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Perhaps you are a fan of gardening, and when it comes to doing so, your green thumb naturally takes over. From growing plants to flowers to even backyard fruit and vegetable crops, you are passionate about gardening anytime and anywhere.
However, recently, you have been interested in trying your hand at growing bonsai trees, just because you find them rather attractive and manageable.
Existing in all shapes, sizes, colors, and design, bonsai trees are extremely diverse and offer a wonderful aesthetic to your home, both inside and out.
That said, you are interested in growing a bonsai tree, but you do not know just which one to choose. Considering that there is such a huge variety of them out there, the options you have can be downright overwhelming.
However, there is no reason to be afraid: we are here to help! In this article, we will give you a list of some of the best bonsai trees to grow and cultivate in your home. Pretty soon, you will find the best one for you, as well as get right down to growing them successfully.
Without further ado, let's get started!
Stunning and colorful, the azalea bonsai is a temperamental, but manageable tree to take care of.
Consisting of many different shapes, sizes, and colors, it is a wonderful option to have in your home. It needs a sunny, but shady location, along with acidic soil in order to thrive well.
Easy to grow, this adaptable plant is great to have around in the household due to its low-maintenance and aesthetically-pleasing features.
It loves hot weather, so if you live in a temperate environment, it is advisable to place it where it can receive as much sunlight and heat as possible.
Bodhi Tree (Ficus Religiosa)
A tropical tree which thrives in the sun and warmth, the bodhi tree grows fast and produces attractive, bronze-colored heart-shaped foliage that is sure to make your home look just a bit sunnier and livelier.
It requires lots of sunlight, and needs to avoid freezing temperatures as much as possible.
Adaptable and easy to maintain, the boxwood is a hardy plant that can last a long time. It only needs partial sun, so placing it near the windowsill with some shade is the best solution. Boxwood is a good first bonsai tree to grow, if you are new to it.
Brazilian Rain Tree
Native to Brazil, this tree-turned-bonsai is considered one of the loveliest tropical plants in the world.
It tends to have tons of thick, long overgrown leaves and branches, which resemble that of rainforests in South America. It is a tropical tree, so sunlight and heat are necessary to cultivate it.
A coniferous tree, cedar is a great tree to turn into a bonsai for a cute, miniature version of the forests you may or may not have grown up around in.
It requires less water than its tropical counterparts and plenty of sunlight to grow, i.e. warm and dry conditions.
Cherry Blossom
Blooming in the spring, this distinctive and famous tree is single-trunked and offers an eye-popping experience with its small, pink flowers.
Growing them is a bit tricky, since it will need about three months of cold weather and dormancy before being in direct sunlight when the spring season rolls around.
Chinese Elm
Native to China, the Chinese elm is tolerant of many temperatures (although better not to keep it in extreme conditions) and can take a good amount of pruning and styling to become a beautiful bonsai tree to have around the house.
Make sure to avoid putting it near cold drafts.
Crape myrtle
A distinctive bonsai, crape myrtle is known for its varying layers of shredded bark with different colors, along with leaves and flowers that grow on it. Its branch formation is also impressive. It requires plenty of sunlight and just a bit of warmth in the winter to activate its dormancy.
Ficus Benjamina
This popular evergreen plant is made from wide, fine branches which cascade down (also known as the "weeping figâ€) and makes for a smooth, elegant bonsai to admire.
It can be grown either indoors or outdoors, as long as there is a good amount of sunlight to make it grow.
Fukien Tea
Covered with dark-green leaves and white dots, Fukien tea also produces white flowers and small red berries which give it that extra pop and overall it is an attractive plant to be placed at home.
It is ideal to keep it inside with temperatures between 50 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
Although it is not a highly-popular bonsai, the guava tree nevertheless is a pretty one to look at, while also producing delicious fruits that you can eat at home.
Since it is a tropical plant, place it outside in full sunlight, and keep the temperature temperate indoors during the winter.
Indian Banyan (Ficus benghalensis)
The national tree of India, the Indian Banyan can be turned into a bonsai to give off an antique, classy look to your home.
Just like in India, humidity is necessary to help this plant thrive, so a controlled greenhouse environment is not a bad idea to consider for that.
Another tropical tree, the jacaranda bonsai requires plenty of sunshine and water in order to make it grow efficiently and effectively, as means of sprucing up your home in a natural and aesthetic style.
Keep it away from away cold temperatures, and keep it consistently humid to help it thrive.
Jade (Crassula ovata)
Hardy and thick, this evergreen and succulent bonsai offers a mature look that can give your home an elegance that you have never seen before.
It is essential to keep the temperature above 45 degrees Fahrenheit, since jade plants absolutely love warm weather. Similar to other bonsai, jade is gorgeous.
Japanese Maple
One of the most well-known bonsai trees, the Japanese maple is bound to be the perfect selection to have at home.
It comes in a variety of different colors and styles and it is relatively hardy in sunny or freezing conditions (although you should still protect it from extreme weather).
As another popular and easy-to-maintain bonsai, the juniper contains over fifty different species to choose from, and they are great for first-timer gardeners to start out with.
You will need to grow this plant outdoors, though, with a balance of sunlight and shade in order to cultivate properly and healthily.
The olive bonsai is strong and easy to care for, so you should not have a problem performing heavy pruning and styling on it.
It can be planted indoors, although it prefers the outdoors to grow well. Smooth and lovely, the olive tree is a good choice for bonsai plants.
While it is better grown by gardeners with some experience, the pine bonsai is nevertheless a rewarding tree to cultivate at home.
Rugged and also dark, it gives off a natural, mysterious look that can make your house also look natural and mysterious. Place it outside with good air circulation.
Traditionally a tree bearing the eponymous fruit, pomegranate can be turned into a bonsai tree that is both pretty and useful at the same time.
It needs lots of sun inside, so placing it beside a window with natural light should be good. Also keep it away from frosty temperatures.
Take-away Message
Overall, bonsai trees are incredibly diverse and they offer a lovely aesthetics to your home. Whatever you decide to choose at hand, it is without a doubt that it will brighten up your home and make it all the more gorgeous and hospitable to live in.
Feel free to leave anything I might have missed in the comments below, and don't forget to share this wonderful article with your friends or on social media if you like it.
Happy Gardening!


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There is not much to talk about yesterday. It was just the drive from Anaheim to Vasillia Ca. Though the route did go past Six Flags Magic Mountain. I always wanted to go there. I suppose if I didn't have to cats in the car with me I might have stopped.
Today we went to Sequoia National Forrest. It took an hour to drive up there mountain. Once there we didn't do too much hiking. At 7 thousand feet out old butts were you for much of a trek. We did see some incredible sights. Nature has a way of revitalizing the body.


