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These gorgeous images come to us from Zion Lutheran Church in Woodville, WI. What a beautiful sanctuary! Here is what they have to say:
"Zion Lutheran Church in Woodville, WI has a 90 year old sanctuary and we are so pleased that the 18" x 5' banners fit beautifully on our altar. We love the variegated coloring because it so nicely complements the paraments we already own."
|Advent Banners Displayed are from our Colors of the Liturgy Advent Candle Series.


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The 218m high Feigumfossen waterfall is one of the highest waterfalls in Norway, no doubt you will hear the thunderous roar of it before you will reach it. The hike is easy and scenic, it takes only about one hour of hiking all the way to the foot of this waterfall.
For more adventure, visit Nigardsbreen Glacier , which is only an hour and a half drive from Feigumfossen waterfall.

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I am not the type of mom that puts her kids on a pedestal and claims for them to be far more advanced than others their age. Don't get me wrong, I think our kids are pretty amazing kids, but it is hard for me to describe them using the word "genius" when they get a kick out of calling each other "pootie head" and then laugh hysterically. Considering that it was 6th grade before I even considered saying a spanish word, I think it is pretty amazing that my 3 yr olds can count to 10 in spanish and can tell us most of the colors in Spanish. "Mr. D" comes on Wednesdays to their school and he's amazing and he's obviously teaching the kids something.
Today on the way home from work/school I was asking the routine questions about what they did at school. I asked if Mr. D had come, knowing he had been there yesterday, and Austin said, "No, mom, we didn't go to the library or see Mr. D today. We went to gross motor." Gross motor???? I'm pretty sure we called it PE. Love it!!!!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
We had a very busy weekend as you can tell from the previous posts, but by far the highlight of the weekend was our hayride. When we first moved back to Brenham and had land to live on, Wes said that eventually he'd like to have an annual hayride. Well, we're about settled in as we're going to get and we finally had enough rain to have hay cut so Mission Hayride was set in place. It was very last minute and we invited a few friends and family to join us. We had 2 tractors and trailers loaded down with kids, adults, and coolers and we set out down the country road for about an hour ride. It was such simple, easy FUN! The kids got to see horses, cows, ponies, geese and even a few quick deer running through the woods. Once we got back to the house, we let the kids run loose and we all enjoyed hotdogs and chili.
No doubt this will be an annual event. We had such a good day and we are SOOOO blessed to have so many close friends and family!
Park pics
This past Saturday was Kidfish where the outdoor pool at the aquatic center is filled with catfish. It's grown to be a big event for the community and gives the "city folk" a chance to bait a hook. Since the kids "know" people who work there, they were able to help with putting the fish in the pool on Friday. We attempted to fish on Saturday, but had no luck catching anything.... maybe next year.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Capturing priceless expressions....
So yesterday I spent half the day with my stomach in knots because I thought someone had taken my camera after I left it at a restaurant. Yes, I know, irresponsible on my part, but I'm not going to dwell on that. Hallelujah the camera had been locked up in a safe place and I was reunited with it by mid-afternoon. I love having my camera and though I do not claim to have any type of photography "skills", I do love catching our kid's priceless expressions and moments like Caleb acting crazy with pj bottoms on his head!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Happy Birthday, Mimi!!!
Happy Birthday (one day belated), Mimi!!!! We are so lucky to have you in our lives!!! Can't wait until the kids get old enough to get in the kitchen with you to make cookies! We know that's something everyone will enjoy and one mess I will leave to your kitchen and not mine!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Hook 'Em
So it wasn't pretty, but the horns pulled off a victory at the Red River Shoot Out. Wish we could have been there.... what a great day for football, but we did our best cheerin' them on in Btown.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
A few new words...
I have heard many times that the second child (or in our case, the third) takes a little longer to start talking, mainly because the older sibling(s) talks for them. Well, Caleb is definitely not in any hurry to carry on a conversation, but the boy understand every word we say very clearly. He did learn to say "no" very early on and says it more than we'd like to hear. Just this week he started saying his brother and sister's names: "Aus De" and "Yay Yay"
Speaking of new, thought I'd give the blog a bit of a "fall" look. Hope ya like!
Speaking of new, thought I'd give the blog a bit of a "fall" look. Hope ya like!
Monday, October 12, 2009
BUSY Saturday.....
With 3 toddlers, it can be very tempting to turn down invites and events and just stay home to avoid the mad rush involved in packing around our crew, but this weekend we decided to bite the bullet and take it all in. So Saturday morning involved three 4-year old birthday parties. The first was at 10:00am at Hohlt Park, then Avery and I went to a girl's only dress up tea party at 10:30am while the boys headed to the 11:00am party at Fireman's Park and then we met back up a little after lunch to head to Austin to tailgate for the UT/Colorado game.
We didn't last too long at the tailgate and it was much colder than we had dressed for it to be. We were expecting clear skies in the low 70's. We got cool and cloudy in the upper 50's. After about an hour and a half the kids were all chanting "We want to go to Uncle Jason's!" So, we bagged everything up and made the mile trek back to the car, against game traffic that was walking into the stadium. That could have been a disaster, but the kids were troopers and we made it back.
We didn't last too long at the tailgate and it was much colder than we had dressed for it to be. We were expecting clear skies in the low 70's. We got cool and cloudy in the upper 50's. After about an hour and a half the kids were all chanting "We want to go to Uncle Jason's!" So, we bagged everything up and made the mile trek back to the car, against game traffic that was walking into the stadium. That could have been a disaster, but the kids were troopers and we made it back.
We were all glad to be at Uncle Jason's that evening. We watched the game on the couch with a warm homecooked meal and extra kid watchers! This pic is the kids eating waffles at Uncle Jason's. He had bought blueberries to put in the waffles but the kids had anotoher idea. They made gourmet Banana Cheerio Waffles - they were.... different.
I am disappointed in my lack of decent pics from the weekend, but we were kind of.... busy.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Rainy days
Got to love rainy weekends like these, especially after the HOT dry summer we've had. We didn't have any outdoor activities scheduled for the weekend so we were all in favor of every drop we could get. We have managed to stay sane, for the most part, with having to stay inside the majority of the weekend. We had a skating birthday party yesterday and then Toppe and Grandpa came over with a few pounds of fresh shrimp for supper. Popo and Mimi are bringing over steaks tonight... having visitors helps. Be sure to read the post below... I bet it makes you smile!
One day my sons may kill me for posting this!
These pictures speak for themselves. We had to find ways to stay sane inside on a rainy weekend... why not a little dress up? Wes wasn't real fond of seeing his sons in pink from head to toe, but I must say we all did enjoy a good laugh.
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Today was the annual Santa Parade in Downtown North Attleboro. We had a nice day at the house. Eva and I played with our LEGO sets and I've started opening a bunch of sets that I bought years ago. I bought a big box to put them all into so that we can use them all together. I may or may not package each set into a separate ziplock bag. I'm not sure how everyone else does their storage of LEGO, I'm sure that there are some good storage systems available. I wonder if it is better to have the sets together or to have all the bricks together so that you build whatever you like. I saw a great new LEGO series the other day at Toys R US called the DINO series. I so want to get all those sets.
We went to my parent's house before the parade. I helped dad set up a new TV and clean up some branches from the trees and bushes out front. We then walked downtown and caught up with our friends Michele and her kids and Kelly and Casey and their kids. Eva had a wonderful time catching candy and seeing all the fun floats and dance studios. My mom joined us and she danced along too. Andrew was a little trooper, he did pretty well despite the crowd and the noise.
We had an early evening back at the house with dinner thanks to Michele. We enjoyed that as we watched the Elf on the Shelf movie. I pulled Fitzy out of storage the other day and he's been finding his way around the house. Eva is really enjoying searching for him and discovering him each morning. Now if only I can remember to move him often enough.
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Thousands attend spectacle, but others bemoan changing face of festival traditionally marked by more intimately
Mexico City has held its first Day of the Dead parade, complete with floats, giant skeleton marionettes and more than 1,000 actors, dancers and acrobats in costumes.
A tradition that normally takes place in private homes or at candle-lit cemetery sites was transformed this year by the silver screen specifically the James Bond film Spectre.
Day of the Dead is always something in Mexico City that is celebrated, though in a more serious way, Enrique de la Madrid, the countrys tourism secretary, told the Guardian. Its a deeply rooted tradition in Mexico, but what we decided to do is a festival.
The city government and Mexican tourism officials were inspired by parts of last years Bond film, which were filmed in Mexico City and featured 007 chasing a villain through a Day of the Dead celebration in the historical centre.
The official parade on Saturday attracted thousands of people with its full spectacle of skulls and skeletons, oceans of marigolds and catrinas (stylised skeleton costumes depicting high-society figures).
Its great that we can celebrate and remember our deceased loved ones, said Jess Arreola, 21, a brewery worker who was strolling along the parade route.
Day of the Dead dates back to the Aztec period and celebrants believe the spirits of their deceased loved ones return for a visit. Families build altars adored with photographs, votive candles and items the deceased enjoyed such as food and drink even tequila or mezcal.
