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Ruach Risk-Taking is a term developed by Rabbi Rich Nichol. His congregation is called Ruach Israel (Spirit of Israel), so I guess that's where the term comes from. But today I will use the term "Ruach" and apply this to our relationship with the Divine Presence. I thought we might explore together how to exercise spiritual entrepreneurship, on whatever scale, small or large.
The first things one should do is to prayerfully identify a project with a goal attached against the background of these considerations:
- Scripture – What in Scripture speaks to you in a manner related to what you are contemplating? Does Scripture motivate you in this direction, does it show you green lights? Or does it show you yellow lights of caution, or red stop lights? How does the Scripture fit into this idea?
- Tradition – What about the wisdom of the ages, especially in your particular context. We should not be so foolish as to imagine that people who are dead have nothing to say. G.K. Chesterton asked why people should be deprived a vote in communal matters simply because they are dead. This is why he defined tradition as "The democracy of the dead." Smart man!
- Reason – Does your idea make any sense at all? Sometimes what is reasonable to you is insanity to the other guy and vice versa. But you owe it to yourself, your associates, and probably to your insurance company, to make sure that what you are contemplating makes some kind of sense.
- Context – The need the hour – Are you addressing something that matters in your world of operation? And is there a fighting chance that you can make a difference in this matter? It helps to keep in mind the wisdom of Stephen Covey who counseled us to bear in mind the distinction between our circle of interest (all the things that ring our chimes) and our circle of influence (the areas where we can make a difference). He urges us to spend our time in our circle of influence instead of simply in our circle of interest. What changes can you make at this time and in this place?
- Experience – What does your prior experience and that of your colleagues have to say about this possibility?
Articulate your goal – State what you are trying to accomplish in a brief, muscular statement including some measurable outcome by which you might measure success or failure.
Assess what affordable and reasonable resources you can afford to "invest" in this project. What can you afford to invest in time and money to explore this project?
Act – Take some sort of action toward accomplishing what you have set out to do
Assess your results.
Accomplish – What did you accomplish? And what did you learn about yourself, your team, your context. and your project?
Adjust – On the basis of all of this, make adjustments in your approach.
Again – Repeat the process, beginning with articulating your goal in brief muscular language, including a measurable desirable outcome.
Let's talk about people's biggest fear in all of this. The risk of failure.
- Some people seem to be allergic to taking a risk. They avoid it at all costs. But we must acknowledge that exercising faith demands risk-taking.
- Failure in your attempts is no sin: but failing to take a risk is. Yeshua's teaching on this mater may be found in Matthew 25:14-30 (The Parable of the Talents). It was the person who refused to take a risk who was harshly criticized by his master.
- Every failure in Risk Taking can be redeemed by being conscientious in noting the lessons learned from the experience, not repeating the errors, and not failing to learn from what works.
This past summer I met the most remarkable man I ever met, Andrew White, the Vicar of Baghdad, a brilliant man with three PhD's with the gentlest of souls and the purest of faith who has spent much of his adult life being a peace beacon and a peace maker amongst people like Saddam Hussein, Tarik Azziz, Yasser Arafat, Benjamin Netanyahu, the Taliban and Haredi (Ultra Orthodox) Jews, all of whom, in varying degrees, consider him a trusted friend. At the conference where I heard him, he took Yitzhak Rabin's statement, "You don't make peace with your friends (but with your enemies)" further: "We are called to make peace with some bad people." He also reported a conversation with Pope Paul II who suggested to him a credo by which he lives. It is something like this: "Don't take care: take risks." And he does. And the world has been a markedly better place because Canon White, in faith, and as sent by the Prince of Peace Himself, does take risks.
Do I? Do you?
May God guide all of us to some holy Ruach Risk-Taking


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2 Marines safe after ejecting from jet over Atlantic Ocean
Two pilots from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort appeared uninjured Wednesday night after their two-seat F/A-18 Hornet crashed into the Atlantic Ocean during a routine training mission.
The pilots, whose names were not released, were returning to the base at about 5:30 p.m. when their fighter jet experienced dual engine failure about 30 miles east of St. Helena Sound, according to an air station news release.
The pilot and the jet's weapons system officer ejected from the plane, which plunged into the sea, and were spotted floating in an inflatable life raft less than an hour later by a search and rescue team from Coast Guard Station Charleston, said Gunnery Sgt. Chad McMeen, air station spokesman.
The pilots, members of Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, were flown back to the air station by Coast Guard helicopter, where they were checked out by base doctors as a precaution, McMeen said.
The Corps will investigate to determine the cause of the mishap, McMeen said.
A Coast Guard cutter was patrolling the crash site late Wednesday to locate and help recover pieces of the plane needed for the investigation, McMeen said.
Pilots from MCAS Beaufort are accustomed to flying over the ocean. They often venture offshore to practice air-to-air combat maneuvers and prepare for upcoming deployments, according to the air station. The Atlantic Ocean also is home to a number of off-shore bombing ranges, including three off the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia and northern Florida, frequently used by air station pilots.
"That's one of the unique things about Beaufort," McMeen said. "We can go out over the ocean and practice these maneuvers and it's much safer than doing it over a densely populated area."
The jet the pilots were flying, the F/A-18D, was introduced into the Navy's fleet in September 1987 and costs about $29 million, according to the Navy. The jet can travel nearly two times the speed of sound and is powered by two engines, each capable of producing about 17,700 pounds of thrust.

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In Indian cuisine, a Korma (which can be spelled many different ways, including Qorma, Khorma, Kurma, etc.), is a braised dish to which either yoghurt, cream, or coconut milk is added, to yield a smooth and rich finished dish. There are all sorts of variations on the basic theme, and, though the end-result can be quite fiery, in restaurant versions they are typically very mild. Today's rendition, using shrimp, cauliflower and carrot, falls into that category…
The Ingredients
- 3/4lb medium Shrimp, peeled and de-veined.
- 2 cups Cauliflower florets;
- 10-12 Baby Carrots, sliced lengthwise into halves or thirds;
- 1 small Onion, minced;
- 5 Tbsp. Butter;
- 1 tsp. Garlic Salt;
- 1 can Thick Coconut Milk;
- 1 Tbsp. coarsely ground Chili (or more, to taste);
- ½ tsp. Fenugreek Seed;
- 1 tsp. Coriander Seed;
- 2 Cloves;
- ¼ tsp. Cardamom Seeds;
- 1/3 tsp powdered Ginger;
- 1/3 tsp. White Pepper;
- 1 Tbsp. Turmeric.
First, finely grind together all the spices except the Chili and set aside.
Melt the butter in a pot over a low-medium heat and add the onion. Sprinkle with the garlic salt and let the onions sweat until softened and just beginning to darken slightly.
Add the ground spice mixture and stir into the onions. Allow this to cook for a minute or so.
Now add the vegetables and coconut milk and stir well. Allow this to come to a low simmer and cook until the vegetables are just tender. At this point, you may wish to turn up the heat briefly and allow the sauce to thicken, or, conversely, if it is a little too thick (canned coconut varies in consistency), you may wish to add a little water.
Finally, add the shrimp and the chili and cook a little longer until the shrimp are pink. You can serve now, but the flavor will improve if the dish is allowed to cool and sit overnight in the refrigerator for rewarming the next day. Ideally, this would be one of several dishes served with rice as part of an Indian meal.


