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I've been combing through the book of Acts lately trying to understand what made the early church such a dynamic movement. This isn't the first time I've done it, nor will it be the last. It's a bit of an obsession with me. You'll have to deal with it.
A few days ago I stumbled across something that I had missed in other translations. Acts 2 describes the coming of the Holy Spirit in the upper room and the message Peter preached in an attempt to explain it. When Peter finishes declaring the Gospel, many, many people come to Christ and the first church is born. This infant church begins practicing what I've taught as the four essentials of church for a long time (devotion to the Gospel, fellowship, eating together, and prayer).
What gripped me, though, was the next verse. It wasn't the description of what the church did–it was the description of what the church had. Here's what Luke records:
And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.
-Acts 2:43
What struck me as I read it was the translation of the word "awe." I'm used to that word being translated as "fear." Whenever the word is translated as fear in relationship to God, we often understand it as "the fear of the Lord," which Scripture over and over again defines as a healthy spiritual reality, despite what modern teachers tell us. Here in the English Standard Version, the translators chose the word "awe." I like this translation because I think it clearly states what Luke is trying to describe. In those early days, everyone was in awe of what God was doing.
As I started to dig into this word, I found that it was translated from the Greek word "phobos" which is where we get the word phobia from. This word is used across the New Testament to describe two seemingly different realities. One is the fear of something that is dreadful, but the other is a fear of God that spurs Christians to grow in proper relationship to Christ. So while I don't doubt that fear is a proper translation, as I've thought about "awe" as it's translated in Acts 2, I'm wondering if awe might be a closer English word to what Luke was trying to describe.
Why else would the New Testament say the following:
- So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied. (Acts 9:31)
- Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade others… (2 Corinthians 5:11)
- Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
- …submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. (Ephesians 5:21)
- …work out your own salvation with fear and trembling… (Philippians 2:12)
- And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile… (1 Peter 1:17)
Now go back and look at each of these passages and in the place of fear, replace it with awe. It's not that fear is the wrong word, so much as it doesn't touch the depths of fascination and respect that our English understanding of fear communicates. Imagine the church multiplying because it walks in the awe of God, persuading others about the reality of Christ because our hearts are awestruck by who He is, purifying ourselves because we're so caught up in awe of God. Imagine a body of believers who conduct their lives in awe throughout their time on Earth…that is so awestruck by what God is doing in other believers that they submit to the Christ they see in each other! Living in the awe of God has a powerful influence on the way we live our lives.
I still believe that the church needs to return to the practices of Acts 2:42, but I'm starting to wonder if the church doesn't desperately need to recover the "awe of God." What if instead of just repeating the practices of the early church, we did them out of the awe of God and what He is doing?
Now awe is a funny thing. We can't produce it in ourselves. God produces awe of Himself in the human heart, but we can learn to walk in it. We can hunger after the kind of experiences the early church had. We can seek to encounter the same Christ that worked miracles among the early church. We can lay aside our lesser fascinations and begin to fix our hearts again on the one we are supposed to live in awe of–Jesus. As we do, awe will grow. We'll encounter Him more. As we encounter Him, our awe will grow.
When we have this awe of God glowing white hot in our hearts, it's terribly easy to declare the goodness of Jesus and stand against persecution. Others will see it and turn to the Lord as well, especially as God shows up in the midst of those circumstances. In some crazy sort of way, as we experience the awe of God in our hearts, it whets the appetites of those around us and quickly others become hungry to encounter Jesus.
Friends, I'm writing today to encourage you to get an awe of God. If you've lost it, if you've never had it, or if you just want more of it, go back to God and ask Him for it. He will give you more awe if you ask.
Who knows? It may even be the start of a church planting movement like we see in the book of Acts.
Bringing God to the World
There's Something Special on the Other Side of This Moment
Yesterday was a hard day. It was the kind of day that would normally discourage me and cause me to wallow in self-pity for more than a few days. The good news was as I was preparing for the event that made my day hard, a Pharrell Williams song started playing in my head. Now, that's not unusual, because Pharrell's song "There's Something Special" has been a song my kids and I have been listening to and singing since we heard it in Despicable Me 3.
But this time, it was different. This time, as I heard the words, I heard them as if the Lord was singing them back to me. I started singing along and felt the Lord draw close to my heart as I sang the song:
There's something special on the other side of this moment
And it's about what you and I decide
And it's important for you to remember we did this together
And finally, they'll know the story of our lives
It was more than just a song. It was an invitation to remember that no matter how bad the day got, no matter what went wrong or right with yesterday, my reward wasn't what happened yesterday, but what waited for me "on the other side of this moment." As I sang and received from the Lord, I could sense He wanted me to know there was a reward for treasuring Him in that moment, not the outcome.
We weren't promised ease in this life. We were promised joy and trouble. William Barclay wrote, "Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble." How do those things go together? How is one absurdly happy and in constant trouble?
Much of it, I believe, is done by keeping our eyes on the reward that awaits us for perseverance, faithfulness, and loving well. This reward may be found to some degree in this age, but it is fully realized in the age to come. There is an eternal reward that is stored up for us that is so easy to lose sight of right now, but it's real and designed to encourage us when things are difficult.
Friends, regardless of what you're going through, "there's something special on the other side of this moment." We need to remember that even the trials and difficulties we encounter here are forming something is us…something that can receive a reward greater than we can contemplate. Don't forget the eternal things that are being stored up for you, right now, in this moment, based on your obedience.
It will strengthen you to follow Jesus.
Love Builds the Church
I just returned from a short trip to Kansas City. We went for a wedding of some dear friends, but it was a good excuse to make my way there to see some people I haven't seen in far too long. The funny thing about our trip is I usually am looking for something "substantial" to happen: An important connection, a time of pouring into a friend, a time of being poured into by a friend, or a chance to do a little ministry. This time, none of those things happened. Instead, I got to love and be loved.
And what's amazing to me about that is how often I forget that being loved and giving love is the point. I'm the first to point out that the pursuit of knowledge makes us proud but doesn't profit us, but that's only half the equation. The profitable part of understanding knowledge doesn't build us up is knowing what does: love. Love is what causes the church to grow and be built up.
This weekend I saw that: through the family that hosted us and treated us like family, through the many, many hugs I got throughout the wedding, through friends who made time in their schedule and bought us pizza, through the friends who made time for us even though we just dropped in with no notice. There was no knowledge transfer, no official "ministry" activity, but I feel built up on the inside.
One of the friends we saw this weekend has always modeled this so well. I remember a time about 12 years ago where we spent time with a couple and I walked away from it feeling so empty. My wife pressed me on why I felt that way, and the only thing I could do was bring up my friend from Kansas City: "Whenever we're with him, I just feel so loved. I don't feel like a project or like I have to be entertained or entertaining. He just loves people." It wasn't that the couple we were with was bad. Instead, it was I realized the absence of the kind of love my friend from Kansas City shows when we're together. Seeing my friend again this weekend reminded me of how essential love is toward building up the church.
Friends, knowledge inflates us beyond what we are, but love builds us into what we can be. As the church, we can be puffed up beyond what we are, which is not good. We could forsake the pursuit of knowledge, which would at least keep us from pride, but won't take us very far. Or we can begin to grow in receiving love, finding our identity in being loved, and share the love we have received. If we can do this, in a hundred ways that are intentional and a million more that are spontaneous, we will build the church.
Join me, will you? Join me in pursuing an understanding of God's love for us at a deeper level. Join me in accepting the ridiculous, undeserved, unmerited, never-stopping, never-giving-up, always-and-forever love of God. And when you have received it and have no more doubts about your status of being loved, will you share that love with someone else, just because?
