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Pacific Partnership 2008 Concludes Final Mission in Micronesia (FSM) - Renovates Schools, Treats More Than 17,000
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|Yap, Federated States of Micronesia – Three Yapese children hold up a sign directing fellow residents to the Pacific Partnership 2008 medical civic action program (MEDCAP) held in Gargey Village in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
|Yap, Federated States of Micronesia – Twenty-two year old U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Allison P. Stevens (right) assists U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Ron Citro, DDS, (left) in conducting an oral examination of a Yapese boy during a Pacific Partnership 2008 medical civic action program (MEDCAP) held in Gargey Village in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
Yap, Federated States of Micronesia (August 2008) - Fifty-two year old Paul Thugunman picks out a pair of glasses, during a Pacific Partnership 2008 medical civic action program (MEDCAP) at the Yap Sports Complex in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). "This doctor explained to me that I was far-sighted. He helped me understand why I needed a pair of glasses and also told me when to use them," said Thugunman. "So, receiving these services is good for us." A 26-personnel advanced medical detachment was sent to conduct MEDCAPs and repair medical equipment in Yap on behalf of Pacific Partnership.
Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, (Aug. 25th, 2008) – H.E. Manny Mori, President of the FSM (3rd from left), U.S. Ambassador to the FSM, Miriam Hughes, Governor of Chuuk, Wesley Simina, and Chief Equipment Operator James Brock, walk together during a tour of an Engineering Civic Action Program on Chuuk.
Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia (August 24, 2008) – Sarasota, FL native Lt. Cmdr. Rich Kolanda, a dentist from the United States Public Health Service, performs a tooth extraction during a Medical and Dental Civic Action Program (MEDCAP) held on Uman, an island in Chuuk State, FSM.
|Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia (August 23, 2008) – USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) Sailors play basketball with residents of Weno island at a local field. Pacific Partnership humanitarian and community outreach activities further our efforts together with our many partners in FSM to achieve prosperity and peace in Chuuk and throughout FSM.
|Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia – Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (SW) Aristotle Legaspi troubleshoots the circuit board of a dentist's chair in the Pohnpei State Hospital. Legaspi is part of a two-man biomedical equipment repair team assigned to an advance medical team sent to Pohnpei on a week-long mission as part of Pacific Partnership 2008. While Legaspi worked at the Pohnpei State Hospital, the rest of the 26-personnel medical team conducted medical civic action programs at five sites throughout Pohnpei during their week-long tour there. The medical team then travelled to Yap after completing their mission in Pohnpei.
|Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia – Indian Navy Surgeon Cmdr. Ranjeet Thergaonkar, MD, listens to the heart of a Pohnpeian patient during a medical civic action program (MEDCAP) held at Sapwalap Elementary School in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. Thergaonkar was in Pohnpei as part of a 26-personnel advanced medical team conducting MEDCAPs and biomedical equipment repairs in the states of Pohnpei and Yap in FSM to support Pacific Partnership 2008. Thergaonkar, from Nagpur, India, joined the crew of USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) in May.
|Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia - At the Opening Ceremony for Pacific Partnership 2008, Commodore William Kearns, Pacific Partnership Mission Commander, salutes during the playing of the national anthem as Chuuk Governor Wesley Simina (partially hidden by flag) and Chaplain Gerald Gray look on. The opening ceremony in Micronesia marks the final phase of the Naval Hospital Ship USNS Mercy's (T-AH 19) five-month humanitarian mission to Southeast Asia and Oceania.
|Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia (August 23, 2008) – Navy Mobile Construction Battalion's Steel Worker 3rd Class Michael Featherston and Constructionman Steven Cline help build a roof for the reconstruction of Mwan Elementary School during a Pacific Partnership engineering civic action program. Pacific Partnership assists the government the Federated States of Micronesia in providing local communities with various medical, dental and engineering civic action programs providing focused humanitarian assistance.
|Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia (August 22, 2008) - A U.S. Navy sailor assigned to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy lowers the national ensign during evening colors, signaling the end of the Mercy's first day in the Federated States of Micronesia, Chuuk State, Aug. 22, 2008. Mercy performed humanitarian missions to build the relationship between Micronesia and the United States.
|Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia (Aug. 22, 2008) – His Excellency Emanuel Mori, President of the Federated States of Micronesia, speaks at the opening ceremony welcoming Pacific Partnership 2008 to the islands of FSM. Pacific Partnership continues to improve bilateral relations between the U.S. and its host nations, demonstrating continued commitment to work together to address mutual issues and concerns.


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Network 'looking into' problems with upgrade after reports of issues on forums
O2 has been forced to pull the Android FroYo update for its network-locked HTC Desires. The boost to Android 2.2, which was only unleashed yesterday morning, has caused myriad issues with the top-end handset, reported by users on O2's forums.
Punters claimed the new software, which brings Wi-Fi hotspot skills and Flash 10.1, caused their phones to freeze on the O2 loading screen.
Related links:
- Android 2.2 available for O2 locked HTC Desires today
- HTC Desire review: the expert verdict in full
- Google Android 2.2, FroYo: first impressions
Other users said that the browser was crashing when trying to load particular websites. In response, O2 issued a statement saying, "We have had a small number of reports of customers having problems installing the software, which we are looking into."
The upgrade is currently unavailable while the network looks for a fix. This is just the latest struggle in Android 2.2's tortuous journey onto the HTC Desire, three months after it was initially shown at Google I/O. Its arrival on Vodafone was beset with problems also.
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Every year Springfield OH, holds a Relay for Life event during the first week of June. We sponsor a charity auction earlier in the year to raise money for this awesome event. Please see the "Auction Item List" for a sampling of the items to be auctioned off during our event.
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Brady Black hasn't been getting a lot of love from fans lately. In the past we've compared him to the superhero Wolverine but lately the comparisons are more slated toward the local rummy.
Wolverine, much like Brady Black, is a fictional character. Wolverine's a superhero while some could argue that Brady's a superhero of sorts. Dude can slam back the drinks like a boss and drink anybody under the table except perhaps his new friend Theresa Donovan.
Wolverine, played by Hugh Jackman, is a mutant who possesses crazy enhanced physical capabilities and can recover quite quickly from any wound. This slows down the aging process which enables him to live far beyond a regular human lifespan. Brady Black on the other hand works out to stay fit and uses alcohol as a pickling process in order to live longer…We never said he was the sharpest. He hasn't yet figured out what the toxin is doing to his liver.
Wolverine's about as tough as they get. He's downright deadly, whereas Brady's booze breath is just deadly... kidding. Wolverine can kick anyone's ass without breaking into a sweat and Brady Black's no slouch either. Without the nose candy, Brady's a force to be reckoned with in the boardroom, bedroom and he once toddled off to Melaswen to save the survivors of the Salem Stalker. He can hold his own against the fierce ex-drug lord Victor Kiriakis, and once locked Vivian Alamain in a sarcophagus for several days when he learned Vivian was going to do it to his friend and sponsor Maggie Horton Kiriakis. All in all, Brady's a good man. He's handsome, has a great body, can get any woman he wants but is stuck in a downward spiral. We assume Brady's funk won't last and with all of the information we know about each man which do you prefer?
Eric Martsolf's reaction to the poll...spot on!
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Trump International Scotland (Aberdeen, Scotland)
Designer: Martin Hawtree
It is really good. All-world in places.
Despite all of the controversy, there's no denying that Donald Trump's Scottish adventure into golf is a stunning artistic success. One can nitpick it to death. No it isn't perfect and Martin Hawtree's design has some perplexing elements. But as a golf course few can measure up to its mix of aesthetics and the use of stunning natural surroundings. It is one of the best courses in the world, even if I cringe when The Donald tells me so.
I didn't want to like it. I don't like Trump's self-aggrandizing and promotional statements and his pompous American posturing. I don't like how he tells people he's achieved greatness. That's not for him to judge; that's for the average golfer to determine.
But he's built a course worthy of a major championship, and one that can be enjoyed by an average golfer as well.
To be clear, this isn't Kingsbarns, with wide palatial fairways. Instead it is more akin to Ballybunion, with average fairways running between some of the most massive dunes you'll ever encounter. The early knock on the course was that it was too narrow and hard to play in the wind. We tested it on a day when gusts blew to more than 50 miles per hour. A true game of golf was not entirely possible; on downwind holes a well-struck iron would run to 300 yards, while into the wind it might travel 130. So unfortunately I can't say I really have a full sense of the course's strategies. It simply wasn't that sort of day.
I play much of my golf at a course designed by Hawtree, the English designer responsible for Trump's Scottish course. My knock would be that he shows little restraint. On some holes where a bunker or two less would make it more playable for a vast majority of golfers, Trump puts his foot to the floor. That can be seen right out of the gate at Trump Scotland, where the course starts with a terrifically difficult par five, or on the 18th, where he punctuates the fairway with bunkers in an attempt to distract from the fact the hole might be the weakest on the course. And the myriad of tee decks does seem a bit overkill in places, but if the goal of hosting a major championship is there, then perhaps they'll use them. Finally I found some of Hawtree's shaping around the greens, especially in the deep hollows, to be unnecessarily punitive. It is a links and you should be able to make chips from next to the greens. What makes it worse is that many of these hollows fill with divots (clearly the case on the short par four 7th, for example).
