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In short: an amazing race.........scenery beautiful and so friendly and well organisedIn full: first time at this race......It was in a beautiful part of the country and with camping organised just metres from the start at a token £5 for the weekend......it was great for a family get away.....the marathon was a tough one but it wqas well worth it with frequent drink stops and stops with well stocked up supplies including cakes, watermelon and sweets and crisps......could have stopped for ages if they had let me.although tough it is so friendly that the miles just ticked by.great celebrations at the end.....will return.....Date of review: June 29, 2014
In short: another really weel organised race....tough but brilliant marathon trainingIn full: The third time on this race and it is still as tough as before.....but I love it.such good mental preperation as well as physical preperation for a marathon..........organised brilliantly and with the best finishers t-shirt as usual.wekl done and thank you to the organisers and marshallsDate of review: April 13, 2011
In short: last year I made the comment that the organisers would have to move up a gear if they wanted to earn the title of Great welsh marathon...........well I'm pleased to announce they did just that.........a brilliant raceIn full: I really enjoyed the change of corse this year...the two loops meant i could see allthe other runners on the course a few times and marvel at the speed of the front runners and admire the determination of those bringing up the rear.......a fast course and the weather once again was briliant for spectators if not a bit too hot for us runners.......only minor moan is that the water sation at the industrial end needs sorting....maybe have it just before the estate so that you can access it in both directions would have made the difference....but apart from that a big thank you to the organisers and the marshalls....My husband has already decided to do this next year so If not racing i will be supporting Date of review: April 13, 2011
In short: some good points for a new raceIn full: The scenery is good and the twists and turns were great for spectators if made hard work for runners but could have been worse.....the marshalls were a mixed bunch by the time I got around.....on the industrial estate they were lying down chatting.....half of them did not give any words of encouragement although the kids at mile 21 made up for this by being brilliant......enough spectators around to encourage which was nice.....as said the gravelly bit was really hard work and I nearly cried when the announcer at the end said ... and here.......coming in at a few minutes after 4 and a half hours.......I had gone under by over 4 mins according to me and the official results...he did his best to spoil my PB by just not being accurate at all....medal .. waht a laugh.deserves to be in a cracker and definitely one that I would wear with pride all day for people to admire.....also why call it a momanto bag.... posh title when there was no momento in it......were the crisps or the chocolate nar the momento....... anyway all in all I think it was well worth it......the drinks in the sports bottles were spot on and the single most important thing as far as I'm concerened...I hope it goes on to more success.but it seems to have to move up a gear if they want to earn the name great welsh marathon....Date of review: April 22, 2010
In short: new course and still a fast race........In full: despite the light snow covering overnight the course was mainly clear and the icy parts were well marshalled to give warnings.......excellent marshalls again and plentiful....will be back next yearDate of review: February 22, 2010
In short: still one of the best races on the running calenderIn full: the weather was brillliant once again......although i was worried at the start when it tried to rain for a minute but the organisers soon sorted that out:)...the course is so varied that there is no time to get bored..It is a great way just to enjoy a run before Christmas......organisation was brilliant again......would recommend this race.......but as it fills up I will keep quiet about it next year until after i have sent off my entry........this is one race that i do not want to missDate of review: December 18, 2009
In short: a brilliant race which is challenging but the views were marvellousIn full: This is a great introduction for people to running off road but it is still a great challenge for those at the front of the field.....with hills like the beeast to conquer before having to then run up to the trig point at machen mast.this will give you a great sense of achievemnet and some brilliant views............off road is the way forward as no nasty cars or pavements to worry aboutDate of review: December 2, 2009
In short: my first one and I will definitely be backIn full: I loved it start to finish ........it was muddy but I only got muddy up to my shoulders..........everyone should do this at least once. thanks to all concernedDate of review: November 9, 2009
In short: a brillaintly run event to help improve my speed.Date of review: September 11, 2009
In short: A quite challenging run which was more undulating than i thought. Very scenic and friendly..well organised.In full: I really enjoyed this race but I thought it would have been flater... The organisation was brilliant but there was quite a lot of traffic some of whom werte impatient... One caravan hit my hand as it went past too close. I still really enjoyed it and if I'm on holiday the same week next year will probaly do it again.....Thanks to all the marshalls for a great job...Date of review: March 29, 2008
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Tupperware TraumaPosted Tuesday, December 25, 2007, at 4:55 AM
It's 4:10 a.m. as I begin this Christmas morning blog, and though I've given it a name, who knows where it'll end up? I'll pay for this early-morning vigil, I have no doubt.
I tried to go back to sleep, but it was no dice...Aches and pains can't be ignored, and in a few hours I have to leave for my sister's house in Springfield to visit that side of the family...Not packed..two stories for this week's NSC not done...goats will need a hay supply before I leave...wrap that last present...start a fire...
This is a brain warm-up exercise and a diversion from the aforementioned aches and pains...As soon as I get a couple cups of coffee down, I should feel better...
My darling daughter went back to Memphis last night, leaving me with a much cleaner house than I had before she came, and a cabinet full of new plastic storage dishes. It's all a part of her program to bring Dear Old Mom into the 21st Century.
Here's how it went:
Darling Daughter: "Mom, here are all the bottoms that don't have tops and the tops that don't have bottoms. You have to get rid of them!"
Old Mom: "But those are real Tupperware, and I love that size!"
Darling Daughter: "But you can't use them if they don't have lids! You can keep the one that has a lid."
Old Mom: "But what about these cute little oval ones? Look! (Tap on countertop) This is good Tupperware!"
Darling Daughter: "No, Mom, they don't have lids! They have to go!"
Old Mom: "Well, okay, but these round lids fit that Tupperwear bowl right there."
Darling Daughter: "Yes, but you already HAVE a lid for that bowl. You don't need three lids that fit the same bowl."
Mom thinks about this dilemma and wonders what will happen if she loses that one lid to her favorite bowl, but (against her better judgment) she relents and lets the lids go into the trash bag, only to be haunted by the action the next morning at 3 a.m....What if the lid cracks? Now I've thrown away the spares!)
I admit I can now open up that cabinet door without having to catch something that comes crashing out at me...but I always figured that if the heavy items on the top shelf were secure, I could always handle the plastic items hurling down at me...
The new plastic containers are so elaborate, with their locking lids, that I have to be shown how to open and close them... And all my skill in knowing how to "burp" Tupperware is for naught - because these new 21st Century containers have little vents on top.
Conventional wisdom versus New Age Wisdom...What a dilemma!
"See, Mom, you can put these into the microwave! Just open the vent so they don't explode," says Modern Daughter.
"Explode?" I think, as I remember that jar of baby food that ended up on the ceiling...
I also have a new Black 'n Decker toaster, which isn't nearly as smart as it thinks it is. I am eating nearly-burned toast, as we speak. It seems that, once you push down the lever, there's no aborting the process, like you could with the old toasters. The new one just says, "Oh, no, you don't! This is the setting you chose, so this is the toast you get!" and it keeps right on burning.
And imagine my surprise when it GRABBED the bread! I literally jumped! That is SCAREY!!!!
This morning, after I made my burned toast, I unplugged the big black and silver creature, in case it decides to take over the house while I'm gone...
Heaven forbid there should be an unholy alliance between the Tupperware and the Toaster, while I'm off at my sister's house, blissfully unaware of the dark forces at work in my peaceful Tillman hideaway...
Maybe I should just call and cancel for this Christmas...
Naw...I'll give it a shot. Gotta enter the 21st Century sooner or later!
From the remote hills of rural Tillman, this is your roving report, Madeline, creeping ever so cautiously into the dawn of a new era.
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I almost hate to tell you this, since you tossed your odd pieces; but the Rescue Mission usually has an amazing selection of Tupperware odds and ends. Check it out if you're not too proud. Personally, I love to pilfer through the treasures there, all in the name of a good cause.
-- Posted by gardengirl on Wed, Dec 26, 2007, at 11:29 AM
Madeline Dejournett's response:NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Do you mean I threw away my favorite little oval containers for NOTHING??????? I KNEW IT! I JUST KNEW IT!!!
WAIT!! I do believe that ALL THOSE BAGS are still out in the back of the pick-up, waiting to be taken up to the dumpster!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I can go dig it all out again!!!!!!!
HI Maddie keep writing those blogs, they are much more interesting than all the political stories and much more truthful, from the snowy yards of Mich.
