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by Libby AnneCreated To Be His Help Meet, p. 24Debi finishes this her first chapter with a memo on the background of the word "help meet." I sort of feel like this should have come earlier, given that most people I've mentioned the book to find the term odd. The word help meet appears … [Read more...]
CTBHHM: What is a "help meet"? (in the KJV)
Quoting Quiverfull: Casualness is Deadly?
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Jack Schaap Gets 12 Years in Federal Prison
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by Becoming WorldlySo I've been thinking a lot about guilt and shame lately. I think they are important components used to control people's actions, particularly in the kind of movement I grew up in. I'm sure lots of people have more … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Abounding Attitude?
by Nancy Campbell of Above Rubies "The Abounding Life" Abound in the work of the Lord (1 Corinthians 15:58). The Greek word in this Scripture is the verb, perisseuo and means … [Read more...]
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We're excited to take part in a new community, Homeschoolers Anonymous, a venture put together by some of our bloggers joining together with others who've experienced abuse during their homeschooled years.Here is more information from Homeschoolers Anonymous! Former homeschoolers rally against abuseMarch 16, 2013A group of former homeschoolers … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Raising Kids the World Will Hate?
by Adam Griffin of The Village Church Flower Mound "Raising Kids the World Will Hate"Trigger warning - This is one with the type of abusive views that might trigger some. I have a strong, and certainly not uncommon, desire for my child to be validated by the love … [Read more...]
Quoting Quiverfull: Feminization
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Quoting Quiverful: Mental Health?
by John Piper in "10 Resolutions for Mental Health" at desiringGOD That night Dr. Kilby had a pastoral heart and a poet's eye. He pled with us to stop seeking mental health in the mirror of self-analysis, but instead to drink in the remedies of God in nature. He was not … [Read more...]


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Hehe, I hope this isn't considered cheating since I print screened it! Anyways, this was kind of a hard decision because I've been listening to a ton of different things, but I find myself listening to this song the most! I love it! Especially the first lines, "Your body may be gone, I'm gonna carry you in, in my head, in my heart, in my soul." because it reminds me of my late aunt. :D So I guess you could say it has alot of meaning to me. :D
Anyways! I'm so glad its finally Friday! Do you guys have any plans for the weekend? Not sure if I do or not, but I'm still excited that its the weekend. LOL.

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It has been difficult and frustrating to watch the news lately. Black children continue to be on display for all sorts of horrific things. Oftentimes I am asked, "What can we do about the current crisis that Black people are in?" Continue Reading →
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Somalis lead the push against racism in "white cloud"
Would St. Cloud, Minnesota (best known and ridiculed as "white cloud"), be more or less pathologically racist without Somali immigrants? Recently, Somali Technical High School students and their supportive parents demonstrated against persistent disregard for race-based assaults, bullying and taunting. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Editorial, Opinion, Black children, Somalis in St. Cloud, St. Cloud racism, St. Cloud Tech High School, White Cloud
Forum to challenge the education status quo
A forum on addressing how to better educate Black children is scheduled for April 20 in North Minneapolis. BEST Academy Founder and CEO Eric Mahmoud is the expected keynote speaker at "The Education of Our Children in the 21st Century" at BEST Academy, located in the former Lincoln Middle School building on 2131 12th Avenue North. The free public event from six to nine pm is sponsored by the Sankofa Series, a local grassroots organization.
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Filed under: Local, News, "The Education of Our Children in the 21st Century", Black children, Mahmoud El-Kati, Sankofa Series
Black children are beloved and beaten
"Beloved and beaten" is a phrase that best depicts how many African American children — past and present — are disciplined. It is an authoritative type of African American parenting discipline style that is painfully revered. Yet, in too many incidents, it continues to be uncritically passed along generationally. When Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson was indicted on allegation of child abuse, he admitted to using the disciplinary methods passed down by his father. "I have always believed that the way my parents disciplined me has a great deal to do with the success I have enjoyed as a man," Peterson said in a statement. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Editorial, Black children, domestic violence, Rev. Irene Monroe
The tragic irony of racial disparities in Minnesota
On July 18, 2014, Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington Counties will host Minnesota Commissioner of Health, Dr. Ed Ehlinger, at its inaugural Community Health Action Talks (C.h.a.t.) event. During this presentation, Dr. Ehlinger will address the significant health disparities that continue to plague the State of Minnesota. Recent data from the Wilder Foundation's MN Compass project illustrate that people of color are 2½ times more likely to be without health insurance as compared to White Minnesotans. Particularly affected by this trend are Minnesota's Native American and Hispanic populations. In fact, Native Americans are more than three times as likely, and Hispanics more than four times as likely, to be without health care. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Movin' On Up, Black children, Children's Defense Fund of Minnesota, Clarence Hightower, Community Action Partnership, Lucy Weiland, Minnesota Compass, Wilder Foundation
Over 100,000 Black parents are now homeschooling their children
By Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu
Guest Commentator
We hear so much about the plight of Black children and their low test scores. We have not heard that African American children who are homeschooled are scoring at the 82 percent in reading and 77 percent in math. This is 30-40 percent above their counterparts being taught in school. There is a 30 percent racial gap in schools, but there is no racial gap in reading if taught in the home and only a five percent gap in math. What explains the success of African American students being taught by their parents? Continue Reading →
Filed under: Editorial, " ritalin, 89.9, 89.9 FM, 89.9 KMOJ, Abraham Lincoln, academics, achievement gap
Attack on the Teachers Federation Why have friends become foes?
"The whole world opened to me when I learned to read." — Mary McLeod Bethune
For decades, a workable relationship between organized labor and African American leadership existed in Minnesota. They do not necessarily speak with one voice, but, regarding financial consideration, they do. But for the last decade, this relationship has frayed, not in terms of financial considerations but in terms of standing up for real education for African American children. Legendary civil rights activist Nellie Stone Johnson clearly stated: no education, no job, no housing. Martin Luther King, Jr. said that although many Blacks were not qualified (lacking education and training), we are qualifiable through education and training. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Editorial, 89.9, 89.9 FM, 89.9 KMOJ, african american news, african american newspaper, African Americans, Black children
Mother of autistic child fights for equal care
Proposed laws could disadvantage Black and low-income people
By Michelle Lawrence
Contributing Writer
"State legislators want to create two different healthcare policies for kids with autism: one that generously covers the privately insured, and the other that gives minimal coverage to the poor and publicly insured, but both using state funds," says Idil Abdull of Burnsville and mother of a 10-year-old son with autism. At age 11, when Abdull came to the United States from her native country of Somalia, she knew very little English and very little about American politics. "The only thing I knew about America was Superman and Rocky [the movie], she says."
