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By Shannon C. Stimson, Murray Milgate
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Few concerns are extra vital to our current predicaments than the connection among economics and politics. within the century after Adam Smith's Wealth of countries the British financial system was once reworked. After Adam Smith appears to be like at how politics and political financial system have been articulated and changed. It considers how grand rules in regards to the connections among person liberty, unfastened markets, and social and monetary justice occasionally attributed to Smith are as a lot the made from slow variations and alterations wrought by way of later writers.
Thomas Robert Malthus, David Ricardo, James Mill, John Stuart Mill, and different liberals, radicals, and reformers had a hand in conceptual variations that culminated within the introduction of neoclassical economics. The inhabitants challenge, the declining value of agriculture, the implications of industrialization, the structural features of civil society, the position of the nation in fiscal affairs, and the prospective limits to development have been questions that underwent major readjustments because the thinkers who faced them in several occasions and situations transformed the framework of principles complicated via Smith--transforming the discussion among politics and political economic system. through the top of the 19th century an industrialized and globalized marketplace economic system had firmly confirmed itself. through exploring how questions Smith had initially grappled with have been recast because the economic climate and the rules of political financial system altered through the 19th century, this ebook demonstrates that we're as a lot the heirs of later pictures of Smith as we're of Smith himself.
Many writers contributed to shaping other ways of pondering economics and politics after Adam Smith. by way of ignoring their interventions we danger misreading our past--and additionally misusing it--when wondering the alternatives on the interface of economics and politics that confront us this day.
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Several reservations could be raised against deriving Smith's politics in the Wealth of Nations from his Moral Sentiments and Lectures on Jurisprudence. With regard to the connection between the three works it could be argued that it is less Smith's own construction than the imaginative work of others. 29 This is perhaps no more than to note that, as does Robertson, the Wealth of Nations was a "freestanding" presentation of economic principles, and that confining Smith's understanding of political economy to the civic humanist framework threatens "to liberate Smith's political economy from one interpretive straight-jacket" (namely, liberal capitalism) "only to constrain it with another (Robertson 2000, 51).
But if the remedies were not to be worse than the existing obstacles, governments would have to learn to act in line 28 CHAPTER TWO politan—has been formulated in many ways, and often by recourse to numerous citations to the Wealth of Nations (and the Moral Sentiments). This begs the question of whether and to what degree Smith's writings could possibly present us with a useable past. There has been significant consideration of this question over the last three or four decades. We have been cautioned, quite rightly, that we cannot reasonably interpret authors remote from us in time to be discussing issues of contemporary importance, or to see them as speaking to our own political and economic concerns through the mists of time.
On this interpretation, Holland could be held up as Smith's benchmark of the republican and commercial polity (65). Cropsey suggested that Smith "never went to the length of making positive proposals in this regard for his own country," leaving Smith's teaching in this case to be interpretively inferred. 17 Cropsey flagged this 16 Emma Rothschild and Amartya Sen note that Smith did not use the word liberal to characterise a political position. ' To belong to the species liberal, he said in the Lectures on Jurisprudence, is to have the behavior of a gentleman, and in particular, to be free to involve oneself in public affairs" (see Rothschild and Sen 2006, 344).


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Generally speaking, I try not to make big sweeping generalizations like "all dogs stink" or "all frat boys are cocky assholes", but I think I may have found a generalization that I'm willing to support and standby: Washington State Ferry workers are the grouchiest, most unpleasant bunch of people I've ever met.
There, I said it. I feel like I'm qualified to make this assessment because having grown up on the Peninsula and living on Bainbridge, I've been riding the ferry for years. I even commuted daily to Seattle from Bainbridge for a year. I have never met a pleasant ferry worker. They are always scowling, taking themselves way too seriously and being rude to commuters and unhelpful to tourists. If they think you are driving too fast or if you have your headlights on, they will CUSS you out. They love nothing more than to crucify people for this. And don't even think about accidentally parking in the wrong lane.
Let me give you a few examples:
Example #1
Ferry workers are total control freaks. You would think they were in the FBI the way they boss people around and act like they are hot shit. Let's be honest, they are human stop lights. They tell cars where to park, when to stop, when to go and when to turn off their headlights. All of these tasks can be accomplished with either a stop light or a road sign. And yet there are more ferry workers per passenger than there are teachers per student in your child's school. Go figure.
Anyways, back to example #1. The other day, I drove onto the boat. They pointed me in the general direction – this isn't my first rodeo, I've done this before. I pulled up about a foot from the car in front of me and parked. Done – turned the engine off. As I was getting out of the car, one of the ferry workers walked up and INSISTED that I get back in my car and pull forward six inches. WHAT?!? Are you crazy? It wasn't even a full boat! Jerk.
Example #2
Random story. My mom is a regular commuter. She commutes from Bainbridge Island to Bellevue everyday (it's crazy, I know). One summer day, she was riding the ferry and had her bare feet kicked out the car window. As she often does, she fell asleep and took advantage of the extra time for a little nap. She woke up because one of the ferry workers was tickling her bare feet. EWWWW.
Example #3
During the summer, it's common to get a lot of tourists riding the ferries. Most of the time, they are riding to Bainbridge and then riding right back to Seattle. The tourists don't know that they have to "disembark the vessel" when they get to Bainbridge. I can't tell you how many times I've seen ferry workers treat the tourists like they are the biggest idiots because they are confused by this.
For anyone who thinks this sounds like a good gig, successful Washington State Ferry workers:
- Display a permanent frown and enjoy going out of their way to be rude.
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BBC Sport reporter David Ornstein claims that he has been told that Manchester United's chances of signing Jadon Sancho this summer are "50/50".
The Daily Mail reported last week that no Champions League football 'has put a big dent in their hopes' to sign Sancho after persistent rumours that he could join the Red Devils in the summer.
