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TITLE: Fiona Bruce MP Hosts Event in Parliament on Religious Education in the classroom and religious content on the BBC
Fiona Bruce MP, Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Religious Education, recently hosted an event in Parliament on the relevance of faith-focused Religious Education and the BBC's coverage of religious material. Speakers considered how the study of different religious faiths can be used to inform national life and improve community cohesion. Speakers also considered the role that broadcasting agencies, like the BBC, can play in improving religious literacy across the nation, and reducing local community tensions.
Fiona received a room of over fifty guests, including Parliamentarians and representatives from a range of religious and non-religious groups. Keynote speakers included Jonathan Arkush, President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews – representing the UK's Jewish community - who spoke powerfully about the role that religious education can play in improving social cohesion. Steve Clifford, General Director of Evangelical Alliance – the voice for evangelical Christians in the UK – also gave a moving address about the ongoing relevance of the Christian faith within an increasingly secular society. Examples he gave included faith-inspired social action, such as prison visiting, youth work, job clubs and Street Pastors.
Providing a fresh perspective on the issue, Mark Friend - BBC controller leader of the BBC's recent Religion and Ethics Review - discussed the role that the nation-wide broadcaster can play, both in presenting religious groups positively and accurately in their programmes and in improving the public's religious literacy, and spoke of how carefully the BBC consider comments from members of the public – which was encouraging as a sparky question time followed his presentation!
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"When living in a society which prides itself on its cultural and religious diversity – a society in which over half the population hold a faith, according to the most recent census, - understanding the different religious beliefs which shape and motivate us and those in our communities is of utmost importance. This promotes community cohesion and reduces misunderstandings, which in a worst case scenario, can lead to damaging community friction and even disturbances. Religious Education both in and out of the classroom is, for this reason, invaluable and ought to be maintained. Events, such as this one, highlighting good practice in RE, play an integral role in ensuring that this goal is achieved.
It was particularly interesting to hear how the BBC is addressing contemporary challenges as they try to meet the needs and demands of a diverse and complex UK – and indeed international – audience, who hold so many disparate views. The BBC's work, when well done, should help us all understand the important role that faith plays for many people in their everyday lives, the beliefs that define us and the certainties that guide people in today's uncertain times."
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I reckon this style of dance music will be the next thing since Dubstep to hit Europe/UK in the head with a baseball bat. Warp Records is gonna release tracks by this guy DJ Mujava from Pretoria whose track "Township Funk" I've embedded for your viewing and listening pleasure. It's 10 in the morning and it's got me bobbing my head like a madman. Where's a dancefloor when you need one? BTW, some comments on youtube suggest he's dead.
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Gutter Twins Interview online now!March 18, 2008
Hey everybody,
a couple of weeks ago I posted about how my interview with the Gutter Twins had gone bad, 'cause I wasn't allowed to film them. This is what I made out of it. I think it's funny, especially Greg who sings "California Über Alles" as his favorite love song. I really like their debut "Saturnalia". It's been on my car stereo for weeks and weeks non-stop.
D-Sailors do BrazilDecember 14, 2007
My good friends of the D-Sailors have been playing melodic punkrock for over ten years in the style of US labels like Fat Wreck Chords or Epitaph or swedish label Burning Heart. They've been touring alot in Germany and even played gigs in Amsterdam and France, but till today all they have is a loyal hometown following in the small western German town of Jülich where they are heroes like Oasis in Manchester. Because they're from Jülich they call themselves a West Coast band, although Germany doesn't really have a West Coast.
BUT… the D-Sailors are big in Brazil! In 2007 they went on an extensive Brazilian tour sponsored by local shoe makers Red Nose Shoes. They shared the stage with Argentinians All The Hats, long time friends Nitrominds from Sao Paulo and Brazilian Hardcore heroes Dead Fish. You know what? They played live at MTV Brazil! How's that for a part-time Rockband?
This tour was their third time to play Brazil which is pretty awesome for a band that nearly nobody in Germany has ever heard of. They released three albums in Brazil and played in front of audiences of up to 4000 wild Brazilians. This all goes to show "what goes around comes around", because the whole Brazilian connection started when D-Sailors toured Germany with the Nitrominds in 2001.
OK, why am I posting this? Because you all can witness the fun and good times they had on their latest Brazil tour on web-tv channel sly-fi.com. The third episode "Punkrock in Brazil" went online this week and features live music and interviews with Nitrominds, Dead Fish and the man behind Dynamo Records, a Latin-American Rock label founded by Eric De Haas, a dutchman who emigrated to Brazil and who is somehow linked to the Dynamo Festival in Eindhoven.
Just check it out and enjoy all the episodes.

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Welcome to the next phase of building my design business–Greer Genius: designing the logo (read here for the post about naming the business).
Today I'm going to tell you all about my process in developing my logo in hopes that when it comes time for you to design (or redesign) yours, you have some solid tips to start from. (To see more pictures of my process, visit my portfolio.)
Step #1: Be your own client
What do you do when designing for a client?
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For me, it's ask questions.(PS. For more, read "55+ questions to ask when designing a logo")
What adjectives describe your business? Who is your target audience? What do you want people to say about your logo? How do you want to use your logo?
So, myself and I had a meeting and came up with the following guidelines for the Greer Genius logo.
- Professional but not stodgy. Creative, simple, yet engaging.
- Imagery must reflect the name and be purposeful.
- Flexible for a variety of applications, sizes, and substrates.
- Work well in a one color and reverse treatment in addition to full color. Would really be awesome to have a flexible color scheme, but not required.
- Incorporates the Greer Genius name and tagline ("brilliant graphic & web design") to establish my business and brand.
Step #2: Sketching
I started where I always start with my projects when it's time to get down to business: the sketchpad.
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I doodle, I write words that pertain to my subject matter, I brainstorm.
You've heard this a million times by now, but it never fails: you've got to get all the mediocre and bad ideas out of your head so that the good ones start flowing.
With a name like Greer Genius, my doodles included light bulbs, poorly drawn brains, gears, links, and exclamation points; and words such as idea, thought, intelligent, inspiration, spark, bang!, mind, brilliant, and so forth.
I drew the words 'Greer Genius' in cursive, in all uppercase, in all lowercase…you get the idea. Wonderful what a page of sketching (even stick-figures) will do to get the gears turning.
Step #3: Font Selection
Right, so I had direction and the creative juices were flowing.
I opened up Illustrator and started with the business name: Greer Genius.
I began at Agency FB (the first font alphabetically in my character panel) and went through each one, copying and pasting ones I liked for future testing. After Zapfino Dingbats I had about 12 Greer Geniuses lying around, so I split my font favorites into two groups: serif and sans serif.
I had no idea which one I preferred, but these were the fonts (of all of my fonts) that I liked, and it seemed to make sense to me to separate them in this way.
I really started to assess what I liked/disliked in each of the fonts.
Berlin Sans FB Demi Bold was too cartoony; Trebuchet MS too blocky (see i) and normal. In the serifs I was primarily concerned about stroke width.
I liked the vowels (e and u, particularly) in Constantia but the capital G feels like it's got a pointy serif about to strike the crossbar. I wasn't crazy about the upward serif and rounded r on the Georgia font, and Calisto MT's e is too top-heavy.
My top picks? Serif: Palatino Linotype. Sans-serif: Candara.
