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Navini Island would be an excellent choice for a Fiji honeymoon, and you would have little difficulty putting together a Fiji honeymoon package with any well known travel agent. Many people take a Fiji vacation every year, but the trick is to get the right degree of exclusivity and relaxation, and Navini has all of that. Navini is one of the smallest island resorts close to Nadi, on that side of Viti Levu, and it is a private resort, where you can expect a casual and thoroughly relaxed time.
Photo: Richard Seaman
The closeness to the international airport makes it an obvious choice for the first few days of relaxation after stepping off a long haul flight from say Europe, before beginning a sweep of the South Pacific. You will be met by Navini Island Resort staff at the airport and within an hour you will be at Navini, and even swimming off the beach. The island is small, you can wander round it in 10 minutes, because Navini is a coral cay and is only ever a few feet above the sea.
Navini is not just coral, although of course the beautiful coral sand and the turquoise ocean are an outstanding feature. There are coconut palms, and lots of shade, and masses of tropical flowers. It has only 12 bures including a honeymoon bure, all on the beach and overlooking the coral reef, which makes it the perfect start to your Fiji honeymoon. There are 36 island staff which outnumbers the guests so you will get to know the smiling Fijian staff and appreciate their infectious enthusiasm and also appreciate their culture and generous hospitality which is unequalled anywhere.
At Navini Island your time is your own. It may be you decide to go snorkelling on the bright multicoloured reef, visit a local village on a complimentary morning outing, kayak around the island, visit Nadi town on a shopping trip, or perhaps just lie in the shade enjoying the amazing views. There are other activities but if this is your Fiji Honeymoon, or a Fiji vacation Package to escape the stresses of 21st Century life you may want to do nothing at all.
You could of course sail a hobycat, a sailboard, a spyboard or a sea cycle. All these activities cost you nothing. If you feel energetic there is the afternoon volleyball game, or you could read a book from the resort library or perhaps even a massage. You can of course go scuba diving, para sailing or sports fishing, for which there is a fee albeit a modest one. As you will realise Navini Island gives you a very laid back exclusive Fiji vacation package and could be a most delightful choice for your Fiji honeymoon.
Navini's dining room is open air beautifully situated between the tropical gardens and the turquoise sea. The food is a mix between traditional Fijian and innovative cuisine. There are choices at all times, and always beautiful fresh fish and local fruit, everything cooked in the kitchen. Apart from accommodation, which is very comfortable if slightly Spartan, food and drink feature highly on any vacation package, and you will not be disappointed.
You will go to Navini island for your Fijian Vacation Package or that once in a lifetime Fijian Honeymoon, and arrive as a guest and leave feeling you have made many friends. Once a week there is a traditional Fijian night with a 'lovo' which is food cooked underground, and then a kava ceremony with Fijian singing by the staff.


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I took a couple of images from the Graphics Fairy (where else, right?), printed them out, taped them to my window, then went over them with a black sharpie.
I think I first encountered this idea over Setting for Four. Brilliant idea, isn't it?
Now I wish I had bought more than two towels the last time I was at Ikea, because these would make awesome gifts.
Don't know if it's really possible or not, but perhaps my pretty towels will make drying dishes more fun!
Linking to:
The Shabby Creek Cottage
The 36th Avenue
The Shabby Nest
My Repurposed Life
It's So Very Cheri: Countdown to Winter
The Cottage Market
Five Days Five Ways
Funky Junk Interiors

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Here's a wee update on the HFA exhibit at Van Brunt Gallery.
Several days after the opening, the gallery was reconfigured as a workspace and exhibition space. For the past two weeks, participating artists....and anyone who wishes to be a participating artist have been in the space working on projects including. I've been spending Saturday afternoons in the gallery working.
Above: the b/w painting is by Mr. Richard Bruce, the piece on the right edge is by me. Below, a painting by Todd Sargood.
Amy Lipton introducing Christopher Kennedy and Christopher Neidl for the Solar 1 presentation on Jan 25. There's description of the presentation on the ecoartspace blog.....EcoartSpace is a sponsor of the Habitat For Artists. A screening of John Sullivan's Hues of Hudson was followed by a discussion about the role of art in community took place this past Sunday.
Here's the view from my work area. You can see the stocking cap of my studio-mate Carl peaking up from behind his monitor.
The gallery configuration will be changing abain this week with construction starting on a new habitat in the space which will likely be installed in a semi permanent home after the exhibit.
The next event scheduled as part of the exhibition is a panel talk on February 22 at... The discussion "Art in the 21 Century- Expanding the Artist's Role" will bring together the following panelists:
Amy Lipton, curator, Ecoartspace NY
Joseph Meisel, Program Officer, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Brian Wallace, Curator, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz
Beth E. Wilson, Writer and Art Critic, Professor, SUNY New Paltz


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It makes me so happy that you love books already. You know Paper Dolls so well that you 'read' (recited) it one of the little girls in your class the other day. You've already met some of my childhood favourites – Meg and Mog, Alfie, My Naughty Little Sister, Lucy and Tom – and I cannot wait for you to meet the others as you grow.
This is a very partial list. It is also incomplete – I could write it several times over. I don't expect you to fall in love with them all, but I hope some of them will speak to you. As a reader. As a girl. As a woman. That they will take you somewhere else (oh, the places you will go…), inspire you, make you think, hope, dream, wish. Because books do that.
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield
When I read Streatfield's semi-biographical A Vicarage Family, clarity dawned: her gift for portraying girls who are outside looking in was born of her own experience. Her heroines are often outsiders – not sure where they belong or who they want to be. But she peels away the layers of uncertainty and lets them shine. Ballet Shoes is both incredibly of its time (I am all for a period drama, so no issues with this) – and incredibly modern. Pauline, Petrova and Pauline Fossil (orphans all) take a vow: "We three Fossils vow to try and put our names in history books because it's our very own and nobody can say it's because of our grandfathers." There is much to love here: be brave. Follow your heart. Find your passion and shine.
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Orphan Anne Shirley is loving, brilliant and bright. And famously auburn (never red) haired and feisty (when she meets Gilbert Blythe, the boy who is obviously the love of her life – although it takes her to book three to realise it – she cracks a slate over his head). She has the most amazing imagination and love of words (remind you of anyone, my little one?) which carry her through the trickiest of times. Read this and see that it's good to be smart, bright and different. When you're an agonised teenager and think you simply must fit in with the crowd – think of Anne. Please also note her romance with Gilbert (for, if you love her like I do, you will devour all the subsequent books): yes, there is a spark (see also 'Gilbert Blythe – one of your mama's first loves'), but it grows from a deep-rooted friendship and respect.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Oh, I can hear you scoff that this is hopelessly outdated (Meg trying to be a good wife to admittedly rather boring John Brook springs to mind), but forget that. Look to Jo March – still one of the finest, most spirited heroines ever written. Look to the four sisters and their real, complex, loving relationship. Ultimately, Little Women is about the power of female friendships and the bonds that tie you to the women in your life. I cannot overstate how important they will be to you, these women; both the ones you choose (your friends) and those you don't (me, your grandmothers, your teachers). The women in my life have made me laugh 'til I've cried, explored the world with me, carried me through some of the darkest hours. You will need your own band of women.
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith and Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson
Unfortunately, my little one, there will come a time when you experience what I think Anne (see above) called dark nights of the soul. They require comfort books. These are my choices and they are quite simply, joy in book form. (Well, these and an Agatha Christie marathon. There will forever be a place in my heart for Hercule Poirot.) On nights like these, books are both solace and friend.