And Ornstein has revealed that despite the interest, there is no guarantees that United will be able to sign Borussia Dortmund winger Sancho.
"The big one which not people have spoken about is Jadon Sancho," Ornstein told BBC Radio 5 Live.
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In the battle of the European stars, New York City Football Club beat the LA Galaxy 1-0 on Saturday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
These are arguably the two highest-profile teams in the MLS, as NYCFC boasts Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo, and David Villa, while Los Angeles has Steven Gerrard, Robbie Keane, and Ashley Cole.
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Authority of the Believer – Acts 4 – How to receive by Pastor Don Moore
We all need the Authority of the Believer in these days to a greater and greater degree. We want to have anything and everything – all that God has for us. We want His healing, relationship, power, presence and manifestation. People want to receive a touch from the Lord, fall in the spirit, enter into worship, but without proper work and knowing how to receive we won't receive what we are seeking.
Giving and receive requires acts and basic things.
We can have a love relationship: Husband to wife, pastor to congregation, mother to daughter, parent to child. All these relationships should be based on love. Every love relationship does not have the same dynamic. Not every one in a love relationship has a clear understanding of how to give or receive. For example there is a book out regarding love languages. Some people feel the only way person can demonstrate love to them is by a public act of affection such as holding hands when walking down the street. Others think that small acts of service demonstrate love. If you give the person who seeks a public act of affection some act of service they will not perceive that as an act of love for you are not speaking their love language.
Sometimes a person seeking a particular kind of love language gets frustrated and says, "This ……. is what I want." The person trying to please the needy one does that action only to have it rejected because the person wanted the other one to do what they wanted without having to be told to do it. So it becomes a situation of yes you did it, but it wasn't enough. That person needs to learn to receive within the dynamics of what is acceptable.
This inability to receive puts a strain in the relationship and the person feels they are damned if they do and damned if they don't.
If we can understand how to receive and give, then we can understand how God stoops down to give to us.
Mercy is God giving something to the pitiful, giving something from the bigger to the lower, God pities us. We can either receive what God is giving or be prideful and reject it. We can in effect tell God, "I don't want your pity."
How you receive is very important. The problem is receiving and God gives us good and bad examples of receiving in His Word.
Peter and John arrested.
Acts 4:23-30 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'Why did the nations rage, and the people plot vain things? The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the LORD and against His Christ.' "For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. (29) Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, (30) by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus."
Verse 29-30 – Believers are to speak God's Word, and stretch out their hand, seeking His signs and wonders, waiting to receive. They ask for what has already been promised, and now they receive from God. When you ask God for what He has promised it releases great power.
Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
If we want to receive from God, ask what God has already promised. We are asking God for Churches and He wants to give us the planet. We ask Him for money, and He wants to make us prosperous. Ask God for what He has promised. Ask Him for a ministry and a calling and we know that out of the 12 Spiritual Gifts there is something for everyone. Acquire what has been provided.
They had asked to start a Church in Damascus, but did not get an instant response to that. They asked for Boldness and the Lord shook the building and gave them an infilling of the Spirit with boldness.
The Lord is looking for one who is listening. He is calling someone and is prepared to give us what He knows we need, not what we FEEL we need. We ask God to show us His love, but we also have to be ready to receive it.
Ask God for what He wants to do, and tell Him you will take what He wants to give any way He wants to give it, and be ready to receive it. Find out what the Word of the Lord is on this issue. God has provided signs and wonders, and when we pray His Word to Him in the Name of Jesus, He shows up.
John 16:23-24 And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
The disciples – after Jesus goes to Heaven to be with His Father, ask in Jesus' Name.
The fullness of joy does not come by satiation of an emotional moment. God wants us to be JOY FULL.
We can ask God for a car, but if we are using it for some illegal purposes, God probably will not give us the car.
John 16:26-27 In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God.
To receive from God is based on our relationship to Him. It is based on I know He loves me. We don't have to earn God's love. If we aren't assured that He loves us, if we aren't assured of our relationship to Him, it makes it difficult to believe we can receive in the fullness of Joy.
We mess it up every time. Something good happens and we think we did it ourselves. Something happens and we blame God, which is not honoring the Holy Spirit. Every good and perfect gift comes from God. Some people fear that they have blasphemed God. Pastor Don spent some time showing people the qualifications of what it takes to do that, to show us that few believers do blaspheme God like so many fear that they have done. We need to know we don't qualify.
Hebrews 6:1-3 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits.
We do not want to go back to laying a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith toward God. We do not need to relay the foundation. That is a phoniness out of the flesh. We are seeking to move to perfection, and we are to move beyond the Elementary principles of Christ – these Paul considered elementary. The first principle is FAITH TOWARD GOD. The second principle is the DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS.
There are several baptisms mentioned in the Bible There is the BAPTISM INTO CHRIST – the fellowship of the revelation of who Jesus is, it is when we are born again. Just because we believe in Jesus does not mean that we have made Jesus our CEO. Jesus is Lord of our life, our Chief Executive Officer.
BAPTISM INTO THE BODY – the Body of Christ (the Church). There are some members that attend church but never connect with others at church, don't volunteer, don't spend time with other members. They come to church and just want to worship and go home, but have their walls up regarding others in the church. Pastor Don shared how one time he and Cynthia went to hear a friend speak at another church. After the service they had a coffee hour, no one greeted Pastor and Cynthia, no one welcomed them, offered them coffee or anything. Finally Pastor Don and Cynthia took a cup of coffee, no one smiled, shook hands or anything. His friend came by and said isn't this amazing – they didn't even greet me and I was the speaker. People should not come to church and be ignored.
We are part of the WHOLE BODY OF CHRIST – it is nondenominational. When a person is Baptized into the Body, they aren't baptized into a denomination. And as they look at the members of the Body, they need to realize that they should be treating others of higher importance than themselves. To look out for the welfare and offer kindness to others in the Body of Christ.
