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Javier Calvo's "The Hanging Garden"
Javier Calvo—the author of Wonderful World which was published by HarperCollins a couple years ago—is in the States for a few events, including this one with Edith Grossman that's taking place on Saturday at McNally Jackson in New York.
To mark this, and to bring attention to an interesting young Spanish author, we got Jesse Barker from SUNY Albany to write up this piece about Javier's works, mostly focusing on The Hanging Garden his latest novel. (Which has yet to be translated into English.)
Over the last decade a quiet boom has been occurring in Spanish narrative. In an age of conglomerated publishing houses and fascination with new media, the novel is alive and well in Spain, with a host of new authors pushing the boundaries of fictional form to describe the contours of the twenty-first century. One of the most prominent of these writers is Javier Calvo, whose latest work The Hanging Garden (2012) continues his intriguing evolution as a novelist.
Calvo's first books—the short story collection Canned Laughter (2001) and the novel The Reflecting God (2003)—had a considerable impact in Spain and earned him a reputation as an ultramodern writer, both experimental and highly attuned to pop culture. While the influence of American authors like David Foster Wallace and Chuck Palahniuk (both of whom Calvo himself has translated into Spanish) was evident, it did not overshadow what was from the beginning a unique narrative voice.
The stories in Calvo's fiction are developed through short and intricately constructed scenes. Brief moments in time are described with striking visual details and metaphors, which accentuate the particularities of his eccentric characters or the absurdity of situations. Take, for example, the following passage from The Hanging Garden, where he describes his protagonist Teo Barbosa at the meeting of a revolutionary left-wing group in a neighborhood church:
Everyone present has that slightly ridiculous look that adults always have when they sit at child-size desks, but in Barbosa's case—since he's two or three heads taller than the others—the impression is particularly dramatic. With his extra-long arms and legs protruding grotesquely from the desk, Barbosa looks like he's gotten himself snared at waist-height in some sort of experimentally designed trap.
[Todos los presentes tienen ese aspecto vagamente ridículo que les queda siempre a los adultos cuando se sientan en pupitres infantiles, pero en el caso de Barbosa, que les saca dos o tres palmos de altura a los demás, la impresión es especialmente dramática. Con los brazos y las piernas larguísimos sobresaliendo grotescamente del pupitre, Barbosa tiene aspecto de haberse quedado atrapado a la altura de la cintura por alguna clase de cepo de diseño experimental] (21).
Just as the ridiculously tall Barbosa is here trapped in his ridiculously small desk, Calvo's characters seem propelled by innate physical and psychological qualities towards playing certain social roles, carrying out certain extreme behaviors and fulfilling certain (often tragic) destinies. These personalities are revealed through a visual narrative reminiscent of films and comic books, but the narrator's voice is constantly highlighted through elaborate and fanciful metaphors like the one seen in the quote above.
In contrast to this emphasis on surface images, Calvo's fictions are also constructed around profound allegorical meanings, often intentionally shrouded in mystery and contradiction. This aspect became more evident in the short story collection The Lost Rivers of London (2005), which revealed a growing interest in myth and pagan magic. Characters are consumed by their obsessions with ancient deities or contemporary pop figures, which act as totems providing access to millennial energies, represented by the lost subterranean rivers of the book's title. In metafictional asides, the narrators present the stories themselves as magical incantations unleashing powerful forces. The satirical surfaces of this author's works are thus configured as components of a complex structure aimed at penetrating the depths of cultural and spiritual dynamics.
Calvo's latest three novels—Wonderful World (2008), Crown of Flowers (2010) and finally The Hanging Garden—show a progressive mastery of these different levels. The stories take place, respectively, in a modern day hyper-consumerist Barcelona, a Dickensish nineteenth-century Barcelona and a 1970s Barcelona immersed in Spain's transition from the Franco dictatorship to democracy. For a dedicated Calvo reader it is fascinating to see how his peculiar narrative lens shifts between such different time periods and yet retains his characteristic style and themes, which are increasingly integrated into a sublime vision of human psychology and society. If the long choral novel Wonderful World (thus far the only one of Calvo's books available in English) seemed a culmination of his earlier literary exeriments, the others turn his lens onto two important historical periods in Barcelona: the arrival of industrial modernity and the arrival of consumer-driven postmodernity.
While initially surprising within Calvo's trajectory, these historical focuses serve to dig deeper into the demons that have always fueled the author's work. Crown of Flowers shows a repressive state and economic apparatus that tears down Barcelona's medieval wall and, along with it, the ancient spirit of the place and its people. Residues of this spirit, however, persist underground in the obsessions of a mad scientist and a violent sect of orphaned children guided by a mysterious leader, both of which maintain ambiguous connections to the very power elites that seek to dominate the city.
The Hanging Garden represents a sharper departure from previous works. First of all, Spain's conversion into a democratic state—known within the country as the Transition—invokes a more explicitly political subject matter, as this period of Spanish history is inevitably a source of controversy. Some hold up the process as a model political transition, with no bloodshed and a quickly achieved widespread consensus. Others criticize the amnesty and "pact of silence" about the dictatorship's crimes. In a broader cultural sense, the Transition is an accelerated version of processes occurring throughout the Western world since the end of World War II: globalization, de-industrialization, the loss of ideological certainty and the ascendance of media-driven consumerism. Thus Spain's celebration of new political and social freedoms was quickly tainted by the social fragmentation that characterizes contemporary society.
The Hanging Garden addresses both political and cultural aspects of the Transition. On one level it is a political thriller centered on the struggle between the government and a fictional revolutionary group, complete with terrorist acts, double agents and espionage romance. The novel portrays the transition between a security apparatus dominated by the dictatorship's army to the more subtle and pervasive secret service working behind the scenes of modern democracies. It also exposes the gaps between the priority of maintaining power that guides democratic governments and their stated goal of serving the interests of the people.
On another level the novel represents the societal upheaval of Spain's Transition and functions as a chilling allegory of the cultural order inaugurated in the era. A meteorite fallen in the Catalonian countryside shortly before the beginning of the story covers Barcelona in dust and causes extreme weather patterns. Teo Barbosa maintains ambivalent relationships with both the left wing extremists and the secret service, too skeptical and sarcastic to fit comfortably on either side. His only sincere passion seems to lie with Sara Arta, the fellow revolutionary with whom he shares long nights at the "Bar Texas" and her studio apartment, filled with sex, drugs, alcohol and the pre-punk wailings of Patty Smith. It is impossible to know where Barbosa's true feelings lie, however, both for the reader and ultimately for himself. His intellectual and existential disorientation is indicative of a society where the real is disintegrating. Sara Arta's aesthetic transformation from pale-faced, dark-eyeshadow art student to nihilist punk is also representative of the times. As the narrator declares more than once, in 1977 Spain the past is quickly fading and, consequently, so is the future.