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Here's sketches of the 12 Angry Men... Some changed before I did the final painting, but most were approved straight away.
I'll be introducing a one-off showing of the movie as part of my exhibition next month.
Brushpen on paper, 2012.
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One of my favourite films Sean, great likenesses, I recognised them straight away.
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Wait Till Your Vampire Gets Home by Michele Bardsley
Publisher: Signet
Publication Date: November 4, 2008
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Genres: Paranormal Romance
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To prove her journalistic chops, Libby Monroe ends up in Broken Heart, Oklahoma, chasing down bizarre rumors of strange goings-on and finding vampires, lycanthropes, and zombies. She never expects to fall in lust with one of them, but vampire/single dad Ralph Genessa is too irresistible. Only the town is being torn in two by a war between the undead and Libby may be the only thing that can hold Broken Heart together.
Libby is part of PRIS, the Paranormal Research and Investigation Services, and her parents were the founders. Her and her parents are in Broken Heart, Oklahoma trying to see if the rumors of paranormal beings is true. They've searched all their lives to find the evidence but it's always been just out of their reach.
Libby meets Ralph is a very odd way that involved vampires, a zombie and dragons falling from the sky. When one of the dragons kisses Libby she becomes infused with something…more. She has no idea what it is but the queen of the vampires and lycanthropes isn't about to let her leave Broken Heart until she finds out.
Libby is imprisoned while tests are run on her. During this time she is having non-stop thoughts, lustful and otherwise, about Ralph. She just can't seem to get him out of her head.
When Libby is eventually set free as Ralph as her semi-guard she is attacked by dragons who are bent on taking her out permanently.
This was a very cute book. It kind of had a Mary Janice Davidson feel to it, but yet it really held it's own in the appeal department. I think the similarities weren't in the story line but the tone of the writing and that made it just fine for me. While this is book 4 in the Broken Heart Vampire series I didn't feel I had to have read them in order to understand what was going on in this book.
Libby and Ralph were very cute together. There was conflict in the book, but only minimally with their relationship which was nice. Ralph was a widower with 2 small sons and Libby took to them immediately which I also liked.
I would say that my only issue was how accepting all of the newcomers, Libby and her parents, to Broken Heart were. I know this was explained because the family had grown up eating paranormal info for breakfast but it still just rubbed me wrong while I was reading.
These types of books always have the ultimate HEA's in the fact that everyone loves everyone at the end of the book. For a book that makes me laugh it's something that I will take easily with a grain of salt.
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An interesting and thought-provoking conversation came up today around a friend who disapproves of her 13 year old's boyfriend. To make matters worse, the boy won't show his face around her home, and is disrespectful. It's one thing if he's a nice, genuinely respectful kid, but if he's the douchey sort then you need to make sure the girl is equipped with the knowledge and tools to make the right decisions.
Of course my initial reaction is "wow, 13 is too young to be dating", but telling a 13-year-old that they can't do something is pretty much a guarantee that it's gonna happen, only then it will be behind your back without any injected wisdom. And besides, when I think back, I ventured into hanging out with boys at that age, and I can guarantee that was not out of the ordinary. This generation now seems to be growing up faster than previous generations. It's not to say that they are ahead mentally or emotionally, because sadly that's seemingly not the case. They want to be grown up so fast, but they don't quite have the adequate emotional maturity to properly deal with all of the hormones and emotions running rampant through them.
Now, I certainly don't have any experience rearing children to contribute any useful parenting advice, but I do have experience in dating, including the valuable experience gained from dating the wrong people. I try to think what I would say to her if it were my daughter. I would certainly want to do everything in my power to save my daughter from making the same mistakes that so many of us make and to impart the wisdom gained through those misguided errors in judgement.
"Oh, but he's the cutest boy in school mom!" may be the case, but what if the kid's a little asshole? Tell her that straight out and that might make her revolt and like him even more. What to do what to do?
I guess all you can do is to try to make sure that your kids value and respect themselves enough to be able to discern when somebody's being disrespectful to them, and then to be able to turn around and tell them to piss off. Hopefully they can muster just enough self-esteem that they can stand up for themselves and not let somebody treat them with disrespect. The more they love and respect themselves, the more they will attract the same. And they need to understand that they deserve it.
I imagine one of the hardest parts of being a parent is when your nuggets get to an age where you have to trust that you've taught them right from wrong and hope that they make the right decisions for themselves. Scary.


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Vanity Fair interview with Daniel about Swiss Army Man, but also whether or not he's been reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (yes they keep asking him about the play) spoilers and more.
VF.com: Post-Harry Potter, a lot of your films have pushed viewers out of their comfort zones—especially Swiss Army Man. Why do you choose roles like these? Is there a certain kind of satisfaction that comes with them?
Daniel Radcliffe: It's not that I want to have that
effect on people, necessarily—although I think that's good. It's more
just that I pick things based on what I find exciting, which sounds so
simplistic as to be almost a lie, but it's not.
You can never predict what's going to be successful—and also I'm very
naive, in that I do a film like this thinking, "Everyone's gonna love
this!" When I did Kill Your Darlings, I was like, "How isn't
this a film for everyone?" And of course then, you find out, "Alright,
well, I guess I've got quite niche tastes in some way."
Basically, it's about what excites me, and I'm in a position at the
moment where I don't have to do something unless I really love it. And I
don't know if I'll be in that position forever, so it seems just
sensible to get as much weird, cool stuff in as you can.
That makes sense. I thought it was interesting that you've
done all these smaller, more niche projects, but this summer you're also
in this big blockbuster, Now You See Me 2. It's a magic movie, but you play the skeptic.
Which I, idiotically, didn't think about at all. I think people won't
believe me when I say that, but the magic thing didn't even occur to
me. But yeah, the people I admire are always the people that manage to
mix it up and do both: do super commercial stuff, and do super weird
indies as well. And that's kind of the career I want for myself.
The huge draw in working on Now You See Me 2 was—as much as
the first film is great fun, and it's fun to be a part of those big bold
movies—working with that cast. There are so many people I admire in it
for so many different reasons: Dave Franco is one of
the best young leading men actors that we have, because he's also
incredibly funny and self-deprecating. And you've got Jesse (Eisenberg) as somebody who's a fantastic actor and is also a prolific writer. Woody Harrelson and Mark Ruffalo are Woody Harrelson and Mark Ruffalo. And then Michael Caine.
As an English
person, he was one of those people that I heard talked about growing
up—and you'd be like, "Oh, I want people to talk about me that way one
day." That is the Everest of my own personal aspiration. That would be
the greatest compliment that I can think of, because he's kind of
universally adored as a person and as a professional.
