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...have just come into season. 25c each. And soon to ripen on our own tree.
This is the life!
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
saying no to ungodliness
How do we do that? How do we say no to the rage boiling inside our veins, to the thoughts about to spew forth from our lips in slander, to the envy searing our eyeballs, to the romantic daydream about that other man?
How do we say no? Is it fear of divine retribution? Is it fear of shame before friends and family? Do we try hard to follow the law?
How do we actually say NO and instead, do what is right?
Titus 2:11-12 says,
But, I still have one more question. How does that work?
How does the grace of God teach us to say no? How does the cross teach us?
What do you think?
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age...It's the GRACE OF GOD. The grace of God teaches us to say no to ungodliness. It's the grace of God that has appeared to all men. It's the grace of God that brings salvation. It's the grace of God as shown in work of Christ on the cross that brings salvation. That's what teaches us to say no to ungodliness.
But, I still have one more question. How does that work?
How does the grace of God teach us to say no? How does the cross teach us?
What do you think?
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Monday, 28 September 2009
mother and daughter time together
Ever since I read about Cathy's weekend away with her daughter Audrey the idea of such a time away with my girls has been floating around in my head. Nothing's every come of it. Yet. But, what a wonderful oppurtunity it would be...
My perspective on Mother and Daughter Time Together has completely changed recently due to this book that came in a parcel of schoolwork for Bethany. If Mum and Me were Mermaids by Pauline Stewart is a bubbly and imaginative book about a little girl's afternoon at the beach with her Mum. We enjoyed reading it together, but what really caught my eye was one of the recommendation on the back cover, which went something like,
this book captures every little girl's fantasy of having her Mum all to herself.This was a revelation for me. My little girls have this fantasy?
So the idea of a day away with each daughter surfaced again. And I mentioned it to them. Would they like to do something like that? Oh, yeah! But again, nothing came of it.
On Saturday, Sophie asked when we were going to go away for the weekend together. Pleased as punch that she seems so keen on the idea, yet wanting to test the waters, I asked,
A weekend away just the two of us? But don't you get too much time with Mum at school everyday?
S: But I don't mean for school. I just want to go away and sit and cuddle.Me: Oh?S: That's why I don't want to go to that Motel because there we have to cook and wash-up ourselves. I want to go somewhere where they do all that for you and we can just sit and cuddle.
So now I'm really keen on the idea. But nothing's come of it. Yet. Except some extra cuddles.
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Saturday, 26 September 2009
two conversations with Sophie, aged 7
Scene: Breakfast. Sophie, aged 7, is eating weetbix and cornflakes smothered in yoghurt.
Me: What did the sheep say to the shearer?
S: What shearer?
Me: The one that was there?
S: Where?
Me: (exasperated) In the shearing shed! But it's a joke, you just say, "What?".
S: Oh.
Me: What did the sheep say to the shearer?
S: What?
Me: Eucalyptus! (you-c-lipped-us)
S: (laughs hysterically, then pauses) What?
(later on after bible reading)
G: (reading back of illustrated international children's bible NT):
Why is it so hard to read and remember little black words on a white page? Probably because most of us are visual learners. We learn better through the use of pictures. This innovative New Testament uses Bible text that illustrates the ACTUAL Scriptures (not a retelling or paraphrase!), complete with dialog boxes to show who is speaking- just so kids can follow the story and action. It sets the scene for them. This not only helps children read the Bible, but also helps them immediately understand what is going on, learn it, and remember it better. The old saying, "A picture is worth a thousand words," now rings truer than ever.
[bit of discussion here, then...]S: ...if they really believed that, why didn't they use pictures to say it? Hah! They're using words to say words aren't important!
(which, I know, is not exactly what they're saying, but for a seven year old, she makes an interesting observation)
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Friday, 25 September 2009
The heart of Anger (4)
In chapter six of the Heart of Anger, Lou Priolo shows how to use an Anger Journal to help children identify and correct inappropriate expressions of anger. It is a four-step process that involves;
- indentifying the circumstantial provocation of the anger
- describing the outward manifestions of the anger
- biblically evaluating the exact nature of the anger
- developing a bible response to the circumstantial provocation
1. What circumstances led to my becoming angry?I was shooting baskets in our driveway, when my Dad stuck his head out of the back door and insisted that I come in to begin doing my homework. He told my friend who was shooting with me to come back tomorrow.2. What did I say/do when I became angry?"I don't have any homework and you're always running my friends off. It's no wonder they all think you and Mom are idiots." Then I cursed at him under my breath (but loud enough that my friend could hear) and slammed the basketball into the back door (breaking the window) and stomped off to my room sulking and pouting.3. What is the biblical evaluation of what I said/did whan I became angry?Lying (I did have homework and my friends don't all think my parents are idiots), profanity, slander, backbiting, hateful.4. What should I have said/done when I became angry?Said, "OK Dad" and explained to my friend that I really did have homework but that if I finished early, I'd call him. Made an appeal "Dad, I have new information, may I make an appeal?" (yes) "My teacher was out sick today and the substitute teacher allowerd us to catch up on some homework so I only have to study for two subject instead of my usual four... so may I stay out and shoot baskets for another 45 minutes?" I could have appealed to Dad about changing my schedule so I would study when it isn't possible to play basketball. Appeal to Dad to install a light in the driveway so I can play basketball after dark (if I get my homework done). How about it Dad?*
This example is clearly from an child much older than mine, however I we have used simple questions like
- What did you do that was naughty?
- Can you explain why you did that? What were you feeling?
- What could you do instead?