On the other side of the equation is Arístedes Lao, the mathematical genius that works for the secret service and is apparently devoid of human feelings. Instantly repulsive to all who meet him, Lao has a gift for analyzing the human psyche and complex social dynamics. Like many of Calvo's characters, Lao begins as a comic caricature but acquires a profound symbolic importance in the novel. His computer-like mind engineers the different pieces of the human jigsaw in the story, producing an apocalyptic ending that reduces the potentially subversive elements to impotence and desperation.
Words like allegory and representation fall short of describing The Hanging Garden_'s depiction of reality. While the specific subject of the novel may be the Spanish Transition, the reader is taken along a journey, both mythical and ironic, to the heart of a global cultural/political/economic order that appeared invincible until recent financial meltdowns and protest movements. _The Hanging Garden is a brilliant and captivating novel that confirms Javier Calvo's enormous talent.
Although The Hanging Garden isn't yet available in English, you can buy Wonderful World which is now available in paperback from HarperCollins and translated by Mara Lethem. And with a little luck, we'll have a full review of this up by the end of next week.
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Villa Ritka by studio pha
Today we are happy to present the Villa Ritka by studio pha. Completed in 2011, the 490 square meter building makes use of the sloping ground to divide it into 2 parts. The upper part features a residential area while the lower part acts as a garage and entrance hall. The final result is a 2-story house with a flat roof covering the house's "U"-shape. The atrium is home to a small pool and louvered blinds, ensuring ample cooling throughout the area.
Check out the gallery above and stay posted for more stunning homes from around the world.
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ATV Johannes Kepler gears up for space journey
Step by step, ESA's latest Automated Transfer Vehicle space ferry is being taken through all the tests to prepare for launch early next year from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. So far, all systems are 'go'.
The heaviest and most complex space vehicle ever developed in Europe is being prepared for its next supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
ATV-2, named after the German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler, is undergoing its last checkouts. While two thirds of the ESA and NASA dry cargo is already loaded, the final flight software will be loaded into the onboard computer.
The teams at the ATV Control Centre in Toulouse, France, are verifying the data transmission and the commands to handle the mission in orbit.
By the end of the month, the service module, containing the propulsion and control systems, will be mated with the pressurised cargo carrier. With the solar wings folded against its body, this will give ATV-2 its final shape.
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The launch date depends on the availability of the Ariane 5 launcher and on the other traffic to and from the ISS.
Once the date is decided, ATV's propellants will begin loading some two months before liftoff. Final cargo items can be added shortly before launch while ATV is mounted on its Ariane 5.
"For the first time, we will use a cargo access device for last-minute items. This operation confirms its role as a critical resupply tool for the Space Station partners," explains Nico Dettmann, ESA's ATV programme manager.
ATV-2 can carry more to the Space Station than Jules Verne, the first ATV, launched in 2008. Several upgrades permit Johannes Kepler to ferry a full propellant load of almost 5 tonnes to the Station.
The European push
Simonetta Di Pippo, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight, emphasises the common effort made by dozens of companies and thousands of people all over Europe to get everything ready.
"We count on a highly skilled workforce that represents a great asset to the European aerospace industry," says Mrs Di Pippo.
"ESA and industry teams have been working together deploying a great effort to ensure ATV-2 is ready in time. I am proud today to see that the objective is achieved.
"When the US Space Shuttle retires, ATV will be the largest vehicle supplying the ISS. The unique technologies developed for the ATV are something we can build on for the future."
Servicing the ISS
The mission confirms Europe's capabilities in space transportation. With its own control and propulsion systems, ATV can navigate and rendezvous autonomously.
At the Station, ATV will provide storage space and help in adjusting the orbit, performing regular orbit reboosts and avoiding space debris.
ATV was developed and is built under ESA contract by a European industrial consortium led by EADS Astrium.


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From the question How does auto-pickup work?, we know that ammo is shared between players in co-op. How does this sharing work? Does each player get the full amount of ammo, or is it divided between them? Does it make a difference if one player already has full ammo of the type being picked up?
I'm also interested in the sharing of money and Eridium, but I believe those are covered in How does experience work in co-op?


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.NET Family,
I'm extremely pleased to announce that .NET has been sold to a couple of great guys, one of which is a .NET'er since 1998 and throughout the many phases of the site. Jamie (Wenhawk) understands what makes this forum the special place it is, and wants to keep that feeling of community moving forward. I'm extremely excited for he and his business partner Tony (Touchdown) to take the reigns and inject some new ideas and blood into this place we love.
As for Neal & I, I wanted to personally thank you all for an incredible ride over the last 12 years I've owned the site. We've went from around 35K unique visitors per month in 2007 to well over 1/2 a million per month regularly. This is due to all of you, making the site interesting and creating excellent conversations & opinions.
Most of all, I want to give my heartfelt thanks to the following:
1 - All of you who have donated your time or money to help keep the forum up and running for so long. The dozens of moderators, admins, and chat mods who donate their time never get the recognition they deserve, and those of you that donate your money to help cover the costs of our not-for-profit business have made a huge difference in keeping this small business afloat. I sincerely can not thank you enough.
2 - Les (Radish) who will always be remembered for making this forum into more than just a place to talk sports. He made it into a family and community. He'll always be the heart and soul of this place, and he's missed every day.
3 - Neal (Anguish) who stepped up and helped me architect this site into the powerhouse it is now, asking for nothing in return, because of his love for the Hawks and .NET. You probably haven't even noticed just how stable and fast this forum is for the past several years, but for those that remember the days after the Scout.com break, that wasn't always the case. He is the primary reason this site is a success over the past 6 years, and I can not thank my co-owner enough for everything he's done.
So to all of you, thank you from the bottom of my heart for always putting up with my decisions, even when you may not have agreed with them (PWR forum anyone?). We have long-timers come and go, but there are always new fans finding the site and keeping the conversations rolling. I'm also thankful for all of the "real life" friendships I've made through this site, and for any one of you that might be interested, I'm always up for coming to an away game watching party and buying everyone a beer. Just say the word and I'm there.
Neal & I will still be around, of course, and providing whatever help Wenhawk & Touchdown need. Please help me by congratulating them in this endeavor, and again, I thank you for making the last 12 years some of the best I've ever had.
If you're interested in keeping up aside from here, I'm fairly active on Twitter using @Rockhawk so feel free to follow and I'll give you a follow back.
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Cardiac arrest means that the heart suddenly stops beating. This is because of a problem with the heart's electrical system. When cardiac arrest occurs, emergency medical care needs to be provided right away. If it is not, the person can quickly die since blood is not being pumped throughout the body.
Cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack. When a person has a heart attack, the blood flow to the heart is interrupted. This may be due to problems with the coronary arteries, such as a build-up of plaque, a blood clot, or a thickening of the artery walls.
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Cardiac arrest may be caused by:
Factors that may increase the risk of cardiac arrest include:
Symptoms include:
Prior to cardiac arrest, some people report the following symptoms or warning signs in the weeks before the event:
The first person to respond to a cardiac arrest should check if the person is responsive. If the person does not respond, call for emergency medical services right away or have someone else call. If there is an automated external defibrillator (AED) available, you or someone else should get it and follow the steps on the machine.
