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A common reading is a shared academic experience used to link the broader WSU community across disciplines. Because all incoming students read the Common Reading book, they are given the chance to discuss themes and issues from the book regardless of their intended major or class schedules.
Do I have to read the book this summer?
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At one point or the other, you may need to take lots of screenshots on your Mac OS X whether to capture something you have loved or when you have to showcase to friends. Snapz Pro X will empower you with what you need as it is a superior screenshot and screencasting utility program crafted by Ambrosia Software. It is more of a screenshot app as much as it can still record the screen in the form of a video. In this review, we will find out that actually, Snapz Pro X comes out as a very powerful and flexible tool.
We take a different approach in this review whereby we will look at the pros and cons of this screencasting tool for Mac OSx. At the end of the review, it will be clear which side carries the day.
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Different from other software, Snapz Pro X is very powerful when it comes to taking screenshots. The process has been polished to ensure that you do not have to go through lots of trouble to take the first screenshot.
Whether it is the full screen, an application window or even a specific region, this wonderful software will let you capture each in a very simple and easy way.
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Apart from screenshots, Snapz Pro X also empowers you with screen recording tools. Instead of just sharing screenshots, you are able to record a continuous motion picture for the content that you need to capture and share to friends or upload to any platform of your preference. This software is able to support both Retina and non-Retina display screen capture.
Similar to taking screenshots, screencasting can be the whole screen, application windows and even specific portions of the screen. An added feature here is the option to capture application windows with a nifty option that brings alpha masking. Alpha masking basically brings about transparency whereby you opt whether to capture window shadows or not.
Output Live Preview
In previous reviews, I have not come across a screen recorder software that comes with this feature. Snapz Pro X rules here on this as it is evident. With this feature, that screenshot you capture will be previewed even before you save to ensure that it fits your preferences. In case it needs some modifications, you will be provided with the necessary editing tools for that.
On the other hand, for screen records, you get a real-time preview of how the output will be to the details of a framerate. This is a great feature as it will give very helpful information about the video and depending on the preview, you will decide whether to do it afresh or continue the recording.
Taking screenshots has been made easier due to the implementations of shortcuts. At the click of a button, you are able to take a screenshot and this comes in handy if you have to take many of them. It would be tedious having to interact with menus every time you need to capture a snapshot.
Contrary to other software that adds a manufacturer logo on the captures you make without the option of removing them, Snapz Pro X gives you total freedom here. Add any watermark of your choice to your captures on the go. The watermarks play an important role in personalizing the captures. You are also free to add any appropriate copyright warnings.
In this review, we have talked about one being able to preview the output before saving. It is during this process that you can make necessary adjustments to the output. Some of the editing tools provided here include cropping, scaling, changing the depth of color and dithering which make your screenshot come out as you prefer.
After you have taken the screenshot or even taken a video, Snapz Pro X allows you to save the file locally to your Mac OS X after which you can share. Snapshots can be saved in an array of formats including BMP, PICT, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIFF, PDF, and even Photoshop files. This is a rich range of choice to choose from even bigger than other similar software reviewed.
When it comes to screen recording, not much is given here as you can only save the output as a QuickTime Movie. If you may want other formats for the video, a converter will be required.
Software that gives tutorials on how to go about the different process is a fan favorite for many users. Snapz Pro X has not been left out when it comes to making sure that the users have guides on navigating the application.
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There is not much here apart from the evident lag between when you open the software and when it actually opens ready for use. If you are used to quick launching apps, you will be able to notice the slowness. Another con is that you are in no way capable of using compressed audio formats like MP3 or AAC which are very popular when it comes to dealing with audio.
Lastly but not least, Snapz Pro X is not updated that regularly as you would expect with how technology is advancing with each new day. How frequent an app is updated guarantees a user of new features and improvements with a new version. Personally, I am a great fan of favorite software that does not go for a long time without getting an update even if it is mere bug fixes.
This review has been able to draw a clear line that proves Snapz Pro X is, in fact, powerful in what it has to offer. The Pros side has carried the day. This app will help you achieve your screencasting goals easily. Does this Snapz Pro X review convince you to give it a try on your Mac OS X?


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[Neil Patrick Harris – Opening Number – Tony Awards 2011]
[Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973)] Source: LYBIO.net
Good Evening. Good Evening. I'm teen heartthrob Neil Patrick Harris. It's an honor to be back hosting the 65th Annual Tony Awards, and I'd like to deliver a very important message on behalf of all of us who care so deeply about this community.
[Neil Patrick Harris]
If you've seen a show, then you already know how magical theater can be. It's a two-hour, live-action, barely affordable, un-lip-synced version of "Glee." So, this song goes out to the rest of you—those who've never seen theater before—because Broadway has never been broader—it's not just for gays any more!
[Neil Patrick Harris]
If you feel like someone that this world excludes, it's no longer only for dudes who like dudes. Attention every breeder, your invited to the theater. It's not just for gays anymore. The glamor of Broadway is beckoning straights—the people who marry in all 50 states. We're asking every hetero to get to know us better-o. It's not just for gays anymore!
[Neil Patrick Harris] Source: LYBIO.net
It's for fine, upstanding Christians who know all the songs from Grease. It's for sober-minded businessmen who yearn for some release. So, put down your Playboy and go make a plan to pick up a Playbill and feel like a man. There's so much to discover with your different-gendered lover.
[Neil Patrick Harris]
It's not just for gays, the gays and the Jews, and cousins in from out of town you have to amuse, and the sad, embittered malcontents who write the reviews, and also foreign tourists, and the groups of senior citizens and well-to-do suburbanites and liberal intellectuals —though that group is really only Jews and homosexuals—I've lost my train of thought. Oh yes, it's not just for gays anymore.
[Neil Patrick Harris]
See what I'm talking about? Thank you.