The BAPTISM INTO THE FATHER – as we know Jesus, we learn about the Father and develop a relationship with Him.
BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT – which gives us the fruit of the Spirit.
WATER BAPTISM – The baptism of John the Baptist, immersion in water as an outward sign of what happened inwardly when we were forgiven of our sins when we accepted Jesus.
The other ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES – laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead (yes, that is an elementary principle), and Eternal Judgment.
There are some who are teaching there is no hell, that even satan will be forgiven in the end. That contradicts the Word of God. When a brother in Christ moves out from the foundations of faith, begins to believe doctrines that do not agree with the Word of God, we can be nice and sweet to them, but our fellowship with them can't be the same for they are not in agreement with the Word of God.
Hebrews 6:3 And this we will do if God permits. The "this" is keeping the foundations of faith.
Hebrews 6:4-5 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,
For those who are enlightened about the basic, elementary principles of faith, that fully understood them, have operated in the signs and wonders, and have received the Holy Spirit and operated in the power of the Holy Spirit. – it is IMPOSSIBLE to:
Hebrews 6:6 if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.
The only way that you can blaspheme the Holy Spirit is if you do all the five things mentioned in verses 1-3, and the fall away, it is impossible to renew into repentance. Why? Because you can't crucify the Son of God a second time – Christ died ONCE for our sins. The bulk of people do not qualify in all five of the areas – so if they fall away, they can repent and return. It would have to be someone who flowed also in the gifts of the spirit – one example Pastor Don gave was Judas Iscariot. Also lucifer who knew God, knew Jesus, did signs and wonders, but fell. There is no way back – it is eternal judgment and ETERNAL JUDGMENT is ETERNAL. Jesus spoke of dead men's bones, white washed tombs. Not everyone would qualify.
Hebrews 6:7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God;
We receive blessings from God like the rain that the earth drinks, what comes upon it. We receive the blessings that come from God, we drink and cultivate them. We drink what God gives – the blessings and authority. God will not bless what he cannot condone. Pastor Don spoke about a friend of his who always bought lotto tickets, hoping for the big win. Pastor Don offered to invest the money for this friend, give him the increase in advance, all the friend had to do was to promise not to buy lotto tickets. The man did not do that, and ended up dying of cancer in a state of poverty.
How do we receive? We receive BY FAITH, BY THE RELATIONSHIP. We have to know God's heart and when we do then we CONTROL DOUBT AND UNBELIEF. We fight the feelings of unworthiness, doubt and unbelief.
Pastor Don had us lift up our heads and hands \O/ and open our mouth to receive. We need to look around every corner in life, knowing that everyday something good is around the corner that we can't see. We can't see what is around the corner until we get there. We walk through life expecting to receive from God with positive expectancy, fulfilling the joy of our daily existence. We are happy we get up to see what God is going to do. Expect it, it is just around the corner.
SILENCE THE MIND. Our thought life can be our worst enemy. We need to take our thoughts captive. Pastor Don gave the example of what kind of mental thoughts go through our mind when the phone rings at an odd hour.
SILENCE THE MIND – pay attention to our idle thoughts. (Heather's note I keep mistyping idle as idol – but in reality our idle thoughts can be our idols.) God holds us accountable for our idle thoughts, and he doesn't want to hear our inner chatter such as – if she says this, I will say that. God wants to give you good things – don't disqualify yourself by idle thoughts from the blessings God wants to bestow on you.
To silence the mind and receive.
1. Enlarge your spiritual activity. How often do you casually speak in tongues? Some of us only pray in tongues during a church service, but it is not a lifestyle for us. We can speak in tongues quietly, under our breath, as we go through our daily activities. When we are speaking in tongues we kill the idle thoughts that can come in our mind, it helps to empty our mind of garbage. We are told to pray without ceasing. We can't pray with our understanding incessantly, we would run out of things to say, so when we pray in the spirit, it permits the Holy Ghost to pray with purpose what He knows we need to be praying. It is like turning on a cell phone, and that will guarantee that you receive the call that is coming to you. If you turn off the cell phone, the call won't get through. If our radio is constantly tuned to an AM station with all of it's static and business, we won't be able to hear the still small voice of God. We need to attune ourselves to God's voice.
2. Take time to meditate during the day – this is not the empty the mind buddhist sort of meditation. Meditation means to quietly mutter the Word of God. We focus our mind, not empty our minds.
Pastor Don spoke of his college days when his roommates were experimenting with the ouija board, and it never worked when Pastor Don had his hand on it. He felt that that spirit of the ouija board hated him. Pastor Don asked his friends to ask the spirit of the ouija board why it hated him, and it was that Pastor Don (who wasn't a pastor at the time) had a different spirit, and then it informed him that his friend Rita was at the door. Even the spirits know when we are not open to receiving from them, when we have the spirit of God active in us, the other spirits do not want to deal with us.
We don't empty our mind, for if we empty our mind we can let anything or anyone into our minds – and if it is anything other than God it is dangerous.
When we meditate we can sit for a few minutes each day and think of scriptures. We can look at nature's bounty and thank God for the beauty of His creation, we can look at bits and pieces of the Psalms and quietly mutter one of them. We are focusing on the Spirit and beauty of God. The Holy Spirit will tell us what He wants us to learn through this.
3. MENTAL PROCLAMATION – We must make our minds come in line with the Word of God – tell our mind it is willing and ready to receive from God. Mentally tell our spirit man what the Spirit of God is wanting him to do. Dictate to our ind and spirit, that I am going to hear from God. God speaks to me. Proclaim it. We bring our mind, body, and spirit in line with the Word. We can reduce hypertension, increase our health and wisdom. Pastor Don recommended praying Daniel 2:20-23 …Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and might are His. And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him. I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of You, for You have made known to us the king's demand.
