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Chris Martin
After multiple attempts to make their romance work, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Martin have decided to call it quits and move on.
Per an Us Weekly insider, the "American Hustle" hottie and her Coldplay crooner just couldn't seem to get the timing right- "Jen has been working nonstop and they never saw each other."
It's been a long and strange process and finally the divorce decree between Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin has been issued.
Following 10 years of marriage, the Coldplay rocker and his "Shallow Hal" actress wife are no longer married, and they'll share joint custody of their children Moses and Apple.
He's usually pretty mild mannered when it comes to shutterbugs, but over the weekend Chris Martin allegedly struck a paparazzo with his car.
The "Fix You" singer was out with Gwyneth Paltrow and their kids at Giorgio Baldi restaurant in Santa Monica when the incident occurred, though TMZ is critical of the way the whole thing went down.
Love is in the air again for Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Martin. According to multiple sources the couple is back on after their romantic dinner date late last month.
A source told People that the couple "are still dating and have been dating," adding, "Even though they are both busy, the relationship is solid. They see each other when they can."
Despite reports that their romance had fizzled, Chris Martin took Jennifer Lawrence on a sushi date last Tuesday (December 30). The "Fix You" singer and the "American Hustle" starlet showed up at Kiwami Sushi in Studio City, and according to an eyewitness they never stopped talking.
Per the People source, "They were engulfed in their little world of conversation. They were into each other and not noticing anyone else around them. They seemed to be just content with each other. He was really listening to what she was saying."
They put an end to their marriage earlier this year, but Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin apparently are happier than ever post-split.
A source close to the couple told E! News that the recently separated couple are making the most of their relationship status, making sure to give their kids a healthy home.
Never underestimate the power of music to eradicate the evils of the world, as it took only five minutes for Band Aid 30 to collect $1 million to beat Ebola.
Head honcho Bob Geldof told press that sales of the newly-recorded single "Do They Know It's Christmas" have been huge from the get-go, given that One Direction, U2, Sam Smith, Ed Sheeran and Chris Martin were all a part of the project.
It's hard to keep up with Chris Martin's romantic life and though he was rumored to have split up with Jennifer Lawrence last week, the Coldplay singer is now said to be dating her again.
According to People, Martin and his "Hunger Games" gal hung out last Monday (October 27) and Thursday (October 30) at his house in Malibu.
After a short-lived romance, Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Martin decided to call it quits on their relationship.
According to E! News, the 24-year-old actress and the 37-year-old singer broke off their love affair this week after a romantic summer fling.
They've both shared intimate moments with Chris Martin and now Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Lawrence are on the road to becoming friends.
According to an Us Weekly report, the Coldplay singer's ex and his current flame are planning out some time to get to know each other, per Gwyn's request.
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Narcissus poeticus
|Poet's daffodil
|Scientific classification
|N. poeticus
|Binomial name
|Narcissus poeticus
Narcissus poeticus (poet's daffodil, poet's narcissus, nargis, pheasant's eye, findern flower, and pinkster lily) was one of the first daffodils to be cultivated, and is frequently identified as the narcissus of ancient times[2][3]—often associated with the Greek legend of Narcissus.[4][5] It is the type species of the genus Narcissus. Extremely fragrant, with a ring of petals in pure white and a short corona of light yellow with a distinct reddish edge,[6] Poet's daffodil grows to 20 to 40 cm (7.9 to 15.7 in) tall and is widely naturalized in North America and Europe.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
Narcissus poeticus is native to central Europe from Spain and France through Switzerland and Austria to Greece and Ukraine. It is naturalized in Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, the Czech Republic, Turkey, New Zealand, British Columbia, Washington State, Oregon, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, and much of the eastern United States from Louisiana and Georgia north to Maine and Wisconsin.[13][14]
Use in perfume[edit]
Poet's daffodil is cultivated in the Netherlands and southern France for its essential oil, narcissus oil, one of the most popular fragrances used in perfumes. Narcissus oil is used as a principal ingredient in 11% of modern quality perfumes—including 'Fatale' and 'Samsara'—as a floral concrete or absolute. The oil's fragrance resembles a combination of jasmine and hyacinth.[3]
Legend and history[edit]
The earliest mention of poet's daffodil is likely in the botanical writings of Theophrastus (371 – c. 287 BCE), who wrote about a spring-blooming narcissus that the Loeb Classical Library editors identify as Narcissus poeticus.[15] The poet Virgil, in his fifth Eclogue, also wrote about a narcissus whose description corresponds with that of Narcissus poeticus.[16] In one version of the myth about the Greek hero Narcissus, he was punished by the Goddess of vengeance, Nemesis, who turned him into a Narcissus flower that historians associate with Narcissus poeticus.[5][17] The fragrant Narcissus poeticus has also been recognized as the flower that Persephone and her companions were gathering when Hades abducted her into the Underworld, according to Hellmut Baumann in The Greek Plant World in Myth, Art, and Literature. This myth accounts for the custom, which has lasted into modern times, of decorating graves with these flowers.[18] Linnaeus, who gave the flower its name, quite possibly did so because he believed it was the one that inspired the tale of Narcissus, handed down by poets since ancient times.[19]
In medicine, it was described by Dioscorides in his Materia Medica as "Being laid on with Loliacean meal, & honey it draws out splinters".[20] James Sutherland also mentioned it in his Hortus Medicus Edinburgensis.[21]
N. poeticus has long been cultivated in Europe. According to one legend, it was brought back to England from the crusades by Sir Geoffrey de Fynderne.[22] It was still abundant in 1860 when historian Bernard Burke visited the village of Findern—where it still grows in certain gardens and has become an emblem of the village.[23] It was introduced to America by the late 18th century,[24] when Bernard McMahon of Philadelphia offered it among his narcissus. It may be the "sweet white narcissus" that Peter Collinson sent John Bartram in Philadelphia, only to be told that it was already common in Pennsylvania, having spread from its introduction by early settlers.[25] The plant has naturalized throughout the eastern half of the United States and Canada, along with some western states and provinces.[26]
Narcissus poeticus has long been hybridized with the wild British daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus, producing many named hybrids. These older heritage hybrids tend to be more elegant and graceful than modern hybrid daffodils, and are becoming available in the UK once again.[27]
While all narcissi are poisonous when eaten, poet's daffodil is more dangerous than others, acting as a strong emetic and irritant.[28] The scent is powerful enough that it can cause headache and vomiting if a large quantity is kept in a closed room.[29]
Photo gallery[edit]
"Valley of Narcissus" - natural lowland habitat of N. poeticus in Transcarpathian region, Ukraine
Wild N. poeticus in the Ardèche
Narcissus poeticus flower in the Daffodil Meadow, Brașov County, Romania
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Narcissus tazetta and Narcissus jonquilla have also been considered as possibilities.
- ^ a b Groom, Nigel (1997). The New Perfume Handbook. Springer. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-7514-0403-6.
- ^ Peavy, Charles D. (Jul–Sep 1966). "Faulkner's Use of Folklore in The Sound and the Fury". The Journal of American Folklore (American Folklore Society) 79 (313): 437–447. doi:10.2307/537508.
- ^ a b Lehner, Ernst; Johanna Lehner (1990). Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants, and Trees. Omnigraphics. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-55888-886-9.
- ^ Woodhead, Eileen; William W. Custead (1998). Early Canadian Gardening. McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-7735-1731-8.