The Most of Nora Ephron
For she is wise, So very, very wise. And incredibly funny. She was also warm and generous – it leaps off the page. Have I mentioned that her prose does too? It leaps up, shakes you by the shoulders, nods that you have got this – now go forth and conquer. When she says that you are beautiful right now this minute, believe her: "Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don't take it off until you're thirty-four."
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
"Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant." There is no finer study of grief than this. Yet – although the material is so awful you will look at it sideways with utter horror (the awful illness which tragically befalls Quintana, only daughter of Didion and her husband, John Gregory Dunne, followed by his sudden death) – this book is exhilarating. It teaches you the nature of grief, the genius of language – and is a silent exhortation on how to live.
The Jane Austen canon
To say I love Austen's work is to understate the case. For Jane knows the human spirit – and the human heart. She sees the significance in the smallest human interactions. And she is so witty. Properly 'wish you could take her out for a glass of wine and intimate chat' funny.
Pick up Pride & Prejudice and marvel at the modernity of Elizabeth Bennett – who refuses to accept both the rigid social status quo and her duty to marry. Who forces Fitzwilliam Darcy to view and marry her as an equal. She is a considerably less agonised Jane Eyre (I still thrill to her passionate exhortation: "Do you think because I am obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! – I have as much soul as you, – and full as much heart!") Mind you, Jane Eyre has a lot more to put up with.
What I like about Austen's heroines is that they know their own mind – and live by it. Even meek Fanny Price in Mansfield Park holds out against the persuasive charm of the dashing rogue Henry Crawford, despite her banishment from Eden.
Please do delight in Emma. Who has every attribute bar self-knowledge. Then witness Anne Elliot in Persuasion – Austen's most mature heroine, who is quite the opposite. Who has her creator's understanding of the follies of humans – and who believes in love when all hope of it has gone ("All the privilege I claim for my own sex..is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone.") Herein lies the other reason I love Austen: the good is rewarded; the bad (mostly) punished. Life is rarely this fair. So we must seek poetic justice in books. Brecht was so very right when he insisted, "there must be happy endings – must, must, must!"


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|I resolve to be a better model!
Licks and Wags,
LOL we call those "action" shots. :)ReplyDelete
Dina wishing you and your family a very Happy & Prosperous New Year. May all your dreams come true in 2014. Have a wonderful Wednesday and we hope you had a pawsome night.
Best wishes Molly
Giggles. Happy New Year!!ReplyDelete
BOL...maybe huh?ReplyDelete
Haha, I hope my guys have the same resolution! It would be a change to get some pretty posed shots instead of taking candid hopefuls!ReplyDelete
Happy New Year Dina!ReplyDelete


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Normally, there are various types of flora present in our body for the well-functioning of the whole system; among this there is a fungus called Candida albicans. Candida albicans is a part of the intestinal flora. This fungus when present in small controlled amount is benign. However, sometimes due to certain conditions, the healthy gut bacteria count is disrupted by the imbalance of the flora, and this mainly happens due to using high dosages of antibiotics, or using them over a period of time. There are few other triggers which include uncontrolled diabetes, diet which is too high in sugary products, and sometimes due to an impaired immune system. Symptoms related to this infection include lethargy, mood swings, poor memory, headache, increased craving for sweets and many more. The nature of the stool helps to diagnose the person who has been affected with intestinal Candidiasis. Candida stool can surely lead to further infection and affect the intestine as well.
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What Causes Candida in Stool?
When a Candida Stool infection is left untreated, extreme growths of the fungi takes place when it multiplies in large numbers, and thereby depositing itself inside the intestine and causing more infection. When these microorganisms causing infection increases in large numbers, the body tries to remove the excess through bowel movement, and it can be identified by having a milky or cream-like appearance in the stool confirming Candida Stool infection. The cheesy and stringy substance in the bowel movement indicates the presence of excess Candida yeast in the intestine.
In 2002, a study tried to find the role of soluble faecal substances on patients having diarrhea associated with antibiotic and the levels of faecal candida to the circumstances. To do this, a vitro study of stool fluids in diluted form was taken from patients suffering from antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) and normal subjects. A very significant amount of Candida albicans growth was found in the patients suffering from AAD in comparison to normal subjects (1:10). It was found that AAD itself was not the cause for the increasing count of Candida, rather the recent antibiotic treatment for diarrhea was the reason behind it.
This study showed that patients suffering from diarrhea when treated with antibiotics, showed a significant increase in Candida albicans growth. It goes to show that the antibiotic use caused the misbalance in the intestinal microflora, which keeps a check on the Candida level. But it's important to note that using antibiotics doesn't directly cause Candida overgrowth, but antibiotics do kill off the body's natural friendly bacteria that controls the levels of Candida, which in-turn causes the Candida to grow rapidly inside the body.
In 2006, a study was conducted to find the symptoms and the complaints generally received from patients who had Candida present in their stool. 500 subjects took part in the study. The study consisted of a questionnaire that comprised of lifestyle choices, smoking habits, diseases and symptoms, apart from this, stool sample collection was also a part of the study. 308 of the subjects were found to have significant Candida in their stool. It was found that 45 of 78 with Candida were smokers and 68 out of the 230 were non-smokers.
This study was the first to find a link between smoking and Candida presence in stool. It was seen that smokers were more prone to have more Candida growth than non-smokers. So, giving up the smoking habit would be advisable when suffering from Candida infections.
What Does Candida Stool Look Like?
It is found that sometimes the stool may also appear like thin pieces, which are very similar to the ones of string cheese and sometimes they may appear like gel, which is clear and slimy. Candida Stool can also cause diarrhea and it may sometimes cause watery film like covering on its surface. It may look like as if oil is floating it. Candida Stool can also have texture similar to cottage cheese. Candida stool infection is generally not visible under naked eye. Sometimes due to this infection, pain may also occur during bowel movement.
A Candida stool test can be used in order to identify the presence of Candida in Stool. However, this test can only confirm the presence of Candida Stool only when the fungus is present in very large numbers, but in some people with low presence of yeast growth, the Candida stool test may not detect the presence of Candida effectively.
Treatment is done by the help of antifungal medicine. However, it is found that few natural treatment methods can also be used to treat the infection. These include eating unsweetened natural yogurt and taking probiotic drinks as they are very useful in order to restore the overall flora of the intestine, and they also contain acidophilus bacteria, which is friendly bacteria. As, this bacteria produces acid which help to keep the Candida yeast growth under control.
Food and Edibles
Generally, Fiber should be included in the diet and the use of flaxseed should also be encouraged. It is also advised to increase the intake of water to around 8 ounces on an empty stomach. Taking garlic in a form of capsule can also help to reduce the effect of infection. Sugary foods should be avoided as it can cause imbalance to the blood sugar levels, and the yeast thereby increase the spread of infection. Some other causes are the use of: immune suppressing drugs, antibiotics and steroids.
– Elevated Fecal Candida in Patients with AAD – Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology Journal – 2003 – By Robert Krause, Günter J. Krejs and Christoph Wenisch
– Candida species in stool – Mycoses Journal – 2006 – By Jobst D and Kraft K
– Anorectal and Colon Diseases – 2003 – By E. Stein
– Lactic Acid Bacteria: Fundamentals and Practice – 2014 – Heping Zhang and Yimin Cai
– Permanently Beat Yeast Infection & Candida – 2012 – Caroline D. Greene
– The Candida Cure: The 90-Day Program – 2013 – Ann Boroch
– Cracking the Metabolic Code – 2009 – By B. Lavalle James and James B. Lavalle
– Clinician's Handbook of Natural Medicine – 2008 – By Joseph Pizzorno, Michael Murray and Herb Joiner-Bey
– Fungal Antigens: Isolation – 2013 – By Edouard Drouhet, Garry Cole and Louis Repentigny


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Sunday, 26 August 2012
sundays at home
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What a lovely post once again! Your plans for today sounds like the perfect day to me. Do take some pictures! Would love to see what you get up to. I don't quite know what our plans are for today...the whole family is still fast asleep after a very late night last night! Roast lamb is definitely on the menu though! Have a super day! Tania ♥ReplyDelete
Oh my word - I want that house picture - let me know if you ever want to sell / swap for something!ReplyDelete
And wow bread rolls..... Yum.