Some 20 years plus since arriving on North American shores, Abdull is now very fluent in both English and the parlance of American politics. "If nothing else, I know how to be loud," she says. Like many other families, Abdull says she went through a period of denial about autism. Continue Reading →
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Ruby! The Story of Ruby Bridges: Play about civil rights-era child hero re-created in new staging
It isn't often a figure from African America history is still around once his or her accomplishments finally are celebrated. A spectacular exception, of course, is President Barack Obama. Not nearly as famous but nonetheless a hallmark is the triumph in 1960 of little six-year-old Ruby Bridges, documented as the first child of color to set foot in a segregated elementary school. She attended William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans and, in those days, it wasn't a simple matter of being enrolled and showing up for the first day of class in a pretty dress with your pencils all nicely sharpened as you get ready to learn your reading, writing and arithmetic. White hatred of Black people was even worse than it is today and savagely overt in the South, such that this innocent's mom and dad, Lucille and Abon Bridges were, by request of the NAACP, taking her life in their hands. Continue Reading →
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The abuse of Black children in MN's education system — Highlighting the Mpls. and Bloomington districts
Thurgood Marshall wrote: "None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody — a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns — bent down and helped us pick up our boots."
But what if you have no boots? The chilling reality in education is that some Black children are being denied boots in the first place. The only true way out and up for any child, Black or White, is education. But when purposefully denied, the eventual result is no job, and if no job, no housing for family. Continue Reading →


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The Atlanta Hawks will take on the Boston Celtics today at COX Pavilion at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in a matinee matchup. This will be the third of five NBA Summer League games for the Hawks. This is also the second game of a back-to-back for the Hawks. With a win today, the Hawks would improve to 2-1 in the Summer League. I think the key to a win for the Hawks today is to take care of the ball. Against the Spurs in their previous Summer League game, I felt there were too many instances when the Hawks turned the ball over and allowed the Spurs to score on the fastbreak. The Hawks can't allow that to happen against the Celtics. If the Hawks can limit their turnovers, I think they can get a W tonight against their rival Boston Celtics.
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For College Writing Programs' final faculty meeting of the 2012-2013 academic year, we are to prepare a 7-minute or so presentation on our recent professional development. As I was thinking about this, I realized that I could yack for much longer than seven minutes about the past year. Therefore, this blog.
Because for the past few years I've been very interested in digital pedagogy, having developed a hybrid composition course, while also being active in various forms of digital writing and publishing (as a member of Fictionaut.com, as someone who publishes in a number of online magazines, as a frequent user of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and as a less frequent blogger), my professional activities of late have been intimately intertwined with my writing life, which I think of, I guess, as more personal than my teaching life (note to self: think more about that).
Beginning last year with the Computers and Writing Conference at North Carolina State University, things began to gel for me. It wasn't so much that I was interested in technology (as in the term educational technology), which is the way many teachers and colleagues frame discussions of whether they take advantage or not of media available to them and to their students (how many times have you heard this: "I'm not a techie"). I have always been interested in language, communication, publishing and the organization of my life among others, which is not to say only my social life (as in social media) but how and where I fit into this increasingly mediated world. At the conference, I was surrounded by people, most of them much younger than me, whose lives–as related to media, anyway–were more fully integrated with their pedagogy and practice than mine.
Only a few months before this conference a student in the hybrid composition course had asked, while writing his digital literacy narrative, if he could call himself "literate" if he couldn't code. "Of course," I answered too quickly. Who would expect everyone to know how to code?
I'd give a fuller response now and plan to add this question to readings and discussions for the class in Fall 2013. Because over and over, at this conference, people talked about coding and how important it was for all of us to understand the language of the tools we use (or be used by them). I'm not sure I'll learn to code (I did buy a book on Ruby on Rails and got my Mac to say "Hello" to me). I struggled to learn BASIC back in the 70s (part of the struggle was being a "girl" in what continues to be a sexist field) and eventually gave up programming. But in a few weeks, I'm attending Ada Camp, sponsored by The Ada Initiative, and who knows, maybe I'll wrestle with Python!
So those are the bookends of the last professional year: Computers and Writing Conference, Ada Camp. But a lot has happened in between. I was on a panel called Justice Stories, Resistance Stories and Just Good Stories for American Cultures at UC Berkeley, gave a presentation on Reading and Teaching Electronic Texts at the Conference on College Composition and Communication (aka 4Cs) in Las Vegas in March and attended a seminar given by Edward Tufte, just a few weeks ago. I have some things I'd like to say about the link between the 4Cs and the Storytelling panel, but I'll save it for a different post.
Tufte I want to say a few things about here. I've been a fan ever since PowerPoint is Evil and will confess to using Tufte as a reason to not learn PowerPoint. I do think it's ugly and I've seldom attended a presentation dominated by PowerPoint that I enjoyed (note to self: ref this in blog on 4Cs). This is not to say that I've never learned anything from those presentations, just that PowerPoint is generally unengaging.
Tufte did not dwell on his hatred for PowerPoint–we must all know it by now, yes?– but he did contrast PowerPoint with the web-page presentation, which he says is the 21st century presentation format. A couple of things (among zillions) I found really interesting was his description of PowerPoint "stacking" information in a way that gives the presenter total control and that out of, say, 25 slides, we usually want what is only on a few. And we are likely to forget a lot because what we need might very well be on slides 2, 14 and 21 and it is difficult to organize that during the presentation.
