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So I've given you poetry, I've rewritten a song, I've railed on browser history, and I've even rewritten the poem from the Statue of Liberty. It's time for another first. This post is the first from the sky! That's right, I'm writing this post from 31K feet while I'm on my way to Chicago. And I know your next question; no, I won't be there this coming week for the Star Wars trivia night, nor will I be back in time for our usual Wednesday night trivia.
But don't worry, both trivia nights are sure to go off without a hitch with Kyle and Terrill at the helm. Speaking of our Star Wars night, if you're not planning on coming out for that, you need to clear your calendars and come on out. It promises to be an epic night and you won't want to miss it.
So back to the present. I'm sitting on the plane, munching on some overpriced Chex Mix and sipping on a gin & tonic. Woot. First class is definitely the way to travel. I can say that because I'm cramped back in coach, and this is after a 30 minute delay at the gate....after we boarded the plane. Apparently someone can't figure out how much fuel a plane needs to fly. I could use this as an opportunity to discuss some of the more terrifying or frustrating flights I've had in my life, but truthfully, this isn't that bad. There are no screaming children....yet, I'm not squeezed into the middle seat between Sumo wrestlers, and thankfully, the A/C is working fine. All in all, this is, so far, a routine flight. What was not routine, however, was our trivia experience this past Wednesday night. First off, I apologize for all the issues. Secondly, thank you to everyone that showed up for your patience. Third, if you didn't notice anything was wrong, I guess I'm doing better at my job than I originally thought. Unlike actual flying (in a plane), flying solo (at trivia) sucks. Trust me, I know I'm spoiled. Having Terrill and Kyle there to clean up my mess (figuratively) and score all the sheets while I just saunter around and chat with players, is absolutely a luxury. Frankly, I feel I've earned it. In a previous life, I hosted trivia by myself weekly for over 4 years and could honestly never even think of having another person there to assist. And since we started PubGuys Trivia, I've been very lucky to have those two knuckleheads (read: gentlemen) at my side.
Enough babbling, onto the game. Congratulations to our winners. There, short and sweet.
Now, here's some fun stuff we learned along the way:
EDIT: So the internet on the plane went down as I was submitting this. So it's a day later than planned and being posted from my 5th floor hotel room, so I'm still pretty high.


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Marriage is Yoga and your Spouse is the Yoga Teacher 😊
Whether you are getting married or joining Yoga, the excitement is the same – You feel like it is going to be the best decision of your life, an eternal bliss, and a game-changer (Not sure about the rest but definitely a game-changer, you will now be playing Mixed-Doubles with Disconnected-Boxed-Brains and Interconnected-Wired-Brains in the same team).
So, you start preparing for THE DAY – Go buy that Yoga attire or the wedding collection; go tell everyone about your Yoga Teacher or your Spouse. Well, even if it is a secret wedding or a private yoga class, the excitement is equal UNTIL THE REALIZATION – You are Married!!!
Day 1 begins with "Mere haath mein tera haath ho, saari jannate mere saath ho" and a lot of energy and enthusiasm interacting with people in the class or the family, trying to create THAT impression, while the Yoga Teacher is pretty nice and all-smiles, teaching you very little yoga. It is just a little meditation and breathing exercises, which make you feel like a pro but hold on Bro. It is just the beginning! First week or rather the first month is great, it's a La-Di-Da time! (you feel safe and you find everyone very cute, including yourself). //This is also called the Egg-Phase, very cute but short-lived//
Then the Yoga Teacher starts adding a few difficult exercises and isn't always available. Slowly, teacher gets busy and is seen only when you are not doing the exercises well. And you feel, where on earth is the teacher when I am doing well and appears instantly to correct/yell when I am not doing well (Well that's exactly my job, you idiot, says the Yoga Teacher). You are always looking forward to learning the next aasana but the teacher doesn't teach you the next until you completely master the current. And you feel, what's wrong with this teacher, everyone said this is a great teacher (I should have listened to the few who said otherwise).
By the end of the third month of Yoga/Marriage, you start singing this song "Tadap tadap ke iss dilse AAAH nikalti rahi." The next quarter, you are attending the classes for attendance-sake only (Oh Gosh, this is so boring) and then you find a new change in your Yoga Teacher – The teacher is STRICT! On mute, you tell the teacher everyday – First of all you are so boring and now you are also showing other demeaned features, I don't like (Kalse class cancel, THIS is it).
By the end of the sixth month of Yoga/Marriage, you start singing this song "Kya se kya hogayaaa, bewafa…tere pyaar mein." And you feel, maybe it is time to change the Yoga Teacher XD. But family and friends push you for another 6 months into it saying – no no you can't do this, you have the best yoga teacher, you can't get a better one, you have paid the yearly fees, try completing a year at least and we are sure once you get the hack you will go on forever. //This is also called the Caterpillar-Phase, you are in a rage – you are ready to eat everything and everyone coming your way//
By the end of a year, you are singing this song "Waqt ne kiya kya haseen sitam, tum rahe na tum, hum rahe na hum" and feeling obsolete, you are now spending more time with yourself (telling yourself – you are all you need, you don't need the teacher anymore and there sets in some right motion in this anger.) You start working hard on yourself and you slowly understand the techniques because of the efforts, which make you realize the teacher was always there when you needed, may not be visible all the time but has been watching you learn, watching you progress and held you right on time before every fall! Slowly, there comes a pivotal change, nothing about the teacher or the aasanas have changed but everything has changed about the way you looked at it. You are practicing until perfection and everything is falling right in place! //This is also called the Pupa-Phase, which comes in with a lot of self-realization and hard work//
You are now singing this song "Oh Saathi, tere bina….rahi ko raah dikhe naa" The teacher is now proud of you and the feeling has gotten mutual! You don't miss a single class because you DON'T WANT to miss it (You can always change your Yoga Teacher if things go worse and it is OKAY but its success will always depend on YOU, because YOU are the most important part of your yoga/marriage). Yoga needs good intentions, patience and commitment, and so does Marriage. //This is also called the Butterfly-Phase, which marks the beginning of a whole new life//
Stop focusing on who is wearing what and who has reached which Aasana, concentrating on self is the secret to success. You can't fly high and look colorful until and unless you go through the 4 stages of metamorphosis in Yoga/Marriage/ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING in life!
This article is based on everyday life that happens to everyone (Married Of course!). Maybe the phases are longer or shorter, sooner or later, the intensity is higher or lower, but the phases are Age-Old. Enjoy the journey!
Legend to better understand the article:
- Language – Hinglish
- "Text in inverted commas" – Hindi songs
- //Text in double slash// – Milestones
- (Text in brackets) – Straight from the Author's Heart or Lungs, depending on the situation
- Yoga Teacher here is Husband/Wife, don't go by the biased 'Husband-Only' tone in it
P.S: The best relationships you have, are always filled with people you want to hug tightly for one moment and you want to sell them at the best price the next moment 😀 Treasure them!
"Koi zorse sareaam karega to koi dheerese ye kaam karega, lekin KAREGA – I am talking about fights here XD. Fights in marriage are like Farts in Yoga, INEVITABLE. Inevitable, until you learn the Mantra – Control Yaar."
Author says: Viewers are requested to take the author's advise at their own risk for she has only 0-1 time experience in marriage.