- ^ "Narcissus poetica". Flora of North America. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 289, Narcissus poeticus
- ^ Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel. 1838. Flora Telluriana 4: 20, as Autogenes angustifolius and Autogenes poeticus
- ^ Pugsley, Herbert William. 1915. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 53(Suppl. 2): 36, as Narcissus hellenicus
- ^ Sell, Peter Derek. 1996. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland 5: 363, as Narcissus poeticus subsp. majalis
- ^ Dulac, Joseph. 1867. Flore du Département des Hautes-Pyrénées, 133, as Stephanophorum purpuraceum
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Biota of North America Program
- ^ Jashemski, Wilhelmina Mary Feemster; Frederick Gustav Meyer (2002). The Natural History of Pompeii: A Systematic Survey. Cambridge University Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-521-80054-9.
- ^ Bourne, Stephen Eugene; W. L. Foster (1903). The Book of the Daffodil. J. Lane. p. 3.
- ^ "In the classic myth, Nemesis, the deity of vengeance, complying with Hera's order to punish Narcissus for his egotism, turns him into the narcissus flower (narcissus poeticus)" Peavy, p. 438.
- ^ Taken from Baumann, Hellmut, The Greek Plant World in Myth, Art, and Literature, London: The Herbert Press; 1993. Cited in Dafni, Amots; Efraim Lev; Sabine Beckmann; Christian Eichberger (2006-09-10). "Ritual plants of Muslim graveyards in northern Israel". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2 (38): 38. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-38. PMC 1584233. PMID 16961931. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
- ^ Allen, Ray. "Daffodils – the Flower that Means Spring!". Floridata. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ Eastwood, Dr M A Eastwood. "The Sibbald Physic Garden". History of Medicine. Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Retrieved 2008-12-26.[dead link]
- ^ Robertson, Forbes W. (Winter 2001). "James Sutherland's "Hortus Medicus Edinburgensis" (1683)". Garden History (The Garden History Society) 29 (2): 144.
- ^ The Christian. Morgan and Scott. 1871.
- ^ "Welcome to Findern". Findern Parish Council. Retrieved 2008-12-26.[dead link]
- ^ Taylor, Raymond L. (1996). Plants of Colonial Days. Courier Dover Publications. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-486-29404-9.
- ^ Ann Leighton, American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century: 'For Use or for Delight' (University of Massachusetts Press) 1986:459.
- ^ "Narcissus poeticus L.". USDA Plants Profile. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ Kingsbury, Noel (2008-03-20). "Narcissus: Old gold". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ Hanks, Gordon R. (2002). Narcissus and Daffodil: The Genus Narcissus. CRC Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-415-27344-2.
- ^ Grieve, Maud; C. F. Leyel (1971). A Modern Herbal. Courier Dover Publications. p. 573. ISBN 978-0-486-22799-3.
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Court officials tell us Tommy Joe Mills made the plea in connection with an attack on William Carroll at Cannon Creek Lake in Bell County last year.
Mills was originally charged with attempted murder.
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Jenelle Evans Sings For Gary Headby Free Britney at . Comments
How is this bad?All she is doing is singing to a song about how she feels?Everyone gets hurt,An we all have a different way of showing it.This is kind of make me laugh.She is 20 years old. Yes she needs to learn but who really cares.but people who have no life an judge others.
this does not make her a bad mom in any way. she is expressing how she feels. lots of girls do this, sing songs about how they feel. she has some anger problems yes but shes doing the best she can.
Maybe if she would spend a lot more time with her child, she'd realize that right now, he's all she needs. Poor kid. Dumb skank doesn't realize one day the kid will be old enough to see through her bull sh*t and won't want anything to do with her. I don't think Barbara is a very good influence either.... I mean... Just look at Jenelle... P.s. Jenelle fights like a p*ssy. :)
Jenelle isnt a bad mom. Shes done everything for her son and I dont see how shes a bad mom by singing a song to her ex? Amber shouldve won . She abused her husband!! Jenelle has done all she can and is trying to,get her life on track , I think she is a great mom! I dont see how she is a bad mom for singing a song to her ex, almost everyone does that.
To Reva: Please read before you submit anything else. Good greif!
How does this make her a bad mom? I mean really.. Has anyone who wrote this article paid any attention to the lyrics of this song? Stupid media. I'd hate to be considered a bad mom just bc I sang a song to my ex husband.
She hurt no one knows what happens it her way for showing how hurt she is. And I do hope she love her son and be willth hm just stay alone your so will show you all the love you need but its always up to you xoxo
LOL her kid's name is JACE not CHASE.....
people need to learn to spell... she does need to worry about "JACE" not any of these guys but she wont ever take care of him thats why her mom has legal custody shes a deadbeat mother
I think u should stick with 1 guy so chase could actully have a guy around him while he growes up so he has a man to look up at and its not all aout u its about ur kid and how u want ur kid to grow up and lets hope gary can be apart of chase's life.
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Convicted serial killer Paul Dennis Reid Jr.'s death is believed to be a result of natural causes, and it is unlikely an autopsy will be performed.
Reid, 55, died Friday at 5:55 p.m. at Metro General Hospital in Nashville, according to the Tennessee Department of Corrections.
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WALLA WALLA - DeSales' volleyball team dropped Waitsburg-Prescott in straight sets at home Tuesday, 25-17, 25-18, 25-19.
Abby Larreau led the Irish with eight kills and Megan Moberg notched six more. Annie Higgins chipped in four finishing shot and Stephanie Ferrel finished with three.
"It was an important game for us as far as getting into position for the Districts," said DeSales head coach Lori Blanc. "We were able to handle the first two sets pretty well, but they jumped out on us 9-3 in the third. I give our girls a lot of credit for sticking with it and finishing out the game."
Chantel Blanc tallied the high assist night for DeSales with 20.
W-P was led by seven kills by Krystal Harris, six from Alyssa Hafen, five finishes from Amanda Cook and four more from Katy Hofer.
Ronnie Hulce added three kills and two blocks, while Kayla Huxoll led W-P with 17 assists.
W-P travels to Tri-Cities Prep while DeSales hosts Dayton. Both games begin at 7 p.m. Thursday.
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Bootleg Series Volume 6: Live 1964Concert
at Philharmonic Hall (Sony)
let that scare you. . . . Its just Halloween, [and] I have
my Bob Dylan mask on, jokes the nascent poet-philosopher
upon finishing a harrowing debut of his newest composition,
Gates of Eden. The night before All Saints Day, when martyred
Christian spirits are said to return, Dylan himself was on
the eve of a very unusual, certainly unpredictable greatness,
one that would permanently change the face of music and popular
culture. The Manhattanite folkheads who trekked uptown to
see their princely boy genius had every reason in the world
to be a bit scared, if not suspicious.
Just weeks after the release of Another Side of Bob Dylan,
the last and most self-reflective of his early solo albums,
autumn 1964 found Dylan smack between phase one and phase
two of his career. Outgrowing the conventions of protest-folk,
Dylan was in the process of abandoning his still-precocious
themes of politics and love, ready to dive headfirst into
his own mind, chasing epic, LSD-drenched visions and single-shot
imagery. Supplement that with an electric rhythm section,
and youve got the man behind rocks first major revolution.