The web page, as he demonstrated by using some web sites that he finds particularly effective (the National Weather Service, ESPN and Google News), lets us access all of the information at once, focusing on what we need, as we are guided by the presenter to sections of the page as he refers to that content (Tufte uses a laser pointer). We are fully capable of scanning the web page and focusing on what we need; whereas the directive PowerPoint inhibits that ability. This rings true to me. I am persuaded.
But about making that web page . . . Tufte said, rather casually, that any good IT department should be able to make people 4-5 templates. This may be true for corporations and business, but I'm trying to imagine asking the IT folks at UC Berkeley to give me some templates. I'm not sure that's a service they think is theirs to provide. But I haven't inquired about it. So I'll keep you posted on that.
I have more to say about Tufte (I realize as I write), but will end here with two points that I found immediately useful and also inspiring. Content is everything. The best design can never rescue bad content. His presentation is perhaps the ultimate demonstration of this principle.
He closed with some basic "how-to," and I found his final point quite moving. He said that during "office hours," which he held during the lunch break, many people had come up to him, rolling their eyes, and saying things like, "I have to give a presentation to the bean counters," or "my bosses," or "a committee" with a dismissive tone.
It is important to carry a good spirit into any presentation, says Tufte, making the point that a lot of filtering goes into the process of getting us into a room filled with colleagues, who we are, he says, perhaps more like than any other group than our families. This is a good reminder as I think about what I want to say at the upcoming faculty meeting.


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SB4 was introduced, amended, and approved in the Senate Transportation Committee making it a 5-Foot Passing Bill…AND it passed on the floor of the Senate! We won't let up. In 2015, AlaBike is trying to pass it in both houses.
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The Alabama Statewide Bike Summit March 26-27 in Montgomery was a Great Success!
The Montgomery Bike Club and AlaBike hosted the Alabama Statewide Bike Summit , March 26-27 in Montgomery. Speakers from all over Alabama, Georgia and even Oregon, as well as planners from Montgomery and AL DOT and Alabama Tourism participated. The Summit theme was "Bicycle Tourism: Wallets on Wheels"
Our guest speakers and "Tourism Specialists" from Oregon, Russ & Laura of "The Path Less Pedaled" internet fame, hosted our "Rolling Summit" along with LAB's Stephen Clark and Preston Tyree from Austin, TX. They made stops in Birmingham, Fairhope and Anniston prior to the Summit. Many thanks to the 15 great speakers who made the day at the Summit, followed by the New Belgium sponsored Happy Hour and Saris Bike Rack give-away. Congrats to Karen Riley of Eclectic, AL (near Montgomery) who went home with a brand new Saris Bike rack!
Coming to the Alabama Statewide Bicycle Summit March 27: Russ and Laura from "The Path Less Pedaled"
"Russ and Laura are passionate advocates for the power of cycling to transform communities and destinations. I've never met a duo who lived their values so completely through their work. But beyond advocacy, they are wonderful storytellers … I highly recommend them."
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Possibly one of the most beautiful aspects of live performance is witnessing how the human body is presented in space, on stage. When people are mediated on small screens, or even large movie screens with close ups, you miss the space surrounding someone as they move through the air, stretching their feet, or as they embrace another person in a lift that displaces the audience's breath as much as it transforms the air on stage. The Romaeuropa Festival is a work of art in a corporeally stunning. The festival is decidedly a huge endeavor, with music, theater and dance performances that take place across the city. All sorts of genres are included, and have been since the festival began in 1980, however it's worth mentioning that while Western classical performance reigns, more recent years have seen modern and world performances like of sword dancing, readings and drumming.
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Why do tennis fans accept lesbian tennis stars yet no one in ATP out of closet?
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Re: Why do tennis fans accept lesbian tennis stars yet no one in ATP out of closet?
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There are inevitably going to be a huge number of ATP and WTA gays. It's naive however to not understand what the hesitations and restrictions are when it comes to professional sportsmen and women 'coming out'.
I mean look how shallow and vapid the media culture is over the WTA these days regarding grunting. If Female tennis players are scrutinised relentlessly over such irrelevant and trivial things as that, there is already a disincentive for WTA pro's to illuminate their private lives, especially controversial subject matters such as their sexuality, into the public domain. I don't think the press is that accepting at all. Look how they distorted Mauresmo's coming out.
For male ATP players, it'd be even worse. We live in a very pro-masculine society especially when it comes to spot, where gay men are often seen as disassociated from sports. They are often perceived as effeminate, and ultimately alien to these masculine grand narratives we see in sports specifically. I mean could you imagine if a top 5 ATP player came out as gay? The ATP that brands their players as warriors, promoting this robust, dominant image of masculinity, and then suddenly having to reconcile with someone not adhering to these ideals. Imagine the types of repercussions on the player, simply for addressing his own sexuality publicly.
It doesn't just happen in sport either, but it's the most glaring and disturbing example of self-suppression of sexuality, purely because the culture of sport is so crude and brazen with stereotype.
I understand what you are saying you make a cogent argument but I also think it is incredibly sad. If NOBODY does nothing then NOTHING will change. Look at the African American civil rights movement or the feminist movement in America if people like Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Gloria Steinem, Alice Walker, Betty Fredian, said NOTHING or DID NOTHING where would we be?
If lesbians tennis champions like Martina Navratilova or Billie Jean King did NOTHING where would women in pro tennis be? King started the WTA and now it is the most successful female sport on the planet and the highest profile. If feminists and civil rights activists did NOTHING we would be in a terrible place.
Someone has to take a stand and BE a brave pioneers on the ATP TOUR. Because if nobody does NOTHING it means the status quo reins supreme. I honestly think the gay guys on the ATP TOUR are afraid of the unknown. Nobody has come out in men's tennis so the silence and shame just continues.
Also I think if a high profile gay ATP player came out he would have more opportunities to make MORE MONEY he would get MORE PUBLICITY and FAME.
Look at Frank Ocean he was underground and now the guy has a hit album and six Grammy nominations. Frank Ocean is now a huge star because he came out in hip hop.
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Weekly Spending Summary (5/6-5/12)
I did more shopping than I often do this week. Some of my favorite/best deals of the week were:
- FREE Twix bar
- FREE Barilla pasta
- FREE GE lightbulbs
- $0.99 Hillshire Farms Beef Links (15 oz. package)
- FREE Reach floss
- Moneymaking Nivea products
Here is the breakdown of what all I bought at each store.