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This is not one of my favorite photos. Even for an endurance rider I am leaning too far forward. [As a side note, I remember that the water bottle holder on my back was really bothering me.] Montoya was a very forward horse and could be very difficult to ride. Her mission in life was to complete the course in as fast a time as possible. Sometimes the best thing for me to do was to simply get off her back and let her move out. If you look closely, and I know it's hard to see with the sheepskin, but my crotch is barely touching the saddle. I am just trying to hover over the saddle without hanging on her mouth.
This photo is from the 1999 Eastern High Sierra Classic 50 miler in Bridgeport, California. We finished 69th out of 83 riders with a ride time of 9 hours and 52 minutes.


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"Does school reform perpetuate inequality?"… http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/02/24/does-school-reform-perpetuate-inequity/
The "south" surely has a lot of educational theoretical catching up to do (i.e. the importance of early childhood education, STEM education, and school guidance counseling, etc.) But it is in no way alone, or even the worst in the continuing saga of the mis-education of Black Children; I have found in many places in the south, a form of "equity of educational theoretical mediocrity"; that undermines the education of all children, regardless of race. There is however, enough blame to go around for the continued failure of our "northern" public educational systems; that primary serves the poor, and students of color. Culpable candidates for the line-up include: Elected officials/Educational policy makers; State Departments of Education; the poorly informed news media, looking for that simple "silver bullet"; Corrupt and/or overly politicized school boards (many of their ranks ironically look like the children they allegedly serve); labor unions that were, and still are resistant to professionalizing their ranks; (which means the self-action of removing the incompetent bad players and dead beats from the ranks of their craft.) One of the reasons that public education became ripe for corporate reform take-over were those silly scenes like we had in NYC of the "rubber rooms"; centers filled with people most of whom quite honestly should have been fired, and moved as far away from children as possible; instead people saw them spending years at full salary and benefits doing nothing all day. To the average person who had to go out each day and physically work for a living, this somehow did not feel right. And asking the public annually to give us more money, did not help! Citizens who opted for "unchecked mayoral control", clearly did not pay attention in World History Classes, where we were taught that turning over total power out of fear in a crisis has never worked. We were all too tired, too frustrated and looked too low for a solution. We became too timid, too intellectually lazy, or just too complacent to honestly ask one simple hard question: "is this (Reform stuff) working?" It is so fitting, and ironic that this question is being raised in the month when we "celebrate" Black History. This "reform" movement, utilizing a twisted version of a very positive Peace Corps ( "undeveloped" Black and Latino American students treated to a form of 'foreign assistance'); are doing the greatest amount of damage to the largest number of children, not in the south, but in the urban north. Their entrance into public education was fueled by a very slow economy that could not absorb the annual production of White college graduates; and the clear opportunity on the part of the corporate community to siphon off the huge amounts of funds generated by pubic education. Particularly those huge amounts produced by "failing/underachieving" student. There is a terrible underlying belief that they (the reformers) are the sole hope of salvation for the "poor suffering Negro" (children). The parents of these students; and educators for which they are culturally linked; either don't care, or are unable to educate them. This "reform" movement has consciously dismissed (and holds as a theoretical foundation) the advice of experienced Black educators who have succeeded with children of color under extremely trying and challenging conditions. Many of those Black American educational thinkers (Carter G. Woodson, Lorraine Monroe, James Comer, Ronald Edmonds, Lisa Delpit, Adelaide Sanford, Frank Mickens and Lonetta Gaines to name a few) have built a wealthy theoretical academic achievement resource library. It was important therefore to establish (unheard of in any other profession) that certification, professional theoretical knowledge and experience (Praxis) were now, unimportant. The fact that the "reform" measures have not produced any significant academic achievement (without cheating on exams); suggest that, perhaps "this work" was not as simple as everyone assumed it to be. We are asked to wait and watch for the arrival of a Superman; when a "super teacher" already taught us so much about the power of creating a culture of high expectations, arrived in the person of Jaime Escalate (Stand and Deliver) The problem has been simplistically deduced, because of their lack of practical front line knowledge to three main themes: (1) Test students (2) Eliminate Unions (3) Close traditional public schools, and turn children into commodities for the purpose of profit. All of these three items serve not as solutions but as educational theoretical "fillers"; as a cover for a true lack of pedagogical knowledge. They exist to fill the gaps in the understanding of what it really takes to create, a true school system of equity of expectations and excellence; and they are a cynical move to commoditize public education. What the south may lack in educational theory and social equality; is matched in the north with sneaky "hidden/open" segregation of educational opportunities, expectations, resources and better teachers between White students and the students of color. Along with the debilitating theoretical apartheid of the school improvement movement.


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September 27th 2017 is a date of national significance: it marks National Fitness Day where the nation will be celebrating the fun of fitness and physical activity.
Fitness, as we know, is holistic, and this date also marks another important initiative – the launch of Gospel on The Rise a new community gospel choir in the heart of Clapham Junction. From easing stress to improving the heart rate, to helping with asthma and even snoring, the benefits of singing have been well documented and residents are invited to try a hearty dose of gospel singing at the Gospel on The Rise Launch Taster Session taking place on 27th September 2017.
Why Fitness?
The challenge of busy lifestyles, the age of technology and the abundance of fast foods has heralded a rise in obesity across the country. This momentous day will see a diverse range of fitness activities offered to the general public that will improve health and vitality.
Why Singing?
The health benefits of singing have been scientifically proven to reduce stress and anxiety, alleviate depression and release natural 'happy hormones' such as endorphins and oxytocin. The launch will empower singers to get fit from the inside out, re-vitalising them whilst learning to sing and having lots of fun. Session members are guaranteed an evening of moving, and grooving, at the end of which they will leave with a pep in their step!
Why Gospel?
Gospel music is a globally sought after, uplifting and inspiring art form. Within the past decade its platform has grown and is becoming increasingly popular in schools, communities, workplaces and across the country and even across Europe.
The Gospel Choir is a phenomenon in itself, uniting a diverse range of individuals from varying backgrounds, abilities, ages, beliefs and various experiences of the genre – from those who have a connection to the sound, to those who are simply interested in trying something different. Gospel (meaning 'good news') music covers positive themes of love, hope, joy, courage, strength, faith and unity – themes which unite us all.
Why Clapham Junction?
After living in the Clapham Junction area all her life whilst traveling the world over teaching this vibrant genre, Karen decided that it was high time that she brought the energy, exhilaration and excitement of gospel music to her home town.
The 12-week initiative will begin with a taster session at Fresh Ground London, 68 Battersea Rise, SW11 1EQ. Residents of the area are invited to sign up, bring lots of energy, and they are sure to find that this workshop will not only be inspiring and educational but a lot of fun too!
Led by award-winning gospel choir conductor and TV judge Karen Gibson, this community choir promises to bring music, joy and community to it's the area – her home of many years.
Known for the high quality of her work, Karen's experience is extensive. She has been involved with vocal groups and choirs for over 25 years, conducting gospel workshops across the UK and Europe as well as Nigeria, Japan, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and the USA. Of her work, it has been said:
'Karen Gibson knows how to bring the best out of people, to allow their latent talent to come alive and, most importantly, to create a synergy that ensures the music is tight, strong, and yet also borne on the wings of a poised ensemble'
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So we proceed to Audrey Hepburn Cafe, with a slight disappointment because it turn out to be a chain-coffee-shop-a-like. Considering how many cute cafe in Korea, this is definitely not comparable with the other vintage / theme cafe shops. Still, Audrey Hepburn - I have to try atleast once!
