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Last Saturday we went to a street fair just outside the apartment. $40 bought us a ticket to the Taste Of Tribeca festival where 60 neighbourhood restaurants set up stalls to allow us punters to sample their food.
The proceeds from the entrance ticket went to local schools, and gave us the opportunity to have six "tastes" from whichever stands we chose. In between the light spring showers we wended our way from stall to stall to see what we liked the look of.
The more famous restaurants had long lines, so we deliberately picked the smaller venues. I had a fantastic pulled pork bun with barbecue sauce, smoked salmon, a country terrine, a wonderful lamb kebab, a ricotta cheesecake, and two empanadas from our local Argentian restaurant. Yum!
It was a busy event and as we negotiated the crowds we were entertained by live bands. My favourite was The Dueling Elvis's (who played alternate Presley and Costello covers). Another highlight of the event occurred when we went up to our local sushi restaurant's stand. We said hello, we were given heaps of food, and they refused to stamp our ticket.
Proof positive that you can inhabit a friendly neighbourhood in New York.
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Mutual Evaluation Report 2016
See here for Charity & Security Network's summary and analysis of the Mutual Evaluation Report.
This case study summarizes the experience of the Charity & Security Network (C&SN), a diverse network of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in the United States that sought to provide input on US anti-terrorist financing laws to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) during its mutual evaluation of the US. The evaluation took place between early 2015 and December 2016, spanning a period of significant changes in FATF's recommendation and guidance relative to NPOs. After describing C&SN's efforts and assessing the experience, this paper makes several recommendations for FATF and NPOs to consider for future evaluations.
For an analysis of US Treasury's terrorism financing risk assessment and its implications for NPOs ahead of the US' FATF evaluation, see here.
Check how the US fares in Civicus' Enabling Environment Index and in Freedom House' comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties.

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We are so grateful to all the parents who have volunteered to help with the PTA this year and next year. We're excited to announce that the PTA Board for next year (2017-2018) was elected at the May PTA meeting.
The Executive Board members are as follows:
President – Kimberlee Prejs
Co-Vice President – Alston Morgan
Co-Vice President – Julia Masterson
Treasurer – Andrew Riggs
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Starting with Android 4.0, Google created a brand new interface which they've critiqued a bit in every update since Ice Cream Sandwich. But it's relatively stayed the same. They've tried to get developers to adopt these new design guidelines, but have had a bit of trouble especially with older apps and apps made by large developers like Facebook. The #Holoyolo designed apps look really nice, and it's hard to go back to an app that was designed before ICS in 2011. However, Holofication Nation is looking to change that.
This is a community of over 750 members whose mission is to transform some of the biggest and favorite apps out there with a legacy design into a beautifully looking app. At this time, the project is still pretty small, with only four apps available, which include Instagram, Steam, Snapchat and Grooveshark. The team has also stated that their goal is to make sure there are no bugs in the app, aside from updating the design of the app. Which means it's going to take some time to get these apps working well. That's why it's so slow right now, but hopefully things will speed up soon.
This work is thanks to, two people +Connor Kirkby and +Brandon D'Souza over on Google+. You can go ahead and jump into the Google+ community now and give these guys some ideas for what apps they should jump to next. The Holofication Nation team is looking to make their own app to highlight these Holo-fied apps, in which they'd need a developer to do that. Which the team is stressing that the position is unpaid, thus you'd be a volunteer.
If you want to install any of these apps, you'll need to uninstall previous versions of the apps before installing the new ones. Which isn't hard to do, then you are able to install these new apps as there are no other requirements like rooting, modding or running a custom ROM. Which sounds good to me.
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Innovation is a keyword, or catch-word, in many areas of life. We see it in technology, IT, communications, transportation, security, finance, green solutions, energy solutions, education, business models, medicine, music technology, etc. One can be forgiven for thinking that, if not the whole world, then at least all domains and spheres of life are into, or at least interested in innovation.
It doesn't look like that to me.
I have been a "domainaut" in my life, traveled from one domain to another, acquainted myself with music (my first and original domain), philosophy and politics.
My latest domain is paxology, or peace work. And here — just as in politics where words and promises shine but reality lags behind, if it doesn't totally contradict the words — I see a frightening lack of interest in innovation. Or let's say thinking outside the box. Let's make it even simpler and say "real thinking".
Real thinking is different from just mouthing and repeating established phrases, ideas and memes. Unfortunately, in the peace domain I see overwhelmingly precisely this: old stuff, old professors, old words, old dusty phrases that have been repeated so many times that they now only illicit an attack of coughing. Ahchoo…!
This view is based on my personal experience of the peace domain, which I entered around two years ago in earnest. (Before that I actually worked in it without knowing it, namely in my musical-philosophical ("melosophic") work. )
So far my experience of the peace domain has been negative. Yes, it could be a case of coming across non-typical features or having a statistically insignificant selections. Here, nevertheless are my current impressions, partly a private complaint, partly trying to get a birds eye's view of the domain.
I set up my domain for The Venusian Peace project (you are reading it right now) around a year ago. I got myself a Twitter account and learned relevant hashtags for peace. I created a Facebook page and a YouTube account. It would be a mistake to call me an innovation-resistant Luddite.
That, however, seems to me as an apt term for the peace domain!
I am an independent researcher, doing original research, something I see very little of in the peace domain. Not only that, I don't even see an interest in basic research. Which reminds me of the Wikipedia bias.
Peace people ask me: What is your peace activity? ("Activity" seems to be a central word here.) Do you arrange peace workshops, concerts, conferences, marches, festivals, tours, or print T-shirts?
This question is itself a warning sign. In domains where innovation is of genuine interest innovators are not asked to DO things, not in this crude sense. One understands that an innovator needs to sit as his desk, jot down notes, stare at the wall and contemplate strange clouds. That's how innovations are born, out of thin air or the mental sea. As Paul Erdös said: "A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems."
This is much less understood in the peace domain where a kind of busy-body mentality reigns. There "activity" means something more than or different from mental activity.
My main work is mental, but unfortunately many folks don't see that as activity at all. Thinking deep and long about the problems and possibilities of peace, its relation to war — and not least to music — is regarded as a kind of child's play, a kind of nothing. (Of course it helps that I am not an academic but a freethinker.)
One must understand that an innovator is at work every working (and many a sleeping) hour of the day. He cannot be a 9 to 5 person, he needs to be receptive to insights at any hour. He can never say "Inspiration, come back at office hours!". He may seem dreamily absent at his café table, but he does more substantial work than most paper-shuffling bureaucrats.