[Neil Patrick Harris]
Wow! You can smell the testosterone in the room, can't you? Look at this place—it's full of straight people. Angela Lansbury, you're super-hot. Are those things real? Stephen Colbert, you're straight as they come. Any thoughts?
Stephen Colbert:
I enjoy the theatre. I've enjoyed it all my life. I enjoy it with my female woman wife.
[Neil Patrick Harris] Source: LYBIO.net
Nice. Don't we all, Stephen. Look at this, all these straight people. James Earl Jones, you're straight. Vanessa Redgrave, you're straight. Joe Mantello—thanks for coming. Kristy Brinkley, that's fantastic, Brooke Shields, you're super-hot. You made me believe I was straight for 23 years. Any comments?
Brooke Shields
When I'm up on stage, there's a len you watch = I'm gonna try that again.
[Neil Patrick Harris] Source: LYBIO.net
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Brooke Shields Source: LYBIO.net
When I'm up on stage, there are , I don't know what I'm doing. oh my god. There's alot..
Brooke Shields
When I'm up on stage, there's lots of men who like to watch. In fact, one guy sent a Twit-pic of his crotch.
[Neil Patrick Harris]
Nice. It was worth it. Totally improvised, you too. (laughs) Bono what's going on? You see, you'll fit right at home on Broadway everyone, look at all these straight people. Al Pacino, you're way to famous to participate in this bid. Hey look whose here, Bobby Cannavale, you're here. Let's say you, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Bobby Cannavale
Broadway touches parts of me that never have been touched. I love it very (beep) much.
[Neil Patrick Harris]
Right, well said. Isn't this fabulous? Well said, sir, wow! I mean, come on isn't this fabulous? I mean isn't this awesome.
[Neil Patrick Harris] Source: LYBIO.net
We've got swarms of Mormons, showgirls, sailors, dancing boys and nuns, plus a Spider facing, death-defying, budget over-runs. So, people from Red states, and people from Blue, a big Broadway rainbow is waiting for you. Come in and be inspired, there's no sodomy required. Cause it's not just for gays, it's not just for gays—we'd be twice as proud to have you if you go both ways—Broadway is not just for gays anymore! (it's not just for gay, not just for gays, anymore)
Neil Patrick Harris – Opening Number – Tony Awards 2011. Come in and be inspired, there's no sodomy required. Cause it's not just for gays, it's not just for gays—we'd be twice as proud to have you if you go both ways—Broadway is not just for gays anymore! (it's not just for gay, not just for gays, anymore). Complete Full Transcript, Dialogue, Remarks, Saying, Quotes, Words And Text.


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Last Saturday we put on our warm clothes and headed downtown for Greenville's Christmas tree lighting. The Greenville chorale was performing Christmas carols, and there was even a parade starting not long after the lighting! Unfortunately, we didn't check the weather. Oops. Because it was misting when we left the house, and it continued to do so (as well as be just awfully cold) the entire time we were downtown.
We stopped in Soby's first, as it was located just across from where the tree sits in front of the court house. We each had one drink, then we took a deep breath and dove back outside. I popped open my little umbrella and we positioned ourselves directly across Main Street from the tree.
And waited.
And waited.
Despite being told that the lighting was to be at 5, the chorale didn't even start until maybe 5:15. Even though the parade wasn't scheduled until six, I told Steve we would wait until 5:30 to hopefully see the tree get lit, bu then we could go home.
It's official, by the way: our blood has thinned. I doubt it was much colder than 40 degrees that evening and we couldn't even stand that. Sure, the rain didn't help, but we were raised on Connecticut winters! Go figure.
I have to admit, I was counting down the minutes to 5:30, and when it hit I heaved a sigh and gave in to the awful weather. Of course, as we were walking away, someone started speaking. We couldn't hear much of what was said, but we decided to stick it out for just a few more minutes...and after some blah blah blahs and some hoopla about sponsors, there was a 10 second countdown (likely unnecessary) and BAM! the tree was lit (finally). I took a couple quick pictures and then we rushed back to the car, and then home for some hot spiced wine and snacks.
Had the weather been nice[r], yes, I would have forced Steve to stay for the parade ;o) But despite wanting to experience all Greenville has to offer, I just didn't think catching an awful cold from the wet chilly air would be worth it. Maybe next year!
On that note, I do have one small "complaint"--they had an unnecessary number of generators running right in front of the courthouse. Four of them, to be exact. And they were huge. I know they were to keep the spotlights on, but come on. We could barely even hear the chorale's performance, these things were so loud! (And we tried moving a couple times--but it was either be too far away and not be able to hear the singing, or be close and not be able to hear it over the damn generators. Go figure.) Beyond that, the spotlights took away from the ambiance of the tree lighting. You've heard it here, city of Greenville--next year, go green with the tree lighting and I guarantee it will be a much better experience for us viewers!


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Does your family have a favorite type of meal? I know some of you may love casseroles. While other families may default straight to pizza. Hands down, we are a sandwich family! Easy to personalize and perfectly portable, sandwiches are always one of our go-to easy meals.
- Beach trip or a day on the boat? PB & Js!
- Lazy weekend afternoon? Slow cooker pulled pork sandwiches!
- Ball park? Subs!
- Easy weeknight meal? Pizza paninis!
- Cold, rainy day? Definitely grilled cheese!
- The Sunday after vacation when there is a ton to do before the work week starts again?
Cheesy buffalo chicken melts and creamy blue cheese Sriracha dip!
Now, don't let all that hot sauce talk scare you! I am a little bit of a wimp when it comes to hot and spicy food, so I can assure you that your taste buds are safe with me and you will LOVE these recipes!
