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Dear Carolyn: I'm a man in my late 30s. I've been seeing a woman, and getting along with her in many ways, for more than a year. One of her strengths is she's a fairly independent type and not afraid to disappear to a foreign country or the wilderness by herself.
But her self-reliance seems to go hand-in-hand with an inability to maintain close friendships or ties with family members.
She has made sincere efforts, given the parental hand she was dealt. But she has few close friends. I asked myself, "Who would I invite if I wanted to have a surprise party for her?" I'm afraid it would be a very small party.
I can't imagine being sane and happy without having a network of family and friends. So although I am happy with our one-on-one time, it seems I'm getting very little in terms of expanding my circle — not just for me, but for any children I might have.
I keep telling myself to focus on the many positives. But I'd be lying if I said that it's what I'd really want out of a relationship.
Dear B: Then you're lying to her by staying, no?
I could end this answer here, after reminding you that forcing yourself to focus only on the good (or only on the bad) hampers your ability to read people accurately, and that it's OK to break up with someone for not giving you what you need. Figuring out stuff such as this is what dating is for.
But I think a longer answer in warranted.
For one thing, you're staying. Unless you're prone to inertia, that says you want her in your life.
And, you're framing arguments against her using your own worldview versus trying to understand hers.
Your assumptions might be correct. Maybe she is dependent on you for her social life, her scant emotional attachments are a warning, and you and she value different things.
But isn't it also possible that she enjoys the gift of your social group without actually needing it? And that if you and she broke up, she'd revert to lone-wolfism without unraveling?
Granted, even if all these questions have best-case answers, she still might not be right for you. Just don't leave because you can't imagine any other definition of "sane and happy" than your own. What matters is whether her definition is sound for her, yours is sound for you, and they can coexist.
Write to Carolyn Hax — whose column appears on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays — at tellme@wash post.com.


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This product has been ridiculously hyped up, especially with the introduction of F(X)'s Krystal and Sulli as the new Etude House Ambassadors. Pitting Sulli and Krystal against each other with their featured items, the Baby Choux Base and the My Jelly Lips Talk Series was a gimmick they had used to check out and measure the popularity of each. Needless to say, Sulli had one, what with her recent (well, semi-recent) appearance in the Korean Adaptation of Hana Kimi, To the Beautiful You. BUT! I think the results also say a lot about the product itself. While I loved the Baby Choux Base, I'll tell you I was rather underwhelmed with the new My Jelly Lips Talk Series. Here's Why.
Starting off, Etude shines with what they always do best: Cute Packaging. All their lipsticks have these cute, princess-y look to them, which is definitely Etude's entire pitch. If they weren't actually good, at least they'd be useful as decorative ornaments for any girl's dream princess room (admit it! You guys have always wanted one. LOL).
This one is no exception. It's cute in its pearl-y iridescent off-white packaging, but to be completely honest, the string of beads around the base seems rather tacky to me. I'd much rather have the usual bow that Etude usually uses on their packaging. One downside though, is that you can't really tell from the packaging what color the bullet is inside. The only indication is the string of beads on the base, which we'll find out later isn't actually very true to color :(
The bullet itself is decorated with the famous Etude Heart Crown insignia and I totally love the detail. You can actually check on the above left picture that there's a part of the bullet that has a pink smudge :P You'll find out why later.
So from all the ads, posters, and even the videos, I was expecting this to be some sort of heavenly jelly gloss solidified into a lipstick full of moisturizing goodness. According to the packaging:
It comes in 8 shades, all of which are rather tastefully named. Literally. They're named after the tastiest treats. Although I was quite puzzled with this one's name, being familiar with the usual yellow mangoes native to the Philippines. I completely forgot that some mangoes have red, orange and even purple skin o_o
An additional quality to this particular shade is that it's also one of the two in the eight lipsticks that also act as a color-changing tint.
Color, Quality and Wear
So because of the above claims, I was totally going into this with high expectations. I saw this shade in it's pale peachy goodness and couldn't resist it. I was vaguely aware that this was one that had a double function of being a tint. I swatched it on my hand (I don't swatch lipsticks on my lips because the boutiques here in the Phil aren't as meticulous with their cleaning regimen as they are in the States). I don't know what I was expecting - the color came out sheer and barely visible on my hand *sadface*. Inside, however, I convinced myself it would look great on my lips despite its less than stellar performance on my hand, so I ended up buying it haha.
I'm sort of glad I did though, because a few minutes after I left the store, the swatch on my hand had changed color to this subtle pink shade, and I couldn't wait til I got home to see what it looked like on my lips.
So applied, it's nothing like how it looks like on the bullet. The bullet is a pale peachy orange, but on the lips it changes into this sheer but rich tinted pink. Granted, it didn't exactly have the jelly-like texture I was expecting but it was still rather moisturizing! And lo and behold, after an hour, the color actually stuck! While some of the sheen and gloss had definitely dissipated, the color had still remained as a subtle pink tint on my lips, with no drying whatsoever.
Sadly, the tint doesn't exactly last as long as others usually do (max 2-3 hours) and wears off quickly especially after a meal. That being said, I'm glad I could achieve the tinty look without drying my lips out! It's also really easy to create a gradation look with this color.
So what's the final verdict?
I wasn't disappointed in it exactly. It just really wasn't what I was expecting. If it had been marketed differently (not over-exaggerating the the jelly-look), I might have actually appreciated this more. Stand-alone this shade is pretty cute, but also somewhat gimmick-y. Like those magic changing lipsticks LOL. I sort of hoped that the color would stay true to the peachy-orange color it had on the bullet, but I still love the effect and wear it has on my lips.
I'll tell you guys an evil secret haha. I actually wear this lipstick while I sleep so that in the morning my lips look more tinted hahaha. Not exactly the best of habits but it leaves my lips moisturized and colorful the next day :P
So my final say on this is don't expect too much out of it. It's sheer, it's moisturizing and shiny. You can't achieve a gel-look with this unless you layer heaps of it on your lips with a mini-spade or top it off with a gloss (which I consider cheating). But if you get over the fact that those videos with Krystal are a lie, it's still a pretty good product haha. It's replaced my Body Shop Lip and Cheek Tint for the time being while I'm giving my lips some intensive care and rehab.
So what do you guys think? I know this is a limited item, but would you guys still give it a try?
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Sawyer, Bowman Share ECAC Honors
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CAPE COD, Mass. – The Eastern College
Athletic Conference Monday announced the weekly honorees for the
period ending Sunday.
Co-Offensive Players of the Week
Ohio State's Jarred Bowman, a senior midfielder out of Cincinnati, Ohio (Archbishop Moeller High School), had two goals and an assist for three points in the Buckeyes' upset win over third-ranked North Carolina, 13-8. The team captain scored the Buckeyes' first goal to cut an early UNC lead to 2-1. Bowman's second goal again drew the Buckeyes within one (5-4) at 10:01 of the second quarter. His two goals, three points and three shots all were career highs, to go along with a ground ball.
Loyola sophomore attackman Mike Sawyer (Waxhaw, N.C./Charlotte Catholic HS) – who missed the entire 2010 campaign – scored three goals on just five shots on goal Saturday, as the nationally ranked Greyhounds climbed back from a five-goal deficit to beat Navy, 9-8. Sawyer put Loyola on the board with a man-up goal in the second quarter, ripped a 15-yard shot to start the team's rally in the third and then gave the Greyhounds their first lead of the game at 8-7 with 11:33 left in the contest, scoring his second-straight unassisted goal. He also was key in Loyola's possession game, a major factor in the comeback. He scooped up four ground balls, leading all Greyhound offensive players, as Loyola controlled 21 second-half ground balls to Navy's three.
Defensive Player of the Week
Goalie Evan Kirk (Orangeville, Ontario/Salisbury School) led Hobart to a come-from-behind 9-8 victory over Robert Morris by making 12 saves in his first collegiate start. The senior limited the Colonials, who led the nation last season with 15.33 goals per game, to just eight goals on Saturday. Under pressure from the opening whistle, he turned aside five shots in the first quarter to keep the Statesmen in the game, down only 3-2. Hobart trailed 8-4 during the fourth quarter before scoring the last five goals of the game.
Rookie of the Week
Freshman goalkeeper Greg Dutton, of Timonium, Md./Calvert Hall College, played a role in Ohio State's 13-8 upset victory Saturday over No. 3 North Carolina. In just the second start of his collegiate career, Dutton made eight saves. He also led the transition game, with OSU 18-for-20 on clears for a 90.0 percent success rate versus one of the best riding teams in the sport. He made a series of big saves in the second half, as well as sparking the transition with some of his long outlets. He also had two groundballs.
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Perfect Roasted Potatoes With Garlic
Total Time
Prep 30 mins
Cook 45 mins
This recipe is from Cook's Country. I have tried it and it is the BEST roasted potatoe recipe ever. The potatoes are perfectly seasoned and crispy. Every time I've tried to roast potatoes they come out soggy - these are great!!! Enjoy!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 lbs red potatoes, cut into wedges
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and pepper
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh minced parsley
- 1⁄8 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position, place rimmed baking sheet on rack, and heat oven to 450.
- Toss potatoes, cornstarch, garlic powder, salt, and pepper in large bowl.
- Remove baking sheet from oven, coat with oil, place potatoes on sheet.
- While potatoes roast for 30 min., mix butter, fresh garlic, and lemon zest in bowl.
- Turn potatoes and roast another 10 - 15 minute.
- Remove and toss with butter mixture and serve.
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This was a great start to a wonderful recipe. I used butter-flavored cooking spray on the foil, cooked the potatoes for 30 minutes, gave them a stir, and then sprayed the potatoes with the cooking spray. These came out perfectly crunchy on the outside, were cooked thoroughly on the inside and had great flavor. Thanks for a great side dish!
These were just okay for us. It was much too greasy with the butter/garlic topping. Think next time I would omit that part and just have the roasted potatoes.


