text: Records & Results – 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Swann Galleries kicked off the fall auction season on Thursday with a sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings. Lot 465: Fernand Léger, La Lecture, pencil, 1924. Sold September 22, 2016 for $125,000. The top lot of the sale was a pencil drawing by Fernand Léger titled La Lecture, 1924. The work, which was once in the collection of the artist's wife, sold for $125,000. Lot 175: Martin Lewis, Relics (Speakeasy Corner), drypoint, 1928. Sold September 22, 2016 for $52,500. Gritty scenes of early twentieth-century New York City by Edward Hopper, Martin Lewis and Stow Wengenroth performed well, the majority selling within or above their estimates. Martin Lewis in particular received a lot of attention, achieving three of the top prices in the sale, crowned by Relics (Speakeasy Corner), which sold to a collector for $52,500. Swann Galleries holds the auction record for a print by Lewis with Wet Night, Route 6, drypoint, selling for $72,500 on November 3, 2015. Lot 179: Martin Lewis, Yorkville Night, drypoint, 1947. Sold September 22, 2016 for $35,000. One of the other top lots by Martin Lewis, Yorkville Night, sold for $35,000 to a private collector. Lot 364: Pablo Picasso, Laughing-eyed Face, glazed ceramic, 1969. Sold September 22, 2016 for $42,500. Another successful section of the sale was ceramics by Pablo Picasso. Picasso worked with the Madoura pottery house in France to create individual works as well as editions. Laughing-eyed Face, which sold for $42,500 yesterday, is part of an edition of 350 pitchers. Bearded Man (below) fetched $25,000 and is part of an edition of 500 from 1953. Lot 365: Pablo Picasso, Bearded Man, partially glazed ceramic, 1953. Sold September 22, 2016 for $25,000. Linoleum prints and lithographs by Picasso also performed well. Portrait de Jacqueline en Carmen (L'Espagnole) is a richly-inked impression from 1962; it went for $37,500. Lot 353: Pablo Picasso, Portrait de Jacqueline en Carmen (L'Espagnole), color linoleum cut, 1962. Sold September 22, 2016 for $37,500. Picasso's scarce early etching Les trois femmes found a new home for $40,000. Lot 333: Pablo Picasso, Les trois femmes, etching, 1922. Sold September 22, 2016 for $40,000. Other top lots include a rare colored impression of Pierre-August Renoir's Le Chapeau Épinglé (2e planche). This important lithograph depicts Julie Manet, the daughter of Berthe Morisot, pinning flowers into her cousin's hat. Two smaller black and white editions of this print were also offered in the sale; this one sold for $47,500. Lot 59: Pierre-August Renoir, Le Chapeau Épinglé (2e planche), color lithograph, 1989. Sold September 22, 2016 for $47,500. The next auction of Prints & Drawings at Swann Galleries, Old Master Through Modern Prints, Featuring Camille Pissarro: Impressionist Icon, will be held on November 3, 2016. Full results are available in our catalogue. Share Facebook Twitter September 26, 2016Author: Swann NewsCategory: Prints & Drawings Tags: 19th and 20th century prints and drawings ceramics drawing etching Fernand Leger Henri Matisse linoleum cut lithograph Martin Lewis Pablo Picasso pencil Pierre-Auguste Renoir Prints and Drawings terre de faience Todd Weyman Previous New Yorker Covers Return Next Aubrey Beardsley & Le Morte d'Arthur Recommended Posts Records & Results: 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings March 8, 2019 A Collector's Vision: Les Nabis, the Belle Époque & Artist Interaction Seen Through A Private Collection Prints & Drawings April 26, 2016 Provenance: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings February 23, 2015


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How did we not know about Gavin Newsom's Instagram account? I find it very hard to believe California's Lieutenant Governor is responsible for any of his own social media accounts, but this sparsely updated Instagram contains some serious Newsom gems, like this bowl-cut cutie shoving his Getty-soap-cleansed hands in his mouth.
And then below, the photo that actually got me out of bed to open my laptop to tell you about this. He is number 35, you guys. OH MY GOD LOOK AT HIS FACE.
Looks like someone just saw "Grease."
This account also contains photos of his adorable children and lots of videos of Gavin on America's Cup boats yelling "Woo Hoo!" Please go visit Gavin's Instagram immediately.

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The Mousetrap cheap tickets and show information. Get discount tickets, special offers on dinner and hotel packages with LondonNet's guide to theatre in London for The Mousetrap.
Agatha Christie's legendary whodunit is still packing them in after more than 60 years in the West End.
The world's longest running play has lost none of its form. Indeed, the reputation of this murder mystery masterpiece goes from strength to strength as new generations of theatregoers are tricked and teased by a plot with more twists than a really twisty thing!
A group of people gathered in a remote part of the countryside discover, to their horror, that there is a murderer in their midst. Who can it be? One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until at the last, nerve-shredding moment the identity and the motive are finally revealed.
A cracking yarn and an irresistible treat for amateur sleuths everywhere!
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Martin Behrman as Detective-Sergeant Trotter
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Jason Hall as Mr Paravicini
Mary Keegan as Mrs Boyle
Millie Turner as Miss Casewell
Rhys Warrington as Christopher Wren
Venue: St. Martin's Theatre, West Street, London, WC2H 9NZ.
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Extra and far more church academics are making use of magic tips and science deonstrations to teach children and grownups the truths of the Bible. As an alternative of just telling how the demise and ressurection of jesus took absent our sins, academics are disappearing a scarf or making use of shade shifting liquids to illustrate this.
Books like Dennis Regling's "fifty two Months Of Gospel Magic" and "Sermons In Science" are giving youth ministers with a extensive wide range of outcomes to highlight a massive range of Bible subject areas. There are even evangelists travelling from church to church placing on what they simply call "Gospel Magic" reveals. There is a countrywide business, The Fellowship of Christian Magicians that publishes a regular journal and holds conventions for its members.
Some Christians object to the phrase magic and say making use of deception to teach truth is contrary to the Bible. But as Regling describes, the "magician" just isn't trying to deceive any one. The viewers understands it is an illusion. They know there are no paranormal powers at operate. Just mainly because you really don't know how something operates, that would not make it evil or sinful.
Most parishioners could not notify you how the pastor's microphone operates on Sunday morning, but that would not make it a deception. It just allows the pastor to be listened to. The so-named "magic tips" basically help the presenter to be recognized.
Regling has a greater objection nevertheless. There are a lot of magicians who are not Christians promoting "Christian" magic reveals to church buildings. They carry in their massive present and fancy box tips and sadly, some poor doctrine. Inspite of the means to draw a crowd, they can induce far more issues by bewildering young listeners and new Christians.
To reduce this Regling suggests that pastors check out to see that the presenter is a member in fantastic standing in a Bible teaching church. It is critical to communicate to their pastor and be specified they are nicely grounded and geared up for the ministry.
With this in mind, magic and illusions or an thrilling science experiment can incorporate some pleasure to a Sunday School lesson and give a memorable demonstration. Magic tips can be a great teaching instrument in the fingers of a trainer, but a threat in the fingers of anyone not grounded in the religion.
Dennis Regling's publications, "fifty two Months Of Gospel Magic" and "Sermons In Science" are accessible on Amazon or at your community retailer. Dennis Regling also wrote "Children's Ministry With out Compromise." It is a great information for achieving present day children without falling into worldly indicates and ungodly actions. It arrives with two absolutely free gospel magic tips.