-- Posted by rusty nail on Wed, Dec 26, 2007, at 6:17 PM
MD, sounds like your Darling Daughter is a product of our "throw away" culture. This attitude by the current generation is a major cultural shift from the not too distant past. Saving things or fixing something when it broke used to be the norm. Most products today aren't made to be fixed -- I'll bet $100 that your new toaster was made to be thrown away when it goes on the blink. This also goes for saving money. When I was a kid I was taught to save money right along with brushing my teeth twice a day. For the last few years the US has had a negative savings rate -- which means people in the country as a whole are spending more money than they make. That would have been unheard of just 30 years or so ago.
MD, next time your Darling Daughter suggests you throw away a perfectly good item that happens to be missing its top or bottom, you might tell her about GG's suggestion. She's young enough that maybe she can be deprogrammed from "throwing" good stuff away.
-- Posted by FJGuy on Wed, Dec 26, 2007, at 7:58 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Oh, FJGuy, you've stirred up a hornet's nest, I fear!
Ok, keeping stuff is fine, but please if you collect those WalMart bags, 100 is enough.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Wed, Dec 26, 2007, at 9:25 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Oh, did I tell you - I am hereby a member of the "Anywhere but Walmart" Club?
IB, I've never bought anything at WalMart so I don't know what a WalMart bag is.
-- Posted by FJGuy on Wed, Dec 26, 2007, at 10:00 PM
The new toaster probably has a "cancel" button on it. Your daughter should have given you a tutorial on using the toaster after she finished the tupperware tutorial.
Additionally, I'm sure that if your trusty old tupperware lids haven't cracked in the THIRTY years you've had them, they're not going to start cracking any time soon! I bet if she'd known about the rescue mission's extra lids and bottoms, your daughter would have asked you if you'd ever REALLY go in there to look for spares to complete your items.
I don't think Darling Daughter is a member of a throw-away society at all. She sounds more like a member of the clean, orderly house society. :)
-- Posted by Youngest Child on Thu, Dec 27, 2007, at 8:47 AM
MD, hello there,I have a toaster like that and when I think the toast is ready, I just unplug the 'sucker'. Try that next time and she what it 'says' to you. Let us know.
I am the fella a few years ago when your daughter lived next door to me, her Wedding dress was being delivered and the Fedex man was gonna take it back to the Office, and I signed for it and'saved her day'. Did she ever tell you that story???
-- Posted by changedname on Thu, Dec 27, 2007, at 3:03 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Actually, Dexterite, I did have to unplug the Black n Decker creature to keep the toast from being burned to a charred crisp!
I guess I need to take YOUNGEST CHILD'S suggestion and READ THE DIRECTIONS!!!
By the by -- You can't be talking about my daughter, as she isn't married. Mmm...my son and daughter-in-law lived in Dexter when they were first married (2002) - but that's a story that I don't think I've heard before!! I must check it out!
YC, sounds like both you and DD might learn a different perspective from a most interesting book: "A Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder--How Crammed Closets, Cluttered Offices, and On-the-Fly Planning Make the World a Better Place," by Eric Abrahamson. I found the book fascinating, and I agree wholeheartedly with his observations that what on the surface may appear to be a mess or disorderly, may in fact be much more organized than something that on the surface appears neat and orderly.
Since WalMart has been discussed in this blog, it is apropo that Abrahamson discusses that some small retail businesses have survived and prospered in the face of big box store competition precisely because they don't expend money on trying to be neat and clean. Instead they focus on providing high quality customer service. He observes that often times these stores have a cluttered messy look.
Also, YC and DD, you need to remember that you can never have enough bowls, even if the lid has disappeared. Bowls are handy to store screws, or paper clips, or any number of a hundred other items. I know you are well meaning, and I also know that there is time yet for you to join those of "us," which apparently includes MD, who see an orphaned item from the glass half full perspective.
-- Posted by FJGuy on Thu, Dec 27, 2007, at 7:25 PM
FJGuy, didn't you see the Oprah episode on hoarding? Of course the subject in that episode had taken hoarding to the extreme, but her house was infested with black mold and she didn't even know it! She had to move out until the house was fumigated and the walls replaced. It's easy to let stuff accumulate and put off sorting through it and things can quickly get out of hand. Besides, when you can't find the Christmas gift you bought someone because it's lost in your stuff, you have to go out and buy another gift, and that doesn't seem very thrifty.
Your truly valued keepsakes--family heirlooms, treasured photos--should be displayed for all to share and remember but instead get lost in the mess of tupperware lids and other invaluable things.
Not everyone can be a neat freak, but you have to have some order and the ability to let go of unnecessary material things. As they said on Oprah, if everything's important, nothing's important.
-- Posted by Youngest Child on Thu, Dec 27, 2007, at 9:10 PM
FJ guy-really truly you have never shopped EVER at any Wal-Mart? How long have you been incarcerated? LOL
I grew up in their clean,spacious aisles. It is true they are poor neighbors,but what about all the big box stores? It is a loss for any community to lose independent retailers,but that's kind of how it goes in capitalist society isn't it?
The buggy maker went under because everybody preferred cars,barbers lost a big portion of their business when doctors and dentists replaced his surgical skills,and so on. Progress they call it,unless it's YOUR family business!
Have you ever saw the movie about Wal-Mart, "The High Cost of Low Price" ? It will make you feel guilty about spending too much in their aisles! It was of course one sided documentary,but the best ones usually are-ha ha.
YC, I saw that episode and I have been the "beneficiary" of many peoples clutter clean up! I really plan to sell some stuff with some friends of mine next year in the 100 mile yard sale, I think recycling our junk is better than filling the landfill with it.
MD,you haven't shopped at the rescue mission before? Excellent prices,and gardengirl is right,it all goes to a good cause! Tell your girl you are just too into living green to pitch usable,recyclable items.
If you have any old farm equipment that you can't use,find a spot on Hwy 25 because that really gets people to stop,especially in your area near Advance. I like the little store before you get to McDonald's, I think it's at Junction O -always good stuff there.
I have to start sorting things for the yard sale now,because May tends to sneak up on me.
-- Posted by Yellow Rose of Essex on Fri, Dec 28, 2007, at 10:37 AM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Good history lesson, YR! And so true!
So - Just exactly where is the Rescue Mission? Do I assume it's in Dexter? I need directions! I shall make a trip before I empty out the bags in my pick-up!
As for farm equipment, I do have two ancient combines, sitting like rusty sentinels at the entrance of my property, but I don't think I'm up to transporting them over to Hiway 25...
That little place at the corner of 25 and 0 is called the O25 Shop, and she has the wildest assortment of miscellany you ever saw - even swords!
WalMart, probably one of the greatest rags to riches success stories ever. Wish I had done it.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Fri, Dec 28, 2007, at 12:04 PM
The mission is located on One Mile Road in Dexter. Go South,and it is before the railroad tracks,on the right, I think it is right after you pass the Launder.
They have GREAT bargains,especially now that we know you don't hoard,you just live with the expectation of recycling an item some day-lol!
Let Oprah do a show on that some day!
-- Posted by Yellow Rose of Essex on Sat, Dec 29, 2007, at 9:47 AM
Come on GL you know that the guy who started WalMart was just a normal every day guy trying to make a living. Maybe it outgrew him I don't know, but what he accomplished is what 99 percent of the other people in this world dream of doing.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Sat, Dec 29, 2007, at 3:08 PM
I don't begrudge the fact that what Sam Walton did - especially at his age - was an absolute wonder, but the thing has become a Frankenstein monster! It's a juggernaut, rolling right over wholesalers, retailers, customers - huge tracts of land - It goes on and on!
I'm not so naive as to believe that all small town America's problems are caused by Walmart - but it certainly has contributed to the disappearance of much that was good about our country - particularly the diversity of products.
I, for one, am not going to contribute another dime to that monstrous conglomerate!
-- Posted by goat lady on Sat, Dec 29, 2007, at 7:19 PM
Youngest Child, I've never seen Oprah, so no, I didn't see her "clutter" episode. A teeter-totter only goes if someone is on each end, so I suppose "neatniks" are necessary to balance out those people who have the foresight to save the things that one day are realized to be a "keepsake."
YR, I was inside of a WalMart once with someone who picked up some film. I think that overall America would be a better country if WalMart had never existed, but since it is here, all I can do is not patronize it.
-- Posted by FJGuy on Sat, Dec 29, 2007, at 9:52 PM
Sam Walton was a wonderful person, a true visionary who actually cared about other humans,and wanted others and their communities to prosper. His brother Bud,co-founder of Wal-Mart, was also a good person,and shared his brother's knack for starting a revolution in retail!