Oooh I love the embroidery picture, it is so lovely. Very impressed with the home made rolls, my hubby does a mean loaf as well. Bet you do look forward to your Sundays, enjoy while the weather stays fine. jayne xReplyDelete
... mmmm .. such a yummy posting ♦ love the embroidery work. We are off tomorrow for the week .. hike into the coast in Olympic National Park and end of week a night or two at Sol Duc Hotsprings .. up early before the dawn.ReplyDelete
have a most wonderful week .......... ♦
what a lovely meal, clever boyfriend! I also love to walk by the canal, I find it so relaxing and fun to see the boats. HeatherReplyDelete
Thanks everyone! I love hearing about your plans for the weekend xReplyDelete
wow that is impressive - bread from scratch!ReplyDelete
The embroidery in the first picture is so intricate. How amazing. Did you do that? Your meal looks delish. Simple and tasty. Nothing better than home made bread made with love.ReplyDelete
That meal looks scrumptious!!! mmmm mmm!!!! Stumbled upon your blog today and love it.ReplyDelete
Someone who makes bread rolls like these!!!Oh my!:-)ReplyDelete


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some of the biggest names in the comic-book world have come together to produce this collective of stories all based on, and for the occupy movement. I had to do a little research myself, so for those with as little political knowledge as myself, basically this is an international protest movement against social and economic equality… And who better than the likes of Alan Moore and Ben Templesmith to support such a cause. "OCCUPY COMICS" is published by "BLACK MASK STUDIOS", and it is the whole reason for their existence! All profits from the sale of this comic do go to all occupy related initiatives, so if you wanna support them then that is reason enough to get yourself a copy now… You can get yours here as I did: A place in space … they are also the biggest supplier of comics on ebay .
There are a handful of very short comic strips, some are better than others, but they all represent the same subjects and touch upon the issues that the occupy movement stand for. Although this is not one of the best or even the most memorable of comics out there, it does have some slightly thought-provoking material within it. If you're looking for a story from Alan Moore then you will be disappointed as there isn't one, but he has put in a piece of writing which is longer than any of the comic-strips themselves, and it is probably the best thing about it. I enjoy reading any form of writing, comic or review by Moore, as he is a literary legend. His piece is primarily about how comic-books are pro-social, it is of course very entertaining, very informative and very humorous, packed full of real history and more depth than any of the comic-strips themselves. So if you wanna read this great article, then this is another good reason to grab yourself a copy. All the comic-strips are very well written too, I just feel that some of them could have gone into a little more detail, and I felt slightly let down to find them finish so abruptly, but then again this is to be expected when so many great artists and writers come together to fill so few pages!
The art is obviously varied, and this is actually quite refreshing as this is something that works in the comic's favour. The 2 pages from Templesmith are as dark and nerve-shatteringly creepy as ever, the centrefold has the wonderful and powerful piece of art which was originally created for the movement in New-York, March 2012, of V posing as the matador against the bronze-bull! One of my personal favourites is the first instalment with art by Joseph Infurnari, the spaghetti western style sketches are simple but effective, and the lettering and speech bubbles are no different, they're of few words but are also sketched by hand giving the whole piece a very authentic feel. The cover art is something special in itself too.
By DYLAN BUTCHER. 😀
here are the related links guys!:-
A place in space Alan Moore David Lloyd Art Spiegelman
Molly Crabapple Joshua Hale Fialkov Ben Templesmith
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So this happened. Overall, a fundamentally broken album, but still entertaining to talk about. Be sure to check out Mark's work over at Spin It! Reviews, he's got some solid material over there.
Okay, Chris Brown, you finally got around to releasing X, hit me!
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2 Samuel 18
New International Version (NIV)
David mustered the men who were with him and appointed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. 2 David sent out his troops, a third under the command of Joab, a third under Joab's brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. The king told the troops, "I myself will surely march out with you."
3 But the men said, "You must not go out; if we are forced to flee, they won't care about us. Even if half of us die, they won't care; but you are worth ten thousand of us.[a] It would be better now for you to give us support from the city."
4 The king answered, "I will do whatever seems best to you."
So the king stood beside the gate while all his men marched out in units of hundreds and of thousands.
5 The king commanded Joab, Abishai and Ittai, "Be gentle with the young man Absalom for my sake." And all the troops heard the king giving orders concerning Absalom to each of the commanders.
6 David's army marched out of the city to fight Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.7 There Israel's troops were routed by David's men, and the casualties that day were great—twenty thousand men. 8 The battle spread out over the whole countryside, and the forest swallowed up more men that day than the sword.
9 Now Absalom happened to meet David's men. He was riding his mule, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom's hair got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair, while the mule he was riding kept on going.
10 When one of the men saw what had happened, he told Joab, "I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree."
11 Joab said to the man who had told him this, "What! You saw him? Why didn't you strike him to the ground right there? Then I would have had to give you ten shekels[b] of silver and a warrior's belt. "
12 But the man replied, "Even if a thousand shekels[c] were weighed out into my hands, I would not lay a hand on the king's son. In our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, 'Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.[d]' 13 And if I had put my life in jeopardy[e]—and nothing is hidden from the king —you would have kept your distance from me."
14 Joab said, "I'm not going to wait like this for you." So he took three javelins in his hand and plunged them into Absalom's heart while Absalom was still alive in the oak tree. 15 And ten of Joab's armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him and killed him.
16 Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped pursuing
for Joab halted them. 17 They took Absalom, threw him into a big pit
in the forest and piled up a large heap of rocks over him. Meanwhile,
all the Israelites fled to their homes.
18 During his lifetime Absalom had taken a pillar and erected it in the King's Valley as a monument to himself, for he thought, "I have no son to carry on the memory of my name." He named the pillar after himself, and it is called Absalom's Monument to this day.
David Mourns
19 Now Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, "Let me run and take the news to the king that the Lord has vindicated him by delivering him from the hand of his enemies. "
20 "You are not the one to take the news today," Joab told him. "You may take the news another time, but you must not do so today, because the king's son is dead."
21 Then Joab said to a Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen." The Cushite bowed down before Joab and ran off.
22 Ahimaaz son of Zadok again said to Joab, "Come what may, please let me run behind the Cushite."
But Joab replied, "My son, why do you want to go? You don't have any news that will bring you a reward."
23 He said, "Come what may, I want to run."
So Joab said, "Run!" Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain[f] and outran the Cushite.
24 While David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, the watchman went up to the roof of the gateway by the wall. As he looked out, he saw a man running alone. 25 The watchman called out to the king and reported it.
The king said, "If he is alone, he must have good news." And the runner came closer and closer.
26 Then the watchman saw another runner, and he called down to the gatekeeper, "Look, another man running alone!"
The king said, "He must be bringing good news, too."
27 The watchman said, "It seems to me that the first one runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok."
"He's a good man," the king said. "He comes with good news."
28 Then Ahimaaz called out to the king, "All is well!" He bowed down before the king with his face to the ground and said, "Praise be to the Lord your God! He has delivered up those who lifted their hands against my lord the king."
29 The king asked, "Is the young man Absalom safe?"
Ahimaaz answered, "I saw great confusion just as Joab was about to send the king's servant and me, your servant, but I don't know what it was."