Total Spent: $60.68
Total Saved with Coupons: $36.99
Total Saved with Sales: $71.05
Total Saved: $108.04
CVS: $0 (gift card)
Saved with Coupons: $3.99
Saved with Sales: $0.93
I'm still using the gift card that I bought from Living Social to pay for my CVS purchases otherwise I would have paid $0.75 for this.
I typically wouldn't got to CVS just for these items but it wasn't until I was in the store that I realized I apparently forgot to get the rest of my coupons for CVS together and so I couldn't do all of the deals I had planned to do. I guess that is what happens when you are busy and constantly distracted and interrupted by two little ones!
- Twix $0.75
- Starbucks Refresher $1.99
- St. Jospeh's Aspirin $2.00 (bought with rain check)
Coupons Used:
- $1.99 Starbucks Refreshers coupon from Sunday newspaper coupon inserts (was for one FREE product)
- $2.00 in Extra Bucks (CVS coupons that print at register)
Got Back:
- $0.75 in Extra Bucks for purchasing the Twix (can use on next purchase of any item)
- $2.00 in Extra Bucks for purchasing the St. Joseph's (can use on next purchase of any item)
Rite Aid: $0 (gift card)
Saved with Coupons: $20.00
Saved with Sales: $15.57
Once again I used the gift card that I purchased online at a discount price to pay for this purchase. Otherwise my out of pocket would have been $2.69.
Yes, I got more almonds. I figured some of you must be amazed at how often I buy them. Simply put, we love them on salads and they a healthy and at this price a relatively inexpensive snack too. We've actually been so happy with the flavor of the Blue Diamond brand that I emailed the company recently and told them so. This week I got a thank you letter in the mail from them along with 8 $1/2 coupons!
I don't typically buy baby food but since buying these was a moneymaker of $1.28 I went ahead and got them. And they are really handy to have on hand for trips when my homemade food is harder to keep the right temp.
- 8 Gerber Baby Foods $1.34 each (on sale for Buy 1 Get 1 Free)
- 2 Blue Diamond Almonds 8 oz. $2.19 each (on sale for Buy 1 Get 1 Free)
- 4 Blue Diamond Almonds 6 oz. $$1.90 each (on sale for Buy 1 Get 1 Free)
Coupons Used:
- $1/2 Blue Diamond coupon found on package
- Two $1/2 Blue Diamond coupons from manufacturer (see above)
- $18 in UPReward coupons (Rite Aid coupons that print at register for purchasing specific items)
Got Back:
- $12 in UPRewards for purchasing the Gerber Baby Food (can use on next purchase of any item)
- I actually did two transactions and used $6 of these on my second transaction
Giant: $1.99
Saved with Coupons: $9.00
Saved with Sales: $16.74
I had a gift card that I had earned through a rebate that I used to pay for $7.50 of this purchase.
Loved getting the Hillshire Farms Beef Links for only $0.99 each! (After coupons and sales.) They will make some great easy picnic meals for us. And while $0.99 for Ketchup isn't a bad price it's been a long time since I had to pay that much. Other years I was able to get ketchup for free or nearly so and stocked up. So far, I haven't seen that kind of amazing deal this year. I am picky though and will only buy the ketchup that doesn't have high fructose corn syrup in it though and am willing to pay more for that.
Oh and the lemon. How could I forget the lemon? I made this super yummy cake for Mother's day. It was so incredibly good! I subbed part of the flour with whole wheat flour and did 1 c. white sugar and 1/2 c. brown sugar. It turned out beautifully- moist and absolutely scrumptious.
- 4 Hillshire Farms Beef Links $2.25 each (on sale Buy 1 Get 1 Free)
- 2 Hunts Ketchup $0.99 each
- 2 Barilla Pasta $1.00 each
- 2 GE Lightbulbs $0.99 each (bought with rain check)
- Lemon $0.60
Coupons Used:
- Two $0.55/1 Hillshire Farms printable coupons
- Two $1.50/1 Hillshire Farms printable coupons
- Two $1/1 Barilla Pasta printable coupons
- Two $1/1 GE printable coupons
Stauffers: $29.51
Saved with Sales: $37.81
I hardly ever shop at Stauffers because while they have a lovely store their prices just typically tend to be high. But I saw their Mother's Day sale advertised in the newspaper and decided to stop by this week.
We had my husbands family over for dinner on Mother's Day and so I wanted to have a few special things. I decided to get the sausages to have then as well as the fresh pineapple- something we all love. I also purchased the strawberries to use in a cake I made for our meal. (See more about the cake under Giant deals listed above.)
And I thought it was kind of ironic how after I just got done telling you how we hardly eat snack foods I go and buy 3 bags of chips! I got them for a couple of reasons. In the summer we like to have people over for picnics and chips are just a nice thing to have for that. Also we are planning a trip to Arkansas in a couple of weeks and to save money we try to pack a lot of our food. We always splurge and get chips for when we travel and so amazingly enough, I thought to plan ahead and buy some now!
- 1 lb. Strawberries $1.67
- 6 Butter $1.88 lb.
- 4 Eggs $0.99 each
- 3 Martin's Potato Chips $1.66 each
- 3 Leidy's Sausage Grillers 15 oz. $1.99 each
- Pineapple $1.66
Target: $4.96
Saved with Coupons: $4.00
I ran to Target to get a few other things and figured I might as well do these deals while I was there.
- 3 Reach Floss $0.97 each
- Nivea lotion $4.22
- 2 Nivea creme $0.87 each
Coupons Used:
- Three $1.00 Reach coupon from Sunday newspaper coupon inserts
- $1/1 Target Nivea coupon from the coupon booklet that came with a Target sample
Got Back:
- $5.00 Target gift card for purchasing select Nivea products
Glenwood Foods: $24.22
This is a discount food store that also carries bulk food products as well. If I am nearby I try to stop because usually I can at least find some good deals on dairy products. This time I got a number of things including peanut butter chips for $0.69/lb., Oscar Mayer lunch meat for $1.89/lb. and several different cheeses for less than $2.00/lb. I also finally found vegetable flakes to use in my Homemade Cream Soup Mix recipe! Oh and I got a bunch of jar lids to use when I can this summer. I do lots of canning- you'll read more about that when the time comes.Add a Comment
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Looks like you had an excellent shopping week. I see you made it to Glenwood and it looks like you found some deals there as well.