After calling emergency medical services, CPR will be started if the person is not breathing normally. If no AED is available or while you are waiting for it, begin doing CPR by giving chest compressions. Push the chest in at least two inches at a fast rate of at least 100 compressions per minute. If you are trained in CPR, after 30 compressions, open the person's airway and give two rescue breaths. Then, continue with the chest compressions. If you feel more comfortable, you can give the compressions without the breaths until the ambulance arrives.
Prompt treatment improves the chance of survival. The 4 steps in the cardiac chain of survival are:
Call for emergency medical services right away, especially if you notice cardiac warning signs or suspect cardiac arrest has occurred.
Defibrillation sends an electrical shock through the chest. The surge of electricity aims to stop the ineffective, irregular heart rhythm. This may allow the heart to resume a more normal electrical pattern. AEDs check the heart rhythm before instructing the rescuer to give the shock.
CPR helps keep blood and oxygen flowing to the heart and brain until other treatment can be given. The heart and brain are very susceptible to low oxygen levels. Permanent damage can occur, even with successful resuscitation.
Emergency medical personnel at the scene and doctors at the hospital will provide essential medical care and intensive monitoring. They will give drugs, insert a tube to maintain an open airway, and manage emergency care. Epinephrine is often given early to make the heart more receptive to electrical impulses and to improve blood flow to the heart and brain. The patient will receive oxygen.
Therapeutic hypothermia is another type of treatment that may be used at the hospital. This involves lowering the person's body temperature to 89°-93°F (32°-34°C) by using cold blankets, ice packs, and infusions of cool saline. This cooling of the body is done in an effort to aid brain function and recovery. The person's body may remain at this temperature for an extended period of time (12-24 hours).
Even in cases where an effective heart rhythm has been restored, low oxygen levels can cause serious damage to the heart, brain, and other vital organs.
You may be able to lower your risk of cardiac arrest by:
American Heart Association
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association
Canadian Cardiovascular Society
The College of Family Physicians of Canada
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Explore sudden cardiac arrest. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute website. Available at: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/scda. Updated June 22, 2016. Accessed September 13, 2017.
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PASADENA, Calif. – Police arrested more than a dozen PETA protesters for blocking SeaWorld's float at the 125th Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena.
Activists from the organization brought signs and shouted in hopes of stopping the park's float from airing on the nationally televised Rose Bowl Parade.
PETA protesters accuse the park of animal cruelty and want SeaWorld to release its killer whales back into the wild. The organization also says the park used the parade to repair its image following the controversial documentary 'Blackfish' which focuses on whales in captivity.
"The float is a sham," says Ashley Palmer, PETA spokeswoman.
Since the documentary was released, several bands have canceled their planned appearances at the park.
SeaWorld calls the protest a publicity stunt.


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Good Men, Good Women (1995)
Directed by Hsiao-Hsien HouGenres - Drama | Sub-Genres - Political Drama, Family Drama | Run Time - 108 min. | Countries - Japan , Taiwan | MPAA Rating - NR
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Hou Hsiao Hsien rounds out his loose trilogy on Taiwanese history -- The Puppet Master dealt with Japan's occupation of the island and City of Sadness focuses on Chiang Kai-shek's bloody occupation immediately following the war -- with this mediation on the anti-Communist campaign during the 1950s. The story is ostensibly about the real life events of Chiang Bi-yu (Annie Shizuka Inoh), who ventures to China with her new husband, Chung Hao-tung (Lim Giong), to join the anti-Japanese resistance along with three other friends. Once in China, they are immediately suspected of being Japanese spies and are almost executed. While working with the resistance, Chiang is forced to give up her first-born child -- the call of the motherland had no time for motherhood. When the war ends, they return to Taiwan. Chung takes a job as the principal of a school in the south of the island and starts a Marxist journal called the Enlightenment. As the Red Army swept down the Korean peninsula, Chiang Kai-shek -- at the behest of the Americans -- instituted the White Terror, which rooted out communists of every color. Soon Chung and Chiang are rounded up and brutally interrogated. Chiang is eventually released to her small brood of children while Chung is thrown against the wall and shot. Hou complicates this narrative by layering an additional story line about an actress, Liang Ching (also played by Annie Shizuka Inoh), who is rehearsing for a movie about the life of Chiang Bi-yu. Still reeling from the murder of her gangster boyfriend, Ah Wei (Jack Kao), three years previous, Liang is being faxed daily pages of her stolen diary, forcing her to confront her past. Soon the borders between the lives of Chiang and Liang become less and less distinct. This film was dubbed the single best film of the 1990s by Cahier du Cinema.
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Andy Herren Wins 'Big Brother' Season 15
Minutes from now, if not years, "Big Brother" historians will be debating the merits of season 15 and its widely panned cast and seemingly bland winner Andy Herren. Was he deserving? Or did he win by default as the less offensive of two players perceived as weak and/or dull?
Since losing my favorite players Helen and Amanda weeks ago, I had no investment in any of the remaining six or seven players. I lost my rooting interest. But perhaps that tainted my view of Andy's game.
A few weeks back I handicapped Andy's odds of advancing to the finals at 6%. In fact, the final three players were among those I viewed as least likely to play on. And that's what BB producers wanted. They didn't want us to like Andy or Spencer or GinaMarie too soon or, indeed, maybe ever. They portrayed their games as under the radar, loathsome or otherwise incompetent. But were they really?


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Feel the fear and do it anyway. ~ Susan Jeffers
Lately, I've been quite fond of garter stitch.
Here's a new scarf:
I've also picked up a project that's hasn't been seen in almost a year:
Romeo loves his cave:
Kishka was very cooperative during a photo shoot earlier today:
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Sadly, there has been another murder around here. And this time, there was a witness:
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For today's healthy Apple iPad 3 rumor: a Retina Display with a whopping 2048x1536 resolution screen. First rumored back in January, "proof" in iOS 5 could point to new high-resolution iPad 3 screen tech.
In January, a graphic in the iBooks app was discovered with a resolution of 2048x1536 and now another asset with the same high-res pixel count has been made by tech site TechUnwrapped: Twitter.framework.
If you've been following along with what's in store for iOS 5 since last week's Apple WWDC, you'll know that Twitter is going to be injected into iOS devices like stuffing is in a turkey on Thanksgiving day. Although TechUnwrapped's tipster discovery is hardly concrete proof, it does solidify the idea that Apple is at least toying with Retina Displays for future iPads.
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We can picture it now: Steve Jobs is on stage next year at a small press event and he's showing off the iPad 3. It's a hair thinner than the iPad 2 and boom — Retina Display on the iPad 3. We know that such a dense display exists, but will it be cheap enough to include by the time the iPad 3 launches? Maybe just email Apple COO Tim Cook or Steve Jobs? It's worth a shot!
