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Since: Apr 12 1,193 Taizhou, China |
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That's probably because we don't have all the answers. Cybele wrote: That's why I keep searching...sigh. Then you need the company of other people who are searching. Scientifically minded people can provide that sort of company. Religiously minded people cannot provide that sort of company because all they have is pat answers, and they expect you to be content with those pat answers. Cybele wrote: Until people are in my shoes, they won't understand my perspective. It's not about what feels good to me, It's what I can make sense out of what's right before me. I think I understand you. I tried yoga. I tried pyramid power. I tried the BahaI Faith. I tried Christian Science. I tried the Unification Church. You name it, Ive tried it. But nothing made sense. At first, Evolutionary theory didnt make sense either. I had to ask questions and I had to think about the answers which I was given. I dont have all the answers I want even now, but Im a darn sight farther along than I was when I was when I was trying religion and new age pap. Im not asking you to hop on the bandwagon, but Im inviting you to keep studying. If the Evolutionists on this forum are rude to you, dont take it personally. Were not trained propagandists like the cult members are. |
Instinct also has nothing to do with a CIVIL RIGHT..........This is all about a legal civil contract between two people.......NO RELIGION NO HATE NO BIGOTRY CHANGES THAT FACT. |
"what we think we become" Since: Aug 11 2,153 above and beyond |
ROFLMAO! So you tried everything. You are a try-sexual. Thanks for the invitation. I've already joined the evilutionist elites bandwagon long time ago, in other forums. I just like some whipping sometimes. It helps me release this maxwell demon in me. I only side creationist when they talk science like the big bangin. lol! |
Since: Jun 12 5,477 Location hidden |
Any concept one would have of "God" would have to be wrong...considering the limits of the mind. I believe this might be why "God" is used because of it's generic definition..."God" truly is undefinable. |
Birkenhead, UK |
Oh, indeedy doodly my dear mysterious persona. In which case no need for marriage. It's superfluous and anyone who wants a legal partner can have a civil union. Those who prefer the religious traditions of marriage can be married by their church, but the union will not be legally recognized by the state. Only their religion. Otherwise if we don't get rid of marriage then the only other option to ensure that rights remain equal for all is to allow gays to legally get married. How about the state minds its own business when it comes to sexual relationships? The churches too. Hmm. Kinda see good and bad points here. But it's tangential. No need for "behaviour modification" if everyone has equal rights. But I thought behaviour modification required the use of tin foil hats. Or was that to protect ourselves against it? Meh, I can't keep track. |
Birkenhead, UK |
They a funny band. |
"what we think we become" Since: Aug 11 2,153 above and beyond |
So why don't we just discuss our human psyche instead? This God delusion can go way out of hand. It sickens me now! |
Since: Jun 12 5,477 Location hidden |
yours or mine?...lol |
Yeah that! |
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Sorces of information. include the following, and if is about the Darwinism being racist, look up his racist book "In The Decent Of Man." Nova's "Decoding Neanderthals," and "The Twisted Cross," by Carr, concerning the false religion part. Also, Ed Deckers book on Freemasonry, John Ankerberg's countercult books such as "The Encyclopedia of New Age Cults And False Religions," Texe Marr's Dark Majesty," exposing the Freemasonry cult and their racism in his many books. Gary Kah's "New World Religions," ae all good sources of information. All of these books have bibliographies and footnotes citing their sources for legitimacy and accuracy. Carrie Geren Scoggins, Facebook me Libertarian Party Of TN Carrie Geren Scoggins or personal page Carrie Geren Scoggins
"what we think we become" Since: Aug 11 2,153 above and beyond |
hmm. Probably mine because it misbehaves sometimes. lol |
Birkenhead, UK |
Ah, I see you're on a spamfest. Well done for trolling the forum. Here we go again: Darwin on race "By the way, a negro lived in Edinburgh, who had travelled with Waterton and gained his livelihood by stuffing birds, which he did excellently; he gave me lessons for payment, and I used often to sit with him, for he was a very pleasant and intelligent man." "Great God how I should like to see the greatest curse on Earth Slavery abolished." "For instance, early in the voyage at Bahia in Brazil he defended and praised slavery, which I abominated, and told me that he had just visited a great slave-owner, who had called up many of his slaves and asked them whether they were happy, and whether they wished to be free, and all answered No. I then asked him, perhaps with a sneer, whether he thought that the answers of slaves in the presence of their master was worth anything. This made him excessively angry, and he said that as I doubted his word, we could not live any longer together." "The Indians are now so terrified that they offer no resistance in a body, but each flies, neglecting even his wife and children; but when overtaken, like wild animals, they fight against any number to the last moment .Every one here is fully convinced that this is the most just war, because it is against barbarians. Who would believe in this age that such atrocities could be committed in a Christian civilized country?" "This posta was commanded by a negro lieutenant, born in Africa: to his credit be it said, there was not a ranche between the Colorado and Buenos Ayres in nearly such neat order as his .I did not anywhere meet a more civil and obliging man than this negro; it was therefore the more painful to see that he would not sit down and eat with us." "I was pleased with nothing so much as with the inhabitants. There is a mildness in the expression of their countenances which at once banishes the idea of a savage; and intelligence which shows that they are advancing in civilization .It has been remarked, that it requires little habit to make a dark skin more pleasing and natural to the eye of an European than his own colour. A white man bathing by the side of a Tahitian, was like a plant bleached by the gardeners art compared with a fine dark green one growing vigorously in the open fields." (credit to PT) Of course Darwin's alleged racial views (which tend to be misquotes) are irrelevant to the scientific validity of evolution, just as Tycho Brahe being an ahole was irrelevant to his contributions to astronomy. Also racism is not the basis of evolution as it stands today, as the modern evolutionary synthesis does not hold that any one race is any "better" than any other. |
Since: Jun 12 5,477 Location hidden |
you working on any ideas in particular right now? |
Judged: 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch... |
Nothing? "God" came from nothing! Or, there is a far distant galaxy with Advanced Alien Beings that made all human life forms believe they are "Gods". If from birth they told you the sky is green you would believe because thats what you were told from birth. Humans are products of their environment.....simple logic. |
Since: Jun 12 5,477 Location hidden |
(basically it's the idea that mass is energy and energy is mass, only in different forms (e=mc2) |
Since: Jun 12 5,477 Location hidden |
Actually science is saying that the Universe came from nothing. God would have to be out side of time in space to create the Universe...and being out side of time and space, he would not be subject to birth and death...therefore he would be immortal. |
Birkenhead, UK |
I've been saying this for years.(shrug) Still doesn't stop people from spewing out creationist apologetics bollox tho. |
Birkenhead, UK |
Yup. VERY simple "logic". |
Birkenhead, UK |
Does not necessarily follow. If (a) God exists then it exists in a multiverse and has the capability to make other universes. That does not necessarily mean that it is immune to death. It also leaves you with the problem of how it exists in the first place, or if it is eternal as you claim, how and why this is possible too. In short, it pretty much explains diddly. |
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Please Don't Quote Me This Week
Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." Edgar Allen Poe wrote that famous line, quoted for evermore.