Until now I have always left out references to scripture feeling that a statement like "God says that's called Malice and that's sinful" might make them feel worse and lead on the path of insecurity and self-righteousness. However, I'm re-thinking this opinion in the face of their response to Proverbs (which I describe here) which says much about words and anger. And because as they grow they need to know about God's holiness and how great their sin is and how much greater is God's love and forgiveness. So I'm grateful for his encouragement in this area and I'll keep thinking about it.
I also really appreciate two further points he makes in this chatper.
The first is the necessity of determining whether a child is sinfully or righteously angry. Anger is not always sinful. God can be angry. So how do we tell? Priolo provides simple questions we can use to work this out. And it is simple (not rocket science). Immensely helpful not just in dealing with children but also in thinking about my own anger. Often I am angry with the children not because of anything they have done but because I want to do my own thing and not deal with children or the crayon on the wall or the puddle on the floor or the tears...
The second is the reminder that tools such as journalling are helpful, but they are not the thing that provides lasting change in the heart and behaviour of a child. He says,
It is not possible for a Christian to change in dependence upon his own strength. He must depend upon the Lord for the grace (the wisdom, power and desire) to live in obedience to the Bible. This is why you must faithfully proclaim the Gospel to your children. If they are lost, they must be told about the need to trust Christ's substitutionary death on the cross. If they are saved, they must be reminded that they cannot obey God apart from reliance upon the Holy Spirit's power.Parent's must also must guard against viewing the materials in this book as "behaviour modification" or "cognitive therapy techniques." They are biblically derived solutions to common problems of living and are of limited value apart from the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit in your life and the life of your child.**
The next chapter is about the heart, where he moves from dealing with behaviour and looks at what is going on in the heart of the child when they are angry.
* p87
** p88-89
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Thursday, 24 September 2009
Peace Like a River
Glen gave me Peace Like a River by Leif Enger for my birthday this year. Like the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, it was a page turner. I don't know about you, but I am a skipper. I skip bits when I get bored, or when I just want to know what happens next. I skip whole pages (in some books this is necessary to find something to worth reading) and even whole chapters (like in the 44 Scotland St books when the chapter is about a character I'm not interested in). However, Peace Like a River was so gripping and so well-written that I couldn't skip even a word and I couldn't stop turning pages.
Peace Like a River is about fathers and sons and brothers and sisters. It's about love and kinship and justice and law and goodness and innocence and betrayal and guilt.
It's about the Great American West. It is a great American Western.
It's tragic. It's heroic. It's a fight. It's a flight.
It's about miracles.
"Let me say something about that word: miracle. For too long it's been used to characterise things or events that, though pleasant, are entirely normal. Peeping chicks at Easter time, spring generally, a clear sunrise after an overcast week- a miracle, people say, as if they've been educated from greeting cards. I'm sorry, but nope. Such things are worth our notice every day of the week, but to call them miracles evaporates the strength of the word.Real miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. It's true: They rebut every rule all we good citizens take comfort in. Lazarus obeying orders and climbing up out of the grave- now there's a miracle, and you can bet it upset a lot of folks who were standing around at the time. When a person dies, the earth is generally unwilling to cough him back up. A miracle contradicts the will of the earth.My sister, Swede, who often sees to the nub, offered this: People fear miracles because they fear being changed- though ignoring them will change you also. Swede said another thing, too, and it rang in me like a bell: No miracle happens without a witness. Someone to declare, Here's what I saw. Here's how it went. Make of it what you will."*
And so Reuben Land tells what he saw and how it went. He testifies about his Father, who is beloved by God and who loves God, who prays like he breathes, and who wrestles with God as he walks with Him through such circumstances as I should hope never to find myself.
And so, if you can get your head around how a novel can possibly be testimony to fact, you'll enjoy it as much as I.
* page 3
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009
solar-powered torches
Do you remember those childhood jokes that begin...
I thought they were hilarious.
I can see myself curled up on the floor in stitches with tears running down my cheeks.
What's even more amusing is that now, not only do I own a solar-powered torch, but all the lights in our house are solar powered!!
"What's the latest Irish invention?"
I thought they were hilarious.
Flyscreens on submarines!
Injector seats in helicoptors!
Solar powered torches!
I can see myself curled up on the floor in stitches with tears running down my cheeks.
What's even more amusing is that now, not only do I own a solar-powered torch, but all the lights in our house are solar powered!!
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on feeling guilty (1)
I mentioned here that I want to work out what to do with the guilt I feel about living and working here in Vanuatu yet having easy access to a better health system back home that my friends here can't possibly hope to share.
In the time that I have been in Vanuatu, two of my friends have had babies die in childbirth. I went home to have Matthew. Just this year a baby died in the village we visit for field experience from Malaria. We not only have access to medicines to prevent malaria, but also have on hand different medicine for treatment, should the prevention step fail.
Is this fair?
In one sense the question is a whole lot bigger than me and my guilt. It's about wealthy nations and developing nations. It's about rich and poor.
For me, it's about living a genuine christian life in the midst of people who struggle to feed and cloth their children and for whom toothpaste is a luxury commodity. How can I be "all things to all men" when as soon as things are difficult, I get out of here?
To be honest I'm still struggling to answer my questions. These are the sorts of categories I can think of to help me as I work through them.
- guilt on a personal level versus guilt on a corporate level
- sins of 'omission' as well as sins of 'co-mission'
- the continuting debt of love
- what 'incarnational' mission is and if it is a helpful way think about or do mission.
It may take a while. Join in with your ideas!
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Monday, 21 September 2009
Intrigued by Melinda Tankard Reist
I haven't read any of Melinda Tankard Reist's books, or heard her speak. But I am very intrigued by what I have heard and very encouraged by the work (I hear) she is doing. I'd love to read her books.