Shame their genes died with them. I think if Sam or Bud could see what became of their "Made In America" program,and their offspring's decadent,useless lifestyles, they would take a flame thrower to their corporate offices in Arkansas. I will never believe Sam or Bud would have stood for allowing human rights abuses,and basic enslavement in foreign factories that sell wares directly to Wal-Mart.
Yes, they were tough,sharp businessman but I don't think ruthless mercenaries who would sell out their own country for a buck,such as now run their company.They were good men who have people still trading on their goodwill,while putting a shiv in anyone's back who stands in their way.
I have a low opinion of corporate Wal-Mart today-
Sure they make a profit,so does the sex industry,drug dealers and illegal fire arms dealers and I don't admire any of them.
-- Posted by Yellow Rose of Essex on Mon, Dec 31, 2007, at 9:12 AM
I am positive you are not equating WalMart with those illegal purveyors of goods who operate solely because of a demand.
I guess a whole lot of people don't think like you and I or they wouldn't have customers.
Doesn't make you feel wonderful.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Tue, Jan 1, 2008, at 2:45 PM
I.B., you are so sarcastically realistic that it's disgusting!
We don't wanna hear about supply and demand! We wanna keep our old Mom and Pop businesses, no matter how low-tech and inefficient they might have been!!
If I'd been appreciative of supply and demand, I'd have made a better grade in college economics!
-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, Jan 2, 2008, at 7:57 AM
Good morning on a great new year to you GL. I am not really trying to be sarcastic. I just kind of think that WalMart isn't quite as bad as everyone thinks. They provide employment for a lot of people and provide goods at a price that obviously the majority of people need or want. I think if we shut them down tomorrow we would be a lot worse off.
Tyson's is kind of the same way. They control the chicken market. Did you know that one of the largest runways in the United States was built by the government in Arkansas and the real sole purpose is to allow Tyson's to ship chicken overseas. A million pounds a day goes to Russia alone.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Wed, Jan 2, 2008, at 8:48 AM
Corporate Wal-Mart is bad. They treat people badly.
I have worked for them, I feel I know what I'm talking about. When Sam died,an era died with him.All of his good ideals and honesty went down the pipes,along with the "Made in America-buy American with Pride Program" remember that gem?
Wal-Mart is financially a hair above McDonald's, but I enjoyed working at Mickey's far more than Wally World.
We live in a small rural area where only certain products are available to us at Wally,so I do shop there.I think that all the other big retailers try to emulate a winner,and their employees may have bad feelings towards them too.
Which successful retail giant has a true "Made in America" program?
The head of Nike had the audacity to state that "Americans do not want to work in shoe factories,that is why 100% of Nike is made overseas" That is a big fat lie,since a lot of people in this area would have loved to have kept their shoe factory jobs!
Nike is no better than Wal-Mart, they go to wherever the government standards are lax,the workers will work for pennies with little safety standards,thus maximizing profits while decimating the American shoe industry and victimizing Third World countries under the pretense of "progress". Our own government is screwed out of trillions of dollars of taxes by these pirates and there are many of them.
Wal-Mart just does it with a soft Arkansas accent,quickly being replaced by Northern lawyers and Ivy Leaguer's (sp?)who are fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
-- Posted by Yellow Rose of Essex on Wed, Jan 2, 2008, at 11:29 AM
Little touchy huh. I never worked for them so I will have to take your word about the work environment. The way you describe it sounds about like most other large organizations that I have worked for though.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Wed, Jan 2, 2008, at 1:19 PM
I love Target so much more than WalMart. Target donates five percent of its income to community programs. That's $2 million every week, according to several websites. Plus Target has lots more cool stuff and shorter lines than WalMart.
-- Posted by Youngest Child on Wed, Jan 2, 2008, at 10:39 PM
Wow, YR, that information is dynamite! I had heard such rumors but didn't know the full extent of it.
I.B., bless your little status-quo heart, your philosophy is, "That's the way it's always been, so it must be okay!" However, I suppose the "big guys" in any era have their dirty practices. That's why they're the "big guys."
I agree with you on Target, YC. Lovely merchandise - and I can get through the checkout with my sanity intact!
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Jan 3, 2008, at 7:28 AM
I too have pledged to buy anywhere but Walmart. I'm sure that my absence will not drive them out of business. It's not going to be convenient for my, but enough is enough.
It should be noted that Walmart was buying huge amounts of stuff from overseas even while Sam Walton was hyping his "Buy American" program. It may be that there were no US manufacturers of these products, but I don't think so. The corporation does seem to be increasing the practice now that Sam is gone.
It should also be noted that Walmart has the largest database on who you are and what your shopping habits are of any retailer in the world. I've read that the FBI and the CIA actually drool over the thought of acquiring Walmart's database. I'm kidding about the drooling, but not the database.
-- Posted by Ducky on Thu, Jan 3, 2008, at 4:59 PM
YR, interesting you bring up Nike. Its humble origin is as amazing as many other multi-billion dollar corporations. But it has never changed what it does, only the scale. It was started in the mid-1960s to distribute sports footwear made overseas. Its original product was footwear made by a Japanese company. To this day Nike distributes products made to its specifications by manufacturers overseas. YC probably knows of the many human rights complaints in overseas factories supplying products to Nike. It isn't because of any grand design, but it has just worked out that I've never bought any Nike branded product.
Ducky, you are super sharp to bring up that WalMart is on the cutting edge of the push to make the U.S. a total surveillance society. WalMart may have the most data on shopping habits, but Google has the most raw information about people, since it keeps the data from all the searches a person makes, it keeps the emails to and from GMail users, etc. Info about a person's buying preferences is so valuable that many stores offer the bribe of a discount card to induce people to surrender the info. CASPIAN is a citizen group opposed to the practice, http://www.nocards.org For several reasons, WalMart hates CASPIAN with a passion!
-- Posted by FJGuy on Thu, Jan 3, 2008, at 5:40 PM
Don't I remember something about the U.S. Government trying to get Google's records???
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Jan 3, 2008, at 8:08 PM
I am not really status quo, GL. I just know that when and if you become the largest goat farm in the world I will be proud to have blogged with a successful person.
Everyone has data on customers. You have to know about them. Why would you try to sell steak sauce to a car dealership. Why waste your time. You won't be around long doing that.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Thu, Jan 3, 2008, at 9:53 PM
Thanks for the vote of confidence, I.B., but I wouldn't even WANT to have the largest goat farm in the world! I have a strong aversion for business enterprises of any sort.
Not a very practical approach to life, is it?
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, Jan 4, 2008, at 6:25 AM
It might be a happy approach. Ever been around highly successful business people. Not really happy.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Fri, Jan 4, 2008, at 7:25 AM
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Madeline (Giles) DeJournett is the Advance writer for the North Stoddard Countian. A retired high school English/history teacher, she spent 32 years teaching in 5 schools in Missouri and Alaska. These days, she lives quietly with a menagerie of wild and domestic animals on 52 secluded acres in the remote Tillman hills south of Advance. She graduated from Dexter High School in 1960 and Southeast Missouri State in 1964. She can be contacted at email@example.com.
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Posted on 11/09/2012 3:03:55 PM PST by Kaslin
RUSH: I will repeat the EIB amnesty program, as announced in the first hour of this program today. 'Cause I see where the trend is going. I see where we're headed. I see that amnesty's heading this way. It's gonna happen, folks. You know, losing elections has consequences. There will be amnesty in this country. When you hear the phrase "comprehensive immigration reform," that's what it means.
Amnesty for whoever is here. And it's gonna be blanket, and it's gonna be pretty quick. That's where we're headed. So I want to get in the game. I want to propose EIB amnesty. And I'll agree to it. Amnesty for every illegal citizen who is here. There's just one caveat. In exchange for having all of the laws that have been violated forgiven...
In exchange for blanket automatic citizenship without having to take the test, without having to learn the documents... (You're here. You've been here a number of years so you're a citizen. That's where we're headed.) One caveat: You can't vote for 25 years. And let's see how much support that idea gets. Let's see if amnesty is what really is desired. Let's see if it's citizenship that all of these compassionate Democrats really have in mind.
That's how they sell it. "Why, these people have been here for years. They're good, decent people, exactly the kind of people we need in this country. It's a country built on immigration." You've heard the stories. "We can't be exclusive like this. We need to be inclusive. If somebody wants to come to our country and improve their life, how can we say no? I'm not gonna shut my country out to somebody who wants to come here and improve their life.