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MADISON COUNTY, Ga. — It's been more than five years since the story of Bryant Collins, the Madison County Good Samaritan who rescued a child crawling on the side of busy Highway 72.
His story spanned the United States in a matter of hours, and many folks contacted 11Alive who were simply touched by this local hero's actions.
"What was your reaction," 11Alive's Matt Pearl asked Collins back in 2014.
"I mean the same as yours would've been! What the hell going on? A baby," Collins said as he laughed.
A 15-month-old baby crawled through the woods, 300 yards from home, and onto Highway 72 in Madison County.
Collins became Emily Pickens saving grace. He stopped, scooped her in his arms and then called 911.
While Collins has been called a hero, he told us recently he credits God.
"He knew who he chose to do that. He knew I was going to be looking. Most people are not going to be looking. He knew that I was going to be looking both ways and saw that baby in that ditch," he mentioned.
Collins did ten years behind bars. He said he made a very conscientious effort to change.
"You cannot be afraid of your past. I don't have a problem with people calling me an ex-con. I don't have a problem with that," Collins said.
ORIGINAL STORY: Madison Co. man saves child crawling near highway
He said never shied away from the national attention. His story was featured on NBC's Nightly News.
11Alive surprised Collins in 2014 with a Random Act of Kindness.
"God blessed me with a platform to speak," Collins stated.
These days, he said he is still in the business of helping people in need.
He told 11Alive's Nick Sturdivant that he buys cars and sells them at a reasonable price. He's also spreading his help through hot meals.
A couple of weekends out of the month, Collins and his family pop up in different neighborhoods and cook burgers and hot dogs for free.
"It's not about the meal. The meal is inexpensive. It's about the time. Time is the most valuable thing you got. You can make money all day, but you can't ever get that time back," he explained.
Collins and his wife also invite people in the community over to the house to eat for free. He said all they need to bring is an appetite.
"Why did God choose me to speak and go on TV? A little country boy you know what I'm saying? With a GED. Why would he allow me to be that person? Because God doesn't care about that stuff," he said.
Collins mentioned that he also looks forward to one day reuniting with little Emily Pickens.
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Eddie Murphy: Oscar Host
Here's a weird one. Despite the fact that he hasn't performed live since the '80s and even notoriously stormed out of the ceremony once himself, it appears that Eddie Murphy will host the Oscars this year.
Apparently the show is being produced by Brett "Mediocrity" Ratner this year and he's convinced Murphy to come on board after getting him to dip back into his reservoir and play a funny, streetwise tough in the upcoming Tower Heist.
Even though it's been quite a while since he made a movie that I enjoyed, I gotta say that Murphy could be a great choice. He's an incredible stand-up comedian and it's been so long since he's performed on stage that I think people have forgotten just how cripplingly funny he can be with a microphone.
The guy has also been considering a return to stand-up for years, so this could be quite the launching pad. Lord knows that after last year's Oscar telecast, some comedy would be a welcome addition to the ceremony. Whether or not Eddie is still in fighting shape remains to be seen, but worst case scenario it should at least be interesting to watch him try.
Beetlejuice Gets Rebooted
Well, people, today is a sad day for all Michael Keaton lovers. Apparently the powers-that-be at Warner Brothers have decided to remake Beetlejuice for reasons best known to themselves. It's a real shame because that film easily remains one of the funniest comedies of the '80s and features possibly the finest performance of Keaton's career.
I'd always hoped for a late-inning Beetlejuice sequel and knew that both Burton and Keaton have been up for it for years. Yet, sadly we're going to get a younger, sexier Beetlejuice instead. I don't know about you, but the fact that Beetlejuice is considered a movie ripe for remake treatment makes me feel old and depressed. Thank god for alcohol. The film will apparently be in the hands of Seth Grahame-Smith who wrote the popular gimmick novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Feel free to vomit now. It's really the only sensible reaction.
Shockingly, The Critics Hate Madonna's New Movie
And finally Madonna's new movie just premiered in Venice and unsurprisingly she's already been torn apart by the critics. Why Madonna continues to insist that she will be a filmmaker remains a mystery. I guess she just had that much fun making Swept Away with her former husband Guy Ritchie and must continue to express herself through cinema no matter how misconceived that decision may be.
Her latest movie is called W.E. and here are a few venomous highlights of the bad press she's gotten so far. Whoever is in charge of the Razzie awards should take notice. They've got a big winner (if that's the right word) on their hands.
The Guardian: "Whatever the crimes committed by Wallis Simpson—marrying a king, sparking a constitutional crisis, fraternising with Nazis—it's doubtful that she deserves the treatment meted out to her in W.E, Madonna's jaw-dropping take on 'the 20th-century's greatest royal love story.' The woman is defiled, humiliated, made to look like a joke. The fact that W.E. comes couched in the guise of a fawning, servile snow-job only makes the punishment feel all the more cruel . What an extraordinarily silly, preening, fatally mishandled film this is."
Variety: "Burdened with risible dialogue and weak performances, pic doesn't have much going for it apart from lavish production design and terrific, well-researched costumes."
The Hollywood Reporter: "...closely resembles a sumptuous documentary about a young beauty on an exclusive shopping expedition."
The Times of London: "Screamingly, inadvertently funny."


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Moosehead Lake Region Travel Directions to The Cozy Moose Cabin Rental Office
Greenville Maine directions to our cabin rental office located in the heart of Maine's North Woods. The office is about 1.5 miles before the center of The Town of Greenville on RT 6/15 . The cabin rental office is on your left just 3 driveways past the visitor center rest area for Greenville. The cabin rental property is just 6 miles North from our office location in Sandy Bay.
The closest airport is Bangor International Airport . About a 90 minute drive from The Cozy Moose. Mapping software is great, but not always the best route. Below are easy driving directions to The Moosehead Lake Region. Please note: Maine Turnpike – Exits are on a mileage based system to make Maine travel easy. Use the Turnpike and get off Exit 157 in Newport. This is the easiest way to reach us not through Skowhegan or RT 150. The physical address for the check office is 451 Moosehead Lake Rd, Greenville, Maine.
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Giro Aeon Helmet ReviewMay 21, 2014
The Good
- Lightweight
The Bad
- It's big–really big!
The Giro Aeon is an unassuming stalwart with some of the best fit, comfort and ventilation in the business. While not quite as ridiculously light as its predecessor, the Prolight, the Giro Aeon offers a user-friendly fit and ventilation that was matched only by one other helmet in the test.
The idea of the Aeon as a logical progression of previous Giro helmets holds true throughout its design. The form is a familiar arrangement of linear strokes that terminate irregularly at the back for that hair-on-fire look. Graphics are understated and generally organic to the forms of the helmet with only a hint of the ubiquitous tribal tattoo-inspired designs. Classy stainless steel-look logo badges are tastefully embedded in three places on the helmet and mark locations where the head cradle and straps are terminated in the shell.
For that shell, Giro molds a lightweight expanded polystyrene foam to a polycarbonate shell.
The Aeon's head cradle looks and functions exactly like all of Giro's other Roc Loc retention systems except that the small tightening dial is only slightly larger than an M&M candy and the other elements of the system are heroin-chic supermodel-thin. Likewise, the straps are a very light nylon webbing with hardware all slimmed down to be as light as possible. The minimal padding is only where it needs to be and leaves wide channels for air to flow around the head.
The interior shape of the Giro Aeon is on the oblong end of the scale. It ties the Uvex FP3 as the longest and narrowest helmet I tested. Its shell is of average thickness at the forehead and is the thickest at the side and the top of all the helmets tested. Because of that the Aeon has the highest mushroom factor. Despite the thick shell, the combination of its airy vents, lightweight foam and all its super-slim elements produce the lightest helmet in the test.
The Aeon unsettlingly appears to have more open space than actual concussion-preventing structure. I noticed that the shadow cast by the helmet sometimes eerily disappears when the sun hits it at certain angles–it's that airy. And though it also seems to disappear once on your head because of its low weight, the Aeon is actually rather large. Indeed, it looks a bit ungainly on my admittedly narrow, pointy head.
Even though all the comfort features have been pared down to the absolute minimum, the fit and comfort was excellent. As expected, ventilation was also excellent. In particular, on a ride where the temperature peaked at 102 with high humidity, I was surprisingly comfortable. The only fault I could find with the Aeon was that the buckle on those slick super-thin straps tends to loosen easily. I was able to minimize this by doubling-back the tails of the straps through the buckle, but this is a place where Giro could spend a bit of time to make a functional improvement.
Though none of the Aeon's features are really groundbreaking on their own, when combined they have produced a helmet that is exceedingly light, comfortable and ventilates well. There's not a lot of drama because we've seen it all before, but the Aeon is a very solid, dependable helmet with performance that's better than just about anything else out there.
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Apostates are those mages who have declined to become part of the orders of magical society. While having still awakened to a Watchtower, Apostates practice magic outside any established organisational structure, which not only includes the four Atlantean orders and the Free Council, but also the Seers of the Throne and the Banishers. The reasons to become an Apostate may come from either an active refusal of the orders of the existing magical society, or, in the case of The Mad, an inescapable consequence of the insanity that arises from their encounter with magic.
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Planned Parenthood concealed its ownership of a huge new abortion facility scheduled to open soon in a Chicago suburb, and pro-life advocates – and at least one city official – are questioning whether the abortion provider can mislead officials without repercussions.WORLDNET DAILY ARTICLE
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Chilling New Late-Term Abortion Technique
Hospitals and researchers affiliated with the Harvard Medical School have developed a new and frightening way to kill late term pre-born infants. Dr. Janice Crouse, Senior Fellow and Director of the Beverly LaHaye Institute, has more on this technique and its ramifications for our culture.To listen click HERE
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Italy Investigates Botched Abortion of Healthy Twin, Disabled Brother Lives
Rome, Italy (LifeNews.com) -- Officials in Italy are investigating a botched abortion done on twin brothers where the healthy brother became the victim of the abortion and the twin, who has Down syndrome, lived. The disabled brother was the target of the abortion procedure and the case is raising the ugly specter of abortions done to kill disabled people.ARTICLE
Monday, August 27, 2007
Martin Luther King, Jr's Niece Reflects on Abortion at Birmingham Event
"As King explained, that struggle has to do with abortion and how black Americans are becoming victims of abortion at higher rates than their white counterparts..."
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Youth workshops in Acornhoek
Christmas is always a good opportunity for the youth of the Lowveld Missions of the Comboni Missionaries, Acornhoek and Waterval. The youth come from the different communities of the parish and meet at the central mission for some days of reflection and prayer in preparation for Christmas. This year, more than 200 young people gathered for this event.