Nicole has reviewed Defiant Birth: Women who Resist Medical Eugenics here and Caroline has reviewed Giving Sorrow Words: Women's stories of Grief after abortion (on Nicole's blog) here.
Bron writes here about planning to read Getting Real: Challenging the Sexualisation of Girls and why. She is hoping to write about it on her blog which should be worth following. Bron also writes here about hearing Melinda speak at Katoomba Women's Convention on Toxic Culture: the Impact of the Media and Popular Culture on Girls and Young Women.
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Saturday, 19 September 2009
good news and bad news
Good News:
The Talua truck has arrived. What great relief and a wonderful blessing. No more trips to town like this one.
Bad News:
No more surgery in Vila General Hospital due to lack of oxygen. This makes me feel better about returning to Sydney for medical care, but doesn't stop me feeling guilty about it at the same time (but what a selfish response!). Please keep those people in mind who are needing surgery and pray for them, particulaly those whose lives are at risk. Pray also that it will not be long before oxygen is in ready supply again. Pray for pastors in Vila who visit the Hospital that they may speak words of comfort and hope at such a time.
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Friday, 18 September 2009
The Heart of Anger (3)
I am still reading the Heart of Anger by Lou Priolo. I have written about the first two chapters here, and the third and fourth chapters here. It's not a particularly difficult book to read, in fact it's quite easy. I've just had a break for a while.
The fifth chapter puts the third and fourth chapters into practise; showing what it might look like to be training a child to communicate respectfully and gently after an initial response of anger using all three forms of communication (words, tone and body language).
He suggests moving a child through these steps;
- acknowledging that their reponse was sinful (there is an extensive but apparently not exhaustive list of examples of such found in scripture);
- asking for forgiveness;
- rehearsing an alternative way to respond ensuring that words, tone and body language is appropriate.
I appreciated the examples he gave of what to say in such times. It's easy to know that's what I ought to do, but if I don't know a better response there is no way I could teach my children a better way to respond, particularly in a situation where I myself may be struggling to respond in right (and not sinful) ways.
I also appreciated the breadth of those examples for what a child might say in response. It wasn't just "yes Mum, whatever you say, Mum" but a serious attempt to help a child express what he or she is thinking or feeling.
He encourages recongnising exactly how the response was sinful and identifying the particular sin. I think the helpfulness of this would depend on the age of the child and particular situation. Sometimes a simple "unhelpful" or "unkind" might be enough. Sometimes some time alone before implementing the steps above might be necessary for both parties to calm down!
I also admire the way he is making a serious attempt to understand what scripture says about how we relate to one another and the effect of our words and our anger on others and use this understanding to guide his method.
I'm going to read the chapter again.
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Thursday, 17 September 2009
Talua Sunday
Last Sunday was Talua Sunday. This is the day when the college splits up into teams of two or three and visits churches throughout Santo. It is an oppurtunity for the community to hear about what has been happening over the past year and about what will be happening in the next year. It's a great chance for everyone to join together in praying for the work that Talua does and to generously provide for it. This year, as in the past few years, money collected on Talua Sunday goes towards maintenance; materials required for upkeep and development of the college and for the salary of our handy-man, who does a great job.
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Reading Proverbs with Children
Have you ever done this? We hadn't, and we didn't expect it to be a raving success. But contrary to our expectations it was. We haven't been creative about it, just read them (maybe up to ten at a time) and answered the children's questions. Usually we read another part of the bible and then some proverbs. Now, after the other reading, there are chants of "Proverbs! Proverbs! Proverbs!"
I can't work out why they like them so much. Some of the proverbs really surprise them, especially the ones about disciplining children (don't be silly, Dad, it doesn't really say that). But they really like them.
Encouragement comes from strange places sometimes.
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Tuesday, 15 September 2009
on feeling guilty
Recently I made a trip back to Sydney, Australia for medical reasons.
These sorts of trips always raise mixed feelings for me. I felt absolutely overjoyed at the prospect of visiting friends and relatives (particularly these ones). I felt relieved that I might at last be able to get things sorted out and be once again on the road to good health. At the same time I felt horribly guilty that the oppurtunity was mine and not one my friends here share.
What do I do with this guilt? Do I pretend it isn't there? Do I try to sweep it under the carpet and forget about it knowing that I would do the same again (and I would)? Do I talk myself out of it? Perhaps it's false guilt? I haven't actually done anything wrong, have I?
How do I understand it and what do I do about it?
Join me as I think about these things over the next couple of weeks.
(yes, I can hear you laughing... as I hope to think about them...)
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Monday, 14 September 2009
on the nature of fowl
The reason we built an enclosure for our chick (instead of just letting it wander around outside) was not to protect it from wild dogs (although these may be a problem) or from cats (of which there are a few) but to protect it from the hens. These mothers, fiercely protective of their own chicks, would vicously attack it whenever they caught sight of it.
Reflecting on this while threading the coconut fronds through the chicken wire, we thought about how animals usually attack different animals. We wondered what sort of demented, vicious beast would attack its own kind.
Then we realised.
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good news on the chick front
It is still alive.
Actually it seems to be doing quite well.
Apparently it is male, which is not what we'd hoped for as it doesn't look like he'll have a long and happy life providing eggs for his beloved family. He'll probably just provide Christmas dinner. Once.
He is getting to large for his coconut and for being inside in a box so we have constructed a little enclosure out of chicken wire next to our verandah. The holes in the chicken wire are too big (and he can escape) and I spent a couple of hours weaving coconut palm fronds through the bottom third of the wire so he can no longer escape.
The funny thing is that he spends the whole day inside his enclosure, happily protected from the fierce mother hens that otherwise attack him, but come dark we hear persistent chirps from him and on going to investigate find him waiting outside the front door wanting to come in. So he obviously can get out, but chooses not to.