"If they are living like slaves anywhere on this planet and my country can make them free, fine. I will not stand in the way." That's where we're headed. Fine. Okay. We're good people, and we're gonna grant amnesty, but you can't vote for 25 years. Let's see how much support that gets. I'm serious. Folks, I'm dead serious. I will support amnesty for any and all illegals if, as part of the deal, they can't vote for 25 years. What kind of support do you think that will get?
And when it gets no support, that ought to tell you something. Because the proposal is only illustrative. I make the proposal for a simple reason: To teach, to illustrate. And we know what the answer would be.
I think he's right, and it won't "work" any more than the Reagan amnesty did. As long as our government-upwacked labor market prices citizen labor above a natural equilibrium, there will be a market for additional illegal workers.
My biggest problem with amnesty is that ten years from now we will have to do it again.
We will not stop illegals from coming across our borders, we all know that, and ten years from now these new people will want the same amnesty we give the ones here now.
Why not just let anyone in the country that comes? Makes more sense than wasting time patrolling a border that is more like a sieve.
Stop investing. Stop spending - as fully as you can.
Spend nothing on any libtard company's goods.
Starve it.
Someone needs to replace the old white people they are going to euthanize.
Otherwise, white liberals have weak sperm and can't keep up.
Are you serious? Can you name any country in the world that would permit this? It is not only the border. 40% of the illegals here are visa overstays. If we have the political will, we can secure the border.
Any legislation that legalizes the status of those who broke our laws by entering our country illegally and allows them to stay and work here is amnesty. We must not only prevent the Democrats and some moderate Republicans from hijacking the meaning of the word amnesty, but the public must be made aware about the true impact of an amnesty. The Heritage Foundation concluded that the cost of amnesty would be $2.6 trillion just for increased entitlement program costs. And the number of additional LEGAL immigrants who would join those who were the recipients of amnesty through chain migration, i.e., family reunification, would approach 70 million over a 20-year period, assuming there are only 12 million illegal aliens. We cannot assimilate such numbers. An amnesty would destroy the United States of America with the stroke of a pen.
That's what happened after Reagan's amnesty. A few people have suggested to me that Texas just build a fence along the border to other States; invade Mexico and get rid of the drug cartel and corruption there (might take 3 days max) and then with their natural resources and the survivor's work ethic, things would work.
I think hes right, and it wont work any more than the Reagan amnesty did.
It will work for it's real purpose. Huge voter block for the Democrats that like government goodies. If the Pubbies fall for this, they won't win another national electtion in my lifetime.
Good point.
We have 20 million+ Illegals, who are being "rewarded" for breaking the law, and put in the (D) voting column.
That's because when we find out the black vote FRAUD got The Messiah elected, TWICE, they need these criminal invaders on their voter roles.
Blame the businesses that depend on cheap labor for this, as they pour hundreds of millions in Campaign Donations to Democrat and Republican alike, to make sure their supply of cheap Mexican labor keeps flowing.
Couple that with the Drug Cartels who need the mules to cross the border to supply the black drug culture, and we have no border protection at all, and it's enough to make you puke.
Amnesty is just the next step. Open borders is the goal.
The courts in CA overthrew the will of the people and sane fiscal policy when they overturned prop 187. Of course the unions want more social workers paying dues that dole out the services. We can see how that's turning out, esp. in the school system.
CA's Anti-Immigrant Proposition 187 is Voided, Ending State's Five-Year Battle with ACLU, Rights Groups
July 29, 1999
LOS ANGELES — A court-approved mediation today ended years of legal and political debate over Proposition 187, a controversial ballot measure that sought to limit services to illegal immigrants.
The agreement confirms that no child in the state of California will be deprived of an education or stripped of health care due to their place of birth. It also makes clear that the state cannot regulate immigration law, a function that the U.S. Constitution clearly assigns to the federal government.
Passed in November 1994, Proposition 187 sought, among other things, to require police, health care professionals and teachers to verify and report the immigration status of all individuals, including children.
Days after the measure passed, a federal district court judge held that it violated the United States Constitution and issued an injunction barring its implementation. Today's agreement validates that ruling.
"The seal of the great state of California is now stamped on the death certificate of Proposition 187," said Mark Rosenbaum, Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, a litigant in one of several challenges to the measure. "The court-approved stipulation marks not just the end of this case, but an end to nearly five years of racial divisiveness throughout California."
California's Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa, who participated in the mediation, agreed.
"Today's settlement signals that it's time to move beyond the divisiveness of Proposition 187," he said. "The decision ensures that children can get an education, working families can get health care, and law enforcement can focus on fighting crime. We stand together today to say in one loud voice that Californians are tired of wedge issues and culture wars."
In March 1998, U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer issued a final ruling in the ACLU's challenge to Proposition 187, confirming the federal government's exclusive authority over immigration and declaring the measure unconstitutional. The ACLU's news release on that ruling is at /news/n031898a.html.
Folks, I'm dead serious. I will support amnesty for any and all illegals if, as part of the deal, they can't vote for 25 years. What kind of support do you think that will get?
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^5 Rush!
I heard this today and LOL.
Is it any wonder why CA is bankrupt? If we have an amnesty, the US will look like CA.
"Wait till the day all those democrats start dictating...what job you can have"
We're there already; let a white guy try to get a job as a cop in a city today. Companies are already hiring/promoting to "look like America" (rather than actually deliver results); the corporate world now follows the lead of the government in hiring, because they've lost millions in nonsense lawsuits based on color/gender as opposed to actual ability.
If there's an amnesty, (or perhaps I should say "When") all the newly-legal aliens would immediately be able to demand the full going-rate wage, since unscrupulous employers would no longer be able to threaten them with La Migra.
As a result, there will be new demand for illegals to work cheap.
Rinse and repeat.
W's amnesty schemes were always DOA in the Republican control House of Representatives. I recall how giddy he was when the Dims won the House is 2006 at the prospect of working with them to pass his amnesty in 2007. That one failed in the Senate.
Now we'll see how the Republican, Boner led House will respond to the next amnesty push. Will the next amnesty bill be DOA in the House?
Not hearing much from other Republicans in the House on this yet.
"Is it any wonder why CA is bankrupt? If we have an amnesty, the US will look like CA."
Already happening in NJ (where we have a de facto amnesty); jobs and Americans are fleeing the costs of the Bronze Horde. If you stay in NJ, you are required to feed one multi-generational permanent welfare "unit" (I won't call it a "family"), one illegal alien, and one government worker (cop, teacher, fireman, social worker, or court interpreter) to administer to them; it is reminiscent of the Quartering Act by which George III forced colonists to house his troops.
We can't even enforce the prohibition of dead people voting!!!!!
They already want that——La Raza
Rush is right. Tammy Faye Boehner was talking about it today. He is ready to totally capitulate on everything. Just hope the total economic collapse happens first.
With our country's finances going the way they are, I think this issue will solve itself in a few years. Hopefully, the GOP will just pay lip service and drag their heels until it becomes a non-issue.
Am I serious? Yes, why not?
It's what they are doing now, only now they stay because they fear they cannot go back and come again. If we just opened the Border at least some of them wopuld go homeonce in a while.
Well No I am not serious, but you have to admit, it has some merit. We arent really stopping them now-—and Obama has no intention of ever stopping them, especially now that they have elected him.
Why waste effort and money and make them swim?
You are right. The nwo plan. Plus they want to break down races and do away with the major religions. Mixing the races and cultures is part of the plan. Anyone who disagree's is a racist. Nice group of people.
(Picks up Script) "Let me be clear, that has never happened and will never happen in America.
We are an unchanging country and this time of peace and political stability will always last forever."
Did I do the Naysayers right? The ones who will be herded into Ghettos in Denver and Phoenix and wonder "How did this happen?"
Fools all of them!
They think the Gravy train is endless. The Population of Greece is 10,787,690 people, the United States is over 300 Million. I don't know if that means it will take longer (because you have more people to steal from) or shorter (because there are more takers) but either way this path is truly unsustainable.
You are right. The nwo plan. Plus they want to break down races and do away with the major religions. Mixing the races and cultures is part of the plan. Anyone who disagree's is a racist. Nice group of people.
Umm, besides Israel.
Well, if I have to live in a Third World Latin American hellhole, my money and I will head south to one with better weather. It's a boxless Christmas for my family. We are now on a buying strike beyond what we actually need to survive. And ammunition (which we expect to fit into the survival category before this is all finished).
The market is usually right.
We won't necessarily need another amnesty down the road. Remember, Democrats and elite Republicans have a way to solve illegal immigration, and that's to so massively increase legal immigration that pretty much anyone who wants to come here can do so, legally!
Don't be surprised to see amnesty coupled with a huge expansion in already too-high levels of legal immigration.