Day of the Dead has remained popular despite predictions the US import of Halloween would wipe it out.
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How many times have we found ourselves in a position in life where we feel that we are a failure? How often have we, ourselves, decided that our sin is just too great; that we have separated ourselves from God so distantly that we just can not return to our place in His family...the ties are cut...we are unforgivable.
The beautiful Teaching of the Catholic Church and the wonderful words of Scripture tell us that this just isn't so. We learn through our studies that God will always forgive us if we are truly sorry and intending to amend our lives.
And yet, no matter how many times we are told that, or read it, or see it at work in the lives of others, somehow, we just don't feel we are worthy...we don't feel it applies to us.
Many of us have some pretty hefty sins lingering in the haunted memories of our pasts. Perhaps we were fornicators, or liars. Perhaps we committed adultery or even stole something which didn't belong to us...perhaps there was an abortion or a divorce and remarriage without an annulment...perhaps worse.
No matter how deeply we have fallen under the temptations and snares of the enemy, we can rest assured in knowing that the infinite font of mercy will flow upon us through Christ in Reconciliation.
Why do we doubt this?
I recently heard a discussion on talk-radio which made a point so pertinent and apt to the boundless depths of Christ's mercy that I feel it worth mentioning.
Consider Peter, Christ's dear and beloved Apostle. This man, who walked with Jesus, talked, ate, slept near, and lived with Jesus...this man, who performed miracles in His name and walked on water; still, in the final hours, rejected Him! He turned away; more like, ran away in a cowardly fashion; claiming to know nothing of the Jesus of Nazareth that was being brought before the tribunal.
We then must ponder what Jesus Christ, in His infinite, boundless, unending mercy, did soon after His glorious Resurrection when He saw His close friend, His priest, His Pope; Peter.
He poured out His love upon the fallen Apostle and gave him a chance to renew his faith by allowing him to proclaim his love and great faith once more. Actually, not once, but three times, Jesus asked, "Do you love me Peter?" and of course, three times (the same number of times he had failed and flat-out denied Him) Peter replied, "YES!"
If we, who live in an era which is beyond the days of Christ on earth by thousands of years, feel so ashamed of our sins(having never actually laid eyes upon the living Messiah on earth) how much more so then, did Peter suffer in his own grief and shame? Can one get any more shameful than after having lived, breathed, celebrated, prayed, and ministered along-side Jesus in the flesh.. then denied Him? Saint Peter's self-doubt and utter loathing of himself must have been unfathomably great.
And yet, he was humbled and strengthened and restored to the family of God through the infinite mercy of the Savior; the very one he had openly and publicly rejected.
Shouldn't it seem all the more plausible now, that whatever our transgressions have been, however far we have strayed, whatever offenses we have committed against the Lord, we too, shall be completely and perfectly renewed and forgiven and restored by His mercy and grace?
Perhaps it is not truly a doubt of Christ's mercy which keeps us from believing that we are "forgivable", but rather, a certain sense of pride, or arrogance; thinking that we have done things so much worse than others that we couldn't possibly expect to be restored to Our Father in Heaven.
If Saint Peter can rise above his shame and accept the Lord's forgiveness; and go on to live a life as a good and holy priest of the Church; finding joy and strength in his own reconciliation to Christ, then so can we.
We must do away with thoughts that tempt us to think otherwise...lest we doubt the mercy of Christ.
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Consider the Lowly Flame
Miscellaneousby Bernie Keating
• Punching up Wikipedia since 1885 •
A FLAME IS A MIXTURE of reacting and, more often, over-reacting "gases" and "solids." During this mixture or "church social," they emit visible and infrared light that create an effect that is like totally awesome on any and all Jimi Hendrix posters.
In many cases, such as the burning of organic matter, (i.e., wood, straw, rubber, heretics, your candle at both ends, and the like), or even in the case of incomplete gas combustion (pass/fail, if you don't want to take an incomplete), incandescent particles called soot produce the red-orange glow of what you people probably refer to as "fire." Then it's over the rooftops step in time!
This light has a continuous spectrum that is shown in the form of a mind-numbing slideshow usually in the spectrum's family room. So, if the slide projector comes out, by all means drop, roll, and bolt for the door.
Complete combustion of gas has a dim (or "stupid") blue color due to the emission of radiation (commonly blamed on the dog) from various electron transitions from excited molecules. What exactly excites these molecules still puzzles science folks, although it can be said with certainty it is not the slideshow going on back in the family room.
Oxygen is usually involved but it always seems to have an alibi. Hydrogen burning in chlorine also produces a flame, producing hydrogen chloride or HCl. (Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you asked.)
Other combinations producing flames are fluorine and hydrogen, hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide, mezzanine and terrace, and, of course, over-enthusiastic Cher fans.
Oh! And there is also photon emission by de-excited atoms and molecules in the gases. Right?
The glow of a flame is as complex as a troubled teen or Van Gogh in his final days, your choice.
Much of the radiation is emitted in the visible and infrared bands, which are featured primarily on Youtube but Myspace gets its fair share.
The flame's color depends on the temperature of the radiation and the chemical makeup for the emission spectra. It just does.
The dominant color in a flame changes with temperature. A photo of a forest fire is an excellent example of this color variation. Near the ground, where all the kids are huddled together wearing matching sweaters and trying to hold still, the fire is white or yellow (who knows which?), which is the hottest color for organic material or at least this season anyway. That could all change in the fall. Above the yellow region, where the proud parents stand, drinks in hand and scolding the kids, the color changes to orange, which is cooler, then red, which is cooler still. It is not until someone starts making rabbit ears, the photo becomes the coolest ever.
Above the red region, sadly, combustion no longer occurs and the uncombusted carbon particles start to fume as the whole gang asks the carbon particles to "take one more, just for safety."
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Andsomethingelse), of the United States, has recently found that gravity also plays a small but tasteful role (i.e., no nudity) in a flame's formation.
The common distribution of a flame under normal gravity conditions depends on convection, as soot tends to rise ruthlessly to the top of a flame stepping on anyone and everyone who tries to get in its way.
In "micro gravity" or "zero gravity" or "dude, where's my gravity," convection no longer occurs — it stops eating, stops returning calls, walks around in a old bathrobe all day, generally letting itself go.
With convection out of the picture, the flame becomes spherical with worry, with a tendency to become more blue (or "depressed") and more efficient, inexplicably feeling it should somehow pick up the slack.
However, the flame in zero gravity may go out if not moved steadily, as the CO2 tends to smother the flame mostly with questions, accusations and empty threats. So who can blame it? Consequently, when held in zero gravity, birthdays, Passover meals, and silent vigils tend to be a mess.
In combustion engines, various steps are taken to eliminate a flame. First, a stern warning, then getting written up, and as a last resort, a free ticket on the next bus out of town.


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The 27th Annual Santa Fe Wine Festival
CANCELED - 2020 Festival Details
Rules for Entrance
- Must be 21 years of age to taste and/or buy wine. All participants 21-121 must present a valid ID to sample and/or buy wine. Identification will be checked at the gate.
- Minors must be accompanied by a legal age parent/guardian.
- No alcohol may be brought onto the Museum grounds.
- Bottles of wine purchased may not be opened on the Museum grounds.
- No weapons may be brought onto the Museum grounds.
- No pets allowed (only ADA-approved assistance animals).
- No distribution of literature allowed within public easements or on Museum grounds without prior approval.
Festival Rules for getting a Wristband (drinking)
- Participants MUST be 21 or over
- All participants 21-121 must present a valid ID to sample and/or buy wine.
- No vertical IDs
- No Paper or Temporary IDs
- All forms of Identification MUST include a DOB (Date of Birth)
Black Mesa Winery – Velarde, NM
Black's Smuggler Winery – Bosque, NM
Casa Abril Vineyards – Algodones, NM
Corrales Winery – Corrales, NM
Gruet Winery – Albuquerque, NM
Jaramillo Vineyards – Belen, NM
La Chiripada Winery – Rio Embudo Valley, NM
La Esperanza Vineyard & Winery – San Lorenzo, NM
Las Nueve Ninas Winery & Vinyard – Mora, NM
Noisy Water Winery- Ruidoso, NM
Ponderosa Winery – Ponderosa, NM
Las Nueve Ninas Winery and Vineyard – Mora, NM
Shattuck Vinyard – Caballo, NM
Sheehan Vineyard – Albuquerque, NM
Tularosa Vineyards – Tularosa, NM
Wicked Kreations Winery – La Canova, NM
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Take measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. A face mask is required by several municipalities throughout the Grand Strand. MBACC has compiled a list of resources for businesses to plan for and respond to the virus. Read More
In response to the announcement that the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers formally propose the withdrawal of the Waters of the U.S. Rule in the Federal Register, Brad Dean, president and CEO of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, issued the following statement:
"This is a big win for our community, especially local developers and property owners. WOTUS was a major overreach by the Obama administration which impeded job creation and economic development. This withdrawal will foster future economic growth by eliminating excessive rules and burdensome regulation. We applaud the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corp of Engineers for their common-sense approach and leadership on this matter."