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2015 Flow of Funds Reports Savings by All Sectors; Non-financial Corporations Sector Leads Net Fund Provision
The BSP has released the 2015 Philippine Flow of Funds (FOF) Report. The FOF presents a summary of financial transactions among the different institutions of the economy, and between these institutions and the rest of the world. It identifies which institutions are net borrowers and net lenders after a series of financial transactions for the year. Institutions are categorized into four, namely: 1) financial corporations, 2) non-financial corporations, 3) the general government, and 4) the households.
The domestic economy registers a modest expansion in aggregate nominal savings amid weak global economic outlook.
The domestic economy's aggregate nominal savings registered a modest growth of 0.4 percent to ₱3,083 billion in 2015. All sectors generated savings, with the non-financial corporations sector leading the pack at ₱1,844.4 billion on the back of strong profitability of the industry and services sectors. In particular, private firms engaged in construction, manufacturing, and electricity supply benefitted from the reduction in operating costs while firms providing wholesale and retail trade services and information and communication services profited from the upbeat consumer spending activities. Aggregate savings of the household sector totaled ₱608.7 billion, 10.6 percent lower than the previous year's level. This resulted from the faster growth in consumption spending vis-à-vis the households' disposable income. Meanwhile, total savings of the general government sector reached ₱418.7 billion, underpinned by the improvement in savings of the Local Government Units (LGUs) and the sustained savings of the National Government (NG) and the Social Security Agencies (SSAs). Finally, savings of the financial corporations sector remained firm to reach ₱211.2 billion bolstered by the solid net operating income generated by the banking system.
Capital accumulation of the domestic economy expands as the general government sector's real investment activities almost doubled.
Real investments of the domestic economy rose to ₱2,734.9 billion in 2015, 5.4 percent higher than the previous year's level. The non-financial corporations sector continued to account for the bulk of the country's capital accumulation at ₱1,461.7 billion, despite retreating from the ₱1,682 billion recorded in 2014. In terms of growth, the general government sector led the expansion in real investment activities at ₱663.5 billion fueled by the NG's accelerated infrastructure spending. Maintenance and capital spending surged particularly in the fourth quarter as government agencies fast-tracked the implementation of programs and projects before the end of the fiscal year. In addition, the households' continued construction and acquisition of dwelling units as well as the banking system's initiative to venture on bank acquisitions likewise contributed to the country's accumulation of capital. Collectively, capital accumulation of the household sector and the financial sector was posted at ₱609.7 billion.
Except for the general government sector, all domestic sectors are net lenders in 2015.
The non-financial corporations sector became the prime net lender at P382.8 billion spurred by increased savings and drawdown in inventories. Meanwhile, growth in net fund provision by the financial corporations sector slowed down to 0.7 percent from 107.8 percent in 2014. The downturn in the sector's lending stream reflected the subdued loan provisioning of other depository corporations (ODCs). Similarly, the household sector's net lending activities slowed down by 64.3 percent to ₱47.1 billion, brought about by the decline in savings combined with the expansion in the households' gross capital formation. The general government sector reverted from a net lender in 2014 to a net borrower in 2015, with a total borrowing of ₱239.8 billion. This was attributed mainly to the NG's considerable net borrowing of ₱368.2 billion which were used to fund high public infrastructure outlays following the 29.3 percent decline in its savings. The LGUs and SSAs net lending position partly mitigated the negative performance of the sector.
Net lending by the domestic economy to the rest of the world (ROW) declines.
The domestic economy's net fund provisions to ROW aggregated ₱353.3 billion in 2015. However, the growth in its net lending activity substantially declined by 26.5 percent from ₱480.9 billion in 2014. The trade-in-goods and -services deficit, which widened by 38.5 percent to US$17.7 billion in 2015, yielded a lower current account surplus of US$7.7 billion than the previous year. Debt securities emerged as the most preferred financial instrument in the economy. During the review period, total volume of transactions in debt securities more than doubled to reach ₱522.7 billion, as the financial sector substantially increased its debt security holdings—particularly foreign-currency denominated debt security issuances of NG and those of non-residents. In addition, the firms' gradual shift in preference to bond financing resulted in the decline of the total volume of transactions in the form of loans by 9.2 percent to register at ₱1,030.5 billion.
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I gave birth to a paper baby!
When I was in high school, I liked English. My teacher however made it very clear to me, on more than one occasion, that English did not like me. She held my paper up, covered in red marks, in front of both classes, and announced that I made the most mistakes in both her classes. It was a defining moment. From that point on, I became pretty insecure about my ability to write throughout high school.
Imagine my surprise then, when I tested out of the basic English composition class to move onto the next level when I arrived at college! It gave me a glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, I could actually write. Combine that spark with years of journaling, and I decided to ignore my high school teachers decision of my ability.
I did this when I started blogging for the community coffee shop I opened in Northern Ireland called The Press. I would share about the experiences in the coffee shop and announce our upcoming events. I LOVED IT! Writing had always been an outlet and at that point I started to find my own voice.
Fast forward a few years. Bryan and I decided to give IVF one last shot, no pun intended! I figured the easiest way to keep people informed of our progress was through my personal blog. I had only one or two entries at that point. I guess I also need to rewind and insert this little fact. Through the years that we struggled with infertility I also journaled. I used my writing as a way of processing my pain, as a way of praying, as a way of dealing with the grief I carried, but didn't always want the world to know. I also didn't want to consistently be "Debbie Downer" by always talking about the sadness I felt. This could be partly my personality or partly the lies we believe that people can't handle our pain and suffering, I'm not really sure.
Anyway, back to what I was saying. Years before the blog started, Bryan and I had made a special trip to London to see Phantom of the Opera with the London cast. It was one of my bucket list items. It happened around my 30th birthday along with our first failed round of IVF. As we sat having dinner in a little Italian restaurant across from the theater, we decided that someday, when our family had finally arrived, by whatever means it came, that we would share our story in a book.
That moment has arrived. The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants is our story from my personal perspective. I allow you to crack open pages of my own journals, private pictures, sketches and my honest response to the struggle of infertility. I really hold nothing back. I am not trying to shock people, but I am trying to wake people up. This issue is painful. Painful for those struggling and painful for those who are watching someone struggle. 1 out of every 8 couples will deal with infertility now, 1 out of 8!!! Next time you are around that many couples, just look around because I would bet my own money that someone you know really well is struggling. It's that real friends.
This book took me almost two years to complete. Life happened in a not so kind way almost immediately after I had the full manuscript completed. My father was diagnosed with cancer. At times the book felt like a burden I couldn't shake while dealing with the grief of watching my father deteriorate. Other times it felt like an escape and a lifeline. What definitely helped was writing. Writing has become a way of life for me. Thanks to authors like Shauna Niequist, Jen Hatmaker, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Brene′ Brown, I began to believe in the power of my own voice. I also had my husband and amazing family and friends cheering me on too!
So the other night, March 12th at 7 p.m. I had my very first book launch! I was overwhelmed to see so many lovely faces come. Some I hadn't seen in years, and some I have only recently become friends with. It was a beautiful collection of people and I am so grateful for each person taking the time to come and support me in such a tangible way.
Now I have the privilege of promoting this much needed book. I get to share my story again and again with people. Validating each time that what I went through, what we went through, and maybe what you are going through will not be wasted if we let it help and guide others. Our pain truly can bring comfort to someone else's suffering, if we will let it. It means standing with our hands open instead of with clenched fists.
"I would describe infertility as a process of purification. You go through the fire, but at the end you come out your truest self." p. 51 The Heart Wants What the Heart Wants
What have you experienced by way of pain in your life? Are you willing to open that area up to even just one person? If so, I think you will find there is healing there. There is purpose in your pain there. There is also forward momentum that helps you leave the past in the past and move towards your future with hope and joy. Please share your story, the world needs it!
You can find me on Instagram @breannachud and on Facebook @breannajochud. If you would like to purchase the book you can find it here
Why do I write?
We all write for specific reasons. Some people write to speak out, persuade or promote. I write to help me process the seasons of life I find myself in. (I am slightly more introverted and get stuck in my head A LOT). I am not writing to try to tell you how to live your life or persuade you to follow me or share my blog. All of those things are good and fine, and if you want to by all means please do, especially if it will help someone else! But those reasons are not my motivation. So today, if you are going to read my blog I would encourage you to grab a cup of your favourite beverage and get comfortable. This is going to be a winding road.
Today I write to help me release my tears, my heavy heart, the unknowns of the future and help me to live in the present. When I write I reflect, stand back and absorb all that my sweet, simple life encompasses. And right now I am reflecting on my Father, laying in a hospital bed in Utah because he is battling cancer. I want to be there, with him and my Mom, holding their hands. But I am here in Idaho because my reality is being a Mum to twin toddler boys who will soon be three. A whole different post will be for that fact!
Let me back up a bit for those just starting this journey with me. Last July Bryan, my husband and our twin sons moved back to Kirkland, WA. My husband received a job opportunity at our old university and we felt it was the right time to take it. Fast forward a few months of being back and my Dad was diagnosed with Stage 4 Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Over the coming months he went through his first surgery removing tumors on his neck which then came back within three weeks (not six months as the doctors suggested). He then went through six weeks of radiation five days a week. Unfortunately this did not work. Surgery number two was completed I think around May. Still they were not able to get all the cancer. It was at that point that my amazing and supportive brothers strongly encouraged a second opinion which I agreed with too. It was time.
With the second opinion came more options which we have been so thankful for. The doctors started immunotherapy about three weeks ago and were hopeful that it would kick in and start building up the strong cells to help them fight off the cancer. So Tuesday my Mom, Dad and sister in law left for Utah. When they arrived at his appointment Wednesday morning they admitted him to the hospital at the Cancer Clinic because his blood sugar was dangerously high. Since then we have been living through text messages, phone calls, waiting on CT scan reports, etc. All the processes you go through with cancer treatment. It's not smooth sailing for sure but more a knot-in-the-stomach-producing kind of thing. Through yesterday and today we have found out that they will most likely skip immunotherapy and move to chemo. My Dad also has a blood clot in his neck and they are struggling to keep his blood sugar under control. All of this means that my parents will be staying in Utah till at least Sunday. Of course I wish they were here but again I am so thankful for the team of specialists who are attacking this from all sides and working so hard to heal him.
I feel like I need to say it publicly too that I am believing for a miracle for my Papa. The kind that means we will have him around for many years to come. That he will be here for birthdays, Christmas, summer trips to the Oregon Coast or the mountains of McCall. Yet right now I am in the waiting. The waiting is where I write. The waiting is where I fall back on my ways of finding comfort.
For so many years the place I found peace and comfort dealing with life was on the North Coast of Ireland.
Here is one of the many coastlines that we frequented when we lived there. This picture was sent to me by a good friend in NI (that is her husband, another dear friend). She sent it to me to bring me comfort and it did just that. It reminded me of the times that I cried out to God about our desire to have a family. I cried more times than I can remember up on that coast. I did deep soul work on those beaches and rocks, the kind that cannot be shaken or shifted. That work is still there, rooted in me. I still long for those shores on a daily basis and even more now when life feels uncertain and foggy. Don't get me wrong. I am beyond thankful that we are here for this season. Being in NI while this is going on would have been more like torture. So in God's good grace he allowed us to be close, so very close and for that I am thankful. I have traveled to Idaho six times since we moved back. Yet my soul wants the air, the rolling hills and the cliffs to ponder on. Just for a day. To cry out to God once more in the place that feels familiar. A place where I fought off my own doubts and found a new kind of faith.
Another way I find help is by connection. I have done this by sending out more texts than I can recall asking for prayer and support as my family is walking this road. Earlier today I was listening to a podcast by Jen Hatmaker with Brene′ Brown and one of the very first things Brene′ says is that we are hardwired for connection.
I wholeheartedly agree with that statement! Hence why I have been burning up my phone updating friends on what's going on and asking for more prayer. The connection to my husband, family and friends has been so important not only for me but for my Dad and Mom too. They have been bolstered up by the support they are receiving from people who care so deeply for them.
Music is also healing for me. Before we left Northern Ireland last year, a good friend gave us this album by Foy Vance.
The album washed over my broken heart as we packed up our sweet home and traveled the North coast of Ireland one final time before moving stateside. Since returning it has been a balm to my heart on many occasions. It is no different right now. One of the songs Foy sings is called Burden and it says this:
Come to me, my brother, and I will sit with you a while
Pretty soon I'll see you smile and you know you will
No matter how much you're hurting right now
You know that everything will change in time
So let me carry your burden
This song makes me weep right now. What our family is carrying is a burden. We are hurting. But the promise is that everything will change in time. I find comfort in knowing that this is not forever. I am hopeful and believing this for my Dad. That he will not be sick, that he will be well. That he will feel like himself again and smiles will come easy and last long. But I am so thankful for songs like this that speak to me at such a core level.
I am also finding peace by grabbing the moments that I can (as limited as I feel) and be in the present.
My Dad hasn't liked having his picture taken for awhile but I have been taking pics of him anyway. Us in our sunglasses with our sweet smiles, love it! My Dad and the boys in their adorable little boy underwear, pure Mommy love! The boys celebrating their third birthday a little early on the deck at my parents with my Mom, eldest brother and his wife, such a sweet evening! The boys exploring every inch of my younger brothers property usually in just their nappy or pajamas, I can't get enough! These are the moments that help to keep me here and now, in the sweetness of life while still tasting the bitter. (Thanks again Shauna Niequist for that wonderful book Bittersweet!)
As I sit here and finish writing this blog, the boys are awake from their nap and now are watching another show. They have had way too many treats and late bedtimes. But this is the last way I am processing. By being gracious towards myself. This weird in-between is not forever. Soon enough we will be back in our home, in our routine. Bedtimes will get earlier, treats will be fewer as will shows. Yet for today, I am smothering myself in tons of grace. And sometimes that grace looks like bending the rules for all of us.
I want to say thank you to each and every one of you who are praying for my Dad and our family. It means to much to us all. Please continue! And to the different artists/authors who have contributed unknowingly to my life, thank you for what you have brought to the table. It is helping more people than you can possibly imagine, including me.


