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"Why we're never gonna give up on the Rickroll": Milner + Phillips Article on The Conversation
July 29, 2014 § Leave a comment
Today my collaborator (we're working on the title) Ryan Milner and I published an article for The Conversation on the history & significance of the Rickroll phenomenon, specifically the recent 5-second YouTube takedown that never was. Quoth:
Rick Astley, 80s pop singer and unlikely king of internet memes, is dead. Or at least the most persistent song in his catalogue is. Or at least its most popular unofficial YouTube upload is. Or at least it was, for a few hours, most recently in July 2014 but before that in 2012 and again in 2010. And in the exaggerated rumours of its death are lessons on intellectual property, internet culture, and what resonates in the ephemeral swirl of the socially-mediated web.
On (Loving) Pit Bulls
July 17, 2014 § Leave a comment
Yesterday Tom Junod at Esquire published a long, thoughtful, and at moments utterly heartbreaking article about pit bulls in America. As he explains, pit bulls –a category that includes pit bull mixes– are ubiquitous nationwide, not just in the inner cities but also, increasingly, in suburban areas. One would think that this would translate to greater acceptance of the breed (or perhaps more accurately, the classification, as pit bulls aren't really a breed as much as a mix of common traits), but nope, not so much. As he writes:
We might accept pit bulls personally, but America still doesn't accept them institutionally, where it counts; indeed, apartment complexes and insurance companies are arrayed in force against them. And so are we: For although we adopt them by the thousands, we abandon them by the millions. The ever-expanding population of dogs considered pit bulls feeds an ever-expanding population of dogs condemned as pit bulls, and we resolve this rising demographic pressure in the way to which we've become accustomed: in secret, and in staggering numbers. We have always counted on our dogs to tell us who we are. But what pit bulls tell us is that who we think we are is increasingly at odds with what we've turned out to be.
The Wisdom of Puppies
July 13, 2014 § Leave a comment
I know, I know, I haven't been posting much, largely because I immediately jumped from submitting my first book to working on the proposal for my second book, which will focus on antagonism, mischief, and humor online. Also, all these episodes of Broad City, Frisky Dingo, and Sins & Secrets aren't going to watch themselves, oh well. I will likely return to a more regular posting schedule once my life schedule gets back to normal, or what passes for normal. For now, here is a puppy expressing concern for his elderly friend!
Fembot Schools of Shame (SOS) Map
June 16, 2014 § Leave a comment
The amazing humans over at the Fembot Collective have just put together an SOS map visualizing the discrepancy between expected incidence of college sexual assault (based on the White House's recent report on the subject) and the assaults that are actually reported and disclosed per the Cleary Act. As anyone even remotely familiar with sexual assault on college campuses (or sexual assault generally) will be utterly unsurprised to discover, the discrepancies between these numbers are staggering. Here is that map, as well as Fembot's explanation of the research process (full disclosure: I helped with some fact-checking).
On that same note, here is the story of one woman –one woman amongst thousands and thousands of women– whose experiences are not reflected in the Cleary statistics. Not reflected because she did not report her assault; and not reported because she didn't think it would do anything, and more insidiously, because she'd internalized the idea that it was her fault for "letting" it happen. As writer and Yale grad Amanda Ruggeri explains of her decision to remain silent:
As the years went on, I became only more aware of just how commonly this happens — and how few of us have come forward. In our senior year, I was in an all-female secret society. There were 13 of us. We were 21 years old. As each of us gave our "bios," or life histories, the traditional way to jump-start what was meant to be a lifelong bond, I kept count.
The number was four. And all four assaults had gone unreported, un-investigated, and uncounted.
A few years later, I was having dinner with two good friends. Somewhere between our second and third cocktails, we found out that each of us had, at one point during our university years, been raped. We were all strong women, and none of us had pressed charges. We were all smart, and none of us seemed to realize, deep down, that we were entirely blameless for what had happened. We were all writers, and none of us had published a sentence about our assaults.
"I was roofied and raped in college," I told a different friend about a month ago. She took a swig of wine and laughed wryly. She had been, too, it turned out. A bartender. A glass of water. A ten-hour blackout. A naked wake-up. Vomit on her hands. She did a rape kit, but she wished she hadn't: invasive, traumatizing. She did not press charges. She did not know where he was, these days.
"It's like women are the walking wounded," a friend commented to me once. Dealing with it on our own, quietly — whether because that's what strong women do, or what good girls do, I'm not sure.
But one thing is for certain: Most of us don't speak. No matter how strong we are, no matter how "feminist," we carry around with us a sense that, somehow, we brought the assault on ourselves. We were too flirtatious. Or we didn't say "no" loudly enough. Or we were wearing the wrong thing. Or we should have known better than to go to his room, get in his car, go for a drink, accept that shot.