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"You'll be [Maggie Hope's] loyal subject, ready to follow her wherever she goes."—O: The Oprah Magazine
Praise for the Maggie Hope Mysteries
"With false starts, double agents, and red herrings . . . MacNeal provides a vivid view of life both above and below stairs at Windsor Castle."—Publishers Weekly, on Princess Elizabeth's Spy
"A captivating, post-feminist picture of England during its finest hour."—The Denver Post, on Mr. Churchill's Secretary


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|*August 30 - September 5
|Women of Mission
Read for This Week's Study:
Luke 8:41-55; John 4:1-40; Acts 16:14-16; 18:1-3, 24-28; Rom. 16:3-5.
Memory Text:
" 'Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven-for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little' " (Luke 7:47, NIV).
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|Though women were often given background roles, the New Testament
shows them heavily involved in advancing the mission of the church.
Women play key parts in biblical history. They include good and bad queens, righteous maids, praying mothers, powerful leaders, influential wives, generous givers, prostitutes, prophets, deaconesses, gracious hosts, and faithful supporters and friends of Jesus.
In such stories as Esther and Deborah, women take center stage. Throughout the Bible's broad canvas, we can see how women with a mission have helped advance the kingdom of heaven in many ways.
In the New Testament we see examples of how Jesus dealt with women. At the same time, many women followed Jesus and supported Him financially (Luke 8:1-3) and helped care for His needs (Mark 15:41). Jesus specifically ministered to women on several occasions. When many of His disciples deserted Jesus at His death, women remained true and stayed with Him to the Cross. Women were the first witnesses of His resurrection.
This week we will look at just a few of the women in the New Testament who, although their stories may be brief, played a vital part in the mission of the church.
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, September 6.
|August 31
Breaking the Rules
In the society in which Jesus lived and worked, women were largely kept out of public life. At Sabbath worship, they were mere onlookers, not participants.
In public, men were restricted in how much they could talk to a woman, even their wives. Women were not allowed to study the Torah; in fact, they were not even allowed to touch the Scriptures, lest they contaminate them.
Jesus took a different approach. Women were His beloved children, just as much as men. His death covered them just as much as any male.
Although rabbis of the time were not permitted to teach women, Jesus happily did. On one occasion, Mary, the sister of Lazarus, sat at His feet like a pupil (Luke 10:38-42).
Prejudice against women entered every aspect of life. Men were allowed to divorce women, even for the most trivial offenses, but women were not allowed to divorce men, even for the most serious of offenses. Jesus had strong words to say about the current practice of divorce, which treated women as if they were objects owned by men (Matt. 19:3-8).
In the space of two chapters in Luke, Jesus breaks the laws regarding contact with ceremonially unclean women. He touches a dead girl and restores her to life (Luke 8:41, 42, 49-55); allows a hemorrhaging woman to touch Him (Luke 8:43-48); and lets a woman of ill repute wash His feet (Luke 7:37-39). Read each of those accounts. What principles do you think led Jesus to break these rules? How are those principles applicable today?
While He was on earth, Jesus broke down earthly, human barriers. As the apostle Paul said, "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus" (Gal. 3:28).
|What kind of prejudices are you still harboring against any group? How can you recognize those prejudices? More important, why must you overcome them?
|September 1
The Woman at the Well: Part 1
The division between Jews and Samaritans was long and bitter (for its historical roots, see 2 Kings 17:24-41). When the exiles returned from Babylon and attempted to rebuild Jerusalem's temple and walls, the Samaritans tried to stop their work (see Ezra 4:7-22 and Neh. 4:1-5). Incidents such as this, as well as the dispute over the true site for the temple, fueled hatred between both groups. On one occasion a group of people tried to insult Jesus by calling Him demon-possessed and a Samaritan (John 8:48).
The most direct and quickest route between Jerusalem in the south and Galilee in the north was through Samaria. However, when making this trip, people would often take a detour around Samariadespite the inconvenient longer distance in order to avoid their long and bitter enemies.
Look up the following passages in Luke. What do they reveal about Christ's attitude toward Samaritans? What should this tell us about what our attitudes toward those traditionally despised by our own culture must be? Luke 9:51-56, 10:30-37, 17:11-19.
On more than one occasion the Gospel writers show Jesus traveling directly through Samaria. One time on His way from Judea to Galilee, He stopped at the Samaritan town of Sycharthe site of Jacob's well and near Mount Gerizim, the holy place for the Samaritans, the site of their temple. It was here that He had His famous exchange not just with a Samaritan but a Samaritan woman (see John 4).
Much to the woman's surprise, He asks her if she would draw water for Him to drink. The request shocks her, because Jesus was a Jew and she was a Samaritan and a woman!
As Jesus speaks to this woman, He breaks several cultural taboos. The apostle John says that when he and the other disciples returned, they "were surprised to find him talking with a woman" (John 4:27, NIV). It was not considered appropriate for a man, even a religious teacher, to be seen talking to a woman in publicespecially, of all people, a Samaritan woman.
|Jesus did not let social custom interfere with His mission. How do you find the right balance between not giving social offense and doing what is right?
|September 2
The Woman at the Well: Part 2
Read John 4:1-40, Christ's encounter with the woman. In what way does Jesus connect the woman's daily life and circumstances to the spiritual truth He wants to share? That is, how was He able to connect to her spiritual needs?
The woman is so excited by what she has seen and heard that she rushes back to town, not even bothering to take her water jar (John 4:28). She has met the Messiah, and she just has to share the news with others.
The first part of her testimony is an invitation for them to meet for themselves the Man who knew her life story (vs. 29). Here is a simple but classic truth about witnessing. Our mission is not to convert people. Our task is to sow the seed and bring people to Jesus. From there, the Holy Spirit cares for conversion. As the people later testify after meeting Jesus"Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world" (John 4:42).
The second part of her testimony is a question"Is not this the Christ?" (vs. 29). The way this question is structured in the Greek suggests that she is assuming that the answer to her question is negative. Thus, her question is literally: "He could not be the Messiah, could He?" or "This is not the Christ, is it?"
Either the woman was still not 100 percent certain about Jesus being the Messiah or, more likely, she was breaking the news gently to people who could be hostile to her for making such a claim.
Though many lessons could be taken from this account, one important one is that by doing what He did, Jesus clearly broke with the traditions of His time, witnessing to not only a woman but a Samaritan woman, but then using this woman to be a messenger and evangelist for the gospel.
|Jesus uses a Samaritan, a woman, and one of hardly the best moral background too, to be a witness for Him. It is as if He purposely went against every taboo and prejudice of His time. What lessons should we draw from this for ourselves about who is or is not qualified to work for the Lord?
|September 3
Women in the Early Church
Throughout the book of Acts and in Paul's letters, women are often mentioned as playing a role in the early church. The early Christians did not worship in churches but instead met in people's homes, often around the meal table.
Many of these homes were owned by women such as Lydia, a businesswoman who traded purple cloth. Paul, Silas, Timothy, and Luke met her in Philippi, in Macedonia, when they worshiped on Sabbath with a group of women gathered by the river.