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By Dan King - Newcastle United Club Reporter
Magpies youngster Daniel Barlaser has described the experience of representing Turkey twice this week as "unreal."
The 15-year-old - who hails from Newcastle but qualifies for Turkey through his father - was called up for his county's under-16 side after impressing at a training camp last month.
And the former Swalwell Juniors winger, who made his debut for United's under-18s side against Tottenham on the opening day of the season, played in two friendly games against Italy.
On Tuesday, Barlaser came from the bench to make his international debut as the young Turks won 1-0 against the Azzurri in Rodengo Seiano in Brescia. The Newcastle man played for 25 minutes.
Then on Thursday, he started in Iseo, Brescia, as the Italians gained revenge with a 2-1 victory.
Barlaser - who scored his first under-18s goal against Stoke last month - told nufc.co.uk: "It was unreal.
"And the scenery was brilliant where we were staying."
He is due to arrive back on Tyneside on Thursday evening and could be included in the under-18s' squad for their home game against Aston Villa on Saturday (kick-off 11am).


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Anub'arak 25man heroic. Lost A Tribute to Immortality around 7-8% once, lost A Tribute to Insanity around 0,3-3% about 10 times due to retarded melee cleaving adds before they reached the tank, or retarded healers overhealing like fuck. Or the same healers who were already wiping us by overhealing failed to heal their Penetrating Cold target.
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Gunmen killed at least five police officers in two attacks in northern Nigeria yesterday, casting doubt on the ceasefire declared days earlier by a purported Islamist commander.
About 60 gunmen in the Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna state attacked the divisional police station and branches of Ecobank and First Bank with grenade launchers and assault rifles, killing three policemen, police said.
In a separate attack near the city of Kano, suspected Islamists on motorbikes bombed a police station in Bunkure, killing two police.
Kaduna state Police Commissioner Olufemi Adenaike, who was at the scene of the Birnin Gwari attack, said a civilian also was killed in the coordinated raid.
"They overpowered the team of about 20 policemen," he said, declining to comment on whether this was an attack by Islamist sect Boko Haram or a criminal gang.
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International's Easley breaks long-jump record
Columbus International junior Timia Easley broke the Division III state record in the long jump last night in the Gilchrest-White Invitational at South with a leap of 19 feet, 4 inches. The old record of 18-111/4, set by Ina Jackson of Bedford Chanel, had stood since 1999.
Auto racing
Jourdain Jr. gives Rahal three drivers in Indy 500
Michel Jourdain Jr. will return to the Indianapolis 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
The Hillard-based team announced that Jourdain will drive the No. 17 Honda with sponsorship from Office Depot Mexico. The team will field three entries in the race, including Graham Rahal and James Jakes.
Jourdain finished 19th in last year's race while driving for Rahal.
Jordan officially named Rutgers basketball coach
After weeks of speculation, Rutgers announced that Eddie Jordan will replace fired men's basketball coach Mike Rice.
Jordan, 58, played for the Scarlet Knights from 1973 to 1977 and was a member of their Final Four team in 1976. He has played and coached in the NBA, including this season as an assistant with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Rutgers, which will join the Big Ten in 2014, will pay Jordan a guaranteed $6.25 million over five years.
• New Mexico and Bob Davie agreed on a two-year contract extension, extending the football coach's contract through the 2019 season.
Davie led the Lobos to a 4-9 record during his first season in 2012, producing more victories than the Lobobs did from 2009 to 2011 combined.
• Crews removed Auburn's poisoned oak trees from their iconic posts at Toomer's Corner, bringing an end to an era.
Auburn fans traditionally draped the trees with toilet paper after a big victory. The trees were all but dead after being poisoned by an Alabama fan during Auburn's 2010 run to the national championship.
• Bob Welton, who spent the past nine years as a scout for the NFL's Cleveland Browns, was named Tennessee's director of player personnel.
Crew rookie called up to U.S. Under-20 team
Crew rookie midfielder Wil Trapp was called up to the U.S. Under-20 soccer team. He will train with the team at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. A game against the Chivas USA reserve team on Monday will cap a week of training.
• Super Ninety Nine and Den's Legacy won't run in the Kentucky Derby after trainer Bob Baffert took them out of consideration.
Super Ninety Nine was ranked 18th with 30 points on the Derby leader board, which determines the top 20 horses with preference to run at Churchill Downs. Den's Legacy was 20th with 20 points.
Baffert still has Sunland Derby winner Governor Charlie (ranked 11th) and possibly Code West (21st) and Power Broker (24th) as possible starters in the Derby, which he has won three times.
• World champion Johnny Spillane, who won three silver medals for the United States in Nordic combined ski races at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, is hanging up his skis nine months before the Sochi Olympics.
Spillane announced his retirement after more than 13 years in the sport that combines a ski jump and a brutal test of speed over a cross-country course.
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"As they do every year, the warmer, southern tips of Florida, California and Texas are now supplying the country's vegetables, and so far, both the crops and the markets look good," said Dr. Juan Anciso, an AgriLife Extension vegetable specialist in Weslaco.
"We're now shipping leafy green vegetables and some tomatoes to markets in Dallas, Ft. Worth, St. Louis, Chicago and over to New York and New Jersey. Leafy greens include cilantro, collards and mustard greens," Anciso said.
Even as growers in the subtropical Rio Grande Valley harvest what they planted in late summer, they continue planting their fast-maturing vegetables into January so as to extend harvests through April.
"By then, when it's too hot to grow vegetables here, growers in New York, New Jersey, Michigan and other states start planting and harvesting their vegetables, and so the cycle goes," he said.
"Our planting season is totally opposite from the rest of the country and it all has to do with our proximity to the equator," said Barbara Storz, an AgriLife Extension horticulturist in Hidalgo County.
"It's too hot to grow vegetables here in the summer, between June and August," she said. "The heat is just too much for them. Oppressive heat, especially nighttime temperatures, just don't allow for efficient respiration so vegetable plants just shut down. They can't even flower, let alone fruit."
Summers in South Texas are reserved for crops that thrive in high temperatures, including sorghum, sugarcane and cotton, Storz said.
"For vegetables, the magic number is 70," she said. "Vegetables love nighttime temperatures below that. With South Texas summers, it's not unusual to be in the 80s overnight. In the north, vegetables are planted when the soil is just warming up and harvesting is done when it's warm. But here we plant seeds when the soil is hot at the end of the summer and we harvest when it's cool. We're backwards from other growing areas because our subtropical heat is just too tough."
Onions make up the bulk of the Valley's vegetable crop, grossing an average of $100 million in farm gate receipts yearly, Anciso said. They are planted in the fall and harvested in the spring, prices permitting.
"Onion market prices were so low last year that some growers didn't bother to harvest," Anciso said. "They simply abandoned those fields because at $5 per 50-pound bag, you can't justify the expense of harvesting, hauling and packing."
Growers won't know onion prices until March when that harvest begins, but if vegetables are any indication, they may be up, Anciso said.
"Growers are getting about $10 to $15 per unit of vegetables right now," he said. "That compares to $7 to $8 last year. I'd call it a fair market."
Anciso said he thinks that had growers known vegetable prices were going to be up this year, they would have planted more onions.
"I estimate onion acreage will be about 8,000 acres, maybe 7,000. That's down from 9,500 acres last year in southern Texas," he said. "We won't know the exact acreage until the South Texas Onion Committee (a federal marketing order) releases its figures the first week of December."
Anciso said that while many factors play into a grower's decision on how much to plant, history plays a major role.
"Wet weather at planting was a factor. Demand is probably a little weaker thanks to a shaky economy, but I think growers pulled back on planting this year because last year was such a bad year for all vegetable prices all across the country," he said. "Only watermelons did well last season. Everything else was just in the gutter, so the reaction is to cut back in acreage."
Another list of factors, many yet to be determined, will play a role in what growers get for their onions, including the amount of U.S. storage onions left over from last year and Mexico's production of onions this year, Anciso said.
"Mexico would need to have a major disaster in their onion production for prices to be great," Anciso said. "Short of that, I suspect we'll have a fair market of about $10 to $15 per 50-pound bag. Growers won't make a killing, but it will be good. They'll make money."


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Cheesy MeatballsNovember 2008
Makes: 12 servings
Prep: 30 mins
Cook: 10 mins
- 1 pound ground beef chuck
- 1 small onion, grated
- 3/4 cup breadcrumbs
- 3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 3 tablespoons grated pecorino-romano cheese
- 3 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 4 fresh basil leaves, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 large egg, beaten
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- In a large mixing bowl, gently break apart the beef with a fork. Add the onion, breadcrumbs, parmesan, pecorino-romano, ketchup, parsley, basil, salt, Worcestershire sauce and garlic powder and stir gently to combine. Stir in the egg until just incorporated.
- Using your hands, shape the meat into 1-inch balls, to make about 60 meatballs.
- In a large nonstick skillet, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil over medium-high heat. Working in batches, add the meatballs and cook, turning, until lightly browned, about 10 minutes, adding more oil when necessary. Drain on paper towels.
Tip PAIR WITH:
- Cave TerraVentoux Cotes du Ventoux 2005 (France), Red Truck Merlot Central Coast 2006 (California)
- For a lighter dish, use ground turkey instead of beef and add 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil to the mixture.