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In 1966, while I [Steve] was in Yarinacocha, Peru, and the Kindberg parents were out in the tribal area, I utilized their high-class motor-scooter (with permission) to get back and forth from the Summer Institute of Linguistics base-camp to the nearby town. I was aware that dogs did not like the motorized vehicles passing on the road and would nip at the heels or legs of foreign cyclists. Plus, at the medical clinic, we'd been warned about an increasingly rabid population among the fauna.
On a pleasant afternoon, as I passed the Albert Schweitzer Clinic on this same road, yours truly was approached by what seemed to be an insulted mongrel; he started at my left leg. Kicking him away only enraged the beast, but kicking seemed to be my best defense against the supposed bearer of rabies. He started to win the battle and so I veered right, just as a small bridge loomed to the left, traversing a creek in the jungle.
With great aplomb and no bridge under its wheels, the man/machine unit flew over this waterway. The prized Heinkel-two-wheel-wonder landed just below the brink of the distant shoreline. The bad news was that its front axle and fork bent, squashing the wheels into the rest of the body. The pinky of the driver's right hand got "broke." The good news: the canine stood smiling on the proximal side, wagging his tail as he put another victory scratch in the mud beside the takeoff point.
No more rolling or even limping for the German red metal mass until an airplane mechanic at the JAARS hanger worked to give it a new, though dented, life. As Lee and Will got off the float plane coming in from their tribal stay, each Kindberg kid was sworn not to mention the flight of the Red Baron and the resulting modification of its function and appearance.
But . . . wouldn't you guess, even before Will stepped from the Piper Cub's pontoon onto the dock, little Dougie proudly broadcast that "Uncle Steve wrecked Daddy's Heinkel." Surprised, but gracious, Will received the news flash and waited a week or two until the vehicle resumed its function.
As for the victorious dog, he still walks with his head high, but no foaming at the mouth. Check one for the animal world.
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MOC 80546 - Sales Management in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013
Course duration
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Course Outline
This Sales Management in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 training class introduces the capabilities of Sales Management in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 that allow you to track and manage the sales process from potential to close. This course provides insight on sales process information, and introduces the tools available to analyze and report on sales information.
This course guides you through the tools that help make the internal processes simpler and easier so your sales force can focus on what is important - creating a differentiated experience for your customers.
This course is intended for individuals that plan to implement, use, maintain, or support Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 in their organization. The training is intended for sales representatives, administrators, office managers, CEOs, and consultants who want to learn the available sales features within Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013.
- Learn to understand the context of Sales Management and review real-life sales scenarios.
- Learn to identify how the various elements of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Sales fit together.
- Learn to review the basic terminology used throughout the application.
- Learn to review how the basic flow of sales activity in Microsoft Dynamics CRM begins with the entry of leads, and review ways to manage leads in Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
- Learn to identify the role of leads, and when they can be used.
- Learn to know the Lead to Opportunity process and the roles of these records.
- Learn to work with Sales Literature in Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
- Learn to explore the steps to create and maintain Competitors.
- Learn to identify the features and benefits of the product catalog.
- Learn to create and maintain unit groups for the product catalog.
- Learn to add products to the product catalog, and describe the use of kit products and substitute products.
- Learn to create price lists and configure as appropriate for different customers, marketing campaigns and special offers.
- Learn to set up different price lists for different types of customers and marketing campaigns.
- Learn to utilize the tools to available within Microsoft Dynamics CRM to capture important sales information and uncover new business opportunities.
- Learn to identify how Goal Management enables organizations to manage and analyze performance.
- Learn to use the Sales Analysis tools that Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides analyze and report on sales-related information .
- General knowledge of Microsoft Windows.
- General knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- An understanding of Customer Relationship Management solution processes and practices.
- Introduction to Sales Management
- Customer Scenarios
- Basic Record Types
- Lead Management
- Lead to Opportunity Process Form and Process Ribbon
- Convert Activity Records to Leads
- Qualifying and Disqualifying Leads
- Create, Maintain, and Use Sales Literature
- Create, Maintain, and Use Competitors
- Lab: Create and Disqualify a Lead
- Working with Opportunity Records
- Create Opportunities and Work with Opportunity Form
- Changing Opportunity Status
- Lab: Managing Sales Opportunities
- Working with the Product Catalog
- The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Product Catalog
- Unit Groups
- Adding and Maintaining Products
- Creating, Maintaining and Using Price Lists
- Currency Management
- Creating a Price List
- Lab: Managing Price List Items
- Lab: Managing the Product Catalog
- Sales Order Processing
- Adding Line Items (Opportunity Products) to Opportunities
- Quote Management
- Working with Orders
- Working with Invoices
- Lab: Sales Order Process
- Metrics and Goals
- Configuring Goal Metrics
- Configuring Fiscal Periods
- Creating and Assigning Goal Records
- Creating and Recalculating Parent and Child Goal Records
- Creating a Rollup Query
- Lab: Goal Management for Individuals
- Sales Analysis
- Running Built-in Reports
- Exporting Sales Information to Excel
- Working with Charts and Dashboards
- Working with System Charts from the Opportunity List
- Working with Dashboards
- Create a New Dashboard in the Workplace
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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer1998
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Critic Consensus: Boring, predictable, and bereft of thrills or chills, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer is exactly the kind of rehash that gives horror sequels a bad name.
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Critic Reviews for I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
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This followup to last year's successful teens-in-jeopardy opus piles on the chills, thrills and body count.
Our enjoyment is supposed to lie in making fun of the obvious red herrings, contrived opportunities to show cleavage, melodramatic dialogue, gullible characters, and inevitable to-be-continued ending.
Neither Trey Callaway, who wrote the script, nor Danny Cannon, who directed the sequel, bring any new ideas to the genre. Cut 'em some slack: That surely was their marching orders.
When Bad Things Happen to Stupid People might have been a better title.
Audience Reviews for I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
I remember this being way worse than it actually was (2017 rewatch). A rare case where I actually upped my original rating! It's not perfect, or a scratch on the first movie, and it's got a silly ending, but 90's nostalgia has been kind to this one. I enjoyed the cast (with the exception of Jack Black who is just grotesque as usual) and the slight, silly horror story
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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer is a poorly made sequel to a very poor film. Both films are pointless with bad acting, story and poor attempts at scaring the audience. Teen horror films were crap for the exception of Scream. This sequel proves that much. This is a bad film with nothing entertaining about it. The cast is terrible and the story is a plain joke. It's no wonder that most of the cast are forgotten nowadays because they suck at acting. This is yet another bad attempt at cashing on an original film that wasn't good in the first place. This is a film that scrapes the bottom of the barrel and lingers around trying to figure out what it wants to do. This is one of the worst horror films ever made, and I've seen some bad ones and, this film just takes it to a whole new low. A terrible, misconstructed film that has nothing going on, maybe except to bore the hell out of the audience. It's no wonder why these films are in the discount bin of so many retail stores. They're terrible. If you love horror, don't watch this travesty. These films represent the lowest point in horror history along with others such as Urban Legends. This is simply a poorly made horror film that should be avoided by every fan of the genre.
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The Italian coach has responded to newspaper claims he used homophobic comments against a journalist back in 2001
Roberto Mancini has defended himself against claims he used a homophobic slur against an Italian journalist.
The Inter coach has been in the headlines this week after he claimed Napoli counterpart Maurizio Sarri used homophobic comments against him during their Coppa Italia tie.