Just to get to work with him and see that—I don't know how old he is now, but I think he's in his 80s, and he's still . . .
Still going.
Still going, and still loves it. He's not one of these older
actors—and there are a lot of them—that come on like, "O.K., let's just
do it and get it done and I'll go." He's having fun, he's having a
laugh, he's having a joke, he's catching up with a friend. It's really
Paul Dano had worked with him on something shortly
before we worked together, and Paul was just saying he was everything we
want to be when we're older. He's proof that you don't have to become a
jaded ass.
So when you read the script for Swiss Army Man, what was your initial reaction? I can't even imagine.
Everyone sort of thinks, "Oh, you must have been freaking out." But actually it read really well and easily as a script.
My concern over it was, "O.K., I get how this is going to be funny;
I'm not assured of it being epic in the places that it wants to be." But
it is. That's what amazed me about it. It's beautiful and epic, and
those are the two things that I was like, "They're there in the script,
but how does that translate? How do you do this stuff onscreen?" And
that's where, frankly, these directors are like no others that I've
worked with.
Every day, they were amazing at—you know, there'd be a scene where
Paul punches me in the face, and I swallow his fist and his arm, and
then he punches me in the stomach to project his arm back out. I read
that and was like, "How are we going to do that?" And then they'd just do it with camera angles and editing. They're really clever.
You know that thing that people sometimes say—it's that cutesy
bullshit thing that people say about bees, where they're like, "Bees can
only fly because nobody told them they can't?" That thing? I think that
applies to the Daniels.
If you had to take on one of these characters' roles in real
life—and be either the corpse on the beach who has to learn to be human,
or the human who has to teach him how to live—which would you prefer?
I would rather be the corpse who has to learn how to be human. Honestly, I don't know what that says about me.
There's a sweetness to Manny, an innocence. And I feel like that's
always the way you should come into the world, and he's very lucky to
have Hank. Whereas, I think if I were Hank and I was a suicidal man, I
would be . . . peaks and troughs would be how I'd feel about dragging
around this annoying, cheerful corpse.
It's been five years since the last Potter movie wrapped. Coming out of those movies, did you have a specific goal or career path in mind for yourself? Has it changed?
I think the goal I had was to just keep working, and do as much interesting stuff as possible.
If you want to drive yourself crazy in this industry, the quickest
way to do it is to make a plan. So there was never like a, "I want to do
this, and this, and this, and this by this point." And actually, the
thing that has become even clearer to me over the last couple of years
really has been that—without going into specifics—any time I've done
something or taken a job because I thought, "This is the right career
move; this is, career-wise, what I should be doing," it's never turned out as well as the things that I want to do because I love them.
O.K., last question: I know you're understandably not going to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child any time soon. But have you been reading any of the spoilers?
No I haven't—but you can tell me! Does he die? Does Harry die?
I actually don't know, either! The only ones I've read had to do with Voldemort and Bellatrix.
Did they, like, couple up? O.K., I'm gonna . . . Yeah. I was the person that told Gary Oldman that Sirius died.
Wait, were you really?!
I came in one morning, and he was like, "I haven't got time to read
it at the moment; will you just tell me, is it me?" Because we'd all
heard that someone died.
I was like, "Yeah, it's you." I spoiled it for him.
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Dec 24 1975 and I was just back from working in iron mine 800 mile North of Montreal. I was down at the corner buying wine. Santa was on the radio taking calls- Most kids were telling him what they wanted, but all of s sudden ,out of nowhere, there was a call. It was a young boy or girl. Santa asked teh child what he or she wanted to say-
"Santa, I just want to say I love you"- Never in the history of humanity has there been purer or truer love. I weep freely as I write an remember. Two years ago Feb 7 2011, in the piney woods in sun mist valleys in behind cookie cutter town Trieste, Iwept as freely when 24k told me she kept her son apprised as to Santa being real.
Dear Friends, above you see two photos. The first is the church in Glencoe, Ontario, where now 7 generations of my ain folk have worshipped. The second photo is maternal home where many a christmas was merry as a grig until…
Well it's been a hellish year here, save for one wondrous night on my balcony in Toronto and another sweet almost autumn whiskey ramble in Northampton Mass. ( They Have a bust of Silent Cal there). Me and naan were outside of Fitswilly's smoking Players and sipping Lagavullin. It was heartening to know that naan felt the same as I – We don't think of k as gone – I talk to her all the time. This is poorly writ and I have blues almost unto fade to black. But I'm here to tell you that Santa is real. In some other thing recently I tweely wrote that one hears that God is Love- No-
Love is God and love is good. You want to see a good loving person ? Hang outside of Burns of a Sunday and see my Cousin Louise Campbell. She lives in same house built 150 years ago by my great great grandfather. I'm an old fool kind but so flawed. And I tell you ever since my family.. well I miss 'em . So wherever you are whoever you are I'm here to tell you that Santa trumps satan into eternity.We all will be together ,if the fates allow.
all my love to each of you and remember that child who told Santa that he loved him-
A Child Shall lead them
May you be midst friends family and love
Campbell December 22, 2012 9:43 P.M. E.S. T.
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December 22, 2012 at 10:19 pm
If you get this far I want to apologise, as is my wont for such a poorly writ thing. it was a 4 minute type based on things i've been thinking. But , Great Gold almighty, I find it hard to write real rhythm
writing that grabs ya without someone to write to. This explains why I am not Pope Cawdor VII- Fiats and decrees are niether my mien nor well there you have it- we all need someone to trust
December 23, 2012 at 1:20 pm
thanks for sharing, campbell. not poorly writ, far from it and very touching. new year's resolution for campbie: don't be so hard on yourself, and try to keep that big heart of yours from bruising so easily. the world can be a rough place but you are loved and "love is god and love is good." hugs from me and my tribe, see you soon, xj
December 23, 2012 at 12:08 pm
I envy you your ramble in Northampton. My heart spends far too much time there, considering that the rest of my body has never been.
Maybe love needs to be an attitude — how we face the world and those around us — rather than a state? In that sense, when it's directed outward and not contingent upon reciprocity, maybe only then it can be something pure? I dunno. Undercaffeinated musings, they is.
Happy end/beginning of the year to you, Campbell.
December 24, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Thinking of you at Christmas Campbie and thanks for sharing our words with us…
December 26, 2012 at 10:28 am
Dearest Campbie, so sorry my eyes didn't catch this until now – busy times as always (yes, I know Santa says 'ho ho ho' for a reason but I just keep running these days…)
Much love and big hugs to you and yours, please try to find some peace and comfort in the presence (real or in (y)our minds) of the ones you love and who love you. Love is god indeed x
December 26, 2012 at 2:32 pm
thnaks syb. means a lot
December 29, 2012 at 6:57 pm
For the sake of auld Lang syne.