I'd say I'm not sure where we pick up those signals, so much and so early. Except, of course, that I do — because they're everywhere.
I won't even try to throw together a tidy conclusion.
3 Birthdays in 1, Plus Teaching News
June 8, 2014 § Leave a comment
Chris turns 30 today, and tomorrow I turn 31; today is essentially our joint 30th, after which point I once again become the scoreboard leader in years accrued. It's also Nathan's estimated birthday, so although we might be + or – a week or so, we're treating today like the Triple Crown of Phillips-Menning spawnage. I've never really been much of a birthday celebration person, so it's not like we're doing summersaults and smashing our faces into rainbow cupcakes, but I am very much enjoying the prospect of my 31st year — not only will the book be out of my hair very very soon (not soon enough, obviously, but that's been true for the last six years), but beginning in the Fall term I'll be a full time Lecturer in Humboldt State's Communication Department. The ultimate, long-term goal is to secure a Tenure Track position at HSU in Comm or English or elsewhere, and I'll get there eventually — but one does not simply hail mary to one's favorite university and immediately get the big prize. These things take time and patience and various intermediary steps, and I've been doing just fine with that, thanks.
And so, onwards! It's a beautiful day, and I'm an excellent age. I think I'll go buy myself a Japanese teacup & then watch some X-Files. Perfection!
Today's Travels: Book Madness Edition
June 3, 2014 § Leave a comment
Things have been raaaather hectic of late, what with final book details and etc etc, plus other simmering projects like fact-checking campus rape statistics for a sexual assault data representation project forthcoming from Fembot, a feminist media and tech collective. More on that later this week when the thing goes live but boy howdy, are those some grim statistics. Because of that I've just not really been "paying attention to anything," as they say in the business.
But! Here's what Chris sent me when I told him "I need you to send me something funny or cute." He said these pictures, apparently of Kirsten Dunst "and that guy who looks like Toby Maguire" were so NOT cute they were funny, which is good enough for me.
In that same vein, here's a video I clicked on because the headline read "You Can't Punch People Because You Want Pancakes," which is a lie.
Another thing I liked this morning was teens reacting to an old internet instructional dealie; as a general rule, "The 90s" plus "The Internet" is always going to be pretty funny. Money quote: "Their clothes and their computer…it's just so OLD." You bet your cybernet they are! Also, apparently the source of this magical gif:
That's all I got you guys, God bless you all.
ICA Presentation to Follow!
May 23, 2014 § Leave a comment
Hey there strangers! Today I was supposed to drive up to Seattle for 2014's International Communications Association meeting, however the fates intervened by sending a minor medical emergency Chris' way. Meaning no Seattle for this guy (Chris will be fine but now is not the time for travel). I might be Skyping into our panel tomorrow morning, some brave soul might present as my proxy, or they may just tweet the thing out & call it a day. In case they go with the third option, I'll be posting the transcript of (what would have been) my talk in a subsequent post.
In other news, revisions continue to be made, and all that. June 1 is quickly approaching, there's miles to go before I sleep, etc!


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I was in PA today and went to BPS and Cabela. I was stunned.
At BPS they were almost totally sold out of ALL handguns. CASES and CASES were totally empty. GONE. They were totally out of 9mm, 357 ammo and just about everything else. I took pictures but since there's people in them I'm not going to post them. Staff says they can't get anything else at this point, their suppliers are out. There was a sizable crowd scanning the empty cases and shelves. Salespeople I talked to said they are convinced that if anyone tries to take weapons from Americans there's going to be a civil war. They said they're seeing people who used to be anti-gun want to get one because they're afraid of what they think is happening.
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quote:It was Rhaegar who won that tourney in the end and named Lyanna the queen of love and beauty...but that's a sadder story.
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If you have a good marketing program in place, leads should be coming in. So what are you doing with them? Hoping they call you? Not smart. Call them. Visit them. Call new prospects. If you are in their neighborhood, drop by. Don't just call once. Vary your calling times so you actually catch people at home. Be pleasantly persistent, but not a pest. Be helpful, not pushy. Make yourself an invaluable asset to someone who wants to sell. Share enough knowledge that you are, in their eyes, the expert to "go to" when they need to sell and you will get more clients.
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Drive around in your target areas and look for signs for people selling by owner. Stop and talk with them. If they aren't home, take down the number on their sign and call them. Ask them if you can come by to look at their home. Offer helpful advice. Let them know you might have a buyer interested in their home. Worst case you find a home that may be interesting for a buyer you are helping. Best case you get a new listing!
Don't forget people whose current listings are expiring. Make sure you don't step on toes and get in legal trouble, but once in the clear, those who aren't in listing contracts anymore will be frustrated with their old realtor, and still in need of selling help. Be helpful.