4. Choose your PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT and control it – the time and place where you get something from God. Pick the times and places. For example, Pastor Don expects to receive from God on Sunday, that he will get a Word from the Lord for the people. The world is a noisy place, and we need to find a place where we can get quiet before God.
You grieve the Holy Spirit by formulating assumptions and ignore the commands of God, not taking His Word as commands. Taking what you learn from the Holy Spirit and then assuming another thing later on. Here are some examples from Scripture.
Acts 5:38-42 And now I say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it—lest you even be found to fight against God." And they agreed with him, and when they had called for the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.
The Pharisees and Scribes grieved the Holy Spirit because they said that what the apostles were teaching was not of God. Gamaliel told them to leave the apostles alone, for the fruit of their work would show it to be false or not.
Acts 6:12-14 And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. They also set up false witnesses who said, "This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law; for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us."
They accused Stephen of sin, and lied. He would be the first martyr, which we see in Acts Chapter 7.
In Acts 12, Peter is in prison and the church is praying for them.
Acts 12:5 Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church.
An angel releases Peter, initially Peter thought it was a dream. Acts 12:11 And when Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people."
Peter walks to the disciple's place of residence and knocks at the door.
Acts 12:13-16 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a girl named Rhoda came to answer. When she recognized Peter's voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate. But they said to her, "You are beside yourself!" Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, "It is his angel." Now Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.
Peter knocks, but when Rhoda answers the door, she is so excited she leaves him standing outside and runs to tell the others. They don't believe that he really was released, but he kept knocking and then the disciples find that it is true and it astonishes the believers.
They were praying continually for something to happen but not believing that it would. They rejected it when it did happen, initially. This is mild in comparison to the following example.
Acts 5:1-3 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself?
They lied to the Holy Spirit. There was nothing wrong with holding back money for their own use, what was wrong was pretending that they had given all to the Church when they had held back some.
Acts 5:4-5 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God." Then Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and breathed his last. So great fear came upon all those who heard these things.
Ananias' wife did the same thing and lied to the Holy Spirit.When Born again members of the church lie, it grieves the Holy Spirit, and in this case he killed them.
Pastor Don then mentioned about Simon the Sorcerer who wanted to purchase the power of the Holy Spirit, and Peter says:
Acts 8:20-24 But Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money! You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God. Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity." Then Simon answered and said, "Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me."
Judas Iscariot took the bread dipped in oil (the Holy Spirit) and ate it, then went out and sold the Savior for 30 pieces of silver. This grieved the Holy Spirit. Judas had formulated the assumption that God's not doing what he prophesied he would do, and assumed that Jesus would come in a certain way, and Jesus came in a different way.
One other thing that believers do is pray for one thing with their mouths but want something different in their hearts. They are not sharing their real issues with God.
They are making the assumption that they are afraid to bring their hearts desire to God, for fear that He will not respond to this desire. We need to share with God what we really want. He wants us to be honest with Him. Some are afraid to ever pray to God about their real concerns, and the devil is waiting there to come in and cause havoc, for the people haven't been honest with God.
We will reach deeper levels of trust only when we can trust God. We don't need to tell God how to do what we need. We can trust that He will do what He's going to do, and He's going to do it in His perfect time, His perfect way. We can trust that He has it under control.
The devil hears us when we pray. Pastor Don gave an example from the movie Ghost Busters where everyone had to keep their minds empty, and one person decided to think a seemingly harmless thought about the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man – and had no idea that it would turn into something so huge that it destroyed cars and people.
We can't do that to God. We don't want to box God. Give God free reign in your life. If you try and tell God how to do it the way you think that it should be done you will be in serious trouble. We want to do it God's way in God's timing.
Jesus could have avoided the cross had he chosen to bow to satan – and Jesus would have had the rule of the Kingdoms of the Earth, but He never would have risen to greatness if He did not go by way of the Cross.
Paul suffered much for Jesus, and was willing to go through what he went through, although probably in his flesh he would rather have had a different answer to prayer.
We do not want to tell God how to do what He wants to do for us. Instead, just be ready to receive and trust Him. God is not out to hurt you or withhold from you. Sometimes receiving your blessings takes time. Never confuse the fleshly desires with God's desires for you. God wants to feed your soul more than your ego.
We then went up to the sanctuary and sat waiting on God, with the prayer in our minds that He will bless me tonight, and we are praying to receive what God has for us, and we are ready to receive.
God showed up big.
Heather's note – take some time today and ask God what He wants you to receive, and receive it. He has great blessings for you.
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I posted a while ago about having a crisis of faith. I imagine, considering everything that we've been through as a family over the last few years, that it was a perfectly normal reaction. I've had some time to heal, and I'm feeling a bit more open again. Not to say that I have found a religion or anything, it's more that I feel connected again.
It's well timed, really. I've recently started reading about Waldorf education and while it doesn't completely fit our family, there are elements that are so right. I love the idea of celebrating the seasons, rituals, rhythms, simplifying, and making what you can rather than buying – it all makes sense. I will say that the low-tech life part doesn't work for us so much. We live with screens on all the time, and we're happy with that. We are cutting down, but I am a blogger and my husband is in IT. It's something we are passionate about.
Anyway, due to illness in the house, we missed the Autumn Equinox. I was disappointed, but came across a waldorf festival, Michaelmas, was on the 29th. It seems like a lot of the festivals are Catholic based (which is fascinating to me, I love the idea of feast days, saints days, etc…). My husband's family is Catholic so I like the idea of sharing the culture and the religion with Liam. We spent the weekend picking apples (and finding the "stars" in apples), spending time with family, cleaning the home, and enjoying each others company. I set up Liam's nature table (another waldorf idea I'll get to in another post) and cleansing the space.