Step #4: Adding Imagery
With my sketchpad of ideas next to me, I started working with imagery: brains, gears, light bulbs, lightning etc.
I put the brains in the gears and the gears in the brain. I tried silhouettes or cutouts and introduced colors and tones. A lot of my ideas were unimaginative. But I kept on with the mediocre and bad ideas, knowing that the good ones were on the way.
The moment of inspiration hit me at the very end of my second brainstorming session.
I developed the first draft of the burst logo you're seeing today. I didn't give up on my brain logo, but something drew me toward the burst.
Step #5: Setting it Aside
As I have mentioned before, I don't make long-term decisions quickly.
So I didn't even look at my logo ideas for 2 days.
I wanted to, but I didn't.
I wanted to test my emotional reaction to the logos I had; let my brain subconsciously chew on the pros and cons of each logo and how each fulfilled my criteria. I liked what I remembered seeing, but would I when I returned?
Step #6: Refining
After careful reflection, I settled on the burst logo and started refining the concept.
I took out the stroke separating the name and tagline. I played with the justification, letter forms, and tracking.
I tweaked the burst in (almost) every imaginable way. I played with color schemes and gradients. The logo began to feel as if a complete physical checkup would involve less poking and prodding.
When I had exhausted the derivatives, I had 15 different versions of my burst logo, and probably 20 or 30 more that went to logo heaven. Of those 15, I narrowed it down (pretty easily) to 2 versions, and from there made the final decision on the logo you see below.
Step #7: Analysis:
Let's take a look at my guidelines and see how I've done. Parts of this process are totally subjective, so I'll try to define and explain my positions.
- I feel I developed a very simple yet professional logo. The font (Candara) is robust and stalwart with just enough friendliness and creativity in the slight concavity of the strokes while the burst gives life and energy to the logo.
- The burst emulates, to me, that spark of inspiration, that breakthrough "aha!" moment one experiences during a brainstorming/development session. The gradient gives the burst movement and energy, as if a light were shining outward from the center.
- This logo will scale well and work in embroidered, printed, or on screen applications without losing or obscuring elements of the design.
- I absolutely love the color flexibility in this logo. It's beautiful to me because I don't really have to choose one color scheme for forever; I can choose the most appropriate color scheme for the application. Brilliant! I am so pleased with this flexibility.
- Obvious. The name and tagline are in the logo. However, I like how the hierarchy plays out and the readability of the text. Many people feel small caps/all caps are difficult to read, but in this situation I feel that this treatment is the simplest, cleanest, and easiest to read.
It really was a scary prospect of designing something for myself. There's no one to make the final decisions for me, and really, what good designer can't make her own fantastic logo? That fear of failing myself in my own livelihood made me feel really put on the spot. Ultimately, though, the pride of a job well done prevails!
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[Red/Cleveland is reading Andy's/Peter's letter]
Andy's voice: Dear Red, if you've come this far, maybe you're willing to go a little further. You remember the name of the town in Mexico, right?
[Red pauses]
Red: CRAP!
Paul: You fondled me in my sleep?
Stewie: Yep.
Paul: I'm not sure I'm okay with that.
Stewie: Well, it's done.
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Over 7000 years of civilized history puts Syria as the oldest civilization on this planet. Welcome to history.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Speed of the Internet - Twitter Journalism
We told them Syria is different, they didn't believe and thought they can copy their success in destabilizing and destructing decades long serving regimes in the region onto Syria, we warned them, but they insisted on their plan, so we tell them: You will reap what you sow.
In one of the ways Syria is different any mishandling of an event in Syria will deface the person mishandling it, in particular, if the way you are mishandling was intended not to pass an info as much as you want to fuel a crisis, the worst mishandling is when that fueling results in losing lives of innocents who based their judgments on the information passed by such 'professional journalists'.
This is a second post in regards with how a CNN anchor Ms. Hala Gorani deals with the current events in Syria where we cannot understand how fast Ms. Gorani responds to adopt news of negative value towards the Syrian Government while hesitate in even mentioning any positive news towards the govt. or any person who feels he or she deserves to see the truth and verified information on an internationally well known news station and not to be silenced by the anchor in a sarcastic way, our first blog is here: http://democratic-syria.blogspot.com/2011/07/professionalism-of-cnn-anchor-ms-hala.html
Today we will see another instant of a news but this time on a magnitude scale that might cause a sect of people to divide and have internal clashes and more intended to cause a crack in the Syrian army between officers serving under the former minister of defense and the officers serving under the new minister forgetting that the loyalty of a Syrian soldier comes first to the country Syria and second to the leader of the army the president and unlike other armies Syrian Army Soldiers and Officers loyalty is unshakable which explains that despite over 5 months not a single brigade or even an officer of importance has defected from the army!!
The instant goes as follows: Ms. Gorani tweets: "Seeing reports Ali Habib, the Defense Minister Assad sacked yesterday, was found dead/died in his home. #Working #Syria"
Seeing reports Ms. Gorani? Is this a new trend in journalism? You see reports then you deliver a news of this magnitude? Forget that the person mentioned in your tweet is holding the second rank in the Syrian Army, forget that he was the deputy head of the armed force in Syria, forget that he was a hero throughout his career, keep aside he's one of the most decorated officers, leave all that aside, how about his family? His home city people? Or was your information intended to cause damage to all of that? I hope I'm wrong.
Ms. Gorani of course didn't mention in her tweet why the former minister was replaced and chose the word 'Sacked', that might not be wrong but using this word itself gives a hidden message that the minster was punished due to loyalty doubts or at least bad conduct, while the majority of Syrian people know the fact the former minister Mr. Habib was having health issues and the time of crisis in Syria would require full attention he's not capable of right now as lives are being lost on daily basis from civilians and army officers all over the country.
When someone brings to her attention in a reply to her first tweet above, that Mr. Habib is not dead and it's confirmed, still Ms. Gorani's journalist professionalism suddenly awakes and inquire for a source?!
Hala Gorani: "What's the source? @BaronGFS@HalaGorani he's alive and it's confirmed"
The well known anchor speeds light in correcting the tweet after speeding the same light in spreading the first rumor only when a prominent reporter Mr. Ian Black confirms the news that Mr. Habib wasn't found dead, she retweets without her sarcastic comments this time:
Hala Gorani: "RT @ian_black ali habib, sacked syrian defence minister is "more than alive" according to damascus source who saw him this morning #Syria"
Honestly, we are trying to understand what line of journalism does Ms. Gorani follows but obviously it's not a constructive one to a country that did no harm against Ms. Gorani, while it's worth mentioning that a month ago she was personally in Damascus and meeting the deputy foreign minster of Syria Mr. Faisal Miqdad, so why Ms. Gorani don't you refrain yourself from reporting unverified news and news based on seeing reports? We hope Ms. Gorani returns to credible sources especially in a country that faces an internal conflict and that any unverified wrong news might cause lost of lives of innocents.