Sarri was handed a two-game touchline ban for his actions on Thursday.
However, Gazzetta dello Sport have accused Mancini of using similar language towards journalist Alessio Da Ronch in 2001, prompting the Italian to reply via his official website.
"What I said after the game in Naples is simply in line with my history and my footballing culture," Mancini wrote.
"I don't ask people to share my way of being in football, but I demand respect. At the moment they're creating a polemic and creating factions which shift attention away from the real problem!
"This story has been subject to a lot of manipulations, not least that I used that same insult toward a journalist, which is not true.
"I've never used that term because it's not part of my vocabulary.
"I reiterate my disappointment, but I'd like to get back to concentrating on our sporting goals now, and the next game [against Carpi] which is crucial for Inter's season."


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Perhaps THE Most Familiar Teaching in the Entire New Testament.
At the Same Time, One of the Most Misrepresented and Misunderstood.
What Did the Apostle Paul Actually Mean When He Said, 'Under the Law'?
© Rich Traver, 81520-1411, 12-6-03
If there is a concept that brings greater comfort to New Testament Christianity, it would be difficult to find. That most often cited passage found in the writings of the Apostle Paul, that "We are not Under the Law" provides the basis for much of what is represented as "New Covenant" Theology. Nowhere does the theme find greater affinity than among the segment of Christianity known for being "antinomian"! (anti- against, nomos- law) Yet among other persuasions, this widely accepted premise is also accepted, though not without a certain degree of discomfort, on account of what so many have casually taken Paul's statement to mean.
Regarded as Involving Applicability.
We live in a world that has been pre-conditioned to the long-established premise, that being, that the Apostle's assertive statement here acknowledges the fact that the Law no longer applies to those who are 'under grace'. That it is a matter of 'applicability'. "The Law no longer applies to us", they say. This subliminal premise is not new to theology. In fact, the basic point of view was anticipated and pointedly commented upon by Paul himself. Peter relates that those who really didn't understand would 'wrest' Paul's statements to mean something other than what he intended. Paul himself identifies one of those important areas. In Romans 3:8, he makes reference to this very issue. "And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil that good may come? "…This in the context of just having said, …"But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who takes vengeance?… God forbid: for how then shall God judge the world?" Here, Paul is referring to the very same issue that he does in Romans 6: verses 1 and again in verses 14-15.
Some people were prone, and some even eager, to mis-represent Paul's intent. He understood human nature well enough to foresee that some would regard his statement as advocating continuing in sin, even consciously, in order to become more abundant in grace. Seeing this explains why Paul immediately disclaims that possibility of meaning. When he makes the familiar statement in Romans 6:14 & 15: "For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace. What then, shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid." Up in verse 1, he says, "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid."
Despite Paul's immediate qualifiers, many still prefer to insist that he meant that the Law no longer applies to us! Injecting the idea of it being about applicability presents a distorted platform from which to understand what he was really saying. This has been the case for centuries. This is the world in which we grew up, from which we drew our earliest conceptions. The premise that the Law no longer applies to us is so ingrained in our religious society and our subconscious, that it can be regarded as heretical to hold a differing view.
Of all Paul's theological statements, this one is the most mis-understood and mis-represented.
To Whom Does the Law Apply?
The very idea of our 'not being under the Law' poses the premise that the Law applies to some but not to others. In other words, that there is some 'selective' applicability with the Law. The New Covenant theologian will readily allow that the Law still applies to the Jew, but not to the Christian. But if the Law doesn't apply to us, (we who are under grace), how could we 'continue in sin'? This clear question exposes the flaw in that line of reasoning. The fact that we still can sin, shows that the Law must still apply to us!
Can You Break a Law that Doesn't Apply?
If the issue involves 'applicability', and if "not under the Law" means the Law no longer applies to us, then how does one 'continue in sin' that grace may abound? If the Law doesn't apply, then how can we break it? Paul's very next statement shows that the Law still DOES apply to us, otherwise how could we still break it? If it was Paul's intent to suggest that the Law no longer applies, then he apparently didn't know that, as evident by what he saw need to say in the very next sentence!
The fundamental position of those who hold the non-applicability idea generally allege that the Law came in with the Old Covenant and went out with the Old Covenant.
Ask yourself the questions, "Did you acquire the ability to sin by first having come under the Old Covenant? Does a person lose the ability to sin by coming out from under the Old Covenant? Do those who never were under ANY covenant not have the ability to sin?" See the problem with that position? For that matter, who was Paul referring to when he said, "All have sinned"? Does this include all people of all time? How does a person break a law that doesn't apply to him? How could all the world sin, who never were under, or even aware of the existence of the Old Covenant? If the answer to these questions is, NO, then the Law must apply to all. For that matter, when were we ever under the Old Covenant? The Old Covenant was passé 19 centuries before we were born!
Obviously, there is something very wrong with the idea that Paul's statement is suggesting that the Law no longer applies to us. Our not being "under the Law" has nothing at all to do with the Law's applicability. The Law applies consistently to all people of all time, otherwise, how could all have sinned?
Once and for all, we need to rid our consciousness of the idea that applicability is at issue here! It has nothing to do with applicability! However, this idea is the key element of those who propose that Paul meant that we no longer need to keep it.
If Not That, Then What?
Does our being 'not under the Law' make the Law any less applicable in our lives? Did it become any more difficult to sin when the Old Covenant was superseded? It appears, some have not considered these basic questions. What ever did Paul mean when he said what he did? "We are not under the Law"!
This is not an unimportant question. It is one we must answer if we are to understand Paul's intent, or the New Testament message, or even to grasp the essence of New Covenant Theology.
Knowledge and/or Compliance
Any law that exists, we relate to that law under one of the following basic criteria. First is knowledge. We either know the law or we don't. Secondly is the matter of compliance. We either keep the law or we don't. If we put these factors together into every possible configuration, we'll come up with only these four.
We know the law and don't keep it,
We know the law and do keep it,
We don't know the law and don't keep it,
We don't know the law, yet do keep it.
This is fundamental logic. But is it Biblical?
Actually, the Apostle Paul, in his writings, uses four different terms for a person's relationship to the Law. Do his four Biblical terms correlate to our logical terms? If not, then he must be identifying additional configurations of relationship to Law. But if there aren't any but these four, then there must be direct correlation. Could that be? And, if so, does that tell us anything? Actually, there are two places where Paul uses three of his terms in the same verses! In one place, he uses three terms, and in another, three also, but while incorporating two of the former, he adds one that he doesn't use in the first instance. Can we, from these, gain any insight into what he meant when he used the term 'under the law'? Can Paul's own writings provide us a clear definition of what he meant?
Those two places are:
Romans 2:12-15 "For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;…For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law unto themselves. Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing them witness…"
Here, we see three distinct situations presented:
Those having sinned without law,
Those having sinned in the law, and
Those without the law, but who keep it!
Before commenting, let's look at the other place:
1 Corinthians 9:20-22 "I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some." (end of verse 22). "And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; To them that are without law, as without law, (not being without law to God, but under* the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law." (* under in this one place is mis-translated: It should read: within)
Here, we see three distinct situations also, but set in a slightly different mix. Actually, these passages provide us a very revealing set of definitions and considerations. For example, note that he regards the Jew as being distinct from the category of persons he regards as being 'under the law'! He's not saying the same thing twice!