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Pedestrian safety studied during downtown walk
Elkins City Council's planning commission joined Ronald Eck of the West Virginia University Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering for a Friday afternoon "walkability" tour of downtown.
The goal of the walk-around was to "analyze how pedestrian friendly the downtown is," City Clerk Sutton Stokes said. "Many residents updating the city's walkability will contribute to the city's comprehensive planing process."
Mayor Van Broughton, several council members and other concerned citizens joined Eck at City Hall. From there, they headed to the Elkins Train Depot. Along the way, they pointed out the cars speeding, going more than 30 mph on Railroad Avenue, which had a 15 mph limit.
They also noticed trees and shrubs blocking cars attempting to turn. Stop lines and crosswalks were also creating dangerous scenarios.
Eck called the street in front of the Depot "an asphalt jungle." He suggested that reflective beads be placed on the crosswalk.
The group discussed how to deal with the wide-open space in front of the depot. The planning commission felt it has become a dangerous obstacle course for train occupants who want to explore downtown. One popular idea was to slow down traffic by creating a round-about with a fountain in its center.
As the group continued through downtown, they found similar problems: not enough stop signs, misplaced stop lines, not enough cross-walks, misplaced cross walks and obstructions preventing cars from making safe turns.
The group walked along Randolph Avenue near the entrance to the Elkins City Park and Davis & Elkins College. Several people pointed out there is no cross walk to allow pedestrians to safely cross the road at that point.
Councilwoman Nanci Bross-Fregonara said, "There is no easy way for the students to cross."
Councilman Joseph Sabatino, who has a background in city planning, was trained in Canada where they stress the creation of wide open areas by trimming trees and raising the height of signs to help citizens escape crime.
Sabatino's unique input was valued by the other participants throughout the day. Alice Sabatino, also a member of the commission, joined the walking tour and helped record the issues discussed.
Others in attendance included Charlie Jordan of the planning commission. Jordan has been involved in drainage issues for years, and hopes to help City Council improve Elkins. Councilman Gene Ochsendorf also participated in the walking event.
In the end, officials felt they had taken a step forward in improving the pedestrian component of the city's comprehensive plan.
"I'm very encouraged to have someone that knows a lot about pedestrian issues (and) is willing to spend three hours with us to help us envision how we can improve our pedestrian walkability." Bross-Fregonara said. "It will not only improve downtown but also deal with the connectability with the neighborhoods and the college."
"I thought this was very positive," Sabatino said. "We have some real problems that we need to take care of."


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The recent controversy about the content of a drawing created by the artist Kara Walker had a lot of people talking about art. But the problem was that not too many people really think about what art is or isn't. I think it is important that we look at what art really is. Art is not just a pretty picture to look at, art is a form of visual communication. That is the simplest definition of it but it does start the process of thinking about art as more than something of beauty.
Art communicates many things, on every subject known to mankind art is a part of the process of communication.
Art is documentation of our history and a representation of us. We are able to recognize our first presidents by the paintings done of them while they lived. We use art as a means to create patriotic symbols that represent our country and us. Our flag was designed and now anyone who sees it knows what it represents, The United States of America. The Liberty Tree, the Liberty Pole (which few Americans know about anymore), we place art on our money, we have art in many of our public buildings and those public buildings are an art in themselves.
Much of this documentation is also a form of commemoration. We use art to commemorate very specific times and moments in our history and in our everyday lives. Many folks also use art to commemorate family and family history. At one time people would have photos made of the dead sitting in a chair at the wake and some folks would also sit next to their dead loved ones in the photo. People also had paintings created of their dead children as memory and commemoration. We commemorate our pets and even farm animals with art.
Art also is tied to every religion in some manner. Religious symbols, images of gods and goddesses, demons and devils, saints and even people considered holy are everywhere in every religion. Patrons of art and religion can be seen in paintings, stained glass windows and even churches, temples and mosques are named after these patrons. The religious buildings and everything in them are also a form of art.
Art is also used in the process of healing. Shaman, medicine men, witch doctors and other healers use art to help heal the sick. Sand paintings, masks and special tools were created to help bring the power of the healing process to people. These were all created to enhance the power of the healers to help heal the sick and wounded. This helped create a positive role in the healing process for those who needed healing.
Art is political discourse and a form of political protest. Many political groups use a symbol, a color, a special image and even a very particular type of flag to represent who and what they are.
Art is also used in the political process to convey social issues, photos, paintings and sculpture have been used to point out social reform and social injustice. Here is where people get upset over art works. Sometimes this form of art is not pretty at all and upsets the viewer so they lash out and call this form of art, trash, porn or even the sign of a degenerate thinker. If the art makes you uncomfortable that was its purpose, the content is not harmful but the emotion the viewer experiences makes the viewer feel visually harmed. Art does not physically harm anyone but the thoughts they convey make people feel a sense of being harmed psychically. Art does by its very nature manipulate your senses and your emotions. So you as the viewer have the power to see how it manipulates you and come to an understand that it takes two to tango when viewing art. The viewer is not some disassociated part of the process. The viewer is very much an important part of the whole thing. Artists make art to give the viewer many things to think and associate with themselves. If the viewer feels harmed then that is the viewers response to the art. So the viewer should bare the blame for feeling a sense of being harmed.
Art is bought all the time by everyone. We decorate our environment with art, we decorate our bodies with art. Make up, clothes, shoes, jewelry and even hair dye are all a form of decoration of self. We make ourselves art with the things we buy and apply to our bodies. We do this to attract attention to ourselves so we are a form of art too.
Every product you buy at the store uses art in some manner, color and shape and functionality are all taken in to consideration when designing anything we use. Household objects like furniture, dryers and washers, radios, TV's, rugs, cabinets, wallpaper and floor tile, look at everything in your house and you see that ideas and components of art are in just about everything in your house.
You buy your car based on many thing but the biggest part of that is about attraction, you want a particular color, you want a vehicle that says something about you as you drive it about. it is also a form of attraction for many folks. Your vehicle is an artistic representation of you to everyone else.
Even the tools you use are created for function and attraction. You but your power tools and hand tools based on function but also based on attraction. Now many power tools use color as attraction.
Art is everywhere in your life, just look around and count how art touches all things of mankind and then you will understand the importance of art in our everyday lives.
Even your resume is designed for a reason, attraction.
Will you ever like and appreciate all art? HELL NO you won't because as they say "beauty is in the eye of the beholder".
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Sapphire (born Ramona Lofton on August 4, 1950, in Fort Ord, California) lives and works in New York City, and was born in Fort Ord, California. Her first collection of prose and poetry is American Dreams, published by Serpent's Tail/High Risk Books. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, including High Risk 2: Writings on Sex, Death & Subversion; Critical Condition: Women on the Edge of Violence; and Women on Women: An Anthology of American Lesbian Short Fiction. Sapphire graduated from City College in Harlem with a degree in Dance [and an M.F.A. from the writing program at Brooklyn College], where she was the 1994 recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Scholarship in Poetry. She was the first place winner in Downtown Magazine's Year of the Poet III Award for 1994.
Bio excerpted from: http://www.diacenter.org/prg/poetry/94_95/sapphirebio.html
Hardcover: 384 pages
Black Wings & Blind Angels: Poems
"Alive with the emotional honesty and intellectual force for which Sapphire has been admired as both a writer and a performance artist, these forty-seven poems take us into America's past and present, bearing testimony to the black experience in a country fragmented by war, racism, and urban and domestic violence. They tell the story of a search for the complicated spiritual path back to one's roots, a story of family, race, and self-transformation." ~ from the book jacket
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Day after day they go over the pages, translating the illiterate but developing language of Precious' journals. The learning process itself, as vividly revealed as the most brutal aspects of Precious' daily existence, is the heartbeat of a novel that will disturb, galvanize, and stay in the mind.
American Dreams
In the tradition of Alice Walker, this electrifying new African American voice delivers the verdict on the urban condition in a sensual, propulsive, and prophetic book of poetry and prose.
Whether she is writing about an enraged teenager gone "wilding" in Central Park, fifteen-year-old Latasha Harlins gunned down by a Korean grocer, or a brutalized child who grows up to escape her probable fate through the miracle of art, Sapphire's vision in this collection of poetry and prose is unswervingly honest.
"Stunning . . . . One of the strongest debut collections of the '90s."--Publishers Weekly
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142294.post2566996230723585270..comments2016-11-24T13:10:01.762+00:00Comments on Alternative Chat :: A Warcraft Blog: The Safety DanceAlternative email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142294.post-4038821581603138222013-03-03T18:41:49.067+00:002013-03-03T18:41:49.067+00:00I always assumed that low population and server me...I always assumed that low population and server mergers were the domain of mmos with fewer subs than Blizzard's behemoth, but then again with so many options for players now, is this indicative of wow suffering significant sub losses, or is it just a sign of the times kinda deal?hordemasterhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142294.post-39299941682391429032013-03-01T22:37:33.834+00:002013-03-01T22:37:33.834+00:00I like Mr Elf's idea. I think RPers would LOO...I like Mr Elf's idea. I think RPers would LOOOOVE it.Navimiehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142294.post-46545733148493901142013-03-01T19:42:44.144+00:002013-03-01T19:42:44.144+00:00Add another vote in favor of surnames of some sort...Add another vote in favor of surnames of some sort. A long while ago I moved servers and found out my name was not available. I still think of myself as "Lilac" and miss that name terribly. To the point where I'm thinking of transferring back just to get the name back.Nibucahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142294.post-38753509573027882072013-03-01T16:28:14.464+00:002013-03-01T16:28:14.464+00:00Seems to me that merging two low-pop servers, the ...Seems to me that merging two low-pop servers, the problem takes care of itself to the large extent. You know, two servers with zero players also has zero name overlap issues. Any Blizz server merge will be north of that, of course, but that's the starting point.