So my main activity is being mentally awake and probing and searching. One of the results of this is my "Peace map", a model that not only throws light on peace but also indicates a path to better peace (and we need a much better peace concept than we currently have).
The rest of my work is trying to reach out and spread my findings, to "sell" them. On the main website pluriver.se, on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. I also sometimes answer questions about peace on Quora. The aim of all this digital, online work is of course to go analog, to reach out to non-virtual people, give talks, lecture tours, concerts, etc.
So far the sowing.
What has been my harvest so far, the reception of my research and innovation? (And forgive me here for being slightly personal, even rant-y.)
"Reception" is overstating things. It seems some people have read some of my texts. I have "likes", maybe a few hundred on social media. My Twitter account has 14 followers. My three videos on YouTube have 44, 19 and 93 views respectively. I have one (1) patron on Patreon.
That's a meager harvest.
Looking back on my political years (I've had 4-5 political parties of my own) the experience was interesting, and frustrating. Out of the different domains I've tried – music, philosophy, politics – politics was definitely the stiffest. A members only-club; Homo novus not invited.
Trying to get a hearing in politics was like trying to enter a club with big hulks guarding the door, enforcing a draconian (not dress but) thinking and speaking code (TASCO) — a code which I of course could not conform to.
When I think of politics I think of squares.
■ This is what politics is ■
■ This is how politics is done ■
■ This is the type of person we recognize as a "politician" ■
■■■ If you cannot accept and conform to this, go elsewhere! ■■■
Now if I were the Emperor of the world and wanted peace, wanted to know where to look for it, find the people most fitting for understanding, planning and achieving it, I sure wouldn't turn to politicians, a group which has this incredibly long entry on Wikipedia:
So far the political domain.
To my regret I now find that the peace domain is not very different. Sure, it is "softer", just as peace is supposedly softer than machine guns or drones (or money).
But soft is not automatically a virtue, soft can also be woolly and wishy-washy. For example, I find the following supposition (entertained by both laymen and professionals) to be precariously "soft":
Peace is the work of 1) organizations and 2) politicians.
Politicians? What a blunder. Don't expect the people who set fire to the building to put out the fire. That's naive in the extreme. Or maybe one should say desperate; one does not know where else to go and who else to ask for help. Trapped in a small box…
The peace domain also seems to have guards. They might not enforce but at least recommend that you conform to the TASCO. Which I of course don't, just as I didn't conform to the political TASCO. I would be a poor free-thinker if I did.
Anyway, I've had a bit more success in the peace domain than in the political field.
I stumbled upon a small organization that seemed interested in my work. They have a kind of peace "bank" where I saw myself as a given, a good investment. I suggested that they take me in. There was some initial resistance, "we don't really take in individuals, unless they are musicians or entertainers".
(This also is a big mistake: relying on organizations for peace and discounting, not seeing the value of, individuals.
Organizations always suffer from the weakness of group-think and conformism, plus the closeness to politics. The hope for innovation and greatness — in art, music, philosophy, literature, science — always lies with the individual. Not understanding this is a blunder.)
Anyway, after some nudging I was allowed into the peace bank. I was given the title "peace promoter". Of course I was that earlier, too, but now it was official.
I am out of the solitary closet, I thought. Finally there can ensue some dialogue, conversation, co-operation, a dynamic flow of energies to and fro. I looked forward to sharing my findings with more than 79 people, to lecture and spread my "Venusian" thoughts to interested paxological parties.
Well, dream on. The only thing that has changed is that I now have a formal title to add to my CV (which I never use). I continue my work, promoting peace my own solitary way, but who is promoting the promotor? Who wants to hear innovative thinking about peace?
Yes, I keep getting some "likes" for my posts on social media, but that's as far as it goes. I feel like I'm in a non-violent Western: For a Few Likes More.
You can accuse me of being somewhat bitter here, and subjective. That's fine. But there should be a place for submitting a complaint and, more importantly, point out the poor place innovation has in the peace domain — versus the elevated place it holds in many other domains (not in politics, obviously).
To put it mildly, there is no abundance of innovative, non-academic thinking about peace. Which brings us to a final, harsh, but I think just question:
Do people in the "peace movement" and workers in the peace domain really believe in peace? Do they really want to create peace? Are they prepared to think not only outside the bomb but also outside the established, dusty ideas and concepts about peace?
Or are they actually content with just going through the peace motions, which gives them a certain status, a certain idealistic aura, a certain pay, and simply something to do?
I sure hope that the answer to the last question is NO, but I am not sure of it.
(Another, related take on the same subject can be found here: Peace by committee.)


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I was talking to an architect the other day who told me she's found "everybody wants a modern farmhouse these days." It seems the bulk of folks asking for this style aren't exactly outside milking cows at 5 a.m. (though quite a handful have their own urban chicken coops and edible gardens). So what exactly does this style include? I find it's a twist on spartan farmhouse classics and materials that would be found around the homestead with some contemporary pieces and bold color mixed in. Here's a look at some of our favorite furniture and accessory choices to help you put together your modern farmhouse.
Blu Dot Branch Table: The weathered oak top powder-coated steel legs offers up a new twist on a farm table.
Bend Goods Lucy Chair: These chairs bring the modern to the modern farmhouse with a jolt of bold color and geometry.
Oilo Double Cylinder in Solid Cobalt Blue. A double-drum pendant in woven cotton lends pleasing simplicity overhead.
Tradition Hoof Table SW1. For the living room, we love this modern take on the milking stool. HOOF is painted first and then trimmed back to reveal the natural grain.
Versus Brick 3-Seater Sofa. This clever sofa reminds me of a stone wall on a farm. You can punch up the neutral color of big pieces like this with colorful accessories.
Bend Goods Geometric Animals: Longhorn. A much cooler look than taxidermy, these sculptural trophies are cruelty-free.
Blu Dot Charlie 6 x 9 Rug. The bars and bright colors on this beautiful rug remind me of a Gee's Bend quilt.
Area Bruno Bed. The wooden bed taken down to its basic parts. It is available in ash and walnut.
Thomas Paul Prize Poultry Rooster 26 Jute Pillow. Have some fun with accessories that go a little farm-theme-y. This proud guy will add big personality to a bedscape, sofa or armchair.
Designers Eye Multi Throw Blanket in Brown. A beautiful classic plaid in double-woven in soft, rugged wool.
jefdesigns Branch 2-Stem Lamp. This lamp has a modern shape but brings some nature indoors.
Gus Modern Wireframe End Table. Part animal pen, part felled tree, this piece has just enough room for your reading lamp and alarm clock, with plenty of space to stash your favorite magazines underneath.
