricky to put together, but honestly, they are so simple! There are several [updated] designs to choose from in the free printable download, so you can pick your favourite, or mix them up like I have done. I've supplied 2 sizes of printable – A4, and US Letter.
This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. If you clicked the link then made a purchase, a small percentage of the sale price would be paid to me. It doesn't cost you anything more but it helps keep the lights on over here so that I can create more content for you!
Since I will be sharing several free printables for Chinese New Year, make sure you are a member of The Pumpkin Patch so that you know when the next printable is available!
You can also find all of my Chinese New Year Printables here.
You can make your string of firecrackers any length you like. I used 20 on the firecracker tubes, and a 2m (6ft) length of wool, which I doubled over to form a loop at the top, which I stuck to the back of the octagonal piece. I added a tassel once I had finished the assembly of the string.
Download the Chinese Firecrackers:
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Crafting supplies you might need…
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» Double Sided Tape
» Red Wool/Yarn
» Gold Wool/Yarn
» Sticky Tape
» Paper Clips
While the instructional photographs show the monkey design, the printable in this post is for the Year of the Pig!
Print off the octagonal topper of your choice, and 20 individual firecracker tubes onto thick paper or thin card, then cut out.
For the firecrackers, roll around to form a tube, and seal with either some double sided sticky tape or glue. If you are using glue, you may want to use a paper clip to hold them in place as they dry.
Measure out 2m (6ft) of red wool and fold in half. Stick the looped end to the back of the octagonal piece with sticky. Stick another octagon on the back to cover the stuck down wool, and leave enough of the loop so that you can hang up the string of firecrackers.
Cut 10 x 30cm (12″) lengths of red wool, and tie them to the long piece of wool at about 5cm (2″) intervals. These are the pieces of wool which you'll attach the firecracker tubes to. Even if you double knot them, you can still slide the pieces of wool up and down to place the firecrackers where you want when finished.
Attach one tube to one of the wool extensions with some sticky tape, (I stuck them inside of the tube). Cut off any excess wool if you need to. Continue attaching the tubes to the wool extensions until you have used all of them up.
You can end the string of firecrackers here if you want, or you can continue to make a tassel. To do that, cut about 10 pieces of red wool, 30 cm (12″) in length. Holding them altogether, fold them over, and tie another piece of wool around the looped end to hold them all in place. Use that to then tie to the firecrackers. You can then wrap gold wool around the knot to hide it if you wish.
For more Chinese New Year ideas & inspiration, click here
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Today I found myself thinking about why the heck I was hiking so often when it was hot out and the second the weather got nice I haven't been in quite a while. I also found that I really don't have an answer to this question other than pure laziness. What I do know is that I was super excited to get out there and hike today.
My friend Kirsten was going to meet me at my house at 7 and then we were going to take my car to the trail head. The wind was taken out of my sails for a moment when I went outside to find my back car window had been smashed! A quick text to Kirsten asking if she could drive instead and a shake it off post on Instagram, yeah I know, and we were back on track.
Our goal today was to hike the Falcon Trail. As you can tell by the title of this post, we did not end up hiking that trail at all. Actually we never found the damn thing! Okay, in all fairness I am pretty sure that the trail head was in the Falcon campground that was clearly closed by a huge metal gate. Did we figure that out right away? I would love to say yes but the fact is we had a very fun time driving back and forth past a group of cyclists about six times while they were getting ready by their cars. We must have looked so confused with each pass, I am giggling now just thinking about how crazy lost we must have looked.
We finally figured that the place we were trying to go was behind the closed gate and opted for the San Juan Trail that is next to the Blue Jay campgrounds and all of the cyclists that pretty much think we are lunatics at this point. You are only as awkward as you feel right? Yup and I was feeling pretty damn awkward.
We parked on the side of a dirt road across from the full parking area. There really weren't many spots to begin with. If I did this again I would park within the campgound parking. There is a $5 day use fee. I started unloading my stuff and said to Kirsten, "Wow! I feel super nerdy hiking with all this tech." I had a camera around my neck and my GoPro with Karma Grip and a new drone in my backpack. It was then that I grabbed my camera and tried to take a picture of the awkward place we ended up parking. And guess what? My battery was dead! No problem, I'll just grab my spare battery. Or not! It was in my other backpack at home! Well shit! I shook off the stupidity and stuffed my camera back into the car since there was no need to bring it as a rather heavy necklace.