Ravens and Crows are two of the most recognized black birds. They are everywhere and from ancient days.
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It's become so familiar that the other professional athletic team besides the "Baltimore Orioles" were named the "Ravens," it also being the author's hometown, in Maryland. In today's society the height of prestige is naming an athletic team in the personal aspect!
Ravens have appeared in legend and literature. Solomon's women had "raven's tresses." Myth had it that Ravens once were all white but because of some sinful act were turned black as punishment. Being scavengers, Ravens feeding on dead carcasses (or corpses) were associated with the "darkness of death."
A bad reputation, you say! Oh, but the Raven is quite sociable. Their brains are large in proportion with their bodies and they use it. They can count. They can imitate the human voice or sounds. They also mate for life like some humans.
The Raven is a large bird in comparison to the other backyard birds we see in our territory and to the other black birds. They can exceed a little over two feet in length while the Crow, for instance, may grow to only twenty inches.
If the birdwatcher can see the throat of the Raven it can identify it by the ruffled feathers at its throat. The silhouettes here show the differences. They are from Peterson's "Field Guide to the Birds, 1956."
Raven's flight is hawk-like in that it soars and flaps, soar and flap on horizontal wing. A crow's wings bend slightly upward instead of flat out.
Raven's call is coarse ... "cr-r-r-uck" or "prak" while that of the crow is the oft-imitated, "caw caw!" The noises are sometimes accompanied by head bobbing as they strut about the yard or roadway. Indistinguishable noises might also be heard but so far they aren't identifiable. This is usually in the spring when courtship, nest building occur. The nest building of the Crow may be an interesting time for the dedicated birdwatcher. They busily carry twig after twig and begin several nests or partially. They don't just pick the sticks up off the ground but harvest them by walking out on limbs and breaking off the necessary building material.
Cowbird (left) Red-Winged Blackbird (right)
'Way back in medieval times when lords ruled the manors and had servants, serfs to show authority over, the lowly peasants would search for trees with Crows nests and pick up sticks that had fallen to the ground to build their meager fires!
Crows are selective, too, in their migratory habits. Crows here in the Midwest actually do migrate from the Canadian provinces into all the Midwestern states. Those birds over east only migrate a few hundred miles. In the South those birds stay all year 'round. Crows are of the Corvidae family that also includes rooks, jays, jackdaws and choughs, the latter being a black bird from Cornwall, England where the crow was associated with the spirit of King Arthur.
Scotland has its "corbies," a word that comes from the French corbeau meaning crow.
Actually Crow comes from the Anglo-Saxon crawe, an imitation of their call. Through etymological evolution we now have roosters crow and Crows caw (without the "r"). The rook, a Eurasian bird, gets its name from Old Norse, a word describing its hoarse croccky voice.
Grackle (left) — Starling (right)
Corvidae are found all over the world as you can tell from these short anecdotes. There are many more instances using both names especially crow ... Crow's feet, crow's nest, crow bar, scarecrow, etc.
Ravens' scientific name is Corus corax from the Greek for "croaker," harsh and guttural. But its common name, Raven, got its label from Old Norse, hrafn, "to clear one's throat!" Over ages of time the Scandinavians dropped the 'H' so the word lost some of its distinction and became simply "raven."
While mentioning Norsemen, their ancient god, Odin, had two Raven associates; Hugin, (his thought) and Munin (his memory). Ravens are closely associated with the supernatural, perhaps because they can talk. A person with ESP had "Raven's Knowledge." Author Charles Dickens had a pet Crow named "Grip" which he put in his book Barnaby Ridge. It would often call out, "I'm a Devil." Some may have believed that because Corvidae are carrion eaters, feeding on roadkill and at long periods in history when bodies were strewn about from wars, starvation, disease and so forth they fed on people. Even though Corvidae are more bold and daring than more skittish birds, their bills are not strong enough to penetrate skin so they pluck at the eyes, human or animal, and go from there! Such ghoulish activity seemed to we humans, certainly built up lore over the centuries. The birds are omnivorous but prefer meat.
They are considered around the globe to be the most highly developed and adaptable of birds so in your conversation with the Corvidae you might have some back-talk. Just don't close your eyes.
You can blame Eugene Schefflin for the score upon scores of those black birds you recognize as Starlings. That bird, Sturnus vulgaris, originated in Asia. It was not a native bird of North America but came here in 1890 brought by the "American Acclimatization Society" which supported Schefflin in wanting to bring all the birds and flowers mentioned by Shakespeare in his works ... A cultural project? The Starling was one of the birds having been mentioned in "Henry IV." Forty pair were set free in Central Park, New York and from them we have another black bird. Some put it about that the birds were to feed on insect pests but they became pests on their own. They number in the millions and like the Grackles, and other black birds, love to roost anywhere—from a few hundred to a quarter million.
Starlings have a roosting habit that speaks but of them. A few hours before roosting time they will start towards that site but dither along the way, join other groups then dive headlong into the roosting area as if showing off?
Reference books tell us all about the habits of Starling such as the Crowing, the Wing Wave (it has to do with sex), Sidling, Wing Flicking, Bill Wipe and much, much more. Space and my lack of patience and interest stay more news of the Corvidae, etc.
The Starling may be among the least liked of our birds. They swoop and dive, perch on branches or utility wires, eat insects, etc. What more do we want?
Just as the Starling may be considered a nuisance for the birdwatcher, its close look-alike, the Mynah, was introduced to Hawaii to rid the sugar cane fields of cutworms but proliferated so much they almost choked out the native birds of the Islands. The Hindu, however, wanted them to nest in their Temples for good luck as did the Druids at Stonehenge. They need only a hole 1½ inches in diameter to begin building.
Despite their reputation and character, the Starling does have some positive aspects besides its sheen black feathers. Mozart, the composer, while shopping one day, heard the Starling in a shop whistling a segment of his G-major Concerto and had to have the bird ... Some bird. He had it three years before it died, then buried it in the garden with a marker with a sad epitaph written by the musician.
Staer is the Anglo-Saxon word for the Starling and derives the "ing" from a suffix from diminutive. It identifies the bird, too, in winter when its feathers become speckled lightly so that when they fly overhead it's as if the stars were twinkling. Well, you can work at imagining that! Star speckled bird. Star-speckled sky, okay.
One story told about the fabulous numbers of them, at times so great that in 1949 hundreds lit on the hands of Big Ben, the iconic landmark clock in London so that they halted the hands movement ... Stopped time, if you will. Parliament ordered immediate extermination of Starlings.