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Naturally, I agree with the point that was made.ReplyDelete
Moving now to a completely different subject, but staying on the topic of reality and news media in Syria, I read the following at http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-08/11/c_131041648.htm President Assad on 10 Aug 2011 met with a delegation of representatives of the governments of India, Brazil and South Africa. The delegation afterwards is reported as having reported that "the process of revision of the constitution would be completed by February/March 2012, al-Assad told the delegation." I have not seen this news at SANA. I have not seen any completion date for revision of the constitution at SANA. In fact, I have not heard any mention of at all of revision of the constitution from Syrian government sources for more than a month. In particular, over the past month there were numerous reports at SANA about the new elections law and the new political parties law -- these laws were approved during the month by the Cabinet, and then by the President, and I think maybe by the Parliament -- but in none of these reports was there any mention of the repeal of Article 8. The repeal of Article 8 is a necessary part of making the new parties and elections laws real laws. The government has not so far talked about Article 8 as such whatsoever.
This blog, democratic-syria, has been focused on bogus media reports. That's a valid activity. But, at this point, most of us have already had more than a full bellyful of bogus media reports. I already know that 90% of what's at News.Google.com concerning Syria is trash and that the producers of the trash are incorrigible. What I still haven't had enough of is reality in Syria. If anybody knows a place on the Internet were people are talking in English about reality in Syria, please let me know.
The following video gets the "best of the month" prize for demonstrating the extent to which the Syrian dissidents are willing and able to go to generate fake news. The video shows the dissidents blowing up a minaret with the intention of creating fake evidence that army tanks were firing in an undisciplined way.ReplyDelete
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We do our best to share only verified news from sources trustworthy as direct families, relatives and friends in different parts of Syria, cross check it with our official sources and apply common sense to it before sharing.
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Years ago, my wife read Boundaries, that classic book on interpersonal relationships by Henry Cloud and John Townsend. As often happens in marriage, my lovely bride wanted me to understand her more fully, and so she asked me to read the book as well. The opening chapter described a "day in the life" of an un-boundaried person, and I will never forget my incomprehensible response to that description: "Why would anyone live this way?" I was overwhelmed with a tragi-comic sense of disbelief that anyone would struggle to say 'no' in a way that so catastrophically inconvenienced his or her life.
I recall that experience because I had a similar reaction to an article I encountered this past month, called "Excommunicate Me from the Church of Social Justice." The piece, written by one Frances Lee, a self-identified QTPOC (Queer Transgender Person of Colour who prefers the personal pronoun "they"), documents the angst and anxiety of life within the social justice movement. That piece had, to me, the same tragi-comic flavour—tragic, because the account of the insider life of a social justice advocate sounds horrible; comic, because I simply can't imagine ever choosing to live that way.
"It is a terrible thing," Lee writes, "to be afraid of my own community members." Why the fear? Lee is formally an insider by virtue of his/her/their gender and sexual identity. Furthermore, Lee is clear about his/her/their formal alignment to the critical list of modern causes, expressed in a desire to "obliterate white supremacy, anti-blackness, cisheteropatriarchy, ableism, capitalism, and imperialism." What is the source of the fear, then? Lee writes:
It is the fear of appearing impure. Social death follows when being labeled a "bad" activist or simply "problematic" enough times. I've had countless hushed conversations with friends about this anxiety, and how it has led us to refrain from participation in activist events, conversations, and spaces because we feel inadequately radical.
It is, then, the fear of inadequate radicality—the fear of misalignment at the core of a given issue which is, de facto, defined by the experience of the other who holds all of the markers that define the cause. It is, presumably, the fear that generates strings of letters like LGBTTQQIAAP (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, ally, pansexual)—which seem grounded in the horror that a category might possibly be left out. In response to this fear, Lee writes, "I am always ready to apologize for anything I do that a community member deems wrong, oppressive, or inappropriate—no questions asked." This is a horror to me, simply because it doesn't describe a relationship so much as a tyranny—the tyranny, in this case, of the self-identity of the offended which produces not so much a relationship as a hostage situation.
Neglecting these declarations bears real repercussions, such that "Punishments for saying/doing/believing the wrong thing include shaming, scolding, calling out, isolating, or eviscerating someone's social standing." You are either in, or out, and this is primarily because, Lee suggests, "dogmatic activism creates an environment that encourages people to tell other people what to do." The end result, Lee reflects, is that "The amount of energy I spend demonstrating purity in order to stay in the good graces of fast-moving activist community is enormous. Activists are some of the judgiest people I've ever met, myself included."
As I read—and as I've thought about it over the past few weeks—my mind has gone to two places. The first was to remember Jung Chang's Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, which is the story of her life, her mother's life, and her grandmother's life as they span the events in China from before the revolution to the present day. Poignant in my memories from that book are her descriptions of her mother's life during the Cultural Revolution, when everyday citizens had to labour to prove themselves sufficiently proletarian, to mask all vestiges of bourgeois identity. She documents how Chinese under Mao plucked grass by hand from outside their homes because grass itself was considered excessively bourgeois. In the midst of these horrors Chang recounts the system whereby one citizen could denounce another with an accusation of bourgeois sentiments or activities and destroy that person's home, family, and livelihood in the process.
The second place my mind has gone is to C.S. Lewis's essay, "The Inner Ring." There, Lewis describes the social phenomenon of insiders and outsiders, and especially insiders and outsiders where the key identity markers of a group is that "we" exist by virtue of a "them." And yet within this the boundaries for what marks inside and outside are not necessarily clear. A given individual has a clear sense that certain people are "in the know," that he is not one of those in the know, and that he must do all he can to get himself in the good graces of those in the know so that he can be part of the inner ring himself. And yet even these boundaries are unclear, because there is always a ring within the ring, a circle within the circle, where the mystic source of true power lies. It is an image of community that is in fact a pure expression of hellish divisiveness. It is also a picture that Lewis puts to powerful effect in his novel, That Hideous Strength.
The correlation between Mao's China, Lewis's Inner Ring, and Lee's "church of social justice" are hopefully clear. They are also ironic. In all three situations, groups with the ostensible purpose of coming together for some greater good (political, institutional, social) by virtue of their subjective nature in fact perform the opposite of that good. In the process, the mechanics by which humans collaborate are utilized hellishly, so fellowship collapses into fear, understanding gives way to uncertainty, and identity into fractiousness. To further this irony, Lee's title suggests that his/her/their experiences of insider activist life correlate to an experience of the church, and this is teased out with references to dogma, purity, and the like. However, if you read the article (and I think you should), I think you'll find that the metaphor simply doesn't play out. Lee's experience correlates to no church that I've ever known or experienced, and perhaps only marginally to some churches I've heard about in certain horror stories. And yet, Lee's experience within social justice activism (as testified by comments on the piece) appears to resonate strongly with a broad range of likeminded people. Lee's experience, while apparently normative for social justice, is abnormal for the church (and when it does happen the church has recourse to call it out and correct it).
I suspect that the key difference between the church of social justice and that of Jesus Christ is one of subjectivism and objectivism. On a subjective scale of values, the "other" always holds the cards of self-definition, issue-definition, and, of course, authority on a given narrative of pain or injustice. On an objective scale of values, a given thing external to both you and me becomes the standard by which actions and persons are judged. For Christian communities, this external thing ought to be the Scriptures and Tradition, and it seems clear that when churches slip into the kind of aberrant inner-ring, witch hunting relationships, it does so by ignoring the objective standards and projecting a subjective one on others.