They've already got a solution in Battle.net in that I'm not Grimmtooth there - I'm Grimmtooth#1375 (or something, don't take that number for granted). First one that asks for a rename gets the number lopped off, and the other finds a new name.

This isn't a new thing. There are as many schemes for merging servers and dealing with name collisions as there are MMOs. Blizzard's good fortune is that they haven't really had to deal with this now, but, yes, they need to deal with it, and not using the CRZ cop-out.Grimmtoothhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142294.post-76056329618627474092013-03-01T15:53:28.928+00:002013-03-01T15:53:28.928+00:00That is brilliant. I have a step up from this, tha...That is brilliant. I have a step up from this, that I reckon would work just as well.

You are given the name you have when merged, but the suffix 'of Server Name' This would allow you to maintain the identity you had previous to the merge PLUS allow multiple versions of the same name.

Titles could then be tagged on the end, and you could legitimately have the same names on multiple servers.The Godmotherhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-9142294.post-66193578359370377462013-03-01T14:52:21.128+00:002013-03-01T14:52:21.128+00:00There is an easy fix, they are just not smart enou...There is an easy fix, they are just not smart enough to figure it out.

Merge servers, do not make people change their names. Done, simple.

Just add last names.

After the merge when you first attempt to log in you are forced to choose a last name. Tada.

So if I was named Mike and the new server also has a Mike I can be Mike Smith and he can be Mike Johnson and we both can happily keep our names.

Add to that, now if other people want to be named Mike there can be a Mike Smith, Mike Johnson, Mike Brown, Mike White, Mike Williams, etc. You get the idea.

Add even more to that, RPers would LOVE them for adding last names.

Now, they can merge at will AND they can now force people with those stupid symbols in their name to change them. Last names make sense. Add them, merge, win.

Simple solution, but never ever ever in a million years would blizzard do something that was simple and logical.TheGrumpyElfhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com