30 The king said, "Stand aside and wait here." So he stepped aside and stood there.
31 Then the Cushite arrived and said, "My lord the king, hear the good news! The Lord has vindicated you today by delivering you from the hand of all who rose up against you."
32 The king asked the Cushite, "Is the young man Absalom safe?"
The Cushite replied, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man."
33 The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: "O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you—O Absalom, my son, my son!"[g]
It's a strange feeling to see yourself in your children. There are certain things my sons do that are very much like me. I think every parent sees a bit of themselves in their children. They might have the same taste for certain foods, or they might have certain talents or skilsl that seems to be from their mom or dad.
Children inherit all kinds of character traits from their parents. Sometimes that's a good thing, but sometimes they also inherit traits that are less desirable, and it's especially scary to see your children start to take on some of your flaws.
David's sons inherited his virtues, but they also inherited his vices. David's eldest son, Amnon, seems to have inherited David's lust. The lust we see in David when he brings Bathsheba, one of his soldiers' wives, into his bed is the lust we see in Amnon when he lusts after his half-sister, Tamar, and rapes her. David's son Absalom seems to have inherited David's wrath. The murderous wrath we witness in David's scheming to kill Bathsheba's husband, Uriah, is the wrath we see in Absalom as he plots to kill his brother Amnon. It isn't a hot-headed spur of the moment act. Absalom plans it very coolly. It is very pre-meditated.
After Absalom murders his brother Amnon he fled to live with his in-laws. He lived there for three years, fearing his father's wrath. Through the intercession of David's right hand man, Joab, Absalom is eventually welcomed back into
but he is only half forgiven. He is allowed to be in the city, but he is
not permitted in the king's presence. He is left in a kind of limbo. He is
allowed back, but at the same time he isn't quite permitted to leave his exile.
And Jerusalem is not a big city at
this point. There would have been effort involved in preventing Absalom and
David seeing each other. It's a strange situation for Absalom. They are in the
same city, but they are not speaking. Perhaps this is some kind of punishment-
like getting the silent treatment. Absalom has to know that David is still not
happy with Amnon's murder. So Absalom sits in a kind of limbo- Halfway between
forgiveness and exile, but not fully in either place.
This starts to wear on Absalom. Eventually, disgruntled and rejected he begins putting a plan into motion. Absalom has some of David's other traits. He is heroic, good looking, and charismatic. Absalom uses all these gifts to his advantage and he starts to win the people's hearts. The Bible actually says he stole their hearts. He listens to their problems, he speaks to them as if they were equals. He becomes the people's prince. Soon he has enough of a following that he can challenge his father's forces. Soon, the land is divided by civil war. Everyone is picking sides. Many side with Absalom as the new up and coming superstar. Some are still supportive of the reign of King Saul and his family and hope there might be some room in the chaos for their own political maneuvering. There are still many who are loyal to David. Suddenly the land that had been unified under David is now being torn into pieces.
Absalom has enough muscle that David and his supporters are forced to flee
to avoid a blood bath. David goes into the wilderness. This is where
David originally learned to be David. This is the David who relies on God, who
prays, who sees God working though the events of his life. Here, as David
descends into the wilderness, he learns to pray again. He learns about loyalty.
He learns who he can trust. He learns humility as a man yells curses at him and
he accepts it. David descends. The son has taken his father's throne. The son
has become the father's worst enemy. Jerusalem
In this situation we see how sin multiplies. Amnon rapes his sister. Though he is furious, we have no indication that David disciplines Amnon for the rape of his half-sister. Perhaps this is grace on David's part. Absalom, however, seeks revenge and murders Amnon. David is unwilling to forgive his son Absalom fully and suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of a civil war where 20,000 will lose their lives. Rape, revenge, murder, un-forgiveness- they all twist and turn and build on one another until we find ourselves in civil war.
David still has some allies and he knows how to place people strategically. Soon he has spies and a whole intelligence network helping him to keep ahead of Absalom, who has a serious force of men and some very good counsel on his side. David is in the wilderness attempting to escape his son's sword and trying to regroup and plan. The climax of all of this is a battle between Absalom's forces and David's forces. David's more experiences forces overtake Absalom's. But a strange thing happens as the battle is drawing to a close. Absalom is riding his mule through the forest and suddenly his hair gets tangled in some low-hanging branches. It's very strange, but Absalom hair (which he was very proud of) was stuck and his mule kept right on running, leaving Absalom hanging there helpless to free himself. The soldiers weren't sure what to do because David gave very clear orders to "be gentle with the young man Absalom". Joab, the general, and his men ignore David's words and kill Absalom.
The leaders of the army thought it would be best if David stayed behind. They thought it was too risky to have David on the battlefield. So David stayed back and waited for word to be sent. When word finally came it was as if David didn't care at all about who won the battle, he wanted to know about his Son Absalom. When he finds out that Absalom has been killed he enters into profound mourning. He wails and weeps, "O my son Absalom! My Son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you- O Absalom, my son, my son!". It is one of the saddest and heart rending parts of scripture. It is raw- a father weeping over his dead son. The battle is nowhere in David's mind except the context for Absalom's death. David doesn't seem to care that he has regained his kingdom and re-solidified the country. He doesn't seem to think about all the soldiers who risked their lives, and lost their lives, to win this battle and restore David's reign. ... At this moment David is a father weeping over his son. He is not a king. He is a father in mourning.
There is a lot we can talk about in this passage. It is an amazing story to read, but it is also filled with profound wisdom. Out of the many things we could talk about I want us to look at David as a father.
Like most parents, David was sometimes a good parent and sometimes he wasn't. All parents have moments when their parenting gets pretty sloppy. Sometimes we do well and we're proud of how we handled that moment when, say, their pet died. We sort of pat ourselves on the back knowing we handled it well, but then there are moments when we are irritated and short on patience and short on sleep and our parenting suffers and we make bad decisions.
Perhaps if David was closer to his sons he would have seen Amnon's lust for his daughter Tamar. Maybe if David disciplined Amnon after the rape then vengeance wouldn't have been brewing in Absalom's heart. If David was closer to Absalom maybe he could have counseled him in his rage. Maybe David could have welcomed Absalom home from exile and offered him full forgiveness, rather than a half-forgiveness where his fatherly love is still withheld.
David needed to hear Jesus' story in Luke 15 about a father whose son rejected him and went to a far off land. The father kept searching the horizon hoping to see him come back. Eventually he does. The father, whose son basically spat in his face as he left, would have been completely justified in rejecting the son right back, or giving him the silent treatment until he learned his lesson, but not in Jesus' story. In Jesus' story the father is so overjoyed to have his son back that he runs to him. His son can't even finish saying "I'm sorry" before the father interrupts him and throws a party in his honour. This is not what David does. David's reaction makes sense, but there is a better way- a more loving way, but David doesn't take it.
There are plenty of things that David could have done better. But, this lament is exactly what a good parent does. They weep over the suffering and death of their children. David in this moment is a very good father. "O my son Absalom! My Son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you- O Absalom, my son, my son!". Absalom in this moment isn't that "young man Absalom", as he says to his general, Joab, as he heads off to battle. Here he is "My son Absalom". It is more personal. Here David is a good Father. In his lament he speaks directly to his dead son, "If only I had died Instead of you". David wishes to switch places with him. He wished he could have died to save his son. This is the heart of a father who loves deeply.
When Jesus told the story about the father and son in Luke 15, he was talking about God's reaction to us. God's reaction to us wandering children who return home is celebration. When Jesus prayed he called God "Abba", which might be translated best as "Daddy", or "poppa". It is not a formal word. Jesus' experienced of his relationship with God was as a loving Father-Son relationship. Here we see into God's heart. If it is true that God is like a loving Father, then it is also mysteriously true that a loving father is like God. We can learn something about God through looking at David, the loving father.