Read Acts 16:14-16. What role do we see Lydia in?
What a rich story must lie behind these few words. In the space of two sentences Lydia accepts Jesus, witnesses about her newfound beliefs to her entire household, is baptized with her household, and opens up her home to the apostles. Lydia is the first recorded convert in Europe, and her home provides the base from which the apostles minister in the area.
Read Acts 18:1-3, 24-28; Romans 16:3-5; 1 Corinthians 16:19. From these various texts, how was the Lord able to use Priscilla for ministry?
After some time in Corinth, Paul sailed to Syria, accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. Here Priscilla and Aquila opened up their home to a Jew named Apollos and taught him about Jesus (Acts 18:24-26). Apollos later became a great help to the church in Achaia (vss. 27, 28).
|Look again at Romans 16:3-5. Paul is expressing thanks to both Priscilla and her husband. She, obviously, had a crucial role, one that Paul wanted to acknowledge. How can we be more sensitive in affirming women in whatever role they are in?
|September 4
"I Commend to You Phoebe"
Although limited by social customs and expectations, many women in the early Christian church distinguished themselves through lives of service. The Bible rarely gives many details, but it is clear that women played an active role in the mission of the church.
Read Acts 21:9. What important principle can we get from this one short text?
Writing to the church in Rome, Paul commends to them a woman by the name of Phoebewhom he refers to as "our sister" (Rom. 16:1, NIV). Phoebe belonged to the church in Cenchreaa port city a few miles from the city of Corinth.
Paul describes Phoebe as "a servant of the church" (vs. 1). In his writings, Paul often uses the Greek word diakonos, translated here "servant" and in other places "deacon." Whatever the correct word, the meaning is that Phoebe was one who served the church. Paul continues: "She has been a great help to many people, including me" (vs. 2).
Many other women in the New Testament are known for their good works. Look up the following texts. What can we gather from them and the ones already looked at about the various positions women held in the early days of Christianity? Acts 9:36; Rom. 16:7, 12; Phil. 4:2, 3; Philem. 2.
Not only did women play an important role behind the scenes in supporting the early church; it appears that many played a leading role in the frontline work of sharing the good news. No doubt, in the closing work of the gospel, in the work of spreading the three angels' messages to "every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people" (Rev. 14:6), women will continue to have an important role.
Man or woman, what is the best way you can utilize your gifts in the work of ministry and mission?
|September 5
Further Study:
|"The Samaritan woman who talked with Jesus at Jacob's well had no sooner
found the Saviour than she brought others to Him. She proved herself a more
effective missionary than His own disciples. The disciples saw nothing in
Samaria to indicate that it was an encouraging field. Their thoughts were
fixed upon a great work to be done in the future. They did not see that right
around them was a harvest to be gathered. But through the woman whom they
despised a whole cityful were brought to hear Jesus."Ellen G. White,
The Ministry of Healing, p. 102.
"The Lord has a work for women as well as for men to do. They can accomplish a good work for God, if they will learn first in the school of Christ the precious, all-important lesson of meekness. They must not only bear the name of Christ, but possess His spirit."Ellen G. White, North Pacific Union Gleaner, December 4, 1907.
Discussion Questions:
| In some parts of the world, women rarely play any leadership
roles in the church. This is often dismissed as just a cultural issue; others
see it as a moral one. When do customs and cultural issues become moral issues?
Ellen G. White says that the woman at the well proved a more effective missionary than Jesus' disciples did. What special strengths can women bring to the mission of the church? Without delving into the controversial issue of women's ordination, how can we better affirm and use the women who are part of our movement and message?
As a class, talk about Jesus and the Samaritan woman. Take that story and put it into your own culture and context. Imagine Jesus ministering so readily to someone despised and hated by your own culture, someone many folk would not even talk to. What can you learn from this exercise about what the gospel commission is really all about?
Throughout the New Testament, women appear more in background roles. However, Jesus and the apostle Paul often commended women-for their acts of love and mercy and for advancing the mission of the church.
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by ADRIAN GEORGE
I grew up in Liberia, West Africa. I lived with my uncle until he died when I was a teenager. Suddenly I was on my own. In Africa it is almost impossible for a student to find work.
One day I dreamed I was singing in a choir. I noticed that we weren't wearing the blue and gold robes that the choir in my church normally wore. Instead, the robes were green with gold trim. I had this same dream again a few weeks later, but I wasn't sure what it meant.
I became sick and went to stay with my sister in the capital city. When I was feeling better, she invited me to attend evangelistic meetings. At first I resisted going, for I knew that my sister was an Adventist. But she kept inviting me. Finally I went with her.
The pastor spoke on what happens when we die. I still remember the sermon to this day. Then the choir sang, "Now is the time, make up your mind, there is no time to wait." I felt impressed to respond to the pastor's call, but I resisted. I didn't want to become a Seventh-day Adventist. Then it felt as if someone was pulling me out of my chair. I hung on tightly to the arms of the chair. Finally I couldn't resist any longer. I stood and walked forward.
I took Bible studies with the pastor and was baptized before I returned to my home to finish school. But when my friends learned that I had become an Adventist, they laughed at me. I decided I wouldn't go to the Adventist church anymore. Then I heard a voice saying, "You'd rather serve men than God?" I turned to see who was talking to me, but no one was there. That scared me. Still I didn't attend the Adventist church.
School ended, and I went to stay with my sister for the summer. My sister didn't have money to take a taxi to go to her own church, so we went to the Central church, which was closer. After Sabbath School, the choir marched into the sanctuary from the back as they sung an anthem. I turned to look at them, and to my amazement, the choir was wearing green gowns, the very gowns that I had dreamed about months earlier. So this is where God wants me to be, I thought to myself. I knew then that God had given me that dream to cement me in the faith. Since then I have never gone back on my faith.
Your mission offerings helped to raise up a new congregation in Monrovia, Liberia, and in 2007 your Thirteenth Sabbath Offerings are helping to build a church for this group. Thank you!
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You could cheat and change the texture of the inside of that pumpkin, make the inside colors pure white so it appears lit up.Additionally, you could separate the inside and outside of the 3D pumpkin object and setAdditionalLighting(200,200,200) to the inner Object3D. Or perhaps pop a small hardware Light in the center.
You wont need two pumpkins, 3D modelling programs like blender allow you to select all the vertices and extend them inwards, effectively creating a complete 3D object with both inner and outer walls. Once that is done, apply a white part of the texture to the inner faces.OpenGL hardware typically have 8 hardware lights you can use. Refer to the "Light" class in jPCT, set it's position to the center of the pumpkin to light it up.
I must agree it was a battle learning even the basics of Blender.jPCT doesn't support dual sided polygon textures (which is good in a way, keeps things simple) so you will need to solidify the object as mentioned. Rather than copy the outer texture co-ordinates to the inner faces, you would want to simply apply white to the inside to mimic the light volume. You do this by selecting all the inner faces and either apply a white material from the materials menu on the right, or hop into texture mode, load up your texture, select a portion of the texture that contains white, then wrap that portion to the polygons you have selected. It's not easy to do so I wont go into it in detail, but there are plenty of video guides on youtube that will get you started.