Happy Hogmaney!
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Leyla Acaroglu explains how we got into this mess.
Every November 15, on America Recycles Day, I trot out the history of how we got into this Culture of Disposability, how we destroyed a system of returnables and reusables for disposables. Now Leyla Acaroglu, "UNEP Champion of the Earth, Designer, Sociologist, Sustainability Provocateur, TED Speaker, PhD, Experimental Educator," writes Design for Disposability: How we got into this mess. She also notes, as we have, that it started with the bottlers of beer and cola:
The big beverage companies wanted to give up on the reusable system that required them to manage the full life cycle of their products. Collecting and washing glass bottles ate into profits, and so the shift to the new cheap, disposable plastic bottle options was a well-orchestrated coup on the general public (and the planet).
She writes that the drive to disposability was hugely successful, how we came to think it as normal that we should pay for picking up their garbage.
We are set to see a perpetuation of the addictive cycle that has led us to the mess we are in — that being the all-pervasive disposability practices that designers replicate, governments try to manage and clean up, and everyday citizens like you and me have to accept all of it as normal.
But then Acaroglu goes deep into the economics of a hyper-consumption lifestyle, about how consumption was the measure of a nation's success, and the more everyone consumed, the better off society was. She quotes economist Victor Lebow in 1955:
Our enormously productive economy demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfactions, our ego satisfactions, in consumption. The measure of social status, of social acceptance, of prestige, is now to be found in our consumptive patterns. The very meaning and significance of our lives today expressed in consumptive terms.
Sure enough, that is what we have now.
Within 50 years we have moved from everyday reusable products to single-use disposable items that are a blight on our wallets and the environment. Countries spend billions of dollars every year to build and manage landfills that just compress and bury this stuff. While people complain about dirty cities and giant ocean plastic waste islands, producers continue to deflect all responsibility for the end of life management of their products, and designers are complacent in the perpetuation of stuff designed for disposability.
Acaroglu has some suggestions that are better than Design for Disposability:
Design for Disassembly,
Design for Longevity,
Design for Reusability,
Design for Modularity,
Design for Circularity.
Leyla Acaroglu has done a wonderful job, not only explaining how we got into this mess, but also how we might get out of it, and the important role designers have to play in it. It will not be easy, given that everyone has so much invested in making plastic and throwing it away, but as we have noted recently, we may be at a Sputnik moment where we have no choice but to change. Read the entire inspiring article here on Medium.
Here on TreeHugger, we have also tried to articulate a solution to these problems with our 7Rs:
Reduce: Just use less.
Return: Producers should take back what they sell.
Reuse: Almost boring, but we throw too much stuff out too soon.
Repair: Fix and mend things rather than replacing them.
Refill: In Ontario, Canada, 88% of beer bottles are returned to the beer store, washed and refilled; just south of the border in the USA, the number drops to under 5%.
Rot: Compost what is left over, turning it into valuable nutrients.
Refuse: Simply refuse to accept this crap from the manufacturers any more.
Recycling isn't on the list, because we aren't going to reinforce a culture of disposability. And TreeHugger Margaret even made a video about it:
Rethinking Recycling from Margaret Badore on Vimeo.


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National Gay and Lesbian Task Force spokesperson Roberta Sklar admitted in an ABC news story that today's young lesbians and bisexuals have a "more flexible view" about sexuality and see it as "a fluid thing."
Thus, while no one knows for sure what causes a homosexual identity to develop, recent research confirms that permanent change is, indeed, possible. In 2001, Dr. Robert Spitzer of Columbia University, a strong ally of gay-identified activists, published results from a study of 200 gay men and lesbians who had sought "re-orientation" therapy. Spitzer found that most have been able to achieve fulfilling heterosexual relationships. While his research shows that such change often involves a long and difficult journey, it is nevertheless possible for highly motivated individuals.
Even more recently in 2007, a landmark study was published by Drs. Stanton Jones and Mark Yarhouse which concluded that it is possible for homosexuals to change their physical attractions and that such efforts to bring about change do not appear to be psychologically harmful. Entitled Ex-Gays? A Longitudinal Study of Religiously Mediated Change in Sexual Orientation, this groundbreaking research has been hailed by experts from both sides of the debate as being the most methodologically rigorous to date.
And as more evidence of the fact that people can and do change their sexual orientation, groups like Restored Hope Network represent thousands of people who have made the choice to walk out of their homosexual and bisexual identities. Similar organizations exist for Roman Catholics (Courage), Mormons (North Star), Jews (JONAH) and Muslims (StraightWay).
Even in the secular cultural arena we see evidence of well-known people who have changed their sexual orientation. Examples of formerly gay-identified celebrities who reportedly have become involved in relationships with people of the opposite gender include actors Anne Heche and Julie Cypher. Apparently, the reality that people can change their sexual identity isn't just a right-wing Christian thing.
Clearly, homosexual advocates and their allies aren't dealing with all the evidence in their insistence that people are "born gay" and cannot change."
Caleb Price is a research analyst for Citizenlink, a public policy partner of Focus on the Family.
Bruce Jenner's DNA is still male, regardless of surgeries. As are all transgendered people.
tradition is accused of being a biblical literalist or a homophobic racist, because, in part, of the more fundamental change in our society towards permissiveness, that is, easy divorce, cohabitation and concubinage, abortion, pornography ... and euthanasia. The issue of the homosexual is not separate ... it's all part and parcel of the pandemonium that the permissive movement has brought. We have just licensed all kinds of behavior."
People are born sinners, not gay. The natural order is male and female. It is sin which makes one partake in this immoral behavior.
Being gay is not equivalent to being of an ethnic or minority group. One is creation (ethnicity and melanin distribution), one is a choice. All sides have a somewhat agreement on this.
The latest theory on the gay gene by those desperately trying to find one is "epigenetics". That the parent(s) pass down a genetic marker which presupposes homosexuality, like the so called "warrior gene." However, it is acknowledged that homosexuality would be much less of a genetic imprint or marker than compulsiveness, overeating, anxiety and the like. And many, many people have those genetic markers, yet do not participate or even appear to be unduly tempted in those areas. Most people with the "warrior" gene never show elevated aggressiveness in any way.