That was unlike the Raven in Britain so revered that there is a keeper today for them at the Tower of London. It following a decree by King Charles Ⅱ to whom a soothsayer told that the nation would fall on hard times if Ravens left the Tower so they were allowed to live there ever since.
Only the dear British make it a real ceremony.
Watch for those black birds around us. They're worth the curiosity.
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AC User ID: 330665 United States 12/31/2007 10:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Gaining Understanding & Debunking The Need For The Gathering Of The Jewish Nation In The End Times - "not all Israel, which are of Israel&quo Well done and very well said... Amen. It took me about 13 years and hundreds of hours reading scripture and history and different viewpoints to finally grasp this truth. I also had much help from faithful saints who've defended this truth against modern day pharisees. You did a great service .... Thank You!! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 335502 United States 01/01/2008 12:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Gaining Understanding & Debunking The Need For The Gathering Of The Jewish Nation In The End Times - "not all Israel, which are of Israel&quo I read your teaching on the "other thread" and admired the way you put the Scriptures together. The same is for this teaching/explanation of what has been done for us in Christ. Truly, you are a person of great Wisdom, Knowledge, and Understanding. It would be nice if some of the preachers would take note and quit preaching falsehoods. John Hagee, are you listening? There are not two Covenants, but ONE. . |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 348330 United States 01/01/2008 12:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Gaining Understanding & Debunking The Need For The Gathering Of The Jewish Nation In The End Times - "not all Israel, which are of Israel&quo What about ezekiel 36 and 37? and 38 and 39? And the new temple -- from ezekiel 40 on? I agree the events depicted at the beginning of the christian era are important -- they are pictures, foreshadows, illustrations... prophecy is multidimensional with multiple meanings, built precept on precept, line upon line... |
Arcaneshift User ID: 348339 United States 01/01/2008 12:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Gaining Understanding & Debunking The Need For The Gathering Of The Jewish Nation In The End Times - "not all Israel, which are of Israel&quo I say this with a true heart I actually love and care about many Jewish friends including the wife of my son and my grandchildren as well as my grandparents on my mothers side. But putting that in perspective I say to Israel why fuck your one true Allie |
Forgiven (OP) User ID: 345475 Mexico 01/01/2008 12:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Gaining Understanding & Debunking The Need For The Gathering Of The Jewish Nation In The End Times - "not all Israel, which are of Israel&quo I praise God that some have found this to be a blessing. I do want to state that this is not my study. It comes from Brother Daniel of [link to www.thunderministries.com] . I had come to the truth by another Brother back in February, and was baptized and filled with His Spirit(not a separate one), and the Lord showed me so much in His Word(son) it blew my mind. I had been a "Christian" for many years, or so I thought, and since that time the understanding that I have gained has been tremendous.(1Jo 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.) In my quest for the truth in the Word I came across Brother Daniels website an was astonished that he had the same interpretations that I was shown. His sight has been a blessing to me and I hope it blesses you also. As for the questions on Ezekiel 36,37,38,39,40- I will have to respond later as it is late and I have brain fog. Happy New Year and God Bless |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 345475 Mexico 01/01/2008 11:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Gaining Understanding & Debunking The Need For The Gathering Of The Jewish Nation In The End Times - "not all Israel, which are of Israel&quo RE:Question about Ezekiel 36,37,38,39,40 Book of Ezekiel Author: Ezekiel chapter 1 verse 3 identifies the Prophet Ezekiel as the author of the Book of Ezekiel. Date of Writing: The Book of Ezekiel was likely written between 593 and 565 B.C. Here is a history timeline of the nation of Israel: (I have highlighted the area of relevence for our discussion)( [link to photo.net] ) 10,000 BC: first permanent settlements in Israel 7,000 BC: walls of Jericho built 1486 BC: Canaanite army defeated at Megiddo by Egyptian pharoah Thutmose, consolidating Egyptian rule over Canaan 1300 BC: Moses leads the Jews out of Egypt circa 1200 BC: Philistines arrive by ship and give the name "Palestine" to the area; Jews start to arrive in Land of Israel 990 BC: Jerusalem captured by King David and Israel unified as one nation 950 BC: First Temple built by King Solomon 928 BC: After a fight over taxation, Israel splits into two nations: "Judah" in the south and "Israel" in the north 597 BC: Babylonians send army to put down a rebellion and take prominent Jews into exile 586 BC: Babylonians arrive to put down another rebellion, destroy the First Temple, and remove more Jews into exile 539 BC: Babylonians defeated by Persians 538 BC: Cyrus the Great of Persia allows the Jews to return to Israel and rebuild temple in return for loyalty oath to Persia 515 BC: Second Temple built 332 BC: Alexander the Great of Macedonia conquers Persia and takes over their empire, including Palestine; Hellenization of Israel begins 170-164 BC: Maccabee revolt against forced Hellenization; Jewish independence 63 BC: Roman legions, under General Pompey, conquer Jerusalem 37 BC: Herod the Great installed by Romans as vassal king 4 BC: Jesus born circa AD 30: Jesus crucified by Romans AD 66-70: Jewish revolt, war with Romans, destruction of Jerusalem and Second Temple AD 73: Masada falls AD 130-2: Hadrian outlaws circumcision and plans to rebuild Jerusalem as a pagan city AD 132-135. Bar Kochba rebellion. Jews crushed by Romans, sold into slavery, and driven into exile (the Diaspora). Jerusalem is rebuilt as Aelia Capitolina. AD 200-215: Mishnah edited in Israel by Rabbi Ha Nasi AD 313: Roman emperor Constantine converts to Christianity, grants freedom of worship to Christians throughout Empire AD 395: Rome splits into western and eastern (Byzantium) empires AD 638: Omar defeats the Byzantine army at the Yarmuk River (in Syria); Muslims rule Palestine AD 1009: Caliph El-Hakim destroys Holy Sepulchre AD 1071: Seljuk Turks forbid Christians to enter Jerusalem AD 1095: Pope Urban II launches Crusades AD 1099: Crusaders take Jerusalem after a five-week siege; more than 20,000 Jews and Muslims inside are murdered or sold into slavery AD 1144: Jews in Norwich, England accused of torturing and killing a Christian boy to use his blood in a ritual. This was the first of the "blood libels" that led to mob violence against Jews throughout Europe. AD 1187: Saladin retakes Jerusalem AD 1188-92: Third Crusade under Richard I the Lionheart fails to retake Jerusalem but wins access for pilgrims. AD 1400: Israel under Mameluke rule from Egypt; Jews begin emigrating to Palestine to escape persecution in Europe AD 1492: Jews expelled from Spain AD 1516: Mamelukes defeated by Ottoman empire AD 1537: Suleyman the Magnificent orders new walls and gates built around Jerusalem AD 1839: Sir Moses Montefiore, a British jew, calls for creation of a Jewish state AD 1896: Theodor Herzl publishes Der Judenstat, which leads to formation of the World Zionist Congress 1903: Herzl presents a plan to create a Jewish homeland in Uganda to the Sixth Zionist Congress 1917: British General Allenby captures Jerusalem from the Turks. Balfour declaration issued: "His Majesty's government favourable views the creation of a national Jewish home in Palestine." 