Because that that kind of love builds the church.
Prayer Request:
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ around the country,
Recently a brother in Christ who is dear to many of us hear in Iowa suffered a massive heart attack. Rick Lumbard is the Director of Wind and Fire Ministries, a man of prayer, and a servant of the Lord that has been used in a number of peoples' lives throughout our city and the state. He currently is unconscious and in a hospital in Des Moines. Would you join us in prayer for Rick as we believe for healing for him? He has a wife and several children that would be thankful for the prayer support.
The Number One Thing to Invest in a Disciple is…
…your time.
This is far more costly than any amount of money you can give. It will be inconvenient. There will be times of frustration. It's not the most efficient process you've ever been a part of.
But that time spent pouring over God's word and praying through the issues of the heart and eating and laughing together and teaching/learning to share the Gospel and sometimes even doing nothing at all…all of it is investing in someone in a way that will pay off down the road, possibly in a way that you'll never see.
Looking back over the history of those who have discipled me, its pretty clear that the most meaningful contribution many of the people in my life have given me was not a new teaching or a skill. They simply opened up their homes, their lives, and their calendars to me. I learned the most from those who made time to show me who they were.
We live in a rushed society. There will always be a temptation not to be generous with your time, but the most effective disciple makers will be those who spend time with those they are discipling.
Who are you spending time with?
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Friendship with God
God desires to be known.
Yet, often in modern Christianity, we settle for less. We settle for meetings, teachings, books, conferences, and running through the motions. A worship service may be exhilarating, God may feel near, but the real work of drawing near to God can remain undone.
God desires to be known.
Yet, often in even house churches and organic churches, we focus much on how we meet together, what we do when we gather, who should or shouldn't be leading, or what gifts are manifesting as we gather. We work to make Christ the center of our meetings, but sometimes in all the work we miss drawing near to God.
God desires to be known.
So we tell other about Him. We go on missionary trips, we spread the message, and we hone our Gospel presentation. Yet, often in our attempts to make Him known and tell others about Him, we become a weary worker…more like a publicity agent for Christ than a friend who introduces Him to another friend.
Still, God wants to be known.
Some of the things listed above aren't wrong. In fact, some of them are good things, but they are designed to be fueled out of a relationship with God. God desires friendship with His people. He desires not just to be obeyed but to be loved and enjoyed. He wants friends who know His heart and base their actions out of this friendship, not out of duty.
Don't just give yourself to duty, Christian. Give yourself to Christ. Let your obedience flow from knowing Him. Talk to Him. Draw close to Him. It's why He came in the first place.
God still wants to be known.
Obedience Based Discipleship
Often, discipleship in Christianity is focused on gaining more knowledge instead of growing in love and faithfulness. This causes us to pursue knowledge, thinking we will be faithful once we understand more.
The problem comes from an misunderstanding of the nature of discipleship. For many of us, when we think about discipleship, we picture a person sitting in a classroom with a book in front of them instead of people running a race or training for war.
Discipleship at its very nature is not passive, purely-mental learning. Instead it's learning to obey what Jesus said and do what Jesus did. It's going to the lost. It's proclaiming the good news. It's making other disciples. It's serving others. It's equipping the saints. It's sending others. It's serving the poor. These are actions that reflect biblical truth, not lessons learned in a library.
Because of the tendency for us to understand discipleship as purely mental learning, we've stopped talking about discipleship and started talking about "obedience-based discipleship1." It's not that we don't teach people what the Bible says. It's that we teach people how to obey what the Bible says, which is the only way to build your spiritual life in a way that will withstand the testing that will come (see Matthew 7:24-27). Obedience to a truth is how we know you fully understood it.
Compare this with our current training strategies in the West. Often we teach people truth and hope that people perform them. When they show back up again, we teach them again, but this time something new, because they heard what we taught previously. There is an assumption that if they heard and didn't ask questions, that they absorbed our teaching and understand. Often the exact opposite is true.
This tendency to sit and absorb instead of learn and apply is at the heart of why we don't see movements in the West. Movements move. There is a going, doing, action quality to them that makes them a "movement." Our Western mindset allows us to come and sit and feel like a participant by hearing a teaching without ever necessarily obeying. In order for us to overcome this in the West, we must begin to teach and model training among the churches in a way that provokes people to obey and rewards obedience.
Jesus isn't after our mental understanding. He wants us to understand and use our mind, but He is after us loving Him with all of our heart, all of our soul, all of our mind, and all of our strength (Mark 12:30). He's after the complete person. So we must train our hearts, souls, and strength to love and serve Him, and not just our mind.
This begins with obedience-based discipleship.
1We are certainly not the first group to adopt the phrase. In fact, it's so widely used in discipleship making movements that its hard to pinpoint who first used the term.


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This photo was taken the moment before, mouth full of breakfast taco, I asked Tony to run out and get us doughnuts while I showered. (He did. He also got up early, so I had an iced latte in front of my face when I woke up, even though he's had mostly night shoots this week. And he fetched me this strawberry jalapeno juice that is presently lighting up my life.) It's my last night here in Texas visiting him before I head back to L.A. to begin a holiday baking, DIY-gift-making bender. It's been a really happy few days; while I guess it is true that absence makes the heart grow fonder, there is nothing better than being in the same city, falling asleep next to my husband. And also having him bring me a constant flow of food. HAPPY WEEKEND! Here's what I'm grateful for this week...View Article
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Tony was in full Instagram Husband mode from the moment I touched down in Austin a few days ago. The man is a saint, and not of the Kardashian-West variety. He even pretends he likes it, and he's a good enough actor that I choose to believe him. We took these pictures around our room at the Hotel Saint Cecilia, one of my favorite places both to stay, and to pretend I am a model and not an unemployed writer-actress nearing the age bracket where I audition to play the mother of girls five years younger than me. ASK BELIEVE RECEIVE, ya'll (thanks again for supporting this blog.) The boots were an early Christmas gift from Tony, the dress was an early Christmas gift from me (both on sale). Here's lots of pics of me flouncing around in them. Meanwhile, I'm gonna go run off the cinnamon roll I inhaled while writing this...View Article
Tony and I are together again!!!!! Since we are both co-dependent newlyweds with separation anxiety playing the long game, we're trying really hard to abide by the "Hollywood marriage rule" of never spending more than two weeks apart. But, it's the holidays and this time of year is nuts. I was resigning myself to our breaking the rule a mere 4 months into our marriage when Tony emailed me with surprise plane tickets and a night at one of our favorite hotels in the world, the Hotel Saint Cecilia in Austin, on his day off. We'd both only gotten 2 hours of sleep the night before, so we took a 4-hour nap, wandered around the neighborhood and had dinner at Uchiko, where we ended up ordering seconds on everything it was so good. Despite having just recently chowed down on several breakfast tacos, Tony and I are going for a run along the river (wish us luck). Then, we're driving back to Victoria, where Tony will be shooting all night. If you're having as much trouble focusing on work as I am this morning, here is some clickbait for you to dive into...View Article
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|Happy Birthday, Mom!
First things first! Above is yesterday's Birthday Girl opening her cards. Our plans for a leisurely drive have been delayed as she was a tiny bit under the weather so we stayed close to home. Friday mornings the dining room here has pancakes on the breakfast menu and Mom has regular guests come to join her. So yesterday being her birthday the 'regulars' showed up and we had a bit of an occasion. Later in the day my brother joined us for dinner. Of course there were lots of phone calls from home and abroad and a lovely bunch of flowers, too.