Open Houses
Open houses are also a good way to keep the flow of new clients coming. They can be a great showcase to let prospective new clients see the level of service you will give them. Did you stage the home well? Are you responsive to people at the open house? How about the leads you get from it? Following up with people that were interested at the open house (meaning the prospect) will show them that you take your job seriously.
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A man who is to be married; a fiancé: she met her husband-to-be Michael while on holiday in Spain
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Najee Murphy, also known as Naj Murph, was born and raised in Newburgh, NY. The sixth borough native fell in love with hip-hop at an early age by hanging around his father's record store. His everlasting love for hip-hop continued to grow until his urge to create became inevitable. Ultimately, he hopes to become a major role model to inner-city youth that may have experienced similar upbringing to him. It wasn't until his partnership with producer Nick Dean that he began to bombard his peers and acquaintances with his passion for hip-hop and his lyrical savvy. Shortly after the release of Opening Act, Naj received much attention from students at Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Clark-Atlanta University. Naj's lyrical content exhibits a social conscience and a delivery that is reminiscent of hip-hop of the early 90s.


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This week it was at the Women in the World Conference at Lincoln Center in New York City on Friday, April 4th, 2014 in New York, New York.


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Jesus points to the ways of peace. His life and ministry powerfully demonstrate love of neighbor and wholly living in faith. But Jesus did not sit and watch the unjust practices of the world strengthen until they became the norm. He was never apathetic about transgressions against self, other or God. He did not avoid conflict out of fear of being perceived as a troublemaker or disturbing the calm. When faced with injustice, Jesus took action.
We often shy away from the clearing of the temple account, afraid that it contradicts pacifist values, afraid of a Jesus for whom making peace may include righteous anger. Or perhaps we give this story no more than a cursory glance, categorizing it as an anomaly in the actions of Christ, out of fear that it calls us. It demands that we also take action when faced with wrong in this world, with situations that deny our God who loves and welcomes all unconditionally. This story challenges us to confront injustice out of love. It challenges us to do our part to dismantle systems of oppression, to destroy our preconceived notions of what (and who) is holy, and to break down barriers of inequality. There is a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to wait patiently and a time to stand up and lovingly proclaim that we will follow the model of a Christ who actively loved all, turning this world upside down and inside out.
May God bless you with discomfort
at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships,
so that you may live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger
at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people,
so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tears
to shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger and war,
so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and
to turn their pain into joy.
And may God bless you with enough foolishness
to believe that you can make a difference in the world,
so that you can do what others claim cannot be done
to bring justice and kindness to all our children and the poor.
~ Franciscan benediction
The passage for today's reflection from I Corinthians is jam-packed with truths that are life changing. The truth it contains that has been most impactful to me is what it highlights about God's plan for human faith. The text pits human wisdom against what it calls the "foolishness" of the message of the cross. It is fascinating to me that it was God's plan that our belief in our Creator would not be borne out of our own human wisdom and understanding; rather it would instead require a genuine step of faith.
Our challenge as those who have taken the step of faith to believe in the message of the cross is to relinquish control of our lives to God. We too often believe that we have the power to make things happen by the force of our will or efforts. We believe things will not get done "without us." We believe that we are indispensable. The reality is that God is the one with all the power and wisdom, and we are weak and fragile. When we rely on our own wisdom, we deny the power of God, thinking that we know better. We in effect take on the place of God, and in our pride fail to humbly yield to God his rightful place.
Isaiah 29:16 (NRSV) points out the flaw in this way of thinking and highlights our Lenten theme ("upside down and inside out"), noting: "You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be regarded as the clay? Shall the thing made say of its maker, "He did not make me," or the thing formed say of the one who formed it, "He has no understanding?"
When I have fully grasped this truth, that my wisdom, my power and my abilities are not enough to produce lasting peace, I have recognized that humbling myself before God requires a daily admission of my need and of my lack of understanding. When I can I cast my burdens on my Savior, the peace comes rushing in. God can handle it, he is in the business of bearing burdens and his resources are limitless.
Lord Jesus, I admit my weakness, my lack of wisdom, my lack of understanding, and my need for you each and every day. Fill me with your peace, with your love, with your compassion, with your mercy, and with your grace. Thank you for being a relational God on whom I can cast my burdens daily.
"The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple." Psalm 19:7 (NIV)
When I think about simplicity, I am reminded of my childhood. Not only did I have less inhibitions and worries, but I grew up in an environment that valued the simple. At a very young age, I began attending a summer camp in the Adirondacks. There was a lot of swimming, hiking and singing that was done with the intention of worshipping God on the home field – Creation. My parents and the staff there taught me to appreciate nature and God's presence in it.