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Actually no, you'll be able to order them online starting soon.They will be shipped about a week before the live
The more that I think about this concert the more that I want to go especially since I realize that this is my only opportunity where I won't have to include expensive air fare into my expenses.Hoping so hard on that Taiko gacha event right now...
If anyone still needs tickets, make sure to add it to the "Need Ticekt" sheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/tkcdl4uH01ZryJ3sHux2JfgIn about 12 hours i'm going to determine randomly who of the people on there will get one of my 4 to 5 extra tickets.
I just add my name on the list, Am I doing it right?and by the way in the case that I got one of your ticket, how can I pay you?
Put it on the second tab.I think paypal is the best option to pay. How to give you the ticket is another problem though, since they are shipped to my japanese teacher who is currently in japan, and i don't know WHEN they will be shipped. Maybe we'll just have to meet up before the concert.
Fixed.About how to ship the ticket, from next month I'll be study aboard at Japan (Hokkaidou) for 1 year so I guess you can send it to my address there. But I don't mind meet up before the live if that more convenient for you.
Sorry, but are you a member of HPT 10th? It's a group of people who collaborated to get tickets and we said that the people in that group get priority. So if you are not, i'm sorry, but you can get one if i have spares when everyone of HPT got a ticket.A bunch of project im@s members are also part of HPT, that's why i wrote it here too. Sorry for the misunderstanding
Well, that a shame but I didn't in that group. should I remove my name from the list?
Yes, please do. And i'm sorry again for the confusion/false hopes.
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There are many websites that are associated with 'Web 2.0' – and quite a few of them1 use a reflective text logo. Well, now you can get your own with the Web 2.0 Logo Creator.
The website is intended as a joke – but you can use it to generate your own logo if you want! Here's my attempt using my surname in Flickr mode…
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Nearly three months after referring it to committee, Stephenville City Council members are scheduled tonight to discuss, during a �work session,� a proposal to designate a portion of Graham Street in memory of the late Carl Phillips.
Presented by Harris Methodist Erath County Hospital Chaplain Mike Hannah in early May, the proposal would designate Graham Street from the north city limits to the south city limits the "Carl Phillips Memorial Highway."
Hannah touted Phillips because of exemplary service, including Phillips� employment at the Stephenville hospital from 1926 until his retirement in 1998 and his service to the Stephenville Chamber of Commerce.
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Was an honorary member of the Erath County Bar Association, Received an honorary doctorate from Tarleton State University, Received recognition from former President Clinton for 72 years of service to the Stephenville hospital, and that January 24, 1998, was declared "Carl Phillips Day" in Stephenville.
The committee "work session" is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. at Stephenville City Hall, 298 W. Washington St.
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MacNeil and Keen looking for lost podium
TAVARES, Fla. - WeatherTech Racing drivers Cooper MacNeil and Leh Keen are looking for a little river redemption at this weekend's Chevrolet SportsCar Classic Presented by Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers on Detroit's Belle Isle, May 29-30.
The duo of Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.) and Leh Keen (Charleston, SC) were running a strong second in their No. 22 WeatherTech Racing Porsche in last year's Detroit race when some slight contact with the wall tore the driver side mirror from the car. Per series rules, MacNeil had to pit to fit a new door with mirror and that cost the Porsche pair a place on the podium. The tight 2.3-mile, 13-turn circuit located in the middle of the Detroit River has evolved since its first event in 2007. Most recently Roger Penske and his team repaved the surface of the track promising faster lap times and more competitive racing.
"Street races are always a big favorite of mine because of the close walls," MacNeil said. "It really puts a lot of pressure on the drivers to drive as quickly as possible, but not past that last inch, because concrete walls really hurt. The paving of the circuit should make it a bit quicker as it was really bumpy the last time we were on the island. Detroit is a stop and go track and our WeatherTech Porsche has always been pretty good exiting corners, as all the weight is in the rear. I'm really looking forward to getting some good points this weekend and getting back up in the championship even though we are in third just four points out of the lead."
Keen is looking forward to another Detroit street fight.
"Last year was absolutely the wildest racing I have been involved in," Keen said. "It was like destruction derby with half-million dollar race cars. The survivors got to keep going and still have a chance at the win. If you were not completely committed you were not in the fight. I expect this year to be the same. Hopefully the track will be a little bit smoother this year with the repave. Being able to keep the tires on the ground makes it easier to find the set-up and make the car do what you want. It was tough last year with some areas of the track being so bumpy you have to sacrifice speed for just being able to get the car around the corner. The Porsche has always been good at getting the power down in low grip situations. The type of situations a street course throws at you. We always have a comfortable set-up with the WeatherTech Porsche and that is key at a track like Detroit. I am looking forward to the street fight that this Detroit race has become."
Alex Job, team owner, will be ready for a shortened event.
"Detroit will only be 100-minute race," Job said. "Strategy and keeping the car at the front of the GTD pack will be key. We will also have to qualify well so we have options under what I am sure will be more than one caution period. Leh and Cooper have done well on street circuits in the past and we are looking forward to running in the Motor City."
The TUDOR United SportsCar Championship will travel to Detroit for the Chevrolet SportsCar Classic on Belle Isle, May 29-30. Follow the action on Friday with live qualifying from 5:10 p.m. to 6:10 p.m. ET at IMSA.com, The race will be televised live on FOX Sports 2, Saturday, 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and replayed on FOX Sports 1, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.


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I made my own birthday cake because I was sick of paying so much for a birthday cake that tastes meh and was probably made in a dirty kitchen (observations made from working in a bakery). So I made a lemon drizzle layered cake with lemon cream cheese frosting because lemon is my favourite ingredient to work with. It's refreshingly sour and always in my fridge. You can make variations of this, in the form of cupcakes or perhaps just a one layered cake with the frosting on top.
Ingredients for one layer of 9 inch cake
175g Butter
150g Caster Sugar
2 lemons
pinch of salt
4 eggs
100g self raising flour
75g almond meal
A little milk (3-4 tablespoons)
75g sugar
Ingredients for Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
250g Cream Cheese
150g icing sugar (adjust to your desired sweetness)
50ml lemon juice
Directions for cake
1. Preheat oven 180C or 160C fan oven. Grease and line loaf tin with greaseproof paper.
2. Whisk well butter, caster sugar, and zest of 1 lemon until light and fluffy. Approx 4-5min.
3. Add a pinch of salt and the eggs slowly one at a time until well combined before adding the next.
4. Change the whisk to paddle attachement.
5. Sift over flour and fold in, followed by almonds.
6. Add enough milk to bring mixture to dropping consistency so that it falls off the spoon.
7. Pour mixture in the loaf tin and even out the top. Make slight well in center.
8. Bake for 40-45 min, until a skewer comes out clean.
9. In a small sauce pan, combine juice of 2 lemons and demerera sugar and slowly heat until sugar is dissolved. Add zest of remaining lemon. Turn heat off.