In David's weeping we see God's heart. David weeps over a lost child. God too weeps over us and with us. When we suffer, God mysteriously weeps. God weeps over us as we make decisions that alienate us from him. God weeps when we are hurt by others. God weeps with us when we feel broken… because that's what a good father does.
David also shows us even more deeply into God's heart when he says " If only I had died instead of you- O Absalom, my son, my son!". A good father is willing to sacrifice to benefit his child. The good Father wants to take the place of the suffering child. And when we look at Jesus we see God taking the place of suffering humanity in order to save us. "If only I had died instead of you". That is the purpose of the cross. God, comes to us, as one of us, to feel what we feel, and to take it all on himself.David may not have been a perfect father, but he had moments. His life is a matted mess of sin and virtue, murder and love. David's life is a messy life, but it is a life with God. There are shining moment, even if sad moments, where we get to see how profound a person David was. We get a chance to see that person God saw. We can see past the messiness and we can see David as a man after God's own heart.
Questions for reflecting on 2 Sam 14-18:
1. How did God bring good out of David's difficult circumstances? How has God used difficult circumstances in your life? See Romans 8:28
2. Reflect on the presence of David's own vices and virtues in his sons. How are your own virtues and vices in you parents or children? What effect has that had on your life, or on the lives of those around you?
3. Why do you think David behaves towards Absalom as he does? What do you think of his parental strategy? How would you have behaved?


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In what Nimrata (humility) did the Guru Sahebs themselves seek Guru Nanak Patshah.
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Bank South Pacific spends K6.7 million in community aid in PNG
"There are 46 community projects delivered by BSP branches and sub-branches in PNG in the sectors of education, health and environment focused on renewable energy," Bulolo branch manageress Bavilon Kahona Homuo said.
Mrs Homuo revealed this when officiating at the St Stevens Primary School's 13th graduation ceremony last week.
"This year BSP invested K1.1 million and 287 individual community projects which is an accumulation since 2009 showing that the community is at the heart of BSP.
"When the community is at the heart, the BSP looks at ways to improve education, share knowledge and skills through our banking education programs that are delivered through our branches," Mrs Homuo said.
Mrs Homuo said BSP charges many fees but those fees pave ways for beneficial projects and programs given back to communities with banking education one initiative that has delivered financial literacy to thousands of Papua New Guineans since 2014.
She said BSP reached 30,178 people across PNG where 46 percent of participants are women who are empowered with knowledge to be self-sustained and venture into small business opportunities to feed their families.
"Almost 120 are qualified financial literacy trainers in all branches across PNG and this year, they visited 60 villages, 55 businesses, 142 schools and 39 church groups as well as having 303 agents in communities providing basic banking services closer to the people at their doorstep.
"This is important because we believe that when our people and children are educated in savings, budgeting and money management, we are all able to make informed decisions. It's always best to start now, when children are young.
"I encourage parents and students to feel free to talk to me about our Kids Savings Account and the Sumatin Account, which are key fee free products tailored for children," Mrs Homuo said. Post courier/One PNG


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According to new WikiLeaks emails, three days before Justice Scalia died this email was sent, using the term "wetworks" - exclusively used in Military meaning "assassination". WET WORKS IS KGB TERM FOR ASSASSINATION. This is from the email three days before Justice Scalia's strange death: I am all in Sounds like it will be a bad nite , we all need to buckle up and double down From: John Podesta [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2016 4:36 PM To: Steve Elmendorf <email@example.com> Subject: Thanks Didn't think wet works meant pool parties at the Vineyard. If you want to see the email for yourself, it is Podesta email 6008 on Wikileaks. So how will the mainstream media spin this, since they said Justice Scalia died naturally...Oh wait they probably won't discuss it since most news in America is owned by the Clinton's, another thing that Wikileaks has exposed. If this is 100 percent accurate this would mean that Obama and Hillary should be charged with murder of a Supreme Court Justice...Which should lead to the death penalty. Was this likely the main email that Julian Assange stated would land Hillary in jail, because it involves murder of Supreme Court Justice Scalia...And his suspicious death that is now proven as a possible assassination came at a time when Obama started pushing for both Amnesty and gun control...If Scalia was Assassinated well the plot has failed Obama and Hillary as Amnesty has failed twice and multiple Federal judges are now telling Obama no on gun control. Should this be true of Justice Scalia being killed by Hillary or Obama, well America we would like to see both Obama and Hillary in orange jumpsuits in a Texas prison! Wetwork like it says in email 6008 is Russian for assassination!
10/13/2016 09:54:10 pm
It was strange that there was no Autopsy ??????
Linda durbin
10/13/2016 10:18:36 pm
I've believed it was murdered from the beginning.
Shirley Mike
10/14/2016 03:34:46 am
When I heard that world leaders including Putin are saying......if our government ie. Congress and the Senate fail to try obama and hillary for war crimes the Russians will attack us.
Darlene jinkens
10/14/2016 06:20:22 am
How many more lives have to be lost before they are connected to the Clinton /Obama duo?
10/14/2016 06:35:08 am
Maybe I'm just missing it but who is the author of the e-mail and who is the intended receiver?
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10/14/2016 10:47:33 am
I read the names & I am dumb .. GO back an reread !!
10/14/2016 10:38:28 am
When will the rest of the news media start reporting this??
10/14/2016 11:14:46 am
There is nothing in the email that refers to Justice Scalia's strange death. How is this email tied to the death?
10/15/2016 06:02:27 am
10/15/2016 04:43:41 am
Seemed strange to me at the time that an important person in our system such as Judge Scalia wasn't autopsied especially considering the questions of the hurry up, butied, end of story narrative -
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10/17/2016 10:11:43 am
When I heard Scalia died, my first reaction was that there was foul play. Remeber, shortly after his death, Obama said "he wanted to sit on the Supreme Court." You watch, if Hillary becomes President she will nominate Obama to Supreme Court. We will be DOOMED! We are heading into a "ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT." So much CORRUPTION its disgusting!
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Drégely Castle is on the top of a 444 meter high mountain in Börzsöny. It is 75 km far from Budapest, between Drégelypalánk and Nagyoroszi. The castle can only be reached on foot, on marked tourist routes. Starting from Drégelypalánk, a 4 km tour with a level rise of 280 meters.
We do not know the exact date of the castle's construction. Certainly they started building after the Mongol invasion, probably at the time of the castles constructions executed by King Béla the IVth. Our first written memory was from 1285.
The castle of Drégely, which was destroyed in 1552, was not rebuilt by the conquerors. Most of the stones were carried by the population, and the rest were devastated by the weather.
The castle offers a very nice view of the Börzsöny Mountains.
This was our trip on 2nd April, 2018.
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It's Tuesday, October 23rd, which means Apple's next event is today. This is the event where we'll in all likelihood meet the iPad mini, a refreshed iPad 3, a new iMac, a new Mac mini, and a Retina display-equipped 13-inch MacBook Pro… or none of those things, we'll know shortly.
Apple will be live streaming the event from their site. This means you'll be able to follow along as long as you have a Mac or iOS device. If you have an Apple TV you can watch along as well, you just need to update your device. We'll be updating this post as the event unfolds!
Tim Cook is on stage, he's running through the introduction which mainly covers the stupendous success of the iPhone 5. Less an a minute in he's got a celebratory video clip for us.