1923: British split off 70% of Palestine and hand it over to Emir Abdullah as "Jordan" 1929: Arab pogroms against Jews in Jerusalem, Hebron, and Safed 1934: Stalin creates Jewish Autonomous Region in the eastern Siberian region of Birobidzhan, a frigid alternative to Zionism 1937: British propose ending their Mandate and partioning the remainder of Palestine (the 30% left after the splitting off of Jordan) into separate Jewish and Arab states. The partition is accepted by the Jews but rejected by the Arabas. 1939: In an attempt to win Arab support for the impending war with Germany, British issue "White Paper" cutting off Jewish immigration to Palestine. 1944: under pressure from the British, the United States accepts 982 Jewish refugees from liberated Italy and inters them in a concentration camp in Oswego, New York for eventual deportation back to Europe; these are the only Jews allowed into the U.S. during World War II ( more); 1945: U.S. President Roosevelt promises King Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia that he will not support a Jewish state in Palestine ( more) November 29, 1947: United Nations votes for the partition of the remainder of Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states, with Jerusalem a neutral international city. The United States embargoes arms sales to the Jews while the British sell arms freely to the Arabs; with support from Stalin, the Jews are ultimately able to purchase $12 million of rifles from Czechoslovakia. May 14, 1948: State of Israel declared. British withdraw. New state attacked simultaneously by Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and Egypt. Palestinian Arabs were encouraged by the invading armies to vacate their homes to facilitate a quick war and complete victory. July 1949: The fighting is over but the Israelis refuse to let the Palestinian Arabs who fled to return to their homes. Meanwhile, Jews living in Arab countries jump or are pushed into emigrating to Israel. There are more than 500,000 refugees on each side of the conflict. The Arabs leave the Palestinians in makeshift tent camps. The Israelis begin to build cheap ugly concrete apartment blocks for all the Jews from Arab countries. 1956: Egyptian Colonel Nasser seizes Suez Canal from Anglo-French stockholders. The Canal and Straits of Tiran are closed to Israeli or Israel-bound ships. This prompts an invasion of the Sinai by French, British, and Israeli forces. The armies are forced to retreat under pressure from the Soviet Union and United States. This underscores a humiliating loss of influence and power for the English. 1967: Six Day War. Israel and the Arab countries have been in an The official state of war since 1948. However, the first five months of 1967 brought an intensification of hostilities with the Egyptians moving troops into the Sinai and closing the shippping lanes, the Syrians shelling farms in the north, and terrorist attacks coming through all the borders. On June 5, 1967 Israel launched a preemptive strike on all fronts. After six days, the Israelis had conquered the Sinai, the Golan Heights, the West Bank, and Jerusalem. September 1970: Palestinians hijack four commercial airplanes, fly them to Jordan, and blow them up. This was the last straw for King Hussein, whose minority Hashemite rule had been threatened by the Palestinian Arab military force for some time. Hussein launches massive military campaign to expel all the armed Palestinians from Jordan. More than 5000 Palestinians are killed and this leads to the formation of the Black September terrorist group. Most of the best-armed Palestinians wind up in Lebanon, destabilizing the government there. 1973: Yom Kippur War. The Arabs struck back, easily rolling over Israel's Maginot-style line in the Sinai. After three weeks or so, with heavy American support, the Israelis managed to cross the Suez into Egypt proper and were within 20 miles of Damascus before the US put a halt to the war. November 1977: Anwar Sadat visits Menachem Begin in Jerusalem for peace negotiations. September 1978: Camp David Accords. March 1979: Israel and Egypt sign a peace treaty, ending more than 30 years of war. June 7, 1981: Israel bombing raid destroys Iraqi nuclear reactor; the United Nations responds by "Urg[ing] all Member States to provide necessary technical assistance to Iraq to restore its peaceful nuclear programme" ( Resolution 40/6) October 6, 1981: Anwar Sadat assassinated by Islamic fundamentalists. 1982: Israel invades Lebanon and destroys PLO infrastructure there. July 1994: Israel and Jordan sign a peace treaty, ending 46 years of war. November 4, 1995: Pro-compromise Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin killed at a peace rally by a Jewish right-wing assassin. Ezekiel was writing to the Jews that were in excile, and the second temple had not been built yet. He does go into the "time" when Israel will have "one shepherd-37v24" and "David shall be their prince for ever-37v25" which is prophecy of Jesus Christ. It is vitally important to understand that when Christ died and the viel was torn away we no longer need to be behind a priest and sacrifices to enter the holy of holies. We have full access to the throne of God right now. This despetion that satan has encouraged of a need for a third temple is ridiculous. It completely contradicts God's Word and what He did for us. Keep in mind though that "man" might still build this "temple", but it is not the will of God. Note also that it was "man" that wanted a temple in the first place:2 Samuel 7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies; 7:2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. 7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee. 7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, 7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? There is much information to study on this. |


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Dec 02, 2011, 08:46 AM | |
The programming functions of the 8FGS are separated in 3 menus:
1. Settings which apply to all models memories - radio as a whole related - SYS 2. Initial model settings which once set up are rarely changed - these are closely related to the mechanical setup of the model - wing/tail type, servo reversing, throws, etc. - LNK 3. Model settings which are often tweaked - D/R, built-in and custom mixing, curves, etc. - MDL Yes, it is a relatively complicated radio - any advanced radio which provides a lot of programming options tends to be more complex to program. Take the 7C and 9C for example - the 7C menu is based on the 9C but greatly simplified. As a result the 7C is faster to set up compared to the 9C. But the 9C provides a lot more features. If you would never use the advanced features of the 9C you will be fine with the 7C. |
Dec 02, 2011, 08:52 AM | |
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Joined Jan 2006
168 Posts
I had the same problems. After sitting down with it and a plane in front of me I finally have it doing everything I need it to do plus more. One thing that would be helpful to you is to download the manual for the Robbe FX-20. It is the same radio as yours but in a tray style transmitter. This manual is more complete than the 8FG.
You should be able to get it from the Robbe site. You may have to register to get the manual download. Phil |
Dec 02, 2011, 12:10 PM | |
Slovenia (odranci)
Joined Nov 2006
137 Posts
8FG is one of the easyer to program. Ok i admit my 12fg is easyer to program.
Just go to new model and you will be asker what type do you have. What wings and tail. And futaba will setup everything for you. Just plug in servos and fly. Ok then you have some extra mixes, conditions, etc... That you have to learn how to program. But for beginner you don't have to know that. |
Dec 02, 2011, 08:25 PM | |
There is a learning curve for more of the advanced programming manipulations (such as mixing functions with themselves ), but the basics are pretty straightforward. It just takes familiarizing yourself with the menu layout and terminology.