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The Agender Agenda: Kaimin
Part one of a series
Tearing down tired taboos and referencing nostalgic throwbacks to the naughties, neutrois, street style, moody fashion and murky aesthetic undercurrents, creatives like Kaimin, Christopher Shannon, Stéphane Ashpool, Shayne Oliver, Marcelo Burlon and boychild are setting the tone for unflinching individualism and a brazen disregard for gender expectations. This alpha crop of originators, amongst others, are rattling up the fashion world with their take on gender fluidity, andro-glam, the street, epicene beauty, and invigorating, liberating aesthetics—just think of Shayne Oliver's indelible id explorations, or Rick Owens' provocative pecker flaps, or boychild's glitched-out, autoerotic ka-pows. These avant-guardians are embracing the art world's post-modern, post-gender transgressive sensibility. Call it the new 'Agender Agenda'—that is, fashion that celebrates crossover culture, sexual iconoclasm, radical openness and transpersonal progress. That means macho suits and machine gun boots for chicks, skirts, shift shirts, and plexiglass collars for dudes, and ontological-esthetic upheavals across-the-board—what the futurist Ray Kurzweil calls "a phase change in the consciousness of man." It's a cultural stirring that at once tethers and liberates gender identity and reveals the ambivalence and elasticity of social archetypes. It's no wonder that trans trailblazers like Andreja Pejić, Hari Nef, Laverne Cox, and Caitlyn Jenner are fashion's shit-hot avatars, ripping up the web, burning up pop-culture and breaking down gender binaries; and auteurs like Wu Tsang, Dia Dear and Junglepussy provide killer, campy cosmographies and trans-femme perspectives that enlighten and inform us all. Phhhhewww, post-modernism never felt so good—and the clothes look pretty fuckin' cool, too! Here are a few of our fave disruptors and déconstructors, with quick-fire Q&A's to follow. KA-BOOM!
Kaimin is the cult clothier fusing Freudian theory with outré wearables and off-piste performances
One part couturier, one part mad scientist, Kaimin's high-nrg, high-entropy collections bridge the gap between conceptual art and fashion, fearlessly fusing cutting-edge abstractions with age-old artisanship. Hailing from Seoul, South Korea and now firmly embedded in NYC, the much-fêted former apprentice and protégé of the late creative kamikaze/shock-auteur Nam Jun Paik (백남준) is a perpetual presence and firebrand femme fatale. Popularizing underground genres and pioneering insane aesthetics, she is one of fashion's most titillating and transgressive couturiers. Her clothing combines intellectual rigor, romantic élan and awe-inspiring andro-glam; in her hands, stark and tech-savvy modernism segues with references to BDSM, goth, grunge, fetishism, and experimental everything. She often fuses fashion with performance art to challenge certain sartorial and institutional assumptions with a peculiar taste for paradox and shock, breaking some of society's most solid taboos (mostly around identity, gender and sexual mores) while originating her own form of creative contingency. Pushing maximalist motifs and a radical orientation towards gender neutrality and avant-gardism, Kaimin's art, fashion and all-round freakishness engenders an indeterminacy that is a wicked-cool wallop—artistic and anthropological all at once—BANG!
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What is your take on the relationship between fashion and gender?
I have an ideologically neutral bias when it comes to clothing and gender. The erosion on the runways and in the atelier of a once rigid demarcation between orthodox femininity/masculinity is a welcome advancement. I'm trying to push the envelope on that, because fashion/art shouldn't be categorized exclusively by fixed gender modes.
What are some of your inspirations and favorite themes?
I'm enamored of new ways to apply technology to fashion. I'm also inspired by 'chaos and randomness' and the way that order can spontaneously emerge from flux and uncertainty. Lately, I'm really into exploring the subconscious as a mechanism for integrating emotions, values and aesthetics; I want a better understanding of the murky mysteries of feelings and emotions, and how to channel them in constructive, artistic ways.
What is your latest project?
Besides fashion, I'm in the process of developing Zero Zero Volume 3, a multi-media/interdisciplinary art project combining music, film, fashion and tech themes. It will be showcased next April as a kind of a mixed-media gesamtkunstwerk that involves print, digital and hybrid art installations.
What does 'avant-garde' mean to you?
It basically boils down to radical experimentation and savvy juxtapositions: the contrasting of old and new, past and present with references to the future…and probing the subconscious to produce novelty and new paradigms.
When are your most creative moments?
My most creative moments happen spontaneously. Randomness is a gift.


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Writing Without Power
It is strange that I wrote a book about the poet John Clare. I never read Clare in my college or graduate school poetry courses, and I don't think I had even heard of him until after I received my PhD. This is despite having spent two years living in the UK – one of which I lived not much more than an hour away from Helpstone, Clare's village.
Twenty years ago, I would have predicted that I would write about the conceptual, enigmatic French writers who continue to influence me, like Maurice Blanchot or Marguerite Duras, not Clare. Blanchot's Writing of the Disaster (L'écriture du désastre) and Duras's Destroy, She Said (Detruire, dit elle) are experiments at the intersection of philosophy and literature. They are explorations of writing without power and of a mode of working, thinking, living, and relating that resists arrogance and domination. These are quiet studies of survival in the second half of the twentieth century, and they reveal the possibility of thinking and writing at a moment when thinking and writing are forced into a position of precarity, rather than strength. While this description makes it sounds as if they are just focused on a late-twentieth-century condition, these fragmentary books reveal instead that precarity is far from new, but rather the condition of writing itself.
I initially was drawn to Clare because he seemed to share this experience of writing. This was not a struggle with writing, for Clare wrote more than a thousand poems, but a struggle as and through writing, a compulsion (although this sounds more diagnostic or pathological than I would like to suggest) to keep writing. Clare's extensive writings in a local dialect describe the weeds, nests, birds, and rodents, that appear, like his language, as harbingers of a particular place and at the same time of persistent, even constitutive displacement. Clare's poetry allowed me to rethink what belonging means and to navigate two contradictory trends in contemporary culture: the hypervaluation of the local and the native, particularly in production and consumption (here I think of that other category of books that influences me: those of Alice Waters and Hugh Fearnely-Whittingstall) and the inevitability of the global, what Jacques Derrida would call "mondialization," from the world-wide web to the emergence of new markets for food, oil, art, and everything in between. Clare in the 1820s, 30s, and 40s registered a version of this paradox when he discovered over and over that he could experience radical forms of displacement and non-belonging in his own home, when he discovered that he could become lost less than a mile from his cottage. In these poems and journal entries, Clare reveals an alternative to the cultures of cosmopolitanism, transparency, and localism that we now inhabit. He reveals the strangeness of that opposition and the strangeness that inheres even in the local.
One of the critics who has captured this paradox most beautifully is Geoffrey Hartman. As far as I know Hartman never wrote about Clare, although he wrote about his contemporary, John Keats, and about the poetry of place, above all, in Wordsworth's Poetry. As I think about Reading with John Clare, I realize that it continues a conversation with Geoffrey Hartman's criticism that I began in Romanticism after Auschwitz. This is a conversation about the place of poetry, its survival and its strangeness. And while the texts and ultimately the terms and the arguments that I follow meander and stray, I continue to discover that this conversation remains. It remains even at the moments when, like Clare's experience of home, I don't recognize it myself.
Sara Guyer is a Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her latest book is Reading with John Clare: Biopoetics, Sovereignty, Romanticism (Fordham University Press, 2015).
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I lived overseas for a while. The place I was living was wonderful, but the problem with leaving what you know is that when you come home you tend to see everything with a new set of eyes. So it was when I moved back home. The things I used to think normal now bothered me. One of those things was what we call "church".