Glad Mr Optimistic is hellbent on portending the ruination of the Country. /s
This is the real problem....there's never an end to immigration issues. We just keep coming back to this every decade. Political folks keep thinking it's a brand new problem and thus requiring a new solution. The fact is....you have enough laws on the books....just enforce them.
As Ann Coulter famously said: why are latinos getting "civil rights?" America's Civil Rights laws are intended to redress Black Americans' grievances over years of harshness. What did we ever do to immigrants? They broke our laws coming over the border from the Third World. What "grievances" do these latino lawbreakers have that they demand be redressed under US civil rights laws?
Mexico is pushing north at a furious pace---throwing its "pressure groups" over the border---salivating for reconquista---to takeover the SW--- financing and coaching their fifth column invasion of US borders.
The wailing and whining invaders' propaganda-----"just here for a better life, to do jobs Americanos won't do"---really "gets" bleeding heart sap-happy liberals.....and vote-crazed US politicians.
The latino criminal underworld on US soil has more criminal enterprises than you can shake a stick at.
<><>ICE's "documents and benefits fraud taskforce" found a common practice among "impoverished" illegals is to buy several faked identities for several thousand dollars each----the illegal then votes and rides the US gravy train under several names.
<><> Jose Madrigal---the Washington staterapist---had some 30 identities. And probably voted and collected US benefits under every single identity.
<><>June 26, 2010 An illegal using multiple identities was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay back $3 million in fraudulently obtained unemploymet compensation. Manuel Mejia Ordonez, got eight years for conspiracy to commit mail fraud........and identity theft.
<><> Hilderberto Salinas sold state drivers' licenses issued out of the states Motor Vehicle Agency in NJ to illegals with multiple identities who did not have the necessary id's....among 40 people who participated in the widespread ring. "Impoverished" illegals paid $2,500 to $7,000 apiece for the licenses---which allows them to vote.
OHAHA WON BROWARD FLORIDA WITH AN ASTOUNDING 99% OF THE VOTE (snicker)-----BACKSTORY Broward County Registered Voters Admit Being Non-Citizens
Florida Media Trackers | 6/28/2012 | TOM LAUDER / FR Posted by Kevin C
Six non-citizens admitted to Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes they are registered voters but should not be allowed to vote, Snipes reported yesterday at a community forum. The non-citizens asked to be removed from the registered voter list.
The non-citizens came forward after receiving a letter of inquiry from Snipes office. As for the other suspected non-citizens, Snipes said she would err on the side of caution and wait for a more reliable list.
Snipes reported the non- citizens inclusion on voter registration lists the same day an attorney for the Florida State Association Of Supervisors Of Elections advised elections supervisors they can resume removing non-citizens from voter registration lists.
Ron Labasky, general counsel for the Association, sent out a memo late Wednesday saying elections supervisors can resume removing non- citizens if supervisors have sufficient documentation that a person is not a U.S. citizen.
An official list provided by the Broward Supervisor of Elections shows 46 of 262 suspected non-citizens voted in elections dating as far back as 1984.
Last month, Snipes told the media that any non-citizen casting a vote is committing a felony.
Snipes sent letters to the 262 registered voters asking them to provide proof of citizenship. Snipes gave the non-citizens 30 days to respond.
Media Trackers Florida verified votes had been cast by using two different voter information services. Our review shows 31 votes cast by registered Democrats, 5 votes cast by registered Republicans, and 10 votes cast by persons with no party affiliation.
HYPHENATE PRICE TAG the price we are paying so that vote-crazed Obama and other desperate pols can get re/elected. NOTE Oftentimes the conniving pols bury these programs within other programs making them difficult to find. Americans have been hammered with govt propaganda that it was the Iraq war and the war on terror that is bankrupting the US. Heres the real reasons:
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year by state governments.
Verify at: http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters7fd8
2. $22 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens.Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.HTML
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens. Verify at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.HTML
4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary & secondary education for children here illegally and [usually] cannot speak a word of English. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt....0.HTML
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies (or as Terry Anderson says JACKPOT babies!)Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/%20TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt.01.HTML
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.CNN..com/TRANscriptS/0604/01/ldt...01.HTML
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare & socialservices by the American taxpayers. Verify at: http://premium.cnn..com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01..HTML
9. $200 Billion dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused by the illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRI
13. In 2006, illegals sent $45 BILLION in remittances to their countries of origin.
Verify at: http://www/..rense.com/general75/niht.htm
14. The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One million sex crimes committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States. Verify at: http: // www.drdsk.com/articleshtml
The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR WHICH WOULD BE ENOUGH TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY FOR THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY. Are we THAT Stupid?WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!!!!
1. The Earned Income Credit...money people get back on their taxes that they NEVER paid into in the first place! Illegal aliens, most of which pay zero in net taxes, enjoyed $4.2 billion from the Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC) last year. Thats more than the annual revenue from the selected oil tax deductions and corporate jet deductions combined!Verify: http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/09/02/illegal-aliens-receive-4-2-billion-in-additional-child-tax-credits/
2. The cost of prosecuting and making SURE the rights of illegals are protected by US laws madefor US citizens. In 2009, the U.S. Justice Dept filed nearly 92,000 pro-immigrant-related criminal cases in the federal courts. The record-breaker accounted for more than half of all new federal prosecutions, according to data maintained at Syracuse University. Verify at:
My biggest problem with Amnesty is that you will see a mass run on the border.
My second problem with amnesty is that the newly amnestied invaders will suddenly become unemployed - they have to be paid scale so there will be little or no advantage in hiring them.
And it'll be the third time that we're told "this is the last time"
Time to polish up the old Second Amendment - - - .
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I'm writing a customised command-line task manager in Python using the Cmd module. I've decided, for practice, to use nice test-driven development so I've kicked it off with a very simple Cmd-derived class and a corresponding test class. I've added a few very simple methods kicked off by the cmdloop() method but of course in my test class I'd like to create an instance of my cmd-derived class , invoke the cmdloop() and send it some input.
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Looks Photoshopped to me.
So, have you made anything yet? What looks good?
If one of you makes Culatello, I'll be happy to taste test it. For your own safety you understand.
Defintely Photoshopped. Look at the claw holding the book. I'll feel really embarrassed if your hand has been disfigured in some freak accident while trying to cram a WFO into a garage. Profuse apologies in advance.
....I've recently acquired 3 different Calabrian chili seeds that are just begging to be grown for this...
I'm not even going to google it, where TH did you get the seeds from?
Your inbox is full Mr. Google. Dipstick.
Peter can attest to the fact that I'm not much to look at...
Craig,As anyone can see from your photos, you have not been denied in that department either. You are the complete package.Peter
I googled it... these might work. http://www.almagourmet.com/store/peperoncino-calabrese-dried-hot-peppers-2-ounce-p-430.htmlThey're dried- I don't know if that makes a difference when trying to grow them from seed.
I guess I've been listening to my wife too much.


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Nickel & Nickel Winter Open House
by Nickel & Nickel on February 11, 2014
By now you've likely heard the great news: Napa Valley received inches of much-needed rain recently–more rain in three days than we had received in all of 2013! So there was an extra dose of celebration in the air at our Winter Open House as we toasted good wine, good company and great, rainy weather.
We poured a selection of seven single-vineyard wines. Some, like the Chardonnays and a Merlot, were new releases; some were current releases (two 2010 Cabernets); and some were plucked from the cellar (the 2009 Quarry Vineyard and 2008 Tench Vineyard Cabs). Here's what we lined up:
2012 Nickel & Nickel Stiling Vineyard Chardonnay, Russian River Valley
2012 Nickel & Nickel Truchard Vineyard Chardonnay, Carneros, Napa Valley
2011 Nickel & Nickel Suscol Ranch Merlot, Napa Valley
2010 Nickel & Nickel John C. Sullenger Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville, Napa Valley
2010 Nickel & Nickel Copper Streak Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Stags Leap District, Napa Valley
2009 Nickel & Nickel Quarry Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Rutherford, Napa Valley
2008 Nickel & Nickel Tench Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville, Napa Valley
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New Egypt restaurant, coffeehouse talk
I noticed that a new restaurant named Noonan's has opened in the old McGregor's space in Egypt. I'll be sure to visit soon.
In my previous post, I mentioned that it's unusual for me to be off work on a weekday that isn't a holiday, even if it is a long holiday weekend. I visited a Perinton coffeehouse on Friday for no reason other than to drink coffee. I mention this reason because I bumped into a work collegue who seemed surprised that I was there for the sole purpose of drinking coffee, alone, and reading an article (by Tissa Balasuriya if you must know).