Programming in a new basic model is actually very easy and quick to do once you get the swing of things. A lot faster and easier to do than in my 6EX, for example. ... By the way, here is a link to the main 8FG thread: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1092861 Feel free to ask any questions you might have there too to increase your chances of getting a good answer... |
Dec 02, 2011, 09:56 PM | |
Australia, NSW, Culburra Beach
Joined Jul 2010
551 Posts
The best tx on the market for setting up a new model is the Aurora 9 as it asks simple yes or no questions. The next best would be the Sanwa/Airtronics sd-10g. I guess it's like anything though...once one spends time with what ever it may be, you do get used to it.
Some things are just more clunkier than others. |
Dec 03, 2011, 12:05 AM | |
Not sure about "best" and all that... (To each their own.)
On the 8FG you just select the model type, wing type, and tail type for the default function assignment. Pretty straightforward. This assumes you actually know what kind of model you're flying (how many control surfaces you want and the like). If you don't know what you're flying, then best you had find out, or stop trying to fly it... |
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cricket team's entry into the second round of the World Cup sparked wild celebrations around the country on Monday. Bangladesh Coinciding with the 36th anniversary of their independence, flag-waving students from
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Pay and performance: creating a fairer share of rewards
OriginalReining in executive pay has become a touchstone issue for politicians of all parties. The Coalition partners are both fighting to ensure it is their party that is identified with ending spiralling top pay, while the opposition repeatedly returns to the topic of boardroom pay deals. The combination of soaring executive pay and stagnant average wages is generating widespread public outrage that politicians are keen to capitalise on.
The problem of executive pay is exemplified in new IPPR analysis showing the weak relationship between CEO remuneration and company performance among the FTSE 100 list of the UK's top companies. The analysis looks at 87 companies for which comparable data was available over 2010/11, and assesses year-on-year changes in CEO remuneration and company value in the most recent accounting period.
The table below shows the results for the main industry sectors covered by the FTSE. They suggest little relationship between CEO remuneration and increase in market capitalisation, as one measure of company performance. Sectors experiencing similar improvements in company value saw very different increases in CEO remuneration. For example, company value increased by 19 per cent in both the banking and support services sectors, yet CEO remuneration in banking rose by 81 per cent, while the rise in support services was below average at 16 per cent. The computing sector saw the largest increase in company value, but a relatively small increase in average CEO remuneration.
Sector |
Average total CEO remuneration, 2010 |
Average year-on-year change in CEO remuneration, 2010 |
Average year-on-year change in company value, 2010 |
Aerospace and defence |
£4,293,209 |
18% |
9% |
Banking |
£6,444,631 |
81% |
19% |
Computing and technology |
£1,962,005 |
13% |
55% |
Financial services |
£6,713,351 |
12% |
27% |
Food and beverage production |
£5,308,736 |
17% |
15% |
Industry and engineering |
£2,938,085 |
67% |
53% |
Insurance |
£4,310,871 |
40% |
19% |
Media |
£7,941,954 |
80% |
26% |
Mining |
£4,537,781 |
33% |
29% |
Oil and gas production |
£4,651,573 |
-11% |
14% |
Pharmaceutical and healthcare |
£9,925,529 |
13% |
7% |
Real estate |
£4,646,987 |
7% |
6% |
Retail and personal goods |
£6,529,592 |
34% |
16% |
Support services |
£3,732,267 |
16% |
19% |
Telecoms |
£7,045,828 |
10% |
20% |
Tobacco |
£6,129,312 |
68% |
14% |
Travel and leisure |
£4,233,434 |
104% |
23% |
Utilities |
£2,875,768 |
0% |
23% |
Average |
£5,112,670 |
33% |
24% |
Source: data collected by One Society from company reports; market capitalisation record from the London Stock Exchange
The chart below plots the relationship between the change in CEO remuneration and the change in company value in the 87 companies we analysed. It suggests that only a very weak statistical relationship exists between these two factors.
These findings help to cut across the argument that company directors must be paid large and increasing amounts in order to secure the strong performance of their companies. While company value is just one measure of company performance, other studies have found a similarly weak relationship between other measures of performance and top pay.
Previous measures
Evidence of the weak relationship between executive pay and performance has previously led to policy responses that seek to strengthen that relationship. This has been one of the central goals in the development of corporate governance and performance-related pay in the UK over the last 20 years. Yet these reforms have taken place alongside rocketing top pay deals.
Performance-related pay has led to a shift in the make-up of pay towards more variable and complex forms of remuneration, such as annual bonuses, deferred shares and long-term incentives like performance share plans. This increasing complexity makes it harder for shareholders to ensure that remuneration is linked to performance, and more likely that at least one element of a remuneration package will pay out. The shift to variable pay has also led executives to demand increases in the total value of incentive-related payments to offset the risk that one or more element does not pay out in full. This has driven large increases in total executive remuneration over the last 20 years, out of all proportion with even the greatest improvements in any measure of company performance.
Where are the shareholders?
Governments seeking to tackle excessive boardroom pay have repeatedly returned to the well-worn tools of UK-style corporate governance: greater transparency and disclosure, improving the accountability of managers to shareholders, strengthening the role of non-executive directors, and a largely voluntary system of policing corporate governance. While each has an important role, these tools have proved themselves to be ineffective in reining in top pay over the last 20 years.
This suggests that 'shareholder activism' alone – encouraging shareholders to vote against remuneration reports or engage with pay and performance issues in other ways – will not work now either. Shareholder activism relies on institutional shareholders, like pension funds and insurance companies, but they only own around a quarter of UK shares. Over 40 per cent of UK shares are held by foreign owners. Even UK institutional investors are increasingly holding shares over shorter periods of time, making it hard for them to have oversight of the long-term interests of companies. Most institutional shareholdings are managed by fund managers, who tend to have large remuneration packages themselves, suggesting they are not best placed to tackle excessive pay. The diminished ability of shareholders to tackle excessive boardroom pay is demonstrated by the fact that only 5.6 per cent of remuneration reports in FTSE companies were voted against by shareholders in 2010.
Efforts to tackle top pay also say very little about how pay and reward could be improved for the majority of workers. IPPR research has found that many people are unhappy about the focus of rewards on a handful of top earners and the inability of most employees to share in the success of companies. Such models of reward fail to reflect the shared contribution of staff, and the role that employees have in promoting the long-term health of their companies. Polling data from the CIPD shows that a majority of employees feel proud to work for their organisation, but many fewer feel valued in the workplace. These concerns are made more important by the spectre of stagnating living standards, flat real wages and shrinking resources for redistribution to support low and middle earners.