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Battling Stress: How Essential Oils have won
Growing up, the quote "you cannot have everything" may ring a bell, and with the current busy state of affairs for everyone including children in school, success is a key indication of the good life, but more often than not it comes with a price: stress.
The correlation of stress to people who work hard, students who excel in school and athletes who win is indeed high, a sufficing price to pay for success, glory or fame, but what is incredible is that these days people also strive to find a lot of solutions to many of these problems, and luckily essential oils are part of the long list of many solutions.
Clearly one of the most popularly known essential oils that help to provide a serene and relaxing atmosphere has got to be lavender essential oil, what with its sweet and vibrant aroma, it is able to turn any room into a calm and soothing place to rest and recuperate.
Those who look to find a stress free environment that also provides a hint of freshness and revitalization may also see the benefits of peppermint essential oil as a great ingredient to help give a calming and relaxing effect just through applying a small amount onto the wrists or temples.
Dealing with stress may often lead to the kitchen in the binge of eating comfort food, and fortunately this can be addressed through rosemary essential oil especially since it is a familiar scent for a lot of delicious and sumptuous food – the manner in which rosemary oil fuses with the comfort provided through food is also recalled by the brain as the essential oil triggers feelings of rest and calm state of mind through regular use.
These are not the only essential oils that are noted to be effective to fight off stress as myrrh essential oil and even frankincense are also good to work with stress relief.
And although both are popularly known as religious related scents, the tranquility and peace that is related to the smell of these two is a big consideration when it comes to stress relief since both motivates for a mode that is solemn, calm and serene.
Looking into the past and seeing how much it has affected the future, this is the system that works with these natural sources of stress relief and it is a great thing that Nature's Own Essence has managed to see this fact and come up with these essential oils to win the battle against stress.