But on Halloween night, minus a few duets with Joan Baez,
Bob was still standing on stage alone, with rock & roll
still a dream or two away. The night finds Dylan in unusually
high spirits, playing with a relaxed fervor, ribbing the audience
and generally enjoying being Bob Dylan. The then-standard
opener The Times They Are a-Changin, played with an almost
flimsy seriousness, arouses the aura of gravitas lite that
would characterize the evening. Dylan appears to be trying
out his newest persona for one of the first timesthe Beaujolais-swilling
hipster-romantic, bored with it all yet still discerning.
He sounds livelier, wittier, happier and more detached than
ever before. His slack cool manages to fix the spotlight on
the songs rather than himself, effortlessly playing with heart
and top skill. In effect, hes learning to free himself from
the weight that comes with the burdensome fact of performing
as Bob Dylan.
Its that masked presence that also helps Dylan jump so casually
between songs of such varying and profound subject matters.
From moral refereeing (Who Killed Davey Moore? Lonesome
Death of Hattie Carroll) to paranoid social digs (John Birch
Paranoia Blues, World War III Blues), to love and loves
dissolution (To Ramona, It Aint Me, Babe), Dylan sounds
fully relaxed switching up his thematic gears. Maybe its
because the audience has the material virtually memorized,
as if the actual communication act had already occurred,
and Dylan can just lie back and play the Pied Piper.
The Dylan-Baez duets near the shows close (an interesting
listen if only because the two were lovers at the time) see
Dylans easy-goin snarl still command top bill to Baezs
overzealous, near-maniacal belting. Despite being a bit annoying,
her presence really adds a pleasant harmony, normally unwelcomed
by Dylans plain-faced aesthetic. Bearing in mind our modern-day
clash of jihad-meets-God continuing to bless America, their
version of With God on Our Side stands as blankly poignant
as ever.
Overall, this show is a nearly perfect document, thanks in
part to a crystal-clear recording tape. Dylans vocals sound
truly beautiful (note: anyone who says they would like Dylan
but cant get past his voice has never really sat and listened
to him). Even the most casual Dylan fan would be remiss to
not check out this rapturous performancean excellent slice
of a fully actualized Bob Dylan, Version 1.0.
Promises Kept
Performing and recording for more than 50 years, pianist Steve
Kuhn has had a career marked by quiet audaciousness. At age
13 he was hired by baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff to play
in his band, and then spent the rest of his teens working
in Boston jazz clubs, backing everyone from Coleman Hawkins
to Chet Baker. His further explorations and studies found
him folding European classicism into the mix, which had become
part of his singular voice as both a player and a composer
by the time of his first trio in the 60s (with drummer Pete
LaRoca and bassist Steve Swallow).
Kept is the result of a longstanding desire by Kuhn to
record with strings (perhaps the promise referenced in the
title was made to himself). The natural fit of his compositional
inclinations, as well as his thoughtfully articulated playing,
makes it clear why hes seen this desire through to fruition.
Six new pieces composed specifically for this album are joined
by four earlier ones (including the mesmerizing Lifes Backward
Glance), here expanded to allow for the added buoyancy of
the 15-piece string section. Kuhn isnt merely a centerpiece
in this set, hes a graceful component in its gentle orchestral
Dear You (Expanded Reissue)
They sold outat least thats what the kids said. Jawbreakers
first three albums were solid slabs of heart-on-sleeve, indie-mope-punk
that found their way straight to the margins of many a notebook
in the early 90s and stirred a great deal of next Nirvana
predictions in the post-Nevermind major-label feeding
frenzy. When the band decided to go ahead and make the big
leap to a major label (DGC) for their fourth record in 1995,
the kids cried foul, all but turning their backs on their
former heroes. Its almost as if they were about-facing a
lyric from Jawbreakers flagship song Boxcar right back
at them: Youre not punk, and Im telling everyone. In the
end, the kids won, so to speakJawbreaker disbanded following
the touring cycle for Dear You. In an ironic, but not
wholly surprising display of fickleness, there was great lament
over their loss from the same too-cool-for-school types who
phooied the albums very existence.
So what was all the fuss about? A pretty darn good album-that-should
just didnt get the attention it truly deserved, thats what.
A recognized progenitor of todays emo scene, Dear You
was a bold step forward for the band who, admittedly, betray
some of their earlier youthful quirkiness, instead emphasizing
some serious power-pop leanings. At the time of its release,
the album was a refreshing change of pace in a growing sea
of grunge hangers-on and character-free alternative rock,
and nearly 10 years later, songs like Chemistry, Oyster
and Bad Scene, Everyones Fault still stand head and shoulders
above most of the whine-heavy pop-punk today.
Theres a tunefulness and introspection in Dear Yous
original 13 tracks that delineates a clear path from the bands
scruffy punk pedigree to the more wide-eyed pop of Blake Schwarzenbachs
current project, Jets to Brazil. Sure, his characteristic
rasp is less pronounced here than on earlier recordings, but
its a fair bet that moving toward a smoother vocal sound
not only benefited his melodic leanings, but may also have
saved him from needing some pricey throat surgery down the
line. Rob Cavallos snappy production gives a lustrous sheen
to the snarling guitars and Adam Pfahlers Bonham-sized drumming.
Thats not to say the album is edgelessthe cacophonous intro
to Fireman and the abrasive arpeggiating of Accident Prone
and Jet Black are as much Sonic Youth as they are Green
Long out-of-print on CDit was fetching upwards of $80 on
eBAY in recent yearsDear You has finally been reissued
on Pfahlers Blackball Records label. The newly expanded
version features vastly augmented artwork and five additional
tracks, including a smartly chosen cover of the Psychedelic
Furs Into You Like a Train, and a revamped Boxcar that
almost found its way to the original release. Shame that it
didnta line like My enemies are all too familiar, theyre
the ones who used to call me friend would have been all-too-apropos
at the timebut its inclusion now adds a fitting postscript
to a band who, hopefully, will be more than just a footnote.


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On Egypt, Paralysis and Entangling Alliances
Robert Merry at The National Interest laments President Obama's wishy-washy stance on the events in Egypt. Following the second overthrow of the government in as many years, "one might ask where Obama has stood on the momentous questions facing the Egyptian polity in recent days," Merry writes. "The answer is that he has stood at various locations at various times—and hence nowhere at any time."
Obama indeed seems to be walking a rhetorical line. It's not a coup, but he's unhappy about the affront to democracy; Morsi was duly elected, but wasn't a good democrat; by law, the military's actions negate U.S. aid, but we're not going to discontinue it. Obama is wary of taking a strong stance either way because either way, he's going to offend people that he is beholden to.
Undoubtedly, Washington has its own neck in the game in Egypt. No force in Egypt is as close to Washington as the Egyptian Army, reliant as it is on the flow of weapons, money, and military training. So the Obama administration is hesitant to take a hard line against military coups and for democratic processes because, heck, the military is the epitome of what America wants in an obedient, undemocratic client state.
That said, the Obama administration is visibly embarrassed by its own reluctance to show the world it supports democracy in Egypt. But there are other forces pulling at Washington to stick with the military.
As Paul Mutter at the popular Egypt blog The Arabist writes, "the US' important security partners, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, are gleeful at Morsi's removal – the Saudi response arrived quickly from the King himself, to 'strongly shake hands' with the military. The Emiratis pronounced themselves pleased, too, following 'with satisfaction' the ouster of Morsi." Similarly, Mutter continues, "Israel is not unhappy to see Morsi go, and will probably refrain from making loud noises about his departure…"
"So," Mutter asks, "with Saudi Arabia and the UAE visibly pleased by the coup, and Israel unlikely to complain in private about developments, what is the US to do?"