Next step: empowering employees
The combination of public anger over top pay and the need for a fairer share of rewards to go to employees argues for a broader debate about pay and reward across organisations, one that does not focus purely on high pay or simply resort to strengthening the hand of shareholders and non-executive directors. Key to this will be a broader conception of corporate governance that recognises the legitimate role of groups beyond shareholders in influencing how companies are run. Employees have a vital role to play, because they tend to have a strong interest in the long-term performance of companies and a keen understanding of their day-to-day operation.
Measures such as requiring listed companies to include employee representatives on remuneration committees should be supported. Crucially, this would ensure that pay and conditions throughout a listed company are taken into account when boardroom pay is set – already a requirement of the UK Corporate Governance Code but rarely enforced under the current configuration of remuneration committees. Recognising the role of employees could go further by requiring boards to annually report to staff on pay and reward arrangements across companies, and making it easier for employees to take a financial stake in their company.
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Thread: Alia or Aria?
July 11th, 2013 01:56 AM #1
Alia or Aria?
Aria I loved, but then I had some minor issues with it and came across Alia.
I say Alia as "ah-lay-ah", instead of "ah-lee-ah" as in Aaliyah or "ahl-yah" as in rhyming with Dahlia.
I also don't particularly view Alia as a variant of Aliyah either. For some reason I feel like it's a variant of Alice/Alison & Co.
Also, with the pronunciation of ah-lay-ah, the nn "Leya" would be likely, but I'm not sure how to spell it in this case. Leya? Leia? Laia?
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July 11th, 2013 02:08 AM #3
Well, I wouldn't spell it Alia if you want that pronunciation. Even if it is a legitimate pronunciation of that spelling (where?) you'll get nothing but Al-ee-uh.
Aleia is my favorite alternate spelling, so nn Leia.
Are you pronouncing Aria Ah-ray-uh as well? If so, I prefer Aleia. If not, I prefer Aria.I'm just trying to behave as I think a friend should behave. Granted, I haven't had much practice.
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July 11th, 2013 02:15 AM #5
i prefer Aria in the first place, but its also going to be easier for people to spell instead of having your daughter have to spell Alia out every time she says it as well as saying i go by Lia short for Alia etc. if you have to use Alia, use a different spelling so people have a better shot at getting it right.
July 11th, 2013 02:38 AM #7
Aria. Or Ahl-ee-uh.
Sorry for mistakes, I am foreigner.
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Friday, October 4, 2002
A few weeks ago in Minneapolis, crowds gathered in anticipation outside of the Minneapolis Planetarium. After 41 years of educating both children and adults, the planetarium has closed its doors. Opened in 1961 as part of the old Central Library, the dome has been a popular place for students from all over Minnesota to visit. The planetarium presented its last show on Sept. 15. The planetarium featured many types of shows including informative presentations on seasonal sky changes, entertaining shows set to music, and shows for holidays such as Christmas and Valentines Day. Construction on the library has been scheduled to take place as soon as state funding is passed. In its final days, the planetarium was overwhelmed with the number of visitors who came to be there for the final showings. All four shows were packed with lines starting an hour and a half before time. The 180 available seats were filled to capacity at all shows. Surprisingly, more people attended the following Sunday which usually rates as the least busiest day of the week. Attendance was so high, in fact, that Director Robert Bonadurer added a fifth show. Treasures and memorabilia from the planetarium were made available to staff and friends who gathered for a private party and silent auction. Seats, models of the sun and planets, and even modeled sections of the Minneapolis skyline were all auctioned off. As part of what seems to be a nationwide planetarium building reform, the Minneapolis Planetarium plans to rebuild, provided it receives the financial support of the state. The new Planetarium and Space Discovery Center will be among the countrys most advanced science education facilities. It will be one of the top facilities in the country, comparable to the New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles facilities. Although the construction dates for the new planetarium have not been determined, officials remain optimistic. Plans were made to construct the new planetarium along with the new library on a single landmass. The city was going to receive $9.5 million in state aid for this project until May, when Gov. Jesse Ventura vetoed the measure. According to the updated planetarium report, officials will continue to work with state and local community leaders to make sure the project is legit. The Library Board and City Council have donated $2 million to leave the possibility of the planetarium open. The plans for the library building include a space for a planetarium, but it will not be built without state aid. Plans for this project have been in place since the year 2000. The saga continues and people wait in anticipation for promising news of the new building. The new planetarium would include more seating, an advanced video system and an observatory showing images from world-class telescopes and satellites. As the building has been the most important astronomical educator in the state, the city is planning on asking the legislature to reconsider their plans for state funding. Planetariums are located in museums and libraries across the country. One of the most famous planetariums is located in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
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An early start - up at 5:00 - apologies to my host, Vic. It was a good week in Winnipeg and I am grateful for the opportunity of seeing the city and meeting some of its people - and watching 8 films in a week - all reviewed here.
The check-in was quick and easy and it was great to clear US immigration and customs in Winnipeg - no hold ups …
Home Sweet Home
Good Morning! Today we are back home! We made it back safely and we are enjoying the comfort of our home. I would like to thank all our friends and family who followed us on my blog. Thank you for posting your comments. I really enjoyed this trip! I learned so much! I also saw and did many wonderful things. I also want to thank my mom and dad for taking me on this amazing trip. Thank you and I hope to see everyone ...
Air NZ v Singapore Airlines. no contest
so this post is a rant. It's a rant about the differences between Air NZ and Singapore Airlines. I tell you up front so you know it's not really about the holiday, it's about service. some of you may know we travelled to Singapore with Singapore airlines last year en route to Colombo. the year, we went with AirNZ for the long haul. you know wee like to be loyal to NZ and support our country, but come on ...
Freak show on Venice Beach
... back, got toys, and went to the beach. We dug our feet in the sand for the whole time. Then we came back, had dinner, and went to bed.
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I secretly bought tickets ahead of time for the Warner Brothers studio tour, to surprise the kids with the best tour for Harry Potter fans and to surprise Sam with a splurge of the VIP tour instead of the basic one. It ...
Day 6 - Disney California Adventure
... Studios the other day but it was too late I was already halfway through the normal queue (could have saved 30 mins though. Cars Land was definitely my favorite area of the Themepark with some of the Cars characters on the road to have photos with. After this I went and to the It's Tough To be a Bug 3D adventure, this was kind of cool because at one point the lights go out and they say bees are flying around and then something on the back of the ...
Extremely helpful and friendly staff. Room good with helpful facilities. Lots of local shops and places to eat - easy to get onto 110 and 405, 20 minutes from Manhattan and Rodondo Beaches.
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Welcome to Virginia Beekeeping Supply & Andralyn Farm
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The Bee Shed
Frames & Foundation
Virginia Bee Supply offers a variety of frames and foundations for your hives. In addition, we also offer many of the framing accessories that you may need.
Standard, grooved or wedge top, bar frames available in 9 1/8" (deep), 6 5/8" (medium), or 5 3/8" (shallow) with grooved or split bottom bars.