"This is what the Lord says," cries Jeremiah (6:16), "Stop at the crossroads and look around. Ask for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls." For a given issue, I have my marching orders—seek the ancient, godly path and walk in it. I need no anxiety, no nail-biting, no fear that I am conforming to the subjective projections of my peers, because, fundamentally, they too are called to seek those ancient paths, and, in fact, we are called to walk them together. In that mutual walking, we have common recourse to our text and tradition; these sources help us to adjudicate any and all disagreements. Of course, we can always ignore God's ways—something that Jeremiah goes on explicitly to say in the very next phrase. He finishes (or rather the Lord finishes), "But you reply, 'No, that's not the road we want!'"
I'm grateful, for what it's worth, to have been given the opportunity to see the inside of Lee's world for this short time, if only because our world is increasingly divided and siloed. In this, my intention has not been to pass judgment, but simply to reflect upon and identify what is the tragic, strange world which many of my more liberal friends appear to inhabit. I find in them an admirable, rich desire for justice. And yet, to their desire, a question remains: "Which Justice?" If you give an objective answer—one that stands in judgment over both you and I in equal measure—then that objective judgment has become in that moment tyrannical and oppressive, if only in regard to the injustice of our previous thoughts and actions. There can be no justice, in other words, without power, some kind of domination, and without an objective standard with which to negotiate these activities. And this, for my liberally minded peers, may be the greatest tragedy of all—that the further they move from the Author of justice, the further their desire extends beyond their reach.


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How mortifying.
We like to get our dogs, Tanzie (short for "tanzanite") and Hobo (short for "moron") all riled up, and then let them out the door, screaming "Get the squirrel! Get the squirrel! BITE the squirrel" or whatever.
The dogs get so excited they start baying and howling, the exercise is good for them. We have an acre, and an electric fence, so though the dogs can run around like nuts for a few minutes, barking at shadows, they aren't going anywhere.
Tonight, the older younger Munger had some friends over.
The UPS truck pulls up (as it does twice a day, this time of year), and I yell to my wife, "Brown is here!" since Brown is usually bringing something for her, either for her work as an attorney or some gift. (Yes, we call UPS "Brown." We didn't make it up).
So, just as the UPS is getting back into his truck, the dogs crowd up to the door, because they know what is coming.
And, I start shrieking, "Get the Brown man! Bite the Brown man!" The dogs howl, I open the door, and the dogs streak out to the road so they can bark at the truck as it goes around our property to the main road.
The dogs are really into it, so I continue: "GET HIM! BITE the BROWN man!"
I turn around, and my son and his two friends are peering down the stairs at me.
Not my proudest moment as a parent.
Monday, December 11, 2006
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- HispanicPundit said...
hahahaha...that was one of the funniest stories I read today. Imagine your embarrassment if your sons two friends had been Hispanic. LOL. I could only imagine their thoughts "Oh boy, another typical North Carolina guy...we should have moved to Los Angeles". LOL. I kid....
- 12:59 AM, December 12, 2006
- Mungowitz said...
One of the friends WAS Latino. And IS, I suppose. He accepted the explanation, but that says more about what a good guy he is than what a good explainer I am....
- 8:21 AM, December 12, 2006
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In the world of sports video games, bragging rights count for a lot. This statement is not only true among players but game makers as well. Soccer is arguably the most popular sport on the planet, and the FIFA series is the most widely known soccer game. Basketball has been growing steadily in popularity worldwide, and the 2K series has dominated basketball video games for many years. Which of these two franchises rules?
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As far as sales, NBA 2K18 is the clear winner. The 2K18 version was the best-selling sports video game of last year and second best-selling game overall. In early January, FIFA 2018 reached the $10 million mark regarding sales.
Game Features: NBA 2K18
2K18 improves in many ways upon previous entries, especially when it comes to team synergy. Players seem to know their roles better and engage in far fewer random moves. Teammate AI is not perfect, but it is pretty darn good. Microtransactions are the main drawback of this game. Even the most fun games can become unpleasant grinds when the goal is to raise points for in-game purchases.
Game Features: FIFA 2018
Players who love offense, offense, and more offense will eat up FIFA 2018. Offensive controls and options are so precise that defense is frustrating to play. As a consequence, game scores tend to be rather high. These high scores aren't the soccer equivalent of NBA Jam, but it is geared toward the fantastic and nearly unbelievable plays.
If You Could Only Choose One
Regardless of which sport you prefer, NBA 2K18 does a better job of translating the actual game into a video game. Unless the developer is going for a gimmick game, sports video games succeed or fail based on how well they recreate the game experience. NBA 2K18 does this better, and that could well be why it's sales are so phenomenal. If mom is complaining about having so many games and wants you to pick only one, go with NBA 2K18.
Benefits of Playing Either Game
Okay, so you have to make a choice. Basketball or soccer? Which one is it going to be? The thing is, it doesn't matter which one you choose because playing a video game is beneficial to your overall health. According to BroBible, playing FIFA gives you more of an understanding of the World's Most Popular Sport and playing a game where cat-like reflexes are needed, it helps with hand-eye coordination. According to Leviathyn, "video games can help with your social, mental, and even physical health."So, when deciding which game to play, understand that you can learn a few things that will go a long way in your life.
Closing Thoughts
Soccer may still be the most popular sport in the real world, but in the gaming world, it has a lot of catching up to do. NBA 2K18 is the current reigning sports video game for good reason.


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Saw her today, after over three months
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She's about as appealing as a browned, over-ripe fruit now
I don't find her attractive anymore
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of falling abruptly in and out of love with a body
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Time lapse videography allows us to see details in the passage of time that go unnoticed to our eyes. These fleeting moments are almost imperceptible as we go about our daily lives, until we compress this time so that we can see motion, action, and trends in a sequence of individual frames of information. This collection of images can include thousands of frames of information, and when brought together and edited to music and entirely new world of information is presented to our eyes and ears.
I was always captivated with time lapse photography of clouds and plants, but wanted to transfer this concept to the construction of buildings. These events can occur over many months and years. Using time lapse photography reveals the stages of demolition, site development, construction, and site completion. Tiny details emerge as the interplay of light, weather, and construction are captured. In addition, you are able to document a piece of construction history that would otherwise be lost, or otherwise potentially captured only in a few still images.
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At the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, I took the concept of capturing images through traditional video cameras, and later web cameras and recording individual video frames to a server. Later, thousands of still images would be collected and compiled with digital editing software to create short video segments. This may include 3 frames a day. For some segments, individual frames were purposely deleted to avoid stroboscopic issues with bright and dark images, depending upon the weather, season, and lighting for specific days. Later, music would be chosen to accentuate the emotional feel of the edited piece.
Showing these videos to various audiences, always seems to illicit a sense of wonder and amazement. It is a way to capture those fleeting moments we miss in our lives, and also persevere a sense of history in the process.
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I think it was in the nineties when I first picked up the book, "The Abundant Herds" at our local library. Written by acclaimed author Marguerite Poland and social anthropologist David Hammond-Tooke, describing the almost poetic names that Zulu people gave to their Nguni cattle, beautifully illustrateded by Leigh Voigt.
I was stunned by the quality and quantity of watercolor and oil paintings adorning the pages, currently in the Oppenheimers' Africana collection.
It was a couple of years later when I was asked by a lady from Ubombo, who was part of a project called MAMA AFRIKA, to paint Nguni cattle onto plates, which she would then glaze and fire.