My trip went as well as any can. Both flights lifted of the ground bang on time and both flights arrived early -- the first 30 minutes and the second 20 minutes before it was due. As I entered the baggage area not only my brother, but my luggage were waiting for me. So no complaints on the travel front -- so far...
It is important for me to remember not to make to many plans and not to make any plans that are definite. My mother tires quickly -- more quickly that she expects, especially when she is feeling well and fit. So the best thing I can do is 'live flexibly'! Today she is feeling 'itchy', meaning she wants to 'do' something! So in just over an hour we will set off for the neighbouring New York state town of Millerton to meet our friend Sabine for lunch at Four Brothers. That chain of pizza restaurants has many happy memories for our family -- it was a favourite of both my grandmother and my father. One of my mother's favourite memories is many years ago in 1985 on my first visit to the States after 5 years in the UK and it's about The Man!
There we all were: my father, mother, grandmother, my brother and sister-in-law, my nephew,The Man, the two little boys aged two and four seated around a large table. Drinks were served -- soft drinks for the boys and glasses of red wine with a litre pitcher in the middle of the tale and a large pepperoni pizza had just been placed in the middle of the table. The little boys were trying to drink their drinks and The Man was admonishing them not to spill them and to be more careful than it seemed to him they were being. Suddenly he stood up and reached over to move the glass out of the way of their elbows and in so doing managed to himself knock over -- no, not the glass, no he managed to knock over the litre of red wine!
The rest of us dissolved into peals of laughter... The Man spluttered red-faced ...
So here I am -- the television commentary in the background has been largely political and left-leaning cause that's where my family is coming from. The topic on the airwaves for the moment is about women who stay at home to look after their kids and women who have kids and work. It's a result of a comment made by a left-leaning political commentator, Hilary Rosen who has caused a national kerfuffle in response to a Romney remark about what his wife had to say to him about women's concerns about the economy. As Astrid so appropriately said in a comment on a recent post: "Gag me with a spoon"!


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More than 50 lawsuits challenging the safety of testosterone drugs have been filed across the country following the launch of a federal investigation into reports of increased heart attack and stroke deaths.
The lawsuits began trickling, and then pouring, into courthouses nationally after the Food and Drug Administration in February said it was reassessing the safety of testosterone replacement drugs, and would investigate rates of stroke, heart attack and death in men using the products. At least two major studies have shown an increase in the danger.
Testosterone creams, patches and gels are approved to treat hypogonadism (low testosterone) in men who suffer from the condition because of an underlying medical issue.
"Many men are given testosterone who don't need it," said Dr. Robert Eckel, a past president of the American Heart Association, an endocrinologist and an endowed chair of atherosclerosis at the University of Colorado's medical school. "They aren't hypogonadal based on symptoms."
A January 2014 study published in PLOS One said testosterone therapy doubled the risk of heart attack in men over the age of 65. Last year the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded, following a study of data related to men in the Veterans Affairs health care system, that "the use of testosterone therapy was associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes," such as heart attack and stroke.
Lawsuits allege the manufactures increased sales through marketing tactics to convince men to testosterone replacement therapy as a solution for problems normally associated with aging. The claims also say the companies failed to properly warn doctors and users about the risks and side effects.
Lawyers for a bulk of these testosterone replacement therapy cases have asked the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, or JPML, to consolidate them to one court, to streamline pre-trial preparation and make it easier for plaintiffs to share resources for discovery. One plea asks for the cases to be heard in Louisiana; another is asking for Illinois. The JPML heard the arguments in at least one plea at the end of May.
Trent Miracle, head of pharmaceutical litigation at the Chicago-based Simmons, Browder, Gianaris, Angelides & Barnerd, said his firm represents at least 250 men affected by testosterone replacement therapy "and that number keeps going up."
He said many of the men were lured by the marketing, prompting them to see their doctor because of a suppressed libido or lack of energy.
"You have the advertising everywhere you look as some kind of panacea across the board for all your ills, and that's not true," he said. "You have a group going to their doctor and saying 'Hey, I'm seeing the advertising', and you don't have doctors who have been told anything by the pharmaceutical companies" about the cardiac dangers.
Billboards, websites and television commercials advertising solutions for "Low T" have cropped up across the country. The market for testosterone-replacing drugs is worth about $2 billion, with predictions that could increase dramatically in coming years.
In February, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen petitioned the FDA to add a "black box warning" about the increased risks of heart attacks and other cardiovascular dangers to testosterone supplements. The group also wants the FDA to ask manufacturers to send a letter to warn doctors about the side effects.
The group says more than 5 million U.S. prescriptions for testosterone products were filled in 2013. The most common of those, more than 90 percent of the testosterone prescriptions filled last year, include Androgel, Axiron, Testim and Fortesta. Other names for the drug include Androderm, Delatestryl, Striant, Depo-Testosterone and Testopel.
As men age, sperm counts and testosterone rates decrease. That, as well as fatigue and general malaise, can be parts of growing older. But true hypogonadism is a condition marked by other medical conditions, Eckel said, such as decreases in bone density and muscle mass, sexual dysfunction and a decrease in body hair.
To confirm a diagnosis, men should receive a thorough workup from an internist, with at least one blood test early in the day when testosterone levels are highest, along with a check on other hormones. And patients with cardiovascular risks should be under even more scrutiny, he said.
"This shouldn't be casual medicine," Eckel said. "If the only reason the guy is in the office is for erectile dysfunction, he shouldn't be given a prescription for testosterone."


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In Einstein's Garden we love to blow your minds with the most inspiring ideas and spellbinding stories from the world of science. For Green Man 2016, our theme is something close to our hearts – COMPLEXITY.
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Over on the Solar Stage, ICHI takes the idea of a one-man band to its limits, creating a quirky and hypnotic sound using handmade instruments like the Stilt-bass and Hatbox-pedal-drum. Experimental multi-instrumentalist Rachael Dadd will be a compelling presence, and American Mustard will be rocking out in full unreconstructed, denim-clad style. We'll also see the return of Einstein's Garden's favourite science troubadour Johnny Berliner with his sci-tunes. The complex societies of some fascinating creepy-crawlies are the inspiration for Bugingo – like bingo, but with bugs! 'Riot science comms' collective Rising Ape have created two interactive experiences to keep EG fans on their toes. Your Choice: The Game! is a fast-paced game of teamwork, high-stakes dice rolling and cutting-edge research puts you in the hotseats of cancer researchers, whilst The Audience is an immersive experience exploring the complexity of what it means to be 'The Audience'... Meanwhile, artist Nick Field reflects on the nature of friendship in his one-on-one performance Be My Friend.
You'll discover some fascinating facts about the food system in The Crunch, while The Price of Everything asks one of the most important questions in our culture: why do we have to measure absolutely everything in money? All this, plus amazing short films from Silent Signal, contemporary dance from FLUX Dance, and inspiring poetry from Lateisha Davine Lovelace-Hanson, drop-in Art and Science Workshops, Collective Complexity, the return of the Mad Hackers Tea Party and even Didgeridoo Workshops! And we've still got more to come – soon we'll be sharing the full list of fantastic universities and research groups who'll be bringing their own science stalls to the Garden. We're also working on some unique Einstein's Garden experiences developed in collaboration with fantastic scientific partners – check out last year's projects for a taste of what to expect there. We can't wait to see you in the Garden this August! If you've not got your Green Man 16 tickets yet, make sure you pick them up very soon over on the Green Man website...


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Best Ever Doctor Who Podcast: Timey-Wimey Tea Time Ep. 1 with Yomar Lopez, Chris Gannon and Stan Faryna
The 12th Doctor is going on. We're in past episode two and some already love Peter Capaldi. Others are waiting to see if he can be the better man. Or, more precisely, Gallifreyan.