Buffalo Chicken Grilled Cheese
Let's start with the star of this meal … the buffalo chicken melts! Now, these are not just any ol' run of the mill grilled cheese sandwiches. Oh no. Not only is each piece of bread slathered with a spicy hot sauce garlic butter on the outside, BUT also on the inside of the sandwich, too! That means a crispy, grilled outside and a soft buttery inside. Then, each sandwich is loaded with thinly sliced chicken and muenster cheese and grilled to melty perfection. It is pretty much any buffalo wing or sandwich lover's dream!Print
Buffalo Chicken Melts
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 Buffalo Chicken Melts 1x
- Category: sandwich
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Want a meal with a little kick? Make cheesy buffalo chicken melts with hot sauce butter & a creamy blue cheese Sriracha dip perfect for chips and veggies!
- 8 slices of sturdy bread like sourdough or Italian sandwich bread
- 16 slices of thinly cut deli chicken breast
- 8 slices of Muenster cheese
- Hot sauce garlic butter (1 stick softened butter, 3/4 teaspoon of garlic salt, 2 – 3 tablespoons of Texas Pete hot sauce)
- Heat a grill pan to medium/medium high.
- Using your hand mixer, blend butter, Texas Pete hot sauce and garlic salt.
- Spread both sides of each piece of bread with the hot sauce garlic butter.
- Place one piece of bread in the pan, layer cheese, chicken and cheese again and then top the cheese with the second piece of bread.
- Grill each sandwich until the outside of the bread is crispy and toasted and the cheese is nice and melty.
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While your sandwiches are grilling, you can make your sandwich wingman. You know, a tasty dip for chips and veggies! My blue cheese Sriracha dip is the perfect blend of cool and creamy with just the right amount of heat! Trust me on this one.
Blue Cheese Sriracha Dip
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 4 tablespoons blue cheese crumbles
- 2 tablespoons of Texas Pete Cha! Sriracha sauce
Stir together sour cream, Texas Pete Cha! Sriracha sauce and blue cheese crumbles. Chill until ready to serve and garnish with additional blue cheese crumbles. Serve with celery sticks, carrots or chips.
Now, when my hubby (who is a buffalo wing, hot sauce lovin' fool) gave these buffalo chicken melts two big thumbs up? I knew that I had a sandwich home run on my hands! And when Kaleb asked me to pack the leftover blue cheese Sriracha dip in his lunch? Brownie points, or in this case hot sauce points, for me!


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AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WJBF) – South Carolina lawmakers have filed a bill to increase penalties for traffic violations in construction zones.
It's no secret South Carolina is working to get roads, across the state, in better shape. So, the road work is just beginning in the Palmetto State.
That's why lawmakers are pushing to get House Bill 4033 passed, to better protect the lives of people working the roadways.
Endangering the lives of highway workers is an offense South Carolina lawmakers aren't going to take lightly anymore.
"We've had workers killed in work zones before and we got to looking at our state laws, and our state laws apparently aren't e
Hixon says the penalties described in the bill only apply in clearly marked construction zones.
"We've had several road workers, killed in work zones. We got to looking at our state laws ad our stat law are not enough to get speeders attention." South Carolina Representative William "Bill" Hixon told WJBF NewsChannel 6.
State Representative Hixon wrote House Bill 4033.
Moving forward Hixon wants all work zone to be clearly identified with signs, first responders are now counted as highway workers and the amendment names different level penalties for reckless driving between the orange cones.
The biggest change comes from how the state can use money, it collects, from ticketing violators.
"Part of that money will go back to the South Carolina Department of Transportation and they could in-turn hire an off-duty state trooper, a county sheriff, or a city policeman or municipality in that area." The district 83 Representative said. "They could hire those guys to sit in those zones and run those blue lights."
In the case of the two S.C.D.O.T. workers killed on Highway 125, because the area was never set up as a work zone, this bill would not apply.
Still, the Aiken County delegation, most of who are backing House Bill 4033, recognize that South Carolina needs to be tougher on violators.
"We've been coming from Birmingham and it's been stop-and-go," said Katherine Bedingfield, who was traveling to Myrtle Beach. "It's dangerous the way people speed during the construction. It's scared us a couple of time. We've had to slam on the brakes."
"You always should slow down, especially in speeding zones because it's awfully dangerous." South Carolina resident Carl Butler told WJBF NewsChannel 6.
If the bill passes, first-time speeders could be fined anywhere from $500 to $1,000 dollars, or spend 30 days in jail. In some cases both.
The current penalty is $200 dollars or 30 days in jail, or both.Count on WJBF NewsChannel 6 to bring you the latest on this developing story.


text: Managed Services & Outsourcing Condensing server printer drivers Chris Conrath @itworldca Published: September 16th, 2004When employees from around the globe access Open Text Corp.'s financial application sitting on a centralized Citrix Systems Inc. server, it no longer needs to host dozens of unique print drivers to enable them to print to their local printer. Today the company has one agnostic UniPrint driver for everyone.The Waterloo, Ont.-based content management software company has about 10 to 15 applications that reside on one of eight Citrix boxes (two legacy boxes running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT 4.0 and six running Citrix MetaFrame XP on Windows 2003), said Mike Willson, senior IT administrator with Open Text.Traditionally, identical print drivers would have to reside on both the server and an individual's desktop or workstation in order for a document to be printed. From an administrative perspective this is a nightmare, since every user's printer driver — in some large companies there are literally hundreds of different drivers being used — has to exist on the server for the document to be spooled and printed locally. "I would have to have all those drivers installed on the Citrix box," Willson said.In order to deal with this problem, the trend is for companies to convert a server-based application into some form of PDF (Adobe Systems Inc.'s portable document format) so it can be sent to any printer without the specific driver residing on the application server, according to Ken Weilerstein, a research director with Gartner Research. This is precisely what UniPrint does. But there is a difference. Uni Managed Services & Outsourcing drivers, project management


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2015-10-04 12:11:29
Eyewitness Maneer Fiaz: "I [could] hear kids screaming from the top deck"
An eight-year-old boy and a woman thought to be in her 70s have died after a double-decker bus crashed into a supermarket in Coventry city centre, West Midlands Police have said.