I remember in those early days of being home, the hype and commercialism of American church life were in my face daily, screaming at me, and I experienced what some would call "a crisis of faith". Ironically I was speaking in some churches, and as I was driving from one engagement to another, I said, "God, I don't even know what I believe any more!" I was thinking about all the hyped-up "truths" I was hearing presented as if these things were ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY from God, when really they were nothing more than our American cultural opinions. I suddenly felt I simply didn't want to be a part of that kind of Christianity anymore.
A still small voice spoke to my heart and said: "Do you believe in Jesus?" I was so exasperated that I didn't answer right away. I really had to think about it. Finally, after forcing myself to remember the story of how I came to faith (which was quite powerful, and for another place and time), I answered, "Yes, I believe in Jesus."
For months after that I felt as if Jesus was all I believed in. And because all the other extraneous "stuff" was flying out the window, I really didn't get a lot of joy from "church", by which I mean Sunday morning services as we practice them typically in our culture today. I was so unhappy with church life that I began to question God about that too:
Q: What is this thing we call attending church anyway? Where in the Bible does it say I have to "attend church".
A: This is what it says:
- It didn't say be sure to go to church every Sunday
- It didn't say be sure that you gather in a specially designed building
- It didn't say be sure you join an institution
- It didn't say gather in one place around one primary leader
- It didn't say make sure you hear a 1-hour sermon every week (or a 40-minute one, or a 30-minute one)
- It didn't even say how often to meet.
I began to view "church" differently. Sometimes, I would be really tired on Sunday mornings, and would not feel up for going. I would feel the old indoctrination pulling at me saying: you really should go.
(Funny, I didn't even grow up in church, I became a Christian as an adult – grew up agnostic/pagan/New Age – and yet I still felt indoctrinated! How did that happen???)
Anyway, when the "should" came into my mind, a simple question would come each time in response: "Have you forsaken gathering together with other people of faith?" Each time I heard this question, I realized I had, in fact, not forsaken Christian community (usually I was so tired because I had been to numerous gatherings with other believers all week). Further the question itself revealed to me that it wasn't the joy of community that was drawing me to the Sunday morning service, but a sense of religious obligation.
Please understand, I am not "anti-Sunday-morning". I am only saying that whatever day we meet together our purpose should be to encourage and strengthen each other, and if we are doing something that doesn't do that, then we're not really doing "church" (which means "gathering") according to Hebrews 10:25. I'm also saying there really is nothing sacred about meeting on Sunday morning per se, unless it's sacred to you.
There's a lot more to say about this. Most importantly, what does Hebrew 10:25 (and the rest of the book of Hebrews) have to say about our purpose in gathering together? I've hinted at it so far. In a future post, I hope to speak to this in depth.


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Does the thought of Christmas set visions of snowflakes and sugar plums dancing through your head? Does the scent of pine trees conjure up memories of holidays past?
A good friend of mine calls me a Christmasoholic. I love to decorate the house, bake lots of cookies and pies, and entertain. It shouldn't be a surprise that I fell in love with the Europe's traditional Christmas markets. Read More


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Best in everyone else, worst in me!/
Why is that sometimes we can't see people for who they are- but who we want them to be? I have a definite problem with this and struggle with this in my own life. I have always been the kind of person who sees the best in everyone. I think my downfall is that I sometimes see so much more than the person does and then I get hurt or disappointed when I believe in someone more than they do. Oprah has a tremendous quote that I really think I absolutely need to take to heart and that is "people will show you who they are, our job is to believe them" for me I never do. I always give people the benefit of the doubt until they prove me wrong and you know what they usually do. And why is that? Because I never believed what they showed me the first time around.
Its kinda crazy I have complete faith in someone else but very little in me? Why is that? Why is it that I can see the best in someone else but see only the worst in me? Why can't I look beyond myself and give myself the benefit of the doubt? I guess the answer is because I was waiting for someone else to see my own potential. I have been waiting my whole life for someone to notice that there is more to me than meets the eye and the truth is no one ever did; but, that was because I became really good at protecting myself. As someone who not only didn't like the way I looked on the outside I let it effect the way I felt about the kind of person I was on the inside, so much so that I started to really dislike all of me and no longer only parts of me. Have you ever done that? Ever hated the way you looked so much that you made it personal cause that is exactly what I did. Truth is the person that it hurt the most was definitely myself. Its hard to let someone in to love you when you hate who you are. That other person never stands a chance, cause when you think of yourself as less than - you keep others at arms length afraid that they may learn you secret. So of course they disappoint you but I've come to understand that this is your fault not theirs. If you can't be honest enough with yourself and who you are - than how can you possibly be honest, truly honest with another? In actuality your lying to someone, so the question is then who are you lying to yourself of the person/people that you love?
Being honest with yourself takes courage and strength and may be one of the hardest things you may do but it is truly a lesson we must all learn. Where you are right now in your life? Don't make it better or worse just be honest with yourself and from this place you can move in a path of your own choosing. I find it utterly ridiculous and quite disheartening that I have had so little faith in myself and have spent so much time protecting myself from people who could hurt me that I've missed out on some pretty incredible people as well as myself all of these years.
So I have adopted a new plan and that is to have faith in myself, to believe in me - quiet the doubts that sometimes seem to consume my head space and also to take people as they show themselves to be. How about you what are your plans?
Till next time,


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The Versatile Timer Unit from National Semiconductor contains four fully independent 16-bit timer subsystems. Each timer subsystem can operate either in dual 8-bit PWM configuration, as a single 16-bit PWM timer, or as a 16-bit counter with two input capture channels.
Each timer subsystem contains an 8-bit clock prescaler, a 16-bit up-counter, and two 16-bit registers. Each timer subsystem controls two I/O pins that either function as PWM outputs or capture inputs, depending on the associated timer subsystem's mode of operation:
- In 16-bit PWM mode, the TIOx pins function as PWM outputs.
- In dual 8-bit PWM mode, the 16-bit counter functions a two independent 8-bit counters. The TIOx pins function as PWM outputs.
- In capture mode, the TIOx pins function as capture inputs.
- In low-power mode, the clock is stopped. Read operations to the timer subsystem return the current register value; write operations are ignored.
There are four system-level interrupt requests, one for each timer subsystem. Each system-level interrupt request is controlled by four interrupt-pending flags, each of which offers a separate enable/disable bit.
The host interface of the Versatile Timer Unit complies with the AMBA 2 APB protocol. Control registers within the Versatile Timer Unit provide CPU control of timer mode, I/O pin functions and polarity, clock prescaling, PWM period and duty cycle, enabling/disabling/clearing interrupts, and starting/stopping the counters. Status registers indicate timer/capture values and interrupt status.
There are eight off-chip interface signals, TIO1–TIO8, two for each timer subsystem. To reduce chip-level pin count, the TIO1–TIO8 pins can be shared with other on-chip functions through a General Purpose I/O Controller.
- AMBA 2 APB host interface
- 16-bit read/write data buses
- 10-bit address bus
- TIOx pins through chip I/O pads (optionally through a General Purpose I/O Controller)
- Clock interface – APB clock for registers, interrupt functions, and timer clock source
- Interrupt interface (one interrupt signal for each timer subsystem, plus combined interrupt)
- One asynchronous reset input
- Freeze/suspend interface
- DFT signals
|Local clock gating for low-power operation
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Gate count and maximum frequency depend on synthesis tool and target technology. Example values for a typical 130-nm technology are:
- 7000 (NAND2 equivalent) gates
- 100 MHz (APB clock)
The Versatile Timer Unit is available in Source and Encrypted products. The Source product is fully configurable and is delivered in plain text Verilog source code. The Encrypted product, which is available in the Core Store, offers limited configurability (default parameter values) and is delivered in encrypted source code. Both products include:
- Synthesizable Verilog source code (encrypted in the Encrypted product)
- Integration testbench and tests
- Documentation
- Automatic configuration through the Silvaco IP distribution and support portal
- Scripts for simulation and synthesis with support for common EDA tools
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Hannity junkyard scheme is a clunker
On his Fox News Channel program on June 18, 2009, political commentator Sean Hannity mocked the "Cash for Clunkers" program recently approved by Congress, saying a loophole would allow someone to buy an old heap at a junkyard, have it towed to his or her house, and the government would give them $4,500 for it.