… Really? But it's just a TV show. What does it have to do with me?
Time-Wimey Tea Time Recap
This episode, Yomar Lopez, Chris Gannon and Stan Faryna talk about lots – why Doctor Who is important, the problematic of a brow-beaten Doctor, the enthusiasm of the Doctor Who community for Tea Time and people's hopes for a brave, new Doctor.
"My first introduction with Doctor Who… there's this goofy looking British guy in a long leather trench coat and this really hot blonde being attacked by plastic mannequins and I was like, what is this, this is cheesy and weird and super smart and really funny, entertaining."
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Listen to the podcasts and feel the magic happen.
Part One: Timey-Wimey Tea Time Episode One
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Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the industry launch party for a really fun new book, Dollface by Renee Rosen. We took a version of the Untouchables Gangster Tour which had been customized a bit to follow some of the characters of the book and then had food and drinks in an authentic 1920s speakeasy.
I had the opportunity to read Dollface before the party and it is a very fun book that provides a great look into 1920s Chicago and in particular the Northside Gang. I was able to chat with Renee Rosen a bit at the party, and she agreed to share a bit more about the Northside Gang with my readers. Check out her post, and then check out Dollface to bring their stories to life.
When it comes to Chicago during the Roaring Twenties, most people think of Al Capone. But when I began doing research for my novel, Dollface, I quickly discovered that the lesser-known gangsters from Chicago's North Side were a far more colorful and fascinating bunch.
Take for example, Dion O'Banion, the big boss of the North Side Gang. He was a former alter boy and attended Mass every day. He was a florist and such a devoted Catholic that he even opened his flower shop, Schofield's, directly across the street from Holy Name Cathedral. Now does this sound like a ruthless, murderous gangster to you? Yeah, well, don't let Dion's religious practices fool you. He may not have drank a drop of alcohol himself, but he was vicious bootlegger who carried a rosary and three guns and is believed to have whacked more than sixty men before Capone succeeding in gunning him down inside his flower shop.With Dion O'Banion out of the way, Hymie Weiss was next in command and took over the North Side Gang. Hymie was another bewildering figured. Widely assumed to be Jewish, Hymie's real name was Earl J. Wojciechowski. Rumor has it that he borrowed the name from a tailor's label stitched inside one of his suit coats. Hymie was perhaps the meanest of all gangsters and was the only man Capone admitted being afraid of. Hymie even shot his brother during a family quarrel and was reputed to have shoved a sawed-off shotgun in a U.S. Marshall's face. He was a somber fellow and like Dion O'Banion, Hymie was a God-fearing, Church-going man. So devout was Hymie Weiss that he supposedly went to church each day and on bended knee prayed to God to help him kill Al Capone. Unfortunately for Hymie, he didn't pray hard enough because Capone got to him first, gunning him down in front of Holy Name Cathedral. Legend has it that a Bible in Hymie's breast pocket was the only thing that kept a bullet from entering his heart. Of course it was the other ten slugs that took him out on his way to the hospital. If you go by Holy Name Cathedral today you can still see a bullet hole in the south east cornerstone from that bloody day.
With two North Side members down, it was up to Vincent "the Schemer" Drucci to run the show. Drucci was my favorite gangster and I probably could have written an entire novel just about him. He was an Italian and yet he belonged to the predominantly Irish North Side gang as opposed to the largely Italian South Siders. His nickname "the Schemer" was most befitting, as Drucci was a bit of a whack-a-doo. The best pranks pulled off by the North Side Gang can most likely be traced back to Drucci.
For example, it was Drucci who orchestrated the plot to sneak into one of Capone's warehouse and replace all their whiskey barrels with barrels of water. One of Drucci's favorite bits was donning a priest robe for grins and standing across the street from Holy Name, outside of Schofield's, making lewd comments to women passing by or throwing punches at Dion as passersby looked on in shock at the rowdy priest. Drucci also had a bit of the acting bug in him and starred in a blue film, a.k.a. a porno flick called Bob's Hot Story.
Drucci was the only gangster of the North Side Gang to die at the hands of the police rather than a rival gang member. And because Drucci had served as a doughboy during WWI and because he had been killed by the police, they felt it was only proper to bury him with full military honors including a 21 gun salute.
You can't make this stuff up, right? So when people ask me why I chose to write about gangsters during Prohibition and why I chose to focus on the North Side Gang members, all I can say is that these characters were just too good to resist.Copyright protected by Digiprove © 2013


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With summer and the outdoor season upon us, there can be different causes of disability to deal with. One of the more common conditions we see during this time of year, especially in the Northeast, is Lyme disease. Although there is evidence that Lyme may be spread through multiple sources, the primary method of infection is a blacklegged or deer tick bite. Lyme is a complex multisystem inflammatory disease that can affect all of the major organ systems in your body and cause a wide range of symptoms including fever, headaches, rash, pain, vertigo, speech impairments, mood swings, depression, and hallucinations. In addition, these symptoms don't always develop immediately. It can take days, weeks, or even years before the onset of symptoms due to Lyme disease, making it extremely difficult to pinpoint the causal event of the symptoms.
With such a wide variety of symptoms and varying timeframes of onset, Lyme presents an especially challenging set of problems for a physician to diagnose. Many patients are initially diagnosed with other conditions such as multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, or rheumatoid arthritis. There are two generally recommended tests for Lyme disease: the Western Blot analysis and the ELISA test. The Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (or ELISA) test is more of a broad antibody test, while the Western Blot tests for specific Lyme antibodies. Although these are the recommended tests, they're often characterized as less than reliable, with both false positives and negatives, by the medical community. Lyme is rather unique in that it can morph into different forms and elude the immune system, meaning that negative antibody tests don't necessarily mean that Lyme is not present.
Even after a patient has been diagnosed with Lyme disease, the treatment is not free of controversy. Medical professionals agree that Lyme is treatable with antibiotics, but the agreement stops there. There is argument over both the required strength of the antibiotics as well as the duration of the treatment. If Lyme is quickly diagnosed at the beginning of the infection, antibiotics taken for 2-4 weeks will generally clear up most major symptoms. If the infection is not recognized quickly, antibiotics taken for longer periods of time may work, but these longer treatment periods are not sanctioned by the Center for Disease Control beyond a (seemingly arbitrary) 30 day period and some infectious disease physicians have come to criticize those treatments.
With all of this uncertainty around the diagnosis and treatment for Lyme disease, disability insurance companies have seized the opportunity to dispute the diagnosis and treatment of many claimants filing for disability benefits based on Lyme disease. Claims examiners are taught to cite partially negative tests while ignoring not only the physical and mental symptoms but also the generally accepted knowledge that these tests may be inaccurate. Nurses and doctors are hired by claim departments to argue that the treatments are not generally accepted or that the antibiotics are not being administered properly, invoking the policy defense that requires appropriate care and treatment.
There are several things claimants can do to make sure that they're protected against the insurance company's allegations and attacks for claiming disability resulting from Lyme disease:
- Show proof of the bulls-eye rash. Not everyone who suffers Lyme disease gets erythema migrans, the bulls-eye rash, but it is one of the most clear and obvious signs of the disease. This distinctive rash appears most commonly as a white circle with a red ring encircling it, but it may also be reversed with a red circle and a white ring. The duration of the rash may last from days to several months, and rashes may come and go over time. If this rash is present along with the other symptoms of Lyme, they present a clear indication of the disease and can help many medical professionals diagnose the condition. Important tip: take pictures to document the rash!