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Author: Richard Sexton
Country: New Orleans
Genre: History
Shotgun houses…vibrant street scenes…grand villas and mansions…colorful facades… they're all part of a historically rich, interconnected Creole World.
New Orleans is often hailed for its distinctive Creole heritage–evident in its food, architecture, and people–but it is far from alone. Its creoleness may be unique to the United States, but New Orleans is part of an entire family of Latin Caribbean cities with similar colonial histories. Founded as New World outposts of Old World empires, these cities forged new identities from European, West African, and indigenous influences–by turns inspired by, in defiance of, and adapted from all of them.
In Creole World, author and photographer Richard Sexton explores the architectural and urban similarities among these cultural cousins, from Haiti, Colombia, Argentina, Cuba, Bolivia, and Ecuador, back home to New Orleans Setting the stage for the book's two hundred color photographs are essays by Creole-architecture scholar Jay D. Edwards and photography historian John H. Lawrence. Together, they take readers on a fascinating journey across time and place, through the ever-changing Creole world.


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Long Hai Beach Vacations are for travellers who look for quiet beach holidays and near Ho Chi Minh City. The sample holiday at Long Hai Beach here is for 3 days 2 nights, but can be customized to suite your time and travel interest.
Long Hai is 80 km from Ho Chi Minh City and 20 km from Vung Tau. Long Hai is not busy as Vung Tau and the beaches are with finer sand compared to those at Vung Tau. There are luxury resorts and good travel service at Long Hai.
There are different water sports you can play at Long Hai if you wish to. Also, you can take one our our cycling tours along the ocean road at Long Hai to visit the nearby villages.
The vacation package includes
- Private transfers (with or without English speaking tour guide upon request)
- Accommodation on twin-shared basis with daily breakfast
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- Others not clearly specified as included on the itinerary
Day 1: Ho Chi Minh City - Long Hai (no meal)
Leave Ho Chi Minh City by road for Long Hai about 120km to the south. The rest of day is free to relax by the pool or on the sandy beach. Overnight in Long Hai.
Day 2: Long Hai (B)
Breakfast at the resort.
A full day at leisure in the resort or on the sandy beach. Only accommodation with breakfast is provided by Paradissa Travel. Overnight in Long Hai.
Day 3: Long Hai - Ho Chi Minh City (B)
Breakfast at the resort.
The morning is at leisure before checking out around noon and heading back to Ho Chi Minh City. We trust you had a relaxing beach holiday at Long Hai with Paradissa Travel.


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Ads Coming to Apple's US App Store
Apple is bringing ads to the App Store and expanding its app subscription program, the company announced ahead of its Worldwide Developers Conference next week.
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The advertising program, called "Search Ads," will arrive on the US version of the App Store this fall, sporting a light blue background to distinguish its listings from regular search results. Developers will be able to pay to to promote their apps by having them listed at the top of a relevant search. Customers can then download the app with a single tap directly from the search results.
Apple says an ad will only display if it is relevant to the search query, meaning developers can't pay extra to include their app alongside more search terms. In addition, an ad for a specific app will only show up if the user doesn't already have it installed.
Targeting features will allow developers to find potential users by harnessing Apple's data on their demographic profile and device's location. But Apple says Search Ads will follow the same privacy protocols it has developed for other services. That means ads can't track users' App Store searches, collect individual data, or be shown to minors under age 13.
The introduction of ads is the latest tweak to how app store results are displayed, following a change last fall that saw Apple's search algorithms switch to partial keyword matching for more relevant results. Developers can opt in to Search Ads now, and a beta trial will go live this summer.
Meanwhile, Apple's app subscription program will expand to all app categories starting this fall. Originally intended for apps offering newspapers, educational courses, or audio or video libraries, Appe says that many users see value in ongoing subscriptions for a broader range of services.
This article originally appeared on PCMag.com.