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Walter Brasch: "What do you mean leading off the news with a report that some jokers at the Public Health Service found the cure for AIDS? Weren't there any accidents? Fires? Murders!"
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University of Pennsylvania scientists studying macrophages, the biological cells that spring from white blood cells to eat and destroy foreign or dying cells, have discovered how these policemen differentiate between friend and foe.
The paper appears as the cover article in the March 10 edition of the Journal of Cell Biology.
The knowledge suggests new ways science may be able to turn off rogue macrophages that are the root cause of the many inflammatory diseases ranging from atherosclerosis to arthritis and that provide the mechanism for tissue and organ rejection after transplant.
There is also evidence that some types of cancer cells over-express the molecular protein that macrophages recognize as friendly like a fake ID which allows the cancer to avoid being perceived as foreign. In addition, the molecules involved in the recognition mechanism appear somewhat variable from person to person, with possible links to success or failure in transplantation of stem cells.
Researchers studied these main policing cells in the body, macrophages, from the Greek for eating cells, and how they choose to attack and engulf foreign cells and particles but recognize and refuse to eat their own kind.
Like a police dog, a macrophage responds to a signal that means let go, Dennis Discher, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Penn, said. Its what makes your body more of a 'dog eat cat' kind of world rather than a 'dog eat dog' world.
Discher and his team observed macrophages in culture using friendly human blood cells and foreign sheep blood cells as well as plastic particles. In all cases, the macrophage binds to a target, often identified by a cloak of common IgG antibodies (the community watch), and frisks the target with a cell extension. This protein extension becomes a muscle-like headlock with foreign targets, wrapping around the target and pulling it in. Self-cells have a molecular protein on t
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Alex O'Loughlin
Lieutenant Commander Steven J. 'Steve' McGarrett
Scott Caan
Detective Danny 'Danno' Williams
Daniel Dae Kim
Police Officer Chin Ho Kelly
Grace Park
Police Officer Kono Kalakaua
Joel David Moore
Deputy Director Sheldon Tunney
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Brian Goodman
Commander Sam Hale
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Courtney Russell
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Teilor Grubbs
Grace Williams
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Taylor Wily
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Michelle Borth
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Danny: If I'm going to die on this island which I never should've come to in the first place, your face is not the last face I want to see, you understand that? Respectfully, of course.
Steve: I know you like it here.
Danny: I like... here? Incorrect! You are incorrect, my friend!
Steve: Then why the board, huh? Did hell freeze over? Did I actually miss you trying to get up on that thing?
Danny: We go bust these guys, HPD does an inventory on that money. They are gonna see that ten million is missing.
Kono: It doesn't ncessarily trace back to us.
Steve: We asked the governor to borrow ten million and she turned us down. As soon as the HPD tells her how much exactly is missing, she'll put it all together. But what's the alternative?
Danny: We could let them go. Get a clean slate. But I'd never look at my daughter's face again... Let's go.
Danny: It's uh, gonna be your last chance to say it. Come on.
Steve: Book 'em, Danno.
Commander Hale: Coast Guard tracked that drug deal for six months. It was supposed to be our take down. But then HPD swooped in and took the credit. Now I'm being pushed out before my twenty. No pension. No benefits. My country owes me.
Steve: Hey, let's clear things right now. You swore to defend and support this country no matter the cost. She doesn't owe you anything.
Catherine: (Answering her phone) What do you need?
Steve: Why can't I just be calling to say "Hello?"
Catherine: Theoretically it's possible, sure. But you never have before and it's an odd time to start.
Steve: That's a fair point.
Chin: You know what they say about coincideces?
Danny: I don't.
Chin: They usually take a lot of planning.
The title of this episode, "Kai e'e" is Hawaiian for "Tidal Wave".
This episode aired after the AFC Championship game and aired on a Sunday night, instead of Monday night.
International Air Dates:
Canada: January 23, 2011 on Global
United Kingdom: May 8, 2011 on Sky1/Sky1 HD
Australia: May 8, 2011 on TEN
Germany: August 25, 2011 on SAT 1
Sweden: August 31, 2011 on TV4/TV4 HD
Slovakia: November 23, 2011 on JOJ
Czech Republic: December 1, 2011 on Prima
Finland: July 7, 2012 on Nelonen
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text: Companies that promise to help cut down or eliminate student loan debt are apparently preying on people who are having trouble making their payments. Attorney General Lisa Madigan is filing suit against two of the companies today. She says Texas-based Broadsword Student Advantage and Chicago-based First American Tax Defense both deceived clients and charged as much as 12-hundred-dollars in bogus upfront fees. Madigan says the companies also offered fake services, such as the "Obama Forgiveness Program."


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Trouble in the Backyard
Colombia scores a hit on its lefty neighbors.
In the course of six days Latin America went from the brink of war between Colombia and Ecuador/Venezuela to smiling handshakes and a pledge from Colombia's president "never to invade a brother nation again."
U.S.-trained Colombian special forces had tracked a rebel fighting group of FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) to one of their sanctuary encampments about one and a half miles inside Ecuador. The Colombians attacked, killing 22 along with one of FARC's top commanders, Raul Reyes. It would have been far better if Reyes had been captured alive, but the Colombian forces have a tendency to shoot first and ask questions afterward.
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe considered it a great victory. His Ecuadorian counterpart, Rafael Correa, vigorously proclaimed it a shameful invasion of his country. And true to form, Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, denounced the action as another example of the United States' brutal ambition to control all of Latin America. Chavez did his best imitation of an outraged defender of democracy and swiftly threatened that this portended a widening regional conflict.
Venezuela's paratrooper president then ordered "brigades" of tanks and infantry to prevent Colombia's "Washington-guided ambitions" from spilling over into his country. With a growing scarcity of basic foodstuffs and a high inflation rate, this was just the political military excuse Chavez wanted to distract his increasingly disenchanted citizenry.