1-50........$1.05 ea. 51-100........$1.00 ea. 101-500........$.95 ea.
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Plastic Drone Frames $3.25 ea.
These frames are bright green so you can immediately
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you will have nothing but drone comb on them in order to attract
and trap Verroa Mites. When it is full, simply remove it from the
hive. You can either scrape off the affected comb and discard it
or place it in your freezer to kill the drones and mites and return
it to the hive to allow the bees to clean it.
100% Beeswax Foundation
Crimped wire style foundation with hooks. Available in deep, medium, and shallow sizes.
$.82 ea. 12.5 lb. Case (approx. 150 ct.) $100.00
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Deep Unwired Medium Cell Brood Foundation
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Frame Wire 1/2 lb. Spool $5.00 ea. 1 lb. Spool $8.00 ea. Our frame wire is #28 tinned carbon steel. There is none stronger. The wire is so small that when embedded, it does not bother the bees. A half pound roll of wire will wire approximately 100 frames. |
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Eyelets (1,000 count pkg.) $6.95 per pkg. Eyelets are small metal fittings placed in the holes of the end bars to prevent the frame wire from cutting into the end bars. |
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Form Board $9.50 ea. A Form Board is used to install foundation & embed wires. It can be used on all three sizes of frames. |
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Posted By Rich Miller On July 14, 2009 @ 8:30 am In Cloud Computing,Data Center Videos | 1 Comment
Mosso has recently become The Rackspace Cloud [1]. At last month's Structure 09 conference, we spoke with Lew Moorman, President of The Rackspace Cloud, about the company's strategy, the new Building 43 [2] online community built by Robert Scoble, and enterprise interest in cloud computing. This video runs about 9 minutes.
NOTE: This interview was taped at the Structure 09 event on June 25.
See our Rackspace Channel [3] for more stories about Rackspace Hosting. For additional video, check out our DCK video archive [4] and the Data Center Videos [5]channel on YouTube.
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Elizabeth Cornell is our new IT Communications Specialist. Her primary responsibilities lie in helping us use various communications channels to inform the Fordham community about the business-enabling technologies you all work so hard to bring to bear. We are looking forward to developing a cohesive social media presence, streamlining our website content, and creating regular communication streams for our most important projects. She will be working directly with many of you, DAUR, and others engaged in marketing and communications here at Fordham.
Elizabeth comes to us highly recommended. She most recently worked in Fordham's English Department, where she sought to incorporate innovative uses of technology into her research, as well in the literature and composition classes that she taught. At Fordham, she helped establish and direct the Graduate Student Digital Humanities Group, which gave students the opportunity to explore the methods and practices of using technology in traditional humanities research. Elizabeth is a collaborator on several digital humanities projects, including Digital Yoknapatawpha, a digital map and timeline of the writings of William Faulkner; it is based at the University of Virginia's Digital Media Lab and funded in part by the NEH. She also provides editorial assistance to the hybrid book project, Keywords for American Cultural Studies, co-edited by Fordham professor Glenn Hendler and published by NYU Press. Her diverse writing and editing background includes work at Fordham University, Bard College, the American Museum of Natural History, and elsewhere. In the spring of 2013, she received a PhD in English from Fordham.
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Hey, Andy. If memory serves me right. Way back in the old Navy days, a bit of bacon or pork fat, tied to a fishing line can turn a seagull into an impressive KITE. And if you are really lucky, it will go through them like a dose of salts, then another one comes along, and you have a double decker kite. Of course this doesn't help with the Myna bird problem, but it seemed fun at the time. |
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Hasta luego Galapagos
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Saw loads of land iguanas on our walk there as well. We still think the marine ones are cooler, but the land iguanas are also pretty cool. Highlight of the walk though was while we were walking along the cliff top on the back side of the island. Looking down, we could see the water was really clear. Suddenly the guide yelled "Tiburon!" (Shark). And there they were, 4 or 5 HUGE sharks (easily 3 metres plus) swimming around the base of the cliff. We couldn't understand why, until we walked a bit further and caught sight of an adult sea lion bleeding from one side. Obviously he'd been attacked by one of the sharks (or possibly just been in a fight with another sea lion) and the blood had attracted the sharks. We watched for a while until the sea lion had drifted out of sight. Little sad to see, but it's nature so kind of fascinating at the same time.
We were supposed to go snorkelling off North Plaza after that, but the captain decided against it because of the sharks, which was fair enough. The seal wasn't in the lagoon, but it could easily have come in, and snorkelling with blood in the water is never a good idea :)
Instead we headed back up to the canal (actually the straight between Santa Cruz & Baltra) and snorkelled there instead. So no final swim with the sea lions, but we did see a final sting ray which was nice.
Sad to be leaving here, the Galapagos are truly fantastic, and despite having been here a month and having experienced so much, it feels like we've only scratched the surface. Definitely not ready to leave, but there are other places to visit, so we have to. We'll no doubt be back...


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Do you ever feel over-scheduled? I know I do!
Today we're excited to welcome back Mothers' Center member Teresa McCarthy sharing a story about how a rare, unplanned, self-inflicted snow day, helped remind her entire family the importance to taking a little time off …
The Day We Declared Our Own Family Snow Day
A guest post by Teresa McCarthy
Does your calendar look like mine? Are you over-planned and tend to run yourself (and your kids) ragged schlepping from one activity to another?
As much as I try to make conscious choices about giving my kids down-time, our days end up filled to the max and I never seem to pencil in downtime for myself (or for cleaning the house). I flit from one committee, meeting, activity, action, task, e-mail… to another committee, meeting, activity, action, task or e-mail.
Yes? Sound familiar?
I'm sure that many of you (just like me) like to be involved. So the minutia of the in-between stuff gets lost in the shuffle…
- The pile of papers never gets sorted
- The laundry may make it to a basket or even folded, but rarely finds itself at home in drawers
- Projects that should have taken 10 minutes get added to an ever-growing to-do list (that isn't even close to getting done!)
- You tell your kids 'I'll be right there' but instead get side-tracked with dishes, returning texts/calls, and picking up the mess along the way. 'Right there' ends up turning into 30 minutes until you hear the whine of "Mo-ooo-om!"
One February Sunday night after an action-packed weekend filled with family, fun & Super Bowl extravaganzas my husband Jack and I had a long talk.
He's constantly telling me I do too much (PTA, girl scouts, family obligations, work, etc).
I'm constantly telling him I like doing a lot (I'd go crazy without community involvement).
We decided to come to a compromise and slow down just a bit. Little did we know that we'd wake up to a miracle.
We hit the tri-fecta of miracles on Monday, Feb. 6, 2014:
1.) It snowed. A lot.
2.) Jack was home to shovel the snow. (As a pilot, 99% of the time snow falls, he's off flying to someplace tropical leaving the task of shoveling to me, my kids and the kind neighbors.)