The boy, a passenger on the top deck of the bus, and the woman, a pedestrian, both died at the scene.
A nine-year-old girl is also seriously ill in hospital, while six others, including the bus driver, were hurt.
The bus collided with stationary cars before hitting the Sainsbury's store.
Police have not commented on what caused the crash, which happened in Trinity Street at about 18:00 BST on Saturday.
A number of people were trapped on the bus's top deck, police added.
Specialist officers are supporting the families of the boy, from Leamington, and the woman, from Nuneaton.
The bus had been travelling to Leamington when it crashed into the city centre store
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said the nine-year-old girl had injuries to her face, head and right leg and suspected chest, abdominal and pelvic injuries. She remains in a critical but stable condition at Birmingham Children's Hospital.
Five people were treated at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire - the bus driver, a man in his 50s, with neck and shoulder injuries; a man in his 20s with a broken arm; a man with a minor leg injury; a woman in her 60s with leg and arm injuries, and a man with a minor injury. Another person was treated at the scene.
All but one of the five have been discharged from hospital.
Stagecoach Midlands said the bus was on the X18 service from Coventry to Leamington.
Road closures were put in place after the crash while police carried out investigations but have now been lifted.
Supt Paul Keasey appealed for witnesses to the crash to contact police
Police Supt Paul Keasey said: "We hope to carry out a swift investigation and I would like to thank people who have already come forward who witnessed the collision.
"This is a busy area of Coventry city centre and we hope to keep disruption to a minimum as our investigation continues; no-one has been arrested at this stage."
Witness Maneer Fiaz told the BBC he had heard a loud bang and then saw people running towards the scene.
"Everyone was just screaming and there were two kids trapped at the top of the vehicle," he said.
"It was just absolute chaos."
Another witness, Anand Basi, said: "People on the bottom deck seemed to be able to get out of the emergency door.
"But people on the top deck seemed to be trapped... It was chaos, everybody moving around, shouting, screaming, crying."
He added that the crash had taken place on a straight stretch of road and there appeared to be no obvious reason why the bus "skidded out of control".
A Sainsbury's spokeswoman said: "I can confirm that earlier this evening a bus mounted the pavement in Trinity Place, stopping when it made contact with the store.
"We can confirm that we have no colleagues injured. We are working on the ground with the emergency services."
The spokeswoman confirmed the store had been open at the time of the crash but was unable to say whether any customers had been injured.
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Alleged hammer attack at shopping centre
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Terrified shoppers flee Merry Hill shopping centre after alleged hammer attack in food court


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Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Hi there, Sheiks and Shebas. You're at Jazz Age Wednesdays. Today's episode brings us to Chapter 3 of the new series, Hullaba Lulu. It is not in the "Pip-verse" but it still takes place during the Roaring Twenties.
Update: Here's a link to a stunning video Rob made for the story. Please click over and check it out — it's pos-i-lutely the berries!
Don't Bring Lulu
I'm having a pos-i-lutely fabulous time working with artist Rob Goldstein. He's creating gorgeous artwork, starting inspiring discussions, and sending me "three things" to spontaneously drive each chapter of this pantser story. If you need to review Chapter 2, click here. Today we catch up with our bearcat Lulu the day after all the wild happenings in the abandoned subway tunnel. Read on to see where Rob's next three things took me for this chapter.
Previously with Hullaba Lulu
Valentino went up the ladder first to push aside the heavy manhole cover. However, it was already open. We climbed up to the street. I looked around for my friends. In the distance I saw the two gals climbing the stairs to Pearl's front door.
A sulfuric smell accompanied the strike of a match. I turned to see Tom Driberg leaning nonchalantly against a Rolls-Royce. Cigarette smoke curled above his head as he jotted something on a small notepad. He looked at Valentino the same way he had looked at Rose and Pearl.
Without a word, Tom walked into the night.
Hullaba Lulu
Chapter 3
Saltwater Taffy, Raspberry-Red Rouge, Ouija Board
The heels of my T-strap shoes clicked rhythmically against the cracked pavement, keeping me company. I did a step-slide-step-brush of the Camel Walk dance as I walked down the deserted tunnel. I was supposed to meet Rose and Pearl for a late breakfast. However, neither of them showed. So, I headed down to my secret place to console myself.
Besides, maybe I'll run into that man again. I guess anybody who looks like the Sheik of Araby has a right to call himself Valentino. But still… why didn't Pearl or Rose show up? I'm the one who's always late.
I remembered how oddly my friends had acted when that journalist, Tom Driberg, turned up the night before. Then I thought about that car-full of government-looking types. I suppressed a pang of genuine worry. I did another a step-slide-step-brush to lighten my thoughts.
Ever since I was a kid, Gramps had told me I wasn't allowed in that part of the abandoned subway. He always said it wasn't safe, although I couldn't tell that it was any different from the rest of the tunnels. So of course, the forbidden area was my childhood playground. The old station was the best place in the world for telling ghost stories.
The key to the station door hung from a ribbon around my neck. When I found the key, years before, I started locking the door. It became my special secret place and I didn't want just anybody hanging out there.
My stash of saltwater taffy was behind the counter that had been the ticket desk when the station was in use. I pulled off a sticky piece of the candy. In a mood to reminisce, I took out my box of girlhood treasures.
When I was little, one of the highlights of my week was when Gramps would let me take unclaimed things from the speakeasy's lost-and-found. One of those items was a dainty gilt embossed tin from Dorin of Paris*. I removed the top of the raspberry-red rouge container. Inside the lid was a tiny mirror. I winked at my reflection and daubed a bit of the cosmetic on my cheeks.
Clumsy as ever, my elbow brushed against one of the dusty dead soldiers I had lined up over the years. I caught the empty beer bottle just before it went over the edge of the counter.
My knee bumped against something on the shelf under the desk. I grinned when I saw what it was.