10. Use a skewer stick to make holes in the cake and pour the drizzle lemon syrup slowly into the holes when the cake is warm. Important to do this once the cake is just out of the oven.
11. Let sit to cool.
Directions for Frosting
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Almost everyone loves sex, but a few engage in frequent sessions. Although sex does take energy and effort, there are 16 reasons while indulging in sex daily could change your life. Here they are…
1) Due to the release of oxytocin, sex could be a natural painkiller.
2) Oxytocin, a hormone for trust and bonding is one that is often released during sex. This helps in bonding for couples that engage in them.
3) Sex is a direct result of lower blood pressure. Joseph J. Pinzone, medical director of Amai Wellness does say "Research suggests a link between sex and lower blood pressure".
4) It is an antidote for a longer life, and this is due to the good heart rate sex could afford you. England Research Institute has proposed that men who indulge in frequent sex are less likely to have heart diseases.
5) Good sex could equal good life. This is a result of a healthy heart from frequent sex.
6) A research conducted on male mice who were allowed to indulge in constant sex is found to be less stressed.
7) From all the good mood hormones that flood your system during sex, depression and anxiety are overcome.
8) The release of dopamine during sex helps reduce the stress that has built up during the day and thereby aids in a good sleep.
9) Builds your immunity. More sex helps maintain the release of Immunoglobulin A, an antigen that helps protect the body from disease.
10) The daily post cites a study that says that sex reduces the chances of getting prostate cancer in men.
11) This helps in keeping the participants strong and fit.
12) Sex helps in regulating hormones and periods in females.
13) Due to the positioning of the pelvic muscles, they play a vital role in humans having sex. Therefore this strengthens them.
14)The National Bureau of Economic Research) released a research finding that suggests that s*x could create happiness in people happy far longer than money could.
15) Sex amongst other things is a physical exercise and one that continues to challenge our physical stamina and strength. And as such, that helps increase your stamina when you engage in it frequently.
16) Energy. It is known that males lose some energy during sex to the female. Little wonder boxers and other fighters abstain from that during training camps. But for couples, that could be a great thing.
Therefore it is important to let partners in a relationship know the many advantages of sex. This brings forth happiness between the two.


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In 1870, Rome became the capital city of the new Kingdom of Italy. During this time, neoclassicism, a building style influenced by the architecture of antiquity, became a predominant influence in Roman architecture. During this period, many great palaces in neoclassical styles were built to host ministries, embassies, and other governing agencies. One of the best-known symbols of Roman neoclassicism is the Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II or "Altar of the Fatherland", where the Grave of the Unknown Soldier, that represents the 650,000 Italians that fell in World War I, is located.


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Members of the Accella Performance Materials team were hard at work on Monday, September 11th helping out folks in the Houston, Texas area in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Accella made available one of our delivery trucks to haul 20,000 lbs. of freightage to support the hurricane disaster relief. The transport was loaded with 10 pallets of water; 10 pallets of clothing collected from the Salvation Army to help those displaced by the hurricane; empty drums to aid in the clean up effort; and other miscellaneous supplies and funding donated by Accella staff and employees. The haul arrived early this morning to Accella's Houston-area facility where staff members are now disseminating the goods to the local community and those most in need.
On behalf of everyone within our extended Accella family, we continue to send our support and best wishes for all of those affected by the aftermath of this devastating disaster in Texas – and we also continue to hold in our thoughts and prayers all those who are currently in the path of Hurricane Irma in Florida and the Southeast.
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The key atv=* is to be used where there are restrictions on the way limiting the width of the vehicle to 50 inches (50"/1.27m) or less. In the US these vehicles are called "ATV", "Quad" or "4 wheeler". The use of atv=* implies motorcycle=yes.
In the US the Forest Service and BLM provide roads on public ground for recreational use. Many of these roads have restrictions on the types of vehicles that can be used. The common restrictions are
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Glaucoma Suspect
"Glaucoma Suspect" is the term used when an individual appears to be at higher risk of developing glaucoma, but does not seem to have developed any actual disease.
There is no single test to rely on to know if a person may have glaucoma. So when some factors indicate that there may be glaucoma, but other factors seem to indicate that there is not, we use the term "Glaucoma Suspect."
Over time, as more information is gathered, some patients will go on to be diagnosed with actual glaucoma. Many others will simply be followed closely with repeat testing, but never develop a problem.
What is Glaucoma?
Glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve, which transmits the images you see from the eye to the brain. The optic nerve is made up of many nerve fibers (like an electric cable with its numerous wires). Glaucoma damages those nerve fibers, which can cause blind spots and vision loss.
Glaucoma is normally a slowly progressive disease that often has no symptoms. However, once damage is done to the optic nerve, the vision loss is permanent, so it is important to detect and treat glaucoma early to avoid any vision loss.
Checking for Glaucoma
Common tests for glaucoma include measuring the intraocular pressure (IOP), visual field (side vision), pachymetry (thickness of the cornea), nerve fiber layer thickness around the optic nerve (measured by instruments called OCT, HRT or GDx), gonioscopy (a mirrored lens that looks at the drainage area of the eye), and optic nerve photographs. Probably the most important factor is the careful examination of the optic nerve itself and comparisons of those examinations over time.
Your optometrist or ophthalmologist may tell you that you are at risk for glaucoma if you have one or more risk factors, including having an elevated IOP, a family history of glaucoma, certain optic nerve characteristics, are of a particular ethnic background, or are of advanced age.
For all "Glaucoma Suspects," it is very important that the health of your eye be closely monitored, typically once or twice a year.
Some "Glaucoma Suspects" require treatment, others do not, depending on the overall risk to the eye. For those that are treated, the goal is to lower your eye pressure to prevent or slow any vision loss. Your eye care provider will recommend treatment if the risk of vision loss is high.
Treatment often consists of eye drops but can include laser treatment or surgery to create a new drain in the eye. Glaucoma – when it happens – is a chronic disease that can be controlled but not cured. If it is decided that you should be treated for glaucoma, ongoing monitoring (every three to six months) is needed to watch for changes. Ask your eye care provider if you have any questions about glaucoma or your treatment.


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Monday, November 14, 2011
Colorful looks! Purple with coral and blue with orange and yellow!