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In the past three months the changes in Egypt have been profound and startling. From the memorable images of hundreds of thousands of people thronging Tahrir Square to the arrests of former president Hosni Mubarak, his two sons and a number of former ministers and businessmen, events in Egypt show the power of a people's revolution.
The arrests send a strong message to the Egyptian people: that no person who has damaged the state through acts of corruption will be granted impunity.
But the longer-term strategy for transferring power from the military to a democratic government and eliminating corruption in the political system is still unclear. This is the hard part; building a national integrity system in a state fractured by corruption and self-gain, and channelling the passions of the people into a creative and inclusive political dialogue.
In April Transparency International (TI) hosted two events in Egypt to discuss the steps required to strengthen the institutions that will deliver the demands of the people for free and fair government.
In 2009 TI carried out a study in Egypt of the key institutions, sectors and activities that contribute to integrity, transparency and accountability in a society. When they function properly, strong institutions helps combat corruption.
The 2009 study in Egypt found there were major areas of concern: widespread conflict of interest, political interference in the work of anti-corruption agencies, a lack of effective whistleblower protection, weak enforcement of laws and regulations, unchecked powers of the president, a lack of transparency and access to information and excessive limitations on civil society freedoms and the media.
The revolution has opened the doors for reform. From 17-18 April 2011 TI held a workshop in Egypt for government officials, academics, lawyers, the media and civil society to explore the reforms necessary to build a strong NIS. The recommendations following the workshop included:
- New laws that guarantee public officials are accountable, with no exceptions
- Strong freedom of information and whistleblower protection laws
- Ensure financial institutions exercise scrutiny of clients who are public officials
- Creation of a national body responsible for a comprehensive anti-corruption strategy
- The creation of the role of ombudsman to investigate citizens' complaints.
Recovering stolen assets is a complex legal process but it is necessary to show that there is no impunity. It teaches a new generation that corruption will not be tolerated and is a building block on which to restore trust in government institutions.
On April 19 Transparency International hosted a panel discussion in Cairo bringing together international legal experts with Egyptian specialists to take stock of where Egypt is now in this process.
There has already been progress. Egypt requested asset freezes of former political leaders and businessmen in some jurisdictions and investigations are underway but complying with the requirements of jurisdictions for information exchange and eventual asset returns will be a long complicated business.
To accomplish this Egypt must dedicate sufficient resources to investigators and officials working on asset recovery, and take advantage of international measures already in place to request legal assistance and information exchange from other countries.
Egypt should also apply national anti money laundering legislation and investigate all the assets of the Mubarak family and other leading figures, including shell companies, shares and real estate. These investigations should be carried out in a transparent manner, so that the public see there is no impunity.
The aftermath of revolution is as hard to manage as the revolution itself. Strong institutions will help the new political class in Egypt achieve its goal of a fair society where the rule of law is strong and corruption no longer divides the people.
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Dirty Hairy Hosts Santigold and Wale
November 30, LIV, 4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach
D.C. hip hop phenom Wale takes the stage with the artist formerly known as Santogold at LIV. While we're totally looking forward to hearing Santo's 2007 hit "L.E.S. Artistes" live, we've been waiting years for her to bring us something new. Cross your fingers she'll debut some fresh material.
MOCA Beach Party
November 30, The Raleigh, 1775 Collins Ave., Miami Beach. Invite only.
MOCA director Jeffrey Deitch has a reputation for throwing the good parties at Art Basel Miami Beach, and this event has prospects of being one of the best events all week. Soulwax will perform, while 2manydjs will take the helm at the turntables, guaranteeing a riotous evening.
Timbaland Introduces Amrita Sen's BollyDoll Collection
November 30, B Bar at the Betsy Hotel, 1440 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach. Invitation only.
Superstar music producer Timbaland will introduce L.A.-based Indian artist Amrita Sen's Bollywood-inspired BollyDoll line of artwork, but we think the highlight of the night will be when he gets on the microphone.
YACHT and BFGF
December 1, Electric Pickle, 2826 N Miami Avenue, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, 3rd Floor
Those quirky, minimalist electropop darlings YACHT will perform at the Electric Pickle, which has thus deemed itself the hipster hotspot for the night.
James Murphy and Pat Mahoney's Special Disco Version With Black Lips, Midnight Surfer, and a "Surprise Guest DJ"
December 1, 697 North Miami Avenue, Downtown Miami
Futuristic electro-punk and old school garage punk converge as former LCD Soundsystemers James Murphy and Pat Mahoney, performing as Special Disco Version, set up their turntables in the same venue as the Black Lips' guitars. We're excited about the surprise guest DJ, as the sky's the limit to our guesses. Daft Punk? David Guetta? DJ Pauly D?
Spotify's Music Loves Art With Nas, Theophilus London, and Mark Farina (DJ set)
December 1, Ricochet Lounge, 3250 NE 1st Avenue, Miami. Invite only.
Art Basel Miami Beach man-about-town Theophilus London teams up with hip hop legend Nas, and iconic house DJ Mark Farina for a memorable night. Now you just have to find a way to get in.
Yelle and Housse de Racket
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Moby With Live Acoustic Band and DJ Gigamesh
December 2, Bardot, 3456 North Miami Avenue, Miami
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Spotify's Music Loves Art with Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings and Venus X (DJ set)
December 3, Ricochet Lounge, 3250 NE 1st Avenue, Miami. Invite only.
Spotify sets up a night of a decidedly more relaxed tone, probably just as you're starting to lose your stamina. Giving the DJs a break that night, Brooklyn natives Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' soulful funk vibes will have the crowd grooving rather than grinding.
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Another LCD System alum, Nancy Whang, joins up with her current the Juan MacLean bandmate Juan MacLean for a secret DFA show. Will LCD Soundsystem (whose performance at last year's Art Basel Miami Beach caused quite a stir) reunite while its ex-members are gallivanting about South Beach? One can only wish.


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The Acer C7 Chromebook sports a 11.6-inch 1366x768 display and is powered by 1.1 GHz Intel Celeron 847 processor with 2GB RAM. It comes with 320GB hard disk and an additional 100GB Google Drive cloud storage, free for two years. It is 1-inch thick and weighs 1.4kgs.
The notebook comes with dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and Ethernet connectivity, HDMI and VGA ports, HD camera and 3 USB 2.0 ports. The battery is listed at 3.5 hours of backup with normal usage.
The Acer C7 Chromebook is the sixth Chromebook, with two other models from Samsung currently available for purchase. The other three have since been discontinued. A Chrome OS running desktop called Chromebox was unveiled earlier this year. (See: Samsung Chromebook and Chromebox review) Unlike the Samsung Chromebook 550 and the Samsung Chromebook, there are no 3G variants of the Acer C7 Chromebook.
Chromebooks are known for their fast boot-up times and rely almost entirely on web applications, compared to regular computers that run applications stored locally.
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Simpson was clutch. He began Saturday at five over par, but he fought back.
After going two under the day before, on Sunday he bogeyed twice in the first five holes to erase the ground that he had gained. Webb didn't panic, though. He birdied four out of his next five holes and hit for par on the final eight to claim the crown.
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Hi, given the ellipse in the xy plane I have to sketch the x(t) & y(t) graphs for the solution. I have included a photo of the problem from the textbook (its problem # 24, the ellipse) as well as my attempt at a solution.
Let $a$ be the radius of the ellipse along the x-axis and $b$ be the radius along the y-axis. Let $(h,k)$ be the center of the ellipse. Then the parametrization of the ellipse is:
$x = h + a\cos t$
$y = k + b\sin t$
Your ellipse has $a=2, b=1, h=2, k=1$
So, $x(t) = 2(1+\cos t)$, $y(t) = 1+\sin t$
Hence, your graph for $x(t)$ looks correct, but your graph of $y(t)$ is not. Reflect $y(t)$ over the line $y=1$ and it will be what you drew.
Thank you very much, I really appreciate it. I was wondering, do I need to label the t axis with values, or are they unknown? At first I put that each complete wavelength took 2pi but for some reason I wasn't sure if there was enough info to determine the time it takes to complete each wavelength