"Well, hello there. I haven't seen you for a long time," I muttered to my old plaything.
It had been a long time since I'd thought about the Ouija board. I wasn't sure if it had belonged to my mother. It looked so old that it might have belonged to Gramps. Anyhow, nobody seemed to use it, so I had quietly taken it to my secret place.
I bent to take the Ouija board from the shelf. I placed it on the counter. Taking out my handkerchief I wiped a coating of dust from the wooden board. The letters of the alphabet formed an arch across the polished wood-grain, and the numbers one through nine, and then zero, were in a line below.
Most people would have said the station could use a good cleaning. However, I liked the spooky feeling of the cobwebs in corners and the dust on the floor. My footprints made a chaotic pattern in the dust, back and forth from the door to the desk and throughout the station. Any prints other than my own had long since blended into the dust.
Or so I had thought. I walked around the desk, intent on investigating. My hand still rested on the scratched surface. My eyes widened when I realized there were new foot prints. They were considerably larger than mine and came from pointy toed shoes. That's when, from the corner of my eye, I saw a movement near my hand.
I jerked back around to the Ouija board. The planchette moved. The small, heart-shaped piece of wood was meant to glide across the board's surface, with the light, unguided pressure from the fingertips of the participants. It was supposed to reveal subconscious thoughts or clairvoyant messages from beyond.
As I watched in stunned silence, the planchette moved from letter to letter, with no one touching it.
Quickly I grabbed a pad and pencil from the desk. I wrote the letters to which it pointed. Y, T, I, C, C, I, T, N, A, L, T, A.
Suddenly, I felt cool fingers touch my shoulder. I jumped backward and screamed.
The End
The Camel Walk* dance originated in the early 20th century. Variations of it have been popular over the decades. If you want to pick up Lulu's dance steps there several are how-to videos. Here's one for a modern country version:
I hope you'll click over and check out Rob's blog. You'll find more fabulous images there. He's not just a brilliant artist, he's also an advocate for several important causes.
Rob sent more "things" for Chapter 4 — Ectoplasm, Jung, and Orthophonic Victrola. Be sure to come back next week to see where those take Lulu.
Thanks for visiting. You're the cat's pajamas!
PS: I can't forget my other 1920s books — the original "three things" stories about Paisley Idelle Peabody, aka Pip, and her friends.
Murder at the Bijou — Three Ingredients I
The Three Things Serial Story: A Little 1920s Story Kindle
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Forget Me Not: A Memoir
Seattle, WA: Mountaineers Books, 2008.
First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. 276 pp, plus 8 pages of black and white plates. Signed by Lowe-Anker under her name on the title page. Clean and tight, with minimal wear. A moving memoir of the author's marriage to climber Alex Lowe, his death in an avalanche, and her subsequent marriage to Lowe's close friend and climbing partner Conrad Anker.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has concluded arrangement to arraign another set of suspects in the on going trial of persons and organisations indicted in the fuel subsidy scam.
AIhaji Saminu Rabiu, Jubril Rowaye, Alminnur Resources Limited and Brila Energy Limited will tomorrow, 0ctober 9, 2012 be arraigned before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the FCT High Court on a 17 count charge bordering on conspiracy and fraudulently obtaining the sum of One Billion, Fifty One Million, Thirty Thousand, Four Hundred and Thirty Four Naira, Sixty Three Kobo (N1, 051, 030, 434, 63) from the Petroleum Support Fund as payment for the purported importation of 10,000 metric tonnes of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS.
Thirteen suspects were arraigned before Lagos courts on Friday, October 5, 2012 on similar charges. They are Aro Samuel Bamidele, Abiodun Kayode Bankole, Ifeanyi Anosike, Emeka Chukwu, Ngozi Ekeoma Alhaji Adamu Aliyu Maula, George Ogbonna and Emmanuel Morah. The five companies involved are A.S.B. Investment Company Limited, Anosyke Group of Companies Limited, Dell Energy Limited, Downstream Energy Sources Limited and Rocky Energy Limited.


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03 Dec. 2019
In a critical Group D game with tournament implications, Sweden overcame Japan's hot start and jitters to defeat the host nation 34:26 in Kumamoto.
Sweden vs Japan 34:26 (20:13)
In the first seven minutes of the match, backed by the home crowd, Japan very much looked like a top tournament team and cruise past Sweden. The home team took advantage of turnovers and sloppy mistakes by the Swedes to go ahead 4:1 with goals from three different players. However, after Sweden called a timeout after the fourth goal, they played like a completely different team.
After conceding one more goal to go down by four, the Swedes went on a game altering 7-1 with six different players scoring to claim the lead and claim it for good. Olivia Mellegard started the run with a fast break goal at the eight minute mark then Linn Blohm and young star Melissa Petren helped pad the lead before halftime with five goals in the last 15 minutes. With the lead extending to eight, a late first half Japanese goal by Asuka Fujita brought the score to 20:13 at halftime.
Japan started the second half on a 4-1 run to get within four after a fast break goal by Yui Sunami. With the crowd roaring and the momentum shifting over to the Japanese, Henrik Signell called timeout for his team to regroup.
And regroup they did getting key defensive stops and goals from Isabelle Gullden, Jamina Roberts and Blohm to bring the lead up to 10 with 11 minutes left to play. The host nation tried to claw back with goals from Natsumi Akiyama and Hitomi Tada but Japan couldn't find the momentum that carried them at the start of the halves.
Sweden had five players shoot 100 percent from the field finishing 74 percent as a team.
hummel Player of the Match: Filippa Idéhn, Sweden


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Welch's Fruit Ciders – Newest Product Innovation From Two Rivers Coffee and Welch's
|SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J., Jan. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Shoppers in the U.S. will soon be able to enjoy another line of great products from the Welch's company. Building on the recent success of the many new product introductions from Welch's, Two Rivers Coffee has teamed up with the historically innovative company to produce a line of great tasting fruit ciders. Keeping with the Welch's tradition, the ciders come in a wide range of flavors that are fun and delicious.