- Document the medical history of previous tick bites or Lyme disease. While the initial diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease is difficult, these problems are compounded in cases where there are previous tick bites let alone Lyme disease. Instances of repeated cases of Lyme disease often cause the diseases and its symptoms to become much more severe. Important tip: make sure your medical history details your tick bite and Lyme history!
- Receive treatment from a Lyme Literate Medical Doctor (LLMD). Because of the complicated nature of Lyme disease, your primary care physician may not be the best source to obtain the proper diagnosis and treatment. If you're at all concerned that you may have contracted Lyme disease, it's important to find an LLMD in your area who is familiar with the disease. LLMD's may be able to identify symptoms that other physicians missed and are more familiar with courses of treatments that may be necessary to prevent the Lyme disease from worsening.
- Use caution anytime you are outside or bit by a tick. It's a cliche: an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. So, if you're outdoors often, especially if you live in the Northeast, be very careful to fully examine any tick bite. Blacklegged or deer ticks are the most common transmitters of this disease – their picture is shown here to the right. Nymphs, or baby ticks, are even much smaller but can still transmit Lyme disease. If you live in a Lyme endemic area and are bitten by a deer tick, really watch how you feel. If you have any possible symptoms, it's better to error on the side of caution and consider visiting your physician if an LLMD isn't available. No matter how trivial you may consider the bite, the threat posed by Lyme disease can have a hugely detrimental impact on your day to day life.
Lyme disease can cause complications and issues when filing your disability benefits, but there is another condition that is the direct result of Lyme that causes even more problems for claimants. One of the biggest issues raised in disability claims occurs when claimants need treatment and are unable to work for longer than the average recovery time of 2-4 weeks. Although most people are able to return to work within this period, the CDC estimates that 10-20% of Lyme patients experience a condition known as "Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome" (PTLDS). This condition had become known as Chronic Lyme Disease, but research has refined the understanding of this condition. This is a misunderstood medical issues and may be quite under-reported, especially in the context of disability claims. PTLDS sufferers experience lingering symptoms of fatigue, pain, muscle aches, and joint problems. Many Lyme experts believe that this condition is caused by residual damage to the tissues and immune system resulting from the infection. Insurance companies very often deny benefits to those experiencing PTLDS because their hired experts incorrectly group this condition into Lyme disease, basing their opinions on suggested normal recovery times and alleging that claimants no longer suffer from Lyme disease and do not benefit from treatment, completely ignoring the underlying condition which has been recognized by the CDC and is generally accepted by the Lyme medical community. Because many claimants are also misinformed about this condition, they don't understand the tactics needed or their options to fight back against insurance company denials in these types of claims.
Lyme disease and its accompanying medical issues are among the most frustrating and troubling conditions to face in medicine. The lack of clear testing and treatment protocols gives insurers the leeway to fight or even deny your claim, even if your medical provider provides clear proof of the condition. These problems are compounded and multiplied when experiencing complications from PTLDS. Trying to deal with the disability claim process while having to suffer the physical and mental symptoms of a medical condition can be overwhelming and even impair the treatment and recovery from Lyme disease. Understanding the finer points of Lyme disease as well as following some of the tips laid out in this article can help reduce the level of anxiety.
If you or someone you know is experiencing complications with their Lyme disease disability claim, please call our offices toll-free at (855) 828-4100 or visit our website for a free consultation to see how we can help.


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After I first photographed Brooke and Billy's wedding at Hillbrook, it was set in stone that Hillbrook would always be one of my favorite places to photograph weddings in Cleveland. It's absolutely beautiful. It's secluded. The staff is amazing. The list goes on and on. If you're looking into Hillbrook as a venue, be sure to reach out and chat with me further. I'd love to help! Check out previous weddings at Hillbrook that I've photographed below!
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Mahaprasad - 25th Anniversary of Pune Brahmastanam Temple
Mahaprasad - 25th Anniversary of Pune Brahmastanam Temple
On the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Pune Brahmastanam Temple, AYUDH Team distributed Food among the impoverished people on the Street.
The Children and the elders relished the 'Mahaprasad' prepared at Ashram. Cool butter milk served as a heat buster to all. Amma says " Hunger is the only desire that people become fully satisfied with to the point that they want no more, once they have full stomach they are satisfied"
After seeing everyone with full stomach, the AYUDH volunteers returned with a filled Heart, once again experiencing the joy of Selfless Giving!!


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Segura, Haniger to bat at top of Mariners' lineup
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Seattle newcomers Jean Segura and Mitch Haniger are set to bat at the top of the Mariners' lineup to start the season.
Manager Scott Servais made the announcement Saturday. He said the batting order he used in Saturday's 1-all tie with Colorado in the spring training finale would "probably" be his lineup for the Monday opener at Houston.
Segura hit .319 last season with the Arizona Diamondbacks, leading off in 147 games. The shortstop batted .341 in spring training, including two three-hit games in his final four games.
Haniger concluded spring training with a .385 average. The rookie right fielder also came from Arizona in a five-player trade in November.
Their strong showings forced the Mariners to adjust their initial blueprint.
Entering spring training, the Mariners' plan was to bat speedster Jarrod Dyson, yet another new addition, first with Segura second. Haniger was going to hit sixth or seventh.
Dyson was setback by a hamstring issue and missed 10 games, but finished healthy. Dyson was acquired from Kansas City for pitcher Nathan Karns.
"I really like the way Jean Segura swings the bat," Servais said. "He is obviously very comfortable hitting leadoff. Segura is a real threat when you turn the lineup over."
"I think it is important with that extra at-bat when it flips around, I like to see Segura at the top and we'll see where it goes after that," he said.
Haniger, who hit .229 in 34 games last season with the Diamondbacks, had 14 extra-base hits in 24 exhibition games.
"I like what Haniger has done," Servais said. "I think he's shown the ability to understanding situational hitting. I've been very impressed with him."
Servais' lineup has Leonys Martin batting seventh and Dyson ninth. Martin stole 24 bases last season and 36 in 2014 with Texas. Dyson's 30 stolen bases last season tied for second in the American League. He has swiped 30 or more bases in four of the past five seasons despite being a Royals' spare outfielder.
Dyson said he if can steal 30 as a part-time player, he should be able to swipe 50 playing every day.
"That's the goal," Dyson said.
Add Segura's 33 thefts last season and the Mainers have ample speed.
"Having Leonys and Dyson near the bottom, they can still create havoc and do what they need to do on base," Servais said.
Robinson Cano, Nelson Cruz and Kyle Seager, the Mariners' three-four-five hitters, combined for 112 home runs last year. They all pounded at least 30 home runs.
Danny Valencia, who hit 17 home runs in 2016 with Oakland, and returning catcher Mike Zunino, who hit 12 home runs in 55 games last year, will bat sixth and eighth.
"I doubt if it will stay that way the whole year," Servais said. "You'll see mix-and-matching. Dyson may end up back at the top in a while. But right now, it's kind of where we are leaning."
NOTES: LHP Ariel Miranda, who will replace injured LHP Drew Smyly in the Seattle rotation, threw five innings, allowing one run on three hits, while striking out one and walking five. He threw 38 strikes in 58 pitches. "Miranda much better rhythm, a better tempo, just get it and go," Servais said. "That was the focal point for him today was try to pick up his tempo between pitches and not think so much and he had good results." Smyly is out six to eight weeks with a flexor strain. . 3B Nolan Arenado homered for the Rockies. . 1B Kyle Petty's single in the seventh drove in the Seattle run. . Mariners LHP Dillon Overton will likely begin the season on a paternity leave. He is away from the team, waiting for the pending Tuesday birth of his first child.