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I love both looks you did. I am so jealous you won this! I have been wanting to try it. All I have right now are 2 Sugarpill pigments (which I love).ReplyDelete
I love both looks. I'm a huge purple fan and this look is awesome. I love the second look because it's one of the more unique looks I've seen using the Burning Heart palette. Congratulations on your win!ReplyDelete
I can't believe you've never won a MUG contest before, that boggles my mind! Love both looks, but the second is jaw dropping!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous. Everytime you enter I swear you'll win, so it's about time!ReplyDelete
I love this palette. I used it the other day by blending the yellow from almost the brow down into the orange into the red in the crease into the purple all over the lid. Got the idea from LittleKiva's latest Bold and Bright tutorial(though she used Inglot). It's gorgeous!
Have fun! Can't wait to see what else you come up with for this palette!
both are stunning, I love that wing on the first look! i love that bright look, I wanted that palette too!! but im so happy that you've won because i know you can do it justice :)ReplyDelete
I love the look you created with the Sugarpill palette! It actually looks like it would have worked well for the MUG contest that just ended, the Native American one. That's the first thing that came to mind with the turquoise blue and the orange together. Beautiful!ReplyDelete
I am loving the way you have been doing your eyeliner lately!! So gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I am sooooo freaking happy you have FINALLY won a MUG contest, soooo defiantly deserved! Half the time you entered I thought you should win! And might I say, you scored! That is an awesome palette! I love it so much and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the look you created with it, that blue is gorgeous with the orange/yellows!
How do you feel about Buttercupcake? Is it pigmented for you? I've hardly used mine because it isn't as bright as my 120 palette yellow, but maybe I just got a bad shadow
I love how the last pic came out!!! Absolutely love this look!! You're so talented!!!ReplyDelete
I just found your blog and have to say that your looks are amazing! Love love love the second one!ReplyDelete
@Leticia: haha I've been eyeballing these palettes for a long time but I just had a hard time justifying buying one.ReplyDelete
@olgiepolgie: Thank you! That's quite a compliment, you telling me it's one of the more creative look you've seen! Thank you so much!
@Angie: haha yeah, I'm a professional at not winning stuff. I usually could guess who would win.
@Karen: I'll definitely be trying that sometime!!
@Ashii: I loved the look you entered in the contest! But thank you!
@Kristy: I hadn't even thought of that! Oh well! Thank you!!
@Kassie: Thank you!!! Haha it's all good. And about Buttercupcake, I've only used it the one time but I did swatch it on my hand and stuff and it's not what I thought it would be at all. It's kinda dry and a little chalky and not as pigmented as I expected it to be. I have the 88 palette and there's no real yellow in there so it's better than nothing!
@LisaMarie: thank you!!! I appreciate it!
@Sarah: Thank you so much! I'm so glad you like it!!
You are SPECTACULAR! Just saying. :)ReplyDelete


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Well Michigan, you can hold your head up high. As I was watching Team USA play Team Canada in some of the best freakin' hockey I have seen in years, I was proud to call Michigan my home. I mean, just look at these numbers:
- RYAN MILLER Hometown: East Lansing, MI 42 saves on 45 shots
- BRIAN RAFALSKI Hometown: Dearborn, MI 2 Goals 1 Assist
- RYAN KESLER Hometown: Livonia, MI 1 Goal
Four of the five goals were touched by a player from Michigan and Miller looked fantastic. If Michigan was a Hockey Dad he would have to be the guy standing along the glass looking in on the game with a huge smile.
I've always said I was proud to be an American, but proudest to be from Michigan. Congrats USA and great job boys!


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Two of them are lifers who turned to wrestling at an early age. One is a relative newcomer who wishes he had a time machine so he could start when the others did.
Together, the three seniors — Colton Messick, Divine Simpson and Zachary Johnston — are enjoying undefeated seasons that have led Warwick to a 6-0 start. Messick has wrestled his four varsity seasons at 106 pounds (103 as a freshman before the change); Simpson is "a beast" — Raiders coach Michael Norton's words — at 170; and Johnston is so dominant at heavyweight that he pinned an opponent in 10 seconds.
"The three are key parts to a well-oiled machine," Norton said. "Messick is the heart and drive, Simpson is the speed and agility, and Johnston is the brawn. They're all determined to go further than they did last year."
A big test will come Wednesday at Gloucester — Hampton and Menchville also will be there to make it an all-Conference 10 affair. An interesting individual matchup will be Johnston vs. Hampton's Najee Volk, the 2012-13 Peninsula District champion.
Messick also was a district champion last year and made the state tournament as an alternate. The fact that he's wrestling at 106 for the fourth consecutive year is an accomplishment in itself. At first, he had to bulk up to reach it. But by his junior year, it became more of a challenge.
"Last year, I had to start cutting a little weight, but nothing too bad," he said. "Just diet right before the season. It hasn't been too bad. Just keeping my weight down.
"When I first started, I was only 93 pounds, so I was trying to bulk up and get to 103 (then the classification). Come my junior year, when I had to start cutting, I didn't think I was going to make it. I thought I'd have to go 113."
In fact, many teams don't have a 106-pounder. Of Warwick's six matches this season, Messick got three wins by forfeit. Not that he counts it — "It's not a win to me unless I'm wrestling," he said. On the mat, he's 3-0 with all pins.
"He's the little engine that drives the team," Norton said. "He's looking to go to states this year."
Simpson, who played at least five different positions on Warwick's football team last fall, became interested in wrestling while watching WWE as a kid. He's been hooked on it ever since, and he has an amusing way of explaining why.
"This is the one time I get to … I don't want to say do physical damage, because I don't want anyone to get hurt, but this is the only time I can inflict pain on school property," he said. "I take advantage of it."
This has been a different experience for Simpson, who in the fall played on an 0-10 football team that underwent a coaching change before its eighth game.
"Wrestling has always been fun for me," he said. "I might get annoyed with practice sometimes, but practice only makes you better. This year, to start off 6-0, I feel pretty good about it."
Simpson's six wins this year include an 11-second pin.
Johnston's is an interesting story. Though he always had the size, he had no interest in wrestling. Messick's constant nagging during lunch did nothing to sway him. In fact, he was more willing to try competition cheerleading (which he did last fall) than wrestling.
Finally, as a sophomore, he came out. He wishes he had done it sooner.
"A Marine recruiter told me it would be a great way to get in shape, and that's really what made me want to come out," said Johnston, who wants to join the Infantry. "And I've loved it ever since.