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About the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
Since 1938 the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce has stood as the unified voice of the Grand Strand's business community. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has awarded the MBACC its five-star accreditation, one of only a few chambers in South Carolina to earn this distinction. The MBACC serves Myrtle Beach, North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Little River, Atlantic Beach, Garden City Beach, Loris, Conway, Aynor, Murrells Inlet, Litchfield Beach and Pawleys Island. For more information, visit MyrtleBeachAreaChamber.com.


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These are devices which fit into your shoe, either bespoke-made or "off the shelf" which "correct" the position of the foot and alleviate painful foot problems or sports injuries. They can help with various musculo-skeletal problems and pain such as with Osteo and Rheumatoid arthritis, sports injuries and more every day problems such as heel, forefoot pain and bunions.
Pain relief is just a phone call away
Bespoke orthotics are made by taking a plaster of paris cast of the feet. The cast is then sent off to a lab where it is scanned and a bespoke device is made to the Podiatrist's requirements. This type of orthotic is reserved for more unusual or extreme foot types and problems.
Insoles are off the shelf devices for the shoe which come in many types of materials which can either control abnormal movement in the foot or cushion and shock absorb.
Elisabeth has a keen interest in these types of treatments and can source whatever you need for your specific problem.
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CAR-T cell therapy is a type of immunotherapy that uses a patient's own immune system in addition to gene engineering technology.
T cells, a type of immune cells, are collected from a patient's blood, and the T cells are genetically modified to produce artificial receptors on their surface called "chimeric antigen receptors (CARs)". CARs are receptor proteins that allow the T cells to recognize a surface antigen on cancer cells. CAR-T cells are then grown until they number in the billions and infused to the patient after 10 days to two weeks of being cultured in a laboratory.
After the infusion, the T cells multiply in the patients' body, and genetically enginieered CAR-T cells recognize surface protein antigens on cancer cells and begin to attack it as a target.
1. Augmentation of gene-engineered T cell function for appropriate expansion, accumulation, and inducible memory function to solid cancer
Business alliance in the development of novel T cell therapy platform for
solid tumors
Exploring novel target antigen
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Building Employee Resilience through Wellbeing in Organisations (2016)
Type of ContentTheses / Dissertations
UC Permalinkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/11905
Thesis DisciplinePsychology
Degree NameMaster of Science
PublisherUniversity of Canterbury
AuthorsTonkin, Karenshow all
Organisations and employees are required to display resilience in today's constantly changing and unpredictable business environments. Whilst research into how individual-level resilience contributes to an organisation's adaptive capacity is emerging, there is a gap in the literature on how trait, employee and organisational resilience interact, and how they may be influenced. This study investigated the inter-relationships between these resilience constructs, and whether a wellbeing intervention would influence these resilience levels and employee attitudes and wellbeing. Participants (n = 216), from two organisations, completed an online survey on 'employee wellbeing'; with 145 of those participants then taking part in a workplace wellbeing intervention, followed by a second survey. Results supported positive relationships between trait, employee and organisational level resilience, providing support for the argument that a resilient organisation consists of resilient employees. The results also highlighted the unique contribution employee resilience makes to employee attitudes and wellbeing. Following the wellbeing intervention, small increases were noted in employee resilience and wellbeing, indicating the developable nature of these constructs. However, the intervention was not influential on trait or organisational-level resilience. Findings of the study are discussed in terms of their theoretical and practical implications, and recommendations are made for future research into supporting employee and organisational resilience.


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Pax Soprano (Season 1, Episode 6, The Sopranos)
Written by Frank Renzulli
After 'College,' which focuses so closely on Tony and Carmela with a minimal number of supporting characters, settling in to 'Pax Soprano' I was thankful to have Junior and Livia back (we don't get much from Christopher this week).
Junior is flexing his muscles as the new boss. Mikey Palmice roughs up the host of a poker game, announcing that Junior is not respecting old arrangement – only problem: the game is connected to Jimmy Altieri. Then, based on hearing the sad fate of his tailor's grandson, Junior tasks Mikey with taking care of Rusty Irish, who sold the designer drugs that led to the grandson's suicide. Irish is tossed into the Falls – only problem: Irish is one of Larry Boy Barese's best earners. Then, Junior takes Livia's suggestion to tax Hesh – only problem: Hesh has a special arrangement with Tony as he had with Johnny Boy Soprano.
To solve the problems Junior is causing, Tony talks with John Sacrimoni (who we meet for the first time). The result is an elaborate but fake sit down where everyone except Junior is in on the deception. The strategy is all Tony's: Junior gets points and back tax from Hesh (though less than he originally asked for) and he shares it with the five bosses.
The second main plot line is Tony and his women. Having been on Prozac for a while now, Tony is experiencing diminished libido which, in addition to unsolicited fashion advice, is causing friction between him and Irina. Carmela is upset with him because he excuses himself from their anniversary dinner to have a quick chat with John Sacrimoni. And, Dr. Melfi (who is still being followed by Vin Makazian) is appearing in Tony's dreams.
Dr. Melfi suggests that maybe by coming clean with her (an Italian woman) Tony is coming clean with the other Italian women in his life (Meadow, Carmela and Livia). But is he? Later on in the episode, when talking to Melfi, he tells her it's Carmela who's responsible for the burn he got when Irina threw the candle at him.
Tony turns the question around on Melfi, "Why do you have me as patient? Most legit people I know, they'd go a hundred miles out of their way not to make eye contact with me. But you…you didn't flinch."
It's an important question. Is Dr. Melfi (like the audience) being seduced by a sociopath?
Towards the end of the episode, we see Tony and Carmela sitting by the pool. It's a beautiful day. They're not fighting. Carmela tells Tony is that the reason that she is jealous of Melfi is that she wants to be the person in his life that helps him. Tony, hanging on her every word, announces, "Carm, you're just not in my life – you are my life." I'm watching and I'm hanging on Tony's every word and I believe what he's saying. And, then I remember, he just recently professed his love to Melfi, "I love you. I'm in love with you. I dream about you. I think about you all the time."
It's a natural as breathing for Tony Soprano. The deception is breath taking.
We're given an alternative interpretation that Tony's declaration of love for Melfi is the result of the therapy from Melfi herself. What he's feeling is a natural result of her listening and being gentle and giving him what he doesn't get from the other women in his life. And as much as I want to believe that what he's saying to Carmela is true, Tony is a man of appetites (remember he was willing to drive like a maniac chasing down Petrulio in 'College' even though Meadow was in the car and obviously freaked out). While he may even believe that Carmela 'is' his life in the moment, he is saying what needs to be said in order to keep the peace.
Poor You
Pax Soprano contains a surreal encounter between Carmela and Father Phil. Carmela, seemingly having wiped from her hard drive the overnight encounter with Father Phil, shares that she is jealous of Dr. Melfi because if not a sexual relationship, it is an intimate relationship. Father Phil also seems to have forgotten the treacherous waters into which his 'ziti jones' led him and counsels, "You know Carm, we reap what we sow." He won't allow her to continue talking about divorce, encourages her to pray and notes "You're not without sin in this Carmela." Really, Monsignor Jughead?
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
The biscotti Tony brings Livia in this episode gets a slightly warmer reaction than the macaroons in 'Meadowlands' – once she's determined they have almonds. I love the way she yells, "Bring the cookies!" when she and Tony head down for coffee.
When Tony asks Irina how work is going, she's completely bewildered and asks, "Since when do you care about my job?" to which Tony responds, "Can't I be nice?" Throughout the series, there are several examples of how Tony just really isn't interested in the details of other people's lives. Irina seems to understand at least this much about Tony.
After the anniversary dinner fight, Carmela buys a truckload of Roche Bobois furniture. Tony always 'pays' for his mistakes with Carmela. We'll see this again when Meadow is off at college and Carmela meets with the Dean.
"These guys today…they want to be buried in their jogging outfits." Junior Soprano
"How much complaining can you do? Eventually they find you with a broken hip." Livia Soprano
"If you were a dildo, we wouldn't be fighting." Irina Peltsen
"I've eaten more queens than Lancelot." Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero
"Chasing skirt your average was .500." Junior Soprano
Further Reading:
College (Season 1, Episode 5, The Sopranos)
Meadowlands (Season 1, Episode 4, The Sopranos)
Denial, Anger, Acceptance (Season 1, Episode 3, The Sopranos)
46 Long (Season 1, Episode 2, The Sopranos)
The Sopranos (Season 1, Episode 3, The Sopranos)
AV Club http://www.avclub.com/articles/pax-sopranadown-neck,42335/
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pax_Soprana
Watch along with me (affiliate link): The Sopranos: The Complete First Season


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Via Maureen Dowd:
Truthful hyperbole is out. Outlandish fabrication is in. Trump began bragging to Republicans at a private fund-raiser in St. Louis Wednesday: Oh, get a load of this trade stuff I made up to outfox that fox, Justin Trudeau. I felt bad doing it to such a nice, good-looking guy. But it's hilarious!What the hell is this?