Under the program, people can get $3,500 to $4,500 if they trade in their old gas-guzzler for a more fuel-efficient new car. The idea is to boost the ailing auto industry while improving the environment.
"Listen, all we've got to do is you got to go to a local junkyard — all you've got to do is tow (the car) to your house. And you're going to get $4,500," Hannity said. "I'm going to go do that," Hannity said.
Actually, legislators accounted for just such a scheme. Find out how here .


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Taking your own advice is often difficult. My last post was all about putting one word in front of the other stacking them until you have your book.
But what if you need to pay your bills? What if you need to work long hours during the week to make ends meet? What if paying the bills is getting in the way of writing? And come the weekend you are too exhausted to do anything that connects you to your passion?
Well I am faced with that dilemma at the moment. I am working long hours during the week, And then on the weekend I'm catching up with chores… And then suddenly it's Monday again.
I need to work, that much I understand, But I need to write also.
Writing is like a quiet storm within. I miss not pursuing my passion.
Yesterday I came up with two words that I will use in my work. And that's all I could do.
Two words.
They came to me during my lunch break.
So I am stacking, stacking slowly but I'm getting there I'm building the novel word by word.
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Esther,mnkyface wrote:It was such an awesome, coordinated effort planned by Mary and executed beautifully.
But it was your intial 'gift' (like Bonnie said) that was the seed that blossomed into San Jose. With the two of us working together to coordinate the very specific plan, contacting everyone, and knowing that some of us would be in the front row passing on our 'offerings' (even blouse heft wouldn't carry them to the stage) to Sharon, Bonnie, Mary, (and others, sorry I left you out, claim your rightful place ) who delivered them in a swirling, twirling flying dervish I'm still flying high on the memory of the audience, crew, band, and most importantly, LC's reactions. Thank goodness Albert, Arlene, FanForLife,.... captured the whole thing on film. Makes me laugh every time I see them again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tioLvJ3DmUg from IrishAl/Albert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tt2QAC7kDQ from Bridger15/Arlene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKcHnRFP9Nw from FanForLife
What a night to remember!
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All Beliefs are Welcome Here!
With it being Winternights (Samhain) here in the southern hemisphere, I thought I'd start my first blog post pondering my relationship with the Queen of the Dead.
I've sometimes wondered if I'm simply drawn to things that people don't want to acknowledge. Which seems totally fair, since to the world at large I am one of them. As a neurodivergent gay man with a vagina, my very existence is subversive and considered too controversial for primary school students. It should come…Continue
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This morning I was putting my makeup on quietly in my bathroom. On the wall over my toilet I have 2 x 8x10 pictures hanging that I made. With red paper background and lace covers under the glass. They hang securely on picture hanging hooks which the picture mount fits tightly on. There is no way these should fall down off the wall. But..not just one..both pretty much flew off the wall..missing the ceramic toilet bowl..nothing broke..both hangers stayed on wall and back of frame still…Continue
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Out today! I've not put any links at all in this post, but the site will likely add them, and there is no knowing where they might go....
These books are available all places that sell books.
Celtic Witchcraft, Mabh Savage
Learn how Celtic legend and mythology can bring magic into your daily life. Walk with the Tuatha Dé Danann and hear…Continue
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Hey guys! Check out the dandelion hand-moisturizer that I whipped up this afternoon! I harvested two cups of large dandelion blossoms, as well as whatever violet blossoms that I happened to spy, and using a double-boiler I used a heat-infusion method to infuse the phytochemicals of the dried dandelions with about a Tablespoon of dried calendula petals fried from my…Continue
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Been awhile since I"ve been on here.
Since I've been gone, I've become a Freemason and recently joined the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis and am now a Rosicrucian (though quite the neophyte).
I'm serious about advancing my occult study and I can feel some of the reward already. I look at my blind religious friends with a bit of pity.
Why the hell is this website giving me Muslim Singles ads? I refuse to get my…Continue
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This week, we celebrate Beltane! Beltane is happening on Sunday, the first of May! It's a festival of Fertility and Love as we welcome the flowering of Nature's Return. In our mythology Beltane represents the Mating of the Goddess and the God. It's The Original White Wedding!
So, we'll talk in more detail about the meaning and significance of May Day from our earliest history. Plus we'll talk about the mythologies and customs that are traditionally associated with Beltane. And, while…Continue
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I was wondering how to, beocme a more inderpedant of my husband I was been trying to , I do have disabilties I can not collect SSI or disabilty check do to the fact I mostly did all my work under the table.
I just got my ordained minister license and I was hoping to, getthat started as I also am been doing photograpghs .
I do not drive os transportation is a issue any way ofr me ot make a good living at home?
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Have you done any Spring Cleaning yet? It's time we Hop to It!
The idea of Spring Cleaning actually goes all the way back to ancient Egypt. We'll take a look at why Spring has become the time when we Clean House.
And, while House Cleaning IS TERRIBLY, BORINGLY mundane, it does have magickal implications, and so we'll talk about some ways we can bring our Magick into our chores in some very powerful ways.
While we're clearing out our attics, let's look for Crafty…Continue
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New To Druidry? Wondering if Druidry might be for you but not really sure where to star? Here's some recommended reads.
Graeme Talboys' The Druid Way Made Easy. Not too big a book, accessible and easy to read.
Robin Herne's Old Gods New Druids – lots of great information, questions to explore that help you figure out how…Continue
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I was doing a little reading last night about shamanism:
[And just so you know, I will likely never get into the verbiage-ethics of the use of the word shamanism as it applies to the spiritual practice of awareness/traveling to realms not so bound by our physical natures. This unending debate is steeped in opinions about cultural misappropriation, appropriate language, and clear communication. Until we can agree upon a term that relates the general practices, we're stuck with the…Continue
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Chazz and I have reopened the websites, The Witches Lair is now called the witches den, we have the theme site, the book of shadows, the witches cauldron, witches and wizards network, and secret garden mythical realm, we used to have them on the Ning network, but have had them on socialparadox for a few years but they went inactive when those i trusted to keep them going didnt so now we have revamped them and started over with all new members and admins, and adding new groups and content…Continue
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These are not books written specifically for teenagers. I know as a teenage Pagan I would have resisted anything aimed at me in preference for getting my hands on the proper grown-up stuff. My criteria for suggesting these books are as follows. 1) I think my teenage self would have appreciated them. 2) They are genuinely good sources of information. 3) They are unlikely to get a person out of their depth or otherwise into trouble. 4) I would be happy to have my teenage son read…Continue
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I'm dedicating this weeks show to one of the Five Cardinal Elements, the Element of Air. It's a good topic for April because, by many traditions, Air is associated with Springtime and Day's Beginning.
Usually associated with Men's Mysteries, Air is most often thought of as on the Mental Plane.
The Romans gave the month of April it's name, which they called, Aprilis. For the Romans, it signifies a time of unfolding leaves and flowers.