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A Close Shave with History and a Warm Glow of Nostalgia February 02 2015, 0 Comments
While all this was happening, someone was making my Gillette Superspeed Flaretip in the USA – possibly listening to Elvis sing Heartbreak Hotel on the radio. My Gillette Blue blades were being manufactured in Great Britain while the British population was talking about the Suez Crisis and petrol rationing. And, just like me – my 1962 Slim Adjustable was still in the pre-production stage and wouldn't arrive for another six years.
I bought the razors and blades after filming the Village Barber videos for Iain. I thought to myself – "I'm going to give that pesky DE razor another chance and follow Iain's advice about blade angle and pressure." My angle was okay but as for pressure, I had been pressing like I did with a cartridge. Well – to say that the shave was an improvement is an understatement. My previous attempts at using the £5 Wilkinson Sword Classic DE razor had left me nervous, and reluctant to try again, after slicing myself and making my face look like that of Edward Scissorhands. So I continued, and the shaves got better and better, until I got superb, comfortable shaves from this inexpensive razor.
I had long been a wet shaver, using a brush and soap for twenty years – but with increasingly expensive cartridges. Now I was thoroughly enjoying the art of shaving again and decided I needed, or rather, wanted another razor. I settled on the Edwin Jagger DE89L and a rather natty stand and bowl which certainly look the part sitting proudly next to the mirror in the bathroom.
Then I spotted the carbon steel Gillette Blue blades on eBay, still wrapped in cellophane. After opening them I discovered they were made in the third quarter of 1956 and set about getting a 1956 Gillette Super Speed Flare Tip razor to match – well who wouldn't? By now this was proving contagious, and I obviously needed a 1962 to match me – after all we would have both survived and lived through the same world events – albeit, the one slightly more oblivious than the other! I settled upon a Slim Adjustable (James Bond uses one in Goldfinger). Both of these vintage razors give wonderful shaves, especially the more straightforward '56, and some say they were around their best at that time.
Well, I was getting fantastic shaves with all the razors, but how would they perform with vintage carbon Steel blades? Originally, all razor blades were made from carbon steel until the 1960s, when Wilkinson Sword introduced stainless steel razor blades. Soon the company's blades made rapid gains in shares of the market and other producers such as Gillette followed suit. Not only did the blades resist rusting – they were noticeably smoother on the skin, without the rather scratchy feel of carbon steel.
So, now armed with vintage razor and blades I waited to try them that evening. So how do these, carbon Steel blades perform in a shave? Well, as mentioned earlier, rather scratchy and a tad uncomfortable – at first. But, after a couple of shaves they improve noticeably. I found it beneficial to use the Village Barber Shaving Oil as it allows the blade to glide over the skin comfortably and after the blades were bedded in, I got fantastic shaves. I also tried a brush and lather and found shaving soaps such as Mitchell's Wool Fat, Palmolive and Proraso worked well, but benefited further from being used over the Oil.
I enjoy using these for an occasional walk through history – so I bought some more blades on eBay. I opened these after photographing the containers. The smaller carton was made in 1958 – the year Cuban rebels kidnapped five-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio, and released him twenty-eight hours later. And in 1967 while Jimi Hendrix was recording Purple Haze in London – across the water – the French 'Gillette Bleue Extra' blades were being manufactured. Some of the '58s had a bit of rust – but not on the cutting edge. Don't use them if the cutting edge has rusted. The French blades gave an incredibly close but smooth shave without any scratchiness! I only did a second pass for the sake of it. I wish I had a ton of these! These newer blades are marked 'Extra', and whatever extra thing they did to them made all the difference, as they are noticeably better.
In a world of people shaving with cartridge razors, it's fantastic to enjoy a shave with a double edge razor – and even more special to know that you are one of the few on the planet shaving with a blade that hasn't seen daylight for decades! So why not give them a try, if you can get some? Alternatively, try out modern carbon steel blades made by Treet such as the coated Treet DuraSharp and plain Treet Classic. In my opinion, the DuraSharps feel very similar to the 'Gillette Bleue Extra' blades.
The Village Barber Shaving Oil also helps prevent rusting, as given half a chance, carbon steel will rust – blow them dry after use. I take the razor to a dry room until the bathroom has dried off. I get a week of great shaves out of each blade and they leave a warm glow of nostalgia and a close shave with history!
Blog contributed By Shaun Dodds - shaving enthusiast and customer of Village Barber


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After hitting an eight-year low in 2017, salary hikes are likely to be on their way up in 2018 – albeit marginally – as India Inc pins its hopes on better days ahead. The upcoming appraisal season will see employees getting a projected average increment of 9.6%, up from 9.4% this year, according to initial findings of HR consultancy Aon Hewitt's India Salary Increase Survey. Read more


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The introduction of safe injection services and overdose prevention sites in Toronto has divided public opinion about the city's drug strategy and how it is dealing with the ongoing opioid crisis.
There are more than 90 supervised injection services around the world, with the first one being opened in Switzerland over 30 years ago.
In 2017, there were 303 opioid overdose deaths in Toronto and the city's Board of Health adopted supervised injections services as part of the city's Overdose Action Plan, adopted in March that year.
With the concept being fairly new to Toronto and deeply polarizing, how these services operate and what goes on inside is a mystery to most.
Broadly, supervised injection services and overdose prevention sites both offer supervised injection and medical care in case of an overdose.
The following is a compilation of the most frequently asked questions about harm reduction services and how they work:
What is a supervised injection service (SIS)?
The City of Toronto describes supervised injection services as "health services that provide a hygienic environment" for people to inject drugs under the supervision of trained staff.
Shaun Hopkins, Manager, Needle Exchange says they are longer term services that offer a wide range of health/harm reduction services including:
- Referrals to drug treatment
- Housing and income support
- Education on overdose prevention and intervention
- Medical and counselling services
People who use the service are also provided with sterile injection supplies, education on safer injecting as well as overdose intervention and prevention services.
Legal approval to operate these services is granted by Health Canada. In Ontario operational funding is provided by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
What is an overdose prevention site (OPS)?
Hopkins says overdose prevention sites are "temporary, low-barrier services focused on overdose prevention and response."
They have been broadly implemented in British Columbia and Alberta in response to the opioid overdose crisis. For similar reasons, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care launched an overdose prevention site program for Ontario in January.
They provide many of the same services as safe injection sites including supervised injection and the provision of sterile supplies.
The province grants overdose prevention sites approvals to operate for three or six month periods with the potential for extension.
Does an SIS or OPS provide drugs?
No. Supervised injection sites and overdose prevention sites do not supply users with drugs. Anyone availing of the services brings pre-obtained drugs to the site acquired elsewhere or accesses life-saving services when needed.
Are these services legal in Canada?
Yes. Supervised injection services and overdose prevention sites are legal in Canada and require an exemption under Section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA). Exemptions are granted by the federal Minister of Health. The Respect for Communities Act passed in 2015 outlines how to apply and the criteria that need to be fulfilled to attain a Section 56 exemption.
What happens inside an SIS?
When a person visits a supervised injection site, they are assessed by staff to make sure they are eligible for the program.
They are then given sterile needles and other equipment along with instructions on safe injecting practices. The person then injects drugs under the supervision of a nurse in a room designated specifically for safe injecting. The nurse intervenes in case of any medical emergencies.
Once the person has injected their drugs, they are taken to a waiting room where they are watched for any negative drug reactions. They are also given information and referrals to other health and social supports at the site or elsewhere in the community.
Won't a service like this enable or encourage more drug use?
According to the City of Toronto, there is no evidence that harm reduction services like supervised injection sites encourage or promote drug use. The availability of supervised injection services does not cause people to start injecting drugs.