No probs. If you want a glow effect as well you could experiment with a simple transparent plane centered near the front-center of the pumpkin with a 32bit (RGBA) texture that fades out from the middle. Beyond that you would need to use shaders, i.e. if you wanted a fancy glow extruding out of the pumpkin.
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Today's Stories that Weren't
Back when I started up F1@1F, Kiyemba v. Obama stood to be argued this morning as the next installment of the Court's Guantanamo cases, following 2008's landmark ruling in Boumediene v. Bush. The case asked whether a federal judge had the power to relocate into the United States the few remaining Uighurs held at Guantanamo after they were determined not to have been enemy combatants.
But then the Swiss agreed in early February to resettle the remaining Uighurs just before the Government's brief was due to the Court. Despite some arguing that the Court should still hear the case for the legal issues presented, the Court remanded the case for further review, stating that "[n]o court has yet ruled in this case in light of the new facts, and we decline to be the first to do so." Five of the Uighurs remain in Guantanamo after refusing multiple relocation offers from countries without established Uighur communities.
Without Kiyemba on the docket, this week has held little promise for F1@1F. I thought about going to this morning's remaining case, New Process Steel v. National Labor Relations Board, just to see what the line would be like for a case asking whether two people equals three people (really!). But my alarm this morning also woke in me some bleary-eyed clarity: the Court could be handing down major opinions from its October sitting this morning and I would be attending a lunch talk by Judge Diane Wood. I could very well be writing about these things through the afternoon and evening, so I chose to get a few more hours of sleep rather than watch the justices themselves pass out during an argument about an NLRB quorum.
But United States v. Stevens, Salazar v. Buono, and Padilla v. Commonwealth of Kentucky did not come down today. Instead, we got a unanimous bankruptcy decision.
Without writing material from the Court, I went off to see Judge Wood speak at an ACS lunch discussion. Whether she was in DC solely for this event, or if she had some more important matters in DC, no one said. In fact, her talk and the accompanying Q&A focused almost exclusively on Seventh Circuit practice.
The only noteworthy quotes came from Tom Goldstein of SCOTUSBlog, who, in introducing Judge Wood, recognized the "undeniable subtext" of why I and nearly all of the Supreme Court press corps was in attendance: "if the stars align and the Left shows some guts, Diane Wood should be on the Supreme Court."
It was a necessarily glowing, but no less sincere, introduction from the man who predicted last month that President Obama would pass over Wood for the younger, more confirmable Elena Kagan. F1@1F, however, continues to maintain that Wood will be the next justice should Justice Stevens retire at the end of this term.
Even though I left the talk without a story, it was good to have a potential before-she-was-a-justice moment. Still, here's to a more fruitful next week for F1@1F.
Finally, two bits of miscellaneous debris from yesterday:
- ABC's Ariane de Vogue wrote yesterday about Goodwin Liu's nomination to the Ninth Circuit, with a sub-headline of, "Contentious Hearing for Lower Court Nominee to Foreshadow High Court Battles to Come." The article reports out and builds upon what I observed here in January.
- The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder has a "you heard it here first" post about Ben Mizer, Ohio's Solicitor General. Ambinder seems to suggest deeply between the lines that Mizer, who argued before the Court yesterday, stands a chance well down the line of becoming a Justice.
UPDATE: Dahlia Lithwick makes me wish I went to this morning's case after all…
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We all know how important daily vitamins are. Well, it turns out vitamins can work wonders for your hair. I know I'm always aspiring to have commercial-worthy luscious locks but unfortunately my hair needs a lot of love. Giovanni has a new leave-in hair treatment that seals the hair shaft, evening out porosity which leaves hair manageable and soft.
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There has been plenty of talk, talk I've avoided here on purpose, about how a San Francisco hedge developer wants to bring back the NBA to Seattle. There was a lengthy piece in the Seattle Times (now the city's lone periodical after the Seattle PI shut down to onlinedom in March of 2009) yesterday about what kind of obstacles need to be hurdled in order to build a new arena in the SODO District.
First off, why the SODO district? Well, among other things, it's close to Safeco Field and Century Link Field so the infrastructure are already in the area to support a large project. If nothing else, the infrastructure will simply be an extension of those buildings. Second, SODO is almost entirely an industrial district so building a new structure there doesn't cause the same kind of traffic tie-up's that typically would be had in other places.
Hansen has acquired property south of Safeco Field's parking garage, between South Massachusetts and South Holgate streets east of First Avenue South, records show.
While sources have previously said at least one business owner has declined to sell, the issue of the city using its power of eminent domain to acquire the land is no longer a concern of Hansen's group, Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes said during a recent interview with The Times editorial board.
Holmes did not elaborate, but his comments suggest Hansen's representatives have reached some sort of agreements.
Hirsh, managing partner of Stafford Sports LLC, who has extensive experience with arena deals, has estimated the cost of building a state-of-the art facility at about $400 million.
Why is the Massachusetts-Holgate point important? It's near the Stadium Light Rail station operated by SoundTransit.
Second, it's possible this could contract the Century Link parking lot (primarily used for a lot of non-Seahawk-Sounder games as day parking for DT Seattle workers) a lot more often rather than having to find parking as most stadiums require. (This seems complicated, but it certainly gives a lot of people other options than just parking in one place.) Numerous places in Seattle double up on parking spaces due to the limited amount of spaces available in Seattle proper (not a problem in Sacramento obviously).
Third, it ignores the reality of what challenges renovating Key Arena might bring. Which, I might point out, are numerous in of itself.
The biggest thing for me is that it gives more events for Pioneer Square businesses, and for the city of Seattle to say Pioneer Square is now receiving, to mandate that a new arena go down there.
Why does this matter to Sacramento? It's my opinion that beyond the current RFQ/RFP process explained by Chris Lehane (to a slight degree) in this interview with Blake Ellington at Bleed Black and Purple, the financing for a new downtown Railyards arena in Sacramento is a bit murky on many of the details.
Last September, I felt like a financing source or two would drop and that the city of Sacramento would have to use a plan B. Maybe I'm wrong on that point. Maybe it's more like that the NBA feels like, and I certainly feel this is true regardless of what's been announced publicly or elsewhere, it won't have to contribute a signficant financial chunk to get a new arena done. Kevin Johnson has already sold this publicly as a public-private partnership, and the sense that it would be more than the Maloofs-and an arena operator like AEG would have to contribute. Who is left? The NBA.
The question is now if you are the NBA would you rather let private contributors-Seattle foot all of the bill, or would you prefer to keep a franchise in a destination that has always had trouble putting down roots before arriving in Sacramento in 1985. (It's worth noting that the franchise has been in Sacramento twice as long as any other stop in franchise history.)