Three of Washington's foremost allies welcome the forcible ouster of the duly elected (and admittedly unsavory) Morsi/Muslim Brotherhood. So even if the Obama administration were to stand on democratic principle, in the vein of Obama's 2009 Cairo speech that declared, "No system of government can or should be imposed upon one nation by another," and openly criticize the Egyptian military and cut off aid, it would still be hampered by its close relationship to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Israel.
National myths about the purity and wisdom of the Founding Fathers are usually fallacious and the one about America's early isolationist policies, avoiding entangling alliances with the Old World, is no exception. George Washington's farewell address is nevertheless a pointed critique of America's current diplomatic and military commitment to virtually the entire world. "Nothing is more essential," Washington said, "than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded."
"The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave," he added. "It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest."
If we weren't so beholden to the interests of the aforementioned nations, we might be more apt to do the right thing in Egypt – namely, to stay the hell out of it.
"What's the lesson for America?" asks Robert Merry. "It is that we should stay out of the internal politics of other nations because our involvement inevitably tosses us into inconsistent and even hypocritical postures and makes us look like a sanctimonious nation."
Indeed it does, but Merry then goes on to say this means our policy should be to continue the $1.6 billion in aid regardless of what happens on the ground in Egypt ("that's for Egyptians to decide," he says). Merry's advocacy of non-intervention should extend to the termination of all foreign aid, for it is all an attempt to peddle for influence and control. That inevitably draws us in to their internal affairs, and into hypocrisy, sanctimony, and wickedness.
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Friday, January 29, 2010
Mishmash Friday
Over here we have Duvet Covers. Now I have to say that this is an excellent and super handy item to have. All you do is slip off the cover and throw it in the wash. The actual comforter wont fit so people stick them out their windows to air them out. What I love about the covers is that I can change up the style and colors at any time without having to buy a whole new comforter set. I remember how much those cost and I like this version much better. Lets talk about drying. Oh lord how I hate drying here aswell. My dryer won't fit in the house.
After washing I have to walk outside (wich is always really fun on days like this where it's snowing..oh and on the days where the rain is beating down..thats soooo much fun too). We keep the dryer in a shed with the bikes and garden tools. I have a condensation dryer wich means it collects the water in a plastic container below and I empty it out when it's done drying. It's as small as my washer and it takes over an hour to dry aswell. I've learned that having a dryer here is something alot of people don't have.
Alot of the homes here have big attics(we don't) and they simply hang everything up in the winter and during the nice days they stick their clothes out to dry. My neighbors does that. When I walk out into my back door her balcony is right above it. So when she hangs out her bed sheets I can get smacked in the face. I love it when she puts her grannie panties out. There is a brick fence that seperates us but the sheets are hung up high and go all over the place when they wind hits them. I don't know about you, but Im not all about hanging my junk out for people to see and can't imagine not having a dryer. Dutch homes can get cramped and sometimes there is no room for both a washer and a dryer.
Ok on to some news! There was a girl who worked at a McDonalds here who was fired on the spot for putting a slice of cheese on a co workers burger. The co worker bought a burger and then asked the girl for a slice of cheese, wich then turned it into a cheeseburger wich costs more. So the girl was let go. Now over here you can fight being fired. It then goes to court and the judge felt like that was to harsh of a punishment and could of been handled with a write up. McDonalds said they have strict rules about giving family and co workers items like that. The judge said the girl wasn't trying to do wrong by putting the slice on there but it was more the co workers fault for asking her to do so. So the girl gets 5 months worth of wages because of this and is free to look for other work. Take that McDonalds!! When you get a job here they start you out on a limited contract. Alot of them are only 3 months..wich is what this girl had. So they were not going to renew her contract anyway wich is why I think she was awarded 5 months worth of pay. The dutch system of working is alot different than the american way of doing it. You feel more protected and the benefits and job security are a thousand times better than anything I've ever witnessed in the U.S.
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
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- Don said...
Sounds like a pair of jeans, a pair of socks and shorts would just about fill it up! What about my shirt? Oh, next load! lol
- January 29, 2010 at 3:26 PM
- lytha said...
Washer - I see your Miele washer and raise you my Bauknecht washer made by the smurfs, for smurf laundry.
NO kidding it's tiny. And takes 1.5 - 2 hours to wash. Like you said, if you choose the shorter cycle, your clothes come out looking like they did before you put them in. Agh.
Dryer...what. you have a dryer!??! Jealous!
I complain about weekly, about our lack of a dryer. I don't usually dry my clothes, but back home I definitely dried my underwear, socks, sheets, and towels! Those things are supposed to be soft, not rock hard crispies. A towel should not serve as a loofah!
My man has no idea why it would be so important. When I put new sheets on the bed, and they are totally wrinkled, I point and say "That does not happen when you have a dryer!"
But those condensation dryers are odd, aren't they!?
Sheets and Duvets, you're right.
This year in America I brought back lots of king size sheets for our bed. American sheets. Top, and bottom. And German duvet cover over the down comforter, that will no longer have to be washed so often!
That is our intercultural marital compromise. American sheets, German duvet.
My gosh you have to go outside to wash clothes....I have to carry them up into our attic and hang them all, and that sucks, but at least it's not outside (but I often have to wear my winter coat up there, or worry about the bees who live there in summer).
I am right here with you. Only about 500 KM away: )
- January 29, 2010 at 6:56 PM
- Sonya said...
Lytha you are so funny..LOL I dont know how you live withot a dryer! no matter how much fabric softener you use, everything still comes out crunchy..lol and where in the heck are the fabric sheets? I've only seen a few packages of them and wow are they spendy.
No no the washer is in the house but the dryer is outside..lol crazy life we live here isn't it..lol
- January 29, 2010 at 9:09 PM
- Candee said...
Funny about the washer. I am on the search for a new one. Mine isn't a bad size (5 kg load capacity) - but it spontaneously stops and because it is in my "large attic", I don't hear if it's running or not. So I go to my load of laundry 1.5 hours later to find out there is still 1.25 hours left on it grrr. Or I have also seen it jump from having 2 minutes left to having 1 hour 56 min left and I can't just stop it - I have to set it to a finish spin. My next will be a 8kg.
My dryer - HA another story! This was 6 yrs ago... it was also spontaneously stopping. Apparently something in the computer. The repair man said it would cost us about 250-300 euro to repair it. For that we could by a new one. So we put it on gratisaftehalpuntnl or something (a free to pick up site). Some guy who picks up dryers for "parts" took ours. A few days later he nicely e-mailed us to let us know the defected part would have costed us 3 euro's. I have been hanging my laundry ever since in my "large attic".
- January 29, 2010 at 11:31 PM
- Sinful Southern Sweets said...
Sonya, thank you for sharing your dutch living with us. It is very interesting to me and I always look forward to your posts! Thanks!
- January 30, 2010 at 12:02 AM
- Katy ~ said...
Hmmm... when I lived in an apartment, I had a washing machine that was about the size of yours that was also a dryer. Really. It was manufactured in Italy if I remember correctly. Never really caught on in the US but very popular, as I understand it, in the European countries. Once it was done washing, I had to flip a switch or turn a knob (don't remember anymore) and it became a dryer. Very handy and worked very very well.