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Decency, righteousness invade Hollywood
Ted Baehr, with Tom Snyder
Commentary by Julio Severo: I met Ted Baehr in a pro-family meeting and for some days I was able to see his Christian testimony and especially his joy in Christ. He is a great man of God! Men filled with the Holy Spirit as Baehr are making difference in Hollywood. I do not mean Hollywood is light. It is darkness. But in the midst this thick darkness, God has his lights, and Baehr is one of the most shining ones!
Thousands of studies have shown that the mass media shapes the hearts, minds and actions of our children and grandchildren. By doing this, the mass media also is able to create and control the culture, or at least major portions of it. In this manner, the mass media can also control America's future.
Movieguide has been "the family guide to movies and entertainment" for nearly 30 years now. As such, we try to redeem the values of the mass media of entertainment according to the Bible's moral and spiritual principles, so that we can transform the United States of America with the good, the true and the beautiful.
We do this by talking with entertainment industry leaders, honoring any good movies and TV programming they do, informing the public at large about the media's influence, helping families make better entertainment choices, and helping budding filmmakers produce entertainment full of faith and values.
Our strategy for doing this great work has been extremely successful.
For example, since we entered this mission field the number of movies with strong or very strong, overt Christian content or worldviews has increased from only one or two a year to more than 65 per year, including movies based on the fictional works of Christian authors J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis and blockbuster movies like "Spider-Man 3" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," both of which had really explicit, positive Christian content and references.
Also, all of the major studios in Hollywood now have special divisions and/or executives not only handling family movies and animated movies, but also handling faith-based movies like "Fireproof" or "Amazing Grace."
In fact, last year Roma Downey and Mark Burnett produced "The Bible" miniseries for the A&E Television Networks on cable TV, and this year Fox distributed their "Son of God" movie developed from the miniseries.
In addition, two smaller evangelical, faith-based movies, "God's Not Dead" and "Heaven Is for Real," doubled and even tripled the amount of money that previous, similar, successful faith-based movies like "Fireproof" and "Soul Surfer" earned at the box office.
As a result of all this, Hollywood is producing several faith-based, biblical blockbuster movies in the next few years, including "Exodus: Gods and Kings," remakes of "The Ten Commandments" and "Ben-Hur," "Christ the Lord" and "King David." Several of the Hollywood studios and filmmakers making some of these blockbuster movies have even contacted Movieguide in an effort to assure that the movies are as reverent and as accurate, but as dramatic, as possible.
Why are these studios and filmmakers doing this?
Because for 30 years, we have been showing Hollywood, with scientific and statistical precision, that entertaining family-friendly and uplifting movies with positive Christian content and values make the most amount of money on average than any other kind of movie.
Hollywood has put these assertions of ours to the test and found them to be extremely reliable.
And, guess what? The financial success of movies like the Narnia and Middle-Earth movies based on the work of Christian authors Tolkien and Lewis and the continued success of movies like "The Blind Side," "The Passion of the Christ," "Heaven Is for Real," "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Les Misérables" with Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway, "Spider-Man 3," "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Man of Steel" has proved us right.
In fact, movies with strong positive Christian content in them are so successful that even the last James Bond movie, "Skyfall," had some rather overt, positive references to Jesus Christ and Christianity. Not only that, but "Skyfall" is now the most successful James Bond movie ever made!
Of course, we give all the glory for this positive change to God, through faith in Jesus Christ, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus Christ works through people like us and people like our readers – and also through Hollywood filmmakers.
Source: WorldNetDaily, via Last Days Watchman