Time for the numbers! After one month Apple has 200M devices running iOS 6. It's the fastest upgrade rate of any software in history (that Tim is aware of). After that tidbit he is running through cool new features about iOS 6 and Mountain Lion. Using those Apple users have put over 120M documents in the cloud since Mountain Lion's release. iMessage handles 28,000 messages a second and has sent over 300B messages total. Over 70M photos have been shared with Apple's photo streams.
Apple has 275K iPad apps. Customers have downloaded 35B apps from the App Store. Apple has paid out over $6.5B to developers. iBooks has been a huge success — it supports over 40 languages, including Korean, Chinese, and Japanese.
What about the Mac? It outgrew the PC market in June by 7x, it's been outgrowing the PC market for 7 years straight. Mac has serious momentum.
Phi Schiller is taking the stage to talk about the Mac more.
The 15-inch MBP has been a huge hit. The best display on the market with much critical acclaim. But the best selling notebook and Mac is the 13-inch MBP. And now there is a new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display!
It's 3.5 pounds and 0.75-inch thick, that's 20.% thinner than last year's model. The resolution is 2560×1600, that's a 4M display. The IPS display has 178 degree viewing angles and 300 nits of brightness. Other features include a FaceTime HD camera, Thunderbolt port, and MagSafe 2. It has Intel HD 4000 graphics, an SSD (up to 768GB), and up to 7 hours of battery life. 8GB of RAM is standard. It works with OS X ML voice dictation, AirPlay, and everything else you would expect. With PowerNap it can update your contacts, photostream, and backup while the laptop is asleep.
The price? It starts at $1699.
And now the Mac mini! It's Apple's more affordable system and it's being updated. Phil is rushing through this part, but basically it's $599, it's green, and it's shipping today. Details: 2.3GHz Ivy Bridge chip, 4GB RAM, 500GB hard drive.
Next up, the iMac. This will be bigger news than the Mac mini. It's getting a huge refresh — the next generation of iMac is insanely thin. It had edge-to-edge glass and practically no side edge – it's 5mm thick. That's 80% thinner than before. It's so thin that it's made with a special process called aluminum stir welding. Phil is in awe of the system.
It'll ship in 21.5 and 27 inches, with the bigger size at 2560×1140. The new display is gapless and anti-reflective, which means the picture is better than ever. It uses plasma deposition to cut down on reflection by 75%.
Details include up to up 32GB RAM, up to 768GB storage, Ivy Bridge processors, gigabit ethernet, and Nvidia Kepler graphics.
There is a new storage option: Apple Fusion Drive. It's a hybrid of flash and hard drive storage, for a combination of speed and size.
The 27-inch model starts at $1799, the 21.5-inch one starts at $1299.
Now Tim Cook is back to talk about the iPad.
First up, Apple has sold 100M iPads in 2.5 years. Apple sold more iPads in the June quarter than any PC manufacturer sold of any computer. There are a lot of tablets sold, but look at the web analytics above… the iPad is winning. iPads are being used in schools and iBooks Author has been a major success as well. 94% of the Fortune 500 is testing or deploying the iPad.
The iPad 3 has been a huge hit, but Apple isn't stopping there. Phil Schiller is coming back for more!
There is a new 4th generation iPad with the Lighting connection, better radio, and the new A6X chip which doubles both CPU and graphics power. It's compatible with more carriers, including Sprint in the US.
The new iPad is the same price: starting at $499 and $629 with LTE.
And yes, there is an iPad mini!
The iPad mini is thin, light and (hopefully) affordable. It's as thin as a pencil – 7.2mm and 0.68 pounds. That's 53% lighter than the fourth gen iPad.
And the screen size? 7.9 inches (the original is 9.7 inches). The resolution is 1024×768, the same as the original iPad and iPad 2.
Phil is now comparing the iPad mini against the latest, greatest Android tablet (he didn't name it, but it was the Nexus 7). The iPad mini has a 1/3 larger display (because of the aspect ratio), it's aluminum not plastic, and it's thinner. When viewing web sites the iPad display 50-67% more of the page (depending on if you are in portrait or landscape). The iPad mini is a tablet, the competition is a scaled up phone, says Phil.
The details: Apple's dual-core A5 chip, FaceTime HD, 5MP rear camera, which can take 1080p video. same LTE as 4th gen iPad, same faster a/b/g/n WiFi as iPad 4, Lightning connection, and 10 hours of battery life. There is a thinner bezel, diamond-cut chamfer detailing, and a new style of smart cover.
And the price? $329 with 16GB. It'll be $429 with 32GB, and $529 with 64GB. The iPad mini will be $459 with LTE and 16GB.
The iPad 2 will remain $399 and the new iPad will be $499, as it was before.
The iPad mini will be available on November 2nd.
Tim Cook is back to wrap up. He's walking through the year in Apple: they shipped Mountain Lion, two new iPods, the iPhone 5, they refresh their entire notebook lineup, and today was the iPac and iPad mini. Earlier this year we got the 3rd generation iPad, which was replaced this year with the 4th generation iPad.
And that's wrap! Thanks for tuning in. Check out Geek.com's coverage of the 13-inch MacBook Pro and the new iMacs.
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Saint Francis' Church inside Fort Kochi (Fort Cochin) is one of the first European churches built in India. The Portuguese traders who built Fort Kochi in 1503 took the same route used by the legendary Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, the first man to reach India by sea, to reach India in 1498.
Saint Francis' Church was built over an earlier wooden church dedicated St. Bartholomew. The Portuguese Viceroy, Dom Francisco Almedia was granted permission by the Raja of Cochin for permission to rebuild the wooden church and dedicate it to Saint Anthony between 1510 and 1516.
The Dutch captured Fort Kochi in 1663, and converted the building into their protestant government church. Fort Kochi remained in Dutch control until 1795 when the British conquered the fort. The Dutch handed the church to the British Anglican Communion in 1804, and the church was renamed to Saint Francis' Church.
On his third visit to India in 1524, Vasco da Gama died in Fort Kochi, and was buried in the church graveyard where his tomb stone can still be seen.
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The best weather to visit Fort Kochi and Saint Francis' Church falls between October and April. Heavy rains fall in the region between June and August, but the rains refreshingly lower the temperature and cause the lush tropic scenery in the area to bloom with life.
Where :
Saint Francis' Church is located inside Fort Kochi in the port city of Kochi in the Southern Indian state of Kerala. Guests traveling with us on a luxury tour of India can easily reach the church using our private vehicle service while exploring the multi-colonial nature of Kochi.
Who :
There are few places in India's long history that have felt the presence of so many different European civilizations in such a small area. Exploring the impressions that the Portuguese, Dutch, and British left on Kochi's culture is a rare treat for our guests.
Appropriate Attire :
Dress for warm weather while visiting this tropical destination on the Arabian Coast.


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Monday, October 18, 2010
Vive Ut Vivas!
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My name is Nitin from Toronto. I am interested in your writing. Some of your posting are good, I can say, best. Can you please tell me how to subscribe to your blog post online?ReplyDelete
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Great tattoo, the script is so clean, really nice work :) 'Vive Ut Vivas' is the motto of my family name. I found out whilst researching our family hisyory, crest etc.ReplyDelete
I was so chuffed when I found out - It's a great phrase and one I truly believe in. I am in the process of designing a vive ut vivas tattoo myself to go between my shoulders across the top of my back. I just can't decide which lettering style to use!
(Just realised how old this thread is! Ah well, I've written the comment now, might as well post it!)
All the best.
May I know what font did you use for your tattoo?ReplyDelete


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Common Core and You {Narrative Writing....again??}
19 comments:
- diditeach said...
Kids LOVE to tell their boo boo dramas......thanks for this !
- June 12, 2012 at 4:09 PM
Thanks for sharing this idea! I will be using this next year!