Also, note the mis-translation in verse 21. The word 'under' in Paul's parenthetical disclaimer is clearly a different word than the 'under' used elsewhere. Here it should read: within. (The Greek was En-nomos) Paul uses distinct terms for the various intra-personal relationships toward God's Law. In fact, we see him using three Greek words, but involving FOUR different situations. They are:
Q: I was looking for an explanation of the term "under the law" and read an excellent article on your website called "We are NOT Under the law" by Rich Traver.
His explanations of the various Greek words used for 'under' 'within' and 'without' the law were very helpful. However, I would like to ask him about his definition of the word "Hupo-nomos" Strong's #5259. Hupo-nomos is translated "under the law" and he says it means: "One who knows the law and doesn't keep it"
The only problem I have with that explanation is this: "But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born [or 'made'] of a woman, born under the law" (#5259) Galatians 4:4 .
I might be missing something here but Christ obviously does not fit the definition of "One who knows the law and doesn't keep it"
If he could clear this up for me I'd be very grateful.
A: This is a very interesting question and brings out an important consideration.
As to the definition of hupo-nomos, that is drawn from Romans 3:19. "Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God." This is hupo-nomos and it shows that it isn't a matter of being "under" in the sense of … read more
Under which is Strong's #5259, "Hupo-nomos"
In, (within) which is Strong's #1772, "En-nomos"
Without, (have not) which is #459, "A-nomos"
We have the person who is 'under' the law, we have the person who is 'in or within ' the law, and the person who is 'without' the law who doesn't keep it as opposed to that rare situation of the person who is 'without' the law yet who does keep it! (He does acknowledge existence of that forth, tho' exceptional, category in Rom. 2:15)
Do They Correlate?
So, we have four categories in Biblical terms also. The question posed earlier, Do Paul's four terms correspond to the four logical terms? How could they not?
That being the case, we need only to identify which Biblical term corresponds to which common or logical term. Doing so will give us a clear definition of what Paul MEANT when he used each one.
Let's go to the easiest one first. The one identified as being 'without, yet who keeps'. This would have to correspond to the person who doesn't know the law, yet who keeps it. (#4 above). (There are people like that: People of inherently good character, who wouldn't steal or lie or kill, rare though they might be.) With that one in place, it makes it easy to identify that person who is 'without' the law, who presumably doesn't keep it in that he doesn't even know it. This one, then, would cor-respond to the person who doesn't know the law and who doesn't keep it. (#3 above)
This leaves only two to identify: Under and Within. And in our logical categories there are two: the person who knows the law and does keep it, and who knows it and doesn't keep it. Which is which?
We can see that the person who is 'within' must be that person who knows the law and who keeps it.
What Do You Mean "Under"?
That leaves us the final category of person, being that person who knows the law, and doesn't keep it! That is the person who is 'under' the law. This gives us a clear definition of what Paul meant when he used that term: "Under the Law". Someone who knows the law and doesn't keep it! Is it any wonder then that Paul says, "We are not under the law". In other words, we are not of that category of person who knows the law and who does not keep it! (Of course, we didn't get that way by our incessant and perfect law-keeping. We got out from under (the law's demand of a penalty) by God's grace! This was the issue, not at all that the law doesn't apply to those who are 'under grace'.
What Paul said makes so much sense, when understood that way, that we'd say it ourselves even if he never did!
We are not of that category of people who know the law and who don't keep it.
Our theologians want us to think the Jew remains under (obligation to keep) the law, while the Christian is exempt. That wasn't what Paul was saying! And notice, Paul identifies the Jew as distinct and separate from that person who is 'under' the law. (Review again 1 Cor. 9:20) "And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;…" These two are not the same.
That being the case, with the Jew being distinct from the category of person who is 'under the law', we can here see all four of those categories used together in this single passage.
One who knows the law and doesn't keep it, "Under the Law" (Hupo-nomos)
One who knows the law and keeps it, "Within the Law" (The Jew) (En-nomos)
Doesn't know the law and doesn't keep it, "Without the Law" (A-nomos)
Doesn't know the law and yet does keep it. "Without, yet keeps" (A-nomos)
But, We are Under Grace!
Now, we know that in order to not be "under the Law", we need to have come "under grace". Many rest in comfort with the idea that they're not under the law without giving due concern to whether they're truly 'under grace'! God cannot extend grace to the willfully disobedient! (Gal. 2:17)
Two other verses explain other prerequisites: Being led of the Spirit: "Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that you cannot do the things that you would. But if you are led of the Spirit, you are not under the law." (Gal. 5:16-18) So, why would we need to be led of the Spirit in doing what we are perfectly capable of doing on our own (sinning), if 'not under the law' meant free to continue sinning?
Another component is Faith: "But the scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith that should afterward be revealed."
How could anyone conclude that Paul was saying that the law no longer had any applicability to those who have come under grace? Especially considering his next statement, that the suggestion of continuing sinning was "God forbidden"! No, the issue here isn't applicability, as this concluding verse so plainly shows: "Now we know that what things soever the law says, it says to them who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God." Romans 3:19 It's not a question of removing the standard, but of removing the guilt! It isn't possible for anyone to be guilty before God of having broken a law that isn't applicable.
Paul had no intention of suggesting God's Law had no further applicability upon God's True Saints. No, rather, he showed us plainly that the person who is 'under the law' is the person who remains 'guilty'! His point is: That's not us!


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Pedego Greater Long Beach: From Silver Ceiling to Silver Spin
How Boomer Beth Black rolled from gray cubicle to the great outdoors
A few years ago, Beth Black looked up from her cubicle at work and realized that she was being passed over for promotion because of her age. Though she received rave reviews for her work as a corporate writer, she discovered that she'd hit the "Silver Ceiling." "It was unnerving, but I made a bold move and quit that job," she said. "Happily, I quickly found my next move — the freedom and contentment of owning a Pedego Electric Bikes store."
Her path to Pedego seemed predestined. "I didn't have to give up writing," she said. The final selling point for opening her own Pedego shop was that her cash register could double as a writing computer. So now, Beth arrives at her store — Pedego Greater Long Beach (GLB) — with a smile every day. "My life is full of happy people, bike rides, writing, and a huge sense of accomplishment — with literally no ceiling to limit my success," she said. The decision to open Pedego GLB in Seal Beach, California, proved to be an excellent choice for Beth and her partner, Brian Ballard. The store's 2013 Grand Opening Celebration drew hundreds of locals, including the Mayor of Seal Beach, who cut the ribbon. "From that day, we knew this was going to be a successful enterprise," said Brian. "Everyone rushed to take a test ride!"
The success of Pedego GLB grew even more in 2014 when Beth wrote an essay about their store and won a national competition for a Time Warner Cable Business Class commercial. The store was one of four businesses chosen out of 200,000 submissions. Later that year, Time Warner released a national TV and Online ad campaign featuring Pedego Greater Long Beach. The results of this campaign helped Beth and Brian achieve several business goals and also garnered the couple a special award from Irvine-based Pedego Electric Bikes. "At Pedego's annual Dealers Meeting last year, they awarded us the honor of MVP," explained Beth. "We're so happy!"
Brian, a professional magician and Community Outreach liaison for a senior HMO, has used his presentation skills and organizational talents in building the store with Beth. "We knew that with our combined abilities and experience, we could make the store a success and a valuable part of the community," he said. That includes special Pedego events such as the "Silver Spin," a weekly guided group ride for seniors and friends. Beth and Brian are delighted they are sharing the freedom of electric bikes with other Boomers. "As Boomers ourselves, we can share our first-hand stories about the health benefits of riding Pedego electric bikes, which include losing weight, getting fit, lowering blood pressure, controlling diabetes and boosting immunity," said Brian.