"We're extremely excited to partner with a company such as Welch's which has an extremely high brand awareness rating as well as a reputation for producing great tasting products," says Sam Blaney Director of Marketing at Two Rivers Coffee. "There aren't many ciders on store shelves today but we've found that they do appeal to a wide range of people, especially shoppers seeking healthier alternatives to coffee, hot cocoa and soda. The new Welch's fruit ciders will fill this void and give consumers more choice in their beverage options."
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"We believe we've captured a happy balance of goodness & deliciousness with these exciting new items," says Mr. Blaney. "We have worked with the development team from Welch's to formulate great flavors that only have 80 calories per serving and being a vitamin fortified product, each serving is an excellent source of antioxidants, including a full day's supply of vitamin C."


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Simply put, The Petrified Forest was poorly written for screen adaptation. I felt like I was sitting in an uncomfortable seat in a theatre somewhere watching this unfold on stage. Though Alan Squier (Leslie Howard) delivers his lines well, you can't help but wonder why Duke Mantee (Humphrey Bogart) or his goonies don't make him shut him up. They're in an Arizona desert for corn's sake! Duke Mantee is on the verge of being caught and killed for his crimes. He simply wants time to rest, think, and plan but here is Alan Squier waxing romantic, wanting Duke Mantee to kill him so he can give over his life insurance to a girl he met hours ago. Why? Because he thinks she has potential. Gabrielle Maple (Bette Davis- quite possibly in one of her worst performances) doesn't have potential. All she has is a desire to leave the Arizona desert and reunite in France with her mother and maybe paint, maybe carry on a few love affairs. So, why martyr yourself, Alan? The best performance was given by Humphrey Bogart who managed to look quite desperate and put out about the deal he reluctantly makes with Leslie Howard. Despite some really poetic lines about life and love, the movie was hokey and boring to watch. I did not enjoy it at all.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Good and Awful...
My Reputation was a real tear-jerker. There were two scenes so well performed by Barbara Stanwyk, I have to consider putting her on my favorite actresses list, at least up to the 1940's. Jessica Drummond was a woman content with her safe life until her husband passed away leaving her with two tweener boys who are soon off to boarding school, an overbearing mother (Lucile Watson is about the same here as she was in The Women), and good friend and some really crappy friends. She finally breaks after too many lonely meals and a couple of unwanted advances from her friend's husband. When she confesses to her good friend how hard it is to be home alone, the emotion is palpable, it's no hard task to put yourself in her shoes and grieve with her. And then again, when she has to explain to her sons that she hasn't forgotten their father by finding new love, I found I was on the edge of my seat hoping they understood that she needed this new man in her life. That new man is Major Landis (George Brent) who plays a bit of an jerk at first- apparently grabbing women and smashing your face into theirs is a popular form of passion in the 1940's. If she likes it, all the better, if not, time to put on the asshat show. Very good movie.
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Category: Sunday Letter
Rocking foundations
Grace to you
The bell in the CMM steeple has not sounded since 1897. Apparently when the 3.5-ton bell rings it shakes the foundations of the nearby buildings. Deemed a safety risk, it was silenced. The bell is a reminder of what a Church is meant to do, and that is to shake the foundations of the surrounding society as it sounds the Divine call for justice and mercy for all.
Seeing as we are not allowed to ring the bell, we decided a few years ago to use the well-positioned steeple in a different way, yet hopefully in a way that still shakes the foundations of our society. We decided to hang bright yellow banners from the steeple to call attention to various issues of injustice and suffering. Often we would partner with civil society organisations that were involved in engaging the particular issue we were addressing. We also seek to address the issue from a uniquely theological perspective. This week is no different.
It is crucially important for the church to join the call for the de-criminalisation of sex-work for a number of reasons. The primary reason is that the scriptures are very clear that we are to safeguard the lives of the most vulnerable and stand in solidarity with those that society in general treats as outcasts. To state the obvious, sex-workers are some of the most vulnerable people in our society who are consistently treated as outcasts.
The basis of our protection and care for the well-being of sex-workers is rooted in the theological fact that all human beings are engraved with the indelible image of God and therefore are to be treasured as the priceless gifts they are. In other words, our care for another has nothing to do with how they live and everything to do with the mere fact they are alive.
The Gospels are full of Jesus doing exactly this, over and over again. The outcasts of his day were so grateful for his welcoming invitation, affirming word and loving touch, but this caused much displeasure among the religious of his day as it does to this day. Yes the church is often better known for its judgement and rejection of the social outcast than loving solidarity. In other words, the church is often the one who throws the first stone! Sadly this is often done in the name of Jesus – the same Jesus who saved a woman whom the law had criminalised – from being stoned by religious men. By intervening, Jesus effectively de-criminalised her in that moment.
Now, if we are to protect the vulnerable and stand in solidarity with the outcast, then surely we must also oppose that which contributes to their vulnerability and outcast status. The criminalisation of sex-work does just this, and more, including violent abuse. For example, sex-workers are often abused by law enforcement (SAPS, Metro Cops and even security guards) by demanding sexual favours for sparing arrest, or securing early release.
The criminalisation of sex-work also disempowers the sex-worker to demand clients to practice safe-sex, thus adding to the risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. [In fact according to research in the Lancet Medical Journal the de-criminalisation of sex-work could prevent between 1/3 and almost ½ of all new HIV infections globally in the next 10 years among sex-workers and clients.] Furthermore the criminalisation of sex-work contributes towards increased prejudice against them from both individuals and also service institutions like healthcare facilities. This may cause some not to seek out care when they are sick or injured placing their lives at great risk.
Finally on a simple level of logic: The criminalisation of sex-work has not eradicated sex-work as it intended to do and nor will it ever do so. So why would anyone continue to support a law that cannot ever do what it aims to do, yet in the process of repeatedly trying it causes such terrible harm?