LOL about the granny panties. I hear you about that.
- January 30, 2010 at 2:05 PM
- What A Dish! said...
My parents have that same kind of washer, and dryer! It's wierd to empty that water cup on the dryer. And it holds hardly anything, and takes forever to fill up.
A lot of people over here don't own dryers at all; I feel lucky that I have one!
- January 30, 2010 at 3:14 PM
- Nancy C said...
I'm glad my kid didn't see this page. He's totally obsessed with all things washer and dryer. It's really, really weird.
- January 30, 2010 at 8:50 PM
- Sonya said...
Oh Candee thats just awful! LOL Im hoping my dryer makes it through this winter..we have no attic or extra money to buy a new one.
Katy I have seen those combo washers and dryers! LOL It amazes me how they can work like that.
Nancy thats funny..LOL
- January 30, 2010 at 9:46 PM
- Peanut-Butter Kitty said...
I really enjoy your blog and all the comments from your guests. I tell my family and co-workers about your blog and how you live over there. I'm in California, if you need anything from here, let me know.
- January 31, 2010 at 1:24 AM


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We are looking for adults only, with a mic, and must have facebook to participate in group chat. We are recruiting for members on the PS3 system and the PS4 system. (If you plan to play on both that's fine too) We do not have a Kill/Death Ratio reuquirement to join. Our commander is a solid 2.80+ player. We play mainly on Team Deathmatch and/or Domination. We will also be participating in clan wars when it releases in a couple weeks. We are a part of a large online gaming association that runs leagues and clans on a vast number of games for the PS3 and PS4, so we know what we are doing and have been doing it for quite awhile. When it comes to COD were a bunch of hardworking guys who like to get together and kill people, we take our losses like men and go back out and win the next round. In the few days since the game dropped we were already able to log enough hours gaming with just a few of us and ranked our clan up to level 4. You can check out our site and rosters at sgtdillon.wix.com/callofdutyghosts If you are interested in joining KeepCalmCh1veOn for either system message markallen2011 (Recruiter/PS4 VP), showman9872 (PS3 VP), or darkjedi769 (Commander) on the psn. Chive On!!!
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Re: Looking for PS3 ClanCJHouston Dec 11, 2013 12:15 PM (in response to darkNfadead)
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UGAlliance is a gaming community/clan looking for members who'd like to join. UGA has just opened shop and has a Division for CoD: Ghosts specific. I was with my previous clan for over three years and wanted to open a new clan with the help of my friend Corvo. Together we are wanting to provide other "like-minded" members a place to call home for their CoD: Ghosts needs. We also have plans to have at least three game nights per-week. This is to have a scheduled time to meet outside of your busy life and have time to bond and have fun.
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Publix Super Markets Inc. saw a double-digit earnings gain and a revenue uptick for its fiscal 2010 first quarter.
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LAKELAND, Fla. – Publix Super Markets Inc. saw a double-digit earnings gain and a revenue uptick for its fiscal 2010 first quarter.
The Southeastern supermarket chain said Monday that first-quarter net earnings climbed 13.3% to $364.4 million, or 47 cents per share, from $321.5 million, or 41 cents per share, a year earlier.
Total sales for the 2010 first quarter came in at $6.5 billion, up 2.1% from $6.4 billion a year ago. Comparable-store sales for the 2010 quarter edged up 0.9%, according to Publix.
As of May 1, Publix's stock price rose 6.6% to $18.50 per share from $17.35. The stock of the employee-operated company isn't publicly traded and is sold only to current employees and board members.
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Chances for comprehensive immigration reform in the current Congress grow bleaker with each passing day. So it's important to celebrate even tiny steps.
Reps. Beto O'Rourke, a Texas Democrat, and Steve Pearce, a New Mexico Republican, are to be commended for a common-sense bill they introduced last week.
Pearce and O'Rourke have markedly different views on what comprehensive immigration reform should look like. But both agree the current system is nonsensical at times, and they've introduced a bill that grants discretion to review specific cases for a small number of U.S. citizens who are separated from their families due to minor technical violations.
Among the bill's intended beneficiaries are Edgar Falcon and Maricruz Valtierra. They were married in August on the Paso del Norte Bridge -- he on the El Paso side, she on the Juarez side -- because U.S. immigration law bars Valtierra from entering the country.
She was penalized by U.S. immigration officials after an older sister declared at the border seven years ago that Valtierra and another relative were U.S. citizens. Anyone who makes a false declaration of immigration status at the border is prohibited under a law passed in the 1990s from re-entering the United States, and that applies to Valtierra.
A law barring entry into the country by those who have made false declarations generally is a good thing. But an inflexible law that allows no exceptions is not. O'Rourke -- who attended the bridge wedding -- and Pearce believe effective immigration law can allow for common-sense exceptions.
"I have long said that we should never split up families, and today's proposed law allows the careful and sensible evaluation of cases where American families have been wrongly separated, but still makes sure that our immigration laws are upheld," Pearce said.
O'Rourke said: "I have heard countless heartbreaking stories of families in my district forced to live apart because of arbitrary laws with punishments that do not fit the actions and serve no public interest. This targeted legislation would provide necessary discretion to judges and the Department of Homeland Security to provide relief to families who could live legally in the U.S. except that they committed a minor immigration violation in the past."
Falcon finds signs of hope in the bipartisan legislation: "For American families like mine, with my beloved wife Maricruz in exile, this is encouraging. Congress is not all partisan bickering. They can solve America's problems, and this is how to solve one of them."
We wish we could share Falcon's optimism about Congress' ability to solve problems.
But Pearce says the legislation can point the way to further bipartisan efforts on immigration reform.
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8:44 AM, Oct 29, 2010 • By MICHAEL WARREN
The Cook Political Report yesterday released 15 new House race rating changes (subscription required), including shifting the race in Virginia between Democratic incumbent Gerry Connolly and Republican Keith Fimian to a toss up. Additionally, Georgia Blue Dog Democrat Jim Marshall's race against Republican Austin Scott was changed from a toss up to leaning Republican.
But in Massachusetts's Fourth Congressional District, the race between Barney Frank and Republican upstart Sean Bielat has moved from "Likely Democrat" to "Lean Democrat." Here's the Cook analysis:
Ros Krasny at Reuters says Frank is in danger because of his ties to the bank bailout of 2008 and the promotion of the subprime mortgage industry. Krasny quotes Boston College professor Marc Landy, who says that many believe Frank is the "personification of the cozy relationship between the government and irresponsible finance."
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(a) The Secretary shall prescribe standards for the manning of each vessel of the United States to which chapter 37 of this title applies, related to the duties, qualifications, and training of the officers and crew of the vessel, including standards related to—
(1) instruction in vessel and cargo handling and vessel navigation under normal operating conditions in coastal and confined waters and on the high seas;
(2) instruction in vessel and cargo handling and vessel navigation in emergency situations and under marine casualty or potential casualty conditions;
(4) qualifications for licenses by use of simulators for the practice or demonstration of marine-oriented skills;
(6) periodic retraining and special training for upgrading positions, changing vessel type or size, or assuming new responsibilities;
(7) decisions about licenses and certificates, conditions of licensing or certification, and periods of licensing or certification by reference to experience, amount of training completed, and regular performance testing; and
(b) The Secretary shall waive the application of criteria required by subsection (a)(5) of this section for an individual having a license or certificate (including a renewal of the license or certificate) in effect on October 17, 1978. When the waiver is granted, the Secretary may prescribe conditions for the license or certificate and its renewal, as the Secretary decides are reasonable and necessary for the safety of a vessel on which the individual may be employed.