3.) Grandma Sue happened to be visiting and staying with us.
Our district was the only one in the area that didn't cancel school.
So… we declared our own Snow Day!
Suddenly, our calendar was wiped clean and we had a whole entire day as a party of 5 to:
- Work on Anna's 100 Day T-shirt project without rushing thru it
- Wash, dry, fold and put away every stitch of clothing in the house (thanks in major part to Grandma Sue and her ability to turn king-sized fitted sheets into Martha Stewart works of art)
- Create master-pieces for Gracie's Girl Scout Brownie Troop Bake-off
Girl Scout Brownie Troop Bake-off cookies and Anna's 100th day t-shirt
- Eat lunch as a family
- Spend 55 frustratingly long minutes on the phone trying (and eventually succeeding!) in changing our flood insurance policy (a task that I kept putting off)
- Make a warm, home-cooked dinner which we subsequently ate together
- Play games
- Giggle, snuggle and revel in the fact that something special took place
As I tucked my girls in to bed my daughter Gracie said, "We needed a day off."
She was right.
From now on, I'm penciling in more "snow days," no matter the season.
While I enjoy all that I do outside of the home, it's important to remember that miracles can take place within our walls too. Being present for a whole day shouldn't just be a once-in-a-lifetime event. "Snow Day Monday" reminded me to slow down and enjoy the little stuff more. Making time to tidy up and enjoy our space can be just as important as every single one of our extra-curricular activities.
The ironic part of our snow day: Never once did we go outside to play in the snow (well except Jack and all that shoveling!)
Leave a Comment: Do you ever feel beat down by your family schedule? How often do you schedule down time for both yourself and your family? Please help us give a warm welcome to Teresa McCarthy for once again sharing her life lessons with us on Mothers' Central.
Teresa McCarthy resides in Long Beach, NY and is the mother of daughters Gracie and Anna. A former children's librarian, Teresa is a stay at home mom who dabbles in the family business (the operation of 5 bowling centers) whenever she can. Additionally she volunteers as president of the pre-school PTA, is a Girl Scout troop leader and assists with many community fundraisers and events. Teresa is grateful for her supportive husband Jack and to live just a quick boardwalk bike ride away from her parents.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA – Hold onto your hats (or should I say brooms) Philadelphia, Collegiate Quidditch season has arrived again! Chestnut Hill College is pleased to announce that their second "Quidditch on the Hill" intramural quidditch tournament will take place Friday, October 2, 2009 at 3 p.m. on the College's softball field located at 9601 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia. The tournament was planned and sponsored by the Chestnut Hill Activities Team (CHAT), and will kick-off two days of activities for the College's annual Family Weekend.
Muggle (or for those who don't read J.K. Rowling, non-magical people) Quidditch, the wizarding sport played on broomsticks in the beloved Harry Potter series has leapt off the pages of the fantasy book - and onto college campuses. Quidditch is a game that is a cross between football, dodgeball, rugby, as well as a game of hide and go seek, although all elements from J.K Rowling 's tale are fully represented, including riding broomsticks. The "Golden Snitch," the flying ball that was Harry's job as a seeker to capture, is now a track runner with the ability to run all over the campus; Quaffles can still score points, and players can still get bludgered. Muggle Quidditch, created in 2005 at Middlebury College, Vt., has since become a popular nationwide sport, with more than 180 teams forming the Intercollegiate Quidditch Association (IQA) membership.
Chestnut Hill College sponsored their first "Quidditch on the Hill" tournament in 2008 prior to making their first appearance in late October at the Quidditch World Cup at Middlebury College. In their first year of intercollegiate competition, Chestnut Hill took third place, defeating Princeton University, Louisiana State University, Emerson College, and Ives Pond before falling to Vassar College in tournament play.
Chestnut Hill College's Quidditch on the Hill tournament is free and open to the public, and is appropriate for all ages.
Paul Knitter, Ph.D.,professor emeritus of theology, world religions, and culture at Union Theological Seminary will present the lecture, "Is the History of Religions on the Brink of a New Axial Age?"on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 7 p.m. at the Commonwealth Chateau, SugarLoaf Hill campus. This lecture is sponsored by the Institute for Religion and Science at Chestnut Hill College. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Kathleen Duffy, SSJ, Ph.D. at 215.248.7197 or email@example.com.
Chestnut Hill College will host the chamber music ensemble, Philalea, on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rotunda, St. Joseph Hall. Philalea features Andreia Torain on violin, Linda Metzler on cello and Elise Auerbach on piano. The trio met while rehearsing for a concert in 2012 and have been performing together since, making chamber music relevant and enjoyable for modern audiences. For more information about Philalea, visit www.philalea.com. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, please see the full press release


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Posted: 12:00 a.m. Monday, Sept. 30, 2013
Where do we start with our Five Fun Things For Fall in Kelly's Kitchen?! It's a fantastic month filled with so much, but the fun has already begun in Orlando with a real favorite…
1. The Epcot® International Food & Wine Festival Presented by Chase® leads the way, open now through November 11th. I'm heading over soon to check in to the wonderful world of chocolate and just maybe have a special guest to share with you. Just click here for complete details. It's a great time to get that Annual Pass and make good use it, just like I will with mine thanks to the fine folks at Disney.
2. If you love a great craft brew matched perfectly with everything from appetizers to entrees and desserts, the place to be is the Straz Center for the Performing Arts as they present the Cigar City Brewing Beer Dinner for Oktoberfest Friday, Oct 25th at 7 pm. Chef Benito will share some of his secrets with us soon here in Kelly's Kitchen. I'll see you there.
3. Tailgating! We'll take Kelly's Kitchen on the road and over to Lee Roy Selmon's for a lesson in grilling and a chance for you to win a special tailgating prize package. College or pro, it's a great when it's done on the grill.
4. Pumpkin lattes are back and it seems they're more plentiful than ever. Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte, Dunkin Donuts has a Pumpkin White Chocolate (just one of those and a cinnamon donut and I'm the world's happiest little girl on a Sunday morning) along with an Iced Pumpkin Coffee, and even McDonalds has a Pumpkin Spiced Latte.
5. If you driving down the road and you spot a sign that has the words "hot now" illuminated makes you hit the brakes and follow the scent of warm glaze to its source, you're now in luck in St Pete. The newest Krispy Kreme is now open at 9100 4th St North. That's just a few minutes down the road from the studio. Now all I have to do is convince someone that's it not time for lunch…just donuts!
There's a lot more on the way this month, so check back daily with us in Kelly's Kitchen!
Of all the seasons, autumn offers the most to man and requires the least of him. ~Hal Borland
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We've sent an email with instructions to create a new password. Your existing password has not been changed.
To sign in you must verify your email address. Fill out the form below and we'll send you an email to verify.
{* #resendVerificationForm *} {* resendVerification_emailAddress *}Check your email for a link to verify your email address.