So we'll take a look at the Season of…Continue
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I love my path. It is how i express my soul sometimes. But at the same time it can feel really confusing and dark (not evil more like running into things in the dark) . I really do wish that i could find the community that some of the lucky have found. I have recently been looking into a coven that is close to me, but they can seem almost frigid. I understand they need to be as careful as i do when meeting new people, but so far its been business emails about an appointment time for me to…Continue
Added by Cybelle Rhainchild on April 4, 2016 at 7:56pm — 4 Comments
three a-em
At 3AM in the morning, I find myself laying in the bed with the thoughts of the day running through my head. Suddenly, some old annoying thoughts enter. Thoughts about faith, religions past, present, and future, god, people, and the cosmos. I formally left the Christian "faith" several years ago, and last night I finally had to come to the realization that I am in a similar lull with my current practice. Or am I?…
Added by Moon Shadow on April 3, 2016 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments
There have been people in the British Isles for a long time. People who raised standing stones and barrows, about whom we know very little. We know more about the later Celts, but as they didn't leave their own records, most of what we know about pre-Christian spirituality, we have to infer – from archaeology, from other people's histories, or from our own…Continue
Added by Nimue Brown on April 2, 2016 at 9:22am — No Comments
Im having a really down day...Im usually a really happy person, but today is just impossible. I really need some cheer and happiness today for sure..send me good vibes dearies...i need them today
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Agency, License & Contract Law
|Course Details
|Stephanie Shaw
|Member Price
|$ 25.00
|Non-Member Price
|$ 50.00
Agency, License and Contract Law
Time: 9:00am - 6:00pm
Instructor: Stephanie Shaw
- Agency Law - 9:00am - 1:00pm
- License Law - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- Contract Law - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Trustmark Bank
415 North Magnolia
Laurel, MS
Phone: 662-449-3553
Full Day of Required Law (8 Hours of MREC Required Law CE)
Note: You are not required to sit through all 3 classes. Only the ones you need CE credits for with MREC.
Is the consumer a client or customer? What are the required duties and disclosures? Since every real estate court case and every real estate commission disciplinary action concerns Agency, this is an essential class for every licensee.
In 1954 the state legislature established the rules licensees must follow for the protection of the public. The students will become familiar with recent changes and be reacquainted with the standards expected from licensed professionals.
Written documents are required in real estate transactions to record the terms and conditions of agreements. These documents must be legally enforceable and clearly state the intentions of the parties. Commonly used contracts will be reviewed.
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Early each spring, thousands of Snow Geese begin their 3,000 mile voyage home to Canada's northwest territories. Starting from where they winter in Southern California & Mexico, these travelers navigate their way home withamazing precision and faithfulness. Delta, Utah is privileged to be situated along their annual migration route. Come join us for this year's annual Delta Snow Goose Festival! Bring your camera and be ready to join the fun. Sponsered by:
Each year Delta's Snow Goose Festival attracts crafters and vendors from all over who want to show you their latest creations. You can find anything from jewelry, hair bows, and purses to popcorn and candy apples! Learn More
Get some fresh air, race for prizes, walk for fun, and enjoy the festivities while observing one of the most spectacular events in Utah - the annual migration of the Lesser Snow Geese. Professionaly timed and organized! Learn More


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You received your child's Bar Bat Mitzvah date. How exciting! So what's next?
Choosing a venue is an important first step in the planning process. Consider the type of celebration that's appropriate for your family. For example, are you most comfortable in a traditional setting such as a hotel or catering hall or do you see your family and friends enjoying an alternative space such as a sports facility, night club or even a racetrack?
There is a wide range of venues to choose from so be sure to visit them in person.
We've provided a variety of venue options below:
Benjamin Steakhouse
Contact: Ali Saladin, 212-297-9177 or [email protected]
Dee Selimaj 914-428-6868 or [email protected]
The Sea Fire Grill
Contact: Hannah Newton, 212-935-3785, [email protected]
Planning an upcoming holiday event? Benjamin Steakhouse and The Sea Fire Grill will surely impress your guests! Allow our expertise in cuisine and service to ensure your event is sophisticated, memorable, and flawless. Ideal for intimate dinners, corporate functions, or celebratory affairs, Benjamin Steakhouse and The Sea Fire Grill offer a myriad of spaces ideally suited for parties anywhere from 10-300 guests. Contact our Events Department today!
Sophisticated décor, award winning food, and beautifully renovated private event spaces
Hard Rock New York
Contact: Kristin Collins, 212-343-3355 x: 8182, [email protected]
Sophistication infused with funk, the Hard Rock Cafe Times Square offers stellar service and modern elegance. Come experience the cuisine, music and distinctive design. Day or night there is something to fit every mood and satisfy every impulse. Whether it is an intimate gathering of 20 or a full venue buyout of 1,200 guests, we will create an event everyone will be talking about.
The Hard Rock Cafe has hosted some of the most unique and talked about Bar Bat Mitzvahs in the city and is here to help you and your family plan, and celebrate, your special occasion like Rock Stars. We are a full service event planning facility with in-house, state of the art audiovisual capabilities to fully customize and stage your child's event from beginning to end. Specialized catering, entertainment and merchandise can be added to compliment any event. Our multiple private event spaces can accommodate up to 400 guests. Let Hard Rock Cafe New York give you and your family the full Rock Star treatment and roll out the red carpet for you!
Westminster Hotel
Contact: Jennifer Cooper, 973-548-0047, [email protected]
The Westminster Hotel's spacious ballroom is the perfect backdrop for Strip House award winning, 3 ½ star cuisine. The spacious venue can be transformed into a variety of themes from "Breakfast at Tiffany's" to the "Devils Locker Room." Enjoy cocktails with guests in Victoria Hall, under the glass atrium. Menus are customized for each Mitzvah and include special items tailored to the likes of young adults. Celebrate your special occasion at our AAA 4-Diamond Hotel.
Top Left Photo: Specialty Themed Celebration Cake
Top Right Photo: This Candy Land themed Bat Mitzvah incorporated centerpieces of landmarks important to the Guest of Honor
Middle Left Photo: Guests will enjoy fine dining catered by the award-wining Strip House Restaurant
Middle Photo: Victoria Hall is transformed into an exquisite setting for cocktail hour
Bottom Photo: Evan's ESPN: Incorporate you theme into decorations for a personalized touch to your special event
Fox Hollow Catering, Restaurant & Hotel
Contact: Sales, 516-921-1415, [email protected]
Celebrate and honor your child's achievement with a unique and powerful experience at the Fox Hollow; Long Island's event destination featuring a state-of-the-art catering facility, all-suite boutique hotel and fine dining restaurant all on an 8-acre Gold Coast Estate.
Catering events for up to 300 guests, the Fox Hollow provides Scotto Brothers award winning hospitality in a stylish atmosphere. This season the Fox Hollow is rolling out their All New Fun Mitzvah menu, which is a unique culinary experience featuring trendy cuisine and traditional favorites; sure to excite your guests.
To schedule a tour of the Fox Hollow, call 516-921-1415 or visit us online at www.TheFoxHollow.com
Top/Middle Photos: The all-new Somerley at Fox Hollow featuring decor by Studio 4 Event Rentals.
Bottom Photo: The Fox Hollow Catering & Hotel in Woodbury, NY located on an 8-acre Gold Coast Estate
Upper Montclair Country Club
Contact: Lee Ann Lewis, 973-859-1707, [email protected]
Conveniently located less than 20 minutes from Manhattan, the scenic setting of Upper Montclair Country Club, with its elegant Ballroom, West Lounge, Tented Terrace and Lawn is available for Mitzvahs for up to 200 guests. We offer a kids buffet that includes a mocktail bar with frozen drinks and an ice cream sundae bar as well as buffet and sit down options for the adults. Special touches include a Popcorn Machine, Cotton Candy or Smores by our Firepit. You and your guests are sure to be impressed at every turn with our fine food, ambience and professional service.