In any case, I think the weekday afternoon crowd is different than the weekend crowd. They seemed to be generally serious about their coffee. I love my coffee, but I brew most of what I drink at home, and I had trouble finding "plain old coffee" on the wall menu. I don't think any of the couple dozen people who arrived after me ordered plain old coffee. They instead ordered mocha frappa something somethings.
I enjoyed a set of musical standards played on the PA system, led off by "Everybody Loves Somebody" by Dean Martin. I think Dino was cooler than Frank.


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Listen in to a conversation about God's will; you're likely to hear talk about relationship concerns, job prospects, and college choices. Think about yourself—you want to know who God wants you to marry, what career He wants you to pursue, or where He wants you to attend school, right? We seem to have a short list when it comes to God's will, don't we.
God has a list too, but it doesn't start with who you marry. God's first concern is who you worship—He wills for you to come to Christ. That's step one.
Tragically, many people groping around in the dark for God's will miss that vital first step and never recover. In fact, darkness is a good analogy for their condition. Jesus said men love darkness rather than light, and that's exactly where they remain when they refuse His offer of salvation—in darkness.
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The answer actually is pretty simple as Pastor John said, "those who don't love God don't know." This is worked out in all of our lives by two attitudes and beliefs that guide us and pretty much adhere to the 1st and 2nd great commandments; "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this, You shall love your neighbor as Yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these." Mk 12:30-31. (1) the level of our devotion to God (devotion meaning a life given to God) and (2) what are our intentions in life.
On devotion the questions are do I live by renouncing the world? Reject it's joys? Take up my cross daily? Deny yourself? Mourn? See my poverty of spirit? Forsake pride and riches? Think humbly? Live humbly? Rejoice in suffering? Reject the lust of the flesh, eyes, and pride of life. Do I bear injuries, forgive and bless my enemies, love the unrighteous? Do I act at church how I act in my ordinary life?
For intention; what is my highest priority of my life? Do I intend to please God? Is it that? That is the first and most fundamental principle of Christianity; an intention to please God in all my actions. For whatever we intend to do - we do! My failures are not because I am weak or frail but because of my lack to duty to please God in all my actions or life. Usually we simply do not intend to please God in all our lives.
What the 1st and 2nd great commandments really means to me: "i am to make by a deliberate act of my will, as a matter of principle, duty, and propriety to be God's loyal friend and servant showing all my affections and attachments in all my thoughts, feelings, spirit, my rational immortal soul and life itself; using my deepest thoughts, dispositions, understanding, imagination, abilities, might, power, and strength and likewise my fellow man."
Example: I know someone who says they are a Christian and they have never read the bible at least once (I've found most folks in church have never read their bibles); not even the New Testament and they are 54; saved as a child. They read a verse here and there; maybe a chapter or two. They follow along with whatever is being preached. A year ago they committed to reading the NT and they didn't make it through Matthew. Now, they love reading as they go to the library every six weeks (length a book can be checked out) and they have checked out over 40 books during this same time period. Do you think they only read select lines from those books? Start the book in the second half?
It always goes to intention and devotion. Unfortunately it's usually devotion to self with no intention to please God as the rule. Who's fooling who here? Deception and denial go hand and hand with our attitudes and beliefs in reality and perception is reality for most folks. But what do we really believe? Maybe that's the real question. What do we really believe?
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I started reading "The Gospel according to Jesus". John makes a good
point of how to exam ourselves. When I read Matt 24 or 25, talks about
the sheep and goats. Are we truly believers? It would be if we do the Father's will. How awesome! God's children are slaves to righteousness,
not slaves to sin. Amen.
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Regarding Comment #1 by Bill Ziegler. What a wonderful definition of how our lives should be. I am sickened by what passes itself off as Christianity nowadays. It is no wonder that people rely on their feelings for direction from the Lord. Repentance, commitment, forsaking ourselves, reading and obeying the Word, and taking up our cross is too difficult for many, so they go with the false teachings of the time. Many churchgoers today are living in a dangerous state of non-reality encouraged all the more by the false teaching of pastors and leaders and the avoidance of studying God's Word. I pray that they will find true life in Christ and quit following whatever tickles their ears.
Jean Selden
Dear Pastor MacArthur: My church asked me to become a trustee. Is this an appropriate role for a female? I am praying about it, but would like your opinion. I am saved. Thank you.
Really good message, 5:45 through 6:30 is a hard but necessary truth.
To give an answer to the question... We cannot find God's will most times because we are not looking for God's will. So much of the time people are looking for the easy way, or the most beneficial situation for self or the most pleasurable thing. Basically, many people are not seeking God and His will, they are actually just wanting someone to predict the future and let them know which of the choices in this decision will work out best for me in the long run. People are not concerned with pleasing God...they are not concerned with lining their life up with the Word. And often even true Christians aren't concerned with these things because they've never been taught to. They do not know the truth of God's will from scripture and they are influenced by false teachers and pop culture.
John MacArthur's teaching on this subject is wonderful and enlightening and beneficial.
The office or title of "Trustee" may include different responsibilities from one church to the next. I think your pastor would be happy to answer all your questions about what being a "trustee" entails. Then, when you have clarity, you can search the Scriptures, pray, and make and informed decision with your family.
I am coming late to the discussion, just read all the previous blogs on the series.
Coming from a charismatic system (many moons ago), I can only say that the Word of God is really a strength in my personal life now, for it is True! Ex-charismatics know how truth is so much under-rated (not the exact word I was looking for, forgive me, it's not coming to me now). We hear so much "God told me this", "God told me that", we come to a point where we don't really know anything.
But... and I say this with great sadness, after finding the truth, I became a little...hmm... skeptical. I've been trying to find a biblical and sound teaching church for over a year now (there's one not too far whose pastor went to TMC and TMS that we want to visit). A few weeks ago I visited a church that seemed to be biblical. After the service (expository sermon) I chatted with the pastor and asked him several questions. It all seemed alright, so far, and then he starts telling me how they believe in prophecy and tongues for today, and how they encourage their members to exercise those gifts in small groups. But, he told me, he wanted to stress to me that prophecies, today, are not infallible, for the simple reason that humans are used to deliver them and we are all fallen (he also added, quite hastly "the NT doesn't command to stone people who deliver false prophecies"). Now, how does that make sense? Well, it does to him. Unfortunately, his church is part of a big ministry in the US, where reformed theology is being wrapped around this "neo-charismatic". Yes, they proclaim, God is sovereign, but apparently not sovereign enough to make sure if/when He wants to say something, the message gets clearly delivered. Or maybe, just maybe, the prophets in the OT were not fallen? hmmm....
So, I ask, how can anyone claim to be reformed in their theology and on the same hand claim to hear messages directly from God, messages that can either be fallible or infallible, who exactly knows?
There's a subtle and profound danger, IMO, in these cloudy and muddy waters.
I know when God speaks to me. It's not with words or feelings. It's a conviction in my heart while I study His Word. It is true, God has said everything. The problem is not in the message, the messenger, or the sender. The problem lies with us, fallen creatures who love religion, traditions, experiences.
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In 1978, a 17 year old Vincent Gallo left home, moved to New York City, and started playing in bands, including 'Gray' with artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. While in New York, Vincent also became well known for his very unusual street performances, which were spontaneously executed in public and designed to provoke thought, self-reflection and consciousness.
After watching one of Vincent's performances, New York Underground filmmaker Eric Mitchell cast Vincent as the lead in his film 'The Way It Is' alongside newcomer Steve Buscemi. 'The Way It Is' was Vincent's first appearance in a feature length film, although he had previously directed himself in several short films.
" Vincent has given over 25 one-man shows of his paintings, including several with famed New York art dealer Annina Nosei, "
Ever since his early performance art days, Vincent has continued to create very conceptual performance pieces. He has also created his own website, which upon closer examination reveals itself to be a highly conceptual artwork that resonates with his early performance work. Vincent has given over 25 one-man shows of his paintings, including several with famed New York art dealer Annina Nosei, and 4 museum shows including one at the Hara Museum in Tokyo, Japan.
He has also released several musical albums including 3 on the prestigious Warp Records label. He wrote, composed and performed the original music for his films 'Buffalo 66', 'The Agent', and 'Promises Written in Water', and has performed live alongside Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon, John Frusciante and P.J. Harvey.In the 1980s Vincent reached the professional level of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, but has never won a national championship. This talent is displayed in his feature film 'The Brown Bunny', in which he plays one of the motorcycle riders.