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The Guersney Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Scaffer and Annie Barrows is a delightful book. I practically read it from cover to cover in one sitting; actually in one lying... as I was curled up in bed at the time.
Juliet Ashton is a young, beautiful and clever writer. During the war (WWII) she wrote a light hearted column to help keep up morale. Now the war is over and she is looking for something to do. A letter sent from the new owner of an old book of hers begins a correspondence with some colourful characters from Guernsey, (one of the channel islands that was occupied during the war) and ends up changing her life.
The novel, written in a series of letters, is a moving portrayal of life in another time and place and contrasts the both the dignity and barbarity of man. I highly recommend it.
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Saturday, 12 September 2009
on travelling by plane without the children or check-in luggage
Even better. Easier than travelling by State Rail.
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Thursday, 10 September 2009
on travelling by plane without the children
Fantastic. Nothing like the fiascos which have produced this.
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Wednesday, 9 September 2009
On being an Aunty
On my recent visit to Sydney (which I may write more about another time) I had the unexpected, delightful and long forgotten pleasure of being an Aunty. Not just being an Aunty, but of spending some wonderful time with my nephews and nieces. It's not that I don't see them at other times, I do. But this time, my own children were not there to play with their cousins (and given that these oppurtunities are so rare, they are loathe to forgo them) or to occupy my attention. So I played with them and I loved it. We read books, played games, cuddled and chatted.
Even more special was being able to cuddle my new nephews,
Samuel James Taylor,
born 26th July to my brother Michael and his wife, Katie;
and Jack Emmanuel Ralphs,
born 7th August to my sister Bronnie and her husband, Dave;
and my new "niece",
Elise Laura Mackay,
born 11th July to my wonderful friends, Julie and Fil.
More pictures of Jack and Samuel here.
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Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Recipe Tag: Talua Kari
Nicole* has tagged me for a recipe meme. I thought it might kick-start my blogging again, so here it goes.... The rules are:
- Choose one ingredient from the my recipe and post a recipe using this ingredient on your blog, linking back to the previous blogs that have posted a recipe.
- Then tag four new people, and we will see how it grows.
- To keep it exciting please post within a week of receiving the tag.
The humble tomato is my chosen link-ingredient. What follows is a recipe that I have developed while living here at Talua in the lovely South Pacific. It uses ingredients all readily available here and is great with fresh coconuts and home-grown tomatoes. A tin of coconut cream is a good substitute if you don't have fresh ones on hand (!!). It is a great recipe for entertaining as it can be bulked up easily. Serve with rice or African yam.
1-2 kilos stewing beef
5 cloves garlic
2-4 onions
1/4 cup curry powder
1-2 tablespoons beef stock powder
2 large tins tomatoes or equivalent volume of fresh tomatoes
2 large coconuts
- Brown the beef in small amount of oil with garlic, onions and curry powder.
- Add the tomatoes, cover with water and stir in beef stock powder.
- Bring to boil and then reduce to simmer. Leave for 2-3 hours, stirring occassionally to ensure it doesn't burn, or until the meat is tender. Top-up water when needed.
- Prepare coconut cream** and add to the curry (or add the tinned coconut cream). Also add the sweet coconut juice if you have used fresh coconuts. This makes the curry deliciouly sweet.
- Leave to simmer for another half hour or so until it looks lovely and tastes fantastic.
I tag Bron, Erin (when you can manage it), Michelle and Karen and look forward to seeing some more yummy receipes!
* tagged by Ally
** preparing coconut cream from fresh coconuts is quite involved and needs particular equipment; I wouldn't recommend attempting it unless you know how and have the eqipment on hand
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by Brett Larner
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Sunny skies and warm temperatures greeted the 29th running of the world's fastest ultra, Hokkaido's Lake Saroma 50 km and 100 km Ultramarathon. Predicted temperatures over 25C meant probable slow times on the course that hosts both the men's and women's 100 km world records, but that did not stop defending men's 100 km winner Hideo Nojo (New Balance) from going for it. An opening split of 36:03 for the first 10 km put him right on the cusp being on track to break 6 hours, but while that was clearly not going to be sustainable Nojo pushed on ahead of Takahiro Sunada's 6:13:33 world record pace until nearly halfway before the heat got the better of him. Slowing to close to 45 minutes per 10 km by 70 km, Nojo rallied late in the race and went back under 40 minutes for the final 10 km to take the win in 6:40:15, three minutes slower than his winning time last year but a world lead by seven and a half minutes.
Women's winner Chiyuki Mochizuki (Canon AC Kyushu), the 2012 and 2013 Lake Saroma 50 km winner, started more conservatively in her 100 km debut, going out at 7:57 pace for the first 10 km before picking it up. Like Nojo she slowed after halfway, but not long after 60 km she stabilized to just over 49:00 per 10 km, a pace she held all the way to her 7:55:09 finish. Based on the strength of their performances, both Mochizuki and Nojo will likely lead the Japanese team for November's 100 km World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
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"I am confident that PayPal will be the first non-domestic company to get a payments license in China. That could be in three months or five years," Donahoe said at the Reuters Global Technology Summit.
EBay shares were up nearly 1.5% in late trading in the stock market today.
But Donahoe also cautioned that it was hard to predict when PayPal would actually receive such official Chinese government approval. He also said it isn't clear whether PayPal will have to enter the payments business in China via a joint venture with a local Chinese firm in which it owns a minority stake or whether it can own a controlling stake.
Donahoe also disclosed that eBay, which has a limited presence in China, currently does about $6 billion worth of business annually in China. He said much of it comes from Chinese companies who use eBay to sell to the rest of the world.