Front of Clubhouse and Ballroom
Sheraton Eatontown
Contact: Denise Diaz, 732-544-2608, [email protected]
Every social event is special, offering memories for years to come. Make your Bar or Bat Mitzvah extraordinary in the Meridian Ballroom at Sheraton Eatontown. The Meridian Ballroom is unique in its décor, exquisite in its diverse menu selections; complete with staff dedicated to superb service every step of the way. Centrally located in beautiful Monmouth County, Sheraton Eatontown is easily accessible to all of your guests boasting 208 Rooms, Gazebo Garden & Patio, an indoor/outdoor pool and two restaurants.
Boasting it's magnificent 5,700 square foot Meridian Ballroom and beautifully landscaped outdoor event space, Sheraton Eatontown is the supreme setting for a day that you and your guests will always remember. Your photos will be absolutely breathtaking with so many picturesque locations from the grand staircase, garden gazebo, koi pond, and just minutes to the beaches & boardwalks. Begin your event with cocktails and lavish displays in our sun-filled Grand Foyer with spectacular views of the outdoor terrace. With extensive attention to detail and award winning cuisine, our talented staff will help you coordinate all aspects of your event making your experience worry free from the planning stages to the big day!
Crystal Ballroom at the Radisson Freehold
Contact: Tara Stokes, 732-780-3405, [email protected]
The Crystal Ballroom at the Radisson Freehold is the premier Central Jersey destination for unforgettable Bar Bat Mitzvahs. Add impact with ghost Chiavari chairs and dynamic multi-hued LED ceiling lighting, which can be personalized to coordinate with your color scheme. Strike a pose by the fountain in the lush outdoor garden. Your out-of-town guests will love TripAdvisor's award-winning hotel accommodations. Brand new gourmet menus include everything from a simple 4-hour Sunday Mitzvah package to the extravagant Platinum Mitzvah package.
Top Left Photo: Chiavari chairs look great with Caribbean blue décor in Freehold's Crystal Ballroom
Top Right Photo: The Crystal Ballroom is pretty in pink with dynamic LED ceiling lighting in the color of your choice
Bottom Left Photo: Black feather centerpieces and modern black chair covers with jeweled wraps in Freehold's Crystal Ballroom
Bottom Right Photo: Your guests will be dazzled by the Crystal Ballroom, with LED ceiling lighting in the color of your choice, modern chair covers, and complimentary centerpieces
Elevate Event Lounge
Contact: Marie Eliseo, 914-352-6400, [email protected]
Elevate Event Lounge is the newest and hottest venue to come to Westchester! We are a private event facility that specializes in entertainment. We are here to help you every step of the way to make planning your event as stress free and fun filled as possible. We have more than 20 years experience in entertainment memorable event planning. With our amazing staff each party is customized to fulfill the essentials and desires for the Mitzvah child and their family. If you choose, our room can be transformed into almost any color. With our light up high boy tables, stools and sofas we are able to give you that lounge feel without going into Manhattan.
Here at Elevate Event Lounge you and your guests will have an amazing time. With our spacious 5,000 square foot party area with a 1,400 square foot dance floor, there is plenty of room to include any and all of your catering and vendor needs. With five flat screens and two projection walls, you can experience montages, zap shots, and music videos from all areas of the venue. Our party motivators are always there to keep your guests entertained and to ensure they leave with a smile on their face
Dave & Buster's
Contact: Erin Jacobsen, 845-348-6006, [email protected]
Plan the event of a lifetime!
Dave & Buster's is here to help you and your family plan an event to be remembered as well as celebrated. Whether you are looking to host a formal, informal or unique party, Dave & Buster's is the venue for you! Our facility has a multi-level private party room, which is the perfect place to host your child's special day! It comes with a stage, huge presentation screen, private bar, private bathrooms, and an array of A/V equipment. Best of all, it is located just outside One Million Dollars worth of Video Arcade Games! We offer 50,000 square feet of serious food and outrageous fun that guarantees your party will be fun, entertaining, and above all memorable.
Located all over the Tri-state area:
Palisades Center-Rockland County – 845-348-6006
Times Square • 243 W. 42nd St., 3rd Floor – 646-495-2015
Islandia • L.I.E. @ Vets. Memorial Hwy. – 631-582-6615
Westbury • The Mall at the Source – 516-247-6337
One Million Dollars of video arcade games and private party rooms with a DJ and dancing. The best of both worlds!
Meadowlands Racetrack Entertainment
Contact: Jessica Wester, 201-The-BigM, [email protected]
Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment, one venue with so many options. This one of a kind entertainment complex features unique and upscale event spaces that cater to groups of all sizes. With amazing views of the NYC skyline and live racing your next event will be unforgettable!
Top Left Photo: New Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment
Top Right Photo: Sports Bar & Club decked out for an event
Bottom Left Photo: Trotters, an event space with a luxurious Club feel
Bottom Right Photo: Gallery set for a sit down awards dinner. Every event space can be customized to fit your needs
Our themed email blasts are a great way to get know vendors in a specific category. To learn more about our other themed topics click on the links below:
Bar Bat Mitzvah Photography, Videography & Montage Experts
Decor Experts For Your Child's Bar Bat Mitzvah Celebration
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Party Planners For Your Child's Bar Bat Mitzvah Celebration
Invitations, Calligraphy, Thank Yous And More!
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Creative Catering Options For Your Bar Bat Mitzvah Celebration
Have you discovered Mitzvah Organizer yet? This go-to planning tool for B'nai Mitzvah Families will SIMPLIFY YOUR SIMCHA!


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Session Two
It's all about perspective. Sometimes we can get bogged down in certain parts of Scripture if we lose the overall point of the larger story. In this session Dr. Guthrie considers ways to get at the story of Scripture in between the "bookends" of Genesis 1-3 and Revelation 19-22 that have within them the heart of the whole story of the Bible.
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Thursday 24th April 2014
The Health Service Executive today announced that it is to ban the use of e-cigarettes in all health service facilities from 1st May. From this date, the use of e-cigarettes will not be permitted in any HSE building or on any HSE Tobacco-Free Campus.
As the organisation responsible for health promotion and improvement, health protection and the prevention of illnesses and disease, the HSE has made a commitment that all its campuses will be tobacco-free by 2015. The majority of public hospitals now operate smoke-free campuses, as do many primary care and administrative facilities.
Dr. Stephanie O'Keeffe, National Director, Health and Wellbeing, HSE said today: 'The Tobacco Free Campus Policy helps to change social norms around tobacco use and actively encourages and supports people to quit smoking. The decision to ban the use and sale of e-cigarettes in HSE facilities follows a detailed review of their safety and the impact of e-cigarettes on the smoke-free campus policy. '
'The HSE can only recommend safe and effective products and strategies for quitting smoking, and there currently is no conclusive evidence that e-cigarettes are safe for long-term use, or are effective as a smoking cessation aid. While we will be keeping this emerging evidence under review, the e-cigarettes ban is being introduced now because e-cigarettes pose a challenge to smoke-free campus enforcement and come with safety concerns for a healthcare environment.'
'Smoking is the single leading cause of illness in our nation, responsible for a range of respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases and cancers, and for over 5,200 deaths every year. The Health Services are responsible for health promotion and caring for illnesses and disease. Ensuring that health service buildings and grounds are smoke-free is an integral part of our approach to reducing tobacco use and harm in Ireland.'