First, of course, there is no role, zero, for a president in trade. He should just open the trade borders and spend more time with some porn star.
Second, he is not "ruining respect for the presidency" with these kinds of comments. That would be a good thing. But with comments like this, the view that is emerging beyond his base is that he is a crony buffoon and that the country needs someone else in the White House.
If that view carries into the mid-term elections, the House will be worse then it already is, with a bunch of new Democrats in the place.
And, it is going to drive the kids into the hands of the leftists--long term. Their view is going to be that Trump is merely a cartoonish version of what the Republican Party is really all about. And the big problem is that the kids think the crony, clownish behavior of Trump is what free markets and capitalism are really all about.
What a mess.
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Ok, 8 days later and I am STILL hiding in my room....not good. I have never been one of those people who takes to their bed when they get depressed (although I have logged a fair amount of couch time) but lately my bed seems to be the only place I want to be. I get home from work, go to bed, the girls come home and I ask about their day and then go back to bed. Get up, get up, serve dinner, back to bed. I go lay down again after I put Annie to bed at 7:30, and I generally stay there until it is my actual bedtime. I will get up, wash my face, take my meds, and go back to bed. That's about 7 hours spent in bed in addition to sleeping overnight. If I am not working I usually have therapy at 10:00, then I will run some errands and do housework, and get back in bed around 1:30.
I am still trying to decide for myself if this a problem. I DO know that I am spending eccessive amounts of time in bad and that is not healthy. But it seems lately that the only time I feel safe and ok is in bed. I also think I am depressed again (still). I have been crying randomly and that is a pretty good sign. I have been thinking about giving Chris the keys back to the box 'o danger (locked box containing prescription pills and my revolver), but I just got them back like 2 weeks ago! Maybe I am just stubborn and prideful, but it is just humiliating to admit that maybe I am not safe with them again. It feels like a failure. Maybe I will talk with Scott about it in therapy tomorrow. I am also going to call Dr. Sean tomorrow to let him know I am feeling this way again.
*in case anyone reads this and wants to freak out about the gun and call the police and/or child services I want to be clear about something :I would NEVER hurt anyone else with the gun or anything else. EVER. Never even considered it. I am only referring to fears about self harm as I sometimes struggle with suicidal thoughts. I DO NOT pose a risk to ANYONE other than myself. Given today's climate I thought I should point that out.
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The Blue Wall & Empire's Decline
NYT reports on how the West Coast is becoming a solid wall of Democratic blue, and what the national effect of that might be. Excerpt:
It is the stuff of liberal fantasies: a vast, defiant territory, sweeping along the country's Pacific coastline, governed by Democrats and resisting President Trump at every turn.
A single election in a wealthy Seattle suburb on Tuesday could make that scenario a reality, handing the party full control of government in Washington State — and extinguishing Republicans' last fragile claim on power on the West Coast. The region has been a rare Democratic stronghold on an electoral map now dominated by vast swaths of red, and Republicans' only toehold on power there has been a one-seat majority in the Washington State Senate.
The prospect of such far-reaching autonomy for Democrats, who already hold all three governors' offices as well as both houses of the legislatures in Oregon and California, has infused extraordinary energy into what might have been a low-key special election. The race is on track to draw more than $9 million in campaign spending, a record-breaking sum for Washington State. National environmental and abortion rights groups have mobilized, business associations and oil companies have poured in money, and a former vice president, Joseph R. Biden Jr., has intervened on the Democratic side.
Sharon Nelson, the Democratic leader in the Washington State Senate, conveyed the party's grand aspirations in an almost Trump-like phrase: "A blue wall," Ms. Nelson enthused, "from the Canadian border to the Mexican border."
Leading in the polls and anticipating victory, Democrats have sketched an aggressive agenda on issues where strong consensus appears to exist in the party, including new laws on gun control, contraception and environmental regulation. Ms. Nelson said she had met with the speaker of the Oregon Statehouse about enacting policy across state lines. The three states' Democratic governors have spoken regularly about policy collaboration, and over the summer began coordinated talks on climate change with foreign heads of state.
What caught my eye about this was reading it in light of Oxford historian Chris Wickham's book about Europe after the fall of the Western Roman empire. Wickham points out that the collapse of the Empire in the West was not a sudden event. Because so many of the barbarian leaders were largely Romanized anyway, many of the people living through it in the sixth century were not fully conscious that things had changed so radically. That would not become apparent until later. Meanwhile, political life became highly localized. Wickham:
In the end — by 650, in every one of the post-Roman kingdoms — they would cease to think of themselves as Roman, but, rather, as Frankish or Visigothic or Lombard. "Romans" were, by then, restricted to the eastern empires, to the non-Lombard portions of Italy (above all Rome itself), and to Aquitaine, the ex-Visigothic part of Gaul, where the Franks settled least. By then Romans were seen as belonging in the past too; bit to took that long for people to recognize that the empire had really gone in the West.
I wonder if future historians will look back to things like the Blue Wall, and other episodes of increased hostility and fragmentation in American life, as early signs of the decline of the "Empire," so to speak. As John Podhoretz pointed out on Twitter, the Constitution reserves to Congress the right to regulate interstate commerce. It will be interesting to observe how nervy West Coast states get in the face of perceived provocations from the Trump White House and the GOP Congress.


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The Festival Of Lights 5774: Baruch Cohen, Nov. 29, 2013 — The first Hanukkah was celebrated in Jerusalem in the year 164 BCE on the twenty-fifth day of Kislev.
Chanukah Guide For the Perplexed, 2013: Yoram Ettinger, Algemeiner, Nov. 27, 2013 — For the first time – and never again – the first day of Chanukah will be celebrated on Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday in November, Nov. 28, 2013.
UN Condemns Israel 6 Times, Declares "Year of Palestine": Hillel Neuer, Times of Israel, Nov. 27, 2013 — The U.N. General Assembly is poised to condemn Israel in six resolutions today, the most significant of which declares 2014 as a "Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian people."
The UN and Israel: A History of Discrimination: Joshua Muravchik, World Affairs, Nov/Dec, 2013 — Unfortunately . . . Israel [has] suffered from bias—and sometimes even discrimination" at the United Nations, said none other than the UN's highest official, Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, speaking in Jerusalem in August. The Banality of Robbing the Jews: Sarah Gensburger, New York Times, Nov. 15, 2013 — The recent discovery of more than 1,400 prized paintings in the Munich residence of Cornelius Gurlitt, an art collector whose father collaborated with the Nazis, has brought the pillage of the Jews back into the limelight.
From "Four Score" to "Yes We Can!": Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 18, 2013
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Exile, Prejudice, Victory: A Jewish Thanksgiving Story From the New World: Steve Brodner, Tablet, Nov. 27, 2013
THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS 5774 Baruch Cohen
Nov. 29, 2013
In Loving Memory of Malka z'l
The first Hanukkah was celebrated in Jerusalem in the year 164 BCE, on the twenty-fifth day of Kislev.
To understand the meaning of Hanukkah, we must look into the ancient world, and see some of the similarities that exist between that period and our present day lives. Hanukkah in fact celebrates the victory of Hebraism over Hellenism. The victory of the camp of light over the camp of darkness. A flame rising from the camp of freedom and democracy – against the principles of totalitarianism, and bigotry.
The primary aim of the Maccabees to preserve their own identity in face of Syrian Greek religious oppression, to safeguard Israel's role as a "light unto the nations." It was not only a struggle against the danger of physical extermination, but one to affirm the value and joy of Judaism.
The Jewish people have a long history of surviving in defiance of savage murder and aggression. Our roots are in ancient, and modern, Israel, our old/new homeland, and our defense today, as then, lies with our heroic Maccabees, today the IDF, Israel's Defense Force . Our brave Israeli soldiers are the shield of the Jewish people in our ongoing fight for freedom, democracy, independence, and security–for the Jewish state, the land of Israel, and the entire Jewish people.
The splendor of our Fathers' lives! Hod avinu chai! Hag Hannukah Sameach! Happy Festival of Lights 5774 to all CIJR's supporters and friends, to the Jewish people, and to all men and women of good will!!
CHANUKAH GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED, 2013 Yoram Ettinger
Algemeiner, Nov. 27, 2013
1. For the first time – and never again – the first day of Chanukah will be celebrated on Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday in November, Nov. 28, 2013. Since the Jewish calendar is based on a 19 year cycle (when a "leap month" is added – seven times – to the shorter Jewish year) and Thanksgiving is part of a 7 year cycle, they coincide every 133 years. However, Thanksgiving was formally adopted by President Lincoln in 1863, and therefore it could not coincide with Chanukah 133 years ago, in 1861. Moreover, due to the moving gap between the Jewish lunar calendar (with 29-30 day months) and the general Gregorian solar calendar, they will not coincide before the year 79,811….