The eBay CEO says the company is also aware of the challenges of competing against local companies like Baidu (BIDU) in China's e-commerce market. "The evidence would suggest that a non-Chinese company is at a disadvantage. We have chosen not to compete aggressively," Donahoe said at the summit, which was held at the Reuters office in San Francisco. But "over time you'll see the Chinese domestic economy try to connect with the global one," Donahoe added.
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Bergil is the son of a Guard of the Citadel who showed Pippin the ropes when he first became one. Pippin was sent by Bergil's father to find Bergil so that they would both have something to do, during this time they became friends and afterwards he helped Merry and Pippin to the Houses of Healing (after Merry stabbed the Witch-king) by way of fetching Gandalf. Pippin saved Bergil's father from being squashed under a troll, though it resulted in him being squashed instead. Also, in the book the women and children were sent away from Minas Tirith for the duration of the war. I think that's all you need to know.
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Bergil was playing with his friends. His friends whose mothers and fathers did not let them stay in the city during the war and were sent away with the other women and children. So, naturally, this meant there were many questions. Of course not all of these questions were being asked for the first time and that was mostly because the other boys were finding it hard to believe what Bergil said. They believed that he had helped in the Houses of Healing and seen Faramir and that his father had fought before the black gate and been caught beneath a troll. They also believed that Bergil had gone to see his father when he was healing and subsequently had been there to honour the Ringbearers.
They did not believe he had spent time and become friends with one of the halflings, Ernil i Pheriannath no less. Nor did they believe that Bergil had come across him and his cousin – the one who helped to slay the Witch- king – and been sent to find Mithrandir. They did not even believe that his father's life had been saved by this halfling, very nearly at the expense of his own. All in all they found it to be a very tall tale. This annoyed Bergil greatly; they would believe that two halflings, no taller than himself (though apparently quite the bit older) had walked across the plains of the Black land and destroyed the very Ring of power which the Dark lord himself looked for and yet it was beyond them to believe that he had even spoken to a halfling.
"So did you ever actually talk with Mithrandir?" Bergil eyed the boy who had asked and threw the ball to him, they were playing catch, not very imaginative perhaps, but it was better than being at home hanging out the washing.
"Of course I did, how else would I get him to go find Pippin? Write him notes?" most of the seven boys sighed and rolled their eyes.
"Stop trying to fool us, we know you didn't once speak with him, you're just trying to get us more jealous that you stayed and we didn't. Besides, what kind of name is Pippin for a prince? It's a kind of apple for goodness' sake!"
"It's a fitting name for a prince of halflings, they talk about food enough to name their children after it, besides his full name is Peregrin." The boys looked at him with, if it was possible, even less belief than they'd had to begin with.
"You just made that up! Why didn't you say it before?"
"I might've if I thought it would make any difference, which it plainly hasn't" Bergil threw the ball on to the next person harder than he usually would. If only Pippin would come to talk to him, that would show the other boys. But he was being selfish and he knew it, no doubt Pippin would rather be elsewhere with his kin, they had been separated for quite a while. He decided to change the subject and asked what the other boys did while they were travelling and if they'd come up with a new game of some kind. He didn't really listen to the answer; he was still smouldering about the unfairness of it all.
"Bergil! Bergil! There you are at last!" Bergil turned to see who had called his name, it wasn't often that he was looked for. His face brightened immediately, it was as though someone somewhere had heard his thoughts and sought to remedy all of his problems. They had succeeded. "I never thought it would be so hard to find you but this is a big city I suppose." Bergil shot a quick satisfied smile over his shoulder and they other boys, who were staring in shock.
"Yes Pippin, it is." Pippin waved at the rest of the boys, he got a few reactions but none of them were very enthusiastic. "What do you want? Do you need someone to be fetched? Some company? Or are you looking for another tour of the city?" Pippin laughed but shook his head.
"No, it is I who have been sent to find you this time. Your father claims to need some help with his chores, his injuries are still ailing him it seems."
"Claims to would be the right phrase I'd say. Why, he keeps telling me how gravely you were injured and here you are as fit as you could be while my father, with no more than a badly sprained ankle, sits at home sending me to do anything that requires movement for him!" Bergil said, though fondly, he'd much rather his father with a sprained ankle than anything worse, even if the ankle should, by all rights, be healed by now.
"Aye, adults are the bane of us children's lives. Fro example, I thought there'd be no harm in bringing my cousins to visit your father as he did help me greatly but little did I know that it would end with me searching all over the city for you, young lad." Bergil raised his eyebrow.
"Don't exaggerate, you're barely a circle up." Pippin smiled at him.
"Well we should be off, it was nice to meet you all!" said Pippin to the near-forgotten and still unmoving boys behind Bergil. Upon receiving no reaction Pippin turned and began walking back down to Bergil's home. Bergil's friends suddenly burst into noise, asking more questions than ever about the truth of the rest of the stories, if he knew anything about the other halflings or if he'd met anyone else in the Houses of Healing.
"Sorry, you heard Pippin, my father needs me!" and with that he turned and ran after Pippin, leaving behind him a very bewildered group of boys.
FINErnil i Pheriannath = Prince of halflings (a name they gave Pippin in Minas Tirith, just in case you didn't know)


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Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, the charitable body charged with the role of protecting, conserving and promoting Edinburgh's World Heritage Site, has just been commended for by the council for its "impressive range of work" in the annual review of the organisation.
Yet at the same time, it is having to get by on slimmer and slimmer budgets, as its two major sponsors – Edinburgh City Council and Historic Scotland – cut back on funding.
Council revenue funding for the organisation – money used to pay for staff and running costs – has already been reduced from £116,745 to £86,745 in the last financial year, and is expected to fall to zero in three years time.