The first part of today's verse reminds me of life. "Reviving" often means giving life to something that lacks it. This connects me to how spring brings life out of the death of winter. And, in other ways, we see this same thing in all the seasons. Today's passage calls the Lord's statutes and laws "perfect" and "trustworthy," reminding me of nature's systems and how they exist and seem to work quite smoothly even when my human mind cannot conceive why.
We have a lot to learn about God through nature. The seasons come and go as do our joys and sorrows. Winter storms are deadly but decorate the air and ground most beautifully. Death and decay are life processes, occurring regularly, but so are birth and renewal. In the same way, God changes and yet is constant.
When we next look at a songbird, a fallen tree or a patch of green earth amidst the snow, I hope we can find it in ourselves to think upon what God might be revealing about The Divine through creation. It is indeed simple, but perhaps, as the psalmist writes, we are made wise through it. I often find myself in awe as I walk quietly through the Adirondack woods. I am not sure if what I hear is the trickling of a creek or something more. Either way, I am grateful for the quiet Spirit that I find there and the things I might learn from it.
Lately I have found myself searching for a way to set the season of Lent apart: to make it significant, to honor the centuries-old tradition of this 40-day period of discipline. I must admit, sometimes it's far too easy to let the days pass without giving a thought to any extra rituals. Sure, I have good intentions. Some years I come up with creative ideas for foods to give up, habits to change or daily spiritual practices to begin. But more often than not, when Ash Wednesday rolls around, I wrack my brain for ways to make Lent special – for a few minutes. Then, with a faint feeling of guilt, I think, "Ah, well, there's always next year."
How often does that apply to Christian faith in general? With the best of intentions, we try to observe traditions and follow the rules – but if we fall short, sometimes it seems easier to just give up. There are many reasons to become overwhelmed trying to live out our faith: Christianity has too much baggage, it's too bureaucratic, too broken, too complicated. And on top of that, we're supposed to take 40 whole days to contemplate our commitment to Christ?
In Goshen College's Anabaptist-Mennonite History class with John Roth last semester, a word that came up over and over was renewal. Sometimes renewing our faith commitment means radical new ideas. But other times, it is in looking to more ancient traditions that we find our sense of identity and a refreshed energy. The Ten Commandments may seem like old news – but perhaps examining these verses with new eyes can bring the renewal we need. At its core, practicing faith means remembering our covenant with God: our mortal end of the deal is to keep these commandments. During this time of Lent, I invite us to return to this most ancient of disciplines – and God will show us steadfast love to the thousandth generation.
Then God spoke all these words:
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments.
You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.
Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. For six days you shall labour and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work—you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and consecrated it.
Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
You shall not murder.
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
Goshen College's Study-Service Term (SST) can be a simultaneously difficult and eye-opening experience. On SST, students spend three months in a developing country, where they live with host families, study language and history, and serve those in their host nation. During the 6-week service portion of my SST experience in Peru last summer, I found myself in the Andean city of Tarma, teaching math and English to sixth grade students. It was an assignment that often required all of my patience, but it was also perhaps the most rewarding thing I've ever done.
I believe 'wisdom' is a fitting word to describe what I gained on my SST. This wisdom, however, was unlike anything I had learned in a classroom. It was a far cry from the physics formulas and programming syntax that usually fill my textbooks, and it was the kind of knowledge that required more than just my brain. The wisdom I found on SST was a wisdom gained through new experiences and unfamiliar situations. It was the result of careful observations and countless mistakes. It was wisdom bundled with love, patience and compassion.
This week's theme is "Making wise the simple." The Scripture verses this week show us a variety of ways that God reveals wisdom. This wisdom can come in the form of rules for our relationship with God or for our relationships with others. We are reminded that God's wisdom is trustworthy and refreshing, even though it may be radically different from the wisdom that we encounter in the world around us. Like what I experienced on SST, it is wisdom that is intertwined with love and compassion. My simple notions of what it would be like to live in another country were transformed by the wisdom my experiences offered. As we approach Easter, this week's Scripture prepares us to be transformed by the refreshing wisdom of God.
One year at summer camp, the theme was "take up your cross and follow me." Cabins full of boys took turns carrying around a heavy, 10-foot cross wherever they went. Lugging it around was a challenge and it was fun.
As an adult looking back, the concept itself and the fun we had doing it makes me cringe. But what does Jesus really mean when he said "let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me?" Should we strap giant crucifixes to our backs?
A friend recently sent me a prayer written by a student at St. Peter's Seminary in Ankawa, northern Iraq, where Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) provides English teachers. The student is among the Christians who fled from Karamlesh, in Iraq's Nineveh Plain, as the Islamic State group advanced.