The services are used mainly by people who have a long history of drug use and research has found that SIS do not lead to relapse or stop people from quitting.
How many supervised injection sites does Toronto have?
Toronto currently has four supervised injection sites:
- Toronto Public Health, 277 Victoria St.
- South Riverdale Community Health Centre, 955 Queen St. E.
- Fred Victor, 145 Queen St. E.
- Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre, 168 Bathurst St.
There are also several overdose prevention sites which provide life-saving services that help to reduce the number of overdose deaths across the city. A full list of overdose prevention sites can be found here: Overdose prevention sites in Toronto.
Are safe injection services available 24/7?
No. The locations offering safe injection and overdose prevention services in Toronto have specific hours and some are open all week while others are closed on the weekend.
A full list of locations and the hours they are open can be found here: List of locations and hours of operation.
Does crime noticably increase in neighbourhoods where SISs are located?
Safe injection sites are commonly opened in areas that clearly need them, usually where drug use is already affecting the neighbourhood. The City of Toronto says research shows they do not contribute to more crime in communities where they operate.
Are the police allowed to arrest people using safe injection services?
No. Supervised injection services have an exemption to Section 56 of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. The exemption means people who use the services are protected from being prosecuted for drug use within the site.
What are the benefits of safe injection services?
Both international and Canadian research shows that safe injection services not only save lives, but also benefit the community in a number of ways:
- With supervised injecting, the number of drug overdoses and deaths are reduced.
- Provision of clean needles and other supplies helps reduce risk factors that lead to infectious diseases like hepatitis and HIV.
- By reducing the spread of disease, safe injection services help reduce the burden on healthcare services and are therefore cost-effective.
- Safe injection services connect people with other health and social services.
- Safe injection services lead to an increase in the use of of detox and drug treatment services.
Are SIS and OPS programs effective?
"The goal of these services is to prevent overdose deaths, reduce public injection and publicly discarded drug use equipment" says Hopkins. "The evidence shows that they are effective in meeting these goals."
Source: City of Toronto – Health Programs and Advice, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care


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Story Tailors
We are a video production company specializing in small to medium business and personal videos that focus on the story. Our tag line is "No one knows your story better than you. No one tells it better than Story Tailors"
An example of the type of video we might make is a business owner talking about why she got started, why she's passionate about her business or service, and how it affects her community. This helps her connect with her customers on a personal level - emotional marketing of sorts.
We stand by our quality 100%. We are either going to do an amazing job, or we won't do it at all.
Biggest target is medium-sized businesses and / or business owners. Basically up-market. People who realize the value of the kind of service we can provide for them.
Second target is personal. We make a lot of movies that people show for special occasions like weddings, birthdays, anniversaries etc. These movies tend to be more personal and usually more humorous. Target here is someone in the upper socio-economic bracket as well.
The logo must look high-end. It needs to say quality, luxury, professionalism, exclusivity. The look should not be techy.
It does not need to necessarily encorporate elements of film/video but if done well, would be a plus. (I don't want a logo that looks like a film slate or a video camera but a subtle touch of either one would be ok). The focus is really more on the story than the film.
Logo must look good in color or black & white. Please take a look at the current design-in-progress here: http://www.story-tailors.com/v6
It must look right on that kind of background as well as in printed materials.
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This is a small environment so every exchange role is installed on the same server.
The error pops up when I run the RPC over HTTP test at
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I checked a few things on this:
1. I made sure that the "valid ports" registry key in HKLM/Software/Microsoft/RPC/RpcProxy had the following:
2.I added my internal server name to my DNS hosts (I'm not sure if this made a difference) I'm going to remove it and test at a later time.
3. Following someone's advice (and what I really think solved the problem) was that I edited the hosts file on the exchange server and put in 2 entries (192.168.1.10 is my internal ip address for my exchange server)
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State Of Change
By Christopher Bulis
Here we go. I've owned this one since childhood and, for whatever reason, never actually read it. Perhaps it was the historical setting (more or less) on the cover, coupled with the old hard-wired fan logic that Historicals Are Boring. Whatever the reason – probably laziness – I didn't have any expectations when I got around to it this week, but with the amount of time it's been sat on my bookshelves, I certainly had my fingers crossed that it wouldn't disappoint. It's written by Christopher Bulis; while I enjoyed his first book, I'm aware that he's not a favourite among fandom.
Fortunately, fandom has been wrong before, and here we are again: the historicals are jewels of the show's early years, and Christopher Bulis can turn in a very entertaining novel. State Of Change is no Marco Polo, but it was good enough to make me clock-watch at work, eager to get on with the story.
It's about an alternate timeline, and Exodus already showed that I'm a sucker for this sort of thing. (All right, maybe Back To The Future Part II got there first.) The Doctor and Peri visit Ancient Rome so they can mingle in history, only a TARDIS malfunction has wrought havoc, and the Romans now have modern-day technology, electricity, even (inevitably!) zeppelins. Meanwhile there's a power struggle between the children of Cleopatra, with no clear ruler decided between the calculating Selene, the deluded Alexander and the self-deprecating Ptolemy. There are murderous plots aplenty.
Interestingly, the book doesn't get too concerned with how to fix history; we've already done that in Exodus, so it makes a nice change for the Doctor and Peri to work more on resolving the power struggle, and helping the generally noble Ptolemy overcome his siblings. State Of Change is not a pure historical: right from the start it's a fusion of history and sci-fi like The Time Meddler, and later on things get even more sci-fi as it turns out "alternate timeline" was merely the obvious first impression. Nonetheless, it romps along like a lighthearted '60s story.
Interestingly, the book doesn't get too concerned with how to fix history; we've already done that in Exodus, so it makes a nice change for the Doctor and Peri to work more on resolving the power struggle, and helping the generally noble Ptolemy overcome his siblings. State Of Change is not a pure historical: right from the start it's a fusion of history and sci-fi like The Time Meddler, and later on things get even more sci-fi as it turns out "alternate timeline" was merely the obvious first impression. Nonetheless, it romps along like a lighthearted '60s story.
Bulis apparently loves this period of history, so it must have been a pleasure to muck about with it. (I didn't know it too well, but there's sufficient explanation in the book, and a quick glance at Wikipedia didn't hurt.) Once you're over the shock of history not going to plan, there's a certain lived-in fun to this version of Rome which almost recalls Terry Pratchett's manky cities. The characters are the same relatable archetypes you'd find in an old historical, especially a money-grubbing dealer of magic spells and a troupe of loveably hapless thieves. There are a number of delightful comic moments that have a certain Classic series ingenuity, like Peri frightening off grave-robbers by loudly bellowing "WHO DISTURBS THE SLEEP OF CLEOPATRA?", and the Doctor flummoxing a gladiator by running away from him, raising a hand to stop him, tying his shoe, then carrying on. There's a black humour to the familial villains, and even the odd touch of empathy; the maniacal Alexander believes in himself so utterly, it's hardly his fault he's wrong. ("'I doubt if I'm actually capable of making a mistake – wouldn't you agree?' Vitellus gaped helplessly for a moment, then slowly bowed his head.") I often chuckled helplessly.