But the all-world holes are there in abundance. The third, with its tee shot out of the dunes and green between dunes and the beach; the fourth, a rising par five with dunes along the left and a burn on the right; the par three sixth, with its green ripped right out of Lahinch; the 10th, a par five with a remarkable green set in towering dunes; and the 14th, perhaps one of the most staggeringly beautiful holes I've ever seen.
I found the 18th a letdown – with a remarkable tee shot from high in the dunes let down by the all-or-nothing strategy of peppering the fairway with bunkers in the landing area for the third shot. But by then I was already in agreement—Trump has created something special, worthy of an Open Championship.
The course is so good that Trump could have shut his self-promoting mouth for once in his life and let the accolades come in. Instead there are people who have stated their dislike of the course not because they don't like the course, but because they find the owner distasteful. It is like disliking a movie because of something a star did off-screen or an album because of the dating life of the musician. It shouldn't reflect on what they create, but it colours it nonetheless.
(Round time: 3 hours 30 minutes with a 15 minute break at the turn to wait out a storm)
Where to stay: Visit Scotland had us stay in MacLeod House, the estate home that was on the property when The Donald purchased it. It was palatial, and full of gold, as one would expect. "TRUMP" was monogrammed on the pillows and bath robes. It was also very comfortable, with great staff. It might break your bank, but it was a treat nonetheless.
Where to eat: Cock and Bull. Considering two coffees at Trump cost the equivalent of $17, we elected not to eat on the property. Instead head south two minutes from the main entrance of the club and you'll find the Cock and Bull, an outstanding upscale pub. It was so good we ate there twice.


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WILLIAMSON — C. Michael Sparks, Prosecuting Attorney for Mingo County, has released information that the gunman accused of killing Sheriff Eugene Crum after being in office for approximately three short months wasn't allowed to possess a firearm, but said the defendant was still able to buy a gun from a local dealer, even though the dealer ran the required background check.
"A breakdown in the reporting system enabled Tennis Melvin Maynard, of Ragland, to purchase a handgun," stated Sparks. "This is an inexcusable delay."
While Sparks wouldn't elaborate on why Maynard was barred from owning a gun or which business the gun was purchased from, Maynard's father has went on record saying that his son had mental problems and had previously been institutionalized. A family member who spoke with the Daily News on Wednesday who asked to not be identified in the media said that several mental hygiene warrants had been taken out against Maynard when he experienced mental breakdowns that allegedly included episodes of explosive tempers, but due to HIPPA violations, this information has yet to be verified.
Federal law prohibits the sale of firearms and ammunition to certain individuals with a history of mental illness.
Maynard is accusing of shooting Sheriff Eugene Crum on April 3 in a downtown Williamson parking lot located at the corner of Harvey Street and 3rd Avenue while eating lunch in his official vehicle. The accused murderer is, according to law officials, expected to make a full recovery from gunshot wounds he sustained after crashing into a bridge in Delbarton during a police pursuit, in which he was shot after pulling a gun on the deputy. The murder weapon is said to have been a .40 caliber compact Glock handgun.
Maynard faces charges of first degree murder in the death of Sheriff Crum and attempted murder of a deputy. At present time, the defendant remains a patient in the Cabell Huntington Hospital.
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very pretty! i love the colors, very wintery!ReplyDelete
I do a different color theme each year for my tree!! This year is green and my husband hates it, he says it doesn't "pop" but I love it. I match my wrapping paper each year to go with the tree!!ReplyDelete
Love it! Very pretty!ReplyDelete
Your tree looks amazing! You just gave me some ideas for next year. I usually just change the colours. This year I did gold and purple and they look gorgeous against the lit tree.ReplyDelete
I am in love with your tree! It's gorgeous. Ours is pretty traditional with just random ornaments.ReplyDelete
Your tree is absolutely stunning! I wish I could a themed tree. But, alas, we have the traditional, hodge-podge ornament tree. My H insists on having all of our personal ornaments on the tree instead of displayed nicely somewhere.ReplyDelete
We do a different themed Christmas tree every year and I always seem to like the white/silver and gold/silver combos!! Beautiful tree!ReplyDelete
Beautiful tree! We're travelling for the holidays so we will not put a tree up this year.ReplyDelete
Your ornaments turned out beautiful! Love your tree. We have a blue and silver theme on our tree - which I love. I love trees that aren't the traditional Christmas colors.ReplyDelete
The ornaments look amazing. I went to Michaels last night and picked up my supplies. I decided to make some for my friends. Thanks for the idea.ReplyDelete
OMG your tree is stunning!!! I absolutely LOVE it!!! Gorgeous!ReplyDelete
Awww love this silver beauty! We went with a rustic look: burlap, whites and metallics! ;)ReplyDelete
Where is the dragonfly ornament from?ReplyDelete
Our tree is made up of ornaments we have collected from place we have visited, angels and pearl garland. I love yours. So wlcoming.ReplyDelete
Love~ Radha
Love the theme and how there are only two or three colors used. Very unique and pretty!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful tree! You're fortunate to have a husband that is OK w/having a somewhat "girly" tree. My fiance likes the traditional red, green, silver, and gold so that's what we've got! I'm thinking of putting up my very own girly tree in our spare room turned office...when it turns into an office that is.ReplyDelete
Looks beautiful! I saw this tree skirt on eBay while I was looking for one for me, it made think of your tree. Though I would share it just in case....ReplyDelete
Love it! So pretty and wintery!! Ours is very sentimental. We have it full of Lenox ornaments we have had personalized over the years and a bunch of silver bells that my husband's grandma had given him once a year since he was born. It is very special to us!ReplyDelete
Kristal---you have to make the rules! Maybe he just doesn't realize how amazing the tree can look if it's decorated in other ways :)ReplyDelete
You should at least add a few feminine touches if you'd like---after all it's not his tree, it's both of yours.
Very cute! I love the thought of the wire star garland. I've never thought to put on a tree. How clever!ReplyDelete
Thats a gorgeous tree! I have a mini tree in my room this year.ReplyDelete
Very beautiful! I'd love to do something like this, but I feel like I'd miss all the color of my tree :)ReplyDelete
pretty! no topper??ReplyDelete
You did such a great job! I love how you incorporated flowers into the tree, very unique! It looks professional :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful!! Goes so nicely with your home decor :)ReplyDelete
I love the monochromatic look to your tree!ReplyDelete
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Veronika, that tree is magnificent! I know I've told you before, but you seriously could have a career as an interior decorator! :)ReplyDelete
I love your tree. It's so pretty. I love the flowers as well! Where did you purchase them from?ReplyDelete
Our tree is white and I have red/white ornaments, nothing fancy. Haha
Love the tree! But I am loving your dark wood in your house! We just bought a house and it has the light oak floors, we are planning on changing them to dark wood because it just looks so much more elegant. :) Oh and congrats on the pregnancy!ReplyDelete
Your tree is absolutely beautiful!! We also did something a little different this year :)ReplyDelete
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So gorgeous! I was going to ask where you purchased the clear ones to only find that you MADE them! So clever! Love!ReplyDelete
I can see we share an obsession erm love of bird ornaments for the tree! The flowers look so pretty, why didnt I think of that :)ReplyDelete
Beautiful! So elegant : ]ReplyDelete
What are your photography tips for taking these photos? They're soft, yet detailed.ReplyDelete


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4.0 out of 5 stars STERLING READING OF AN INTRIGUING STORY - AUDIO EDITION
Another story by the estimable author of 'Water For Elephants,' Sara Gruen, deserves a first class narrator, which is precisely what is found in Bill Boehmer. A seasoned stage and television actor he delivers an articulate, highly listenable reading.
There is a group of bonobos, Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani and Makena by name, who are living at a...
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1.0 out of 5 stars A disturbing book for all the wrong reasons
Sara Gruen writes like a dream, but sadly I found this book disturbing for reasons not intended by the author. To compare this book with Jurassic Park might seem bizarre, but Ape House shares with that famous book and movie the same fundamental flaws. They both have a wonderful central idea, based in sound modern science, with the possibility for truly transformative...
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1.0 out of 5 stars A disturbing book for all the wrong reasons,
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This review is from: Ape House (Hardcover)
Sara Gruen writes like a dream, but sadly I found this book disturbing for reasons not intended by the author. To compare this book with Jurassic Park might seem bizarre, but Ape House shares with that famous book and movie the same fundamental flaws. They both have a wonderful central idea, based in sound modern science, with the possibility for truly transformative fiction, but they are dressed up in trite and predictable plots and populated with flat, stereotypical characters. In Ape House, we have evil scientists, naive scientists, ignorant animal rights activists, crusading journalists, unethical journalists, and trashy television producers. The bonobos probably have less than 20% of the page time, and an unfortunate proportion of that is preoccupied with their prodigious sex lives. My dog communicates with me every day; the author wrapped her central theme in so much trash, that the intellect of the bonobos hardly seems more remarkable than a puppy asking to be let outside. What a missed opportunity.