Beth agreed, "We're so grateful to have rolled forward to life as Pedego storeowners. It's a complete infusion of enthusiasm and power over our future — with each day as a bright new beginning," said Beth. "I used to dream of an office with a window so I could see a little daylight. Now, I balance between writing and riding … out in the sunshine, fresh air and the Great Outdoors. Hello, fun!"


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A former Long Beach volunteer youth soccer coach has pleaded not guilty to three counts each of possession and distribution of child pornography. Robert Warden Phillips, of Lake Forest in Orange County, coached 12- to 14-year old girls for the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) in 2014, but none of the girls he coached was featured in the photographs in his possession.
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Lori: Yesterday did Fitnessita's wintershape up workout #1.
Michelle: I did #wintershapeup as well. Gina always has great workout ideas! We did not do the HIIT part as we are still trying to keep our workouts on the light side (though hope to start increasing our intensity soon).
Lori's Tuesday recap:
After workout and getting Gary's breakfast and lunch ready, and take care of Jax it was time for me to take my morning pills and gather my juice ingredients.
Juice made about 15-16oz. I did half cucumber, one whole beet and tops, 4 carrots, 2 swiss chard leaves, one fennel stalk and 1//4 fennel bulb. This juice turned out to be rather filling for me yesterday.
Next up was a favorite meal of mine lately, mainly from the flavor from the ghee. Saute mixed greens with 2 eggs and ghee. Mixed in some turmeric as well which is something I try to always to do at this meal. Since turmeric is great for inflammation.
I had some morning errands to do, so making a Starbucks stop was essential 😉 I got myself a nice black coffee to sip on. Love. Also love coffee because usually 9 of 10 times it helps perk a nice bowl movement. And yesterday my coffee did just that! One reason why Michelle and I still enjoy our coffee in the morning.
Lunch was a little over a cup of bone broth with coconut oil served with buffalo burger, little bit of leftover salmon from the night before, some steamed turnips and brussel sprouts all topped with more coconut oil. Also took a digestive enzyme before eating this meal.
Made some stevia based marshmallows! And yes I used a bread pan to mold my marshmallows, hehe it works!
Late afternoon I enjoyed a perfect fit protein egg cake topped with coconut oil. I did 1 scoop perfect fit protein powder mixed with one egg and 1 tbsp chia seeds. Topped with coconut oil. *cooked in microwave
Great personal training study food. Also enjoyed 1 1/2 cups peppermint tea.
Before dinner I took all my usual pre-dinner pills and some gelatin mixed with water for extra gelatin.
Dinner was sautéed kale, steamed carrots with some canned salmon and sardines. Topped with dulse flakes and coconut oil. Just realized that serving this in a pink bowl was not the smartest idea, as it makes my dinner look not so appealing. But nevertheless it was delicious. Really love sardines!
Lori's day recap:
Overall it was a decent day. I did have a nice bowel movement in the morning, thanks to my coffee. I have been getting a little nausea feeling during the day, it kinda comes and goes (and no I am not pregnant). I have gotten it for a few days. Still trying to figure out why this is happening. Besides that I have no major other issues. My skin is just about blemish free, and my back is improving! I got 8 cups water (not including juice or broth).
I did take a probiotic and put magnesium oil before going to bed.
Michelle Tuesday eats:
Started my day with morning supplements and sugar-free marshmallows.
Juice (with coconut oil) and eggs with cooked greens (with ghee) for breakfast.
Lunch was fish and carrot parsnip fries topped with coconut oil and I had a cup of bone broth.
I made mom some coffee cocoa marshmallows (which she just loves) and then practiced the sugar-free marshmallows one more time!
Snack I made a protein egg cake (1 scoop perfect fit, 1 egg, 1 tbsp chia seeds) topped with coconut oil.
Dinner was cooked kale and cauliflower with pulled pork (from wholefoods). I did take my pre-dinner supplements and probiotic and magnesium before bed.
Michelle's overall thoughts: Yesterday was an alright day for me. I started the day off feeling great but then around 8 pm and the rest of the day I was feeling off. Stomach a little upset, but I tried not to stress about it. Just was aware and tried to focus on doing work, but did not go so well. I did get my water in for the day and had two small bowl movements. Not sure why the upset in stomach but just taking note of it and moving on.
Mom and I went shopping as I needed some more fish and meat. I do not normally buy much from Wholefoods because I always leave there broke. And this time it was no different. I spent way too much! Going to try to stretch my food out. I also picked up two new supplements!
Lori and I have mentioned before we like variety in our supplements so I am trying out this Digestive Enzyme from Garden of Life (a good brand) and keeping up with my magnesium intake too.
For anyone interested in reading more about magnesium and why I (and Lori) take it almost regularly check these post out:
Ways to help Constipation
We have mentioned magnesium a lot here on our blog – we do use magnesium oil and then take supplements too. We are trying out magnesium glycinate as Chris mentioned it is good to take with acne and healing gut. We both normally take different forms of magnesium as we read that the body needs variety (forgot where we read that), so we are still finding what one our bodies like as we know magnesium is so important for many things to help the body function! Plus we think we are deficient in magnesium and hoping by taking these different forms of it will help with overall health.
Twins Question: What supplements do you take? Do you take magnesium? Do you notice any benefits from taking certain supplements? Does having coffee help you have a bowel movement (c'mon don't be shy)?
till next time,
Also check out a grapefruit based juice that we enjoyed (before taking out grapefruit from our diet) over at our dear friend Janetha's blog.


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Angel Grove
Diddy Kong, Lanky Kong, Tiny Kong, Chunky Kong, Dixie Kong, Kiddy Kong, Numbuh 1, Numbuh 2, Numbuh 3, Numbuh 4, Numbuh 5, Ryder, Marshall, Chase, Rubble, Rocky, Zuma, Skye, Everest, Tracker, Rusty Rivets, Blaze, Princess Peach, Princess Daisy, Rosalina, Palutena, Robin Female, Corrin Female, Bayonetta, Inkling Girl, Butterbean, Cricket, Poppy, Dazzle, Abby Hatcher, Sunny Day, Rox, Blair, Nella the Princess Knight, Terry Bogard, Molly, Zooli, Gil, Goby, Deema, Oona, Nonny, Mega Man, Ike, Blythe Baxter, Star Butterfly, Dipper, Mabel, Pacifica, Lincoln, Lori, Leni, Luna, Luan, Lynn, Lucy, Lana, Lola, Lisa, Lily, Clyde, Bobby, Ronnie Anne, Leo, Annie, Quincy, June and Cosmo the Seedrian are with Donkey Kong in their final mission to fight against King K. Rool and his Villains in Angel Grove Downtown.
Klump, Krusha, Kremling Crops, Father, Delightful Children from Down the Lane, The Dazzlings, Betrayus, Sigma, Dark Oak, Galeem, Master Hand, Tabuu, Ancient Minister, Dharkon, Crazy Hand, Pale Bay Leaf, Black Narcissus, Queen Chrysalis, Lord Tirek and Cozy Glow are with King K. Rool their invasion upon at Angel Grove Downtown.