Source(Pub. L. 98–89, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 556; Pub. L. 101–380, title IV, § 4114(d),Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 517.)
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Section 9102 prescribes manning standards for United States tank vessels.
Subsection (a) requires the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe certain standards for the duties, qualifications, and training of the officers and crew of United States tank vessels.
Subsection (b) provides for a waiver of any health and physical fitness criteria prescribed under subsection (a).
1990—Par. (8). Pub. L. 101–380added par. (8).
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Amendment by Pub. L. 101–380applicable to incidents occurring after Aug. 18, 1990, see section 1020 ofPub. L. 101–380, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2701 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.
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[UPDATED with Firm Saying Oh No We Di'int:] Did PIMCO Spark Tweets That Sank Market?
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A statement a PIMCO spokesman emailed in response to our original report on the next page follows . . .
PIMCO has not asked employees to cancel vacations. However like any other prudent investment manager we have been working over many months to prepare for a number of potential scenarios related to the situation in Europe. This is our responsibility to our clients as stewards of the assets they have entrusted us to manage, and consistent with how we have approached other periods of uncertainty.
Fingers crossed a worst-case scenario does not put millions of workers around the world on permanent summer vacation.
The words and actions of Pacific Investment Management Co., the Newport Beach-based firm's billionaire founder Bill Gross and CEO Mohamed A. El-Erian invariably shake or settle world markets.
Take a rumored PIMCO summer vacation decree that led to panicked tweets and, some theorize, Friday's 274-point U.S. stock market plunge.
As Examiner.com reports, PIMCO staff was rumored to have been instructed to cancel summer vacation plans because of a looming market meltdown. Word got out to Todd Harrison, CEO of Internet media company Minyanville, who tweeted the following Friday:
Todd M. Schoenberger, managing principal at the Blackbay Group and an adjunct professor of Finance at Cecil College, confirmed:
However, before making a direct link between the tweets and the wipeout of all the stock gains made this year, you should also know Schortgen mentions the head of the World Bank recently confirmed something big on the horizon will effect both Wall Street and Main Street.
But PIMCO's overall influence cannot be denied. What's going on in Europe concerns market analysts here, and some believe the beginning of the end there came when PIMCO threw Greece a cold shoulder months ago. To be fair, the U.S. housing market crash preceded that.
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Deal Journal colleague Emily Chasan has a story on WSJ's CFO Journal reporting on a drop-off in failed deals in 2012. A spot of sunshine given what was generally viewed as a light deal year.
Fewer mergers and acquisitions were called off or outbid in 2012 as companies stepped up their dealmaking at the end of this year, according to data from Standard & Poor's Capital IQ.
The number of deals where the target, buyer or seller was located in the U.S. that fell through in 2012 sank nearly 20% to 752, down from 939 collapsed deals in 2011, according to Capital IQ. As a percentage of total deals announced each year, about 4% of deals collapsed in 2012, compared to 5% in 2011.
Mega deals were also less likely to be cancelled this year. Most deals that were cancelled in 2012 were under $3 billion, according to Capital IQ. The only deal to fall through above that figure was the May cancellation of Coty Inc.'s $10.7 billion offer for cosmetics seller Avon Products Inc.
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Over at CFO Journal, Emily Chasan has the latest on what appears to be an advancement of a deal boom driven by the dreaded "fiscal cliff."
With higher capital gains taxes looming from the so-called fiscal cliff next year, sellers appeared eager to close deals with a flurry of merger and acquisition activity in the last few months of 2012.
Deals had slowed for much of the year while companies waited to see how the global economy responds to fiscal negotiations by European and U.S. lawmakers, but picked up sharply in the fourth quarter. As Bloomberg reported on Thursday, global mergers and acquisitions "rose to their highest level in four years this quarter." Prompted by a surge in U.S. deals, companies announced $691.6 billion in purchases in the fourth quarter – the most active level of dealmaking since the third quarter of 2008, the news agency said.
"We usually see a deal slump during this time of year, but there has been a substantial increase in business owners aggressively looking to close deals before the year's end," says Jeremy Swan, a principal at accounting firm CohnReznick's private equity and venture capital practice.
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If last week seemed busy for deal making, that's because it was.
Last week, the year's final full-week, ranked as the second busiest for U.S. M&A activity this year with $43 billion in announced deals. In all, ten deals valued at more than $1 billion were announced, the most for a one week period this year.
Below are profiles from Dealogic for the five biggest deals of the week:
This will be remembered for being the year that Southeast Asia stole the limelight from China, playing host to some of Asia's biggest and most contested mergers and acquisitions.
Bankers say the trend will persist, as increasingly confident Southeast Asian companies vie for assets against multinationals or each other—potentially resulting in too many buyers chasing too few assets.
M&A activity involving companies in Southeast Asia, a region dominated by Sinagpore and Thailand, stands at its highest level since the 2008 financial crisis. Deals worth $105.4 billion have either been completed or are pending completion this year, an increase of more than 50% from the $68.6 billion involving the region last year, according to Dealogic. It also accounts for a bigger chunk of deal making in the Asia Pacific region outside Japan: 26% this year, compared with 18% in 2011.
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SPX has been pretty open about plans to ramp up its flow business, but that doesn't mean shareholders are embracing a Wall Street Journal report that says the company is in talks to merge with industrial-pumps maker Gardner Denver.
Credit Suisse reckons a deal could see SPX offer $80 a share in cash and stock and move up gross debt to 3.9 times EBITDA, well above a target range of 1.5 to 2.5 times.
WSJ reported that SPX has so far outbid several private-equity firms, which are currently waiting on the sidelines to see if SPX and Gardner Denver can strike a deal. The offers from private-equity firms were in the low- to mid-$70s per share in cash, whereas SPX has offered several dollars more per share, likely through a mix of cash and stock, WSJ reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Both companies have nearly identical market capitalizations of around $3.4 billion, necessitating the exchange of stock for a merger.
Meanwhile, "any major capital returns to shareholders [a key tenet of the SPX investment thesis] would likely be on hold," Credit Suisse said, sticking with its neutral rating.
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A year after being plucked from PepsiCo by a private-equity firm, the maker of Kretschmer Wheat Germ is being folded into Continental Mills, a closely held maker of brownie and pancake mixes.
Brynwood Partners, a Connecticut private-equity firm that specializes in carving out consumer brands from big conglomerates, said that it has sold Kretschmer's parent company to Seattle-based Continental Mills for an undisclosed sum.
Brynwood bought the Kretschmer brand, founded in 1936, and the Manhattan, Kan., factory that makes about 90% of the wheat germ consumed in the U.S. in November 2011 from PepsiCo's Quaker Oats division. The terms of that deal were also not disclosed.
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Cisco Systems' holiday shopping binge marches on with $141 million offer for privately-held Cariden Technologies, a maker of network software for telecom companies.
That, on the heels of a $1.2 billion offer for Wi-Fi tech company Meraki and a $125 million deal for network-software provider Cloupia, is what Cisco does after ending a quarter with about $45 billion cash.