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4.0 out of 5 stars STERLING READING OF AN INTRIGUING STORY - AUDIO EDITION,
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This review is from: Ape House: A Novel (Audio CD)
Another story by the estimable author of 'Water For Elephants,' Sara Gruen, deserves a first class narrator, which is precisely what is found in Bill Boehmer. A seasoned stage and television actor he delivers an articulate, highly listenable reading.
There is a group of bonobos, Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani and Makena by name, who are living at a university's Great Ape Language Lab. Now, while all apes may be unique these bonobos truly are - not only can they reason and have meaningful relationships but they're also able to communicate by American Sign Language.
Isabel Duncan is a scientist at the Lab working with the bonobos. She is more than content at the Lab as she feels more comfortable with the bonobos than with other human beings. However tranquility is broken when there's an explosion seriously injuring Isabel. Further, the bonobos have vanished only to reappear starring in a reality television program, Ape House.
Prior to the explosion a newspaper reporter, John Thigpen, had been putting together a story about what was happening in the Lab. But the explosion followed by the humiliating exploitation of the bonobos changes everything not only for him but also for Isabel as the two join forces to bring the bonobos home.
A remarkable story.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Sara Gruen: Ape House.,
This book is interesting, yet confusing, reading. First of all, the apes are much more pleasant and understandable than the main human characters.
Moreover I felt more and more disconcerted as I kept reading.
There were two reasons for my feelings: first, if the apes can communicate with people by ASL, like deaf children, then where is the difference between humans and other hominids? The question is even articulated in the reader's guide. The authoress quite correctly describes what it is like, but doesn't even hint that the difference is in the absence of grammar in the ape's speech, which deaf humans eventually develop in ASL.
Another problem was the strangeness of the main protagonists. John is the total servant of his spoiled wife, whose change happens too quickly and is too complete. He is also a do-gooder, who has not noticed that the mutual bank account was depleted.
Isabel I didn't understand at all. She is not approachable, unless you are an ape. She fancies John, and then suddenly, it is Gary. And everyone has had a bad childhood.
I liked the youngsters: the prostitutes, Russian or otherwise, and the green-haired teenage criminal.
When a writer deals with such an important topic, in which some scientific background is needed, then he/she owes more explanation to the readers.
3.0 out of 5 stars Nice Change,
Toni Osborne "The Way I See It" (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews
'Ape House' is a light read that attempts to open the animal world to us by bringing the Bonobos Apes to life in an original way.
This is a story about a family of Bonobos, their caretaker scientist Isabel Duncan and a down to earth reporter John Thigpen. I will cover the plotting in a few words, it begins with the primate language laboratory being bombed and Isabel left badly injured, severe enough to end up in the trauma ward of the closest hospital. The Bonobos fall into the hands of a porn producer and are locked up in a house with cameras broadcasting their every move on cable television. Reporter John Thigpen covers the story while his personal life is on a down turn, his home life it is about to take a drastic change. The plotting gets meatier when Isabel is released from hospital and teams up with John to find out who targeted the laboratory, for what reason and what has happened to her family of apes.
The story explores in a far-fetched semi captivating manner, the issue of animal rights from the point of view of activists, scientists and the public. The plot takes a meandering course with a bit of action here and there mostly done by the humans, there are also subtle references to sexual activities amongst the apes and their unique methods of communication. I found this part satire and part morality driven tale was presented to us by a cast of lackluster and easily forgotten characters, maybe if the Bonobos had been given a greater role it would have left a more lasting impression. Unfortunately the book started strong just to peter out by the end, I was disappointed when the tale did not capture the apes' behaviour, gestures and emotions in a more detailed fashion.
Although the story was not what I had anticipated, I nevertheless enjoyed the change
2.0 out of 5 stars what a let down,
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I was sure disappointed in this book, Water for Elephants was great but this book was too juvenile as her "horsey" books tend to be. I read anything to do with animals and yes, I got something out of it about animals and yes ,the author did lots of research but the story was so predicable.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!! Q,
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Great!!Q,.I found it to be gripping in may ways,. There were many levels of the story and I enjoyed them all of them; you can.not help but be taken
in by the stories of the apes., .their language and their resilence,,,My score - |Apes 6, humans 2
5.0 out of 5 stars loved this book,
Yet another great book from Sara Gruen. A fascinating subject, with a wonderfully fast paced story woven around it. One of those books that I didn't want to end.
4.0 out of 5 stars Good book,
Bought this for my father, and he enjoyed it very much. Not quite as good as Water for Elephants, though!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mesmerizing!!,
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This review is from: Ape House (Hardcover)
Bonzi, Makena, Sam, Lola, Jelani, and Mbongo are Bonobo apes who live in luxury at the Great Ape Language Lab under the careful eye of Isabel Duncan a scientist. These apes are able to reason, carry on relationships and can communicate with humans through American Sign Language. They are extremely intelligent animals.
A reporter named John Thigpen comes to Isabel's lab to see and interview both Isabel and the Bonobo's as an interest piece for his newspaper. Little did John and Isabel know that this particular piece was going to turn out to be the biggest story of their entire lives.
An serious and highly damaging explosion at the lab severely injures Isabel and the apes go missing until a reality television show featuring the missing Bonobos airs on t.v. Millions of people are literally glued to their t.v. sets watching the everyday lives of the apes. They order greasy take-out, eat hamburgers one after the other totally ruining their careful diet that was fed to them at the Language Lab. They are also signing on t.v. for Isabel to come and get them, but where are they?
Once out of the hospital, Isabel now sets out to find who has the apes and where they are being housed but it won't be easy. She is forced to get mixed up with some pretty sleazy people. Will Isabel ever find her beloved Bonobos?
Sara Gruen has written another mesmerizing story that will keep you turning page after page. For those of you who read Sara's other novel: "Water for Elephants" won't be disappointed with this one either. This is a novel that everyone should read!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sara does it again,
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I love Sara Gruen's fluid writing style; not one excess word, not one excess sentence - everything is streamlined like a river flowing right through the narrative to the end. It's a page-turner, but I will warn you about this: there are some parts that I found very hard to read because I am an animal lover. What kept me going was the knowledge that so is Sara Gruen.
Sara Gruen knows how animals are exploited and believe me, she does not spare any details about the exploitation and miserable confined lives of apes and chimpanzees in this book. Nor does she spare any detail about the diabolical plans of people who aim to grow rich by causing pain and suffering to animals.
Which is why, if you love animals, you should read it, and pass it along to everyone you know so that awareness can grow about just why the time has come for a full-blown global discussion on the way humans and their corporations treat animals.
Like Water for Elephants, this book will not leave you once you've read it. It will become part of you. Even as I write this review, and recall the passages about apes in confinement, my stomach lurches and I want to cry.
Nevertheless I give this book the highest possible recommendation. Once you start, you can't put it down. Even as your heart aches, you have to continue reading. Sara Gruen's writing is magical like that. And there is so much to learn from what she has learned about apes and their amazing abilities to communicate. Not to mention their dizzying ability to love. We humans have a lot to learn.
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Fukushima's Long Shadow
|April 21, 2011
Le Conte's Thrasher male jumping to nest with insect larvae
|I am sitting in full camouflage on the desert floor, tripod and long lens breaking up my outline, feeling equal parts elation and dread. Twenty yards out, along the sand colored corridor between the several varieties of low, green desert bushes for which I have no name, is the launch pad two Le Conte's Thrashers are using to jump to their nest with insect prey for their two nestlings. Far off to my right, from behind low hills, arises steam from the Palo Verde nuclear plant. We are one week out from Japan's cataclysm, and her frenzied dance with Fukushima's potential meltdown is ongoing.
The elation I feel knowing I may be one of the first nature photographers to record the intimate details of Le Conte's natural history is largely tempered by the dread I feel knowing how easily nature casts aside our species' imperfect and puny plans. The silvery plumes against the lapis lazuli desert sky remind that Fukushima could happen right down the road from Phoenix. Fukushima tells us, in ways far more chilling than earthquakes and tsunamis, that everything on this planet is interconnected and that we are novices at predicting the consequences of our feeble attempts to subvert and subdue nature.
On this morning the thrashers make twenty-four trips to the nest in four hours. The fare is mostly grasshoppers, caterpillars, and insect eggs sacs, and the nestlings must be close to fledging because nest exits are quick and fecal sac removals few. As I prepare to leave, the last trip I witness by the female (I assume it is she because she always exits downward to the ground and runs away whereas the other parent always exits upward to a singing perch and looks around, then flies away) provides a terrible irony to the morning.
She brings to the launch pad a scorpion which she has captured, beats it on the ground presumably to detach the stinger, then jumps upward to deliver it to her brood. How often do we facetiously suggest that the sole surviving species of a nuclear holocaust will surely be coyote, cockroach, or scorpion, ubiquitous and unloved outliers that live in shadow along the edges of the interface between man and nature? These thoughts intrude as I glimpse again, in my peripheral vision, whatever it is that Palo Verde is spewing.