This, of course, sparked the idea to paint some Nguni cattle in oil. These were my first two Nguni oil paintings:
They sold within two weeks of putting them on the Internet, so... many followed!
My husband, who takes a keen interest in my art, and is often a very helpful critic, prompted me to paint some Nguni with the Ubombo mountains in the background:
I did a series of numerous Nguni watercolours, of which below are a few examples:
I also printed and sold these as greeting cards.
In 2012 I did my first 'big' Nguni painting.
I often prepare my painting digitally before I paint it, which is what I did in this case. This way I sort out the composition, eliminate unnecessary detail, focusing on the subject of interest, using harmonising colours in the process:
Some of the animals were dehorned, so I had to give them horns. I also changed the ears of the beast in the front, as pure-bred Nguni don't have hanging ears like that. Once I started painting, I had to tweak the background a couple of times, before it worked. This was the result:
I've since done two other big Nguni paintings, both from photographs supplied to me by local journalist, Larry Bentley, which he took at the Tugela River.
|"Reflections", 1500 x 900mm, Oil on stretched Canvas.
The latest group that I did, was a smaller one:
|"On the Road", 1000 x 350mm, Acrylic and Oil on Stretched Canvas. (SOLD)
For other recent Nguni paintings, as well as prices, see my website.
Follow me on FB to see paintings as they 'come off the easel'.
I've recently taken some beautiful photos of Nguni herds in the Nkandla area and am itching to transform them into paintings. It is a very mountainous area; here is a typical scene:
My next Nguni painting will be Nguni painting number 61!
My next Nguni painting will be Nguni painting number 61!


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Washington, DC—Today, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and numerous other parties reached a settlement with Feld Entertainment, Inc. (Feld) ending over a decade of litigation. The settlement resolves a request by Feld for attorneys' fees and costs stemming from an action brought by AWI and others over the alleged abuse of Asian elephants in Feld's circus and resolves a related action brought by Feld. AWI believes that Feld's request for attorneys' fees and costs, and the related action brought by Feld, are without merit and that AWI ultimately would have prevailed in both actions. However, the projected attorneys' fees and other costs to defend both actions would have greatly exceeded what was necessary for AWI to pay to reach a settlement with Feld. As part of the settlement, AWI does not admit any liability or wrongdoing.
"Once the trial and appellate courts determined that no decision would be reached on the merits of the evidence concerning the alleged abuse of Asian elephants in Feld's circus, the legal proceedings stopped being about the protection of elephants. Nonetheless, as a result of all the facts discovered and presented as evidence at trial, Feld's treatment of Asian elephants has finally been exposed for the public to see. With this settlement, we are better able to move forward with our mission to alleviate the suffering and harm inflicted by people on animals everywhere, including those animals in the entertainment industry," stated AWI's President, Cathy Liss.
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A new Android app which measures diameters may be useful to rocketry hobbyists. ON Diameter is a free app which measures the diameter of an object such as a model rocket body tube.
You place the object to be measured anywhere on your Android device's screen then move three cross points to align with the object's boundary. The object's diameter and area will be shown on the screen. You can toggle the units to select inches or millimeters.
The screen shots above show the app being used to measure several items as well as the screens used to calibrate your device for accurate measurements.
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My mum and sister drove up to Canterbury yesterday, and are visiting until Friday. Since I was only able to get yesterday and today off of work, we have made the most of our time together.
Yesterday after Mum and Abigail arrived at around 2.30, Abigail stayed at my brother's house with him and his girlfriend while Mum and I walked around Canterbury. I showed her Westgate Gardens and we walked along the river to the High Street and bought ice-cream. We also stopped off at a gorgeous little cafe called Cafe St Pierre and bought some pastries. All their pastries are delivered from France early each morning, and at around 4pm they reduce lots of prices so they don't have to throw them away – we bought a fruit tartelette, two slices of apple tart, an apricot-custard lattice and a pain au raisin, for 90p each! Bargain.
We also stopped at the new Marlowe Theatre and looked at all the programmes of the shows that I want to see. If I go and see everything, even purchasing the cheapest seats, it will cost me £187. I'm not sure if I can justify that expense…although the shows are spread out over several months (til next July in fact).
After our wander around we headed back to my brother's house and had dinner with him and his girlfriend. She made a yummy spag bol with mixed fruit and our fruit pastries for dessert. We watched Tangled and Monsters Inc, then Mum and I walked back to my house, had a cup of tea and went to bed.
This morning I had a lie-in, then my brother and sister walked over to my house and the four of us went to Howlett's Zoo near Canterbury. I've never been there before, despite living in Canterbury for almost 5 years. I never knew it was such an amazing place – I was imagining a tiny little farm type place, but they have had a great breeding programme for so many different animals – gorillas, elephants etc, there was so much to see!
So we did the zoo, and cooed and ahhed over the babies animals, then I dropped my brother and sister to my brother's house (she is staying with him and Mum is staying with me) and Mum and I have been busy since – we went and picked blackberries from the hedges near the river, and Mum felt like doing some crafting so is half-way through making a very cute stuffed dog! Dinner is in the oven and we're now sat down waiting for Downton Abbey to start.
After we've had dinner I'm going to make jam! Yay for ticking off two things from my Bucket List 🙂
Phew! That's a lot to cram into just 30 or so hours!
I'm bummed that I have to work tomorrow, but Mum and Abigail will find stuff to occupy themselves and we're going to plan something for the evening, before they leave on Friday morning. A whistle-stop tour, but lots of fun and family time which I'm very grateful for.


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The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has finalised an "End-to-End IT solution'' to audit the Goods and Services Tax (GST). The proposal envisages a pilot programme on the GST audit which will be ready by October this year and, after two beta versions, a final stage of near real-time peer review, and a digital audit report by March 2019. CAG Shashi Kant Sharma told The Indian Express that with GST becoming a reality, they too are in a position to come out with an audit on a digital platform within one working financial year.
"Our idea is to create a data-driven platform for auditing the GST which is independent of time, place and person. Our State Auditor Generals are already interacting with state governments with requirements for the digital GST audit," he said. Sharma will be in Bangalore next month to inaugurate the nodal centre of the CAG for the GST auditing process.
The GST digital audit, according to CAG officials, will create many firsts. It aims to leave a zero-paper trail and go completely paperless from day one with key features of the platform being a digitally-filed audit and real-time monitoring.
A data warehouse will be created by a security-cleared CAG team with data being collected from sources such as the GSTN, the Central Board of Excise and Customs and commercial taxes departments of all states and UTs. Data will also be collected by the CAG from "third parties" such as the Income Tax department, urban municipalities and corporations, e-commerce, Airport Authority of India, Medical Council of India, agricultural marketing committees and other regulatory bodies.
According to the CAG proposal, information relating to audit observations raised in field inspection reports and, subsequently, draft paras prepared by GST audit officers will also be stored in the data warehouse and will be accessible to stakeholders after security clearance.
The CAG proposes to use Aadhaar-based OTP and finger-print authentication for entry into the portal by any user, entry by officers of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department (IAAD) working on the GST audit as well as for digital signatures of documents.
Senior GST officials said beta versions of the GST audit will aim to set up a Comprehensive Audit Management Platform as well as a Knowledge Management System and that the final digital audit will see the use of a mobile audit app, a "real-time" peer review and a risk-based Quality Assurance.