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Gove says US food standard demands unlikely to affect UK
American demands for the UK to accept chlorinated chicken and use of hormones in food is to "appeal to aspects of the domestic audience" rather than a workable trade negotiation, Michael Gove has claimed.
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said calls for the UK to change food standards in post-Brexit trade negotiations with the United States was political posturing.
Giving evidence to the Scottish Parliament's Rural Economy Committee, Mr Gove was asked about issues of food hygiene and use of hormone-fed animals following reports that America would want the UK to accept them after leaving the European Union.
Both hormone-fed beef and chicken washed in chlorine are banned under EU rules, preventing meat imports from the US which are produced this way.
The Trump administration is seeking to eliminate or reduce these barriers to exporting agricultural products into the UK and claims fears about food safety are unfounded.
Steward Stevenson MSP raised the issue of food regulation and asked Mr Gove: "Will we very strongly resist, in any negotiations, the imposition of the kind of ideas the United States is pushing and make sure the jurisdictions across the UK are involved in setting the terms of any debate on this?"
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has suggested US demands for the UK to change food standards are a political stance for `the domestic audience in America´ (Kirsty O´Connor/PA)
Speaking via video link to Holyrood, Mr Gove replied: "I think it's fair to say that the United States' initial ask in these trade negotiations is probably more designed to appeal to aspects of the domestic audience in America than it is to work for us."
Mr Gove has previously stated that the UK should not accept imports of chlorinated chicken as part of any future trade deal with the US, or "compromise" or "dilute" animal welfare standards.
He later added that it is "absolutely critical" that devolved countries are involved in setting the UK's negotiating position before trade discussions after Brexit.
Mr Gove said: "What we want to do is to make sure that the negotiating mandate that we have in those trade negotiations is as widely understood as possible, that we involve people from across the United Kingdom and that we take advantage of the expertise and commitment of the devolved administrations.
"During those negotiations, it has to be the UK Government because it's an international treaty at the end of it, but I think it is absolutely critical that we make sure that any trade agreement works for all parts of the United Kingdom."
He added: "Two of the UK's most-important exports are salmon and whisky and I want to maintain that the high standards we have are in no way undermined."
A spokeswoman for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: "The Secretary of State has been clear on numerous occasions that we do not intend to compromise on our high food standards in pursuit of any trade deals, and we will use all the tools at our disposal to make sure standards are protected and British farmers are not left at a competitive disadvantage.
"Our food and drink enjoys a global reputation for quality and the Government is proud of our high standards of food safety, animal health and on-farm welfare, which our farmers work hard to maintain.
"We will only accept imports that meet the standards we currently maintain on behalf of British consumers."
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For National Cheer Up the Lonely Day, here's a list of movies sure to bring you joy!
Having an off day? No worries, we're here to help.
We've put together a list of the 10 must-see flicks that are sure to knock that bad or lonely mood and make you smile, laugh, or at least forget about what's bothering you for a few hours. Today is National Cheer Up the Lonely Day, so consider this your one-stop shop to cheer you up!
10. The Holiday: Not only do women love this movie, but men think it's adorable, too! Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet's bad luck with guys is easily relatable, as well as their chemistry with their new neighbors. 10 Most Romantic Love Quotes From Movies
9. Wedding Crashers: Whether you need a good laugh or a good romance, this is your movie. Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson are hilarious, and when you mix in a cruel Bradley Cooper and a gorgeous Rachel McAdams, you're sure to have a smile on your face halfway through (if not before!).
8. Finding Nemo: Even if you're not a cartoon fan (which I'm not), this flick is sure to make you smile. Yes, it's about a fish. However, it's more about family, trust and friendship. Plus, the sharks are HILARIOUS.
7. Tootsie: It may have been 30 years ago, but Dustin Hoffman dressed as a woman is still hilarious. Complimented by Jessica Lange, Geena Davis and Bill Murray, the film will absolutely make you laugh. Its touching qualities also earned it 10 Academy Award noms and a 4-star rating from Roger Ebert.
6. Top Gun: Whether you love Tom Cruise or hate him, this film will remind you of a simpler time. Not only is he young and extremely handsome, but he's romantic and quite the man in this role. You'll love to hate Cruise as a cocky US Naval Aviator in training who thinks he's better than everyone else... and kind of is.
5. Elf: The holidays are a cheery time, so automatically your spirit will be uplifted with this film. But, seeing a grown Will Ferrell in an elf costume who screams "I KNOW HIM!" when people refer to Santa? If that doesn't cheer you up, I'm not sure what will. Plus, Zooey Deschanel's version of "Baby It's Cold Outside" is almost as adorable as she is!
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Williamson confident of regaining fitness for England Tests
Saturday - November 9, 2019 10:50 am , Category : SPORTS
Napier, Nov 9 (IANS) New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson is confident of regaining full fitness and recover from an "ongoing niggle" before the start of the two-Test series against England beginning November 21.Williamson is not part of the ongoing five-match T20I series because of a hip injury and Tim Southee is leading the Black Caps in his absence."It's been an ongoing niggle, really," he told Sky Sports NZ. "That comes at goes. It is settling, which is nice.""A lot of (the last few months) has been rehab to get the hip right," he explained. "I had a four-dayer recently (for Northern Districts, against Canterbury), and there's a gap between this series and the first Test, so it's basically training going into it."A lot of it is mindset. So trying to get that right, trying to prepare as well as well as you can to give yourself the best chance," he added. Currently, the five-match T20I series is tied at 2-2 with the series decider to be played on Sunday. The first Test will be played at the Bay Oval from November 21-25 and the second will be held at Seddon Park from November 29-December 3.
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Jesus Lives
The world-famous violinist Fritz Kreisler earned a fortune with his concerts and compositions. And he generously gave most of it away. So, when he discovered an exquisite violin on one of his trips, he wasn't able to buy it. Later, having raised enough money to meet the asking price, he returned to the seller hoping to purchase that beautiful instrument. To his great dismay, it had been sold to an antique collector.
Kreisler made his way to the new owner's home and offered to buy the violin. The rare instrument was proudly displayed behind a sealed and solid glass case. Resting in its velvet couch, the violin lay imprisoned in its climate controlled coffin. The collector said that it had become his prized possession, and he would not sell it.
Keenly disappointed, Kreisler was about to leave, when he had an idea. "Could I play the instrument once more before it's consigned to silence?" he asked. Permission was granted, and the great virtuoso released the violin from its fancy casket and filled the room with such heart-moving music that the collector's emotions were deeply stirred. "I have no right to keep that to myself," the collector exclaimed. "It's yours, Mr. Kreisler. Take it into the world and let people hear it."
A few months ago, as we celebrated Christmas, everywhere we looked there were lights and sparkling decorations and images of the Baby lying in the manger. Think how different things are today. We are celebrating the most important moment in human history – the rising of Christ from the dead – and if there are any decorations at all, they all strangely relate to bunnies and colored eggs filling a basket.
It would be difficult to imagine a way to turn the image of an empty tomb into a decorating theme. But, that empty tomb has changed our life.
If the tomb was not empty, the words of Jesus would continue to inspire us, and his example of patient love would move us to be a better person. But, as he shared in the one human reality we have not yet experienced personally – death – and then returned to life as he had promised, he made it possible for us to imagine in every way that it is possible for us to also be returned to life.
If we are discouraged today because since last we celebrated Easter we have drifted away from God, or let something become more important than God in our life, we consider the powerful forgiving love of Jesus, and we know we can begin again today to grow closer to him. As we share the joy of this day with family and friends, if there is some offense that is a barrier between us and someone important, today we remember that anything can be forgiven if we invite the love of Jesus to enter into our heart. Today may renew our sense of loss because someone who was with us last year is no longer here, but Jesus continues to be true to his word, that his return from death will be shared by us and we will be with our loved ones again one day.
The death of Jesus on the Cross, and his departure from the tomb alive are not just ancient beliefs preserved like pieces in a museum. Easter reminds us that we are to be like that violin in the hands of the great virtuoso. We have the power to make beautiful music in the world, because Jesus lives with us, making it possible for us to be exactly the person God created us to be – filled with love, forgiven and so full of hope, courageous enough to accept a cross because we know we are not alone in the darkness. Today we declare that Jesus lives. Now, take that to the world and let people hear it!
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Thursday, November 29, 2007
wee little ratties
"You would not like me when I'm angry..."
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
The Great Escape
Christopher comes home from work one day this week in the morning. I'm getting ready for work, bustling about. He pops into the bathroom and says, "Do you know that Gabby is out?" I stare speechless, then mumble a "No..." I come out to see Gabby running on top of the tall Martin's Cage he and Drinky live in as young, eligible bachelors that they are. Chris scoops him up and we both puzzle over how he got out. No doors are open, no top left unsecured. I hurry off to work leaving a very concerned Chris.
Later, I get a voice mail on my cell. "I figured out how Gabby got out...in fact, he even showed me now...twice!" He went on to explain that Gabby was squeezing himself through the lab block self-feeder attached to the side of the cage. It's hard to believe, but somehow he managed it. As Chris pointed out, heaven knows how long he's been taking these field trips?! Thankfully, he hadn't bothered the mice in the cages on top of the rat cage...
We put a stop to it by blocking the exit to the feeder, but I had to chuckle at his sneekiness despite it all.
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Saturday, November 17, 2007
Bounty rats
Drinky rat is harder to get posed, he is always on the move.
Gabby rat is more of a camera ham, but I think he is just waiting and hoping it is over soon.
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Labels: 58102, fargo, north dakota, rats, rodents. pets
shoulder rats
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Friday, November 16, 2007
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
A Patriarch Passes
The day after we introduced Chaucer to his boys, he declined rapidly; we think it was a stroke. Christopher nursed him all yesterday, his healing hands worked magic massaging Chaucer's tired broken body, fed him Pediasure by dropper, and made sure he was warm and loved.
Last night he was put to bed, I checked on him around 2am and he was still with us. But this morning Chris came into the bedroom with Chaucer cradled in his arms, in a towel, "...He's gone."
Chaucer would have been 2 years old this coming January. He came from a line bred for longevity. Mother nature fooled us again.
R.I.P., beloved Patriarch.
Last night he was put to bed, I checked on him around 2am and he was still with us. But this morning Chris came into the bedroom with Chaucer cradled in his arms, in a towel, "...He's gone."
Chaucer would have been 2 years old this coming January. He came from a line bred for longevity. Mother nature fooled us again.
R.I.P., beloved Patriarch.
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Chaucer rat meets Drinky rat and Gabby rat
Daddy Chaucer rat meets his baby boy rats Drinky and Gabby.
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Saturday, November 03, 2007
Mighty Mouse
I hope this new strain of mouse means that eventually fancy mice bred with this line might live longer, healthier lives. One can hope...
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Friday, November 02, 2007
The Boys Meet Dad
Tonight the boys met their Papa. It was quite amusing, because both Drinky and Gabby rushed poor Chaucer, they couldn't wait to say "Hi, hi, hi!!", but Chaucer was a little more reserved. He started sniffing them. They started sniffing him. Then it was off to the crazy car races as they ran around the big ottoman weaving in and out of each other's path. The boys would dive under Chaucer's chin, and he would come up behind them, almost mounting them, not sure of who/what at first. Eventually he settled down, with his 'wise Buddha' face, and they laid down beside him, and it was so sweet. It went well, very well, for a first meeting. We have high hopes they will be great friends. Photos and movies, to come...
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If your web site is running on a content management platform like Drupal, one of the things you may have wanted to do is create a simple workflow to allow other users to enter content for you, to have other authors. Drupal handles this fairly well, as long as you ahve the right modules installed. We can get into modules in a later blog post.
For this example, the site owner wanted to allow people outside their organization to enter content straight into a community calendar. This workflow is applicable to any content type on the site, not just calendar items.
To achieve this, we used Drupal functionality, and added modules but made minimal code changes, if any at all. We allowed for approved users to submit events to a community calendar, which can be expanded to multiple roles, modified permissions and multiple content types as well.
This is roughly how it works:
1. User registers here /user/register and is approved or denied by the site owner. The user registration process is somewhat configurable, and the user will have no access unless a site administrator activates their account. User settings found here: /admin/user/settings
2. If approved, the site owner assigns the user the role of "event submitter (moderated)". The user then has the ability to add events, but not publish them, as well as edit their own submissions.
When the account is approved (made active, role assigned) the user will need another manual, instructional e-mail so they know how to create the calendar. The account registration link should also be put into a block and placed on the sidebar along with all calendar content pages to promote the availability of user generated content.
3. The user will log into Drupal and see the admin toolbar, but only have the ability to create calendar events. The process is reasonably intuitive and memorable.
Users take this path in the admin toolbar: Content Management >> Create Content >> Community Calendar to reach the entry screen (/node/add/community-calendar). None of the other functions are enabled, most are not even visible.
Possible modifications would be to add e-mail notifications of new user registrations, if this isn't already happening.
4. Notifications don't currently exist to inform the site administrator of new unmoderated calendar submissions, so this modification would prove useful. Currently, the content approver (content manager role or admin role) would visit /admin/content/node/overview to see the entries, which would be listed as "not published" under "status".
To approve one of these items for publishing, the moderator would open the entry for editing, scroll to "Publishing Options" at the bottom of the edit screen; check the box next to "Published" and save the record. After these steps, the content will show publicly on the calendar.
This may be another place where notifications could be useful, sending a notice to the submitting user that their content has been approved and published. Additionally, content may be deleted in the edit screen.
As users prove themselves trustworthy, the site owner could choose to create an unmoderated version of this role and allow these selected users to publish without requiring approval. Another mod would be to allow the users to see all of the content they've put in. Seems like this must be configurable but I don't see it. Not sure why "content" isn't showing in the content management menu for that role. Also would be useful to filter the list of content by creating user.
In this case, Drupal was changed in these ways to open this functionality:
Altered the calendar content type from published to unpublished.
Created a role and permissions for "event submitter (moderated)" and tested it, also testing the previous step by creating a calendar entry under this role.
Activated the profile module and added the Personal Information tab to it. (/admin/user/profile)
Created test user with the new profile tool active. Sends user to this confirmation message embedded on the home page in between the menu and the photo/content block.
The user sees this message on regisrtation if you don't change it. "Thank you for applying for an account. Your account is currently pending approval by the site administrator. In the meantime, a welcome message with further instructions has been sent to your e-mail address."
Now that you've read this, does it make sense to you? What else would you add? What questions does it raise? Leave us a comment!