Company notes Cariden supports its Open Network Environment strategy — Cisco's answer to the potential disruption from new software-defined networking tech that could hurt its margins.
Still more software acquisitions wouldn't come as a surprise.
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It's becoming a busy Wednesday for deals. WSJ is now reporting that ATM company NCR is about to announce a deal to acquire Israel-based software company Retalix.
WSJ says the deal is for $650 million in cash, delivering Retalix $30 a share.
NCR has now published a press release confirming the deal.
A $650 million deal prices Retalix at "a pretty nice premium, for a company that sells to convenience stores and grocery stores," said Gil Luria, an analyst covering NCR for Wedbush Securities. "But the strategic fit is good for NCR, since they already sell to those customers, and this would increase their mix of software and services."
NCR shares oscillated during the day as speculation spread, rising 1% before falling and ending the day down 1%.
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After facing some criticism over its continued stonewalling of ConAgra, Ralcorp this morning is looking pretty smart.
The food giant had rebuffed several offers from ConAgra last year, determined instead to sell off its Post Foods cereal business and strike a $545 million deal to buy Sara Lee's refrigerated dough.
While ConAgra is getting Ralcorp for $90 a share, below its final offer of $94 a share last year, the shareholders of Ralcorp are indeed being rewarded for waiting.
Combining the amount shareholders got for the spinoff with today's agreed-upon offer and shareholders got $107.10.
Proxy advisor ISS and shareholders had raised some questions about Ralcorp's rejections and earlier this year Corvex Management LP began agitating for a sale again.
Meanwhile, ConAgra shareholders seem pretty pleased as well, with its shares up 4.3% to $29.50 in premarket trading. Ralcorp is up 26% to $88.79 this morning.
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Over at CFO Journal, colleague Vipal Monga has an interesting look at one nugget that came out of Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman on Tuesday: the odd executive chain of command at H-P when it came to M&A.
The Hewlett Packard -Autonomy merger mess shines a light on the unusual way HP previously handled deals and due diligence: under the prior leadership, the responsible executive didn't report to the chief financial officer.
In many companies, tech and otherwise, the CFO's office is responsible for transactions and due diligence; this is because most companies believe that the financial consequences of most deals are best determined by executives with close ties to the markets, according to one deal adviser.
"It's where the main expertise lies," he said.
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Genesis 50:15-21
"Filling in for God"
It is true or it is not true.
If it is true it makes all the difference in the world - especially when it comes to the toughest times in our lives.
If it isn't true, then we are on our own when tough times come and it is up to us to secure a good outcome for ourselves.
Here's the statement that, if true, is a powerful source of hope for our lives:
There is a God and God is in charge!
There may be times when it doesn't seem as though God is in charge. At least not a God who cares for us and loves us.
The world is full of such brokenness and sorrow that you wonder sometimes why God doesn't intervene and change things.
Most of us have dealt with circumstances that cause worry and stress and our minds work overtime trying to come up with something that will make things better. You find it difficult to sleep, or sleep comes only in bits and pieces and the feeling of waking up fully rested is a wistful memory.
How wonderful it would be to know for certain:
There is a God and God is in charge!
One of the wonderfully amazing things about the bible is just how relevant even its most ancient stories can be to our lives. Right at the very end of the "book of beginnings" - Genesis - is a story about a group of brothers who know exactly what it is like to worry yourself sick. Admittedly, a guilty conscience contributes much to this story. This episode is also a chronicle of how it is that God is in charge even when all outward appearances say otherwise.
Perhaps you are familiar with the background to this story. Jacob, whose name God had changed to Israel, had twelve sons who were destined to become the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph was the second youngest of the twelve sons and the apple of his father's eye. Joseph is the son we learn about as children in Sunday School as the boy who received a "coat of many colors" from his father.¹ Joseph may have been the light of his father's life, but he was not so bright when it came to common sense. He had two specific dreams that suggested he would become the leader of the nation of Israel. This flew in the face of what was supposed to be. The eldest son is supposed to become the family patriarch - not the second son, no the third and certainly not the eleventh!
When Joseph received the coat of many colors from his father, the brothers were indignant - and when Joseph told them his dreams, they were infuriated. It was not long before the brothers got together, plotted Joseph's demise and instead of killing him opted to toss him into a pit where he would certainly have died. They took the coat from Joseph, ripped it to shreds and threw the blood of a lamb on it. Then they took the coat home to show Jacob. They allowed Jacob to conclude that Joseph had been killed by a wild beast.
Actually, Joseph was taken from the pit by one group of wandering tradesmen, sold to another group and wound up in Egypt as a slave. In the ancient middle east, this would typically be the end of the story.
But this story is different.
There is a God and God is in charge!
The work of God is sometimes difficult to understand and there are times when we may wonder where God is. Nevertheless, the providential hand of God is always weaving threads of meaning and purpose in the tapestry of our lives, even in the tough circumstances. As with the tapestry, it is the darker threads that provide the background and contrast for the beauty of the brighter ones.
When our Genesis reading picks up the story, Joseph had risen through the ranks of slavery and has become Pharaoh's right arm. Meanwhile a famine back in Joseph's homeland brings his brothers to Egypt for food and guess who they have to see to get the food they need? They do not recognize Joseph however. The teen age kid they threw into a pit has matured in Egypt, looks like an Egyptian, dresses like an Egyptian and is in charge of the Egyptian warehouses.
Joseph reveals himself to his brothers and there is this wonderful family reunion with lots of tears. Joseph cries because he is reunited with his family. The brothers cry - well they are sort of glad to see Joseph, but likely they are crying tears of panic. The tables have been severely turned, Joseph is in a position to enjoy the mother of all "even the score" opportunities. There they are - literally eating out of Joseph's hand.
Think about it for a minute - what would you do if you were in charge?
But then, this is a different story... remember?
There is a God and God is in charge!
The central lessons that emerge from the rest of the story revolve around three important lines:
"What if..."
Honest now - have you ever said these words in times of worry? Do you say them... maybe a little too often? Many people I know are what I call, Whatifers." "What if I don't do well... What if people don't like what I do... What if my sister (brother, mother, father, uncle etc. etc.) doesn't approve..."
A "whatifer" is someone whose life is frequently on hold because they are afraid to act. In the worst case, they are paralyzed by life's difficult circumstances.
Another approach is the approach of Joseph's brothers. When their father dies, they are petrified that Joseph will now take revenge on them and they take matters into their own hands. "Let's tell him dad said he should treat us kindly and forgive us for trying to erase him from the family."
What they missed out on was the opportunity to clear the whole issue from the painful family past by coming to Joseph for forgiveness. If they are people of faith who trust a God who forgives, then this would be the most direct, clearest path to a clean slate. Besides - why take the chance of lying to a guy who gets information from God through dreams!
"Am I in the place of God?"
Fortunately, Joseph is in touch with God and his faith rather than having been diminished by trial has grown strong. He knows that there is a God and that God is in charge. In spite of the evildoing of his brothers and even the wife of Pharaoh, God has placed him in a position to care for all of Israel.
What beautiful words he has for them when they come begging for their lives and offering to become his slaves. . "Am I in the place of God?"
Wouldn't it be great if more people could bring themselves to say and practice these words? It is not up to you or me to take revenge, get even, even the score or otherwise take into our own hands the issue of making things right. Revenge does not make for righteousness. Getting even does not get it right. Evening the score does not settle anything.