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Gazing up at the monuments of the ancient lost city of Petra – feet sinking into soft red sand and dust swirling about – you can't help but be amazed by the genius of its ancient Nabatean builders.
Wealthy traders and masterful rock sculptors, they chiseled a vast city of beautifully carved tombs, temples and houses out of rose-and-peach rock in the Jordanian desert.
Lost city of Petra, Jordan
The Nabateans started building Petra around the 5th century B.C.
They likely chose the site for easy defence. Its wondrous entrance way – the Siq – is its only access.
For ancient Petra stood at the crossroads of ancient trade routes linking East and West. Caravans of camels loaded with spices, incense, silks and gold were taxed by the Nabateans for safe entry through the Siq.
A center for trade and culture, Petra at its height was a glory of the ancient world.
Over time, however, its glory began to fade and it was eventually abandoned 800 years after being founded. Many of the tombs were looted and, for centuries, Petra was "lost" to the modern world.
Lost, that is, until a Swiss explorer named Johannes Burckhardt re-discovered it in 1812.
The story goes that, dressed as an Arab, he persuaded his Bedouin guide to lead him to the lost city.
Today, Petra is a a UNESCO World Heritage Site, ranking alongside the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal and the Mayan city of Chichen Itza as one of the "New Seven Wonders of the World."
It has more than 800 registered archeological sites, including 500 tombs.
Petra Siq:
To reach the Petra ruins, a horse carries you along a stony track to the entrance of the fabled Siq, a 3/4-mile path snaking through a narrow mountain canyon.
At the entrance, you can ride in a horse-drawn carriage – or walk – through the Siq.
Sandstone cliffs soar more than 260 feet high on either side as you make your way along the Siq's twisting turns.
It's quite dramatic to follow this path – sometimes it squeezes tight to only seven feet in width.
Stone idols line the rock walls, and guides point out the clay pipes that fed water into the city.
The limestone slabs beneath your feet or carriage wheels date back to Roman times.
Petra Treasury:
Suddenly a magnificent rock carving – the Treasury (or Al-Khazneh) comes into view.
You can't help but gasp when you see this colossal 140-foot high monument.
Sunlight illuminates the façade's double row of 12 Corinthian columns, crowned by a giant stone urn.
Despite its name, the Treasury never actually contained treasure – it was a tomb that was later used as a temple. (Inside, there's nothing much to see except for a couple of bare rooms with high ceilings.)
Petra tombs:
Now turn left down a colonnaded street. (The horse carriages only go as far as the Treasury, so you have to walk.)
Hundreds of royal tombs, sacred halls, mammoth temples, cave houses and even an ampitheater sprawl before you in a desert valley.
Climbing up to the Petra Monastery
Petra's grandest edifice, the Monastery, is some distance away from the Treasury – and a breath-sucking climb up 850 granite steps (or you can ride a donkey up).
At least you can get a refreshing cup of tea from a simple Bedouin tea shack up top.
Interestingly, researchers have discovered the Nabateans sculpted their monuments to capture key celestial events and sunlight images, such as the lion's head (a sacred animal) reflected by the setting sun at the Monastery.
Recommended reading: If you love Petra, you'll love Egypt's ancient tombs and temples too! Read all about it here
Ancient city of Petra – not forgotten today
Petra thrived for centuries, only fading away away in the 4th century A.D. when the Nabateans left – perhaps earthquakes or shifting trade routes led to its decline.
After Burckhardt re-discovered Petra, the English theological scholar John William Burgon penned a poem in 1845 about Petra. Even though he never actually visited the city, he famously called it "a rose-red city half as old as time." The name stuck, and the city is known today as the rose-red city of Petra.
So far, perhaps only 15% of the city has been unearthed.
Who knows what other secrets this ancient kingdom may yet reveal?
Petra by night
If you stay overnight (which we highly recommend), you may want to return to the Petra archaeological site when it's dark.
Visiting Petra by night is a totally different experience.
That's when the Siq is hand-lit by 1,500 candles; you slowly walk along the Siq to the Treasury. No large tourist groups. No horse-drawn carriages passing you by. Expect to be completely awed by the silence and the experience of treading the centuries-worn path by candlelight.
At the Treasury, you sit on rugs and listen to a musician play an ancient flute-like instrument and a Bedouin guide share a story about Petra.
A fan of UNESCO World Heritage Sites? Sri Lanka boasts 8 fabulous sites – read next…
Tips: How to Visit Petra
Petra is the best of Jordan's tourist attractions. Many travelers visit Jordan and Petra Archaeologic Park on package tours. Cruises to the Middle East often offer shore excursions to Petra too.
Amman is the capital of Jordan. If flying into Amman, here's how to get from Amman to Petra.
If traveling independently, hire a licensed tour guide to make the most of your Petra visit (book at the Petra Visitor Centre).
Ideally, allow two days to take in the whole 65-acre site. Two-day entrance fees are 55 J.D. (about $78 USD) and include a horseback ride to the beginning of the Siq (extra cost for a horse-drawn carriage ride to the Treasury monument). A one-day entrance fee is 50 J.D. (about $70 USD).
The 2-hour "Petra by Night" 2-hour show is offered on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, starting at 8:30 pm. Tickets for this cost extra: 17 JD (about $24 USD).
Try to walk up to the Monastery, rather than paying to ride a donkey. (Charities work with the animals' owners to help improve their conditions, but there are still reports of mistreatment.)
For more Petra facts and information, see the Visit Petra website.
Where to stay in Petra
We stayed at the 5 star Movenpick Resort Petra.
It's the closest hotel to Petra, located directly at the site's entrance, and has 183 newly renovated rooms and an outdoor pool.
Best time to visit Petra:
Spring (March to May) and autumn (September to November) are the best times to visit, when days are pleasantly warm.
Avoid the scorching heat of summer.
Is it safe to visit Petra?
Jordan is generally considered safe to visit (but check government travel advisories before you go).
Health and comfort:
You shouldn't get sick if you drink only bottled water and eat at recommended places.
As Petra is sandy, wear comfortable closed-toe walking shoes (not travel sandals) and carry bottled water, a hat and sunscreen.
Travel guide books on Petra and Jordan
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The Three Types of People (as told by inspirational speakers)
Some watch what's happening.
Some make things happen.
Some wonder what's happening.
Making things happen:
Imagine the ideal situations you long for (travel, romance, a special car, more friends, etc.) and then ask: How can I make these ideal situations happen?
The first thing is to know it's going to take awhile. Knowing this makes it easier to be patient: a talent that goes hand-in-hand with happiness.
The best case scenario:
Since money is the grease making more things possible…
We need to earn enough money to be able to save some while doing something we're good at, and the "something" should ideally allow time to go by mostly unnoticed while we do it.
We need to move rapidly and learn to notice when we begin to rush. We tend to rush when we don't have a well-thought-out plan. Not rushing makes it more likely we'll innovate our way to the above ideal situations by being more positive minded and honing our best abilities.
Be realistic only when we should be. Think big, dream big. This will prompt us to recognize unusual opportunities and notice again opportunities we may have overlooked.
We shouldn't worry about this taking awhile if we've set things up so we are using our best talents. It's hard work to plan and then put the plan into action, but what a payoff.