Yesterday, along with the major news article already linked further above from the Times, Steve Kelley, the long time columnist for the Times, talked about the possibility of Seattle not only getting the Kings for the upcoming 2012-13 season, that there could be a NHL team too in a new building. This line stuck out to me though:
Does the NBA really need a third team in Southern California? The Kings' franchise would be the forgotten child of L.A. sports.
The difference between Kelley's tone, and Randy Youngman's tone, is amusingly stark. Kelley has seen firsthand the pain that a moving franchise can create. Youngman doesn't care; he just wants a NBA team to cover for whatever reason he wants it. Kelley could have sneered at what's going on in Sacramento right now, but he knows better.
What's my point? Seattle knows this is still about what it's always about: Dollars and cents. If Seattle can build an arena that offers more corporate support, a larger market and a TV deal that is more lucrative than anything that could be offered in Sacramento, it could change the NBA's mind about what's going on.
On the flip side of all this though, it seems all of the Seattle bluster is just talk about a new arena being built. The NBA may just ignore what's going in with a potential new arena (this is not the first time we've heard of this after all) in the SODO district of Seattle and move forward with Sacramento.
Could one of the weakest points, as far as the NBA is concerned, is that a new franchise in Seattle would have more competition than it did previously with not just the NHL, but the heaviest supported MLS team in the US? (The Seattle Sounders were starting their first season in 2008 as the Sonics were leaving.)
Chris Lehane talks extensively in Ellington's interview how one of the potential attractions for Ron Burkle is the size of the Sacramento market and the fact that there is little competition there. In Seattle, you have the Seahawks, Mariners, UW athletics, WSU athletics to a limited extent (this is true of Gonzaga as well), Sounders, and now possibly a NHL team like the Phoenix Coyotes in the mix too. That's some stiff competition no matter how you slice it. There's nothing wrong with that as it's typically what happens in the Seattle market. This is nothing new up here.
This is where I think the whole negotiations between the city of Sacramento and the NBA get very interesting. Exactly what does the financials of the whole arena financing plan look like, and who is covering exactly what pennies and why?
No matter what happens here, a glimpse into how business is done in a new NBA could see the first domino fall in Sacramento. It might mean new things in Seattle, or the Kings remaining in Sacramento. I'd be lying if I say I'd rather see the Kings move to Seattle (I don't), but I'd also be lying if I said I'd be heartbroken if a deal can't be worked out to get an arena in the Railyards and the franchise ends up moving to Seattle.
I've said for a long time that Seattle was the real threat to Sacramento, and it seems that a number of people are starting to clue in on that very fact. The real question: Does the NBA care, and does David Stern?
Marcos Breton had an important point in today's Bee about the Maloofs:
Sacramento is moving a mountain right now just for the prize of securing a cellar-dwelling team with a cellar-dwelling payroll?
I have no doubts about Kings basketball people or employees. But the Kings owners are a different story.
That's unacceptable given how Sacramento has stepped up for the Kings and the NBA. Sacramento deserves better.
As of this writing, no one has any idea what the NBA intends to do about any of this.
Before Sacramento and potential private partners commit millions to an arena venture, they need to know from the NBA:
What are they going to do about the long-term future of the Kings in Sacramento and about owners whose future success seems as remote as the Kings reaching the playoffs?
Guess what? Attendance is not stellar right now because the product has been poor for a very long time. It's not up to snuff, and in most cities most people wouldn't care at any point. The Maloofs have done everything in their power to alienate Sacramento (and in a not so subtle way either), and this is all coming to a head for them. The Maloofs desperately want to maintain ownership of the franchise, and I don't blame them. I would too if I were them.
Guess what? I don't care about owners who jacked up ticket prices, then didn't respond to the market dropping by lowering ticket prices in a recession that hit Sacramento harder than any NBA market, and tried to act as if Sacramento was against them by wanting to keep the Kings. Then, to top it off, the Maloofs, especially Joe and Gavin, have tried to pretend there is a split among the family wanting to move to Anaheim when in fact the rest of the family wanted to file and Joe and Gavin figured out first the NBA would reject them.
Guess what? The NBA has a number of moving parts to figure out here, and it would be nice if a wealthy owner just swept in and took away all of the real problems this franchise has with the Maloofs in one fell swoop.
But it won't happen that way. We know it won't happen that way. I'm just hoping that the Kings staying in Sacramento doesn't resolve around David Stern having kindness because we know that won't happen.
I'm hoping that the Kings staying in Sacramento is a matter of dollars and cents, and that's the bottom line here. Which market for the Kings represents the best bottom line long term value to the NBA?
Right now, I'd say that the odds of the Kings moving to Seattle are fairly slim for a number of reasons. First, as Tom Ziller points out today, the NBA has invested a number of things, including ticket people to sell tickets, in the Sacramento market. (The effort has not been a token small effort unlike a certain family.) Second, the NBA knows that when a deal is nearly consummated plenty of suitors jump out of the woodwork to grab a potential slice of the pie? How does the NBA know Seattle's effort is really real?
I know one thing: This type of story is the exact type of thing that matters if the Kings remain in Sacramento. The Kings remaining in Sacramento isn't just a story that matters, but the kind of story that so many said was so wrong about the Seattle-Oklahoma City saga.
It would be nice for a change if Sacramento could get an arena started so that the real conversation that adversely Sacramentans of all walks of life could actually be had: Urbanization. You know, what living in an urban area actually entails in the 21st century.
The ball is in Sacramento's court. And, you know what, nothing has changed in that regard. That's the real point. It's up to the City Council of Sacramento to recognize and take advantage of the opportunity that's been afforded them. Or, not.
Either way, I actually feel better about the chances that a Kings arena could pass because not even real proposals by another city are being seen as a potential legitimate threat to a new arena in Sacramento. That makes me feel better about the chances a new arena could get done sooner than later.
A new arena would be the best news this city has ever had regarding the Kings. Plenty of temporary events (Gregg Lukenbill moving the team, building 2 arena's that crumbled fairly quickly, Geoff Petrie changing the nature of the franchise, Chris Webber, Vlade Divac, Peja Stojakovic and that crew giving fans something to actually cheer about among others) have kept the Kings in Sacramento for better or worse. But, it would be nice if a real actual live long term solution is what sealed the actual long term future of the Sacramento Kings.
A new arena would be the start of a process that would be a pleasant change of pace that doesn't include a group working against City Hall and residents who simply don't want to live in the 20th (or 21st now) century and all that implies. It's time Sacramento grow up. The ball is in your court City Council and NBA. Don't make a mistake; you often get exactly what you wish for.


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A symbol appearing next to a stock listed on NASDAQ indicating that the share being traded represents a company that has not filed a necessary report with the SEC by the deadline. All NASDAQ listings use a four letter abbreviation; if an E follows the abbreviation, this indicates that the share comes from a company that did not file on time.
1. Used in the dividend column of stock transaction tables in newspapers to indicate the dividend that was declared and paid in the preceding 12 months: 1.75e.
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Man accused of shooting girlfriend in front of police to stand trial
Kelvis Johnson charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide
A Milwaukee police detective testified about what happened the day an officer shot a man they said shot his girlfriend right in front of them.