text: Fran, I'd be happy to share what I know, which isn't all that much yet. NLD is Nonverbal Learning Disorder, & I think it's part of the Asperger's spectrum. The biggest things for myself are the differences in written versus verbal things. For example, I love to do crafts, & am forever teaching myself new things, but, I tend to give up on them if someone isn't available to show me how it's done. I can read & comprehend the directions, yet I'm not able to translate it into what I'm trying to achieve. However, if someone shows me how to do it, I can usually do it with a little practice. This is something that drove my mother nuts, until I explained to her about the NLD, & why I always needed to have her show me how to do something. I also had a terrible time in school, was called lazy & was told I was smart enough to do the work, I just wasn't trying. I sure didn't feel that way! It's a huge relief to know it's an acutal learning disability, considering I may be going back to school sometime soon. Another issue for me is being able to "read" facial & body expressions. Those of us with NLD cannot, or don't always properly interpret them. The doctor told me my verbal scores were much higher than my other scores, & said this tends to be the case with people with NLD. From what I've read, a child with NLD relies on verbal information for 80 to 90 percent of what they need to go through life on a daily basis. They tend to be much more talkative, in order to get & process information they need. I apparently am able to compensate for the NLD to some extent because of my verbal capabilities. I haven't received the written report yet, but, if there is more that I can share, I'll be happy to. I hope this is helpful to some other board members. Mary


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Just found this on Amazon.com, posted today. Me, 'meta-sexual'? There's a thought…
"What I need" the narrator of Fulani's "Burnout" tells us, "is some startling image that comes from nowhere and burns itself into my brain, my desires, causes instant addiction. What I need is a new mythos of erotica. . ."
I love the way this guy thinks!
Fulani is one of that rare, as yet officially unclassified species of erotic writer, the "meta-sexual;" a delightfully self-referential species noted for its uncanny ability to pleasure open-minded readers with intense multiple "brain-gasms." And there are many to be enjoyed in this collection of short BDSM-centered fiction, informed by everything from Roland Barthes and Stanislaw Lem to Nu Fetish, industrial bondage; flash fiction and on-line piracy; underground music festivals, and those pulpy sexploitation magazines of the 50s and 60s with their lurid cover paintings and thick black "censor bars" redacting all the naughty bits in the grainy photos accompanying the articles.
The eleven very-short stories in this collection are sexy and cerebral; breezy, thought-provoking, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly addictive. Like a big heaping bowl of literary-erotic Lucky Charms; you can't get enough. The multi-colored marshmallow shapes are irresistibly delicious, but the oat-cereal part is actually good for you–who knew? Fulani strikes just the right balance between light fluffy diversion and crunchy intellectual substance, letting his horny inner nerd come out to play the most scintilatingly kinky games; whimsically creating new words and worlds even as he establishes fascinating new paradigms for the next generation of erotic fiction.
There's beauty here, however unexpected; the language can be lyrical even as it educes degradation and pain; the poetry of domination and submission set amid dystopian landscapes of industrial decay and urban blight. We wonder if this is what sex will be like in the future. But as the narrator of "Something Different" reminds us;
"Once you know it consciously, it's impossible not to see how the whole of society, economy, psychology is a dense network of sexual signifiers."
It's true. Fulani's stories draw their inspiration from an astonishingly diverse cosmos of commonplace artifacts; vacuum cleaners, toasters, plumbing supplies, burned out autos, melted plastic forms, all weirdly apt when turned to the author's singularly amusing purpose.
Entertaining, sexy, hilarious, often self-effacing, "The Museum of Deviant Desires" is a trenchant critique of contemporary erotic literature with its finger firmly on the g-spot of popular culture; a tasty treat, not to be missed.
Published by 1001 Nights Press. It's available on Amazon.com (you'll see the review there as well), Amazon.co.uk, and if you go back to this blog post from April 27 it lists all the other places you can get it.
Edited to add: looking at clicks out of this blog, one or two people haven't picked up the reminder that Erotica-Romance-Ebooks no longer operates. It was a website run by Xcite for the sale of third-party books along with their own. It now redirects to the front page of the main Xcite.com website.


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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Explosive Sunset
Just pencil & some paper
NM sunset 1/26/13
Big News!
Dyl's Musical Cubism will be on display at Mr. Musichead in Los Angeles, California in March. There will be over 20 artists' work on exhibit who are all on the autism spectrum, Dyl is the youngest participant. If you are in the LA area March 23, the artist reception is from 5-8pm.
Thanks to Debbie Hosseini and The Art of Autism for noticing this boy's talent and including his art in the display. To see more artists on the spectrum showcase their musical art please visit The Art of Autism


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The Marley Family Album
Billed as a celebration of Bob Marley's 50th birthday (the reggae star died in 1980), The Marley Family Album (Heartbeat/Rounder) avoids the glum-faced tribute trap with a bouncy, fun collection of singles. While Rita Marley's strong "Keep On Pushing" provides the expected moral anchor, she wisely makes room for younger branches of the family tree, who make no attempt to disguise their debts to throbbing dance music and funky hip-hop. B


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JMS228: Leveraging Thankfulness to Crank Up Your Motivation
The science behind thankfulness and how to use it to crank up your motivation and eliminate stress:
- How Gratitude Combats Depression: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/two-takes-depression/201211/how-gratitude-combats-depression
- Enhancing well-being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: a practice-friendly meta-analysis: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19301241
- Counting blessings in early adolescents: An experimental study of gratitude and subjective well-being: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022440507000386
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-Bonds are fairly inexpensive. The amount of new contracts a bond will allow you to bid on vastly outweighs the cost of the bond.


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Here are some of my top picks for Baby & Toddler Gift Ideas This Christmas!
Tech Too Remote Control
This is the perfect toy for those inquisitive little ones who like to play with things they're not supposed to...Tyne has always loved playing with remote controls but it can be pretty irritating when you're trying to watch TV and the channel or volume keep changing as they bash around on them!
So this is the ideal solution!
I've seen plenty of toy remote controls before but the problem is that they often LOOK like toys...and babies are not so easily fooled! THIS one looks like a real remote control...so much more appealing to the little tikes!
Available HERE
The set features a dinky little ark with Mr. and Mrs. Noah, a ladder and a miniature pairs of elephants, crocodiles, giraffes, doves, sheep, pigs, camels, horses and dogs!
The pieces are beautifully presented in a wooden box with a lid which is hand engraved with the words 'NOAH'S ARK'. This would make a unique little gift idea for a child to treasure and would look great in any nursery.