As to the story's sci-fi trappings, and the whole mess the Doctor and Peri are in, it's all the work of a mysterious someone who for the sake of a 23 year old surprise, I won't name. (I already spoiled it for myself researching these books, but there's no sense in ruining it for anyone else.) One of the lesser-used villains from the television series is put to, frankly, rather odd use here. The title refers to a general instability in the "alternate" Rome (as well as the obvious zeppelin stuff), which is causing crises for the Doctor and Peri (more on that shortly), as well as for the villain. Disguised as one of the ruling triumvirate, they are cautioned by the Doctor that they'll get too wrapped up in their host's squabbles, and sure enough, their grand plan morphs from getting out of here to ruling this world. I think I enjoyed it more when they really did just want to get out of here – because not every antagonist in Doctor Who wants to blow up a planet. Why shouldn't they occasionally have the same basic interests and survival instincts as the Doctor? The character reaches a point of vagueness where it's worth wondering why they were even involved, but then apparently they were a relatively late (and not entirely voluntary) addition to the book, which would explain it. The great story about this character has yet to be written, alas, but they're perfectly okay in this one. I suspect State Of Change would work without them.
And speaking of lesser-used characters, at long last we get a book for the Sixth Doctor. I know it's only the fifth Missing Adventure, but there seems to be a certain stigma about him in the Virgin canon. Whenever past Doctors are invoked – and it happened a lot around the anniversary – Sixie didn't get a look in, unless it was a grim reference to his being knocked off to make room for the next fellow. In Decalog, the short story featuring the Sixth Doctor largely side-lined him. The One With The Patchwork Coat wasn't even Christopher Bulis's first choice for this novel. (To be fair, that's common enough: Craig Hinton wanted to write a New Adventure, John Peel apparently envisaged Evolution as a Fifth Doctor story, and a number of New Adventures authors seemed to wish they were writing somebody else.) State Of Change still can't resist putting the Sixth Doctor at a distance, as if he's the show's redheaded stepchild. He spends almost no time with Peri, communicating with her via video and voice link, and after the halfway point he's quite literally not himself.
Broadly speaking, Christopher Bulis gets him right. There's the requisite sarcasm, plus he's a stickler for elocution and verbosity. His dialogue can often be as dry as fossilised toast, but you can hear Colin Baker delivering it. (There's more going on under the surface, though not so subtly: "For a moment, the tenderness that the Doctor seemed to hide beneath his superior mannerisms was revealed, and Peri sensed the true depth of his concern." Oof!) But then, owing to that weird instability, the Doctor "retro-regenerates" into his past selves. Later, with a handy gadget, he channels them deliberately. We haven't seen this gimmick since Genesys, and funnily enough it was used to revisit the same (apparently all-purpose) Doctor: in order to survive a gladiator match, the Doctor must channel his third incarnation, fancy footwork and all.
This is great if you're a big fan of Pertwee, but it does make it curiously pointless that this isn't a Jon Pertwee book. It also leaves the current Time Lord looking absolutely hopeless. (The jibes about his weight don't help.) Yes, his ingenuity is generally useful, but he's reliant on the Third Doctor for roughly half the book, and most of the climax. It's such a handy and reliable gimmick that there's really no need to worry about him transforming against his will at all – and as a side-note, the characters are rarely worried about anything in this, which adds to the relaxed fun of it all, but with the obvious trade-off of tension. Still, towards the end we do get a (cringily fannish) sequence where the Doctor morphs back through all his past lives. Retro-regeneration is a cool idea, and you could probably do something eerie with it, but in practice it's just an excuse to trot out catchphrases and Terrance Dicks idioms, and allow the Sixth Doctor to improbably knock people out with a nerve pinch. We've got a whole range just for these old Doctors – we don't need these references any more.
Completing the set, Peri is going through changes too. As you can see on the cover, she's having a relapse to her Varos days and is transforming into a bird again. (If you haven't seen Vengeance In Varos, spoiler alert, she turns into a bird for a few scenes.) I can't quite figure out why this story is set so much later than Varos, when it hinges on Peri's mental state in it, and fear of the body horror inflicted on her. (There's even a pretty grim addition, when it's revealed she had an "accident" during the process. Thanks for that.) She goes full Bird-Woman in this, complete with flying. In a world with mutated animals such as hydras this makes a certain sort of sense, and obviously it's inspired by that previous story, but it still feels like a different genre altogether when Peri swoops heroically to the rescue. She's characterised pretty well otherwise – a little brash but empathetic, good at encouraging other people to help each other, gently tolerant of the Doctor – and Bulis does try to examine the effects of her transformation on her psyche. The bird thing is still a bit random, and all things considered Peri accepts it rather easily.
And yes, it's worth mentioning the nude scene. Though not nearly as troubling as the short story Fascination, which mixed Peri and sex like that was automatically what should come to mind about her, it's still a bit frown-inducing that she is deposited naked in the control room due to a problem with the swimming pool. We get it: Nicola Bryant looks good. It doesn't exactly cover fandom in glory to be so hands-in-your-pockets about it all the time. (She gets her kit off again later, although most of her's covered in feathers. It's still ick to be focussing on it.) Peri also has a pseudo-romance with Ptolemy by the end, but to be fair this is more an old-school Doctor Who cliché than Peri-lechery; even Barbara couldn't seem to land anywhere without tripping over a marriage proposal.
State Of Change has a jolly and exciting pace, even if it all comes a bit easily. It pleasantly jumbles history and sci-fi, re-uses a few old ideas without reeking of repetition and much of the character writing is excellent. Despite knowing the "big" spoiler (which isn't that important anyway), the story kept me guessing; broadly speaking, it's a fun novel that I'd read again. It stumbles in is its use of the regulars, and the odd sense of obligation that apparently comes with them. It's as if each Missing Adventures author is assigned a Doctor and/or bad guy at random. It's hardly a character assassination for any of them, and it's not enough to ruin the book, but that thematic "instability" is too vague and all-purpose to pin it on. I'm hopeful that the range will settle down and know its characters better. In the meantime, there are clearly some rollicking tales to tell.
NB: Hi again, hypothetical constant reader! From here on, there'll be a slight change to these reviews: I'll continue posting them infrequently (because I haven't read them all), but 5 at a time, from Monday to Friday. The next 5 start with Warlock by Andrew Cartmel. I figure it's better than posting one review in a blue moon, or waiting until I've read everything with the words Doctor Who printed on it, by which time the sun may have gone out. Happy trails!
NB: Hi again, hypothetical constant reader! From here on, there'll be a slight change to these reviews: I'll continue posting them infrequently (because I haven't read them all), but 5 at a time, from Monday to Friday. The next 5 start with Warlock by Andrew Cartmel. I figure it's better than posting one review in a blue moon, or waiting until I've read everything with the words Doctor Who printed on it, by which time the sun may have gone out. Happy trails!


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I think that people should know about their ancestors because they were the ones that made a way for the people today.I think that people should know about all the people that made a difference not just the people that the school board choose. I believe that if people were taught the right way then there will be a lot of successful people.
When considering Cesar Chavez's input into workers rights in the farming community, he is certainly a figure head, therefore he should be taught in schools. Even though he made a lot of contributions there are many other prominent people in history as well, so while he should be included, schools probably wouldn't be able to cover him throughly without leaving out other figure heads.
Cesar Chavez was a leader of his people in terms of making sure that migrants to the United States would be treated fairly and paid enough for their labors in picking lettuce and other produce. Just for this he needs to get historical treatment in school, as students need to know what latinos have contributed.
Cesar Chavez should be taught in school simply because he affected the civil rights movement in a lasting and historical way. Whether or not one thinks his activism was positive should not come into play. There's no reason to exclude him. However, I think he should be taught at higher levels, such as high school. That way mature, older students can decide for themselves what they think of his life and activism.
No, the story of Cesar Chavez should not be taught in school, because he had a lot of political philosophies. Teaching the story of Cesar Chavez would only be to try to teach children that the kind of political ideologies that he had are good. Children do not need to be taught how to think about politics.