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But David Hicks of EWHT is surprisingly understanding about the cuts, and up-beat about the prospects for the organisation. "We are looking for alternative sources of funding – from donations, from charitable trusts" he says. He thinks that in the current financial climate, with cut backs to public funding across the board, flexibility is important.
For example, EWHT recently received funding from the Climate Challenge Fund. Their new Energy Efficiency Officer, Chiara Ronchini, is working on different projects looking at the sustainability of historic buildings in the World Heritage Site, including research into retrofitting them to make them more environmentally friendly. EWHT Director Adam Wilkinson has even had secondary glazing (a double glazed astragal sash, to be precise) fitted to his window at their Charlotte Square offices as part of a 12 month trial, with Glasgow Caledonian University visiting regularly to take measurements and monitor thermal losses.
Part of the problem is that it is hard to measure the importance of Edinburgh's World Heritage Site to the city – even though it is clearly a major factor in attracting visitors, and a factor in the quality of life of the people who live in the capital.
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"We don't need it – mariners don't need it - everyone has GPS nowadays. But it's a quirk of the city, very muck like the One O'clock Gun. It's part of the city rituals."
Part of the challenge of finding new funding, he says, will be finding clearer ways to communicate the value that Edinburgh's heritage brings to the city. EWHT will have to do that if it is going to attract the attention of charitable foundations, or philanphropists. "For the first time, we are having to clearly quantify the benefits" says Hicks.


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I love Weird Al, and I enjoyed your interpretation of this song. Unfortunately, I couldn't help but compare it to the version already on this site, and yours falls short of what I was expecting after having seen that. I don't know the url, but it's in the Weird Al collection. You could take some pointers from the creator of that one. Plus, as everyone else has said, you didn't use the whole song, though you wouldn't really notice unless you'd heard it before (it was smoothly cut, I say). xD
"(it was smoothly cut, I say)"
HA. I'm glad you noticed. I spent longer trying to get the sound edited right than you'd think. Cause I had the full song imported, then I lost the mp3 file, and had to download it again to edit out the last verse, but the start timing was DIFFERENT (god damnit). So what you hear is actually one song, then another overlapped right at the start, and then there's the cut of course.
I saw the WoW machinima one years ago and I think that was the reason I tried to make this too. Anyways. I know it ain't that great and it's been done before. I'll make up for it next time ^^;
You left out the best part!
You need to do the part with the tools being listed! That's the bet part of the song! For that, you lose many points. If you had that part of the song, you'd break through 4/5 easily.
However, it is only a 3, for now.
very good, but heres a hint if you wan't to redo
on youtube someone posted a hareware video like yours, though it's machina, you could get a few hints for this if you should ever wish to redo it;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwh1MW g1LLA
P.s. as most people said before me, the list bit that you cut was the best bit, ow well :)
I was like ":D", then I was like "D:"
You cut it out right at the best part. What was there fit the song perfectly, to be honest. You really should've animated the next part of the song though, with all the tools and stuff.
Maybe animate it separately and submit it later?
6/10, 5 in the Portal.
Maybe *nod nod*
Thanks for the review. And yes, I know. I hate not having the last verse in so I might get it edited soon
Well done! Can't wait for a longer version. TBH, the only reason I didn't give this a perfect score is because of the length, but I understand time constraints caused by classes.


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Booknet Canada has drawn an interesting comparison between Canadian readers and their counterparts to the south.
The non-profit organization conducted an online survey to find out how many Canadians had read books and in what form over the last year. In what they call, a "spirit of healthy competition," they also compared their results to an American study by the Pew Research Centre.
The Pew Research Centre study's methodology differs from BookNet, in that the American researchers conducted their survey over the phone. BookNet claims that this means the data will be skewed, but "shouldn't really impact the results that much...Think of it like comparing apples to a different kind of apples - close but not quite."
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I like to Carolina-rig the baits when the fish are suspended 1-3 feet off the bottom. It gives the fish an easier target to see when it is fluttering down on the initial drop and while dragging the bait.
I believe it also give the bait a better/slower presentation which gives the fish more time to think about hitting. the bait will free fall a little better then when Texas rigged with a noise weight.
I would recommend a Carolina-rig in cold and very warm water when again these fish are suspended off the bottom. Fish in same spots are you caught fish before and you should haul in some nice fish!
Try it in shallow water with an UNPEGGED sinker for a similar effect.
What to use?
I whould say that there are bluegills/bream/sufish, crayfish, and lizards in the ponds.
I would recomend string soft plastic lizards and crayfish around any visable cover. I would also recomend that you try a bigger profile soft plasice worm to maybe represent a snake. I would though there areound any weed, cattail/buggy whips, or lilly/dollar pads visable.
As for other baits, just match the lure to the food in the ponds.
Try fire tiger cranks baits and a chartures colored spainner bait.
Hope this help you out!
bring back times of big 4 lbers for me
mine was than covered in algae and choked all the fish dead...tragic
well these baits will be something to try around spring but for other times in mud stained water its tough to say
the pond i used to fish you could throw a rock in the water and the fish would react...not literally but still
my fav lure xts speed lure minnow 1 and 5/8 inch but not what you want at all
try live bait this enw pond i have stumpled upon is tough to fiush and is mud stained i am having trouble with the righ bait
to sometimes the only way to know is to keep fishin it
i tryied live bait and caught a frieken 7 lb bass! used a grasshopper big one as bait
try stuff like that doesnt fail and ask other fisherman if their is some
everyone has a secret
but try lil of everything tough to say
How is it used?
but, fish it slowly.