"As you carried your cross, O Lord, we carried it too.
We lost everything except the cross hanging around our necks and in our cars.
We looked at this cross when we were forced to leave our houses.
It is the cross of the pain and the hope,
the cross of the sadness and the hope,
the cross of the resistance and the steadiness
of those who endure injustice but respond to it in love,
even when we feel that the injustice is increasing.
We carried this cross from our lands in Nineveh to other lands
and we still hang on to it.
In spite of all this, you can see the smiles on our faces;
you feel the goodness of our neighbors.
We are full of hope and trust in you O Lord."
Here is a person whose life has been turned upside-down, yet still finds something to hold on to. But when our lives are comfortable, what cross do we bear? Maybe taking up our cross means a daily choice to remember those whose lives are upended by conflict, to love those who are hard to love, to serve others over ourselves, and to seek justice in an unjust world.
Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things."
He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
"The law brings wrath." It's seems so harsh that Paul would say these words about commandments that Christians today carry as good and Godly things:
1) I am the Lord thy God.
2) Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
3) Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.
4) Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy.
5) Honor thy Father and Mother.
6) Thou shalt not murder.
7) Thou shalt not commit adultery.
8) Thou shalt not steal.
9) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor
10) Thou shalt not covet.
Really? If I try and do all these things, it will bring wrath upon me?
Listen. These things are Godly, and they are good; however, not one person can live them out perfectly. Not one! And the only way to reconcile to God is through perfection!
This is what Jesus was talking about when he went up on the mountain to preach: "Not only should you not murder, if you're angry with someone, you're breaking that commandment! Also, if you even look at someone lustfully, you're committing adultery!" Jesus understood that no human can live up to the standards of the law (Matthew 5).
Listen. So many people try to earn God's favor, and they don't even realize they're doing it. Many Christians read the bible, go to church, pray, etc. but inwardly they're still looking to the next thing to "rid themselves of." "I just need to stop viewing pornography," or, "I just need to start telling people about Jesus," or, "I just need tell my wife I love her more." These are things we think that will help "improve our Christian walk."
Please! People! Stop! It's not making your burden lighter! Remember. Jesus' burden is light (Matthew 11:30).
Paul wraps up this passage in a very profound way: he brings it back to Abraham. This was the first man that God counted as righteous. Why? Because he had faith in God. Not because he didn't sin. Abraham trusted God. When God wanted Abraham to sacrifice his son, Abraham agreed to do it, and was counted as righteous for it! Now that's faith!
Some Christians preach: "If you stop doing these things… then you'll have a better Christian life." However, God simply says that if you start believing and trusting him, then his grace will save you because of Jesus Christ's death. See!? Jesus lived a perfect life under the law, so that we don't have to. We are now perfect, because we're a part of Jesus' perfection! This is living by faith.
Stop making rules!
Instead, recognize your perfection in Christ! Recognize that though your flesh is sinful and doomed for death, you are now living in the spirit—a child of God. Now that God is your heavenly father who loves you, all you have to do is love him right back! Isn't that relieving? Rather than get in a daily routine, simply find ways to show your love for God, and he will be responsive, just like a loving Father would help his child in any way he possibly can.
Praise be to God!
The moment I would pinpoint as the most challenging of my entire life would be my first day as a camp counselor. It had been a very hot day with my group of nine 4th-6th graders, which included complaints, constant fighting for attention, and a quickly spreading epidemic of homesickness. Making one difficult decision after another left me exhausted. My friends, whom I had grown to rely on during orientation, were preoccupied with their cabins, all of which seemed to have relatively few issues. By the time "lights out" finally came, I curled up on my bunk and the pressure of my insecurity and doubts as a leader filled my chest.
It seemed like I had barely fallen asleep when a deep, building-shaking boom of thunder woke me up. Before I knew it, every girl was crying and yelling my name. I'm not sure how I figured out what to do or what I ended up saying, but after a few minutes the storm had passed and everyone calmly fell asleep. God heard my prayers and was there to give me the strength I needed to comfort my cabin. From that day on, I had a renewed confidence in my decisions and my abilities through the awesome power of God, making me successful and grateful as I continued to learn and lead throughout the summer.
Even when we are in difficult situations and feeling "upside down and inside out", God is there to give us strength we don't know we have. The fulfillment and joy as a result of these experiences are wonderful reminders of God's presence. Praise be to God.
Human beings often have to check for themselves to see if something is true instead of taking someone's word at face value. I remember standing outside the classroom door in high school many times waiting for the teacher to arrive. To make sure we weren't standing outside the room for no reason, I would ask if the door was locked. Even if someone said it was, I would check the knob to be sure it was, in fact, locked. I didn't trust their word.