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My partner and I are leaning toward only doing the Amnio for genetic testing and skipping all the screening tests. ĀWe have two main reasons for thinking this: Ā1. My insurance doesn't cover any maternity at all, so it would be less expense in the long-run and 2. ĀI'm 42 and we want the most accurate result possible.
Has anyone else skipped all the rest of the screening and only have the amnio? ĀĀ
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My partner and I are leaning toward only doing the Amnio for genetic testing and skipping all the screening tests. ĀWe have two main reasons for thinking this: Ā1. My insurance doesn't cover any maternity at all, so it would be less expense in the long-run and 2. ĀI'm 42 and we want the most accurate result possible.
Since you think you might be at risk of having complications I think it is a good idea. I opted for amnio after my blood test came back showing I am a carrier for genetic mutation. So I chose amnio and canceled all other tests for any other disorder. It made much more sence to me too.
I'm 42 as well, and my insurance doesn't cover maternity either. We have opted to do the amnio instead of all the screening tests because 1. it's cheaper and 2. it will give us a definite result, not just a percentage. My amnio is scheduled for Wednesday - I'm a little nervous but cannot wait to get the results!
We skipped all the screening tests and went to CVS, but that didn't work so to amnio. ┬ĀI would do it that way again for sure! ┬Ā
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Thanks all. ┬ĀI appreciate so much hearing from others in the same type of situation(s).
ajsmith .... Good luck with your amnio!
I did with my first pregnancy.┬Ā With the second we only did┬Āthe NT scan and first trimester screening to determine if we needed CVS or if┬Āwe could wait for an amnio, then went ahead with the amnio with┬Āout any of the sequential screening.┬Ā It was expensive even with insurance coverage!!
The screening tests are only 85% accurate.┬Ā The amnio is 99% accurate.┬Ā I think your decision to skip the screening and go to amnio is fine.┬Ā I did the screening and got very good results with only 1 in 1000 chances of Downs.┬Ā I am still doing an amnio because i will be 42 when I deliver. This is our first baby.┬Ā The amnio tests for lots of other stuff that the screening does not.┬Ā I am getting my amnio this thursday.
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went for my amnio yesterday. After the level 2 ultrasound, the doctor said everything looked perfect, that the baby was growing great, and we had a less than 1% chance for downs so we opted not to have the amnio after all. I feel so relieved!
I went straight to CVS due to history of pregnancies with chromosomal anomalies.
I was in the same situation as you; planning to skip screening and go straight to amnio.
Then a friend had an abnormal ultrasound finding which led to an amnio which was normal. ┬ĀBut her daughter was indeed born with chromosome issues. ┬ĀThis is making me think that I should get some of the screening done so that I have more data in the case that my amnio misses something like hers did.
By the way, amnio is only 99% accurate for finding a full-blown trisomy. ┬ĀIt is much less accurate for picking up other types of genetics issues. ┬ĀIt does miss a lot of things.
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If you get an amnio, in addition to FISH results (tests for T13, T18, and T21 and sex chromosomal issues), they also run the full karyotype (that gives you information on additions / deletions on all the chromosomes).┬Ā There is always the possible that there is a chromo issue that is so unique that is it not apparent on the test but the probability is very small (I don't recall the number).┬Ā If you want more granularity and accuracy, there's also the microarray test that is also an option in addition to karyotype.┬Ā Best of luck.┬Ā I would recommend sitting with with a GC who can give you full clarity on your options.┬Ā


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Stepping onto the world music stage with her first solo album, Cuban-American songstress Venissa Santi not only serves up 10 wide-ranging tracks as fresh and invigorating as spring rain, but accomplishes it almost single-handedly. Not that she isn't provided superior accompaniment, particularly by Rodriquez brothers Michael (trumpet) and Robert (piano), bassist Yunior Terry and drummer/percussionist Francois Zayas. But Santi produced the disc, shaped all the arrangements and wrote two of songs.
Divided almost evenly between Spanish and English, Santi's selections range from boldly modern interpretations of such Cuban classics as "Como Fue" (reinvented as a fiery blues with inspired assistance from two special guests, guitarist/bassist Jeff Lee Johnson and organist Barry Soames) and the warmly beguiling "Lucerito de mi Amor" (written by her grandfather) to a satin-lined reading of the Gershwins' "Embraceable You," adorned with an ingenious vocalese bridge, and a delightfully imaginative pairing of the Peter Pan lullaby "Tender Shepherd" with Rodgers and Hart's "Little Girl Blue."
Impressively, Santi's own compositions, both written in English, shine just as brightly. Her "Talkin' to You" involves a feisty lass bidding a firm, if somewhat reluctant, adieu to a vainly recalcitrant lover, while, in the spirit of Leon Russell's "Superstar" and so many like-minded pop anthems, "Wish You Well" simply but expertly tells the tale of a girl left on the sidelines by an overly ambitious rock star wannabe.