Delighted in Second
- June 12, 2012 at 4:18 PM
- Lori Rosenberg said...
My students LOVE to tell me all about their boo-boos! Now, they can write about it! Thanks for the wonderful activity!
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Teaching With Love and Laughter
- June 12, 2012 at 4:20 PM
- applesandabcs said...
This is adorable! I love the band aide font! :)
Apples and ABC's
- June 12, 2012 at 4:25 PM
- Suzy Q said...
Love, love, love the title! And I appreciate the plain lines, too.
- June 12, 2012 at 4:44 PM
- Angie said...
If there's something kids LOVE to talk about---it's definitely their boo-boos! =) I have a generic page for them to tell me all about those at our writing station and it's one of the top things they write about daily. I love your freebie! The OUCH font is perfect! Can't wait to add this to our writing next year! Thanks for sharing! :)
Rulin' the Roost
- June 12, 2012 at 6:24 PM
- J Tilton said...
This is so great. Thank you for sharing it!
- June 12, 2012 at 6:33 PM
- The Teachers Backpack said...
Very cute! Kids love to tell all about their ouchies! Thanks for sharing.
The Teacher's Backpack
- June 12, 2012 at 7:48 PM
- Mrs. Lirette said...
LOVE the cute writing prompt! Thanks Rachelle! :)
Mrs. Lirette's Learning Detectives
- June 12, 2012 at 8:42 PM
- Kristin said...
Such a cute idea!!!!!!
- June 12, 2012 at 9:09 PM
- Michelle Hudgeons said...
I love that bandaid font!!! Thank you for sharing this!
Michelle @ Smitten With First
- June 12, 2012 at 9:54 PM
- Lisa R. said...
Love this!! My students used this page from your writing prompts & loved it. The bandaids are adorable!
Learning Is Something to Treasure
- June 13, 2012 at 6:55 AM
- Erin said...
Thanks for all of your freebies and tips!! You were a lifesaver through my student teaching and first year of teaching! :)
Elementary Adventure
- June 13, 2012 at 9:05 AM
- Amanda said...
Great idea for writing personal narrative. I'm going to use and adapt for 4th grade. I have used "Scar Stories" to get some of my more reluctant writers going... there is always a good story behind a scar. :)
The Teaching Thief
- June 13, 2012 at 12:37 PM
- Monica said...
Thank you for sharing this cute idea...I'm not sure who will like this more...me or my kiddos :)
Treasures for Teaching
- June 14, 2012 at 5:45 AM
- Susan Moran said...
Love the freebie! Thanks! I had the hardest time teaching writing narratives my first year so I created a whole TpT packet to help me and it went WAY better this year. This is a perfect little intro to our unit!
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This is an AWESOME resource! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!!! =)
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I love this writing activity. I'm so exciting about using Common Core this year with my 2nd graders. I'm your newest follower. If you get a chance check out my blog "Calling Plays in 2nd Grade"
Thanks, Shanell
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VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Securities Commission has ruled that former notary public Rashida Samji's shady 10-year investment offering to support the financing of a B.C.-based winery added up to a $100-million Ponzi scheme using more than 200 investors, according to a decision released Tuesday.
Samji still faces criminal charges of theft and fraud related to $17 million she raised from 14 investors, and a slew of civil actions related to unravelling the flow of money in the scheme.
However, the commission, in its decision, ruled Samji perpetrated fraud under the B.C. Securities Act by soliciting investments from scores of people by telling them she would hold their money in her trust account and that it would only be used to write "letters of comfort" to support financing for the Vancouver-based Mark Anthony Group's activities in South Africa and South America.
In fact, there was no connection at all with the Mark Anthony Group.
Samji told investors the company would pay fees of between six and 12 per cent per year for allowing their funds to be used in providing the letters, according to the decision, but instead, she paid those returns from money that new investors were giving her.
The actual losses that investors suffered weren't determined in the commission's proceedings as Samji paid as much as $99 million back to individuals.
Forensic accountant Patrick McParland, who was commissioned by RBC Royal Bank as part of one of the civil suits against Samji, testified during the hearing that he identified a group of "winners" among investors, who received payments of $30.6 million in excess of their principal investments. However, he also found a group of "losers" who were owed $41.5 million more than they had received back, leaving about $11 million unaccounted for.
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"There were no fees from third parties to fund the promised returns," the panel wrote in the decision, and "as in all Ponzi schemes, it is certain that some investors will lose all of their investment."
And while other investors will be able to recover funds through civil litigation, the panel estimated many will still "suffer significant losses," and that "none will ever see the returns they were promised."
The scheme first came to light in February 2012 when a security manager at Coast Capital Savings Credit Union alerted the securities commission to the so-called "Mark Anthony" investment. The manager had discovered that a Coast Capital financial planner, Arvin Patel, was helping Samji recruit investors by recommending the scheme to his clients.
Patel told the commission he, too, was a victim of the scheme, losing $240,000 himself and other family members $1.2 million more.
In April 2012, he reached a settlement agreement with the commission in which he admitted to introducing about 90 investors to Samji's offer who put in $28.9 million. He was permanently banned from working in B.C.'s financial markets.
In the decision, the panel wrote that Samji began soliciting investors for the scheme starting in 2003.
In exchange for contributions of up to $200,000 or more, she would give each investor a "letter of direction," spelling out that the money was to be deposited into her trust account, and that no money would be paid out without their permission. Money was only to be used as collateral for the "comfort letters."
However, the decision states Samji admitted that she deposited investor money in her business accounts, and after 2005 didn't have a trust account at all.
According to the decision, Samji acknowledged that she never provided any letters of comfort, and that investors' funds were paid back as interest to earlier investors.
"The evidence clearly establishes that Samji deceived the investors," the panel wrote. "The whole investment scheme was one big lie."
The commission held a 12-day hearing in its administrative proceedings, which heard from 18 witnesses and saw investigators submit 10,000 documents for review.
Commission executive director Paul Bourque, in an emailed statement, said investigators pursued the administrative case against Samji because the case was first reported to the BCSC, and because its objectives to protect investors differ from criminal proceedings.
The RCMP conducted its own investigation concurrently, which resulted in Samji's arrest last November on 28 charges of theft and fraud related to 14 investors. Neil MacKenzie, spokesman for the provincial Crown prosecutor service, said Samji's case has been set for trial starting in February of 2015.
Samji's lawyer, Rod Anderson, could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
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Having 4 boys in the house (not including their injury-prone Father) we fully expect to spend hours at hospitals and doctors surgeries. I'm constantly surprised and amazed that we haven't spent more time in actual fact. I am also aware that that last sentence was probably tempting fate... In the past we have had 3 broken collar bones (2 for the same boy), 2 broken wrists, one super-glued finger (from cycling no-handedly into the back of a parked vehicle - doh), one super-glued head (the result of a game involving bunk-beds and a door) not to mention Daddy's various fractured wrists, thumbs and ankles and torn ligaments and muscles. Recently we've had a couple of beauties that I thought I would share with you!
The first one occurred the day after Archie's birthday. I had gone to the movies with a couple of friends and John had taken Archie, sans freres, to the football. All younger sibs had been duly deposited at our lovely neighbours' house for the hour or so that our activities overlapped. Within half an hour, I had a phone call to say that Robert had had a fall and had a nasty cut on his eye. There had been debate about stitches but the consensus was that it would probably be ok. I tried to get hold of John as I was car less but took the decision to trust that everyone else could manage without me! Long story short, when I got home, John had spent most of the evening with 5 kids at A&E and had eventually been sent home with an appointment for the Out of Hours GP Access for about 10.45pm. So I trotted up with a sleepy wee boy and was told that thankfully there were no stitches or super glue required and that butterfly stitches would do the job. As the swelling went down it looked a lot less scary and while he will have a scar, it's nowhere near as awful as it could have been if it had been an inch higher.