2. David Ben Gurion, the first Prime Minister of the Jewish State, stated: "The struggle of the Maccabees was one of the most dramatic clashes of civilizations in human history, not merely a political-military struggle against foreign oppression…. The meager Jewish people did not assimilate, as did many peoples. The Jewish people prevailed, won, sustained and enhanced their independence and unique civilization…. The Hasmoneans overcame one of the most magnificent spiritual, political and military challenges in Jewish history due to the spirit of the people, rather than the failed spirit of the establishment …." (Uniqueness and Destiny, pp 20-22, Ben Gurion, IDF Publishing, 1953).
3. Chanukah is the only Jewish holiday that commemorates a Land of Israel national liberation struggle, unlike Passover (the Exodus from Egypt), Sukkot/Tabernacles and Shavuot/Pentecost (on the way from Egypt to the Land of Israel) and Purim (deliverance of Jews in the Persian Empire). Chanukah is the longestJewish holiday (8 days) with the most intense element of light (8 consecutive nights of lighting candles).
4. The critical Chanukah developments occurred, mostly, in the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria: Mitzpah (also the Prophet Samuel's burial site), Beth El (Judah's first headquarters), Beth Horon (Judah's victory over Seron), Hadashah (Judah's victory over Nicanor), Beth Zur (Judah's victory over Lysias), Ma'aleh Levona (Judah's victory over Apolonius), Adora'yim (a Maccabean fortress), Elazar and Beit Zachariya (Judah's first defeat), Ba'al Hatzor (where Judah was defeated and killed) and the Judean Desert. Unified Jerusalem was the Capital of the Maccabees. Thus, Chanukah is not a holiday of "occupied territories"; Chanukah highlights the moral-high-ground of Jews in their ancestral land.
5. Shimon the Maccabee – who succeeded his brothers, Judah and Yonatan – defied an ultimatum by the Syrian emperor, Antiochus (Book of Maccabees A, Chapter 15, verse 33), who demanded an end to the "occupation" of Jerusalem, Jaffa, Gaza, Gezer and Akron. Shimon declared: "We have not occupied a foreign land; we have not ruled a foreign land; we have liberated the land of our forefathers from foreign occupation."
6. The name Maccabee (מכבי or מקבי) is a derivative of the Hebrew word Makevet (מקבת), Power Hammer, which described Judah's tenacious and decisive fighting capabilities. Or, it could be a derivative of the Hebrew verb Cabeh (כבה), to extinguish, which described the fate of Judah's adversaries. Another source of the name suggests that Maccabee, מכבי, is the Hebrew acronym of "Who could resemble you among Gods, Jehovah" (מי כמוך באלים יי). However, the saga of the Maccabees was written, during ancient times, in Latin, which sometimes pronounces C like a TZ. Hence, Maccabee could be the Latin spelling of the Hebrew word Matzbee, the commander.
7. Chanukah's historical context is narrated in the Books of the Maccabees and the Scroll of Antiochus. Alexander The Great – who held Judaism in high esteem and whose Egyptian heir, Ptolemy II, translated the Torah to Greek — died in 323 BCE following 12 glorious years. Consequently, the Greek Empire disintegrated into five provinces, and 30 years later into three kingdoms: Macedonia, Syria and Egypt. The Land of Israel was militarily contested by Syria and Egypt. In 198 BCE, Israel was conquered by the Syrian Antiochus III, who considered the Jewish State as an ally. In 175 BCE, a new king assumed power in Syria, Antiochus (IV) Epiphanies, who wished to replace Judaism with Hellenic values and assumed that Jews were allies of Egypt. In 169 BC, upon his return to Syria from a war against Egypt, he devastated Jerusalem, massacred the Jews, forbade the practice of Judaism (including the Sabbath, circumcision, etc.) and desecrated Jerusalem and the Temple. The 167 BCE-launched rebellion against the Syrian (Seleucid) kingdom featured the Hasmonean (Maccabee) family: Mattityahu, a priest from the town of Modi'in, and his five sons, Yochanan, Judah, Shimon, Yonatan and Elazar. The heroic (and tactically creative) battles conducted by the Maccabees, were consistent with the reputation of Jews as superb warriors, who were frequently hired as mercenaries by Egypt, Syria, Rome and other global and regional powers.
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UN CONDEMNS ISRAEL SIX TIMES, DECLARES "YEAR OF PALESTINE" Hillel Neuer
Times of Israel, Nov. 27, 2013
The U.N. General Assembly is poised to condemn Israel in six resolutions today, the most significant of which declares 2014 as a "Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian people." In a related development, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has categorically rejected the now-famous UN interpreter's criticism of anti-Israel bias, caught on an open microphone, through his spokesperson's response to a reporter's question seeking the UN chief's views on the now-famous gaffe, the video of which Prime Minister Netanyahu played to his cabinet meeting last week. As seen on the YouTube video, publicized by UN Watch today, Ban's spokesperson on November 19th told journalists that "the Secretary-General respects the right of the Member States as they move forward on their resolutions" which, he insisted, "need to be upheld by all countries."
Given that Ban Ki-M oon has himself criticized the singling out of Israel by UN bodies such as the Human Rights Council, I am disappointed that he is rejecting and refusing to acknowledge the simple truth of the UN interpreter's candid and entirely correct observations. After all, if the secretary-general could voice disappointment at the Human Rights Council's "decision to single out Israel as the only specific regional item on its agenda, given the range and scope of allegations of human rights violations throughout the world," why can't he endorse the virtually identical sentiment expressed by the interpreter at this year's absurd amount of General Assembly resolutions singling out Israel?
Today's cluster of condemnations will be adopted as the UN observes its annual "Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People," which was held four days earlier than usual due to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. The event is usually held on November 29, to effectively mourn the day the UN voted to partition Palestine into Jewish and Arab states. Beyond the hypocrisy of adopting six resolutions on Israel and none on egregious abusers of human rights such as China, Russia, Cuba, and Saudi Arabia, there is a particular absurdity in the content of the resolutions. We have a resolution condemning Israel for its actions on the Golan Heights yet none on Syria's massacre of 100,000 of its own people; the same text also absurdly asks Israel to immediately hand the population in the Golan over to the murderous rule of Syria's Assad regime. There are also resolutions recognizing the self-determination of the Palestinians, even though the UN already recognized Palestine as a state; yet there is no resolution on the right to self-determination of the Tibetans, who really could use such a text.
There will be massive politicization in 2014 at the UN now that it has been declared a year for "Palestinian solidarity." The resolution requests the UN "to organize activities to be held during the year, in cooperation with Governments, relevant organizations of the United Nations system, intergovernmental organizations and civil society organizations."
THE UN AND ISRAEL: A HISTORY OF DISCRIMINATION Joshua Muravchik
World Affairs, Nov/Dec, 2013
"Unfortunately . . . Israel [has] suffered from bias—and sometimes even discrimination" at the United Nations, said none other than the UN's highest official, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, speaking in Jerusalem in August. Back at headquarters a week later, Ban withdrew the substance of the comment without denying he had made it. The retraction was less surprising than the original assertion, which was remarkable because of the identity of the speaker, not for what was said, the reality of which is about as well concealed as the sun on a cloudless noon.
Israel's status as a pariah state at the United Nations reflected a change in the world body dating from the 1970s. In its early decades, the UN was dominated by the Cold War competition between East and West, but between 1952 and 1968 these two blocs became outnumbered by a third, as the UN's rolls increased from eighty-two to one hundred and twenty-six member states. Most of the new members were former colonies that had recently won their independence, and they formed what became the leading bloc at the UN, the Non-Aligned Movement. The dearest cause of the NAM was anti-colonialism, which put the West in the dock. Thus, the new bloc was non-aligned far more emphatically with the West than with the Communist world. Indeed, while the Soviet Union was held at arm's length by the NAM, other Communist states, some of them Soviet-allied, such as Cuba and Vietnam, played leading roles in the organization.
The new anti-Western, anti-American zeitgeist of the UN, and the dominance of the NAM, with President Nasser of Egypt among its leaders and many Arab and other Muslim states among its members, reshaped the body's stance toward the Middle East and its central "conflict." It became the principal instrument for advancing Arab claims and actions against Israel, including even legitimating Palestinian terrorism.
Thus, in October 1974, fourteen years before the Palestine Liberation Organization even nominally forswore terrorism, the General Assembly voted to invite the organization to send a spokesman to take part in its deliberations. No one who was not a representative of a government—except the pope, and even he was the head of a quasi-state—had ever before been granted such a privilege, but the vote was overwhelming, one hundred and five to four, with only the United States, Israel, and two Latin American governments opposed.
Not a single European or other major industrial state joined America in resisting this extraordinary move. Most of them abstained, although a handful voted with the majority, largely because the PLO had proved so adept at playing on European fears. Harris Schoenberg, an author who represented the NGO B'nai B'rith at the UN, interviewed various European delegates who told him that "PLO spokesmen had undertaken to halt and actively seek to prevent further Arab aerial piracy and terrorist attacks in countries other than Israel if permitted to participate in the General Assembly debate."