I can't even remember the last time I cleansed the house. I used to do it every season. I missed the smell of sage so much. It was like coming home. My sister in law had also given me some blessed salt from church, so I used that as well.
I feel fantastic today. I needed to find my rhythm again. I needed to re-establish my connection with the world. Fall is normally such a tough time of year for me, emotionally. It's nice to have a festival to remind me of what tools I have to face those tough times.


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Verizon Confident 5G to Be Rolled Commercially in 2018
Verizon Communications still sees 2018 as the commercial rollout for initial 5G-based services as it continues to collect results from its initial batch of field trials, which are using 5G-based technologies to deliver speedy fixed-wireless broadband.
"[It's] too early right now to be more definitive…but we're still confident that we'll have commercial product in-market during 2018," Verizon EVP and CFO Matt Ellis said on Thursday's Q2 earning's call.
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Ahead of more advanced use cases for 5G, such as mobility and self-driving cars, Verizon is starting off by testing it as a fixed-wireless technology in 11 markets (Ann Arbor, Mich.; Atlanta, Bernardsville, N.J.; Brockton, Mass.; Dallas; Denver; Houston; Miami; Sacramento; Seattle; and Washington, D.C.) so it can get a feel on how it performs in different environments and settings and how the economics will add up.
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Ellis said trials are up and running in eight of those pre-commercial trials.
"We have the first batch of customers on the network. We will have trial results towards the end of the year that will give us valuable insights for commercial deployments," he said.
On Tuesday's call, Ellis did not advance the ball on Verizon's plans to try out an OTT TV service that would compete with services such as PlayStation Vue, YouTube TV, Sling TV, fuboTV and DirecTV Now.


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|Julia Kapatelis
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|Wonder Woman v2 #3 (April 1987)
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Julia was born in Cefalonia, Greece to Greek Orthodox parents Agostos and Maria Deneiros in the 1930s.[1] In June 1937, while still a toddler, Julia went sailing with her parents on the Lonian Sea but fell overboard due to a sudden storm. She was rescued from drowning by the goddess Thetis. Thetis would rescue mortal female children she deemed "special" and safely transport them to the shores of Themyscira's Island of Healing. (Male children were taken someplace else.) Once on the island the Amazon`s chief physician Epione would discover them and tend to their care. After this the child would be taken to the royal palace where one Amazon is selected as the child's "Guardian of Inspiraton". The silver haired Amazon Pythia volunteered to bless baby Julia, granting her great wisdom and strength of spirit. According to Pythia, Julia was the last of hundreds of babies to experience this. This "blessing" in actuality was a subliminal suggestion for the child to teach peace and equality throughout their lives. This blessing can extend to descendants as well. This custom is called "Send Forth". Once this is done the child is considered an Amazon and spiritual daughter to the Amazon who blessed them. After a few days of recouperation and blessings the child is taken to the island shores again where she is taken back into the ocean and returned, again by Thetis who magically travels back in time to return the child to the exact point in time when the child first left her homeland. Because of this, Julia's parents believed baby Julia had disappeared under the stormy waters for only a few seconds before being pulled back into the boat.
As with countless other female babies blessed by the Amazons before her, Julia thrived in her newfound spiritual blessing, excelling at every task she undertook. Despite her accomplishments Julia lost her brother, Peter Deneiros, during the war in 1944 as part of the Greek underground. when she was still very young.
Later, Julia met David Kapatelis while attending Athens University. Julia was studying for her Geology Major. while David was studying for his Archaeology Major, which Julia took on as her Minor study subject herself. They traveled the world together exploring various cultures and histories. At each site they would visit Julia would write down her findings and have them published in various academic journals Eventually Julia married David in Greece. An independent thinker, Julia wanted to keep her maiden name as her family had no one else to carry it on. This upset David's traditional Greek family so she relented and took David's family name of Kapatelis.
Julia became pregnant while she and David were exploring Scotland. As a joke David wanted to name their unborn child "Nessie" after the local Scottish creature the Loch Ness. Though humored, Julia didn't agree but settled on Vanessa as a close substitute. Julia remained married to David until his death 22 years into their marriage when Vanessa was 5 years old. He died while exploring ruins in Egypt. Deciding to make a fresh start Julia took Vanessa to live in the U.S. where she eventually became the Dean for the Department of History and Geology at Havard University They currently live in the Beacon Hill section of Boston,Massachusetts.
While at Harvard Julia worked alongside a promising student named Helena Sandsmark. Julia mentored Helena over the years and eventually helped Helena become a Professor and Curator at the Gateway City Museum of Cultural Antiquities. Helena would later have a daughter named Cassandra Sandsmark.
Meeting Diana
During her time at Harvard Julia also met Wonder Woman. Julia was the first non-Amazon woman Diana aka Wonder Woman ever met. At that time Diana was non-familiar with the English language and only spoke her native Themyscirian language. As it was a close derivative of Greek, Julia was able to understand Diana to an extent. Julia took Diana into her home and family and taught her not only English but modern history as well.
After Vanessa was attacked by Decay, Julia made Diana's fight her own and helped her battle the war god Ares
Still unaware of her own Amazonian ties, Julia eventually touched Harmonia's talisman during her first meeting with Diana, which resulted with several flashes of memories from Julia's Send Forth period. This confused Julia until she later was invited to Diana's homeland of Themyscira. On her visit she met Pythia and the two felt a strange connection to each other. When Julia and Pythia touched hands, Julia's previous history on Themysciria ran through both Julia's and Pythia's mind, unlocking her forgotten past. Reunited, Julia and Pythia formed a close bond. Similar to Julia's mother-like role to Diana, Pythia developed a protective relationship to Julia. When the witch Circe kidnapped Julia during the War of the gods storyline, Pythia took it upon herself to rescue Julia, calling Julia her daughter.