Not much thrives in this arid, creosote wasteland between Phoenix and the Colorado River. This is, of course, precisely why Palo Verde is located here, close to Phoenix yet far away. Is it far enough? Is there a "far enough away" anywhere on the planet? The Le Conte's, a species exquisitely evolved to survive the planet's harshest habitat, are thriving, literally in Palo Verde's shadow, but neither they nor we are evolved to survive what befell Fukushima.
During the Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas years it was said that ABBA surveyors were the first to ever find and document a Le Conte's nest but Diane Touret, a Tucson birder, has also found one here this breeding season. Between them, her nest and mine, five young have been produced, and in this small circle of desert where temperatures will soon touch one hundred by ten o'clock in the morning, there are surely more Le Conte's families. For them and the scorpions it is a circle of life. For better or worse we are part of this circle. The plumes from the Palo Verde plant are an echo of Fukushima, a garish reminder of how easily our species can rend this circle if we do not make informed and proper choices.
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Athletic coaching supplements were narrowly spared from elimination during a Johnson City Schools budget meeting Tuesday morning, but other staffed positions weren't as lucky.
Among the $1.6 million in cuts used to pare down the district's $2.8 million deficit for the system's budget proposal to the City Commission was $175,000 used to pay three salaries formerly funded by Safe Schools/Healthy Students grants as part of the HEROES Initiative.
The positions, a social worker and employability skills coach at the high school's Alternative Center and a student support teacher who split her time between Indian Trail Intermediate and Liberty Bell Middle schools, were valuable assets to the schools, Board of Education members remarked Tuesday, but their loss allowed counselors and teachers to be spared.
"To a school, the need before HEROES was in place, and the difference it's made for whole school climate, it's probably one of the most important things that we've done," board member Lottie Ryans said before the vote was held to pull the positions from the budget proposal.
Johnson City Schools Superintendent Richard Bales said Thursday the three support positions performed various outreach functions for students across the district.
The skills coach helps to prepare Alternative School students for the workforce after graduation, helping them to attain GEDs, build resumes, learn job interview etiquette and perform attendance intervention.
The social worker performed the functions of an outside social worker, but was available on site for students without needing a visit to a public office.
The support teacher in the middle and intermediate schools performed similar functions for younger students, mainly attendance intervention and help with home-based problems, Bales said.
"It's additional support for students who likely have a number of obstacles against them already," Bales said. "It's support for students they don't necessarily get at home."
The three positions, along with a stable of mental health counselors and case managers, were part of a collaborative safety effort forged between the city schools, the Johnson City Police Department, Johnson City Juvenile Court and Frontier Health.
Most of its funding was delivered by a federal grant that expired last year, leaving the district to foot the bill.
With increasing costs from a number of no-longer-funded grants, Bales said the board was forced to make difficult decisions to make the money supplied by the city cover the district's expenses.
Four full-time positions, identified by district administrators as needed, but not yet staffed, were cut.
So, too, was a proposal to raise a library media assistant at Indian Trail from part-time to full-time. A retired teacher is contracted for that position on an annual basis.
Bales said those cuts were easier for the board to make, because they weren't taking away occupied jobs, but they still affected students' classroom experiences.
Perhaps producing even more of an effect were the decisions to delay the purchase of new textbooks.
Last year, to balance the district's budget, the board put off buying new social studies materials, as recommended by a purchasing schedule.
Then, the board members said they hoped the city would realize their sacrifices and find a way to help pay for the books this year, but they again found their way on the list of budget eliminations Tuesday.
A math textbook was also left out of the budget, leaving teachers without materials they need to align their lesson plans to new state standards.
"The PARCC test has been delayed by the state, but we've already implemented the new standards," Bales said. "Without the books that are supposed to match the standards, the teachers will have to do the best they can with what they've got."
The City Commission meets tonight for a third and final reading of the city budget.
If commissioners approve the current proposed budget, with a $500,000 increase to the schools over last year's funding, the district will be forced to cut another $1.1 million to fill the remaining deficit.
With their request Tuesday, the school board hopes the city will provide additional funding to fill that gap.
"We're hopeful we won't have to change any other areas, so our students can stay at the same level of academics, art and athletics," Bales said. "If the city doesn't help us with our deficit, the board will have to meet to decide on what else to cut."
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As is usual at the Olympic Games, soccer will be held in stadiums all around Brazil, in addition to Maracana Stadium.
São Paulo Stadium
Located in Brazil's largest city, about 450km west of Rio, this new venue is being constructed for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Mineirão Stadium
Located in Belo Horizonte, about 450km north of Rio, it was built in 1965 and has a seating capacity of 69,900.
Brasília National Stadium
Located in the Brazilian capital, about 1200km north of Rio in the country's interior, it was built in 1974 and seats 76,000 spectators.
Fonte Nova Stadium
Located in Salvador, about 1600km north of Rio on the Atlantic coast, it was built in 1951 and seats 50,000 spectators.


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Gun Crazy/1950/King Brothers Productions/86 min.
It'Äôs pretty much a given in film noir romance that red flags go unheeded and wake-up calls are ignored. An unforgettable example: the protagonist in Joseph H. Lewis'Äô groundbreaking noir 'ÄúGun Crazy'Äù (1950) in which John Dall plays Bart Tare, a World War II vet who'Äôs gifted with guns.¬ÝAfter a circus clown tells Bart that he'Äôs 'Äúdumb about women,'Äù Bart simply shrugs and rushes off to do his femme fatale'Äôs bidding, which in this case means robbing banks and living on the lam.
To be fair to Bart, however, this is a femme fatale like no other: rodeo performer Annie Laurie Starr (Irish actress Peggy Cummins) loves guns as much as Bart does but whereas he doesn't want to kill anyone, she's cool with that possibility. Blood-chilling and unfailingly bold, this svelte blonde ranks as one of the hardest women on the screen.
Cummins appeared last weekend at the TCM Classic Film Festival's screening of "Gun Crazy" and spoke with Eddie Muller of the Film Noir Foundation. Muller described Cummins' interpretation of Annie as "the most ferocious female performance in American cinema."
Darryl Zanuck of 20th Century-Fox brought Cummins to Hollywood in 1945 – she was 98 pounds and had an 18-inch waist, she said.
When the opportunity arose to portray a bad girl for Lewis, Cummins said she was ready. "I loved the idea of it. The tendency was then if you're a bit short, blonde and reasonably pretty, you were always playing rather pretty-pretty little parts. But this was a meaty part. I always wanted to play all the Bette Davis parts and I was never offered one. She was too good.
"An actor is always so thrilled to get a chance to play against what their character may be or the sort of person they are."
It was Cummins'Äô most famous part (Dall is best remembered for this picture and 1948'Äôs 'ÄúRope'Äù by Alfred Hitchcock) and the film, as subversive as it is stylish, influenced directors for decades to come. In fact, it is¬Ýone of the primary bridges between classic Hollywood movies and the French and American New Wave (Jean-Luc Godard'Äôs 'ÄúBreathless'Äù from 1960 and 1967'Äôs 'ÄúBonnie and Clyde'Äù by Arthur Penn.)
Director Lewis was a solid B-movie director and, with A-list status eluding him, he took advantage of the freedom lower-budget Bs offered to experiment, innovate and break cinematic rules. In his time he was underrated but, because of his inventive style, he was rediscovered and praised by American and French critics in the '60s.
In "Gun Crazy" when the pair robs the first bank, Lewis shot on location and used real people to play the bystanders. And leading up to the crime, Lewis (via cinematographer Russell Harlan) uses one long, unbroken shot taken from the backseat of the getaway car, from the criminals' point of view, immersing the audience in the robbers' subjective reality. During this scene, said Cummins, she and Dall improvised the dialogue.
MacKinlay Kantor and Dalton Trumbo, one of Hollywood's finest scribes, wrote the screenplay based on a short story of Kantor's. But when Trumbo was blacklisted, his work on this film was credited to Millard Kaufman.
Annie's got some great lines, for example, when she explains her aspirations: "Bart, I want things, a lot of things, big things. I don't want to be afraid of life or anything else. I want a guy with spirit and guts. A guy who can laugh at anything, who will do anything, a guy who can kick over the traces and win the world for me."
Renamed "Deadly is the Female" for its British release, "Gun Crazy" is insanely good noir.