Dr. O'Keeffe concluded: 'Quitting smoking is the best thing someone can do for their health and we will continue to treat tobacco use and addiction as a healthcare issue. The health services provide and promote a range of safe and evidence-based services, supports and aids that can help people to quit - in many cases doubling their chances of success. We encourage people to try to quit, to keep trying, and to use a safe and proven support to help them stay quit.'
All HSE service managers nationwide have been informed of this change and have been advised to implement the policy from May 1st 2014. Supporting materials on implementing a tobacco-free campus will be available at www.hse.ie/tobaccofreecampus
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Stop No. 1 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour
Stop No. 1 of 8 on the 2009 ASP Women's World Tour
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
February 28 – March 11, 2009
SNAPPER ROCKS, Australia (Sunday, March 8, 2009) – The first eight heats of Round 3 of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by LG Mobile were completed today in three-foot (1 metre) waves at Snapper Rocks, and wildcard Julian Wilson (AUS), 20, caused the upset of the season in eliminating reigning nine-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 37, from competition.
The opening event of the 2009 ASP World Tour season, the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast commenced Round 3 action this afternoon following the completion of the Roxy Pro Gold Coast this morning, won by reigning two-time ASP Women's World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 21.
Wilson, who is surfing in his third Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast as a wildcard, wasted no time in taking it to Slater in the last heat of the day, racking up a 6.83 out of a possible 10 to open up before sealing the deal with an 8.50 out of a possible 10.
"I'm over the moon right now," Wilson said. "I was so nervous before that heat just thinking about what I could do to beat Kelly [Slater]. For so long, he has been unstoppable. I started the heat on the inside and got the first wave, which is what I wanted to do. It feels so good to beat him."
Slater, who was riding an unconventional board that was shorter and wider than his usual equipment, never found a rhythm in the tricky afternoon conditions, and despite some mind-blowing, singular maneuvers, was never able to link together a complete wave.
"The waves I got were bad," Slater said. "I surfed alright on one wave and I am frustrated obviously, but I would have had the same result with the best board of my life so it definitely wasn't the equipment thing. A lot people want to put it down on that, but I am excited about my boards and I have a lot more fun riding these boards."
While Wilson certainly held the most dramatic heat of the day, fellow Australians and Coolangatta kids Joel Parkinson (AUS), 27, and Mick Fanning (AUS), 27, shined at their home break, posting some of the highest scores of the season.
Parkinson, current ASP World No. 4 and former winner of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast (2002), posted the highest heat total of the day, and 18.50 out of a possible 20, for his unparalleled command of the Snapper Rocks lineup.
"I had that really positive vibe," Parkinson said. "It's so good to be surfing back at Snapper. I like this wave so much more and I think it shows in my performance."
The stylish natural-footer was in particularly lethal form in his Round 3 heat, given that he was up against dangerous ASP Dream Tour sophomore Tiago Pires (PRT), 28.
"I always think a new year resets itself and everything starts fresh again," Parkinson said. "Tiago (Pires) was honestly one of the most under-rated surfers last year. Hopefully he can get some strides and get some momentum for the rest of the year."
Fanning, former ASP World Champion and two-time past winner of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast (2005, 2007), was another to decimate Snapper Rocks this afternoon, posting an excellent 18.10 out of a possible 20 to eliminate 2009 ASP World Tour rookie Kekoa Bacalso (HAW), 23.
When Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast Round 3 action recommences, up first will be current ASP World No. 2 Bede Durbidge (AUS), 25, against replacement surfer Jay Thompson (AUS), 25.
Event organizers will reconvene tomorrow at 6am for a possible 7am start.
Highlights from today's Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast action are available via www.quiksilverpro.com.au
For more information, log onto www.aspworldtour.com
Heat 1: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 16.50 def. Dustin Barca (HAW) 6.50
Heat 2: Jihad Khodr (BRA) 18.26 def. Kieren Perrow (AUS) 16.30
Heat 3: Chris Davidson (AUS) 13.67 def. Dayyan Neve (AUS) 8.27
Heat 4: Joel Parkinson (AUS) 18.50 def. Tiago Pires (PRT) 14.50
Heat 5: Mick Fanning (AUS) 18.10 def. Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 14.50
Heat 6: Jeremy Flores (FRA) 12.83 def. Nic Muscroft (AUS) 11.07
Heat 7: Damien Hobgood (AUS) 14.34 def. Heitor Alves (BRA) 9.00
Heat 8: Julian Wilson (AUS) 15.33 def. Kelly Slater (USA) 13.84
Heat 9: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Jay Thompson (AUS)
Heat 10: Taylor Knox (USA) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF)
Heat 11: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Greg Emslie (ZAF)
Heat 12: Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) vs. Josh Kerr (AUS)
Heat 13: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Drew Courtney (AUS)
Heat 14: Dane Reynolds (USA) vs. Roy Powers (HAW0
Heat 15: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Tim Boal (FRA)
Heat 16: Tom Whitaker (AUS) vs. David Weare (ZAF)


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When starting my food blog about a year ago, little did I think about all the things that actually blogging involved. I kind of thought: set up a page, take pictures of your food and post about 2 or 3 times a week. Everything else was a mystery. I had no idea about Photoshop or actually taking pictures, didn't know what traffic was or page views and so on. I actually only started this because I love food and cooking and after discovering food blogs about 2 years previously I caught myself thinking about blogging myself again and again especially when cooking and eating something that I really loved.
What I also completely ignored about blogging was the community I was going to be a part of once I started blogging and once I actually started realizing that there is a community out there (believe me, it took me some time to get that!).
Little by little the blogging world starts to reveal its secrets to me. It is hard work and things are still rather blurry but I hope I will be getting there someday, to the point where I can say that I actually know what I am doing here.
A new step in this direction is The Casual Veggie. The offer to be a part of the team putting together the recipes included in the book came completely out of the blue. I didn't know Mollie and her blog, so this took me quite by surprise. I cannot tell how thrilled I was about it, being part of something like this, I feel this to be the first major thing for me since starting blogging. A lot of good things happened along the way, but this one has to be the best until now.
166 recipes to help you find your way on the road to healthy eating. Nowadays not an easy thing to do as I found out myself along the years. Although when thinking about it, I have to admit that at least I had a good start. I grew up in the communist 80's and post-communist 90's in Romania. There are not so many positive things one can tell about these times in Romania. In the 80's we had the money but there was nothing one can spend it on and afterward, in the 90's, we had plenty of products but nothing to buy it with.
But one thing positive was our diet, in my opinion thousand times healthier than the average Romanian diet today. We ate meat but mostly from the pigs and chickens that grew up in our backyard (well, my grandma and I lived in a town but there were other people raising animals around us for this purpose) and we ate vegetables that grew in our garden or were sold by peasants at the huge and amazing markets all around town. No antibiotics, no pesticides, the tomatoes tasted sweet and biting in a scallion at breakfast was absolutely normal even for a small child.
We didn't know things like corn flakes, fast food or ready meals, we barely had any access to sweets or to fizzy drinks and that was good. There were barely overweight people in Romania in those days and I could have counted on one hand the cases of cancer I have heard of during my childhood and teenage years. Things have changed dramatically during the past decade and, in my opinion, the main reason in this change is the change in diet.Fast food and fizzy drinks are a daily business for many people, an excess of meat and most of all processed meats is something you meet in most families and the fresh veggies on the market are first of all not as clean as they used to be and are slowly replaced by the convenience of buying whatever and whenever in the supermarkets.
So this being said, I really think I had a good start. I couldn't cook an egg when I left Romania but still would not even consider eating ready meals or buying myself a hamburger when there was nothing else there. I just ate a lot of bread and butter or bread and cheese and when I got tired of that I started to learn how to cook.