The fall of these lures is very slow and that's where the hits happen. Just walk it along the bottom. 1-2 rotations of the reel and let it fall. Repeat. Be patient--this is not a buzz bait.
T-rig it weightless with a 3/0-5/0 EWG hook (I've had a 5+ pounders throw 1/0 and 2/0 hooks). I find that the bullet weight collects too much spinach walking it on the bottom. If casting distance becomes a problem, insert a nail weight in the lizard's butt.
Bass just hate these things. It's innate. I've had dinky 1 pounders hit these things like a train.
if its winter-no
spring-oh yes
summer-ok yes
fall-eh ok
remember texas rig this liek you would a worm weighless i guess becuase your golf poond prolly got algae like mine but if you want a weight i geuss
i would recommend a gamakatsu ewg worm hook
in size maybe like 4/0 or so idk 3/0 5/0
Is it just me, or does anyone else have to marinate their soft plastics in scent just to make them work?
some people dip em in spike it to change the tips color
and some people marinate them or spray on scents
some people cut or trim pieces
listen i sometimes do that stuff and its because i wish i was fishing and it gives me a sense that i am
all that...unnesscessary
they make em right for you
just rig em texas weightless and catch some bass


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By STEVE LOHR; Special to The New York Times
Published: June 15, 1989
STOCKHOLM, June 14— The prosecution case against a 42-year-old Swede accused of killing Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986 is faring poorly in the trial that began last week.
Prosecution witnesses have given testimony far more favorable to the defendant than expected, altering their recollections in court from those recorded earlier by police interrogators. Today, the prosecution suffered another embarrassing setback when Mr. Palme's widow, Lisbet, failed to appear in court to testify as scheduled.
Mrs. Palme's testimony is pivotal to the prosecution. She is the only person to have identified the defendant, Carl Gustav Christer Pettersson.
Mrs. Palme has told prosecutors that Mr. Pettersson matched her memory of the man she saw at a distance of about 20 feet when she turned around after her husband was shot to death on the night of Feb. 28, 1986. But according to the court documents, Mrs. Palme did not say specifically that the man she saw was the killer and she did not see him carrying a gun. Grazed by a Bullet
Mrs. Palme, who was grazed by a bullet fired by the assassin, made her identification by selecting Mr. Pettersson from a videotape of a police lineup. Mr. Pettersson's attorney was not present when Mrs. Palme viewed the videotape and, at Mrs. Palme's request, no recording was made of her undergoing questioning by the Swedish state prosecutors.
Mrs. Palme failed to appear today after the court declined to accept all of her demands for special treatment. The court agreed to let her testify without the defendant present, and to ban tape recordings, broadcasts and sketches of her court appearance. But the court turned down her request to testify behind closed doors, with reporters and the public excluded.
Carl-Anton Spak, the presiding judge, said he expected Mrs. Palme to testify later, but no date has been scheduled. There has been no word on whether Mrs. Palme is willing to testify at the trial under the modified conditions specified by the court. She Feels 'Deep Pain'
Her demand for a closed-door session came in a letter delivered to the court on Tuesday. In the letter she said: ''Since Olof's death, deep pain has been and is still being inflicted upon me. Despite that, I would like to give my testimony in full.''
Swedish lawyers said Mrs. Palme's request for special conditions was unusual. By allowing Mrs. Palme to testify without Mr. Pettersson in the courtroom, the lawyers said, the court would reduce the value of her identication of the suspect, which is based only on the earlier viewing of a videotape.
Unless Mrs. Palme comes forward and gives convincing testimony against the defendant, the prosecution stands little chance of a conviction, Swedish legal experts say. ''She must come to the court, tell what she knows and confront this man,'' said Henning Sjostrom, a veteran criminal defense lawyer. ''If not, they will have to let Pettersson go, surely.'' Glimpse of the Underworld
The chances of a successful prosecution have not been enhanced by what has gone on so far in the wood-paneled courtroom in central Stockholm. The testimony has given the nation a glimpse of a world of violence, alcohol and drug abuse in a criminal underclass that many Swedes never knew existed in their country, known for its tranquillity and welfare benefits.
Mr. Pettersson, whose criminal past includes a conviction for killing a man with a bayonet, has said that on the night of the Palme assassination he was buying amphetamines in an illegal gambling club in Stockholm.
Most of the last decade, he said, he spent ''boozing on benches in streets and public squares, and at home, of course.'' Mr. Petterrson said that to keep up his drinking habit he stole 400 bottles of liquor from state alcohol shops in the last two years.
Mr. Pettersson's tactic on the witness stand seemed to be to confess to every crime except the killing of Mr. Palme. Mr. Pettersson said he had an affection for the Prime Minister, as evidenced by the fact that he stole a picture of Mr. Palme after signing one of the condolence books that circulated in Sweden after the killing.
In testimony on Tuesday, an important prosecution witness gave a different version of the events on the night of the killing than the account he gave the police months ago, and the witmess accused the police of manipulating him. Different Memory
The witness, Ulf Spinnars, an alcohol and drug abuser, told the police that he saw Mr. Pettersson return to his apartment at about 1 A.M. on the night of the slaying, which would have given him enough time to kill Mr. Palme at 11:21 P.M. and then go home.
But in court, Mr. Spinnars's memory was different. Asked about the time he saw Mr. Pettersson, he said: ''I can't remember the minutes. But I think it was around midnight, but it could have been 5 or 10 minutes after.''
Another retreat from earlier statements came this afternoon, when Harri Miekkalina, a friend of the defendant who served time in prison with him, testified. According to police documents, Mr. Miekkalina told officres that Mr. Pettersson spoke of his hatred of Swedish society and of its leader, Mr. Palme. But in court today, Mr. Miekkalina said the police misquoted him. He said of the defendant: ''He is neither a left- or a right-wing extremist. And I have never heard him express hatred against Olof Palme.''