History should tell us that might and mightier do not make for right and righteousness. If you build a bomb, I will build a bigger bomb. And if you build a bigger bomb still, I will build a rocket to knock down your bombs and deliver humongous bombs and on it goes until planet earth is simply rushing through space as one big container of hazardous materials. We are literally, "in this thing..." (or maybe more appropriately - "on this thing") together."
No - none of us are in the place of God. If we are genuinely people of faith, then we will give to God the business of making all things right and attend ourselves to the business of forgiveness for wrongs done against us. Knowing that we are in need of God's forgiveness, we will have a forgiving attitude toward others.
Joseph is not going to buy into the dangerous position of filling in for God. That's exactly what people do who determine to take things into their own hands when it comes to making things absolutely right.
Think about it. It is not difficult to come up with names of people who are perpetually "filling in for God." They are unforgiving in spirit, self-righteous in temperament and judgmental in attitude.
The bottom line for persons of faith is Joseph's affirmation of God's good providence...
"God intended it for good..."
You see - for Joseph, God is not only ruler, God is also over-ruler. The brothers intend harm for Joseph, but God over ruled their wicked intentions and brought about the salvation of the nation in spite of outward appearances to the contrary. Paul said it this way, "We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose." [Romans 8:28]
Joseph's words to his brothers finally brought peace to their lives and put the "whatifs" to rest. Though the words are ancient, they are words of comfort from God to every person of faith who has ever been faced with difficulties and circumstances they could not cope with or understand:
The story of Joseph became an international hit with Andrew
Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's enduringly popular musical favorite
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" It was presented
by PBS in a production starring Donny Osmond. Beginning its life in 1967
as a 20-minute "pop cantata" for a school Easter concert,
"Joseph" was revived and expanded in the mid-'70s and eventually
made its way to Broadway in 1982. This lively interpretation of the
biblical story of Joseph of Canaan has gone on to charm audiences around
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Connections in the Texts
Two threads are woven through our texts. One has to do with sin and its consequences. The other has to do with behavior in light of the divine reality. These threads are actually woven together as each text has a slightly different focus. Matthew deals with one member of the community who sins against another and how the community deals with this sin in light of its divine responsibilities. In Genesis the narrative tells the story of Joseph's brothers and their sin against him. When he is in a position to extract revenge - Joseph forgives and notes that it is God's prerogative to punish. Paul's focus in Romans is directed at the responsibility of Christian folk to live their lives in light of the fact that "...salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed." The Psalm is an affirmation of the connection between the word of the Lord, our lifestyle and the life God alone can give.
One of the important ideas in these lessons is that our actions have consequences that impact others. We are not "Lone Ranger" Christians. The texts might be used to strengthen the issue of community in an individualistic culture.
Matthew 18:15-20
What do you do when you are wronged by someone in the church? Matthew outlines the process and this is the focus of our full text sermon. The passage touches a couple of substantive issues in addition to this.
1. The term "church - ekklesia" ("called out)" is used only twice in the gospels. Here and at 16:18. It is significant that Matthew does not use the word "synagogue." ("to come or gather together") When is intended here is the beginning of a new community which was the parallel revelation to Peter's revelation in 16:16.
2. Jesus notes that the church will have a special role in the lives of those who make up its number. An individual who sins is accountable to the community.
This brings about an interesting discussion of the loosing and binding, here and in chapter 16. In chapter 16, Peter is told that he will receive the keys of the kingdom and that what he binds on earth will be bound in heaven. Here in chapter 18, it is the community (ekklesia) that does the loosing and binding. It becomes clear that it is the whole of the community in which Christ dwells that the locus of divine action takes place.
No matter which direction you take with the message for today, Matthew presents a great opportunity to lift up a high view of the church.
Romans 13:8-14
In his discussion of the Christians lifestyle, Paul encourages the church from two angles. 1. We are to love one another and this will of necessity mean that we keep the commandments. 2. We need to stay aware that the consummation of our salvation is closer with each passing day.
Verses 8-10 underscore the words of Jesus in Matthew 22:36-37 about the "Great Commandment." In 1Peter 4:8 it is, "Love one another deeply because love covers over a multitude of sins." [NIV] This is "Love never fails". In the Upper Room discourse (John 13-16) Jesus covers this ground extensively. There is no genuinely Christian lifestyle without mutual love. There is no need to look up a list of "do's" and "don'ts" when it comes to what is acceptable behavior in our relationships in the Body of Christ. That is, "love is the fulfilling of the law." (v.10)
Stay alert! Paul's injunction to live with an eye on the consummation of the kingdom is not an alarmist, "Jesus is coming in 1999!" type warning -- but rather an encouragement to live in light of our redemption. Awaken out of sleep can translate to "keep your priorities in order" for us today. We are to "put on the Lord Jesus Christ" -- ("The Great Put-On!") -- that is we are to mature in our relationship with Christ.
A Call To Worship
Leader: O Lord of all, we
long to know your presence here today.
Confession of Sin
Merciful God, in Christ you make all things new. We confess our sins before you and are truly sorry for all our shortcomings and offences. Transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace, and in the renewal of our lives make known your heavenly glory; through Jesus Christ our Redeemer. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
Dear friends in Christ, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ free us from all our sins and may we be made new persons in the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
A Prayer of Thanksgiving
Almighty and gracious God, we
come before you today with hearts full
A Prayer of Dedication
Bless us today God! Bless
the gifts we bring! Fill us with new hope


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Huawei Ascend W1 coming to O2 UK in March
February 15, 2013 at 09:46 GMT | By Darlington Moyo
UK mobile operator O2 is set to bolster it's Windows Phone 8 line-up by adding the recently launched Huawei Ascend W1 in March. 02 already offers a wide range of Windows Phone 8 in the HTC Windows Phone 8X, 8S, Samsung ATIV S, Nokia Lumia 820 and Lumia 620, so the Ascend W1 will no doubt widen the choice for prospective Windows Phone users on the network.
"We want to bring Windows Phone 8 to as many of our customers as possible and we're really pleased to be working with Huawei to launch the Ascend W1. The Huawei Ascend W1 looks great in blue or pink and brings the power of personalisation to a whole new audience with its affordable price," said David Johnson, O2 UK general manager for devices.
The device features a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8230 1.2GHz dual-core processor with Adreno 305 graphics, a 5-megapixel camera on the rear with autofocus and flash, 4GB of internal memory expandable via microSD card and a 1950mAh battery. The device will be available in both electric blue (as pictured above) and electric pink, although there's no word on its pricing yet.
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About us
Amudha decors was established in the year 1997 by Mr.K.SIVAKUMAR, who is a post graduate and have an experience about 10years in the similar professional.
We gave a fine touch for the canopys and awnings with latest technology and latest materials like polycarbonate, aluminium, PVC fabric and tensile fabric, these are the materials which were rarely used for canopys and awnings in the past.
This is the new trend to attract the architects and through them our products has been launched. We are also doing coated steel roofing for the industries and factories.
For the last 10years we had never looked back and our list of prestiges clients goes on increasing because of our service and quality of the product.


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Sent by Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly, [address not recorded] to Alfred Russel Wallace [address not recorded] on 12 February 1910.
No summary available at this time.
A typical letter .
Ink sketch of a wallaby on first page and ink sketch of geologic section "Old Palaeozoic" re. "unconformity in the Wallace/Skertchly series" and Wallace's line