Answering Homosexuality's Toughest Questions
1) The Bible never says this is wrong. The sins of Sodom were pride, fullness of bread and inhospitality according to Ezekiel 16:49. And Scriptures that refer to homosexual behavior indicate temple prostitution, not regular homosexual relations. Of course this thinking is destroyed with a cursory glance and study of the Scriptures.
2) Jesus said some were born eunuchs, Matthew 19:2. Yes, eunuchs mean no sexual relations, not homosexual relations.
3) Jesus never mentioned homosexuality, so it must not be important. No, it wasn't prevelant, and was abhorrent. Jesus never mentioned child sacrifice, LSD, rape, or any number of things. But the principals are given throughout the Bible, which is His Word.
4) Love is all that matters. You can't help who you love. It's not hurting anybody. It's two consenting adults. We believe in individual rights. So what if a person falls in love with a 2 year old, is that ok? Animals? And as a society we have marriage benefits in tax law, companies with insurance etc. It does affect others. How about children.
5) I've felt same sex attraction since I was young. I'm sure I'm homosexual. Because of man's fallen nature, many different types of sins stalk mankinds fallen heart. This would be one. Besides many environmental factors that play into it.
6) It's a free country. Yes, but freedom has limitations.
7) Should homosexual behavior be criminalized? It was until recently, or treated as a behavioural disorder until 1973. America was the most prosperous nation on earth during that time.
Conclusion, homosexuality is an act not a class of persons. You are granting special rights to those who participate in sin, saying they supersede the rights of conscience and religion. This has been brought about by a concerted effort of activists and the media, but not by science. The genetics and DNA of a male who participates in homosexual activity is the same as that of a heterosexual male, and the same is true of females. Any differences in the brains, or epigenetic markers, of those participating in
Dr. Paul McHugh is distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at John Hopkins. You cannot get any more distinguished than he is in his field.
In this article, he says:
"Well, as I have said, there is no gay gene. And there are factors more influential than biology. The best data, of course, [comes from the Framingham Study]. If you are a man and you grow up in a rural environment, you are four times less likely to have homosexual relationships than if you grow up in a metropolitan area. That's not left-handedness. If you are a lesbian, you are much more likely to be college-educated. That's not something that happens at conception. My point is that we now know that the environment is very important…It really is amazing ... I mean, 50 years ago [homosexual behavior] was a crime, and now we're talking about [same-sex marriage]. Anyone who wants to stick with the homosexuality are posterior in nature, and caused by homosexual behavior, and are not the cause of the behavior.
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WASHINGTON — At least five photographs show President Bush with the lobbyist at the center of a corruption scandal, both Time and Washingtonian magazine reported Sunday.
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House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
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The White House has tried to play down any contact with Jack Abramoff, who pleaded guilty to fraud charges this month and agreed to help prosecutors in a congressional corruption investigation.
Time did not publish the photographs, saying its source refused to provide them for publication. Most look like those taken at presidential receptions, it said.
The White House has said Bush does not know Abramoff and does not recall meeting him, and that the lobbyist attended two Hannukah receptions and a few staff-level meetings at the White House.
Abramoff met a few times with White House staff and attended Hanukkah receptions in 2001 and 2002, the White House has said, but officials there have refused to disclose how many times he's been into the complex or what business he had there.
The White House also has not released any photos featuring the president and Abramoff, who was declared a Bush "pioneer" for raising at least $100,000 for the Bush-Cheney '04 re-election campaign.
"Mr. Abramoff admitted being involved in outrageous wrongdoing," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Sunday.
"The president does not recall meeting him. We have previously indicated, however, it would not be surprising if the president met him at some of the widely attended events we know they both attended," she said. "The president has taken tens upon thousands of pictures at such events."
Time said in one photograph Bush appears with Abramoff and Raul Garza, then chairman of the Kickapoo Indians, which owned a casino in Texas and were represented by the lobbyist. It also included several other unidentified people.
Time quotes White House spokeswoman Erin Healy as saying that available records show Abramoff was not at the event attended by Garza.
Another photo shows Bush shaking hands with Abramoff in front of a window and a blue drape, the magazine said. The photo carries Bush's signature, which may have been machine-made, it said.
Three other photos show Bush, Abramoff and one of the lobbyist's sons, the magazine said.
Contributions that came directly from Abramoff, his wife and one of the American Indian tribes he represented — a total of $6,000 — were donated to the American Heart Association by the campaign just days after Abramoff entered his guilty pleas.
Prosecutors are investigating whether members of Congress gave the lobbyist and his clients favorable treatment in return for campaign contributions or gifts. The scandal broke as Republicans try to retain control of Congress in mid-term elections in November.
Republican Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio, who has denied wrongdoing, is under investigation in the scandal. Rep. Tom DeLay, a Texas Republican who stepped down as majority leader, has been under a cloud due to his association with Abramoff.
The Republican National Committee has said Bush's re-election campaign was giving to charity $6,000 in contributions linked to Abramoff.
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Vanessa Vs Le Brasseries Du Cameroun: Who is Fooling Who?
Vanessa Monjoa (VAJE) was proud winner of the popular MUTZIG Star singing competition organized by Les Brasseries Du Cameroun, a leading brewery company in Cameroon.
Months after her win on December 27, 2017, social media has gone wild on a "Pay Vanessa" campaign against Les Brasseries Du Cameroun.
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We spoke to an inside source of the organization as well as sampling other opinions and placed several calls to Vanessa (the victim involved). Here is what we got.
After her win, 23 year old Vanessa was supposed to be awarded a cash sum of 1,000,000 FCFA, a brand new car, 25 crates of drinks and a record deal worth 15,000,000FCFA.
Our findings stated clearly that Vanessa HAS NOT been paid. For the records, we found out that the said Vanessa has been in constant cordial relation with Le Brasseries Du Cameroun authorities in charge of her award.
She had been called to perform in several Brasseries events, the last being her performance on March 8, 2018 (barely two days after social media picked up the campaign).
ARREYB News Reports found it confusing that the same Vanessa could be at logger heads with an organization she has been working with.
"It is true Vanessa has not been awarded but that whole issue has been explained to Vanessa", our inside source confided. The company delayed due to an unstable atmosphere in the south West Region coupled by constant attack and unforeseen circumstances.
Being a grand event, it would mark the handing of the cash price, the car and the official Launching of the 2018 MUTZIG star competition. A team has even been sent to neighboring Bakweri villages to meet local chiefs between Batoke and Idenau to prepare for the event.
For the records, after a campaign on social media, a Brasseries delegation including top ranking personalities from the Douala head office visited Vanessa's house in Limbe and tried tirelessly to see her.
Our source confirmed that even days after the delegation left, Vanessa or her management had not made a sign to these officials, explaining their absence for the meeting.