Venezuelans had voted against Chavez's s recent constitutional referendum, sought to abolish term limits for his presidency. Using the old Fidel trick of conjuring dangers from the United States -- in this case utilizing the one and a half mile border crossing -- he hoped to keep the lid on his own domestic dissidents.
President Alvaro Uribe characterized the Colombian special forces operation as a crushing blow against what he has termed in the past as "the narco-terrorist activities of the leaders of FARC and their Marxist/Leninist criminal gang." Uribe appeared quite confident his U.S.-trained and equipped forces could handle anything Chavez's military could throw at them.
Meanwhile, Ecuador's left-leaning President Rafael Correa, Chavez's political buddy, stomped around the continent seeking support for action to be taken at the Organization of American States condemning the Colombian invasion. He broke relations with Bogota with the loud approval of Chavez who also announced he would expel the Colombian ambassador to Venezuela.
Each of the three leaders was vying for a post-Oscar award for "Best Performance by a Latin American Leader with Enormous Ego."
AS TO BE EXPECTED, rumors are now flying throughout the region regarding the true nature of the affair. Perhaps the most intriguing comment comes out of Quito where the Ecuadorean public, starved for excitement, will encourage any story with an interesting twist. Purportedly, some of that nation's generals, unhappy with the Correa government's policy of providing sanctuary to the Colombian guerrillas, secretly passed the location of the FARC contingent to Colombian military intelligence.
In their heyday a few years ago FARC reportedly had been earning around $300 million per year from their activities involving protection for narcotics traffickers, kidnapping for ransom, and guarding coca farms. Operations against FARC have been assisted by the $5.5 billion U.S. program called Plan Colombia. This ongoing project provides, among other things, American military trainers and equipment for specialized units of the Colombian army.
Plan Colombia has been challenged by the Democrat majority in Congress as not effective against cocaine export in spite of the stepped-up effort against FARC and the narcotics traffickers. They are worried that the military and police solution undercuts local social and economic improvements.
The Colombian Army and President Uribe deny these charges. Good arguments can be given for both sides, but no one denies the substantial improvement of Colombia's armed forces and their anti-rebel operations in the past few years.
Perhaps the most interesting intelligence to come out of the successful cross-border operation is the reported recovery of a computer. According to the Colombians, the computer contained documentation indicating FARC had been attempting to obtain uranium with which to construct a "dirty bomb."
Whether this and other information confirming transfer of $300 million to FARC by Venezuela is true or merely some heavy-handed Colombian propaganda is up for scrutiny. Whatever the case, the entire affair has been plastered over by the kiss-and-makeup session among the three presidents during the Latin American summit in the Dominican Republic.
If you believe that theatrical performance, the Organization of American States has a canal across the Andes they'll sell you!
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The Most Inexplicable Mashup Ever
Could you possibly think of more odd pairing for a video mashup than Batman and the worst movie ever made, The Room? Patrick Willems wondered what the result would be if Tommy Wiseau, the man responsible for The Room, produced the next Batman movie.
It must have been drugs or something that prompted such a question. It's like making a pop culture mashup by drawing a name from each of two hats, which were filled with slips of paper by beings from two different planets. That said, he ran with the idea, and Jake Torpey, the guy playing Wiseau, is uncannily accurate except for speaking a bit more clearly than Wiseau ever did. -via Uproxx
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That was just so amazingly spot-on.
Now I'm off to watch "The Room" again...
Now I'm off to watch "The Room" again...
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My horse is kept alone, and he does show signs of missing the company of other horses when he sees them whilst we are out riding. However, he does have almost constant view of a pony that lives next door, and is often put into the paddock next to the pony for a few hours a day - yet he and the pony never have anything to do with each other! I would prefer him to have a friend, but as I agist him it isn't really plausible. He does have the company of a mob of cattle in the next paddock who often hang at the fence with him, though it isn't the same.
Keeping horses alone isn't optimal, but if you need to do it, don't feel too bad. Just keep an eye on how your horse reacts though, as some fret terribly.


text: Music therapist Elizabeth Klinger, right, quietly plays guitar and sings for Augustin as he grips the hand of his mother, Lucy Morales, in the newborn intensive care unit at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago on Monday, May 6, 2013. Research suggests that music may help those born way too soon adapt to life outside the womb. Recent studies and anecdotal reports suggest the vibrations and soothing rhythms of music, especially performed live in the hospital, might benefit preemies and other sick babies. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)


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The real issue is if the leggings were illegally concealing a skin condition.
The real issue is if the leggings were illegally concealing a skin condition.
I'd rather not wrestle you at all if you have a contagious skin condition. Who's to say the girly tights won't rip during the match?
"I like to relax with a chainsaw." Tom Brands 12/4/09
I don't think leggings have been banned in college yet. They are still worn in high school, I went through a phase where I wore them. I know they aren't allowed internationally.
"I looked up at the scoreboard and I was like, I can't do math that fast!" - Ed Ruth
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my freshman year in high school our student mgr. washed our tights , singlets and towels together and everything turned PINK !! Our coach went to the varsity and we wore BD purple and white for the first time ! Back in the early 70's freshman were NOT allowed to compete at high school level.
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skin conditions are usually checked at weigh-ins, "leggings" would not be used to conceal a skin condition, hopefully..


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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A gem
This movie is not only the best film adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, it's also a wonderful film in its own right. What did I love about it?
1) It isn't stuffy and unnatural. The characters sound human when they speak; you can imagine that this is how people spoke in the 19th century - not like pompous orators, but like real people. The world surrounding the...
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A solid adaptation of Austen's quietest novel
My copy of the novel "Persuasion" refers to it as having an "autumnal" tone, which has definitely carried over into this adaptation. It makes no pretensions to being another "Pride and Prejudice," or "Sense and Sensibility", lacking those books' underlying theme of warm friendship between sisters. Nor is it like "Emma" or...