text: on Apr 19, 2013 @ 6:31 AMApr 19, 2013 @ 6:31 AM Published Hong Kong port workers take strike to tycoon Li Ka-shingStriking Hong Kong dock workers camped outside the headquarters of Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing pledged to stay put Friday despite the collapse of a contractor at the centre of the dispute.The workers were demanding a 20 percent pay rise as the strike entered its 23rd day, and called on Li to intervene in the impasse, which has drawn attention to the city's high living costs and wealth gap.About 150 workers were gathered alongside a dozen tents and makeshift structures outside the Cheung Kong Building in the southern Chinese city's financial district, after marching there Wednesday.Office workers turned their heads at banners reading: "Richest in Asia, meanest in the world" and "Pay up Li Ka-shing", with many contributing to a strike fund the dockers say has reached HK$5.6 million ($7.2 mn) amid strong public support. Li's Hongkong International Terminals (HIT) has tried to distance itself from the dispute, saying the workers are not direct employees but were taken on by subcontractors, which set their own levels of pay.On Thursday, one of the contractors, Global Stevedoring Service Company Ltd, announced that it would have to wind up on June 30 after 130 of its 170 workers went on strike, saying it was unable to continue operating. But the workers appeared undaunted."I hope that brother Shing will speak out on the pay dispute," said Sun, a 45-year-old ship worker who did not want to give his full name, one of up to 400 workers striking throughout the city."Once the topic of wage increases comes up, the company won't give any concrete answers," he added, demanding hourly wages increase from HK$50 to HK$60.Union of Hong Kong Dock Workers general secretary Stanley Ho said he wanted to negotiating directly with HIT rather than the contractors. "If HIT comes to the negotiating table... the whole situation could be resolved tomorrow," he told a press conference, adding that Global workers were highly experienced and were likely to find work with the other contractors.Li's vast empire includes supermarkets, pharmacies and housing. HIT, which operates 12 berths, is a unit of Li's Hutchison Whampoa, and controls about 70 percent of the city's port traffic.The city's housing and transport secretary Wednesday said the strike was delaying some shipments for between one and eight days, and that the port's productivity level was down to as much as 70 percent.HIT Thursday urged the "parties concerned" to return to the negotiating table, saying Hong Kong faces stiff competition from other regional ports."If all parties do not consider the proposals with an open mind and try to understand the challenges that the industry is facing, workers across the entire logistics industry will suffer," it said in a statement.at/jms/ia


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I Want to Give God My Best!
I want to give to God my very best.
And let him take care of the rest!
I want to give God a life of imperfection…
And seek his will,
whatever the direction!
I want to follow the footsteps of the master…
As things in life have a way of "going faster!"
I want to let God know much I love him!
And each day, I want to obey and trust him!
I want to take the time to invite you to know him!
Won't you come now?
And kneel down before him?
God extends to everyone
a heavenly invitation!
All who wants to, can accept
his mercy and salvation!
I want to praise him for what
he's done for me!
He's done all of this,
because he loves me!
I just want to let you know how
much we need him!
Won't you join me now…
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Since we talked about eating and buying local food yesterday, we thought we would keep with the theme and feature our favorite healthy recipes from Pinterest this week!
Our board Healthy Munchies is dedicated to recipes we find that are healthy but also delicious. No one wants to chew on a granola bar that tastes like cardboard. So salivate over these yummy looking photos and plan out the rest of this week's menu for your home!
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A new version of the motion-sensing camera is coming to Windows PCs, copying the design and features of the Xbox One version.
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The cheaper, no-Kinect version of the Xbox One gives buyers a better deal by eliminating the one part of the console they probably didn't want to begin with -- but the PS4 remains a compelling alternative.
Every new Microsoft Xbox One system will include an updated, more sensitive, and tightly integrated version of the Kinect sensor.
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With its impressive body tracking and unique, controller-free experience, Kinect is great for casual gaming parties and workouts--assuming you have enough room to play it.
Phil Spencer says Kinect remains a "great part of the [Xbox] ecosystem."
It's ceasing to make Kinect for Windows sensors and instead is advising developers and customers to use those for built for Xbox One.
You can buy an Xbox One without a Kinect, and now you can buy a Kinect without an Xbox One, too.
A newly published patent application details a TV remote that could respond differently to separate people based on a scan of their fingerprint or eye.
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J Street is holding their annual policy conference this weekend, and the group duly requested speakers from the White House and the Israeli embassy in Washington DC. The results are unspinnable. The Israelis let J Street cool its heels until this week before dispatching deputy chief of mission Barukh Binah. Binah recently concluded a stint in Jerusalem as a Foreign Ministry deputy director-general, in which capacity he publicly castigated J Street for dishonestly manufacturing an anti-Israel publicity stunt, then building an entire media campaign around the stunt, then fabricating an Israeli apology related to the stunt. Sending him to be the embassy's speaker was not the world's most subtle move. The White House's announcement of its surrogate, the vice president's national security adviser Tony Blinken, left Ben-Ami bitterly complaining that the choice was a snub. He's right. Blinken, for all that he is an experienced hand, is several rungs below U.S. National Security Adviser Jim Jones, who appeared at the first J Street conference and left J Street boosters musing about the group's potential power.
J Street has gone from fantasies of being the anti-AIPAC to complaining publicly about its diminished influence. The spiral was a function of many things, but mostly of the group aggressively pushing counterproductive, failed, and toxic policies in Israel, in Congress, and in the media.
Israelis were always skeptical of J Street, even as the group was embraced by the Obama White House as the President's anti-Israel enabler. Israeli embassy officials declared that J Street was damaging Israel, was "a unique problem," and was "fooling around" with Israeli lives. When J Street's founder and president Jeremy Ben-Ami publicly insisted upon Ambassador Oren's presence at the group's first conference he was rebuffed, leading Ben-Ami's White House allies to attack Israel over the snub in Israeli media outlets (reports from the conference justified Israeli skepticism). Last year Israel's minister for public diplomacy and Diaspora affairs flatly called J Street anti-Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu won't take meetings with the group's delegations.
In the meantime J Street's public campaigns – many implemented with tone-deafness and some with frankly shocking incompetence – eroded its Congressional support.
Its embrace of Richard Goldstone was followed by a fumbled cover-up. Its support of anti-Israel U.N. campaigns triggered a fistfight with Congressional allies. Its defense of anti-Semitic rhetoric is seeping in this weekend's conference. Its coordination with pro-Iran lobbies has been unreal. Its stance on Cast Lead angered Israeli victims' organizations..
J Street officials got caught misleading reporters on overseas Arab and Muslim funding and then launched a clumsy spin campaign. Then they got caught misleading other reporters about Soros funding and launched another clumsy spin campaign. When the group did its fundraising in public it was for yet another effort to pressure Obama into pressuring Israel.
On a smaller scale J Street launched campaigns to defend anti-Israel media campaigns and anti-Israel art and anti-Israel artists. Its PR flak defended Mary Robinson. It brought into the fold an apologist for the Muslim students who went after Ambassador Oren at UC Irvine. A J Street delegation held meetings with Palestinian diplomats in Ramallah on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day over Israeli objections and then Ben-Ami bragged about the trip in the Jerusalem Post. One of their board members met with Hamas.
Unsurprisingly the group has become toxic in Congress. Associating with J Street costs votes and chills relationships.
As a small example: last year some House Republicans threatened to defund the Palestinian Authority. The move was opposed with various degrees of publicity by Democrats, the White House, and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. J Street ostentatiously launched a three-month public campaign to push back, which culminated in 44 Democratic signatures on a letter. 44 is 10 fewer Democrats than J Street secured for far more controversial 2010 letter calling on Obama to pressure Israel on the Gaza siege, which J Street had to lobby for by proxy.
This time J Street was too weak to directly push on an open door in Congress. The White House and its political liaisons undoubtedly noted as much.
J Street and other anti-Israel Jewish groups will never totally collapse. They will always have a constituency, and that constituency will always pretend that they're on the cusp of influencing the policy discussion. But everyone else seems to be tired of pretending that J Street is anything but a particularly elegant case study of how fringe progressive collapses under its own weight.


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Business Media Matters : September 2009
ABM Announces 2009 CEBA Award Finalists
Winners to be unveiled in October 12th issues of Adweek, Brandweek
American Business Media is proud to announce the official finalist selections for the 2009 Creative Excellence in Business Advertising (CEBA) Awards. Winners will be announced in a special CEBA Awards insert in the October 12th issues of Adweek and Brandweek, so be sure to pick up a copy!
Visit www.CEBA-Awards.com to view the Virtual Finalist Gallery and to find out more about the grand history of the CEBAs and the 2009 judges.
ABMs CEBA Awards are the b-to-b industrys most coveted creative honor, showcasing the power and quality of b-to-b communications and enhancing the relationships between business advertisers, agencies and publishers. Today more than ever, the awards recognize the innovative marketers who understand the power of b-to-b and have boldly chosen to advertise during these times of economic uncertainty, as well as the agencies that have brought their messages to life with outstanding creativity. This year's CEBA entries reflect the products and services that will remain top-of-mind when purchase decisions are made.
The 2009 CEBA Award finalists are:
CATEGORY 1: Single Ad Page
Annual media budget of less than $100,000
Agency Name: Martin Williams
Advertiser: Syngenta Crop Protection
Name of the Ad: Durivo Veggie Mouth
Publication: American Vegetable Grower
Agency Name: Martin Williams
Advertiser: Pfizer Animal Health
Name of the Ad: Pfizer Dormosedan ad
Publication: DVM Equine Edition
Agency Name: R & R Partners INC
Advertiser: Las Vegas CVA
Name of the Ad: Only Vegas
Publication: Meeting News
CATEGORY 2: Single Ad Spread
Annual media budget of less than $100,000
Agency Name: Blue Dogg Innovation
Advertiser: Canson Infinity
Name of the Ad: Canson Infinity Papers
Publication: Photo District News
Agency Name: Gyro:HSR
Advertiser: Eclipse Aviation
Name of the Ad: Eclipse LOVE Ad
Publication: AOPA Flight International
Agency Name: Kohnke Hanneken, Inc
Advertiser: Nurture by Steelcase
Name of the Ad: Let's Make Sure it Stays Private
Publication: Contract Magazine
CATEGORY 3: Single Ad - Inserts, pop-ups, foldouts & spectaculars, gatefolds and multi-units
Annual media budget of less than $100,000
Agency Name: Love and War
Advertiser: EMI Music Publishing
Name of the Ad: Songwriters Daily. Extra! Extra
Publication: Billboard Magazine
Agency Name: Martin Williams
Advertiser: Pfizer Animal Health
Name of the Ad: Preventicare Brochure
Agency Name: Yahoo!, Inc.