Unlike those locked classroom doors, Abram has no way of double-checking to see if God's word is true. He just has to wait and trust that he will be fruitful. It is easy to see why Abram is astonished, both he and Sarai are both nonagenarians and it would be a miracle for them to conceive a child of their own. Even so, Abram must trust that God will come through and that Sarai will be able to bear an heir.
Although Abram is not actually able to "check if the door is locked" like in my simple high school example, he still has to trust God's promise. God gives a sign that validates God's proposition. God changes Abram's name (meaning ancestor) to Abraham (ancestor of many or a multitude). Sarai's name is also changed to Sarah. Having a name change is significant because a name is something an individual carries with her or him everywhere on a daily basis. What reminders can we implement to remind us to trust in God everywhere and at all times?
God's promise to the 100-year-old Abraham, to make him exceedingly fruitful, came as a surprise—even more so since his 90-year-old wife was to be his partner in fruitfulness.
A promise for fruitfulness can sound equally implausible in Northern Indiana at the end of February. Just when you've had it with snow gusts and sub-zero windchill, the Lenten season arrives—and you face another six weeks of winter, accompanied by a call to renunciation.
Yet somewhere under all that snow, the seeds of summer wildflowers are preparing with a deep chill to bloom in the spring. And somewhere, in another climate zone, oranges are ripening. A chosen Lenten practice can create space for listening to God's presence in our lives—if we can only trust the promise enough to pause in our daily routine to connect with God's abundance.
The other night I was driving through snow, hearing the wind whistling around my car, to pick up pizza for the editorial board of Red Cents, the literary arts magazine published by the English Department. I was thinking about the paradox of fruitfulness in winter. And then I discovered it in the situation itself. My students were giving freely of their dinner time to harvest the abundance of student creativity. When I arrived at Newcomer Center—a long, cold walk away from their cozy dorm rooms—with the warm pizza, the students were gathered in a circle, each reading a selection of other students' writing, giving it their full attention.
Each of the writers had paused in their daily lives to channel a creative impulse. Each of the readers had paused to connect with the writing that impulse produced. If we pause to experience the presence of God in our lives, we can connect with the source of fruitfulness in any season.


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Given its nearly 4,000 stores, these job actions are unlikely to stop – or even slow – Walmart's Black Friday push. The strikers appear to be aiming for visibility rather than confrontation.
"We also ask you to conduct all actions in support of the strikers peacefully, in a way to permit access to the stores and disrupt Walmart operations and worker productivity no more than necessary to express and demonstrate support for strikers and call on Walmart to change," OUR Walmart says on its website.
The workers group has the support of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union and is gaining support from the loosely organized Occupy Wall Street movement in some cities.
Walmart dismisses the movement as the creation of UFCW agitators.
"Many of our associates have urged us to do something about the UFCW's latest round of publicity stunts," Wal-Mart spokesman Kory Lundberg told the Monitor's Gloria Goodale. "They don't think it's right that a few associates that are being coerced by the UFCW are being portrayed by the media as representative of what it's like to work at Walmart."
The next few hours could begin to reveal just how narrow or broad the movement really is.
Updated 6:33 a.m.
Black Friday starts with a bang. From the Associated Press:
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Black Friday began with a bang in New Jersey — literally.
The U.S. Geological Survey's website says a 2.1-magnitude earthquake was measured near Clementon, about 15 miles southeast of Philadelphia in Camden County.
The quake was felt at a little after midnight.
It was the second earthquake to hit New Jersey this month. On Nov. 5, a 2.0-magnitude quake struck the Ringwood area in Passaic County.
Updated 6:07 a.m.
All the big chains have opened – either on Thanksgiving evening or in the wee hours of Friday, chipping away at one of the last bastions of family oriented holidays.


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Quirky News
Essex school bans triangular flapjacks
Triangle-shaped flapjacks have been banned from an Essex school on safety grounds.
Oat bars can only be served in squares or rectangles by canteen staff at Castle View School in Canvey Island after a child suffered a minor eye injury in a fight.
A Year Seven pupil was hit in the eye by a triangle flapjack last Wednesday after it was thrown across the dinner hall, claims The Sun.
That particular shape of flapjack has now been banned by the headteacher.
A school insider called the decision "ludicrous", adding: "It's very silly. You'd have thought teachers would have more pressing concerns than the shape of snacks and puddings."


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Not ISU related but I assume a lot of you will have interest in this one. What is your pick? I think that Drake will give the Panthers a hell of a time but UNI will pull it out in the end. UNI 70, Drake 68
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I can't see Drake being able to match their 47% success from the 3 point line in the last meeting when they still lost by 9. UNI dominates again on the boards to win 64 - 52.