Yellow banner theology
Our latest yellow banner (Jesus was the first to decriminalise sex work) is causing quite a stir.
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Grace to you
Titus Masika lives in the small village of Yatta in Ukambani in Eastern Kenya. The Yatta catchment area is a semi-arid area and long considered to be one of the poorest in Kenya.
Between the years 2000-2005 he began a process of reflection over the plight of Africa and the people of Ukambani.
"My Kamba community was caught in the web of stagnation. We have become reliant on relief food, and political contestations were often around who would supply food in order to get our votes. We had become reliant on rain-fed agriculture and the erratic nature of rainfall had closed our eyes to new possibilities."
As a priest, people from the village would often ask Masika to pray for rain. They would also question him on why God had not blessed them with enough rain. "Was God or the spirits punishing them?" – they would ask. Masika's reply was that God does send us enough rain but the problem is that we fail to catch it.
So at the heart of Masika's transformation plan was to "catch" or harvest the little rain that did fall by building numerous dams. Perhaps 'dam' is too big or deep a word to use. We are talking swimming pool size holes in the ground – that could be easily dug out by a family using picks and spades. Some that were built through the collective effort of the whole community were a little larger.
The first to embrace this idea of 'catching' the rain were the elderly women of the community. "We believed that we could do it ourselves through the merry-go-round approach, we went around each homestead assisting one another to dig up water pans. Slowly we moved from digging a few earth dams to more than 3000 water dams in 4 years."
The number of women involved in the project had also grown from 45 to around 3000 of all ages from all over Yatta. The dams became a stable source of irrigation.
"These dams have made it possible for us to plant and harvest and sell crops all year round. We have enough food to eat and extra to sell and earn a decent income. Our crops include: sweet potatoes, pumpkins, cassava, watermelon, mangoes, paw-paw, sunflower among many others…"
From an impoverished semi-arid region to an all year round provider of a rich variety of food, is a story in the biblical class of water into wine.
In the last week we were told that "Day Zero" has been pushed out even further – now in July. I wonder if we are not witnessing the biblical promise of abundance that takes place when those who have much (too much!) faithfully fast which enables there to be enough for all. The water through our taps will continue to flow like an eternal spring as long as we take only what we need. Need and not want. Need and not greed! This is another form of the merry-go-round approach. A fasting so all may have enough. This is what Lent is all about.
With merry-go-round wonder,
The reeds win!
Grace and peace to you
President Zuma has resigned. It happened on Wednesday. Wednesday was Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is a day of repentance. Repentance means to turn around. It does not mean to "be sorry". That is remorse. Remorse is not repentance. Often remorse and repentance may go together, but not always. On Wednesday they did not go together! But no doubt about it there was a huge turn around between Zuma's delusional and defensive rant in the afternoon and his resignation in the evening. Regardless of the cause and reason for the change and regardless of him showing zero sign of remorse, we can be grateful that there was in fact a turn around that I have no doubt saved lives.
When a person is completely out of touch with the truth of their living they become a danger to everyone around them. When the anchor of their conscience has pulled loose from their moorings they float any way the pre-dominant wind blows and self-interested tide determines. They inevitably bump into anything and everything in their way causing great damage. When principle ceases to determine direction the engine may continue to roar but there is no constructive movement – certainly no movement forward, like when a propeller is entangled in the reeds.
Reeds! Reeds are thin and scrawny strings reaching up from the depths ever-seeking out the light on the surface of the waters. They appear quite insignificant, especially in the face of a powerfully spinning propeller. Yet when a couple of them get together they have the capacity to stall and stop the most powerful of engines. They are smart and wily and above all endlessly courageous. They are not naïve. They know some of them will be cut up and spat out but they also know with cement-like conviction that it is the propeller's own spinning that will tie itself up in a nasty knot. It is only a matter of time and pressure. The reeds trust through their many doubts that in the end history will smile gratefully on them.
This week I smile gratefully at the journalists, judiciary and activists who with cement-like conviction in their depths courageously searched for the light. Some, at great cost and having to overcome huge waves of fear and intimidation stretched themselves, reaching up reed-like, into the spinning turbulence of corrupting power.
We have witnessed the purring engine begin to splutter…to slow…to stall…to stop?
The reeds win! As in ancient times the Hebrew slaves scampered through the Red Sea to freedom. Interestingly, another name for the Red Sea is the Reed Sea. The reeds win! As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever amen.
This does not mean we have arrived. To stop going in the wrong direction does not mean we are going in the right direction. But it does give us a moment – an Ash Wednesday moment – that invites us to repent. To turn around and to reset our sights on what is just and true.
Written with reed-like certainty,
A Sermon of Music
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Grace and Peace
Today we are doing something totally different. Today the sermon and prayers will come to us through song!
It is a great joy to welcome two choirs who will be leading worship today. The Swarthmore College Alumni Gospel Choir brings with it national and international tours and prestige in the venues of gospel music spirituals and soul. The choir of First United Methodist Church of Germantown (FUMCOG) has performed extensively in our native area, including appearances at the Kimmel Center in 2017, one of a few church choirs to attain that honour. Furthermore, FUMCOG has taken its mission of social justice throughout the world, including Johannesburg, South Africa in 1993, forming a delegation to stand in solidarity with Nelson Mandela, in a voice of freedom to end apartheid.
Today is the last day of their mission pilgrimage to South Africa and it is really a privilege to have them at CMM.
The choirs will present a full 60 minute programme of various American music. There will be three 20 minute sets as follows: 20 minutes for Swarthmore; 20 minutes for FUMCOG; 20 minutes combined.