Advertiser: Yahoo!, Inc.
Name of the Ad: Yahoo! Channel Guide
Publication: Advertising Age
CATEGORY 4: Campaign - A series of at least three ads
Annual media budget of less than $100,000
Agency Name: Eric Mower and Associates
Advertiser: KI
Name of the Ad: Strive Collection
Publication: Buildings Operations Management
Agency Name: MediaVest
Advertiser: Contiental Airlines
Name of the Ad: Continental Airlines
Publication: Business Travel News
Agency Name: Shamir Insight, Inc.
Advertiser: Shamir Insight, Inc.
Name of the Ad: Shamir's "Keeping Your Attention" Advertising Campaign
Publication: Eyecare Business
CATEGORY 5: Single Ad Page
Annual media budget of $100,000 or more
Agency Name: Broadhead + Company
Advertiser: United Phosphorus, Inc.
Name of the Ad: It's Good Mourning to you, Cotton Growers.
Publication: Cotton Grower
Agency Name: Doremus
Advertiser: Knight
Name of the Ad: Insight
Publication: Pensions & Investments
Agency Name: Doremus
Advertiser: Knight
Name of the Ad: What Liquidity Can Do
Publication: Wall Street & Technology
CATEGORY 6: Single Ad Spread
Annual media budget of $100,000 or more
Agency Name: Bader Rutter
Advertiser: Dow AgroSciences
Name of the Ad: Control Your Land
Publication: Farm Progress publications
Agency Name: Martin Williams
Advertiser: Marvin Windows and Doors
Name of the Ad: P. Allen Smith
Publication: Architectural Digest
Agency Name: McCann Erickson
Advertiser: Nikon Inc
Name of the Ad: Nikon D3 and D300
Publication: Photo District News
CATEGORY 7: Single Ad - Inserts, pop-ups, foldouts & spectaculars, gatefolds and multi-units
Annual media budget of $100,000 or more
Agency Name: Gyro:HSR
Advertiser: Delta Dental Plans of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana
Name of the Ad: Delta Dental Iceberg Insert
Publication: Workforce Management
Agency Name: Gyro:HSR
Advertiser: Delta Dental Plans of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana
Name of the Ad: Delta Dental Mountain Insert
Publication: Benefits Selling
Agency Name: McCormick Company
Advertiser: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Name of the Ad: Pioneer Y Series Insert
Publication: Farm Journal Magazine
CATEGORY 8: Campaign - A series of at least three ads
Annual media budget of $100,000 or more
Agency Name: Eric Mower and Associates
Advertiser: Nucor Steel
Name of the Ad: Corporate Print Campaign Oxymoron Don't Believe Neighbor
Publication: Purchasing
Agency Name: Gyro:HSR
Advertiser: Pitney Bowes, Inc.
Name of the Ad: There's a lot more here than you think Campaign
Publication: BusinessWeek
Agency Name: Martin Williams
Advertiser: Syngenta Crop Protection
Name of the Ad: Halex GT Campaign
Publication: Farm Journal Magazine
CATEGORY 9: Integrated Media Campaign
Annual media budget of less than $100,000
Agency Name: Advertising Specialty Institute
Advertiser: Advertising Specialty Institute
Name of the Ad: The Number That Matters
Publication: Counselor Magazine
Agency Name: G2 direct & digital NYC
Advertiser: Time Warner Cable Business Class
Name of the Ad: http://www.twcbc-bluecircle.com/
Web Site: http://www.twcbc-bluecircle.com/
Agency Name: Meister Media Worldwide
Advertiser: OmniSTAR
Name of the Ad: Omnistar - The Global Positioning System
Publication: Precision Ag Special Reports
CATEGORY 10: Integrated Media Campaign
Annual media budget of $100,000 or more
Agency Name: BBDO NY/Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Advertiser: GE
Name of the Ad: BBDO NY and Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Web Site: www.ScientificAmerican.com
Agency Name: Gyro:HSR
Advertiser: John Deere Construction and Forestry
Name of the Ad: John Deere Skid Steer Smackdown
Web Site: http://smackdown.ferguspeters.com and http://www.skidsteersmackdown.com/season1
Agency Name: Ogilvy, New York
Advertiser: FM Global
Name of the Ad: FM Global "True Stories"
Web Site: CFO.com
CATEGORY 11: Digital Media
(No media budget breakdown)
Agency Name: BBDO NY
Advertiser: GE Corporate
Name of the Ad: GE "Pluck"
Web Site: www.ScientificAmerican.com
Agency Name: Blasdel Cleaver Schwalbe Communications
Advertiser: John Deere
Name of the Ad: 8R Teaser Campaign
Web Site: www.farmprogress.com
Agency Name: Gyro:HSR
Advertiser: John Deere Construction and Forestry
Name of the Ad: John Deere High Speed Dozer Launch Video
Web Site: http://ferguspeters.com/johndeere/764_Preview/
CATEGORY 12: Face-to-Face
(No media budget breakdown)
Agency Name: Gyro:HSR
Advertiser: John Deere Construction
Name of Event: John Deere Construction High Speed Dozer Launch Event
Agency Name: Martin Williams
Advertiser: Syngenta Crop Protection
Name of Event: Nematode Truck Wrap
Agency Name: Nielsen
Advertiser: Nielsen
Name of Event: HD Boutique
CATEGORY 13: Custom Media
(No media budget breakdown)
Agency Name: Bader Rutter
Advertiser: OM Workspace
Publication: OM Workspace Impact magazine
Agency Name: Lionsgate
Advertiser: Advertising Age
Publication: Retro Advertsing Age based on a Mad Men custom project
Agency Name: The Magazine Group
Advertiser: CDW
Publication: BizTech
Stein Rogan + Partners Releases First-Ever Brand/Demand Study
Stein Rogan + Partners, in partnership with Forbes and Ziff Davis Enterprise, has released its first-ever 2009 Brand/Demand Study (B/D09), the first national study of the approaches being utilized by the marketing community in achieving brand-centric and demand-centric goals.
Titled Balancing Brand and Demand: Measures and Methodologies for an Economy in Transition, the study was conducted in May among both b-to-b and consumer marketers as well as advertising/marketing agencies. The full study results are available here.
Among B/D09s key findings:
- Given economic conditions, marketers and agencies (61% and 66% respectively) believe that a carefully-calibrated combination of brand building and demand generation activities is essential. Further, both groups believe that maintaining a long-term strategy rather than a short-term reactive strategy is the best course of action.
- When push comes to shove, marketers and agencies alike are channeling more investment to demand-centric activities.
- A core set of marketing approaches is emerging that marketers/agencies believe is doing double duty by simultaneously building brand and driving demand. They include: online advertising, social media, paid and organic search and trade show marketing, among others.
ABM Executive Forum to Dive Deep into Important Industry Issues this November
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With a dual focus on real solutions for today and real answers for tomorrow, ABMs all-new 2009 Executive Forum, coming to New York Citys NYAS this November 3 & 4, will teach you how to exceed the expectations of your customers both marketers and end-users while providing solutions for driving your top line. The conference features an impressive agenda and line-up of industry powerhouses.
Listen in as keynote speaker Michael Mandel, Chief Economist, BusinessWeek, provides a state of the global economy, its effect on the b-to-b industry, and his outlook for the future.
Other sessions will include:
- Todays Marketer: Advertiser? Competitor? Partner?
- Learn how Siemens developed an integrated campaign strategy in todays difficult economic climate and how they plan to come out of the current recession, with focus on Siemens media partnerships, including print, online, thought-leadership events and social media.
- Speaker: Thomas Haas, CMO, Siemens
- Beyond the Advertising Budget Accessing the Marketing Budget
- Today, its no longer enough to rely solely on advertising; companies must now become consultants and work closely with customers to develop customized marketing programs. During this session, youll learn how to turn your business into a marketing services operation and offer solutions bigger and better than ad pages.
- Speaker: Tim Fixmer, President, Stamats Business Media
- Meeting the Challenges of the New Competitors Leveraging Your Brand, Your Content and Your Bottom Line
- In this three-part series of sessions, a brand crusader from a top b-to-b agency, a panel of editors and a leader in online content will discuss the challenges and opportunities they are facing in todays new media environment.
- Speakers include Steven Brill, Co-Founder, Journalism Online, and Rick Segal, Chief Executive, North America/Global Practice Leader, B-to-B, Gyro:HSR
- Wheres the Money? The Future of Advertising and the Impact on Paid Content
- Explore the insights and trends resulting from Outsells annual surveys of over 1,200 marketers and advertisers, 6.000 end-users, and librarians who fund paid content.