The officer's testimony swayed a judge to order the man to stand trial.
Wednesday morning, Kelvis Johnson was wheeled into his preliminary hearing with visible bandages on his shoulder and back.
Feb. 21, at his parents' home near 45th Street and Villard Avenue, a Milwaukee police sergeant shot Johnson multiple times after he allegedly shot his girlfriend Maria Rosette in the head in front of police and the couple's three children.
Detective Mark Peterson testified about the incident.
"Maria indicated she was struck to the face by Kelvis. She was knocked to the floor. He pointed a gun to her face. She feared she was going be shot by Kelvis," Peterson said.
"What did she say happened next?" an attorney asked.
"She stated that while lying on the floor with the kids in the kitchen, that she heard a gun shot and she felt pain to her neck," Peterson said.
Johnson's charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide.
His girlfriend and Johnson's mother were in court. Rosette had a bandage behind her ear, where she was shot.
Johnson is scheduled to be back in court March 28 for his arraignment. At that time, he will enter a plea.
Johnson has also been ordered to have no contact with his father, who tried to intervene during the shooting.


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RZA and Tinashe Collaborate on 'Doctor' for 'One of a Kind Studio Sessions' EP
Unexpected collaborations are always exciting, especially when it involves one lauded hip-hop figure and an R&B newbie.
Dr. Pepper launches a new project called 'One of a Kind Studio Sessions,' in which talented producers are paired up with burgeoning artists to create fresh tracks.
RZA is one the beatmakers tapped for the effort. One song that's been getting immediate notice is his collaboration with singer Tinashe, the fittingly-titled 'Doctor.'
The Wu-Tang Clan leader created an airy left-of-center track for Tinashe's breathy vocals. There's a muted electric guitar riff, about three different percussion sounds playing simultaneously and synthesizers that bounce in and out of the young singer's vocals.
As far as Tinashe, her name has been buzzing since she released two mixtapes in 2012 -- 'In Case We Die' and 'Reverie' -- plus her collaboration with Schoolboy Q, '2 On.' On 'Doctor,' she doesn't disappoint, lyrically or vocally.
"Bring me, bring me, bring me a doctor / Need it need it bring me another," sings the Los Angeles resident.
In a recent interview, RZA said he never heard of Tinashe before working with her, but when the two met, he took the necessary amount of time to become familiar with her style and songwriting approach.
"I wasn't familiar with Tinashe's work, but when I heard her song I liked her style and vocal level that she displayed," said the New York native in an interview with Spin magazine. "We approached it on a collaborative manner. I sat with her and we just vibed, and let her voice and style of music guide what she would write. Then went to putting my touch on it to give it just a twist of what I like."
The Hood Internet and David Andrew Sitek are the other producers involved in the creation of the EPs. Artists Rockie Fresh, RAC and Robert DeLong will also be collaborating on the project.
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The Long Beach Motorama
Showcase Of Kustoms Sets A Historical Landmark
It had been well over three decades since the Long Beach Renegades had staged their last indoor custom car show. This past September, the clock was rolled back those 30-odd years, and if you hadn't known better, you'd of thought it was the early '60s all over again. That's exactly what many remaining Renegades members-as well as builders (such as Dean Jefferies)-had to say about the Showcase of Kustoms at the Long Beach Motorama. It was nothing short of a historical landmark for the world of customs-from a more than impressive display of '49-51 Mercs to the '50s-60s Survivors display, it was truly an experience of a lifetime for all who attended or participated.
But what may have been the most memorable portion of the show was the incredible Wall of Legends-a three-dimensional display of America's first generation of builders and kustomizers. Each cast hand was mounted on a walnut wall plaque holding the real tools of their trade (a spray gun for Watson, candy apple for Bailon, etc.) Rarely are the true craftsmen and visionaries of the custom world honored-never have they been acknowledged in such a prestigious and personal manner.
It had been 25 years since Dean Jeffries' "Mantaray" saw a West Coast car show-it was on display in the historical lobby, just like he had it in the '64 Grand National Roadster Show, where he took home top honors. Elsewhere you could find a couple of early Barris Kustoms side by side; the clone of Roth's "Mysterion", and Gene Winfields "Strip Star" just in front of them. As a hint to next year's Lions Dragstrip display (a recreation of the actual track-railings, bleachers, Christmas tree and all), three historic Gassers were grouped in the far corner.
As a tribute to the paint legend Larry Watson, his Bellflower shop front was re-created with the "Vino Paisano" parked in front of it along with the "Grapevine" clone sitting next to the shop. On the historical wall you could read all the early magazine articles of his work as well as view him in the Wall of Legends display.
The awards-can't forget the cash-prize awards-Rick Dore, with his Cadillac roadster, won America's Kustom D'Elegance and $15,000; Dave Chavez's '50 Ford Shoebox (the unfortunate victim of terrible crash a month later) won America's Kustom Extraordinaire and $5,000; Fidel Ascencio took home the Dean Jeffries Creative Excellence trophy (Jeffries' cast hand on marble) with an original Jeffries pinstriping brush; the Bill Hines Metal Master trophy (a cast bust of Hines himself) went to Robert Aubrey and his Harry Bradley-inspired '51 Chevy.
And it's all going to happen again, with even more notable attractions and historical displays. Visit www.showcaseofkustoms.com for updates and show information.


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Public Cruises aboard Jenny Wren begin on Saturday 2nd March 2019
See our sailing calendar for availability
A tranquil oasis in the heart of London's bustling Camden Lock. From here, you may board one of our boats to explore London's historic and picturesque Regents Canal.
Our tour boat "Jenny Wren" established in 1968, offers regular daily sightseeing tours, unique as they pass through the lock, before passing through London Zoo, Regent's Park, and the short Maida Hill canal tunnel, to emerge at "Little Venice", where we circle the Island before returning to Camden. During the cruise a live interesting commentary is given.
Dine in style aboard our highly acclaimed, unique Cruising Restaurant, "My Fair Lady", whilst you cruise the Regents Canal. Regular Dinner and Sunday Lunch Cruises operate throughout the year, which include a 3 course A la Carte menu, freshly prepared and cooked aboard during the cruise.Find out about our sailing times >>


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40x40cm. Each bag is unique.
Designed for carrying produce. But they're also great as lunch bags, for organising smaller items in your suitcase, lining your bread basket, or even as a reusable gift bag.
They are reversible and versatile and can simply be thrown in the wash when they get dirty.
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You probably didn't realize how much you'd have to speak as an entrepreneur. You have to speak intelligently about your business to clients, vendors, prospects and even acquaintances at parties and other functions. Whether it's one person asking, "What do you do?", or hundreds of students in an audience, how you speak about your business can make or break it.
Our Asentiv consultants will help you create a passionate and dynamic message that engages everyone in your audience every time. We'll help you attract the right clients with the right message, so you can stop worrying about speaking and start focussing on creating an amazing business and a spectacular life.