"When you're on the mat and you win, it's because you won. There's your teammates and coaches, but you're the one who won. It comes down to you and how much you want it."
Johnston's only loss last season came to Volk, who advanced to the state tournament. He'll get another shot at Volk on Wednesday in Gloucester.
"He's the one I'm coming after," Johnston said. "I can't wait for that match."
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Krah sewage line for water treatment plant in Obregon Sonora, Mexico
Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, una ciudad de 475,000 habitantes ubicada en el Noroeste de México, es una de las ciudades con mayor porcentaje de agua de drenaje tratada en el país, llegando a 95% , ahora la tecnología Krah ha entrado a este mercado exitosamente.
Ciudad Obregon, Sonora a city of 475,000 people in the Northwestern part of Mexico is one of the cities, that has the highest percentage of treated water in the country treating around 95% of its sewage water, and now Krah technology has entered this market successfully.
OOMAPAS DE CAJEME, the water organism in Obregon, wanted to replace several sewage lines that converged in the South Water Treatment Plant of the city, which has a capacity of 735 liters per second and started its operation in August 1997.
The installation conditions were 5 meter in depth, clay soil, and high phreatic (groundwater) surface at 20 cm from the ground soil. Also the lines were to be installed near agricultural fields so this created more water in the soil because of irrigation.
OOMAPAS had already tested a 60 inch corrugated pipe from the brand ADS, which had problems and collapsed in some sections, and Krah Mexico proposed a 60 inch pipe with an SN 3, which performed very well and also reduced the size of the trench they needed to open having savings in their installation costs.
The line was installed by the company Construmaq SA de CV with the help of one of our technicians, Antonio Jaramillo better known as Toñito, doing the electrofusion process. Pipes were prejoined in our plant or at the field so they were always installed in segments of 12 or 18 meters accelerating installation by doing so.
All the deliveries were made by telescoping pipe and arranging the 60 inch pipe in diagonal so it complied with transport regulations.
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60" inch diameter - 1312 meter length PR pipe Electrofusion Joint
36" inch diameter - 367 meter length PR pipe Electrofusion Joint
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60" - 1556 meter length PR pipe Electrofusion Joint
36" - 638 meter length PR pipe Electrofusion Joint
24" - 150 meter length PR pipe Double Rubber Gasket Joint
The length of the pipe installed was in segments of 120 meters where a manhole was placed. Once the line was installed every 120 meter segment was tested at 0.5 kg/cm2 with rubber plugs at each end to prove that it was tight. Every segment passed successfully.
The majority of the joints were done by the patented Krah process of electrofusion. However in the 24 inch line, the water organism wanted to replace a live line, in which Krah pipes with double rubber gasket joint was more convenient and was installed that way.
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What follows is a transcript of Episode #2 of the Spaghetti Junction Podcast:
ROD: The Spaghetti Junction Podcast…
ROD: Welcome to Spaghetti Junction — At the intersection of everything; because, today, that's how life is. Often messy… confusing, off-putting, and contradictory. My name is R.E. Harter, and I'll be your host, asking questions at the messy intersection of life, art, sports, and politics: The Spaghetti Junction Podcast.
H.L. Mencken described conscience as an inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking. Think of me as your inner voice at Spaghetti Junction. Episode #2 poses three questions. First, Has Our Reach Exceeded Our Grasp? Secondly, Have You Noticed How Complex Plots Have Become? And finally, Will History Judge LeBron Differently?
At the conclusion of the Constitutional convention, a woman asked Ben Franklin: "Well, Doctor, what have we a Republic, or a monarchy?" "A Republic," He replied, "if you can keep it." I worry that we can't. Keep it… Franklin addressed the same convention with these words: "when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men, all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views." Sounds familiar. What's the contemporary expression? Ripped from the headlines…?
Stories of conflicting passions among families and friends during the Civil War are well documented, and serve as inspiration for countless novels and movies laying bare those internecine schisms. These interfamily feuds were a go-to plot twist for many movies and novels: The outcast cowboy still fighting the civil war or avenging the murder of his family. Today, the predictable local police investigation thwarted or upstaged by a federal investigation involving national security is widely used. These stories of internal schisms are ubiquitous, and should serve as a warning.
There is a part of me that knows I don't truly appreciate the depth or breadth of those Civil War era emotions — until now. Until recently, I accepted intellectually divided families and divided allegiances during the Civil War; but, I did not truly comprehend the veracity of emotion, or mental carnage that often followed. My life includes no modern experiences equal or analogous to those Civil War fractious disputes. The head is not the heart, and that matters. Stories move us because they resonate with some internal emotion, and experience.
We are now considerably more narrow: in our interests, our focus, our experiences; our thoughts are not very deep. How deep can one get in one hundred and forty characters. We live in a virtual reality of few consequences — there's always a do-over available; but, living is not a game.
Consider our mostly known or accepted history: A melting pot of immigrants; and one nation under God…
Our melting pot — that historic crucible for changing or melding identities into a new brand — no longer melts; but, separates into tribes. Identities matter now. We are not mixing to create something new; we are separating to become homogeneous. Both of my parents grew up in bi-lingual homes; but, were only allowed to speak English because: "They were going to be Americans."
Our Founding Fathers were acutely aware of the challenges facing this young republic that spread across a continent with distinctly different local needs and interests. We possessed at that time a certain homogeneity, or shared experience: We were basically white, mostly Christian, spoke the same language, shared a revolutionary experience, identified with similar cultural values, and believed in English Common Law. The revolutionary philosophy was, however, more expansive with its declaration that "All_ men are created equal, and that _they_ are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Monuments and edifices erected subsequently continued to extoll this revolutionary spirit: "Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore… Send these…"
And they came; they came with skills, ideas, trades, energy and a passion for freedom. They came ready to assimilate, to meld, with this grand experiment in democracy: that is rule by the majority; but with respect and equal treatment for the minority.
The assimilation was not always easy, and there are plenty of movies and novels that chronicle this issue of assimilation. Cities within cities became very much the norm for the major urban locations. Large metropolitan cities all had a Little Italy, China Town, Jew Town, or a Ghetto.
Hardly a school child exists who can not identify the words posted inside the Statue of liberty readily; at least I hope. Few probably know or recognize the entire sonnet, which changes substantially the meaning of the Statue of Liberty. The French offered Miss Liberty as a tribute to revolution and democracy, but the sonnet by Emma Lazarus changes that focus from revolution to immigrants. Listen to the entire sonnet… Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
We are at odds with our history… and that's troubling.