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A solid adaptation of Austen's quietest novel,
Amazon Customer "NoirDame.com" (Houston, TX, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Persuasion (Sous-titres franþais) (DVD)
My copy of the novel "Persuasion" refers to it as having an "autumnal" tone, which has definitely carried over into this adaptation. It makes no pretensions to being another "Pride and Prejudice," or "Sense and Sensibility", lacking those books' underlying theme of warm friendship between sisters. Nor is it like "Emma" or "Northanger Abbey," both comedies featuring immature women and their self-discovery. In other words, "Persuasion" may be a disappointment to those who passionately love one of those other stories, and expect the same thing. This is ironic, considering that some believe "Persuasion" was based on an incident in Jane Austen's real life, where she apparently turned away a suitor in her youth, and later regretted it.
Again - the "autumnal" tone is picked up by the two leads, who are older and less conventionally attractive than, say, Kate Beckingsdale or Jeremy Northam. Ciaran Hinds has a quiet charisma that grows the longer you watch him, and has developed into a viable leading man. Amanda Root begins the film as a grey little mouse and transforms into a more lovely woman halfway through, solely through her skill as an actress, and not through a film of vasoline smeared on the camera.
Those who complain that Root is not pretty enough to fit their mental image are missing the point, and probably did not read the book, where Austen points out that Anne's beauty had faded with age. (As we read on, we realize that it's her love for life that's dimmed, which in turn has affected her attractiveness to others. Her handsome father certainly becomes less good-looking each time his prissy behavior is described.)
In the film, it would be easy to pull a "Grease"-like transformation - where, like Olivia Newton John, Amanda Root comes out all dolled up in makeup and a hot bodice, ready to jump on the Regency tilt-a-whirl. But the Captain and Anne regain their passion for another through their rediscovery of each other's hearts, not their good looks - although seeing each other's good character instantly brightens their countenance and puts a spring in their step, making them much more attractive. Neither Hinds nor Root need a gallon of makeup to make this transformation believable.
The two performances that I enjoyed most, however, were that of Sophie Thompson and Fiona Shaw. Thompson, who was only vaguely boorish in "Four Weddings and a Funeral," as a woman despairing of meeting a quality mate, goes full-hog as a high maintenance mooch. Very funny.
Shaw, on the other hand, is one of the funniest things about the "Harry Potter" movies, as Harry's dreadful aunt. Here, she is positively vibrant as a happy naval wife. She just brims with love and vigor, believable as a woman who has travelled the seas to be with her husband, and who wishes happiness for her younger brother and all around her. Both the character and the portrayal make a fine contrast to Anne's waspish sisters and father, and the overindulgent yet loving Musgroves. Only five years older than costar Root, with what seems to be a great range, I wonder what charm Shaw might have brought to the role of Anne if she had been offered the part at an appropriate age.
This is a warm, and yes, subtle movie, which will chase away the blues on a winter day.
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A gem,
This review is from: Persuasion (Sous-titres franþais) (DVD)
This movie is not only the best film adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, it's also a wonderful film in its own right. What did I love about it?
1) It isn't stuffy and unnatural. The characters sound human when they speak; you can imagine that this is how people spoke in the 19th century - not like pompous orators, but like real people. The world surrounding the characters isn't overly polished or brightly lit; again, there's a natural, "lived-in" feeling to all the buildings and landscapes; they do not look like they came out of a glossy postcard.
2) The performances. I don't have enough praise for Amanda Root, who plays Anne Elliot, a woman whose marriage prospects are slim to nil, and who has just been thrown into the company of a man whom she rejected years ago. Root can speak volumes just with her eyes, and everything about her fits perfectly with the gentle, wry and intelligent Anne Elliot. As Captain Wentworth, Ciaran Hinds is also great; he disappears into the character. Both actors aren't conventionally beautiful or handsome either; Root in particular blossoms before the viewers eyes - at first she's very faded and quiet, and then we (like Wentworth) see her spirit shine out. In addition to Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds, the rest of the cast also do a wonderful job. Perhaps because there aren't any big name actors, we can get totally immersed in the film.
3) It's true to Austen. There's subtle humor, real human feeling, and a keen understanding of human nature. It's an unforgettable love story.
4) The kiss. One kiss - perfectly timed, perfectly executed... you will melt.
5) The soundtrack. This holds true particularly for the assembly at Bath, and the Italian vocal pieces.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Romance at its best!,
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This review is from: Persuasion (Sous-titres franþais) (DVD)
This is a wonderful story of young love lost and then found again. Anne once loved Capt. Wentworth, but was persuaded by her family, and a family confidant, that he was not worthy of her because he had no money and social status. He goes off to sea, rejected by Anne. She remains a spinster. Meanwhile, her father spends the family into a much reduced state of splendour. When Capt. Wentworth returns he is the good catch, but he does his best to ignore Anne and semingly sets his sights on another. Because this is the 19th century, she can only pine for him in silence...and the looks they give each other just melt your heart!
So - Is she persuaded a second time to reject him or will true love conquer all?
I first saw this in a video store which then went out of business. I went to the sale expressly to buy this one video. It was gone! So, I was thrilled to find it here on DVD and have bought it, watched it and will continue to cherish it.