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This is a discussion on SP101 vs Glock 36 within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Originally Posted by QKShooter "Slight edge" nothing! You can treat a revolver like crap, neglect it, use any HP type ammo with it, hold it ...
Obviously law enforcement and military have different needs... these days LEOs actually carry assault rifles in the trunk! So does this mean the assault rifle is more reliable than the handgun? I would only think it fits their needs of firepower/stopping power better than any handgun but firepower does not have anything to do with reliability, they are clearly separate things.
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While I don't have a G-36, I do have a G-19 ( 1/4" longer & taller) and a G-26 which is slightly smaller, and i do have an SP 101. I carry all three at various times, depending on my dress, but I carry the G-26 the most, based purely on concealability and rounds of fire.
The SP-101 weighs almost exactly the same as the G-36, and the 101 carries superbly in my AJ Concealco holster, which I highly recommend if you go that route.
All in all, I would really have to go with the G-36 out of your two chioces. For the following reasons:
Glocks are extreemely reliable
G-36 thinner and would conceal well
Easier to reload than a revolver
Almost 4" barrel on G-36 has a better advantage over the 2" barrel on SP 101.The SP 101 cannot take advantage of 357 's capability.
FWIW: My next gun will be a G36.
I've carried/shot both guns and found that I prefer the SP101. The reason is reliability.
The G36 had too many FTE's and the manufacturer blamed it on limp wristing. I'm 6'1" and 230 pounds, so I was shocked to hear I couldn't hold the gun tight enough to get it to extract a spent casing. That ended its role as a self defense gun.
Its impossible to limp wrist the SP101, and the .357 round is powerful enough for self defense. I wouldn't recommend either gun for hunting small game at the distances you mentioned.
No, that is not what I was saying.
What I am saying is that the argument concerning the inferiority or the superiority of revolvers VS semi-automatics has been hashed and rehashed on this forum and every other Internet forum and every gun magazine and over every campfire and over every gun shop glass counter-top to the extreme degree that there is nothing remaining to discuss to any worthwhile conclusion that has not already been pulverized into a shapeless glop of useless foul smelling paste ad nauseam.
There is nothing remaining above ground of the dead horse to continue to beat.
And that is why any truly intelligent individual would allow it to end right here.
And that is one of two reasons why I am not going to respond to your above posts #s 31 & 32.
The second reason...I won't get into right now.
I don't really care for the guns built like tanks but would take an SP 101 all over a G36 if I had to choose only between those two handguns.
This is only my view but I'm skeptical of governmental entities' choices in firearms or most anything else they attempt. I'm grateful I don't have to utilize their firearms systems and choices for my shooting pursuits.
I just reread the OP and I must admit that I have never seen a wild dog? What is a wild dog? Is there such a thing? I know of Dingo's which are considered wild in Austrailia I believe. There is also the Painted Wolf that is native to Africa and it is described as an "African Wild Dog". Nope, cannot find a breed of "Wild Dog" in North America. Are you talking about some poor sap who no longer wanted to care for "mans best friend" so he decides to dump the dog in the woods to fend for itself and in all likely hood ends up dying a horrific death if it isn't the folks who decide they want to dispatch the dog just to see how there lastest whiz bang hollow point performs, well I pity that person. And I pity you if you fit that profile!
A couple of confusing phrases.
"What I think I am having the biggest trouble with is a 45 is great for people but not animals and a 357 is great for both."
With proper bullet placement a .45 is just as good as the .357 and a .357 won't make up for bad hits.
"Are you talking about some poor sap who no longer wanted to care for "mans best friend" so he decides to dump the dog in the woods to fend for itself and in all likely hood ends up dying a horrific death if it isn't the folks who decide they want to dispatch the dog just to see how there lastest whiz bang hollow point performs, well I pity that person."
Feral dogs are a problem in rural areas. Their elimination is necessary from time to time. The feral people who dump them are sorry scum.
OK let me clarify wild dog. While I meant this as coyotes and such I will further add wild dogs.
Yes I spend a lot of time in rural areas and yes sometimes people choose to drop off dogs they no longer care to take care of to live off the land.
Well while I realize that the dogs are out just trying to survive I also realize how they do it.
They attack baby cows, goats,ducks etc.
No, I don't go shooting every dog I see but sometimes it beats the alternative of the dog having to decide to eat what it can find or die.
Now saying that my family and I have taken in numerous strays (different than wild) over the years that have proved to be some of the best dogs I have ever had.
I am not wondering country roads looking for dogs to shoot.
However if my family and I are approached in a threating manner man or animal
& I will do whatever is in my power to protect my family.
Not to stray too far off the subject -
Formerly domesticated abandoned dogs will revert back to wild and reform packs and hunt in packs.
I've not seen it here in the US but, I've seen it elsewhere.
Hey...they need to survive just like every other living thing.
They will do what they must do and can become quite vicious, territorial, and nasty.
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Once, my mom was trapped in her car at her house because 3 wild dogs had surrounded her car. She just waited in the car until I showed up as she knew I was coming over. In that case, I shot the most aggressive dog and the other two left. Out on the range, any wild dog was history.
I love dogs. I had dogs for a good portion of my life and I hate shooting dogs. As far as I'm concerned, the owner's who do not control their dogs are the ones that ought to be punished.


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"Coast to Coast #167"
Officers stop a long car chase and uncover a drug bust.
"Police Pullovers #6"
Past relationships cause present trouble.
"Resisting Arrest #5"
Police officers deal with intoxicated suspects.
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Suspects get busted for foul play.
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