Another sourced confirmed to ARREYB News Reports that one of the judges of the MUTZIG event (one whose name is withheld for private reasons) made a personal visit to Limbe to see Vanessa and caution her on the danger of sending a negative message around which might affect the brand name, Braseries Du Cameroun.
Worthy of note is the fact that MUTZIG Star has organized over 27 editions of this completion and ALL its winners have received their promised awards and exposure from the company. ARREYB News Reports later spoke to a recent winner who also attested that he (name withheld) was also awarded few months after his win.
While this story may seemed imbalanced without Vanessa's point of view, we made several calls to her to no avail. For the first 3 hours, she would not pick while later on her phone was switched off. Even her management was yet to account for her where about.
Our source would later write to us saying "We Brasseries Du Cameroun would not build a brand name worth billions and rub it in the mud for an award worth a million.
To show our seriousness, we had called Vanessa for many shows around the country and made her perform while waiting for an official award ceremony, In fact, we had started working".
At the moment of this report, Vanessa is expected in Douala for a better chat and "reconciliation" meeting with Brasseries Du Cameroun officials.
While Vanessa has not been paid, we first of all send appreciating words to every concerned Cameroonian for their ability to support their own and join the clarion call.
Yet we as trained media practitioners would rather prefer that Vanessa who is the main victim make an official statement concerning her treatment. Being a public figure, her management should be responsible for the creation of a duly signed press release to the media stating a breach of contract.
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However, three hours after we published the above article, Vanessa finally comes out to write: "…I am Monjoa Vanessa, the winner of Mutzig star 2017.
I would like to inform individuals and the General Public that I don't have any complain, problem or misunderstanding with Les Brasseries Du Cameroon with regard to my price as winner of the competition. . As such I have not asked anyone to create a complain on my behalf in regard to my prices …"
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In the first episode of Working For The Weekend, Ben Leoni explains why a certified ski bum decided to become a hard working attorney—and to attempt this project. With friends tagging along he endures the highs and lows of Eastern skiing: ice, wind, rain, and the occasional "perfect" day. Watch them hike and shred down the steepest backcountry location in the region: Tuckerman Ravine, Mount Washington, New Hampshire.
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In a matter of days, most of us will be in a car travelling to Grandma's, or worse, mother-in-law's house to gobble up some turkey. Deep fried, baked, or tofu, there is bound to be a turkey there. Wouldn't it be a strange American Thanksgiving tradition if we agreed with Benjamin Franklin on making the national symbol a turkey? Would we… no, too far. Bald eagles are majestic. Good call, Founding Fathers.
Let's take a moment to think about what Thanksgiving means. It is a classic American tale that chronicles the trials of the pilgrims that travelled across the Atlantic to the New World. This was the land that promised a better life; a utopia. Little did they know that the New World would present such challenges with the weather, sickness, and their lack of survival skills. Thankfully, the Native Americans in the Plymouth Rock area were willing to assist and teach the newcomers all about their world. This peaceful and symbiotic relationship allowed for the first Thanksgiving to take place. People from different worlds were able to come together and work towards a brighter future.
Take this holiday to be thankful. Do not be ungrateful. We are blessed. Look around and appreciate all that you have rather than wishing you had more. The world can be a dark and dreary place, but if we open up our hearts and try to help others out, even if we don't see eye to eye on every single detail, it can make a difference. Make someone laugh, be a shoulder to cry on, offer some of your time, because at the end of the day, it is not about what you have, but about what you offered.
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During a cold winter morning in 1981, the problems of the homeless were brought into stark perspective for the members of First Presbyterian Church in downtown San Antonio. A homeless man, frozen to death, was found on the church grounds. In response, volunteers started a ministry in the church gymnasium to shelter and care for the growing number of homeless individuals. By 1983 this program, having gained financial assistance of several downtown churches, was incorporated by 11 downtown congregations into San Antonio Metropolitan Ministry, Inc. (SAMMinistries).
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The Music Institute of Chicago Chorale, conducted by Daniel Wallenberg, concludes its 25th Anniversary Season with "25 Great Years," presented by the Music Institute of Chicago Sunday, June 10 at 3 p.m. at Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston. In addition, the Chorale invites music lovers to join them in song at two Summer Sing-alongs June 27 and July 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the Music Institute's Evanston East Campus, also 1490 Chicago Avenue.
"25 Great Years":
Highlighting audience favorites from the Chorale's history, the program features madrigals by Monteverdi, Morley, and Gines de Morata; part songs by Haydn, Rossini, Schumann, Lauridsen, and Whitacre; selections from The Liebeslieder Waltzes by Brahms; Verano Porteño by Piazzolla; folk songs from Bulgaria, Canada, South Africa, and England; and show tunes by Ellington and Loesser.
Special guests at the concert are the Kotlyar-Shifrin Piano Duo—Irina Kotlyar and Gregory Shifrin. The duo has won several international competitions and has performed with orchestras around the world, including in Israel, Europe, and the U.S.
Daniel Wallenberg, conductor of the Chorale since 1987, noted, "Although our Chorale is Evanston-based, participants come from as far south as Chicago and far north as Zion and everything in between. Several members have been in the Chorale for more than 15 years, and a few have been members since its inception in 1986."
Summer Sing-alongs:
The Chorale welcomes those who love choral singing to join them at two Summer Sing-alongs. On Wednesday, June 27, the group will sing Mozart's Regina Coeli and Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, conducted by Frank Winkler. On Wednesday, July 25, the sing-along participants will perform Mozart's Requiem, conducted by Daniel Wallenberg. Each sing-along has an optional free rehearsal the day before—June 26 and July 24, respectively—at 7:30 p.m. at the Music Institute's Evanston East Campus, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Room 9.
Music Institute of Chicago Chorale:
The Music Institute of Chicago Chorale is a community chorus that provides an opportunity for adult singers with prior experience to study and perform the best in sacred and secular choral music. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Chorale has one continuing goal: to perform the finest sacred and secular choral music with the highest of standards in a community setting. Under the leadership of Conductor Daniel Wallenberg, the Chorale has developed a wide range of repertoire, including motets, madrigals, part-songs, folk songs, and larger choral-orchestral works by Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Durufle, and many others. Throughout the years, the Chorale has collaborated with local choirs and symphony orchestras and has produced two fully costumed Elizabethan madrigal dinners. In addition, the Chorale has collaborated several times with the Music Institute's voice faculty for concerts of opera and Broadway music.