When Diana became Ambassador of Themyscira, Julia knew Diana would need help adjusting to a world of men and became a sort of foster mother to Diana. During these events Julia managed to keep her personal and academic life pretty full. On trips to Greece Julia reconnected with Stavros Christadoulodou, a noted Epigraphist and a close family friend for many years. Though both interested, their relationship remained only as close and respected friends. A similar situation occurred between Julia and one of Vanessa's high school geometry teachers named Horace Westlake. The two dated for a few months until he was killed by Doctor Pshyco. At one point Julia was presented with a grant by the National GeographicSociety to locate the original city of Themyscira in the country of Turkey. Unfortunately Julia had to cancel the excavation mid-way through the project once one of Vanessa's friends committed suicide.
Julia's and Diana's friendship endured over many trials, mostly due to Diana's enemies attacking Julia's daughter. It wasn't until Vanessa was brainwashed and transformed into the villainous Silver Swan though that Julia's and Diana's friendship was temporarily put on hold. Julia resented Diana for not protecting Vanessa from Diana's enemies. After some time Julia came to a resolution with Diana. She agreed to have Diana help in her daughter's rehabilitation. They have since fully reconciled and was last seen at Vanessa's college graduation along with Diana.


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The Australian Tim Wilkinson signed Thursday a 65-impact card, five under par on the course of the Golf Club of Panama, to be the first leader of the Panama Golf Championship Web .Com Tour of the PGA.
Wilkinson completed six birdies, on holes 3, 4, 8, 12, 16, 17, and a double bogey on the fifth hole.
Tied in second place, with 66 strokes, four under par on the court, Chinese Xinjun Zhang and Canadian Mike Weir.
The 2012 champion, Edward Loar had a good morning getting 67 shots, sealing the day -3 under par and occupying the fifth place.
Loar, who intends to return to the great golf circuit in Panama, won four birdies on the first day, on holes 4, 11, 15 and 17, while he had the bogey on hole 13.
The two-time champion of the event, Mathew Goggin finished -1, product of 69 strokes and starts the tournament from position 22.
For Latin America, the Argentine Nelson Ledesma and the Colombian Nicolás Echevarria were the best at the start of the tournament, being tied in nine position.
Ledesma and Echevarria finished the course of the 18 holes with 68 strokes and -2 under par of the court.
The Mexican Oscar Faustro finished with 72 strokes (+2) and in the 72 position.
The Argentine winner of Majors, Ángel Cabrera closed his first day with a card of 74 strokes (+4) and occupying box 104, like the only Panamanian Omar Tejeira.
The Puerto Rican Rafael Campos, runner-up of the 2018 tournament, finished the course today with five over the pair (75 strokes).
The second day of play will be tomorrow from 06:40 local time (11:40 GMT), with simultaneous exits, in group of 3, from holes 1 and 10.
The golfers who pass the cut, that is to say, the best 60 players of 144, will fight Saturday and Sunday for a bag of 625,000 dollars in prizes, where the first place must take a check of 112,500 dollars home.


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Many Floridians began another day of struggling to find food, water
About 2 million homes and businesses were still without power and
"Get gas down here. This is craziness," Connie Rodriguez, 23, said
But progress was being made: Port Everglades had power back for most
A day earlier, Gov. Jeb Bush took responsibility for frustrating
"We did not perform to where we want to be," the governor said at a
Bush's comments came amid finger-pointing by local and county
"This is like the Third World," said Claudia Shaw, who spent several
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez called the relief distribution system
But at another South Florida distribution site, ice sat melting
Wilma killed at least 27 people in its charge across the Caribbean,
In Mexico, weary tourists camped out at the airport in hopes of
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who oversees FEMA,
Chertoff promised to deploy cargo planes overnight to gather water and
"I have to say, in honesty, patience will be required for everybody,"
President Bush planned to arrive in Florida on Thursday to get his
More than 2,900 people remained housed in 25 shelters spread over 11
The state's largest utility, Florida Power & Light, had restored power
"All we can do is be patient and tell them an estimated time because
Broward County Mayor Kristin Jacobs told CBS' "The Early Show" on
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Title: Drink With Me To Days Gone By
Time Period: January 10, 135 A.E.
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Summary: …to the life that used to be. And the one that currently is, too.
He hasn't come downstairs today and his horse is in the stables, according to those who work, live or loiter at the Wandering Albatross in regards to Beisdean Skye when Mariah asks where he can be found. From outside of his door, she can hear movement inside, and voices — no, just one voice.
The movement is the sound of pacing, footfalls padding across wood floors, boards creaking in one particular spot toward the right of the door. The soliloquy within is muttered, muffled by the wall and door and hard to make out before a more pronounced "No," can be heard. It's not shouted but it has the sort of intensity behind it that makes it almost seem as if it were.
Seconds later, the floorboard creaks again, followed by the sound of mattress springs sinking down.
It's a odd moment when Mariah isn't sure if it's entirely appropriate to interrupt him and his… visitors, so she ends up lingering outside the door for a few moments of indecision. The matter is all cleared up for her with the sound of the mattress, though, and there's a soft rapping on his door in the seconds that follow.
"Beisdean?" She calls from her side of the door, to announce herself, "It's Mariah." Today, she's somewhat inappropriately dressed in what can only be called mens clothes, although it's arguably more inappropriate that she's replaced what should be a vest with a decorative corset, as if making sure the townsfolk don't forget what it is she does for a living. But then, advertising is always a good idea, at least in her book. "You're not busy, are you?"
An exasperated growl of sorts comes from behind the door, and then the bed creaks again as he rises. "I won't. I'm sorry. I can't," comes more clearer as he nears the door. "Now leave, please." There's despair and exhaustion in his low voice.