So, we work by planning and doing and taking care of our health, allowing us to take better care of ourselves and others.
(Thank you for spending some of your time reading this blog.)


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Author list: Yazdanfar, Darush;Öhman, Peter
Publisher: Malmö University
Publication year: 2017
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the Granger causal link between bank lending and house prices. Design/methodology/approach – Several econometric methods, including Granger causality tests based on a vector error-correction model, were applied to analyse monthly time series data in the Swedish context. The data includes apartment prices, villa prices, bank lending, mortgage rates, and consumer price index for the period September 2005 to October 2013. Findings – The results show that bank lending and house prices are co-integrated. According to the Granger causality tests, bidirectional relationships exist between bank lending and each of apartment and villa prices, confirming the financial accelerator mechanism. Originality/value – As far as the authors know, this study represents the first analysis of the causal link between bank lending and the housing market in terms of apartment and villa prices in the Swedish context.
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Thurgood the Teenage Mummy:
Horribly Written to Steal Tween Dollars!
by I. M. Non-Threatening
As I expected, the first day of school was completely wretched and awful. I didn't know anyone there, and all of the other girls were six feet tall with flawless skin, as if hewn from rocks only found in Heaven itself. They had shiny blonde hair and they wore only the best clothing. I don't think I could have made it through the day at all if I hadn't had Thurgood to stare at.
He sat two seats in front of me in World History class, and he was a new student, too. DJ, the spunky girl who had instantly befriended me upon arriving at school, gave me all of the delicious details.
"He skipped out on last week, when we were discussing the ancient Egyptians," DJ said. "No one knows why, but then again, no one knows much about the Bangles family."
Thurgood Bangles sat only a seat away from me. I tried to make eye contact with him, but my whole body quivered in fear he might notice how ridiculously moronic my face looked. To avoid embarrassing myself further than I may have already, I slammed a textbook into my own face to cover up my own hideous face. I would have plunged a dull pencil into my own eye and twisted it around slowly, to punish myself for daring look on such a handsome man, had DJ not taken the pencil out of my hand and giggled.
"Boys!" she said. Then, she popped a piece of bubble gum loudly.
Thurgood Bangles was normal in height and weight, except that his massive biceps nearly tore through the tight sleeves of his polo shirt. He had eyes. I looked at his eyes a lot. I sure did like those eyes. I knew when I got home, I'd be saying "eyes eyes eyes eyes eyes" like some sort of cartoon lunatic, while shaving pictures of eyes on the cat's back with an electric shaver. I like eyes!
Of course, then Dad just wouldn't get it. Dad doesn't understand girls. The other day, he asked why I didn't use the urinals in public restrooms! Maybe he doesn't know a lot about girls because he and mom weren't married all that long. he definitely wouldn't understand anything about boys. He'd just tell me, "Jesse, I love you no matter what you do." He so doesn't understand, but he's still sweet in a dumb kind of way.
There was something different about that Thurgood Bangles I'd have to figure out this school year. Maybe it was the way my heart stopped when he looked into my eyes. Maybe it was the way the sun made his sandy blonde hair seem alive and on fire with aliveness. Maybe it was the small strips of bandage peaking out from his shirt sleeves, or even the way his entire face was covered in old, rotten bandages. Something about that boy seemed different to me, Jesse Blume. I'm a teen girl just like you!
Thurgood did something that filled me with amazement.
It happened on my way home for the day. I was busy putting on my second hoodie to make sure I gave everyone that extra-frumpy vibe. As I pulled the second hood over my head and slid in earbuds blaring sensitive, non-threatening feminist rock music, I couldn't help but notice how much more sensitive and soulful I was then the tall, blonde, pretty girls.
Then my friend Stephen asked if I was going to the fall dance, and I actually cried that he thought I could ever view him as more than a human puppy dog. Stephen is nice and friendly, but the idea of him even holding my hand makes me want to punch him in the face.
When I got outside, I knew I had walked out of the wrong door. I had run into the no-goodniks from town. There were three men, of no discernible ethnicity or age. None of them appeared to be armed, and none of them had facial expressions.
"Give me your milk money," the one closest to me said. Then, he added, "Please."
I knew he was serious. My face nearly contorted into something resembling a human emotion, something that might make a reader like me. Fortunately, I stopped that from happening. I knew I was totally in some serious bad business.
"Get away from her," Thurgood the Mummy Teen said. I had barely heard him slowly dragging his dusty, sandy teen body toward me. Just looking at him made my heart tingle, even as my face was free from any recognizably human emotion.
"Okay," the troublemaking bad guys said. They walked away together, all at the same time.
"I'm sorry that got so rough," Thurgood said. "Even though I never actually move or do anything at all interesting, I want you to know I would have done some very bad things to them."
At that exact moment, his bandaged arm fell off and fell to the floor.
"You're just going to have to trust me on that," he said.
Thurgood showed me something magically magical today.
I sensed something was different about him. I had been up for hours at night, using my computer to look up information about ancient Egyptians. Dad was downstairs watching a bowhunting TV show and drinking beer. I could have used some time with my mom, but she was off giggling with her new boyfriend, the cabana boy who wasn't much older than me but was pretty nice because he bought me a pair of cute boots for Christmas.
Then, Thurgood Bangles appeared in my room. He very slowly appeared. He tossed one of his bandages into my open window and crawled up it, being careful not to let the strain tear off his newly re-bandaged arm. When he finally crumpled over my windowsill and collapsed into a heap, then stood up and walked beside my bed.
"There's something different about you," I said. A giant Egyptian scarab crawled out of his collar and scurried down his back.
"I want to show you something," Thurgood said. Slowly, he unraveled the dirty bandages covering his face. The first thing I noticed was his perfect hair, which was tousled to precision. Then, I saw his face.
Thurgood's face was smooth, free of blemish and anything resembling an actual facial expression — just like me! The amazing part, however, was the way his face glowed. It did not glow in any colors that might upset or raise a person's blood pressure in any way, like in baby blues and soft pinks. Even more than that, I could see beautiful phantom spirits of unicorns, kitties, and puppies. They crawled over my face and cooed and purred.
"Thurgood, you're a magical, wonderful creature!" I said.
""Being a mummy is my sad, sad curse," he said.
"Do you live in a pyramid?" I asked Thurgood. We were in the lunchroom. I had gotten a plain ham sandwich, an apple, and a lukewarm glass of water. Normally, such an exciting meal would have held my complete attention, but I had so many questions.
"No," Thurgood said. "But I do still sleep in a sarcophagus."
"Do you miss your internal organs? Are they all still in jars?" I asked him later, as he was driving me to a building outside of town. Thurgood had heard they had just painted, and he thought, if we hurried, we could get there in time to watch the paint dry.
"I use tupperware now," he said. "And know, I don't miss them. My clothes fit so much better now."
"But don't you have a pet sphinx or something?" I asked him, as we sat on a park bench, measuring how much the grass grew by the hour. He had taken me on a wild date straight out of my loveliest dreams.
"Shouldn't we be doing something, other than just sitting around while you ask me all of these questions?" Thurgood wondered out loud. "It feels like we need some sort of conflict right now. I mean, doesn't it?"
"So do you have a sphinx?" I asked again, stroking the bandages around his head.
"No," he said. He sighed.
Then there was a bad mummy, and Thurgood beat him up.