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Galatians 3:1–3, 10–14, 19–26
Galatians is one of Paul's most contentious letters. It stands in great contrast to, say, Philippians, which is full of warm praise and gratitude, and Philemon, in which Paul took a deferential tone when writing to a powerful person. Not so in Galatians, which he wrote to many different churches in a region (In Paul's time, Galatia was a province of the Roman Empire in central Asia Minor, roughly present-day Turkey.). This probably helps to explain why Paul was so upset (see Galatians 1:6–9; 3:1; 4:12): The trend he was battling affected many congregations in many cities.
The background to the letter is that Paul preached the gospel of Christ in Galatia's cities and many Gentiles became believers. Then some began listening to what Paul called "a different gospel" (by which he meant no gospel at all; Gal. 1:6–7). Apparently Christian Jews persuaded some that the next necessary step was for the Galatian males to accept the sign of God's covenant, or circumcision, and so demonstrate that Christ's followers were now incorporated into Israel (see Galatians 6:14–16). Now remember that Paul was not opposed to doing works of the law in and of themselves, so we must surmise that someone convinced these believers that circumcision was not a voluntary act of piety but necessary to be in right relationship with God (to be "righteous" or "justified"). Such a teaching negated Paul's teaching that it is God, through Christ, who justifies.
Aren't present-day Christians also likely to forget this truth in favor of a personal checklist of righteousness?
Forgetting Faith (1–3)
How do believers abandon the gospel? For Paul, the first step was to forget how we received the Spirit and were transformed into followers of Christ. Did any readers of The Alabama Baptist become believers by performing pious acts (even really righteous ones)? Or did you become believers by believing (Paul said "hearing of faith")? In "Surprised by Joy,"C.S. Lewis said he was not quite sure how it happened, but, "When we set out [for the Whipsnade zoo], I did not believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and when we reached the zoo, I did." Surely traveling to the zoo was not a pious act. Lewis — like us and the Galatians — was transformed from nonbeliever to believer — from no faith to faith — by God through Christ.
Pursuing a Religious Checklist (10–14)
The second step in abandoning the gospel is to become convinced that we really do work our way into (and, by extension, fall out of) God's good graces, that by living a certain way, we are in a higher state of righteousness than those who do not. Unlike the Galatian believers, we do not have the Torah, but we do invent checklists, don't we? Those lists can include everything from attending church to voting "correctly." What happens when we encounter people who can't check off the items on our lists? Don't we question where they will spend eternity? This is called judging a neighbor. Remember to judge another is not to take him or her to task for doing wrong (Indeed we are called to make those kinds of judgments.). Rather to judge is to question whether a fellow believer really is a Christian and so to consign him or her to perdition. That is God's right, not ours (compare James 4:11–12).
Embracing Faith in Christ (19–26)
How do we remember the gospel that was our first love? We recall that God alone is our source of righteousness.
English translations of Galatians are heavily influenced by the legacy of Protestant reformer Martin Luther. For example, modern translations (including the King James Version) are likely to say something like "so that what was promised through faithinJesus Christ might be given to those whobelieve" (22) and so stress the human act of believing. But the Greek clause really reads, "so that what was promised through thefaithofJesus Christ might be given to those whofaith(Using faith as a verb like this really doesn't work in English.)." Rather than emphasizing human belief, Paul was more likely talking about Jesus Christ's faith: God justifies/makes righteous through Christ's act of faithfulness — His obedience that led to His death on the cross (compare Romans 5:18–19).
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Before I progress, let's come to one critical realization: Vintersorg, at least the Viking/folk band that we knew before, is dead. In its place has folky/spacey/avant-garde/pseudoprog Vintersorg. Some of you may recall that I was rather harsh with Vintersog when the band decided to leave the folk realm behind on their 2002 album, VISIONS FROM THE SPRIAL GENERATOR. While the album finally did grow on me somewhat, it's sub-par quality reflected the state of transition that the band experienced.
Now, reenergized and refocused, THE FOCUSING BLUR realizes the musical and experimental concepts that were just falling into place on VftSG. The gratuitous synth intro "Prologue Dialogue" flows along almost like a piece from a video game soundtrack before moving into "The Essence." At first, I thought this was another intro piece with an excellent folky acoustic guitar introduction until the real song kicks in. Alternating the growled vocals and raw blasting drums with quirky synth-tinged interludes and clean vocals, followed again by clean acoustic breaks, this song seems to reconcile the differences between the folky and "traditional" Vintersorg works on COSMIC GENESIS with the experimental side shown on VftSG. Even with all the odd time changes, "The Essence" already shows that Vintersorg's songwriting has developed into a more focused and coherent output.
"TheThesises Sessions" is another song with crazy timing that, in an odd fashion, reminds me in some areas of a Spiral Architect tune, although slower and not quite as technical. To me, the main body of the song seems to drag through some areas, but features a chorus that is excellent both in the combined growl/clean vocals and guitar riffage. "Matrix Odyssey" gets off to a rough start with some shitty sampled intro then gets even more bizarre with some funky keyboard experimentation, but it has a full, rich sound. I'm digging the variety on this track quite a bit…the little change at around 2:48 is one of those little "what the fuck?" moments on the album that just make each song cool.