The door opens, revealing the young man in a disheveled sort of state. His hair is uncombed and falling into his eyes; his shirt is unbuttoned and loose on his thin frame. Whoever it is that is visiting him seems to have arrived in the middle of Beisdean's dressing as his shoes are unlaced and a belt lies on the bed, waiting to be put on.
"Mariah…" the word is a breath, and there seems to be some relief in the tone, though he looks warily at her. "I'm afraid I've got guests."
There's a humorless smirk at his words — she can easily see that he's alone in the room, so just what sort of guests are understood. "You should be safe, though I can't promise to be good company. What can I do for you?"
When the door opens, Mariah looks over him for a moment before her hands go to her hips and she looks back to his face. "If anyone ever looked in more need of a drink, I've never seen it." She does glance back to the room behind him, but her expression turns more sympathetic when her gaze shifts back again. "I just thought I'd come see if you made it through alright. The dragon and all.
"And now that I'm here, I'm going to insist you accept my company for a time. I pride myself on being an effective distraction, you know." Which is to say, she's not worried about another episode like that last. Or at least, if she is, she's not letting him know.
'The dragon' gets a blank look for a moment, his past several hours lost to an argument with a spirit only he can see. Beisdean stares down at her for a moment, then shrugs his shoulders and steps aside to let her in, closing the door behind him.
"I have a flask on that table there," he says, with a nod toward the small bedside table. "The dragon didn't hurt me at all, but it's kind of you to check on me. I feel bad for the widow, but luckily the damage wasn't too much. A little scorch marks on the barn door and a fence that's a bit crooked because I'm no carpenter."
As he talks, he moves to the corner of the room to draw forward a chair for her, then takes a seat across from her on the bed. "Distractions are a bit of a tricky thing, I'll admit. Depends on what I'm getting distracted from. Sometimes it can make it all just so much background noise — that's the good sort. Other times, it makes me lose concentration… makes it more dangerous."
He rests his elbows on his knees and leans forward. "Tell me if anything I talk of scares you, Mariah. It's strange… no one knew what I was in England. My big secret, aye? It's like being here, the dam's broken, and I can't stop explaining."
The mention of a flask has her looking thataway, and she steps in to head over and grab it before she comes over to that chair. She doesn't sit right away, but rather, comes over to brush his cheek gently first. "There are far more frightening things than you about, Beisdean. And I'm not the fainting sort." She presses the flask into his hand instead of keeping it for herself, and then she moves to take up that chair.
"I'm glad to hear you weren't hurt. I didn't hear much in the way of details, just that there was a dragon and you were there and I thought, if you'd come out of it missing a limb or something and I didn't at least stop by to see how you were, I'd feel terrible later," she says with a crooked smile. It's just a little teasing. But as he goes on about his magic, understanding softens her expression. "I must say, it sounds like an exhausting balance to maintain." Something in what he says makes her brow furrow a bit, just for a second, "If you'd like to chat about something else, we can do that, you know. You don't need to feel obligated to explain things. At least to me."
His eyes close at the touch and he feels chillier than the room merits. "No, you, I do owe explanations to, more than anyone. I could have hurt you the other night," he says before pressing his lips into a firm line and glancing sideways — as if he had said something he shouldn't have.
"Later," he hisses suddenly, glowering up and to his right.
The flask comes to his lips and he takes a swallow, then relaxes noticeably. "He's gone," he explains, apologetic tone matching the look in his eyes that he turns on her. He hands her the flask, then smiles. "I would forgive you, for the record, if I get dismembered by a dragon and you don't happen to visit me the next day. I doubt that would improve my company, for some reason."
"Please. You didn't hurt me, so stop beating yourself up over it. Plus, I remember enough from when we were kids," Mariah says with a gentle, sympathetic half-smile. She glances over, too, when he hisses, but there's a firm nod when he mentions the ghost leaving. "Good. Seems like a terrible guest anyway."
She takes the flask for a drink of her own, and while the liquid within makes her cough a little, she still returns his smile, in the end. "Well, that's very sweet of you," she says on the matter of forgiveness, "Maybe I'll wait until two days after, then."
Taking the flask for another swallow of his own, Beisdean chuckles, voice raw and rough from the burn of the whiskey. "This might be a terrible idea. I haven't had any food today," he says, though he tips another swallow back before passing the flask back to her.
He is quiet for a moment, examining his nails before bringing his eyes back up to hers. "All right. No more apologies. 'What's gone and what's past help should be past grief.' Good advice. Easy to pen, harder to take, aye? How, on that topic, did your … not-quite apology go the other day? You were thinking of a gift for a Not-Ross or a Not-Rowntree, if I remember right. Before our not-living-friend crashed the party."
Mariah makes a tsk at that confession, but she passes the flask back to him all the same. After she's had another drink herself. "There you are. You'll learn one of these days. And for the record, I find most good advice is difficult to take. Hardly seems fair, but there you have it."
When the topic of her apology comes up, Mariah presses her lips together to try to hide them spreading into a particularly bright smile. Her gaze flicks to the side, too, but she nods a little, "Right, yes. I did find a gift. It… worked out pretty well, in the end." Her words are mild, but her expression gives away a rather genuine happiness that she usually tries to avoid showing, given her profession. "I must be better at apologies than I figured."
Her smile draws one of his own, infectious as hers is. "That's good. I wish I could take any of the credit, but I don't think I got as far as actually giving you any advice, good or bad or indifferent." The flask is set on the table this time, within her reach.
"Can I…" he frowns, glancing down at his loosely-laced boots, then back up at her. "Can I ask what happened to your family?" His voice is gentle, sympathetic, and his body very still, as if he might frighten away a deer in a meadow.
"Well, you listened, which is always nice when you've got a problem you're trying to work out." Mariah reaches over to give his leg a pat there, since she actually does appreciate it.