The assembled delegates heard Yasir Arafat proclaim the necessity of getting at the "historical roots" of the issue, namely, "the Jewish invasion of Palestine [that] began in 1881," and addressing it with a "radical . . . antidote," rather than "a slavish obeisance to the present." The "present" from which Arafat wished to banish "obeisance" was the very existence of Israel. He pledged his "resolve to build a new world . . . a world free of colonialism, imperialism, neo-colonialism, and racism in each of its instances, including Zionism." This harangue was received with a standing ovation unique in its intensity. An alliance of Communist and third-world states was after the scalps of its chosen enemies. The United States, in the throes of losing its agonizing war in Vietnam, resisted with diminished strength, often unable to rally even its Western allies. [To Read The Full Article Follow This Link – ed. ]
Sarah Gensburger
New York Times, Nov. 15, 2013
The recent discovery of more than 1,400 prized paintings in the Munich residence of Cornelius Gurlitt, an art collector whose father collaborated with the Nazis, has brought the pillage of the Jews back into the limelight. Yet the bulk of anti-Semitic looting during World War II was at once much more banal and more widespread. In Paris, the plunder of Jewish possessions began with the arrival of German troops in June 1940. At first, it applied only to art collections. But as soon as the Final Solution was devised in January 1942, the confiscations spread to the entire Jewish population, most of which comprised poor immigrants from Eastern Europe. Stripping Jews of their belongings was part and parcel of the effort to destroy them; pillage was an essential tool of extermination.
But what would be done with these items? Could they be reused, or were they too Jewish for that? Were the dishes and the blankets that had been touched by Jews fit for use by Aryans? In Berlin in February 1942, Hitler himself ordered Alfred Rosenberg, who had been overseeing the looting of artworks throughout Western Europe, to entirely empty the apartments of Jews who had been deported or arrested, or had fled. The spoils would then be sent back to the Reich. This widespread plunder, known as Möbel Aktion, occurred in France, Belgium and the Netherlands. From 1942 to 1944, at least 70,000 dwellings were emptied; in Paris 38,000 apartments were stripped bare by French moving companies at the request of the German authorities. It took 674 trains to transport the loot to Germany. Some 2,700 train cars supplied Hamburg alone.
Everything was taken: toys, dishes, family photos, tools, light bulbs. The goods were placed in crates and taken to warehouses and sorting centers specifically established for this purpose in the heart of Paris. Pianos were stored in the cellars of the Palais de Tokyo in the 16th arrondissement. Porcelains and fabrics went nearby, to Rue de Bassano. Books and musical scores were gathered at 104 Rue de Richelieu, furniture at the Quai de la Gare. The plunder of the Jews spread far beyond the famous Jeu de Paume and Louvre museums, the main gathering sites for looted art. With German soldiers busy fighting on the Eastern Front, the Nazis in Paris were short-staffed for the sorting and crating required for Möbel Aktion. So they turned three warehouses into work camps. And they resorted to Jewish prisoners from the Drancy internment camp, a vast cluster of lodgings under construction just outside the city, and an antechamber to Auschwitz.
From 1943 to 1944, nearly 800 Jewish men and women worked — ate, slept, lived — among these objects. Some saw their own possessions or those of family members pass before their eyes, and at that moment understood that they, too, had been slated for internment or deportation. The contents of each apartment were divided into two groups. Damaged objects or personal ones, like papers or family photos, were burned almost daily in a bonfire at the Quai de la Gare. The other items were sorted and classified by category, rather than source. A saucepan taken from one family would be added to a stack of other saucepans rather than kept in the original set. Stripped of their provenance, items lost their identity. Belongings became goods. The supervisors of Möbel Aktion set aside the most appealing items — porcelain, fine linens, fur coats — for themselves and their friends. Former prisoners from the sorting work camps later described regular inspections by German soldiers; they would come to shop "just like at the Galeries Lafayette," the Parisian department store. Detainees who had been tailors, cobblers or leather workers before their arrest were forced to make luxury clothes for the Nazi dignitaries and their wives. Shipments of spoons, dishes, clothes and other items were regularly sent on to Germany. They were distributed to German civilians as compensation for losses caused by the Allied bombings or to support their immigration eastward, where they were sent to populate newly conquered territories.
But the systematic looting and redistribution of everyday goods of little value and often in poor condition suggest a motivation that goes well beyond economic calculation in a time of hardship. Indeed, several Nazi services, including those of Hermann Göring, regularly questioned the financial rationale of Möbel Aktion. If the project endured nonetheless it's because one of its fundamental objectives was to destroy all trace of the Jews' very existence. Since the end of the war, the French and German governments have offered some indemnities, though often partial, to the small number of looted owners or their descendants who have asked for compensation. The goods themselves could not be retrieved. Unlike stolen works of art — some of which were preserved and continue to resurface — the colossal spoils of that other, mundane looting have vanished. Either they have been destroyed, or they remain with German families, who to this day probably have no idea where they came from.
From "Four Score" to "Yes We Can!": Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 18, 2013 — Seven score and 10 years ago, Abraham Lincoln delivered his sacred speech on the meaning of free government.
An Outbreak of Lawlessness: Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post, Nov. 28, 2013 — For all the gnashing of teeth over the lack of comity and civility in Washington, the real problem is not etiquette but the breakdown of political norms, legislative and constitutional.
Teaching About the Holocaust in a Small Town in Romania: Raphael Vago, Jerusalem Post, Nov. 7, 2013— Knesset Member Shimon Ohayon's recent article, "Teaching about the Holocaust as an antidote to rising hate in Europe"
Exile, Prejudice, Victory: A Jewish Thanksgiving Story From the New World: Steve Brodner, Tablet, Nov. 27, 2013— In 1642, a ship of Jewish émigrés left a colony in Recife, Brazil, headed for New Amsterdam.
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April 17, 2014
Utility companies across the U.S. are installing smart meters in customers' homes, touting the technology's energy-saving ways, but opponents argue that the meters are opening a Pandora's box of privacy concerns.
The smart energy meters read electric or gas usage, and enable a power company to collect detailed usage data on a particular home or building. But the readings also gather personal information that some critics argue is too intrusive.
The information gathered from smart meters includes unencrypted data that can, among other details, reveal when a homeowner is away from their residence for long periods of time. The electric wattage readings can even decipher what type of activities a customer is engaged in, such as watching TV, using a computer or even how long someone spends cooking.
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This is what wrongs with the NFL or shall I say pro sports. If you change your head coach every year or two. Then you can't get stability for your team. No matter who you bring in to coach. At some point you have to hold the pompous attitude of the players accountable for thier play. The raiders need to redo thier office. When it's draft time they need people who can talk to the scouts for the organization. Get those people on your war room, so they can brief the head coach and his staff. The raiders need more things than a fired coach. Allen can only work with what he is given. So let's look at what he was given. A bad offense that has no protection for its offensive players. An ok Defense, that has ok people on it. The raiders are just like its name. Old and outdated. Hmm since everything is now in a sensitive age. How about we look at what the name Raiders. It's offensive. So why isn't it changed. They are not. Have not lived up to the definition of a raider in a long time. The NFL has no patience anymore. Teams use to build championship teams. Now they pay for what they think is an auto championship. If you build it piece by piece, then you will see your work pay off.
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This LEIMAY Ludus Lab with International Butoh Master Ko Murobushi is open to actors, dancers, body rooted performers or anybody interested in exploring the potential of their bodies and is divided in three different modules: 1) Physical Training, 2) Improvisation, and 3) Solo Performance. Modules can be taken separately or together. However, discounts are only open to those who plan on taking all the modules. Registration is open for individual modules or the entire LEIMAY Ludus Lab.
Within the whole duration of this LEIMAY Ludus Lab, participants will explore fundamental elements of Ko Murobushi's pioneering and respected butoh practice.
Dates: May 21 – June 1st
Price: Modules A & B: $200 each // Module C: $260 // Whole Course: $580
Weekdays 6pm-10pm, Weekends 11am-3pm
See below listing for exact dates, times, and pricing
Pre-registration is required
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Ko Murobushi is one of the best known and most acclaimed Butoh artists in the world and is recognized in Japan as a leading inheritor of Tatsumi Hijikata's original vision of Butoh. He trained and performed with Hijikata from 1969, and later briefly gave up dance and trained as a yamabushi (an ascetic mountain monk). Once back into society he founded the Butoh Group DAIRAKUDAKAN. He created the Butoh-magazine Hageshii Kisetsu (Violent Season) and founded a female Butoh Company ARIADONE for which he choreographed a number of pieces. Two years later he founded an all-male Butoh-group: SEBI. He also created his unit Ko&Edge Co. with three young Japanese dancers, with whom he presented Handsome Blue Sky at the JADE 2003 Hijikata Memorial in Japan. Currently based in Tokyo, Ko continues to tour internationally throughout Europe and South America.