He came to visit me in the hospital. Somehow, in the short amount of time the bad mummy was around, he had pushed me and I broke my toe. I sure would look pretty cute and vulnerable in a cast!
"Take me to the big dance," I asked him.
"I'm a mummy," he said.
I started to talk.
"Fine. I'll take you to the dance," he said.
"Make me a mummy," I said.
"Not until at least book three and a major motion picture deal," Thurgood said. He looked at me, gave me a thumb's up, and smiled.
Then, his thumb fell off.


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Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
Deuteronomy 6:6-7
"And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up."
Ephesians 6:4-
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Did you know that, from a study by Josh McDowell he found out that 94% of Home schooled children will keep their parents faith after graduation whereas only 15-20% of public schooled children will keep their family's faith. Imagine for a moment that you had ten children. If you sent them all to public school until graduation, according these statistics, only 2 of them will keep their faith. Whereas if you home schooled them, all but one would continue the faith. Of course it differs between families, but according to these statistics, that is what the outcome would look like. Also, these statistics are not new. This is old news and yet sadly there are hundreds and thousands of Christian parents who are still allowing the world, the State, to indoctrinate their children.
(slow)While we were in public school it seemed like there was a lot more stress and we didn't get along very well, but now that we're home schooled there's absolutely no stress and we get along perfectly. Right? Ok maybe not but there has been a change. As I had illustrated at the beginning of my speech, we were busy all the time with school and homework, not to mention sports and music lessons. But it was more than that. It was the stress of constantly having to fit in. The feeling is hard to explain unless you've been there. It's a relentless pressure to be cool like everyone else. And it is so devastating that 80% of Christian kids will leave the faith after high school.


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Scottsdale Research on the 2016 Chevy Suburban
Following last year's complete rebuild of Chevy's classic Suburban, the spacious full-size SUV returns again with even more advanced technologies, extra safety features and new exterior colors. While the Suburban has long earned its reputation for reliability, this year's model excels in its class and proves its worth as a strong contender in the full-size SUV segment. To learn more, check out features and get the full low-down on this massive people-mover, continue reading our full 2016 Chevrolet Suburban review below!
Inside, the 2016 Chevy Suburban in Scottsdale gets extra refinements this year in the form of a standard eight-inch-diagonal Color Touch radio with MyLink connectivity, a built-in 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspot, Apple CarPlay accessibility and flat-folding rear seats that are included in every model from the LS to the upscale LT and LTZ models. These features are further enhanced with the available rear-seat entertainment system and upgraded Enhanced Driver Alert Package that includes Forward Collision Alert, Lane Keep Assist and Intellibeam headlamps.
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The popular drug, Viagra, according to a new study, may prove useful to bring relief to women who have menstrual cramps. This dual purpose will likely make these little blue pills as popular with women as they are with men, but for very different reasons.
The researchers who wrote the study, which was published in the August issue of Human Reproduction, discovered that Viagra's main ingredient, sildenafil citrate, which treats erectile dysfunction in men, can also be beneficial in treating moderate to sever menstrual cramping.
According to one of the study's authors, Richard Legro, who is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Penn State College of Medicine, sildenafil citrate works by dilating blood vessels. He believes that the drug "can be an effective treatment for acute menstrual pain."
What causes menstrual cramps and how can Viagra alleviate them?
Primary dysmenorrhea is the painful cramping that many women experience in their pelvic region at the beginning of their period. An excess production of the lipid compound prostaglandins causes women to experience cramps. This compound causes muscles to relax and contract.
In their study, the researchers write that an excess of prostaglandins are behind the sometimes extremely painful uterine contractions women feel.
According to a hypothesis that Legro and his fellow researchers came up with, Viagra — really, the main ingredient in it, sildenafil citrate — helps alleviate menstrual cramps by dilating the blood vessels around the uterus. The increased amount of blood flow that results takes the excess pain-producing prostaglandins with it.
Legro and his fellow researchers tested out their theory with a small group of 25 women in Croatia. They were 18-35, and all experienced painful menstrual cramps. The women were split into two groups. One group got a placebo, while the other group was administered sildenafil citrate vaginally.
Both groups were asked to rate their scale of pain over four hours. Both groups experienced a great deal of pain relief, though the group which received the sildenafil citrate were more likely to say that their cramps disappeared throughout the four hours. The group who received the placebo experienced pain relief, according to the researchers, because it's well known that in many such studies, placebos have been known to provide some relief from pain.
One thing that the researchers noticed was that the women in both groups experienced increased blood flow. The increased blood flow, alone, they theorized, must not be the complete reason as to why the sildenafil citrate performed better at alleviating pain than the placebo.
While further research and more studies are needed, the study suggests that Viagra administered vaginally is an effective method of lessening the pain of menstrual cramps.
Some women take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, like ibuprofen, to alleviate the pain from menstrual cramps. A problem with ibuprofen, though, is that not all women can take it. Another drawback with taking it too frequently is that it can cause kidney damage and ulcers.
Legro and his associates have plans to do other studies to find out if it makes any difference if the Viagra is taken orally or administered vaginally, to discover if taking it might disrupt the regular menstrual cycle, and to learn if the treatment is effective over a time span of multiple menstrual cycles. Taking Viagra orally, though, has been linked in some studies to side effects like headaches. Legro and his team have submitted a grant to continue their promising research.
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I'm joining in with the all new Overlooked challenge - photos, journalling and scrapping everyday objects.
The first prompt is to snap your favourite coffee mug. Well I don't drink coffee, or tea, the only hot drink I go for is hot chocolate, and to that I'll never say no! It's best topped with chunky marshmellows that melt and sprinkled with grated chocolate, yum!
And it tastes even better when it's in my favourite mug - the good old Ipswich Town mug.
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Cor!! that looks totally yummy Jen :D
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Mark J. Grant: It's Me Baby, With Your Wake-Up Call…""Systemic Breakdown" would be the functioning words."
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One of the best bond traders on Wall Street said this recently: "Get ready for The Great Bond Shortage in North America. If it has a cusip and it is rated, it is going higher/tighter." The compression in bond spreads since the Fed started all of their "made-up/newly printed money for free" antics is the root of all of this and we do not expect a change anytime soon. There are various estimations for the 2013 net new issue supply in all sectors of Fixed Income but I peg it around $400 billion. Around $800 billion will be paid to bond holders during the year in coupon payments and, if reinvested, will cause a supply deficit of about $400 billion for the year. Exacerbating all of this is the Fed, who will buy around $500 billion in MBS this year and perhaps the same amount in Treasuries which could take $1 trillion out of the market all by itself. Consequently we face a lack of bonds denominated somewhere between $900 billion and $1.4 trillion, depending upon the Fed, which will increase the rolling train of compression, lower interest rates further in all likelihood and cause great angst for investors who will find very little of value left in the Fixed Income markets. Safety; yes but yield; no. Inflation and Deflation, it should be noted, only work in operative systems; but it is not Inflation or Deflation that are going to matter in the short run, though it will later; it will be the lack of bonds of any sort to purchase and a stock market that may be dangerously out of sync with the fundamentals opening the possibility of a crash. If so much money is printed and so little regard is placed upon fundamental economic principles then the Real Estate crash of several years ago will look like child's play by comparison. "Systemic Breakdown" would be the functioning words.
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