Chorale conductor Daniel Wallenberg is also on the staff of the Chicago Children's Choir, working with the In-School Chorus and After-School Programs for the Rogers Park and Humboldt Park Neighborhood Choirs, as well as its world-renowned Concert Choir with whom he toured Ukraine and the United States. He is the director of the junior and adult choirs at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation and the founder and artistic director of "Zemer Am," the Chicago Jewish Choral Festival. A native of Bogota, Colombia, Wallenberg founded several adult and children's choirs while living in Israel.
Music Institute of Chicago:
The Music Institute of Chicago believes that music has the power to sustain and nourish the human spirit; therefore, our mission is to provide the foundation for lifelong engagement with music. As one of the three largest and most respected community music schools in the nation, the Music Institute offers musical excellence built on the strength of its distinguished faculty, commitment to quality, and breadth of programs and services. Founded in 1931 and one of the oldest community music schools in Illinois, the Music Institute is a member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts and accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. Each year, the Music Institute's world-class music teachers and arts therapists provide the highest quality arts education, reaching more than 10,000 students of all ability levels, from birth to 102 years of age, at campuses in Evanston, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Lincolnshire, Winnetka, and Downers Grove and through its longstanding partnership with the Chicago Public Schools. The Music Institute also offers lessons and programs at the Steinway of Chicago store in Northbrook and early childhood and community engagement programs throughout the Chicago area and the North Shore. The Music Institute offers lessons, classes, and programs through four distinct areas: Community School, The Academy, Creative Arts Therapy (Institute for Therapy through the Arts), and Nichols Concert Hall.
"25 Great Years," celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Music Institute of Chicago Chorale, takes place Sunday, June 10 at 3 p.m. at the Music Institute of Chicago's Nichols Concert Hall, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $7 for students and are available at 847.905.1500 ext. 108 or at musicinst.org.
The Chorale's Summer Sing-alongs take place Wednesday, June 27 and Wednesday, July 25, both at 7:30 p.m. at the Music Institute's Evanston East Campus, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Room 9. The cost to participate is $10 per person; call 847.905.1500 ext. 127. Optional free rehearsals take place June 26 and July 24 at the same location.
--Jill Chukerman, JAC Communications
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra to Tour Japan this May/June with Violinist Ryu Goto
ROSSINI - L'Italiana in Algeri Overture
BEETHOVEN - Concerto for Violin in D, Op. 61
MENDELSSOHN - Symphony No 4, Op. 90 Italian
Wednesday, May 30 - Sakura Hall, Kitakami
Thursday, May 31 - Centennial Hall, Tohoku University
Friday, June 1 - Suntory Hall, Toyko
Saturday, June 2 - Fujisawa Shimin Kaikan Hall, Fujisawa - Mozart's Concerto for Violin No. 5 with Eriko Iso
Sun, June 3 - Osaka Symphony Hall, Osaka
Official Tour Sponsor: MetLife Foundation
Orpheus opens the Naumberg Orchestral Concerts in Central Park on June 19
This spring, Orpheus is thrilled to embark on their 12th tour of Japan. Since their first trip to the country 24 years ago, Orpheus has enjoyed a fruitful and invigorating relationship with Japan's passionate music lovers. As artistic director Ronnie Bauch notes, "Since 1988, Orpheus has presented more performances in Japan than in any country outside the United States. Our Japanese audiences and supporters have played a major role in almost every facet of the Orpheus career and legacy. It's fitting that we celebrate the beginning of our 40th Anniversary with this important tour and we look forward to renewing and deepening friendships."
"MetLife Foundation recognizes Orpheus' achievements over the years and its commitment to serving diverse audiences," said Dennis White, president and CEO, MetLife Foundation. "During this 40th anniversary season, we are proud to support the Orchestra's Japan Tour, along with extensive touring throughout the United States."
While on tour, Orpheus will perform programs of Rossini, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn in six venues in a week and will be joined by frequent collaborator Ryu Goto. In addition, Orpheus will participate in the ongoing revitalization efforts of communities in the Tohoku region. Through multiple community programs built into this tour, Orpheus will seek to engage Japanese audiences in an intimate dialogue with musicians about the unique Orpheus Process (TM) of music-making and to continue ongoing cultural exchange efforts. During their stay in Japan, the musicians will meet with students at the Shukoh Middle School (Tagajo campus) and engage in some music-making activities with them before visiting the areas near Sendai that were affected by the devastating earthquakes and tsunami. Orpheus members will also interact with children being assisted by The Recovery Assistance Center of Miyagi prior to their attending the performance at Centennial Hall in Tohoku University. There are also plans being finalized for members of Orpheus to take part in a community forum with Japanese composers in Tokyo.
Orpheus' 2012 tour to Japan is made possible by Official Tour Sponsor MetLife Foundation, Gold Level Sponsor KPMG AZSA & Co., and Tour Supporters the Bank of Tokyo-Misubishi UFJ, and Asian Cultural Council.
23-year-old Ryu Goto made his debut at Sapporo, Japan's Pacific Music Festival, where he played Paganini's Violin Concerto No.1 in 1995. Today, he is an internationally renowned performer having been featured with the National Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic, Symphonica Toscanini, and Wiener Symphoniker. His self-titled debut CD, released in 2005, quickly became the best-selling classical album in Japan that year. In addition, Goto was featured in his own Fuji TV Show Ryu Goto's Odyssey, a chronicle of his career and personal life from 1996 to 2006.
Orpheus began its relationship with Ryu Goto in 2008 with a sold-out tour of Japan that concluded with a dazzling concert in Tokyo's Suntory Hall. The concert was such a success that Orpheus invited him to make his Carnegie Hall debut with them in 2010. After the performance the New York Times said of Goto's rendition of Bruch's Violin Concerto in G minor: "The ensemble's full-blooded and unsentimental approach complemented Mr. Goto's expressive playing, with his sweet tone particularly lovely in the Adagio. Mr. Goto further demonstrated his impressive technique and musicality in the encore, a fiery rendition of Nathan Milstein's 'Paganiniana.' He blazed through the innumerable hurdles with finesse." Goto would later play at Orpheus' 2011 gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Ryu's youthful energy is a perfect match for Orpheus' unorthodox approach, and Orpheus is proud to continue their fruitful collaboration.
A self-governing organization, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1972 by a group of fellow musicians who aspired to perform diverse orchestral repertoire using chamber music ensemble techniques. Today, Orpheus continues to uphold this philosophy, performing without a conductor and rotating musical leadership roles for each work. Striving to empower its musicians by integrating them into virtually every facet of the organization, Orpheus is changing the way the world thinks about musicians, conductors, and orchestras. The organization WorldBlu has named them one of the most democratic workplaces in America for five straight years. The musical results of this method are extraordinary: The Chicago Tribune gushes, "Orpheus Chamber Orchestra shattered the mold, becoming in the process one of the more memorable events in this festival's 13- year history." And the New York Times raves, "Orpheus, whose string players perform with the physical verve of members of a string quartet, produced a convincingly fullblooded sound." The Los Angeles Times agrees: "A virtuosic whole...they're fast. They're together. They're aggressive. They can be electrifying."