Drake brings Kanaskie back for a motivational speech before the game and UNI rolls by 50. Egelseder celebrates the win and misses the rest of the tournament season. Really UNI 65 DU 50
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For some reason I could see Drake winning this, but I hope UNI wins the tourney and ends up with a good seed in the NCAAs.
My guess: UNI 66 Drake 61 However, I would be 0% shocked if Drake wins this.
Is this game on TV anywhere?
Originally Posted by LindenCy For some reason I could see Drake winning this, but I hope UNI wins the tourney and ends up with a good seed in the NCAAs. I think UNI's chances at a good seed are about nil after that Evansville loss.
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Go Drake. Would love to see UNI left out of the dance.
While on live TV, Ford used a vulgar term to describe a private part of the female anatomy, adding that he was happily married and got more than enough to eat at home.
I am so glad that these teams got matched up. This is awesome for the state of Iowa.
A win by Drake would help our RPI, so go Bulldogs!
24-13 Drake. 6 mninutes to go. First half.
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Originally Posted by Clonefan32 A win by Drake would help our RPI, so go Bulldogs! But wouldn't a loss by UNI hurt our RPI?
Originally Posted by The_Architect Go Drake. Would love to see UNI left out of the dance. Jealous much? Someone's gotta rep the state since our (UNI) "big brothers" decided to suck so bad this year...and last year.
Hey did Drake make it oer .500? could they make the NIT?
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Have you been following the news out of New York's statehouse?
Things are a mess. Two State Senators have defected from the Democrat side to Republican. In doing so, the Republicans have been handed a majority. One of the defecting officials has been given the top slot in the statehouse, a position called president pro tempore. This has led to a rebellion from the Democrats. On and on…
Scandal, disruption and infighting in America's statehouses is ever present. So how does it impact the mood of the electorate?
Turns out that state and local governments rate better in voter's eyes than the federal government. A Pew poll in 2008 found that 59% had a favorable opinion of their state government while just 37% saw the federal government favorably.
A few years back ABC News polled people on corruption in government. 58% said they thought corruption in the federal government was "widespread". The percentage was a lot lower in state and local government.


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Sunderland Football Club
- Nickname:Black Cats
- Founded:1879
- Manager:Gus Poyet
- Ground:Stadium of light
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The Premier League have confirmed that Manchester City striker Benjani has completed his switch to Sunderland.
The Black Cats blamed communications problems for their failure to confirm the capture of the Zimbabwe international before Monday's 5pm transfer deadline.
Boss Steve Bruce had hoped that 'common sense would prevail' and that now appears to be the case.
Benjani has struggled to break into the first-team picture during two years at Eastlands, but Bruce is a big fan of the 31-year-old former Portsmouth striker.
He had said after Monday's goalless draw with Stoke City: "We had huge, huge difficulties with email and faxes so we hope a little common sense prevails.
"I think we've lodged everything in time, we've done everything we possibly can and I'm convinced we had everything in in time.
"The paperwork was lodged but we had some huge, huge difficulties and we informed both the Premier League and the FA at the time of those.
"We wait to find out but I hope we are granted the player, who would be a huge boost to us."
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2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Need to Sell ASAP.
After 11 years on the job I have been presented with a unforseen cut in hours at work we need to sell, I am asking what the pay off is on the Jeep. Its a 2011 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport, black in color with hard top. Comes with connectivity group, 18" rims, trailer tow package, automatic transmission, power, windows, locks, cruise, air. This is the most loaded sport you can get. Jeep has 800 miles on it. I am sickend to have to do this but need to. The house and kids are more important than toys.
Price is $32,800 obo Email or call for information 231 eight three four - 1409 616 eight six two - 9077 |
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Century City | |
Neighborhood of Los Angeles | |
Century City on January 25, 2009 | |
Location within Western Los Angeles | |
Coordinates: 34°03′20″N 118°25′01″W / 34.05556°N 118.41694°W |
Century City | |
Neighborhood of Los Angeles | |
Century City on January 25, 2009 | |
Location within Western Los Angeles | |
Coordinates: 34°03′20″N 118°25′01″W / 34.05556°N 118.41694°W |
Century City is a 176-acre (712,000-m2) commercial and residential district in the Los Angeles Westside.[1]
The neighborhood was developed on property used by 20th Century Fox for making motion pictures, and its first building was opened in 1963. There are two private but no public schools in the neighborhood. Important to the economy are a shopping center, business towers, and Fox Studios.[2]
There are 5,900+ residents, composed of a large percentage of whites, older-aged, high-income population and high attainment in education compared to the rest of the city.