Module A (Physical Training)
During this 12 hour module, Ko Murobushi will share physical exercises developed throughout the last forty years of his practice. Exercises focus on breath and energy flow as well as strengthening the tanden (the body's core) by exploring breath and its transformations and realizing differences and combinations of breathing "forms"and freeing the voice. Combining movements of the 8 -no beginnings, no ends- the inside as an outside, the outside as the inside- the training will investigate asymmetrical spirals and The Moebius Loop.
May 21-23, 6pm -10pm | $200
Module B (Improvisation)
During this 12 hour module, participants will go through a series of improvisational prompts: the future of the animal, of the plants, of the minerals passing, becoming a corpse, fluid, solid, gas, all as a means to learn transmissions and transformations. Exploration of form as a way of sneaking into the act: an interval, trembling, shifting, breaking down, all in the same moment. Suffering, vibrations, coagulation, relaxation, convulsions towards humour.
"An experience of a loss of words, a loss of oneself in an encounter with the inscrutable, with the unknown
–dance is the sensuality formed in this transient moment.
All forms will collapse, and become bare in their collapsing.
Furthering our dance is a risky process of disappearance and appearance.
It is an incessantly throwing of the body."
Taken from Ephemer, 1988 Ko Murobushi
May 25, 11am-3pm, May 26-27, 6pm – 10pm | $200
Module C (Performance)
During this session, participants will have the opportunity to research their own creations under the gaze of Ko Murobushi. Participants are asked to bring a 3-7 minute solo performance of their own creation: A simple dance proposition which should be repeatable, and will be worked on during this session with Ko Murobushi and the other LEIMAY Ludus Lab participants.
May 29-30, 6pm-10pm, May 31-June 1. 11am-3pm | $260
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"A thousand different sorts of trees, with their fruit were to be met with, and of a wonderfully delicious odor"
-A quote from Christopher Columbus' journal on his voyage-
I don't know about you, but that quote makes my mouth water... Maybe it's because I love fruit, all fruits, every fruit. Some of my most cherished childhood moments are sitting around the table eating an avocado or mango with my mom. She had the magical way of invoking in all three of us kids a love for all kinds of food. Probably because she loved all sorts of food. Fruit is easy to like; I think everybody does. We just get stuck buying the same ol' ones, like our veggies.
Again, like in all food, there is the nutritional hierarchy. Let's look at the two authors and PhDs that we looked at before for the vegetable rankings, Dr. Joel Fuhrman and Dr. Steven Pratt.
Joel Fuhrman's Eat for Health High Nutrient Foods chart lists these:
-apples, apricots, blackberries, blueberries, grapefruit, grapes, kiwis, mangoes, nectarines, all melons, oranges, peaches, pears, persimmons, pineapples, plums, raspberries, strawberries, tangerines
Dr. Steven Pratt's book, Superfood Rx, is the original chart for superfoods. His superfoods are in blue above with more listed here:
-purple grapes (specifically), cranberries, boysenberries, currants, cherries and all other varieties of fresh, frozen, or dried berries.
-oranges, lemons, kumquats, limes
-red watermelon (specifically), red fleshed papaya, strawberry quava
-red watermelon (specifically), red fleshed papaya, strawberry quava
He suggests eating 1 to 2 cups daily of the berries, and 1 serving each daily of the citrus and red fruits.
Here's what Dr. Steven Pratt, in Superfood Rx, says about berries:
"I think of the polyphenols in berries as the choir directors. The other nutrients are all members of a huge, effective choir, working together to create something much more powerful than each individual voice. With that in mind, and remembering that each polyphenol in each berry has something to contribute, mix it up! Don't limit your berry consumption to any particular kind. Eat them all!"
This speaks to not only eating a variety of berries but also a variety of fruits, in general. There are compounds yet to be discovered and they all work synergistically together for our benefit. Keep fruits as close to the original as possible.
Fruits are available in many ways, fresh and frozen being the best. As far as berries are concerned, frozen berries are by far the most cost effective way; they don't spoil and you can thaw them, if frozen is not desired. But there is nothing like yummy fresh ripe fruit to go with ANY recipe at ANY time. You don't even need a recipe, just grab, wash and eat! It's that simple and is definitely less than 15 minutes to give you super nutrients to fuel your body.
This is one of those recipes in which you just use what you have available and make to suit your tastes. Definitely use the yogurt but use whatever fruit and nuts you have on hand. Easy prep and easy clean up.
Here it is: a 3 in 1 breakfast, snack or dessert recipe.
Powerful Fruity Parfait
In a goblet or pretty vertical glass,
layer starting at bottom
small spoonful of all fruit jam (sweet surprise)
organic low fat yogurt (unsweetened)
spoonful of raw honey over yogurt
chopped strawberries (berries of all varieties)
1 tbsp. fresh squeezed tangerine juice (any citrus)
layer sliced almonds (or chopped nuts)
another layer of yogurt with honey on top
chopped strawberries and tangerine juice
topped with a few sliced almonds
My favorite way to serve this in the glasses my grandmother gave me. They make the meal pretty and special and remind me of her and her passion for pretty dishes.
Serve and enjoy your nutrient dense parfait that has eye appeal and taste appeal. Yum! Children of all ages enjoy meals like this. :)
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Alva Gardens LP of San Diego has purchased the 108-unit Alta San Marcos apartment property in San Marcos for $27 million, according to CoStar Group and public data.
The seller of the property, at 850 Village Drive, was Wood Partners of Atlanta, recorded as SP5 Wood Alta San Marcos LLC. The seller was represented by Ronald Harris, Christopher Zorbas, David Sperling and Stewart Weston, of brokerage company Marcus & Millichap Inc.
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Karass was a protoss high templar. His mastery of psionic powers was considered legendary.[2]
On the eve of the Second Great War, Karass and his troops journeyed to Ulaan in pursuit of the Queen of Blades. There he met Dark Prelate Zeratul, who was seeking a prophecy. The praetor put himself at Zeratul's disposal and the pair broke through zerg patrols and found the prophecy Zeratul and Kerrigan sought. Kerrigan attacked the outnumbered protoss shortly afterwards.[3]
Karass instructed Zeratul to escape with the information; the praetor and his troops proceeded to buy Zeratul time with their lives. The dark templar reluctantly withdrew aboard Void Seeker, and swore Karass' sacrifice would not be in vain.[3]
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Restores 50 shield points of all friendly protoss units in an area of effect.
Psionic Storm deals high damage in the target area in small packets over time, and hits both air and ground units. It injures friendly units caught in the area of effect.
Psionic storm is smartcast.
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- ↑ Blizzard Entertainment. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. (Activision Blizzard) (in English). July 27, 2010 (Play Guide blurbs)
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"Busker Alley" Eyes Broadway
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Musical vets Robert and Richard Sherman are looking for a Broadway berth in 2008. The siblings — who penned the songs for "Mary Poppins" and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" — have written the score for "Busker Alley," a tuner about love among street musicians.
Show was last seen touring the U.S. from 1994 to '95 and was skedded to bow at the St. James Theater with star Tommy Tune. Tune broke his foot, resulting in a cancellation for the Rialto version.
The new production will be announced this afternoonon board the Queen Mary 2. "Busker Alley" differs from traditional Broadway fare, since it's neither a new revival nor a transfer, but a full production ready to run. The show got a test-drive in November with a one-night-only benefit performance and is now jockeying for a New York position.
Book is by AJ Carothers, based on the 1938 Brit pic "St. Martin's Lane," which starred Charles Laughton and Vivien Leigh. That film was based on Marlene Dietrich starrer "The Blue Angel," and both were inspired by Heinrich Mann's early 20th century novel, "Small Town Tyrant."
The 16-person (plus dog) cast has Tony winner and "Pushing Daisies" narrator Jim Dale attached to star, with Tony Walton directing. Producer Margot Astrachan said the benefit perf was instrumental in cementing her interest in the show. "I knew when I read the script that we wanted to see it, but it was everything we could have imagined," she said.


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That just reminded me of a game called Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
I feel good because I found a game that I really like: Skribbl.io. It's basically a draw-and-guess game where you draw and other people will guess what you're drawing and vice versa. It's a really fun game in my opinion and anyone that's interested should give it a shot. I actually spoken with my brother about it and he said he will play with me so nice (in a private room)


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In honor of Earth Day, The Ellen DeGeneres Show is issuing a fun and interactive Twitter Challenge to the City of Brotherly Love this Wednesday.
Details of where and when the big event will happen will be tweeted on Ellen's Twitter page. You can also follow NBCPhiladelphia on Twitter and/or Facebook to get the latest clues on what to do.
"It's an outreach of love and Philadelphia is next... Ellen taking over the world via Twitter... one city at a time," DeGeneres Tweeted.
Wednesday morning Ellen tweeted a big clue:
"Good morning, Philly! Get your scissors & tape ready & watch my tweets! First set of instructions coming soon… #EllenInPhilly."
What exactly she was looking for followers to do became clear around 10 a.m.