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When it comes to back to school this year I am going to be doing it right with the Lovable Labels Back to School Packs. Last year I took to labeling my sons belongs with masking tape and a sharpie marker and I can not count how many times I had to dig into the lost and found because my makeshift label fell off.
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Although I have 20 weddings already booked for 2016, many seem to be destination weddings, sholder season and also a lot of Fridays...so I seem to still have a few summer Saturdays left. If you are interested in me shooting your wedding, please do not hesitate to e-mail and inquire about a date. And where I share schedules with a number of other photographers, if I'm booked, I can suggest others who aren't.
Also, you may notice I don't post on this website much...posting here is a pretty time consuming process...but if you'd like to see more of my work, please visit my Facebook Photography Page, where I post every week or my Instagram Photography account, where I post nearly every day.
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The McKinleyville Community Services District (MCSD) is reaching out to the business owners along Central Avenue to notify them we are beginning the process of Open Space Maintenance Zone (OSMZ) Reformation. The Process for reassessing the landscape zone along Central Avenue will began with the MCSD Board of Directors Agenda Item being heard at the October 5, 2016 board meeting, 1620 Pickett Rd, McKinleyville, CA 95519 at 7:00 pm. The public was invited to participate in the process that included information and a presentation explaining the methods used for the assessment and procedures necessary to meet state requirements for Proposition 218.
The Central Avenue Open Space Zone enhances the downtown McKinleyville area, shopping centers and business district. Having trees and cohesive landscaping Along Central Ave. provide special benefits to local business owners and community members by creating an aesthetically pleasing experience throughout the heart of McKinleyville.
The Central Avenue Open Space Zone was originally formed and voter approved in 1997. The zone extends from Anna Sparks Way at the shopping center on the south end of Central Avenue to the intersection of Bates Road and Central Avenue to the north.
From 1997-2005 the zone was maintained by an independent contractor, from 2005-present the zone has been maintained by the MCSD Parks Department. The Central Avenue Open Space Zone has reached its 5-year term and is up for reformation and voter approval. The open space zone reformation process includes a fee assessment and an engineer's report; voters will then have the option to vote on the reformation.
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The closing ceremonies for the Hillsong 2013 NY Conference was almost two days ago, and I am still savoring the glory of the experience. There were so many amazing stories and testimonies shared. The one that most compelled me was that of Joel Houston. He is the lead singer of Hillsong United and co-pastor of Hillsong Church NYC. He testified that his walk with God did not always immunize him from insecurity and loneliness. Joel, a man of God and a pastor, stood before thousands and shared a part of himself. The authenticity of his vulnerability was palpable. It was raw. How much courage that must have taken? Surely, he must have considered what other would have thought of him. What would his flock say? Would they frown on him as a leader for admitting his fallibility, or would they honor him for his humility? The answer is both! The truth is, you could never be everything to everyone, but you could be something to someone. When you and I are vulnerable, it allows others to embrace their own imperfections.
A lot of my confidence has evolved by experiencing other's vulnerability. For example, as a recently graduated dentist, I had the opportunity to work with an amazing Endodontist (Root Canal Specialist). She had worked previously as a general dentist. Her vulnerability and transparency gave me courage to face my insecurities. It took great courage for her to share some of her pitfalls with me. She stepped out on a limb and trusted that I would not use the information she shared to judge her or scale myself to her. I have to tell you, her act of kindness boosted my confidence.
When we express vulnerability it allows the recipient to know that they are not alone. Vulnerability allows others to know that it is possible to be victorious despite their circumstances.
When Joel shared his story, it reminded me that even those closest to God are still refined by fire. Joel's testimony not only renewed hope, but it created an opportunity for the development of freedom. Unfortunately, even Christians are held captive by false ideologies. The idea that trials are punishment for misdeeds still permeate the Christian world. That concept is nothing new. Look at Job. His friends thought that his misfortune was directly correlated with his sin. Thankfully, grace is free. God created it in a way where we can't earn it. We can't buy it, and, we definitely can't lose it.
Today, my prayer is that you allow others to experience freedom through your vulnerability. The notion that we always have to have it together is false and dangerous. It creates fodder for negative spirits (e.g. insecurity, doubt, envy and fear). Ask God to grant you the vulnerability to set someone free. In the process, you will learn that the person who will experience the most freedom is YOU!


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Nigerian Air Force has commenced the General Court Martial (GCM) trial of Aircraftman Kalu Bernard, who allegedly shot and killed Aircraftwoman, Oladipupo Sholape on 12 March 2017 at the NAF Base, Makurdi.
The court martial consists of a President and 6 other members in addition to a judge advocate and 2 waiting members. Present at the inauguration were also the convening officer, prosecuting officers, 2 defence counsels representing the accused, witnesses and some members of the Press.
The President of the GCM, Group Captain Elisha Philip Bindul, while inaugurating the military court at 101 Air Defence Group Makurdi, gave a comprehensive breakdown of the trial procedures as well as the rules and regulations to be observed during the trial.
The highlight of the trial was the reading of the charges levelled against the accused, Aircraftman Kalu Bernard and the plea by the Defence Counsel for time to study the charges and other documents. The GCM was subsequently adjourned to 2 June 2017 for further hearing on the case.
The inauguration of the court martial, which is part of the formal law chain in Military, is coming up after a series of procedures as enshrined in Armed Forces Act 105 of 1993 as amended.
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While today's Friday Fun isn't funny, it's still some good entertainment for you to enjoy over the weekend. It's a video of a one-man show by David Payne called An Evening with C.S. Lewis, where Payne, as Lewis, invites you into his home for a chat about his life. If you don't have time to sit in front of your computer for the whole show, turn the video into an MP3 and listen anywhere.
And if you're interested in hearing more, you can find links to recordings of the real C.S. Lewis here.
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Engr. Kemdirim Cosmas Agubor
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A native of Umukpehi-Okwu in Ikeduru L.G.A of Imo State. Height is 5ft 8inch, fair in complexion. Institutions attended are: comprehensive Secondary School, Emekuku, Owerri, Federal University of Technology Owerri and University of Port Harcourt. Worked with the Nigerian Telecommunications Ltd and rose to the rank of an Assistant Manager before taking up Lecturing appointment with FUTO. Married with three children.
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Electrical and Electronics Engineering