Vica Galaxy
Zeltrax, Octroo, Kelger, Swabbies, Electrotramp, Blue Globber (Aquitan Ranger-head), Game Face, Pestilox, Skeltox, Glytcher, Jellyfish, Pumpkin Rapper, Punch-A-Bunch, Halfbake, Negatron, Tangleweb, Yuffo, Wish Star, Shearfear, Klawlox, Lion Tamer Org, Psycho Blue's Monster Form, Octophantom, Oysterizer, Vampirus, Miss Chief, Mohawked Mutant, Puzzler, Stenchy, Sting King, Fearog, Fright Wing, the Craterite Conglomerate, Hookbeard, Rofer, Icy Angel, Redeye, Contempra, Wild Weeder, Two-Headed Parrot, Cyclopter, Fishface, Smokescreen, Deceptron, Horror Bull 2, Snizzard, Samurhive, Ripperrat, Speedwing, Stag Beetle, Altor, Termitus, Horn, Chameliacon, Chin Dragon, Armadevil, Spell Digger, Madimot, Typeface, Donkeyvac, Soccadillo, Pineoctopus, Motorcycle Org, Rhinix, Nojoke, Fragra, Snow Fright, Mutantrus, Ravenator, Hacktrack, Psycho Red's Monster Form, Vexicon, Jester, Toady, Hardtochoke, Hat Monster, Vilevine, Rhinosnorus, Fox Rinshi, Spyclops, Slogre, Ackshun, Phonepanzee, Destructipede, Nightmare Moon (from Friendship is Magic saga), a repainted Pirantishead with Hate Master's hair (from "Fire in your Tank"), a repainted Fighting Flea (from "Fire in your Tank"), the Zhane-injuring monster (from "Survival of the Silver"), the flat-topped bluish-white stitchy monster (from "Alien Rangers of Aquitar", et all), an unnamed Megaranger pig chef monster, an unnamed B-Figter Kabuto anemone monster, an unnamed B-Fighter Kabuto kappa monster, The Senior Citizen Squad Teenager Form (from Operation: T.A.P.I.O.C.A.), Jafar, Hades, Ursula, Captain Hook and Cruella de Vil from Mickey's House of Villains, Giga Bowser from Super Smash Bros. Melee, President Jimmy and Anna Worthington, Nega-Chin, Shadow Mario from "Super Mario Sunshine", The Pig King Statue from "Mother 3", Professor Bob, Majo Tourbillon's Evil Form (unused from "Motto! Ojamajo Doremi"), Mala Mala Jong and "Beetleborgs" monsters Aqualung, Combat Gnat, LottaMuggs, Porkasaurus, Cataclazmic, Torch Mouth, Ultra Vulture, Changeling and Crimson Creep are with Elsa and Sledge in their invasion in the Vica Galaxy.
X-Borgs, Eye Guy, Goo Fish, Altor, Two-Headed Parrot, Slippery Shark, Stag Beetle, Psycho Red's Monster Form, the Owl Monster (from "Rangers Gone Psycho"), Mace Face, Shrinkasect, Destructipede, Oysterizer, Iceage, Turbine Org, Headridge, Hunter, Univolt, Praxis, Tangleweb, Termitus, Fearog, Coralizer, Smogger, Fatcatfish, Meteor, Sting Rage, Smellephant, Scaraba, Bald Loser, Crumummy, Cannonbrawl, Crocotox Red, Waspicable, Giganis, Devastation, Cybax, Cat O' Clock, Lion-Creature, Clawhammer, Pharaoh, Lizwizard, Lunatick, Anglerfish Rinshi, Clawbser, Blue Face, Ninja, Scorpionic, Flute Org, Shoespike, Phonepanzee, Slammer, Tooya, Madtropolis, Face Stealer, Terror Tooth, Morty Board, Abrakadanger, Versix, Marvo the Meanie, Spikey, King Sombra (from The Crystal Empire saga), a black repainted and furry Robogoat (from "Fire in your Tank"), an unnamed Megaranger mushroom monster, Mr. Washer, Galleom, Warhok, Warmonga, Cheese Shogun Roquefort, Duon, Bronze Kneecap, Coffee Head Guy (from "Operation: F.L.U.S.H.") and "Beetleborgs" monsters Aqualung, Combat Gnat, Triplesaurus Rex and Unctuous are with the Armada and Lord Draven in their invasion upon the Sentinel Knight's home planet.
Gratha (Quarry Version)
Choobo, Moogers, Wolfgang Amadeus Griller, Forcefear, Beauticruel, Jabberon, Hydrax, Magnetox, Rocketron, Conwing, Taxi Cab Monster, Bopp-A-Roo, Dreadwolf, Arachnor, Psycho Blue's Monster Form, Vacsacker, Katastrophe, Hacktrack, Stonedozer, Maniac Mechanic, Silo, Bird Bane, Beezara, Samurhive, Scrapper, Puzzler, Chameliacon, Quadra Org, Admiral Abominator, Tough Tusks, Spinferno, Slogre, Badussa, Gorgax, Eyescar, Skarf, Professor Strickler, Voltipede, Wish Star, Cavity, Doomwave, Game Goblin, Guitardo, Translucitor, Catatonia, Beevil, Psycho Yellow's Monster Form, Mane-Iac (from Power Ponies), the flat-topped bluish-white stitchy monster (from "Alien Rangers of Aquitar", et all), an unnamed Kakuranger burly robot monster, an unnamed B-Fighter Kabuto kappa monster, an unnamed B-Fighter Kabuto pineapple monster, The Broodals from "Super Mario Odyssey", Majoruka (unused from ''Ojamajo Doremi"), Margie and the Girl Squad, Octoling Girl and Octoling Boy from "Splatoon" Lord Dominator from "Wander Over Yonder", Soccer Mom and "Beetleborgs" monsters Furocious, Crimson Creep, and LottaMuggs, are with Morgana in her fight against Omega Ranger and Nova Ranger on Gratha.


text: One of the fun things about the junkyard is that you often find items in cars that tell an interesting, though often sad, story. As I've mentioned before, I love cool found objects from cars, and one of my very favorite junkyard finds is a heartfelt, pleading note left on a car by an owner desperate to avoid the towing-away process they (correctly) sense is approaching. I've got a pretty decent collection of such unsuccessful notes found beneath the wipers of junked cars, and today I'm sharing a few. The one written in blue crayon looks as if it served its intended purpose (get the owner out of paying tickets and fines), but it was also a failure- I found the car at a different junkyard than the one referred to in the blurred-out text.


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A volunteer asked to sit next to him and said enthusiastically, "Hi. I'm Roger. What's your name?"
"Hi, Alex. This facility doesn't provide a place to sleep but does offer other helpful resources. Do you need any warm clothes or blankets? Can I help you with anything?" Roger asked.
The question seemed to linger like a hot-air balloon on a calm summer day. Then it hit Alex. I am homeless and in a soup kitchen, looking for warm blankets. He had it good back home and really hurt the people who loved him the most.
Alex looked over at Roger. "Do you know how much I would love to wash dishes right now?"
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Certain common elements can be identified regarding teacher education development in advanced knowledge-based economies. One of these is an attempt, up until relatively recently, to develop a solid foundation of scientific professional knowledge for what Basil Bernstein called the teacher education Trivium: roughly speaking pedagogical sciences: approximately the psychology, sociology and philosophy of education. Another more recent development is to reverse this trend through a re-emphasis of academic subjects. This presentation is based on an analysis of this policy trajectory.