I often wonder how many Americans could identify the Pre-amble to the Constitution, or the opening of the Declaration of Independence? Not many, is my guess. Our narrow comprehension of history seems to suggest that as a democracy our reach has exceeded our grasp! We spoke eloquently for years of our melting pot, and recited the few lines from Emma Lazarus' Sonnet; but I don't think we ever grasped its meaning. Now that we have achieved a diversity that threatens our "selfie" as a white dominant race of Christians, we dig our heels into the ground looking to preserve something we never set as a goal: a homogeneous religious and social culture. We have this notion of separation of churches — other than mine — and state.
The oft repeated mantras of our founding principles and the images of freedom and the pursuit of happiness, equal opportunity, and the American Dream seem hypocritical in light of our own genocide with Native Americans, or Civil War. Fear of the multicultural world has bread distrust, hostility, and fear because, quite frankly, it's a threat to our power and position.. The founding fathers distrusted the mix of religion and state, many were atheists or deists: the expression endowed by their creator is a deists construction, not Christian.
In this country the left and the right do not talk to each other, but talk at each other. Our circular news cycles further erode any willingness to engage the other side. Rather than look for commonality, we look to demonize and destroy. Within the past ten years democracy has turned back on itself. The people don't chose their representatives, the representatives chose their constituency, and two significant efforts to disenfranchise minority voters in Texas and North Carolina have been rejected by the Supreme Court.
With the rise of political purity, the necessity to protect ones position has resulted in an attack on the Fourth Estate, the press. Media, the narrative goes, run fake stories and lies. All media is left leaning and favor progressive stories, while conducting witch hunts on the right. Destroy the credibility of the Fourth Estate, and it is a slippery slide to fear and distrust of all institutions. The only destination is anarchy.
This polarization has reached down to my personal life, in that I have seen acquaintances and their families wherein the family members are so extremely conservative or progressive that they cannot talk to each other. They have experienced emotionally charged discussions that have deteriorated into name calling and an unwillingness to discuss rationally without crutch support from internet talking points. Furthermore, everything is seen as somehow politically motivated. Their interactions are guarded, fragile, and frankly tiresome – if they occur at all. This is the Civil War revisited.
George Will is a well-established elderly Conservative columnist who has left the Republican Party, and who openly challenges the mental health of our sitting president. George Will is about as even tempered as they come, and exhibits tremendous self-control, but he is angered. This should serve as a warning.
We have to talk without the echo-chamber affect. We have to respect and engage if we are to meet this existential crisis for our democracy. "when you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men, all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views."
Even our present Constitution didn't get it right the first time. The first ten amendments called the Bill of Rights was added after the fact, and through the years the rights and privileges of all citizens have been clarified, amended, or expanded. The only venture taken into social engineering was the 18th Amendment that outlawed alcohol- prohibition. The 21 Amendment repealed prohibition.
Keeping our republic will be a challenge since we are not schooled nor practiced in critical thinking and are hopelessly challenged to remain vigilant, knowledgeable, and active in our participation in governance. We are too much "into ourselves". Patience, perspective, and open minds regarding what is good for all is necessary for us to survive. It starts at home and in the schools. The journey is long and we'd better start now…
Television programing is no longer dominated by short-stories. Instead, we have seasons long narratives that have become as complex and convoluted as our daily life. Call them Novel-length Movies.
This is not a criticism, but bears considering. We are not fed endless short-stories any longer, but are teased into viewing novel length movies of very generous breadth and complexity.
Recently, despite my initial resistance, I found myself succumbing to the appeal of Bosch, an HBO series chronicling the work of an LAPD detective, who is seemingly ethical to a fault, but unliked by most of his fellow officers. The many silent sequences of him peering out from his high on a hill condo to see the vista that is Los Angeles, repeatedly tells us he is introspective and complex. He is basically an ethical cop in an unethical world, and even he succumbs to an unethical action — for the most ethical of reasons. Hollywood money purchased the digs — a mildly successful movie based upon his character supposedly bought the condo; but he has come to eschew Hollywood.
I enjoyed watching the episodes and found him to be compelling, with anecdotal insights into single parent frustrations and problems. He never lets anyone get too close. He has moments of intimacy; but one questions how intimate they really are, because there is always this wall of responsibility as a cop that separates him from the world. During the three seasons of episodes I watched this divorced cop had two liaisons with women, the first a fellow officer, and secondly with an Assistant DA. Work and his responsibility to his badge always interceded and he coldly breaks off the relationships when work and relationship get too close. The press is alternately investigative, but also somewhat hysterical for dirt.
Bosch is basically accused by his fellow officers of bending the rules to get convictions. I never understood the rule-breaking cop tag, so much as his smug superiority that was always born out – with the exception of a blond porn actress who murdered her husband/producer… But, I suspect that's sitting out there for him to solve too. She will return. Bosch is not so much insufferable, as relentless.
His irritable best is seen in a scene with the police chief who squashed an untruthful investigation into his culpability in a murder. When the Chief, expecting a thank you, tells him not to worry because the investigation is quashed, Bosch's reply is: "Good, you're just doing your job." The not so surprised chief actually smiles and notes that they are "now even." Bosch went to extraordinary lengths to help capture the chief's son's murderer.
The salivating press, ever present, and ever sniffing out the worst among the cops makes for an interesting contemporary point. Given our current world and the polarization of the population, Bosch's integrity in a world lacking in ethics under constant scrutiny by a scandal-starved media looking for another Watergate moment is a chilling reminder of how complex and convoluted our world has become.
Movies made from books are often knocked for not being able to capture the entire book faithfully. This may change, because with the development of Bosch and other series like it, our story-tellers are nearly offering novel length movies over extended number of seasons, creating a new palette for binge watching of a particular series on Netflix or Amazon Prime or others.
Bosch is confirmation of the unethical world and the ensuing struggles for domination that we see in our day to day world… in the Spaghetti Junction.
Episode 2, section 3
The expected clash of titans, the NBA finals, between Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers begins this week. The backstory is compelling and well known: Revenge or Repeat is the meme!
The body of work to this point in LeBron James' career qualifies him to be considered among the best to have ever played the game. He has played in seven consecutive NBA finals, losing only once to date in the post-season. Closing out the Celtics he surpassed a record point total in post-season, eclipsing the great Michael Jordan. During a furious comeback in the Boston series a video clip of Lebron's athleticism outwitting a Celtic defender while sweeping to the basket to lay it in, went viral. The complaint was "He carried the ball!" He probably did… So?