There's a reversal of her expression at the question, though, as her face falls slowly into a more sobered look. A hand reaches up to run through her hair before she can bring up another, albeit less convincing smile. "I forget, you weren't around for all that. Seems like most everyone already knows all about it in town." She lets out a mirthless, brief laugh there, but she pushes up from her chair to walk over to the window instead of just sitting there staring at him.
"They died. On a supply run down the coast. Bandits," she says, the last word sent with a look over his shoulder. "I was here watching the store. And I, ah. Well, my father's debtors came shortly after to collect and I ended up at the Dovetail." She turns back then, her smile a little better as she leans back against the wall, "I couldn't stomach factory work. You know."
Beisdean's expression grows more somber as well, and he watches her at the window before looking down. "I'm so sorry," he murmurs. "I can't imagine losing everything like that."
He only had his mother, and had lost her gradually over the years to time and distance and absence already.
He stands, too — it feels strange to be in the bed while she stands. One hand reaches out as if to touch her, but he's still too far away. "I'm sorry," he repeats, for want of anything more useful to say.
"I never tried factory work myself," is a quick change of subject, "but I think it'd be a tad dangerous for someone whose attention is as likely to wander as mine. D'you know they had a name for it that I read in a book — granted, I don't think it was because of ghosts, but people who can't pay attention for more than a few moments at a time? The people in the old days, they had a name for every problem you could think of."
"It's alright," Mariah says, tugging pointlessly on the edge of her corset as if to straighten it, "It was all years ago. I like to think I picked myself up well enough. Plus, it teaches a girl a few things, when you're starting from nothing." Which might account for how different she is these days. There's little doubt it all bothers her far more than she says; it becomes quite obvious in the relief at the shift in topic.
"Sounds like they had too much free time on their hands, in the old days. What would they have labeled you, then?" She doesn't move back over yet, too much nervous energy to sit down again, but at least she gets her easy smile back.
"It was … I forget quite. Attention Disorder or something like that…? It was in a book about mental problems that keep people from learning as they should, I suppose. They had a medicine for it. I wonder if Mrs. Rowntree could concoct me something — though I'm thinking that Luna's little roll of herbs is more likely to do the trick, aye?" His eyes sparkle and he returns to the bed.
Studying her through tired, half-lidded eyes, Beisdean nods. "And I'd say you did quite well for yourself. A town like this, there aren't many options if you're not a Rowntree or a Ross, and it's as honest a living as any. Giving people pleasure is a higher calling in my book than making weapons to kill someone with…" Beisdean's laugh is low, thoaty as the alcohol begins to mellow him. "Just don't tell the Rowntrees I said so."
"Makes someone wonder if they had more magic than they realized, back then, and just thought… it was something broken." Mariah lets out a breath and comes back over as well, but she opts to sit next to him, propping her feet up in the chair instead.
"Never been too good with weapons myself. And don't worry, your secret's safe with me." She looks over at him, her head tilting a little, "If it wasn't for Luna and your mother, I think I would have had a rougher time of it there, to be honest. She used to sit with me when I cried, you know, at the beginning, your mum." Which might be a strange insight into her profession, but then she's not worried about keeping him as a client, so perhaps the truth falls a little easier.
Her words make him smile a little ruefully. "For some of us, I think it still is. Something broken," he murmurs, then leans back on the bed, arms tucking behind his head as he stretches out on the mattress behind where she perches.
He is quiet, eyes closed, and for a moment, it might seem that he has drifted asleep. But then he speaks.
"She was good at that," he finally says, voice low and somber. "I'm sorry it was hard for you. I'm glad she was there."
The topic too serious, he opens his eyes, one corner of his mouth quirking up into a smile. "And Luna, did she browbeat all your clients if they paid you poorly?"
"Maybe. Definitely a double-edged sword in a lot of cases, at the very least." She turns a little to look his way, legs folding up onto the bed with her, "You have Darklight, if nothing else positive out of it." She sounds… fond, there.
"I suppose any new job is hard to get used to. But I'm glad she was there, too. I'll never forget her." Her eyebrow lifts at his latter question, but she laughs a bit before answering, "Oh aye. Still does, from time to time." It's playful, but warm all the same.
Beisdean closes his eyes, lips curving into a more full smile. "Yes. I suppose I wouldn't trade Darklight away for a more peaceful life… there are days I might say I would, but it'd be like ripping my soul in two to do it. He lives up to his name. I hope he's out there giving some squirrel a good chase."
Those blue eyes open and he watches her again solemnly, before reaching to pull her hair lightly. "You're a good friend. To Luna. To my mum."
There's a pause, and the truth perhaps is the most surprising of all, given their childhood. "To me."
Letting go of her hair, he draws his hand back under his pillow, watching her through his lashes. "Let me know if there's anything ever I can help you with, aye? Whatever it is. I'll do what I can to help."
When he pulls her hair, Mariah gives him a quirky smile, but it evens out some at the latter addition. It might even be said that she's touched by it. Especially given their childhood. But as he settles against his pillow, she slips off the bed, although she doesn't go far. At least not until after she leans over to press a peck against his cheek.
"Ditto." Her response seems to encompass both the sentiment and the offer, and she ruffles his hair a bit before she straightens. "Sleep well. And try not to get eaten by a dragon before I see you again," she offers with a wink before she heads for the door.


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Another 6 Ways coming your way! Today I'm sharing some (veeery simple!) nail art ideas with you. I'll be honest: I'm an avid nail biter so nails and nail art and nail polish isn't usually my thing. However, lately it's been just the sort of thing that I've been into. I've pulled together some of my favorite ways to spice up your digits.
Which one is your favorite?
|Super subtle half moon.
|Colorful curves.
|Foiled Lines.
|Heart this.
|Neon stripes.
|French tips + half moons.