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The Columbus Dispatch - June 27, 2012 02:59 PM
The Short North Business Association is combining with the neighborhood's special improvement district to form a new group to steer the vision for the area while dealing with problems it continues to struggle with.
The new Short North Alliance will concentrate on safety, parking and other issues and improving access to the popular retail and entertainment district, said John Angelo, the new group's executive director and former director of the Short North Business Association.
"These problems have been here for a long time," he said.
The special improvement district was formed 12 years ago to build the arches along High Street. Now property owners want a new group to take a new tack, he said. So the business association will become dormant, while the special improvement district will continue to raise money to maintain the area. Angelo takes his new position on June 15.


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It's a Bug's Life- Will the United States embrace insects as a part of our diet?
The culinary world is a strange place. I don't mean the history of the human diet, because humans have eaten some pretty interesting things over the years and continue to do so (garbage plates anyone?). I mean the trends in "haute cuisine" that arise, they can be very strange indeed.
Many countries in the world have long included bugs and larvae on their menus: Japan, Nigeria, Thailand… but now they are crawling up on menus in the United States as "trendy" cuisine. PBS NewsHour reported on a restaurant in San Francisco called Mosto that serves a variety of gourmet bugs.
Mosto's brave chef, Monica Martinez, serves mealworms and crickets to a clientele eager to try something new. Martinez started selling her insect-Hispanic fare out of a food truck at San Francisco's Street Food Festival and quickly sold all of her dishes. She grows mealworms at her home, keeping them on a strict organic diet of course. Martinez freezes them to kill them, then bakes them and uses them in her dishes.
Eating bugs, or entomophagy, as I mentioned before is popular in many parts of the world, particularly in developing countries. Many argue that eating insects in many ways is better for both humans and the environment than eating meat. There is less fat in insects than in meat but just as much protein. Additionally, the way animals are raised today contributes heavily to global warming and environmental damage. Scientists say that eating food sources that are further away evolutionally means less risk of disease. Because animals like pigs and cows are closer to humans evolution-wise there is more of a risk of diseases like Mad Cow and other Prion Diseases. With insects, this risk diminishes greatly.
So am I ready to fry up some crickets I find in my backyard at my next barbeque? I'm not completely sure, but the next time I'm in San Francisco I will stop by Mosto.
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Wait No More
Only one week from today, the gates of Chautauqua Institution will slam shut, to anyone who doesn't have either a ticket or a gate pass, and the 2013 summer season will open with a bang.
The opening performance in the giant open-sided Amphitheater will be by the popular a cappella singing group, Straight No Chaser, and professional performances will begin taking place in our area, once again.
The Chautauqua season lasts for nine weeks, from June 22 to Aug. 24. Chautauqua has its own Symphony Orchestra, its own opera company, its own theater department, its own visual arts program, and its own ballet and dance company.
These are in addition to recreational opportunities, opportunities to learn and study from first-class professionals, a very active series of religious lectures, seminars, and other programs, and so much more. But, this is an arts column, so rather than write one sentence about everything they will be doing this summer, let's focus our attention on the visual and performing arts.
Readers often phone or write to ask for advice on what to choose, if they cannot afford long-term admission tickets. I'm always happy to provide my personal choices, although as always I caution you, the fact that I like something doesn't mean you will, and the fact that I'm not looking forward to seeing or hearing something doesn't mean you won't be delighted by it. For what it's worth, here are overviews of the coming artistic seasons at Chautauqua, and my personal picks of what to attend.
Let me begin by saying that I am eagerly anticipating July 27, when Chautauqua's Symphony Orchestra, Dance Company, Theater Company, Opera Company, and the Music School Voice Department will all pool their resources to present what they are calling "The Romeo and Juliet Project." Producer Vivienne Benesch, of Chautauqua Theater Company, told me recently that there will be, live on stage, an actor portraying Juliet, for example, a singer singing the role of Juliet, and a dancer, dancing the role of Juliet, all to the orchestra's accompaniment. It will all take place in the Amphitheater, beginning at 8:15 p.m., and I expect it to be packed with spectators and to be absolutely thrilling, no matter which elements of the arts are your favorites.
Finally, we went out to Chautauqua the day before writing this and got what I was assured is the most recent schedule of events which is available. Surely we all understand that artists are human, and that they may become ill, they may be stuck in some airport, on their way to our area, or any of dozens of possible reasons why last minute changes might need to take place. I'm a critic, not a seer of the future.
Chautauqua's theater program was operated for many decades by the Cleveland Play House, which repeated most or all of each year's season of productions, each summer, at Chautauqua. Although it seems only a few years since the Institution parted company with Cleveland, and founded its own theater company, a look at the facts show that this is the 30th season of that change.
This year, under the inspired leadership of award-winning actor, director and stage professional Vivienne Benesch, the company will present three full productions in their beautiful, new facility at the Bratton Family Theater, in addition to two partially staged productions of brand new plays, which they call New Play Workshops, plus they will participate in the Romeo and Juliet Project.
Furthermore, they will present "Brown Bags," which are invitations for the public to bring their lunches to the Bratton Theater, to listen to talks by various elements of the stage productions, to learn elements which will help them to appreciate the coming performances. These are presented Thursdays at 12:15 p.m.
On June 30, July 21 and Aug. 11, the company offers what they call "'Fore Plays," which are chats by members of the artistic company, offered one hour before curtain time. Each season, recently, the company has presented what they call "Chau-Talk-One," which is an opportunity for an alumnus of the company or a member of the current company to perform a s new, solo work, often in preparation for a professional staging of the play. This year's offering will take place Aug. 13.
Finally, on Aug. 16, the conservatory actors, who are post-graduate students who have been studying at Chautauqua, will perform a Late Night Cabaret, beginning at 10 p.m., and giving them relatively free reign to "put on a dandy show."
The full productions this year will begin with Tennessee Williams' classic "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," which will play June 28 to July 7. The second will be "Clybourne Park," a wildly popular play which has set Broadway on its ear, in the past year. It is an examination of the all-white suburb to whom the central family of the play "Raisin in the Sun" are planning to move, to give a hint of what lies ahead for the African-American Younger Family." See it July 19 through July 28.
Every season seems to end with Shakespeare, and this year is no different. This year, enjoy "The Comedy of Errors," an early play by William Shakespeare which imagines two sets of twins, both separated by a shipwreck, and the confusion which reigns when each brother is mistaken for the other, when their paths accidentally cross. It will be on stage Aug. 9-16.
This year's New Play Workshops will be these: July 11-13, see "Dark Radio," by Colin McKenna. It is a play about a contemporary young man who suddenly sees no one on the streets, no one answering phones, no contact with the rest of the world, except one AM radio station.
Aug. 1-3, see "Transit," a play about a Muslim woman who has jumped in front of a commuter train, on the first anniversary of a major terrorist attack. Both NPW plays are presented with partial props and scenery, usually with actors holding scripts in their hands. After each performance, the playwright and the director and sometimes one or more of the actors entertain a discussion with the audience, to gauge how the audience has reacted to the new play and whatever suggestions the audience might like to make for future productions. The play you see on the third night of the run might well be substantially different from the one you see on the first.
Guest performances this season will be by Harris Yulin and Candace Buckley, in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," and former conservatory member Marin Hinkle," best known from the "Two and a Half Men" television series, in "Clybourne Park." Yulin replaces Stewart Margolin, who was previously announced for the production of "Cat."
People who saw the production of "Ancestral Voices," which was presented by the National Society of Arts and Letters, in Jamestown, last January will be happy to note that Chris Corporandy, who played the lead in that production will be returning to the CTC to play the actor version of Tybalt, in the cast of the Romeo and Juliet Project.
My personal choice from the 2013 season will be the New Play Workshops, because they are new and it's exciting to be an actual part of the creation of art, and although I want very much to see all three plays, my love for well-produced productions of Tennessee Williams will draw me most avidly to "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
Tickets to the three regular production cost $30 each. Tickets to New Play Workshops cost $15 each. Tickets to the Romeo Project cost $40 per person. Purchase them through the institution's web site at www.ciweb.org, or by phoning 357-6250.
I know a great deal more about the CTC, but I went out to Chautauqua and visited all the arts organization, and found specific information available only from the theater folks in time for this writing, so I'll do my best with the other elements of the summer program.
Sadly, Chautauqua Opera will continue its two-production season, which has been the norm for the past few years. The company, which not terribly long ago produced seven operas each season, now performs a single performance of a giant opera, in the Amphitheater, plus one regular, two-performance production of a more manageable opera in Norton Hall.