"Philly: Be creative & make urself an outfit out of found or recycled stuff. The bigger&funnier the better. You've got 5 hrs. Start crafting!"
So there you have it -- get those arts and craft skills going.
But, it still wasn't clear where The Ellen Show would be.
Maybe she gave a clue on Tuesday afternoon:
"Philly's home to the Liberty Bell, and tmrw it's gonna be home to my EarthDay Twitter Challenge! Keep your eyes on my tweets! #EllenInPhilly."
Unfortunately Ellen won't physically be here but her crew will be so keep your eyes open and be ready to be on TV if you follow the clues correctly because there's a big prize involved.
"Get excited, & get ready for one of my best and biggest twitter giveaways yet. #EllenInPhilly"
Your guess is as good as ours as to what the prize is, but knowing Ellen it's sure to be good.
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Test and select your batteries. SKYRC gives you the tool with the BD200. Real-time display of battery voltage, discharge capacity and discharge current. Activate your batteries or bring your batteries quickly to storage voltage. Max. 200W discharging power or max. 30A discharging current saves time.
- It displays real time battery voltage, discharged capacity and discharge current.
- It can test battery capacity that helps select batteries with desired capacity.
- It saves time when user wishes to store their large capacity batteries.
- It helps activate the best performance of your batteries during racíng.
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- Current consumption in Sleep Modus: <100uA
- Standby current: <35mA
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Kaysville is the sort of place that hosts ice cream socials and probably has enough civic organizations to put every citizen on a roster. With its great local police and fire departments, and modern, planned communities, Kaysville has stayed true to its hometown roots without becoming obsolete. It is the ideal place to commute home to after a long day of work in the state capital.
Moving to Kaysville definitely requires an old fashioned approach. For instance, if you are planning to embark on an apartment search in Kaysville, it won't take very long. There are approximately four apartment complexes in the whole city, and they rarely have enough vacancies to justify a steady listing. This is a case where it would be quicker to drive around looking for Apartment for Rent signs in windows than to perform a frustrating online search. If your heart is set on apartment rentals within the city limits, then Kaysville is the sort of place where you will probably find the above-the-shop or over-the-garage style units, maybe even with all utilities paid. This brings up another quaint fact: Kaysville also owns and operates its own power plant, which means that turning on your utilities will entail visiting City Hall (in person), filling out an application (by hand) and turning it in to the clerk with a deposit. On the plus side, this means freedom from those automated voice-response systems that drive you insane.
At barely 10 square miles, Kaysville doesn't have neighborhoods as much as it has private developments, and, well, streets. The median sales price of homes in Kaysville has increased by almost a third in the last decade and and is higher than Utah's (and the country's average) as a whole. The median rent, however, is lower than the country's average.
Community pride and new-millenium growth make Kaysville the perfect place to live.


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Doug Lanksy considered himself a runner since just about forever. But when he moved to Norway 18 years ago, then on to Sweden, it was practically a residency requirement that he switch to cross-country skiing for at least a few months of the year….
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Catch is going away… Do you have any suggestions on a comparable app for my Galaxy S5?
Catch is going away… Do you have any suggestions on a comparable app for my Galaxy S5?
This comparison article between the 4 options suggested may help you decide : http://vhbelvadi.com/google-keep-vs-evernote-vs-springpad-vs-one-note/ . Read till the end at the bottom as the article gives you suggestion how to decide the right choice for your personal needs.
Sorry, it's full name is Catch Notes. You can still find the app description in Google play for a better understanding of what it does. It has been one of the top android apps for quite some time. Thank you.
The world standard is probably Evernote for the category :D : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote
Microsoft OneNote : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.onenote
Both are FREE!!!
You can also look into Google Keep at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.keep . Again FREE.
However, I will rate Evernote as first, MS OneNote as second and Google Keep as third.
Also Springpad at Again FREE.
Now you are spoilt of choices. :P :D evaluate each and make your own personal selection.
If you can tell what this apps does exactly, then probably it would be easier to suggest. Also is it only known a Catch or have kind of a Full descriptive name.


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Jan 1, 2016
The Guys announce that Drew's new book, Organize Your Genealogy, to be published by Family Tree Books, will be released on 1 July 2016. It is available for pre-order at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com.
The news includes:
· RootsMagic has released an update to its RM7 software to facilitate migration of Family Tree Maker (FTM) data.
· MyHeritage offers its Family Tree Builder for PC and Mac with tree-syncing capabilities with their online tree.
· MyHeritage announces the addition of a huge and diverse free collection of over 150,000 digitized books relevant to family history.
· Findmypast has recently added new materials, including additions to the British Newspapers and a quarterly update to the Periodical Source Index (PERSI).
· FamilySearch, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) have announced exciting milestones in the historic Freedmen's Bureau Project (DiscoverFreedmen.org).
· Drew recaps recent additions and updates to FamilySearch.
· The National Institute on Genealogical Research has announced that the institute's name was changed on 22 December 2015 to the Genealogical Institute on Federal Records (Gen-Fed) and its website is now located at http://www.gen-fed.org.
Listener email includes:
· Discussions continue about Ancestry.com's retirement of its Family Tree Maker desktop genealogy software. Opinions are expressed about whether to change to another software program, remain with the existing program, or migrate to a cloud-based family tree facility.
The Guys discuss their upcoming genealogical research goals and projects for 2016. They also want to hear about yours!


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Report Transportation
Working in the Dark
October 20, 2009This report analyzes the MTA's effectiveness at managing its five-year capital plans. It does so by examining the capital projects scheduled by the MTA for work in the three-year period from January 2005 to December 2007.
Testimony Transportation
Testimony on 2010 MTA Capital Plan
December 03, 2009Testimony before the New York State Senate Standing Committees on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions and Investigations and Government Operations on the MTA's 2010-2014 capital plan.
Letter Transportation
CBC and Others Outline a Plan to Finance Long-Term Capital Needs of the MTA
May 05, 2009This letter from the CBC and other advocates outlines a plan to finance the long-term capital needs of the MTA and its immediate operating deficit. The mobility tax should be used for expenses related to the MTA's capital plan, not for operating expenses after the first year.
Testimony Transportation
Testimony on Challenges Facing the MTA
September 03, 2009Testimony of CBC President Carol Kellermann to the New York State Senate Finance Committee regarding the critical challenges that will face the MTA in the coming years, including balancing the MTA's operating budget, financing new capital investments, and planning and implementing capital projects.
Letter Transportation
Letter to the Governor Regarding Ravitch Commission
January 28, 2009In this letter CBC agrees, for the most part, with a report released by the Commission on Metropolitan Transportation Authority Financing but offers suggestions for improvement. Specifically, CBC supports legislation to implement the Commission's core recommendations (with revision), which are highlighted in the testimony.
Testimony Capital Spending
Testimony on Public-Private Partnerships
January 07, 2009The testimony offers guidelines for the application of public-private partnerships (PPPs or P3s), suggests areas in which PPPs can be used in New York, and warns against and explains potential pitfalls in the application of PPPs.


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Change... Fear... Faith and The Fool (Card)
December 24, 2016
Most of you who know me well, are aware that tarot is not my preference with readings. I used to use the tarot decks all the time, so the meanings are still engraved in my mind. There is one card that I am being told by my guides many need to hear today, as it relates to many of the posts I am seeing on here.
Discussing this will help to clarify to those who FEAR CHANGE and how adventurous CHANGE truly can be.... The FOOL CARD is the lowest of the Court Cards in the Major Arcana, as they are known in tarot. By the lowest, I am speaking of the youngest. Young, adventurous, full of life, jumping into the unknown head on, leaving the past behind, Faith, learning and an open mind.
The Fool is a curious lad, always seeking change the the determination of a pure soul or a child. He has no reservations, knows what he wants and takes that leap of faith into new adventures. He knows no fear when it comes to change. The Fool is very aware that in order to grow or better himself, live happier, without caring what others think of him; he will be in a state of stagnation and staying in a comfort zone.
The comfort zone is the safety net that can hold back instead of allowing forward movement. He isn't one for settling in any area of his life, due to the comfort from knowing no different. He is very aware that whether he succeeds or not is up to him. No Fear....
As adults, many are so dependent on the safety nets we have placed within our lives. We may not be happy, but fear and the past are what keep us within this stagnation. Our souls crave change and learning, leading us down the path we are meant to be.
These changes are not limited when it comes to so all areas within our lives. Change in employment, thoughts, actions, home, all relationships; things that used to work for us now that no longer do and things that no longer serve a positive purpose in our lives.
So when you hear about change and just doing it, remember The Fool who embraces change through the eyes of a child. It's all about thought and action, perseverance, determination, no looking back at the past or mistakes and positivity. The outcome? Only The Fool knows, as it's his destination, goal, dream, wish and future.
We can die happy or wondering what if all of our lives. So everyone embrace change with an open heart and an open mind! Set out on that awesome adventure and see the many blessings along the way! Mind... Body and a Happy Soul!!!
With much Love and Light!