The next one involved the trampoline, again it's no small miracle that there haven't been more trampoline-related dramas! They had been practising their back-flips and somehow Archie's head connected with one of the poles that used to hold the net. Some of you may remember the cartoon-style lump on Joseph's head at our leaving do, well this was very similar! He has long hair which covers the area, but it actually stuck out through! To be honest I think the trampoline came off worst as the little clip that connects the pole has been comprehensively wrecked due to the force of his skull!
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I'm happy for Armentrout even though I haven't finished this series but I'm intrigued to see how it turns out because like you mentioned they tend to mess up on these things, for the most part.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes! I'm really happy for Armentrout and I really hope it's a good movie. But I'm not putting all my cards on the table, though....Delete
I have a bad feeling about this, there are so many YA coming out at the moment that this might end up another blah like what happened to Vampire Academy...but I will keep my eye on it and really hope I am wrong!ReplyDelete
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I couldn't agree more! I keep hearing about new YA books being adapted, and I end up with a mix of excitement while cringing... It's hard to say what will happen!Delete
It's no secret that like you, I'm a huge JLA fan, but I do have to be a little sceptical about this too. I think part of the reason the Hunger Games was so successful was because it's a dystopian, action-filled book. But Obsidian, while I love it, is really just romance. It's mainly development of characters, with a few *small* action scenes thrown in. Half the time they're in school or going swimming! While I'm so proud of Jen for getting the green light, I honestly can't see this being as popular as Hunger Games. Even the City of Glass movie, which is really action-packed and fantasy-related, didn't do well.ReplyDelete
I'm still going to see this movie and who knows! I may be proven wrong. It all depends on who adapts it and who the main actors are. *fingers crossed*Replies
My thoughts exact! I'm not too sure how they're going to do this movie. I'm not too certain on how the plot will do in terms of being a movie, since there isn't much action until the very end. But I'll still see it, and like you said, who know what can happen!Delete
I'm ecstatic for Jennifer Armentrout and while that was my response when it was first rumored years ago, now I'm not so sure... Maybe I'm just being overly skeptical (and can't picture anyone but the cover model as Daemon) but there are so many ways it could go wrong/disappoint. I'm reserving judgement until we get more news though :)ReplyDelete
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I'm in the same boat as you, I can't picture anyone as Daemon except for the cover model, so it's going to a bit hard for me when they do casting! There are so many ways for this all to crash and burn, but I'm hoping most of it won't...Delete
I'm so excited! When I found out I squealed like the fangirl I am. I'm also so nervous... what if they mess it up? What if they ruin it?! I need to calm down now... yeah.ReplyDelete
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Me too!!! I'm so excited, but at the same time, I feel apprehensive... It's hard to tell whether or not it will be good, but fingers crossed that it will blow everyone away!Delete
I've still never read this, I don't even know what it's about! I guess I'll have to read it or see the movie! ^-^ReplyDelete
I'm curious to see how it ends up! :)Replies
Oooh, you should read the series! I'm going to almost guarantee that the book will be 100% better than the movie for this, mainly because there's so much inner stuff that goes on in the books that make it so great!Delete
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I still haven't picked up a book by her. eek!! can you recommend which one to read first??ReplyDelete
Hey hey!! Just wanted to let you know that I've switched the name of my blog from Things Lucy Reads to The Reading Emporium!! I would love if you could re-follow on bloglovin. Here is the link: https://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/reading-emporium-14513933
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Is the GPIO state preserved in deep sleep mode? The goal is to use one of the GPIO (5, 4 2 or 0) to switch on a voltage regulator by driving the GPIO line at high level.
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I don't think so. Won't it stop the execution of code putting controller in a low power state?
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This week for My Kitchen, My World Megan of My Baking Adventures took us to England! Right away I knew what I would be making because just a few days before finding out what country we would be visiting Grumpy had told me he wanted this dish. Little did he know he was fulfilling my need to make a British dish for my blog. he he.
I made a Shepherd's Pie. I also decided to do a little looking up about it. I found out it is also called Cottage Pie. This dish consists of diced meat and vegetables in a gravy, covered with mashed potatoes and sometimes cheese. I did some web searching and found a recipe with a gravy that I thought sounded pretty flavorful. The recipe is listed below with my (few) alterations in red.
For all of you out there dying to know how Grumpy liked this one – he did like the dish. I mean, it was meat and potatoes for goodness sake!
British Shepherds Pie
from Chef2Chef.net
1 1/2 pounds ground beef (I used ground venison)
1 cup carrot — diced (I used a little more than 1 cup of frozen carrots and peas)
1/2 cup onion — diced
1 cup corn (didn't see this til it was too late – and Grumpy DID notice the corn was missing!)
2 cloves garlic — crushed
1 cup beef stock (I used better than boullion – beef flavor)
1/2 teaspoon salt (didn't use the salt)
1/2 teaspoon pepper (forgot the pepper – man I'm starting to worry about myself forgetting and missing items in the ingredient list!)
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons steak sauce
1/2 cup gravy, dry mix, brown
2 pounds potato — mashed
1 cup water
Brown ground beef with onions. In a skillet on medium high heat Add garlic, beef stock, Worcestershire sauce, steak sauce and vegetables. Finish cooking.
Add Salt & Pepper to taste.
Cook potatoes in water with a dash of salt, mash cooked potatoes and set aside. (I mashed my potatoes with half and half – maybe about 1/3 cup and about 1-1/2 Tablespoons butter)
Pour the dry gravy mix into bowl & mix with 1 cup of cold water. Mix gravy mix back into pan containing beef and vegetables, stirring continuously till thickened.
Pour mix into a baking dish and allow to cool. When cool spoon mashed potato over mixture,
Bake in Oven till golden brown approx. 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees.
You can also finish this off by topping with Grated cheddar cheese and sliced tomatoes. (I did top with cheddar cheese but I did not top with tomatoes)
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When I peel apples, I always think of the alphabet.
It all started when I was in first grade. My teacher, Mrs. Darnell, was peeling my apple and she told me that the peel could tell my future.
I was intrigued. I mean, I was six years old.
She said that whenever you peel an apple, you need to recite your ABCs.
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Since then, I've always landed on the same letter. It's completely creepy and weird. And a teeny-tiny, itty-bitty part of me wonders if it will be true.
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Crockpot Applesauce
The crock pot method of making applesauce does take a bit longer than the stove-top version, but it fills your kitchen with the smells of fall. I loved the way this applesauce tasted – lightly tart, but sweet with a hint of spices. It tastes delicious topped with chopped walnuts or even a bit of ice cream.
- 6 medium-large apples – I used Granny Smith, but a sweeter apple will work
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon – although I added a bit more because I LOVE cinnamon
- pinch of nutmeg and ginger
1. Peel, core, and chop apples into smallish chunks. I had about 6-7 cups of apples.
2. In a crock pot set on high, place apple chunks, maple, and spices. Mix well. Allow apples to cook for about 3 hours or until the apples are completely softened. I didn't need to puree or mash my applesauce because I like it chunky, but you can puree or mash if you want it smoother. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
It may separate, that's okay, just mix it up again.
Recipe lightly adapted from (neverhome)maker
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736 N. DuPont Hwy., Dover, DE 19901
Main: 302-736-0800
Fax: 302-736-1993
Toll: 800-999-3727
Sat - 9-1
Sun - Closed
995 N.DuPont Blvd, Milford, DE 19963
Toll: 800-950-0372
Main: 302-422-2424
Fax: 302-422-6787
Sat - By Appt Only
Sun - Closed
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