This year, opera lovers will delight to the opportunity to see and hear the relatively rarely performed opera "Peter Grimes," by Benjamin Britten, in the Amphitheater on July 6, and the beloved classic, "Falstaff," based on Shakespeare's "Merry Wives of Windsor." It was composed by Giuseppi Verdi, and will be performed July 26 and 29. Tickets to Norton Hall range in price from $15 to $52, depending upon where you sit. Seating in the Amphitheater is festival style, meaning you may take the first empty seat you come upon, on the evening of the production. I believe those tickets are $40 per person.
The opera company will present in the Amphitheater an evening of music by two composers having an important anniversary. Richard Wagner would be 200 years old, if he were alive today, and Britten would be 100 years old. Young artists will sing, accompanied by the CSO. That will be July 13.
The company also offers a major pops concert on Aug. 3 in the Amphitheater, and various art song recitals, musical theater revues, master classes and other opportunities. These are in addition to the recitals and performances of the voice students from the Music School. Get a Chautauqua schedule, and check out what interests you the most. The company is under the artistic directorship of Jay Lesenger, internationally celebrated director of operatic production.
My own selection from the season is "Peter Grimes," and I'm very excited about seeing a live performance of an opera I've only known from recordings, until now.
Chautauqua has a very high quality of dance performances, under the leadership of former Balanchine dancer and choreogrtapher Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, assisted by well-known choreographer Mark Diamond. Chautauqua has a partnership with the North Carolina Dance Theater, from Charlotte, N.C., which is also directed by Bonnefoux. The North Carolina dancers bring their skills to Chautauqua to delight audiences and to inspire students.
If I have counted correctly, from the season schedule, I see professional performances on June 27, July 9, 24, and 31, and Aug. 10. There will also be a performance by Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre on Tour on Aug. 21.
Chautauqua Festival Dancers, who are students just on the verge of professional careers, will perform in the Amphitheater on July 14 and 22, and Aug. 11. Sunday performances are at 2:30 p.m. Not having a specific program of what will be danced by whom, I would truthfully say that I would be happy to see any of the performances, especially by the full professional company. I haven't seen Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre in many years, but I suspect their August performance will be well worth attending.
The CSO performs, almost without exception, each Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, beginning July 2, and lasting through Aug. 20. The concerts range from familiar repertoire, to pops highlights, to new and exciting music by living composers.
Among the names of instrumentalists which leap out at me from the printed program are violinist Augustin Hadelich on July 16, and pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk, who will perform with the orchestra July 20 and do a solo recital on July 17. Cellist Jolyon Pegis will join the CSO on Aug. 1. Cellist Sharon Robinson will perform Aug. 20.
Guest conductors in the coming season will include Grant Cooper on July 9 and Aug. 10, Elizabeth Schulze on July 20, former music director Uriel Segal on Aug. 1, Maximiano Valdes on Aug. 8, and Jaime Laredo on Aug. 20.
A word to the wise, those folks who enjoy seeing young musicians, at the beginning of what might well be wonderful careers are encouraged to seek out performances by the Music School Festival Orchestra, most Monday evenings.
No one picks a popular performing artist based upon a critic's selections. Among the ones I note on a quick scan of the schedule are Steve Martin, playing the banjo, rather than doing comedy routines, on June 28, and Travis Tritt on July 19. Also, the golden boys of 1950s rock music, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell and Fabian will do their hits on July 26.
Garrison Keillor will perform and record an episode of his popular radio program "A Prairie Home Companion," on Aug. 2. The Beach Boys will be producing good vibrations on Aug. 9. The fabulous Paul Simon, with poet Billy Collins, will conduct conversations on Aug. 16. Amy Grant will perform Aug. 24.
If you're familiar with traveling to Chautauqua for performances, you can skip this section. If you're not, this could be a very great help.
Chautauqua is located on Route 394, between Stow and Mayville. The community allows only very limited automobile traffic on its streets during the official season, so expect to park some distance from where you're going, and to either walk, or to catch passing trams or buses. The principal parking lot for temporary visitors is on the opposite side of Route 394 from the Institution. Typical visitors should turn off Route 394 into a visitor's parking lot, at the side of the large, red brick gate building which is farthest from the traffic light at the main entrance. For many years drivers could turn into the grounds at the light, but that is no longer true.
The visitor's lot allows 30 minutes of free parking, while you go inside the gate building and arrange to buy or pick up tickets. If you have pre-paid for theater or opera tickets, you should go in and show them to the staff. They will give you temporary tickets, so you can travel to the kiosk, located between the Bratton Theater and Norton Hall, where you can trade them for the actual tickets. Opera and theater tickets admit you to the grounds for a period before and after the performance for which they are valid, so you can have dinner before a performance or get ice cream and look around after one, although they do not admit anyone to the Amphitheater. You will need to show them, to leave the grounds.
When you have your tickets, drive down to the traffic light and cross the highway, driving into the main parking lot. The attendant will accept payment for parking, and usually will offer suggestions of where in the huge lot to find parking. Once you've parked, you can wait for a tram to take you from your car to the side of Route 394, or you can walk it yourself. Sometimes waits for trams have been long.
Exit the tram, walk across the highway and through the gate building to the inner gate and show your tickets for admittance to the grounds. Please note: do not discard your tickets, but keep them handy. If you have bought tickets to the Amphitheater, you will need to show them again to be admitted to that facility. Whether your tickets are to the Amphitheater or the Bratton Theater or Norton Hall, you will need to show them again when you leave the grounds, or you could incur additional charges.
Once you have entered the inner structure at the main gate, look just to your right, and you will see a sheltered bus stop. You can catch a ride, there to almost anywhere on the grounds, on either a tram or a bus. The drivers are usually very helpful to learn which bus to take, although if you just climb aboard and don't ask, you may end up very far from where you're going. The buses and trams are free of charge.
If you choose to walk, you should walk directly away from the gate and straight down a traffic-free, brick sidewalk until you reach the village green of Chautauqua, with a large fountain in the center. This is called Bestor Plaza. From the edge of that green, you can turn left. That will bring you first to the visual arts complex, in the former Kellogg Hall, on your left. Then, it leads to the Bratton Theater, and if you continue further, to Norton Hall.
To reach the Amphitheater, walk across the Bestor Plaza green to the opposite side, then turn right, and follow that brick street directly to the back corner of the Amphitheater. As I said before, you will need to show your tickets again, to enter. Seats are available in general seating, and you may sit almost anywhere which is not occupied, with an occasional exception. Sometimes a section of seating is roped off for a visiting group, or for people who have donated at a certain level of giving, above regular admission prices. At some concerts, the seats in the choir loft, behind the stage, are open to the public. If so, you might enjoy the perspective of looking the conductor in the eye, for example.
The aisles in the Amphitheater are very steep. If you have trouble walking, I recommend either sitting at the very back, or going around the facility, and entering from the stage side to sit on the flat floor. Beware of taking a seat which is blocked by a wooden column, supporting the roof, unless there is no other alternative. Seating is on wooden benches, which can get very uncomfortable during a long performance. Bringing a cushion is strongly advised.
Visiting Chautauqua is easier than it sounds to people who are doing it for the first time, although if you know what to expect, it can save a good deal of frustration. Have a wonderful summer, and if you have additional questions, don't hesitate to phone me or send off an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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- Basic Vanilla Cake, baked and cooled
- 1/4 cup pineapple juice
- For the filling:
- 1 1/4 cups chopped dried pineapple
- 1/2 cup pineapple juice
- 1/4 cup cream of coconut
- For the frosting and topping:
- 2 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
- Pinch of salt
- 2 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/3 cup cream of coconut
- 1/2 cup coconut flakes, toasted
- 1/4 cup chopped dried pineapple
Prepare the cake: Poke holes all over the tops of the 2 cake layers using a toothpick. Brush the cakes with the pineapple juice, letting it soak into the holes; set aside.
Make the filling: Bring the dried pineapple, pineapple juice, cream of coconut and 1/2 cup water to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the dried pineapple is soft and the liquid is reduced to a thick syrup, about 20 minutes. Let cool, then mash with a potato masher to make a chunky jam.
Make the frosting: Beat the butter and salt in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until smooth and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar until smooth. Add the cream of coconut, increase the mixer speed to medium high and beat until thick, 2 to 3 more minutes.
Assemble the cake: Place 1 cake layer on a platter; spread the pineapple filling on top, stopping about 1/2 inch from the edge. Top with the second cake layer and press down gently. Cover the whole cake with the coconut frosting. Top with the toasted coconut and dried pineapple.
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