According to the Mapping L.A. project of the Los Angeles Times, Century City is bordered on the northeast and east by Beverly Hills, on the southeast and south by Cheviot Hills, on the southwest and west by West Los Angeles and on the northwest by Westwood.[3]
The land of Century City belonged to cowboy actor Tom Mix (1880-1940), who used it as a ranch.[4] It later became a backlot of 20th Century Fox, which still has its headquarters just to the southwest.[4]
In 1956, Spyros Skouras (1893-1971), who served as the President of 20th Century Fox from 1942 to 1962, and his nephew-in-law Edmond Herrscher (1890s-1983), an attorney sometimes known as "the father of Century City," decided to repurpose the land for real estate development.[4][5] The following year, in 1957, they commissioned a master-plan development from Welton Becket Associates, which was unveiled at a major press event on the "western" backlot later that year.[4] In 1961, after Fox suffered a string of expensive flops, culminating with the financial strain put on the studio by the very expensive production of Cleopatra, the film studio sold about 180 acres (0.73 km2) to developer William Zeckendorf and Aluminum Co. of America, also known as Alcoa, for US$300 million (US$2.4 billion in 2014's money).[4] Herrscher had encouraged his uncle-in-law to borrow money instead, but once Skouras refused, he was out of the picture.[4]
The new owners conceived Century City as "a city within a city".[6] In 1963, the first building, Gateway West Building, was completed.[4] The next year, in 1964, Minoru Yamasaki designed the Century Plaza Hotel.[4] Five years later, in 1969, architects Anthony J. Lumsden and César Pelli designed the Century City Medical Plaza.[7]
Much of the shopping center's architecture and style can be seen in numerous sequences in the 1967 Fox film, A Guide for the Married Man, as well as in a sequence in another Fox film of the same year, Caprice. Century City's plaza as it appeared in the early 1970s can be viewed in several scenes of still another Fox film, 1972's Conquest of the Planet of the Apes.
The 2000 U.S. census counted 5,513 residents in the 0.70-square-mile Century City neighborhood—or 7,869 people per square mile, an average population density for the city. The Southern California Association of Governments estimates that the daytime population amounts to 48,343 on a working day. In 2008, the city estimated that the resident population had increased to 5,934.[8]
In 2008, the median age for residents was 46, older than average for the city and the county. The percentage of residents aged 65 and older (26.4%) was the highest for any neighborhood in Los Angeles County. The percentages of widowed men and women and of divorced men were among the county's highest. Military veterans accounted for 11.9% of the population, a high rate for the city and the county.[8][9]
The neighborhood was considered "not especially diverse" ethnically, with a high percentage of white residents. The breakdown was whites, 82.5%; Asians, 8.6%;Latinos, 4.4%; blacks, 1.4%; and others, 3,0%. Iran (21.2%) and Canada (6.1%) were the most common places of birth for the 25.5% of the residents who were born abroad—a low percentage, compared to the city at large.[8]
The median yearly income in 2014 was $95,135, a high figure for Los Angeles. The percentage of households that earned $125,000 and up was high for Los Angeles County. The average household size of 1.8 people was low for Los Angeles. Renters occupied 39.6% of the housing stock and apartment owners held 60.4%.[8]
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The Century City Shopping Mall and Fox Studios occupy important acreage in the neighborhood.
One tower, Constellation Place (formerly the MGM Tower),[10] has the headquarters of Houlihan Lokey,[11] International Creative Management,[12] and International Lease Finance Corporation.[13] Crystal Cruises is also headquartered in Century City.[14][15]
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services SPA 5 West Area Health Office serves Century City.[16]
Los Angeles Fire Department Station 92 is the assigned fire station for the district.[17]
Los Angeles Police Department operates the West Los Angeles Community Police Station at 1663 Butler Avenue, 90025, serving the neighborhood.[18]
Fifty-five percent of Century City residents aged 25 or over had earned a four-year degree by 2000, a high figure for Los Angeles.[8]
Three private schools are located within the Century City neighborhood—VINCI Academy Daycare & Preschool, at 1940 Century Park East Lycée Français de Los Angeles, at 10361 Pico Boulevard, and Temple Isaiah Preschool and Kindergarten, at 10345 West PIco Boulevard.[19]
The 1979 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers album Damn the Torpedoes includes a song entitled Century City.
Coordinates: 34°03′20″N 118°25′01″W / 34.05556°N 118.41694°W


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It appears Bruce Arians has added yet another member to his coaching staff.
Coach Z headed to Arizona as assistant oline coach & will be working with Harold Goodwin and Bruce Arians who he coached with in Pittsburgh
— Lance Zierlein (@LanceZierlein) January 29, 2013
Lance Zierlein, who broke the news, is Larry Zierlein's son. So it stands to reason this report is fairly accurate.
As for the elder Zierlein, he spent time as Pittsburgh's offensive line coach from 2007-2009, and before that was with the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns in a similar capacity.
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