Watch any NBA team, not just the elite ones, and I guarantee you will find multiple instances of _/carrying the ball/_, as well as _/steps/_! Modern players engage in frequent walking and/or carrying of the ball. It's not right; it's not the game; but, it's a judgement call referees don't always see because of the speed and intensity of the game. They are looking for more flagrant violations; and, two men covering ten moving behemoth parts, is not easy. Sometimes you can't see through these mountainous bodies and flailing extremities. Fast and furious is a movie franchise, as well as an NBA meme.
Still, for LeBron James, respect seems to come begrudgingly. He was not even included among the finalists for the MVP award this year – one of his statistical best.
History will be kinder to LeBron.
Free from all the incessant chatter about MJ, the Event, his early failures in the league, James will get his due as one of, if not the most complete player to play the game. He will meet or exceed championships attained by MJ, I am confident.
Why will it take time? Why are we not jumping on the bandwagon now; God knows, fans love to jump into the pool of hyperbole and declare this or that the best, the greatest, the most superior to ever wear the uniform!
It's complicated, I think. The fans want to anoint a player as the best ever. It's an unwritten rule of fandom.
I suspect his self-annointed _/King James/_ moniker, and the _/Event/_ eclipsed his talent to a large degree. We seem to like humility among our athletic heroes. While Ali also called himself the greatest, his showmanship and poetry seemed to mask the hype with a certain likable honesty and integrity. I'm not suggesting LeBron lacks integrity. There is something bordering on _/un-likable/_ that gets in the way. He doesn't float like a butterfly and sting like a bee! It's a personality thing, I guess.
Michael Jordan always appeared approachable; not so much, LeBron James. Fans honored MJ; he never demanded honor by calling himself King James. There is one other element that may have traction too. As LeBron pointed out so succinctly during a press conference following racist rants painted on his house. "Racism is not dead in this country."
This gets complicated, but I think it's there; much as it was there with Barack Obama — too smart and too well spoken. LeBron — too intimidating, and too gifted.
Time will mute the whispers and background chatter, and we shall be left with an impressive resume of accomplishments that will put him among — if not at the top — of the Mount Rushmore elites of basketball.
Fans bestow greatness, and some don't like it when greatness is thrust upon them. I'm not saying it's right; I'm just saying this is the Spaghetti Junction…
It's a messy place, this Spaghetti Junction. But, it's all we have, and our attention must be focused on how it all relates, if we want to keep it all!
This has been Spaghetti Junction. Thank you for joining us. Special thanks to Podomatic, Audiojungle and music ideas, and also to Austin and the guys at Composite Creative. CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AND BLOG AT REHARTER.COM – THE WRITER'S STORM…
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By Rev. George F. Borghardt
Dare to be Lutheran. It's been our motto at Higher Things from the very beginning. We even trademarked it a few years ago! We dare you to be Lutheran, to live Lutheran, to grow up Lutheran, and continue to BE Lutheran.
But isn't that arrogant? Isn't that closed-minded? Shouldn't you be daring youth to be Christians? Isn't that good enough? Do you seriously think that Lutherans are the only ones who are right? Don't you think that this just feeds more of that "only Lutherans go to heaven" stereotype?
A Lutheran is a Christian who believes that Jesus alone saves by grace alone, received by faith alone. We know this from Scripture alone. It's as certain as 2+2=4. No one was ever called arrogant or closed-minded for believing that 2+2=4. It's not five. It's not three. Those other answers are wrong.
It's not arrogant for Lutherans to believe we're right either. It's absolutely true that Jesus alone saves. He alone is right. Oh, we aren't the only people who are right. The Gospel has a way of slipping through in places you wouldn't expect! And we should never say we are right simply because we are Lutherans or that we are right in and of ourselves. We are right by Jesus alone, by grace alone, according to Scripture alone. We confess this Gospel only by the working of the Holy Spirit in us. We don't make ourselves right. We certainly don't deserve to be right. We are Lutherans by grace alone.
"Daring to be just a Christian" can't be enough because so much of Christianity today is filled with all sorts of things that aren't really Christian at all. It's Evangelicalism. It's filled with grace-talk that is followed immediately by works-talk. They say contradictory stuff like, "Jesus saves you by grace alone, all you have to do is this, that, and the other thing. And once you're saved, Jesus expects you to change, to be better, to make your salvation sure or maybe you weren't really truly Christian in the first place after all."
That's not daring to be Lutheran! That's daring to be the same old sinner you were the day you were conceived, living out your inborn, self-made religion-that's the religion that believes what you do and don't do will put you in God's good graces and make Him like you. That's no dare at all.
Jesus lived His life for you. Jesus died the death you deserve on the Cross. He now lives, and true Life is found only in Him. What you do doesn't save you-all it can do is damn you. But He was damned for you so that in Him, you will never see hell. So dare to be different. Dare to be Lutheran.
Not every Lutheran is the same, either. There is an alphabet soup of Lutheranism out there-some of which you need to dare NOT to be. If it looks like generic Christianity, worships like generic Christianity, is centered on you and not on Jesus crucified for you…it's not Lutheran.
What kind of Lutheran do I need to dare to be? The Christ's-cross-alone, received-by-faith-alone from-Scripture-alone kind of Lutheran, of course! The-Lord-be-with-you and with-thy-Spirit kind. The Holy-Baptism-saves kind. The Lord's-Supper-gives-me-Jesus'-True- Body-and-True-Blood kind. The my-pastor-forgives-my-sins kind. The Bible-is-the-authoritative-Word-of-God kind of Lutheran. Dare to be THAT kind of Lutheran.
So why is this important? I've not always been Lutheran. I grew up Roman Catholic. The Lord converted me my freshman year of college. I had always heard what I had to do to be saved…maybe. Only in the Lutheran church did I hear that Christ saves totally by grace alone. It changed my life.
I'm mostly grown up now. I have three kids. I don't want them to go on the same journey I went on. I want them to grow up Lutheran. I want them to believe what we believe and to receive the comfort and peace that comes only from the pure Gospel. I want them to receive the Sacrament with me. It's important to me; it's a matter of life and death. I'll bet it's important to your parents, too.
For, if you are a Lutheran, why would you want to be anything else? If the Gospel has become clear to you that salvation and heaven and faith and life are all about Jesus' cross alone without any merit or worthiness in you, why would you want to trade that for anything else? Why would you want to be anything else?
Dare to confess that Jesus alone saves you. Dare to believe that His salvation is by grace alone, not by what you do or don't do. Dare to confess that Jesus is received by faith alone. Dare to base your faith only from Scripture alone.
Dare to be Lutheran!
Rev. George F. Borghardt serves as the Senior Pastor at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in McHenry, Illinois. He is the President of Higher Things. His email is email@example.com.