And what I love cooking best are vegetables. I love the diversity, the freshness and the colors, the endless possibilities. And I love contributing to writing a book where some of these possibilities are featured. There are 29 chapters in the book, each dedicated to a certain veggie, like cabbage or broccoli or the widely and unfairly disregarded kohlrabi. This makes things easier for you when searching for a recipe for a certain kind of vegetable.
48 bloggers contributed to this book with their wonderful recipes. You will find links bringing you to their blogs, and that will give you access to hundreds and hundreds more wonderful recipes. Some of these bloggers focus on paleo, vegan or gluten-free food, some are registered dieticians or nutrition coaches and some are like me: mothers trying to feed their children in the best possible way, bringing them up with a knowledge and fondness towards healthy, tasty and most of all real food.
I really hope you decide to have this book, I am sure you will love and use it a lot.
I would also like to invite you to the virtual launch party where you can meet all the bloggers who contributed to writing this amazing book. The event will take place on October 5th between 10 pm and 11 pm. You will have the chance to have a sneak peak of The Casual Veggie Cookbook.
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In an edited extract from his new book, 'The Good Room', David McWilliams says that we are in the middle of an extraordinary baby boom -- despite the recession and emigration. But, he asks, what hope are we offering these children?
Father Gene O'Donnell, a Castlegregory man with a parish in America, had come home for the final of the All-Ireland junior club championship of 2010. On the eve of the showdown with Kiltimagh of Mayo, he took confession. You might as well start the day clean, even if you didn't finish it that way. And on the morning of the game, Father Gene said Mass for the Kerry team in the same function room in which they had watched match videos all the previous day.
During the Creed, Manager Ger O'Call-aghan thought to himself: What do we actually believe? We believe in ourselves, in our parish. We believe in our place. We believe in home. We believe in each other. This was their chance. By night, they'd be winners or losers. No matter what the outcome, they were doing it for their place, the place that had made them.
At half-time the Mayo men were ahead by two points. With two minutes to go there were still two points in it, and Castle' needed something special. Long free into the box, deft flick, back of the net. Noses in front. Kiltimagh free, last kick of the game, floated high and over. Scores level: 20 minutes of extra time.
All the sweat and pain in those 112 training sessions counted now. Ger knew his boys were harder. They were fitter. They could do it. He looked into their eyes for weakness; there was none. Ger told them to go and do it for the parish. When the ref blew, the scoreboard told it all: Castlegregory 1--14, Kiltimagh 0--15.
For the people of Castlegregory, nothing -- not even the most thrilling victories of the great Kerry teams over the years -- could compare to the feeling of winning an All-Ireland club final.
The local guards escorted them home, sirens going, lights flashing. Five kilometres out from the village, the team were met by the sight of a huge bonfire blazing on the high ground, before the road veered leftwards down to the sea.
The place was a mass of green and gold. A tourist might have thought they had brought people in from all over Kerry.
But they hadn't. These were their people. Castle' men and women from all over the world changed their annual holidays to be home to celebrate something you can't buy: the local, the rural -- home itself.
The village was heaving that night. Ferriter's stayed open until the morning, as did Leonard's and Murray's. They were winners. Castlegregory, a tiny place in West Kerry wedged between the mountains and the Atlantic, were All-Ireland champions for the first time.
When it all settled down, Ger O'Callaghan (manager, father, electrician, and now local hero) knew he could build on the victory. Most of the team were young. He could mould them, and they could keep on winning.
The fire is blazing at the back of Ferriter's. The place smells welcomingly of turf. But there's hardly anyone to welcome. Ger O'Callaghan is sitting at the back, waiting to watch the rugby -- Ireland against Wales. The bar is empty except for one farmer up at the counter. The village is silent.
The brilliant 2010 team never progressed. Not because they weren't good enough, but because they disappeared. Eight of the 15 players who started the 2010 All-Ireland final left the country over the next two years.
Of the 21 lads in the panel who were on the pitch in Croke Park that day, 12 are gone. Five are in Australia. Three are in London. The others are scattered all over the place.
The tale of what happened to the 2010 All-Ireland junior champions is the story of a generation of Irish people. They were born during the last great Irish recession of the mid-1980s. They watched Italia '90 as toddlers and just remember Ray Houghton's chip over the Italian keeper at Giants Stadium in '94. They were in primary school when the IRA ceasefire was announced. By the time they were doing the Leaving Cert, the banking bonanza was already in full swing.
They left school amid the credit binge of the mid-Noughties, when Ireland was hyping itself up to anyone who cared to listen, driven by the "when I have it I spend it" creed of the finance minister, Charlie McCreevy.
They were Generation Hype; they are now Generation Skype.
They were young enough not to have settled down yet old enough to leave, and they did so in huge numbers. When Brian O'Driscoll, after Ireland's victory over Australia at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in Auckland, laughed that "You'd swear we were in Dublin with that crowd", these were the people he was referring to. Most of the tens of thousands in green who were packed into Eden Park had not travelled across the world for the match; they were living in New Zealand or Australia. Two of the Castlegregory lads were in the stands that day.
Last year alone, 40,000 young Irish people left the country. Another 30,000 foreign residents, mainly East Europeans -- the ones who were going to do great things for our gene pool -- headed out as well. More than 300,000 people have left Ireland since 2006.
Anyone who has seen sunburned lads in Waterford jerseys and tight little GAA knicks offending the fashion sensibilities of bronzed and plucked Adonises on Bondi Beach will know the score. As has always been the case, when the going gets tough, the Irish get going.
The last generation to flee the country kept in touch by "reversing the charges" from AT&T phone booths all over America; these new exiles log on, Skype home and chat away. But the point is they have gone. They are not here, and the place is different without them. In some places, like Castlegregory, it feels empty.
One curious thing about Ireland is that the year you were born really matters to your prospects, arguably more than in any other European country. This is because the economy has been so badly mismanaged for so long, looted by one generation at the expense of the next.
Consider those born in the huge baby boom of the late 1970s, the Pope's Children.
They were blindsided by the credit binge, mistaking a large overdraft for real prosperity. Many are now the wrong side of 30 -- too old and with too many responsibilities just to head away, but far too young to throw in the towel.
They're trapped by the huge mortgages they're struggling to repay, and/or by the negative equity that makes it impossible for them to sell their property. Many have children and subscribe to the enduring Irish notion that, if at all possible, their children should be brought up here, at home.
There are hundreds of thousands of them. They were born in the wrong time. They were teens in the 1990s, bought homes in the 2000s and now find themselves in a debtors' prison.
Their Ireland is suburban, and it is also ridiculously fertile. In the past five years, an average of 73,000 babies have been born each year -- the biggest baby boom since the foundation of the State, even bigger than the one that produced the Pope's Children.
If you've been knocked off a footpath by an outsized buggy or amazed by the increase in class sizes in primary schools, it's because Ireland is reacting to one of the deepest economic depressions in the history of any country in Europe by having lots and lots of babies. Many of these newborns are the Pope's Children's children.
Ireland is yet again the great outlier in European demographics. If there is one overriding reason why we -- the adults of Ireland -- need to get our economy going, it is for these children. They are a sign that we have not lost hope; in fact, they are the most concrete sign yet that those who have stayed here believe in the future of Ireland. The Pope's Children are now raising Hope's Children.
But if that hope is dashed by bad decision-making in the next few crucial years, it could quickly turn to rage. Very soon these children will be passing through school and into the workforce. With youth unemployment now at 30pc, what hope are we offering them with the present policies?
The Good Room is published by Penguin Ireland on October 29 -- price €16.99
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