Off we go again! We make it across to the parking lot say hello to the cyclists and check out the trail map to see just what the heck we had gotten ourselves into. It was just after that the I realized my GoPro battery was also dead! At this point I said rather loudly, "ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!" I had not checked my camera battery the night before so the camera was definitely on me but I had "charged" my GoPro battery the night before. What in the actually hell was going on? I give up! We walked, I marched, back to the car to put my Go not so Pro paper weight in the trunk.
I was feeling very defeated at this point but shook off the bad juju yet again and we were on our way. All of the pictures and the first video from this hike were taken with my iPhone 8. I am also happy to report that my phone was fully charged and did not die before getting home! For the win!
Alright lets get to it. This trail is primarily used for biking although we did run into a few hikers as well. All of the cyclists were very nice and everyone was respectful in sharing the trail. The trail was only wide enough for one person at a time. There were only a few spots where is was wide enough to not stand in a weird place. When cyclists would pop around a corner we would step off the trail to let them pass. This trail is rather rocky and I said several times that if I was on a bike I would have fallen about ten times and popped 4 tires before making it a mile in. More power to you cyclist friends! I tip my cap to you!
We made our way down the trail stopping once for a snack. We treated this hike as an out and back. We only went about two miles in and found a somewhat open crossroad area clear enough of trees for me to attempt to fly my drone. Full disclosure, this was literally the second time I have flown it and I have only gone up so far. I am not the most coordinated person when it comes to gaming so I am going to need more practice before I do anything that resembles real flying. I am having loads of fun just going up though so it's all good. 😉
I was prepping my drone sort of squatting on the ground when I realized I was standing in a pile of crap. Yep, CRAP! Yellow, smelly, hopefully animal, crap! Ugh! Shaking it off…literally I finish linking my remote control to the drone and started my take off.
The vantage point where we were was not the greatest. We were basically in a hole surrounded by trees. I decided just taking the drone up to see what it could see at 230 feet would make my day. So that is exactly what I did. I watched my phone screen to see what the drone could see from so high above the trees. I was moving it around a bit to get a feel for the controls and feeling so very proud of myself because I felt like I was getting the hang of it. I brought it in for the landing getting super pumped to show Kirsten the amazing footage that I had just captured. It came in for a rather awkward landing but it survived. I dusted it off and guess what? I HADN'T PRESSED RECORD!!!! *face palm* Mother of Dragons! What is my problem today? I have never had such a struggle in a single day before! I felt so dumb! I looked at Kirsten in dismay and said, "Well let's send her up again I guess!" One big sigh from me and a very deliberate press of the record button and she was up again. I don't feel as though my footage was as amazing the second time, or maybe it would have been the same had I pushed record the first time. We will never know for sure. In any case, I am still having fun seeing the sights of such heights from the safety of the ground. I know I have mentioned before that I am not a fan of heights.
I brought the drone in for a landing. This one was much more graceful than the last. After packing up the drone and scraping the remaining crap off of my shoe we turned around and made our trek back to the car the same way we came in. The two miles back were up hill the entire time! My nose was running from the fresh cool air and my feet and lungs wanted to team up and strangle me! Thankfully they didn't! We made it back to the car and patted ourselves on the back for a successful trip after overcoming so many obstacles. I have to say I was not looking forward to going home and cleaning up my car mess but I was looking forward to a shower and a nap!
Thanks for reading! Until next time…happy trails!
In case anyone is interested here are some links to the gear I use or rather attempted to use today!


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Focus on JavaScript
This section will focus on resources about JavaScript that I came across when learning to code during 2016.
Want to learn JavaScript in 2015/2016? by Vincent O on Medium
10 Most Recommended JavaScript Scene Articles of 2015 by Eric Elliott on Medium
JavaScript Training Sucks on Medium
What the JavaScript Job Market Really Looks Like in 2016 on Medium
10 Interview Questions Every JavaScript Developer Should Know AKA: The Keys to JavaScript Mastery on Medium
Must See JavaScript Dev Tools That Put Other Dev Tools to Shame on Medium
The Two Pillars of JavaScript: Prototypal OO and Functional Programming
One Clear Path | Learn JavaScript Essentials (for all skill levels) on Medium
Essential JavaScript links on GitHub
You Don't Know JS (book series) by Kyle Simpson on GitHub
Eloquent JavaScript by Marijn Haverbeke
The best way to learn is by making mistakes! | JavaScript for Cats by Max Ogden
JavaScript Scene on Medium
JavaScript Weekly here
Learn JavaScript on reddit
Best resources to learn JavaScript under 'javascript' tag wiki on Stack Overflow