What does the rest of the album have in store for us? A lot of the same type of quirky, progressive experimentation, albeit in a much more refined and coherent form. "A Sphere in a Sphere" picks up some interesting guitar solos throughout the song. "Dark Matter Mystery" has the typical Vintersorg feel of old to it and in all is a very catchy, though somewhat slower piece. "Curtains"? Well, all I have to say about this song is "what the fuck"? This song is so strange that I love it! The middle part of the song and the piano pieces are just so freakin' weird that they have to be heard to be believed.
The last Vintersorg album was painful to hear and to review, but was a necessary transitional piece to separate the old Viking/Folk Vintersorg from the new experimental direction the band has taken. THE FOCUSING BLUR is a strong album with no weak songs at all that keeps getting more enjoyable with each listens. Certainly, fans of the progressive/avant garde style will eat this up, but I think that if VISIONS alienated some Vintersorg fans, then THE FOCUSING BLUR is strong enough to bring them back into the Vintersorg camp.
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I've been on Viramune and Combivir since 2000. Was on Crixivan and Combivir for several years before that. My doc wants me to switch from the Combivir to either Truvada or Epzicom. Any thoughts/preferences about which one to go to? I'm leaning toward Epzicom since it has 3TC (like Combivir) so it would only be 1 new med.I'm a little scared to change since I've had good results and no side effects (other than fatigue), but my doc is really opposed to AZT and thinks the sooner I get off it, the better.I appreciate any advice and opinions.
I recently switched ( 2months ) from Epivir + Zerit to Epzicom feel a lot better about the one pill idea and it helps with the Lypoatrophy ( keeps from getting much worse ) I have had no negative reactions and numbers on testing stayed about the same.Nick
There's not a great deal to choose between them. I assure you, long-term, they are minder to your body than any combo containing AZT, which includes Combivir....Truvada has a longer life-span in the body, so if you ain't spot on on time-wise then this may be a good reason to choose this one. If your kidneys are dicky though Epziocm will be better. However, it does have the 5% risk of a serious alleric reaction. Truvada (well, the tenofovir in it) can casue bone loss in the first 6 months of use, but this is only for people prone to bone loss for other reasons it seems.Epzicom is slightly stronger than Truvada. Also, though Epzicom can be done 1 x day, it;s really a 2 x day drug, whereas Truvada is a genuinely 1 x dau nuke pair. Most people get a good response on Epzicom 2 x day, but some people find they have to use it 2 x day to keep undetectable.- matt
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A few weeks back I found myself traveling down a somewhat unfamiliar road, in the dark of night and with a thunderstorm quickly approaching. The rain and wind began pelting down, and my wipers could barely keep up with the heavy downpour. The glare from passing cars only added to the fun. "Thank goodness," I thought. "As long as I can see the white line painted along the side of my lane, I know I'm still on my side of the road."
Ethics & compliance reminds me of that white line. Ethics is knowing that staying in my lane is important. The white line helps keep me there, akin to a code of conduct, a policy, or an ethics reporting system that tells me that the organization wants to know when employees and the company at large is operating over that white line, so to speak. The ethics & compliance hotline is vastly important to giving employees confidence in their place in the organization, to knowing that they matter in the larger picture.
Amid the Wal-Mart/Mexican bribery scandal, reports state that someone inside the retailer with firsthand knowledge of the corrupt activity did in fact contact higher executives in the company with reports of wrongdoing. The whistleblower report solicited the attention of the top-most general counsel at Wal-Mart, enough to set off a preliminary investigation, which was apparently short-circuited later by the CEO.
Donna Boehme, a former chief ethics & compliance officer who now runs her own consultancy, sees two distinct failures in an event such as what has befallen Wal-Mart. Writing for the Whistleblowers Protection Blog, Donna says, "Creating and maintaining an internal reporting system requires a lot more than hiring a third party vendor, turning on the phone lines and hanging posters." A two-dimensional hotline program she says, creates "a false sense of security" at the C-level and above.
Second, Donna makes a great point about the importance of how whistleblower calls are handled and how it reflects on the ethical standing and overall corporate culture of the organization. "If you really want a good barometer of a company's culture, and the priority it places on accountability, transparency and ethical leadership, look no further than how internal whistleblower reports are treated. The enormous challenge for companies is how to turn this human knee-jerk response into a safe, transparent environment where internal reporting is valued (and not merely tolerated) and tips are expeditiously, confidentially and professionally investigated. Potential whistleblowers are nothing if not observant. Just as they notice misconduct, they also see what happens to those around them who raise their hands."
Those are Donna's two points, and here are three points of my own: One, how issues are escalated and how investigations are managed are crucial to both accountability and reputation. Second, employees must know that their concerns will be addressed. This is where follow-through via an incident management system and remediation must be front and center. Lastly, any form of whistleblower retaliation – which in my book includes an apathetic, "do-nothing" response – cannot be tolerated, if your reporting program is to remain trustworthy and viable to your cause.