This article is based on a meta-ethnographic analysis of educational research from rural and urban areas in Finland, Norway and Sweden following the reorganisation of educational supply there in line with market policies. Edward Soja's concept of spatial justice shapes the analysis. Using meta-ethnography, we try to present a contextualising narrative account of spatial justice and injustice in the education systems in the three countries. Thirty-one Nordic ethnographic publications (a mix of monographs, book chapters and articles) have been used in the meta-analysis. Just over half of them come from Sweden, and most are from urban education studies. The other half are relatively evenly divided between Norway and Finland. All were published between 2000 and 2017. Sweden represents an extreme position in relation to the new politics of education markets. Its promotion of school choice and schools-for-profit has attracted significant attention from ethnographic researchers in recent decades and is given particular attention in the article.
This investigation concerns feedback praise (person and process praise) and how it relates to implicit theories of intelligence (entity and incremental theories) among pre-service teachers. In the first study 176 pre-service teachers participated, while in the second study 151 of such teachers participated. Two new measures, one of feedback praise and the other of social comparison, were found to be reliable and valid. In the first study, process praise was predicted by the variable incremental theories of intelligence and person praise was predicted by the acceptance of stereotypes. However, these results suffered in the reliability analyses and, even if the models are significant, they should be rejected. The results of the second study are more reliable, with regression analyses showing that person praise can be predicted from the two predictor variables of entity theories of intelligence, and social comparison. Some positive effects of teacher education were found in the second part; for example, the preference for person praise was significantly lower in the last semester than in the first.
In the early 1990s, Sweden experienced state policy reforms, which opened the way for new, private actors to run publicly funded independent schools. In 2010 the independent schools recruited almost a quarter of the upper secondary students. More than eight of the ten schools were managed by limited companies. Against this backdrop, and drawing on Ball (2007) and Whitfield (2006) who focus on policy trends of the transfer of public education (and other public services) to the private sector, this article explores and analyses current commercial trends in Swedish upper secondary education. The aims are to identify expansion trends inside and outside Sweden, including new trends of business formations. In the study four large actors were identified on the basis of official data, company reports, school and company websites and national and international media. The study indicates that the upper secondary education in Sweden has today become "big business", or "edu-business" (Ball 2007:67).
The Swedish education system has undergone major restructuring since the early 1990s. The new policy, including e.g. decentralisation, accountability, school choice and a tax-funded voucher system, has led to an expanding "school market". This article explores how upper secondary school principals perceive the increased competition among schools and its impact on their work and the school organisation. The data emanate from interviews with principals at eight schools in five municipalities. The presence of the market in everyday work is perceived as a reality, even if its significance varies. The principals argue that competition increases the staff's efforts and improves school development. However, it is also perceived as problematic since it causes increased stress and uncertainty. The principals' professional identities seem to have changed from a pedagogical role to a more economics ditto. Most principals are pragmatic and make efforts to handle the new policy context the best they can.
Various kinds of mentoring processes to enhance teachers' collective learning and professional development have become popular. Collective learning and collective practice development within professions may be approached as an integral part of 'professional learning communities'. Research emphasises that learning communities cannot be commanded into existence and that they require voluntary participation. It is implicit that the participating teachers are open-minded and willing to share their teaching experiences. Yet in this article the situation is different. The article draws on a three-year-long case study in a Swedish secondary school involving one teacher team 'forced' to participate in peer group mentoring. The project aimed to develop teaching team facilitation using a nine-step model of peer group mentoring (PGM). Framed by Michel Foucault's notion of power, the analysis shows that the disciplining practice of PGM generated new and complex processes. These processes can be described as disciplining, democratising and developmental for both the individual and the teacher team.
Various kinds of mentoring processes to enhance teachers' collective learning and professional development have become popular. Collective learning and collective practice development within professions may be approached as an integral part of 'professional learning communities'. Research emphasizes that learning communities cannot be commanded into existence and it requires voluntary participation. It is implicit that the participating teachers are open-minded and willing to share their teaching experiences. Yet in this article the situation is different. The article draws on a three-year-long case study in a Swedish secondary school involving one teacher team 'forced' to participate in peer group mentoring. The project aimed at developing teaching team facilitation using a nine-step model of peer group mentoring (PGM). Framed by Michel Foucault's notion of power, the analysis shows that the disciplining practice of PGM generated new and complex processes. These processes can be described as disciplining, democratizing and developing for both the individual and the teacher team.
The push for evidence-based practice in education has led to a range of initiatives aimed at bridging the gap between research, policy and practice. Among these are the establishment of brokerage agencies with a mission to synthesise the findings of educational research. This development has been the subject of extensive controversy over the last decades. Critics emphasise that brokerage agencies in most fields prioritise experimental designs that measure the impact of interventions. However, the use of different methods for systematic reviews has increased over the last decade. In education, this development has included a growing interest in configurative reviews. Configurative approaches have been promoted as suitable for synthesising complex bodies of research and for pursuing questions that go beyond what works. This study explores the use of configurative reviews in two brokerage agencies that acknowledge the need to work with different kinds of reviews in education. However, the overall result shows that configurative reviews are rarely used. Less distinctive configurative elements can be identified in many reviews, but generally they operate within the frame of the conventional methodology and tend to be subordinated to an aggregative logic. These findings are discussed as threats to the relevance and quality of systematic reviewing in education.
Sweden has commonly been regarded as a striking example of a social democratic welfare-state
regime (Esping-Andersen 1996), characterized by strong state governance and active involvement
in welfare matters. In the last two decades, however, the Swedish public sector and education
system have been radically and extensively transformed in a neo-liberal direction, a move that was
preceded by extensive decentralization of decision-making from the state to municipalities and
schools. In this article the scope, character and some of the consequences of internal and external
marketization of Swedish education in the early 2000s are summarized, and the impact of
competition on the internal workings of upper secondary schools is highlighted in particular.
We conclude that the external marketization of education has proceeded a long way and Sweden
also fully embraces new public management, i.e. 'inner marketization', of education in most
respects. However, aspects of the older social democratic policy paradigm are still visible with
regard to the assigned functions, values and governance of education.
This study investigates teachers' attitudes to and beliefs about using ICT in education and proposes a model of how different variables are related to teachers' use of ICT in classrooms. The model suggests that positive attitudes related specifically to ICT as a useful tool for teaching and learning and a strong sense of self-efficacy in using computers in education seem to influence the use of ICT the most. It is also suggested that positive attitudes to ICT generally do not seem to contribute very much to teachers' use of ICT in classrooms. This is a surprising finding. The distinction between the importance of specific and general attitudes to ICT use and the emphasis on self-efficacy contributes to contemporary research. Self-efficacy and attitudes are suggested to be mutually related to ICT use.
Drawing on a study of a Swedish secondary school with a heterogeneous intake, this article provides an analysis of the social relations and segregation within an individual school. As shown in the analysis, young people from different socio-economic backgrounds were largely separated in school, differently positioned and in conflict with each other. The pupils typically referred to the segregation and conflict as ethnic, although strongly underpinned by economics and class. Some of the pupils' and staff's wish for a less segregated schooling suggested potential openings for the relations between the groups. However, this was judged to go against the will of resourceful groups of parents with whom the school leadership felt they had to comply. Central to this was parents' freedom to choose the school, which worked in this context to further the segregation within the particular school.