- Speaker: Anthea Stratigos, Co-Founder/CEO, Outsell Inc.
Click here to view the full agenda.
The early bird registration deadline ends this weekend! Register now and take advantage of the special discounted rate, ending this Saturday, October 3.
Interested in sponsoring this event? Contact Jane OConnor at (212) 784-6367 or at firstname.lastname@example.com for available opportunities.
ABM's 2009 Executive Forum is sponsored by the Atlantic City Convention & Visitors Authority, Booz & Company, BPA Worldwide, CDS Global, Readex Research, and Worldcolor.
B-to-B Case Study Series Now Available Online
ABM recently partnered with BtoB magazine to compile a series of case studies from previous BtoB coverage that showcases the strategies b-to-b media companies are utilizing to achieve their objectives.
While the complete series is available in the Research & Marketing section of ABMs Web site, a case study on Cisco WebExs e-mail marketing strategy has been reproduced below to emphasize the importance of utilizing metrics to help boost sales and engagement.
After noticing periodic yet significant increases in response and webinar registration from its e-mail marketing campaigns, Cisco WebEx wanted to determine what specifically was causing the spikes and tweak its marketing program accordingly.
The companys marketing team analyzed Web metrics and discovered that e-mails related to e-learning generated a significant increase in engagement behaviors.
Based on this recognition that customers were looking to Cisco WebEx to fulfill their training needs, as well as some external industry data, the company transformed the way it markets e-learning services. Now, marketing efforts include content about new legislation and education mandates, and are largely based on dates and deadlines of training requirements.
By planning e-learning webinars around the introduction of new legislation and the announcement of mandated training, Cisco WebEx has seen a 30% increase in responses to related e-mails and an 8% increase in sales of such applications.
* This is a summarized version of BtoBs July 20, 2009 article, Cisco WebEx Uses Metrics to Hone E-mails. For the full article, click here.
The ABM Video Network Presents Media & Marketing Insights
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During ABMs 2009 Achievement Awards ceremony, Kevin Arsham, partner and communications planning director at MediaCom, was on hand to present the awards and lead a dynamic roundtable discussion among finalists and winners.
After the ceremony, Arsham sat down with the ABM Video Network to share his insightful media buyers perspective on the importance of strong promotional materials and some advice for media companies looking to implement more creative efforts. ABMs Media Marketing Committee Chair Glenn Laudenslager, marketing director at Reed Exhibitions, discussed the newly-revamped awards program for media kits, which better reflects the entire suite of promotional and collateral materials supporting sales efforts.
Be sure to check out ABMs new, enhanced homepage video player at www.AmericanBusinessMedia.com. Now you can rate and comment on ABMs videos as well as send to a friend, link to, embed, and much more. This is the first in a series of Video Network enhancements resulting from ABMs new partnership with video publishing platform Magnify.net, which will allow the Association to broadly expand its current online video offerings and capabilities Stay tuned as developments continue to unfold.
ABM Confirms Power of Business Media During Challenging Economic Times
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While nobody knows for sure in which direction the economy is heading, one important fact is undeniable: Advertising in b-to-b media can significantly benefit businesses, especially during periods of economic uncertainty.
To spread this powerful message, ABM has produced a research presentation summarizing the wealth of data that has been accumulated over time as well as a powerful new ad that features significant findings from recent studies.
ABM member companies around the globe, including Nikkei Business Publications, McGraw-Hill and Reed, are finding the ad especially valuable in promoting the power of business media to their respective audiences. Its available FREE for use in ABM member publications and Web sites. Contact Kate Patton to receive a copy; you can also request various electronic banner ad formats, including Leaderboard and Skyscraper. An Ag Media version of the ad is available as well.
Feel free to customize the ad with your logo, as McGraw-Hills Aviation Week & Space Technology has done here, to make it better resonate with your audiences.


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CULLOWHEE, N.C. --- The Chattanooga Mocs (5-4/4-2) dominated play on both sides of the ball in the second half running away with a 45-24 win at Western Carolina (1-9/0-8). Chattanooga recovered from a 24-16 halftime deficit to score 29 unanswered points after intermission.
It was powered by a ferocious rushing attack. Freshmen Kendrix Huitt (Atlanta, Ga.) and Jacob Huesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) combined for 267 rushing yards and three touchdowns on the ground. The Mocs accumulated 291 of its 367 yards in the final 30 minutes with 225 coming from Huitt (111) and Huesman (114). It was the most rushing yards by the Mocs since 404 against VMI on October 15, 1994.
The defensive effort matched the ground game. UTC allowed the Catamounts a lone first down in the second half. Western Carolina gained just 33 yards in 19 plays after the break.
It was a see-saw game early. Keon Williams (Chattanooga, Tenn.) opened the scoring with a two-yard plunge midway through the first quarter. The Catamounts then scored twice in a 10-second span.
Darius Ramsey started it with a six-yard run to tie the game at seven. On the first play of the Mocs next possession, Huesman's pass slipped through his receiver's hands and was picked off by Eiljer Martinez who returned it 14 yards for the score to make it 14-7.
The Catamounts led 17-16 as the first half was coming to a close. Quarterback Troy Mitchell rolled left and heaved a pass for the end zone which found Kamorris Benson in the end zone for the 24-16 lead at the half.
It was all Chattanooga from there. Huesman scored on runs of 51 yards (3rd quarter) and five yards to take the lead 30-24. The latter score came just four seconds into the fourth quarter. Less than two minutes later, Huitt blew through the right side of the line rambling 74 yards for a 38-24 lead.
Huesman and Terrell Robinson (South Pittsburg, Tenn.) took over directing a 13-play, 98-yard drive that put the game out of reach on Robinson's three-yard run. The Mocs drained nearly seven minutes off the clock with the back-breaking, time-consuming march.
UTC totaled 474 yards of total offense to 288 for the Catamounts. J.J. Jackson (Marietta, Ga.) added 63 yards on eight carries as the Mocs averaged a shade less than eight yards (7.7) per rushing play. There were five runs for 20 or more yards with two by Huesman and one each for Huitt, Jackson and Robinson.
Shane Heatherly, from nearby Waynesville, N.C., led the Mocs defense with 10 tackles and a fumble recovery. D.J. Key (Centerville, Tenn.) added nine stops and an interception, while Wes Dothard (Carrollton, Ga.) chipped in seven tackles.
Catamounts safety Ace Clark had a busy day. He had a game-high 20 tackles. Fellow defensive back Sertonuse Harris, Jr., had 12 of his own. Martinez and Jaleel Lorquet had first-half interceptions.
Ramsey led the offense for WCU with 72 rushing yards on 14 carries and a touchdown. He posted 66 of those yards in the first half. Mitchell threw for 176 yards, 18 of 30 with two interceptions, and a touchdown. Jacoby Mitchell led all receivers with seven catches for 81 yards.
Chattanooga held a 34:55 to 25:05 advantage in time of possession. The defensive effort led to UTC holding the ball for 21:28 of the possible 30 second-half minutes which accounts for 71.6 percent of the time available going to its offense.
The Mocs travel to Wofford next Saturday with kickoff set for 1:30 p.m. Audio and video broadcast and live stat links can be accessed via the football schedule page on GoMocs.com.
Bus trips for students and donors are being arranged for gameday. They leave Saturday morning with a return that evening after the game. More information is to come on GoMocs.com this week.
SCORING SUMMARYPlay - Quarter/Time/ScoreUTC - Keon Williams 2 yd Run (Nick Pollard Kick) - 1/6:25/7-0Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards, 2:31Key Play(s): 3/2/V35 - J.J. Jackson bursts through right side for 24 yards
WCU - Darius Ramsey 6 yd Run (Clark Sechrest Kick) - 1/2:35/7-7Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 3:44Key Play(s): 3/6/V46 - Troy Mitchell to Jacoby Mitchell for 39 yards
WCU - Elijer Martinez 14 yd Interception Return (Sechrest Kick) - 1/2:25/7-14Drive: - plays, -- yards, ----Key Play(s): N/A
UTC - Faysal Shafaat 2 yd Pass from Jacob Huesman (Pollard Kick Failed) - 2/12:33/13-14Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards, 4:48Key Play(s): 3/1/H18 - Huesman to J.J. Jackson 4 yards
WCU - Sechrest 36 yd Field Goal - 2/9:13/13-17Drive: 9 plays, 58 yards, 3:12Key Play(s): 1/10/H33: Ramsey runs for 33 yards
UTC - Henrique Ribeiro 32 yd Field Goal - 2/3:14/16-17Drive: 6 plays, 16 yards, 3:06Key Play(s): D.J. Key interception starts Mocs off at WCU 31
WCU - Kamorris Benson 42 yd Pass from Troy Mitchell (Sechrest Kick) - 2/0:07/16-24Drive: 10 plays, 54 yards, 3:00Key Play(s): Shaun Warren returns kickoff 43 yards to WCU 46
UTC - Huesman 51 yd Run (Run Failed) - 3/12:18/22-24Drive: 5 plays, 84 yards, 2:37Key Play(s): 1/10/V27: Huesman 13 yard rush
UTC - Huesman 5 yd Run (J.J. Jackson Run) - 4/14:56/30-24Drive: 8 plays, 52 yards, 3:55
Key Play(s): Shane Heatherly recovers Troy Mitchell fumble at UTC 48
UTC - Kendrix Huitt 74 yd Run (Huesman to Terrell Robinson Pass) - 4/12:58/38-24Drive: 1 plays, 74 yards, 0:12
Key Play(s): N/A
UTC - Terrell Robinson 3 yd Run (Ribeiro Pass) - 4/3:41/45-24Drive: 13 plays, 98 yards, 6:57
Key Play(s): 3/4/V08 - Huitt 9 yard run/Huesman & Robinson with 21 yard rushes


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Actually Pakistan is country of Miss-fortune.It is sidetracked by the original vision of its founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The theocracy which was basically against the vision of Quaid-E-Azam and even was against Tehreek-E-Pakistan get hold after the death of Quaid-E=Azam.This theocratic mentality made this country a state of Denial and Hatred.Religion is politicized here and now they even can not own their own Hero due to this negative mentality.