It also taught me to really enjoy Cirian Hinds. He is just a great actor. He is also wonderul in Jane Eyre!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful period film, favorite Jane Austen! gasp!,
This review is from: Persuasion (Sous-titres franþais) (DVD)
I loved this movie. I had seen this movie before purchasing it, but still, seeing it again was so wonderful. For me, this is definitely my favorite Jan Austen movie (gasp! Even more than the Pride and Predjudices! ) because it is so personal, and relatable! and heartbreaking, and intimate. This movie does 'pining for love' so well! I felt so connected to the characters throughout the entire film, and I just knew and empathized with so much of what they both were feeling throughout the entire film. Don't get me wrong, though! This movie is a classic, period, British film through-and-through, and has all of those beautiful every-day life moments you expect. But, it also has the fact that I was able to get everything, every nuance, every emotion, every thought going on beneath the surface throughout the entire film and from all of the actors' from so many subtleties. Just lovely.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing,
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Of all the productions of this amazing story by Jane Austen, this is hands-down the best. Okay sure, there are no dazzling beautiful women, and the Captain Wentworth may not be the most handsome man in any navy, but this is no way detracts from the story, but rather adds a sense of realism to it. The costumes and sets and language and manners are all true to the times, and everything seems so REAL - not like a set or a script or acting. Sailors look weatherbeaten, not soft-skinned and perfect, the women are every-day women with flaws and virtues, the scenery is classically english, and the houses look lived in. Amanda Root is a perfect Anne. THe acting in this production is incredible and convincing, and the directing is superbe. This movie keeps more of the story than the newest production with Sally Hawkins and is much more fun and realistic than the older production. And the actress for Mary (Sophie something) provides such a wealth of subtle, hilarious humour that this movie is in want of nothing! Amazing!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A delicate and touching love story.,
Rosie Cotton (The Shire) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Persuasion (Sous-titres franþais) (DVD)
IMO, this production only improves with time. As much as I liked watching it the first time, subsequent viewings served to heighten my pleasure and esteem for this very delicate and special film. Amanda Root is just perfect in her role as Anne Elliot; you can truly feel her every emotion, repressed or otherwise. And Ciaran Hinds is, as always, simply excellent as the dashing Captain Wentworth. Their passion and pain lingers just under the surface and is really exquisitely portrayed and filmed. But, as I've stated, this film has great delicacy and is definitely NOT an in-your-face love story by any means! (Oh, I shudder to think how Hollywood would have handled - botched! - this production.) The cast in general is outstanding, btw.
One note, however, is that if you have not read the book you will not immediately understand the gist of Anne & Frederick's previous romance. The film opens without mention of their past relationship some years earlier. However, the situation is clarified in time.
Persuasion is my alltime favorite Austen adaptation and, in its own quiet way, a stunning film of rare quality.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Great story marred by poor casting and direction,
Carol M. Shifflett "cmshifflett" (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Persuasion (Sous-titres franþais) (DVD)
I'm afraid I must agree with arabellafig. It isn't exactly poorly done, but it could be far far better, and suffers badly from comparison with Emma Thompson's "Sense & Sensibility" and of course with A&E's exquisite "Pride & Prejudice" but it could be far, far better. I too had high hopes after reading so many glowing reviews, the story will always be memorable, but it is almost a filmed version of Cliff's Notes on Austen's original tale. It runs 104 minutes to S&S 136 to P&P's 6 volume set. Why? Perhaps it was designed around television commercial space.
What particularly grated was the casting and much direction which was strangely off. The eldest sister Elizabeth is pissy and crude although she has been in charge of Sir Walter's social responsibilities and second only to him in "precedence" since her mother's death. It is not necessary to have her slouch in a chair and throw papers about in a pout to establish her character as a bad egg. Neither one, especially Ann, is believable as daughter of nobility and the upper class. Ann in particular clomps about clumsily, starts, scuttles, and hides. One can hardly imagine her daring to give an order to anyone (other than calling for a doctor after Louisa's fall) although giving orders to servants is her station in life. The very elegant and lovely and believable Lady Russell has been her close companion and surrogate mother since Ann lost her own mother at 14 - and this is the result? Compare to Lady Russell herself, to the S&S apparently lower ranking Eleanor Dashwood (Emma Thompson) saying her farewells to the servants or the elegant creature who Marianne Dashwood discovers to be her replacement, or to P&P Elizabeth and Jane Bennet. Rather than an image of a Lady of gentle quietness, forebearance and resignation, she seems more a scared rabbit. I could see her in the role of the starting, clomping, bewildered maid in P&P being ordered to stop working on Lizzy's hair and attend to Miss Jane. She does the staring traumatized eyes quite well however, so they are featured in nearly every scene. The hypochondriac youngest daughter Mary is well acted - but she even seems older than Ann.
What is NOT featured is any kind of dialogue that would establish the character that is claimed for her. We have only the doormat behavior to establish deference to others; the blandishments of the scheming Mr. Elliott on skill at Italian; the final speech overheard by Capt. Wentworth. We should be allowed to see more of her than what is filtered through her blind and belittling family, not less.
P&P actually added character development - for example, not until the scene at the Rosings pianoforte did it occur to me that part of Mr. Darcy's problem just might be that he is as naturally shy as his sister, or why Georgiana had specifically NOT been entrusted to the tender care of Lady Catherine. Edward in S&S was beautifully developed through Margaret's Atlas (in a wonderful scene that does not exist in the book).
I don't suppose I will never ever watch it again, but it has sent me back to re-read the novel. A good thing, that, as is the reminder that a wonderful story does not automatically make a wonderful movie all on its own - and the critical impact of good direction, the overall artistry of casting, lighting, staging, landscape. One of the things I love about DVDs (such as S&S) is the opportunity to listen to scene commentary by the actors and directors, to understand how very much goes into the making of a good or great film, how little into poor or merely adequate ones.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The DVD made me buy the book,
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I have always been a Jane Austen fan, but never read this particular book. Very well acted, and contains the sentiments of the book. Would definately recommend
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Extremely bad casting,
Jennifer Wong (LaCa±ada, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Persuasion [Import] (VHS Tape)
I was anticipating watching this movie ... and i was really disappointed by the fact that the casting was completely horrible. Anne was cast badly, Captain Wentworth was cast badly...in fact the whole cast just seemed out of place. There was no good music in the background, not a significant, good amount of development about Anne and Wentworth's feelings. Lady Russell was cast badly as well. This isn't just a biased opnion, i'm sure many people would agree if they saw this movie just how badly it was cast and that the actors just ruined the beautiful story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars if you have problems sleeping this is the movie for you!,
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Ok, ME and my friend love to watch period pieces and for the past two weeks have been looking for new movies to buy. We saw this and thaught hey it is rated five stars, the same rateing as Pride and prejudice it must be great! well we were so wrong, we both allmoast fell asleep and , my poor friend spent 20 dollers on it! it is so dull, their is hardley any plot. just do not waste your money on it! but hey if you want to go on ebay my friend is selling hers!
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2. Or to use the version of git that comes with Xcode, or to use homebrew to install git instead.http://superuser.com/questions/697144/installed-git-not-sure-how-to-get-it-working
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