This behavior isolated the country from all other world.


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Do You Want More of the Power of God in your Life?
Do You Want More of the Power of God in your Life?
Bill was a big, awkward, homely guy. He dressed oddly with ill-fitting clothes. There were several fellows who thought it smart to make fun of him.
One day one fellow noticed a small tear in his shirt and gave it a small rip. Another worker in the factory added his bit, and before long there was quite a ribbon dangling. Bill went on about his work and as he passed too near a moving belt the shirt strip was sucked into the machinery. In a split second the sleeve and Bill was in trouble. Alarms were sounded, switches pulled, and trouble was avoided. The foreman, however, aware of what had happened, summoned the men and related this story: "In my younger days I worked in a small factory. That's when I first met Mike. He was big and witty, was always making jokes, and playing little pranks. Mike was a leader. Then there was Pete who was a follower. He always went along with Mike. And then there was a man named Jake. "He was a little older than the rest of us -- quiet, harmless, apart. He always ate his lunch by himself. He wore the same patched trousers for three years straight. He never entered into the games we played at noon, wrestling, horse shoes and such. He appeared to be indifferent, always sitting quietly alone under a tree instead. Jake was a natural target for practical jokes.
"He might find a live frog in his dinner pail, or a dead rodent in his hat. But he always took it in good humor. Then one Fall when things were slack, Mike took off a few days to go hunting. Pete went along, of course. And they promised all of us that if they got anything they'd bring us each a piece.
"So we were all quite excited when we heard that they'd returned and that Mike had got a really big buck. We heard more than that. Pete could never keep anything to himself, and it leaked out that they had real whopper to play on Jake.
"Mike had cut up the critter and had made a nice package for each of us. And, for the laugh, for the joke of it, he had saved the ears, the tail, the hooves-it would be so funny when Jake unwrapped them. "Mike distributed his packages during the noon hour. We each got a nice piece, opened it, and thanked him. The biggest package of all he saved until last. It was for Jake. Pete was all but bursting; and Mike looked very smug. Like always, Jake sat by himself; he was on the far side of the big table. Mike pushed the package over to where he could reach it; and we all sat and waited.
"Jake was never one to say much. You might never know that he was around for all the talking he did. In three years he'd never said a hundred words. So we were all quite astounded with what happened next. He took the package firmly in his grip and rose slowly to his feet. He smiled broadly at Mike-and it was then we noticed that his eyes were glistening. His Adam's apple bobbed up and down for a moment and then he got control of himself. "'I knew you wouldn't forget me,' he said gratefully; 'I knew you'd come through! You're big and you're playful, but I knew all along that you had a good heart.'"
"He swallowed again, and then took in the rest of us. 'I know I haven't seemed too chummy with you men; but I never meant to be rude. You see, I've got nine kids at home
- - and a wife that's been an invalid -- bedfast now for four years. She ain't ever going to get any better. And sometimes when she's real bad off, I have to sit up all night to take care of her. And most of my wages have had to go for doctors and medicine. The kids do all they can to help out, but at times it's been hard to keep food in their mouths. Maybe you think it's funny that I go off by myself to eat my dinner. Well, I guess I've been a little ashamed, because I don't always have anything between my sandwich. Or like today -- maybe there's only a raw turnip in my pail. But I want you to know that this meat really means a lot to me. Maybe more than to anybody here because tonight my kids . . .' He wiped the tears from his eyes with the back of his hand, '. . . tonight my kids will have a really . . .' "He tugged at the string. We'd been watching Jake so intently we hadn't paid much notice to Mike and Pete. But we all noticed them now, because they both dove at once to try to grab the package. But they were too late. Jake had broken the wrapper and was already surveying his present. He examined each hoof, each ear, and then he held up the tail. It wiggled limply.
It should have been so funny, but nobody laughed -- nobody at all. "But the hardest part was when Jake looked up and said 'Thank you' while trying to smile. Silently one by one each man moved forward carrying his package and quietly placed it in front of Jake for they had suddenly realized how little their own gift had really meant to them . . . until now . . .
This was where the foreman left the story and the men. He didn't need to say anymore; but it was gratifying to notice that as each man ate his lunch that day, they shared part with Bill and one fellow even took off his shirt and gave it to him."
"When God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work-this is a gift of God."
Ecclesiastes 5:19 (NIV) "Lord, thank You for all You have given me to enjoy. Make me aware of people in need with whom I can share from the abundance I have received. (author unknown) ================ It never ceases to amaze me, how many miracles and wonderful experiences are behind the doors of the hearts of people we meet once we truly put to death our flesh and the lusts thereof. Miracles generally don't happen until we recognize the need for one.
When we deal with our flesh once and for all, we see others completely differently--and the miraculous healing power of God locked within us is able to come forth to touch others in many wonderful ways. The change in the hearts of the men in the story above is a miraculous as healing the naturally blind, deaf, and dumb.
I believe the main problem for us, Christians, in pushing into the miraculous power of God is that we categorize the sins of the flesh into two different groups. We see the grossness of the sins of murderers, adulterers, whoremongers, etc. and we learn to hate them (and unfortunately often those who do such things). But we don't see that from God's point of view, denominationalism, mixing law with grace, adding thousands of traditions of men to the simplicity of the gospel, gossiping, backbiting, idolatry, etc. are just as bad and probably even worse. As a matter of fact, God in Ezekiel Chapter 16 informed us that "religious" sins are twice as bad as the worldly variety. (A careful reading of Ezekiel chapter sixteen with an honest heart can be a real cleansing experience. Picture yourself as Jerusalem in the story.)
Jesus spent far more time rebuking those with "religious" sins than those who committed the regular old sins of the world. Because we have whitewashed these gross sins which are just as fleshy as murdering, lying and stealing, and have made them acceptable behavior, we have become blind to our blindness and hardness of heart. We say we see and yet we are blind. Our traditions truly end up making the word of God of no effect. (Matt. 15:6-9)
We will not be healed of our blindness until we confess our sins and repent from this kind of behavior. And the world will not understand the things of God, until we, Christians truly allow God's light (understanding) to come forth from within us. When we truly get past our own selfishness, we will be able to see into the hearts and needs of the people in this world. Once we see the need, and ask God for the provisions to fulfill those needs, our heavenly Father will be faithful to provide all that is necessary to bring healing and restoration.
"If My people who are called by My Name will humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." (2 Chron. 7:14)
Wanna see the world move from darkness to light? Ask God to deal with you and with the Church. When we, Christians, have dealt with our whitewashed sins, then we will become light (understanding) and then the world will be healed and filled with the light of the knowledge of the glory of God.
We are the light of the world. What kind of light will we give them? We can give them glitzy, shiny church buildings, deck our houses with artificial Christmas etc. Or we can give them the real thing. The world is waiting for us to get real with them, ourselves, and with God. What are we waiting for?
In Him, Gary Amirault


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Real Housewives of New Jersey
Will Ashlee Holmes Be on Season 5 of Real Housewives of New Jersey?
Last season on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Jacqueline Laurita and her husband, Chris, decided to kick Jac's then 20-year-old daughter, Ashlee, abruptly out of the house after she failed to enroll in college or get a job in Jersey.
While Ash was sent to live with relatives in Nevada, she only lasted a few weeks there before moving to Los Angeles. Ash has been blogging in L.A. for several months, but came back to N.J. for an extended period over the holidays and gave Tom Murro some dish on Season 5 of RHoNJ!
When asked if she would be making an appearance on the upcoming season, Ashlee remained coy, saying, "I might make an appearance. I had a rough patch last season, although I feel like I left gracefully."
Ash also divulged that filming for the season is about halfway over, and that there are, in fact, a few new faces joining the cast.
Even though Ashlee wouldn't confirm whether or not she'll be on the show, we have a feeling that because her mom's storyline will be revolving around the family this season, Ash must be getting some screen time.
Would you like to see Ashlee on Season 5 of RHoNJ? Vote below!