The repertoire from Swarthmore to be determined, out of the gospel and soul traditions while the FUMCOG repertoire to include: Salmo 150 – Ernani Aguiar; Spirituals by Moses Hogan: I Want to Thank You, Lord; Hear My Prayer; William Billings: Easter Anthem; Mark Miller: I Believe; Oh for a Thousand Tongues; Aaron Copland: Tis a Gift to be Simple; Zion's Walls. Combined they will do: Freedom Trilogy – Paul Halley; Hope for Resolution: A Song for Mandela and De Klerk – Sean Ivory/Paul Caldwell; Praise His Holy Name – Keith Hampton.
Another water saving suggestion:
This picture shows 60 litres of water that was used for one machine wash on a 28 minute "daily express" cycle!
Please unplug your washing machine's outlet; check how much water is being used; collect this water for re-use (like flushing toilet).
Listen to 28 January's sermon to "Getting to the source of the water crisis".
Be God's Partner
Grace and Peace
Thank you for all the food that has been brought to CMM this morning for Harvest Festival. This food will find its way into the tummies of children at Stepping Stones Preschool in the form of delicious recipes cooked by their awesome chef.
Back in the day people would have brought the food for Harvest Festival straight from the land and not via the shop. Their fingers would still be soil-stained on Sunday morning. The miracle of their gift would not have been lost on them because they were intimately present to the wondrous mystery of a seed dying and resurrecting as plant and life-giving food:
A seed … hard and tiny buried in the depths of darkness … still … absorbing, stretching, splitting, bursting, ground-breaking, light-receiving, oxygen-sharing, tongue-tasting and stomach-nourishing.
Way back in the biblical days the people would offer their first fruits as a gift of gratitude to their Creator. This was completely counter-cultural. Instead of enjoying the first fruits themselves (imagine the temptation to do that!) or storing the first fruits to secure a food-filled future, they gifted the Giver of the gift. Regardless how much they toiled in the sun with bent back and burnt neck they knew that the resurrection of food from seed was beyond their doing. They knew it was by grace and not by their work alone.
On offering their first-fruited-gifts they would recite a liturgy reminding them that the land itself was a gift from the Great Giver. They would remember and recite their history as a slave people set free by the Great Liberator [See Deuteronomy. 26]. This liturgy of grateful memory released them of fear and greed to give and share. Herein we learn the truth about generosity: Generosity is rooted in gratitude not wealth; it is a matter of the heart not the wallet. It is always a response: We give because God first gave to us. The purpose of our generosity is one and the same as Jesus' purpose: to bring LIFE in all its fullness.
At Central Methodist Mission [CMM] we are encouraged to be generous beyond the boundaries of the Church, knowing that the "world is our parish" rather than the parish being our world. Our giving to God not only includes that which we put into the Sunday offertory, but it also includes every act of generosity we do in our daily living that aims to protect and promote LIFE and thereby partner God in mending this broken, yet God-so-loved-world.
To help us to be deliberate about growing in generosity we are invited to make the following commitment: Yes, God – Great Giver and Liberator – I want to partner you in mending this broken world by growing in generosity in all areas of my life. I therefore make this monetary offering in "hilarious celebration" [2 Corinthians 9:7] of your generous gift of grace.
I know that my money is not my own, but yours. Forgive me for being inclined to act like it is my own. Please help me to use the money entrusted to me to make a LIFE-giving difference in this world you so love.
I therefore commit:
A monthly gift of gratitude R______________ to partner you in mending the world through Central Methodist Mission.
A monthly gift of gratitude R______________ to partner you in mending the world through the people and / or organisations.
Banana or Orange?
1956: "A young 16-year old Hugh Masekela leaping in the air, clutching the trumpet that had been sent to him by Louis Armstrong."
Photograph by the late Drum photographer Alf Kumalo.
Grace and peace to you
The other day I read an article in the Harvard Business Review about how to get people to change. The article explains the "Banana Principle". It goes like this: On the office counter there are two bowls of fruit for all employees to freely help themselves. A bowl of bananas and a bowl of oranges. Every day without fail the banana bowl is emptied first. And many of the staff who arrive after the bananas are finished, choose to leave without taking an orange even though there are plenty of oranges still to be had. On reflection and research they realised that the reason for this is not because bananas are deemed that much more delicious than oranges, but rather that they are easier to eat. They are easier to manage. Easier to peel. Bananas are less messy than oranges.
So according to the authors, if you want people to start doing something that they are not – give them a banana-like-option. In other words make it easy. And if you want people to stop doing what they are doing – give them an orange-like-option. Make it more difficult or costly, because people employ the principle of the least effort. This is obvious in each of our lives I am sure.
But it raises this question for me: what if the change needed is not easy and cannot be made to be easy? What if the change needed is messy – like much meaningful change is.
This raised another question: is easy really what we want? Surely we have enough insight into our lives to know that easy seldom hits the spot within us that is crying out for transformation.
More than easy I think we desire truth. The truth that we can change. The truth that it is difficult. The truth that it is costly. The truth that it may happen in hidden ways over long periods of time. The truth that we will be helped along by grace again and again.
This is why I think the Covenant Commitment still holds our attention over 250 years after it was first prayed. It holds our attention because it holds the real desires of our heart. In our depths we want truth, not easy. As it states in the introduction: "Christ has many services to be done: some are easy, others are difficult; some bring honour, others bring reproach; some are suitable to our natural inclinations and material interests, others are contrary to both; in some we may please Christ and please ourselves, in others we cannot please Christ except by denying ourselves."
Covenant Prayer
We are no longer our own but yours O God.
I am no longer my own, but yours.
Put me to what you will, rank me with whom you will;
put me to doing, put me to suffering*;
let me be employed for you or laid aside for you,
exalted for you or brought low for you;
let me be full, let me be empty;
let me have all things, let me have nothing;
I fully and freely yield all things to your pleasure and disposal.
And now, glorious and blessed God, Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer,
You are mine and I am yours. So be it.
And the Covenant now made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven.
*NOTE: "Put me to suffering" – does not mean that we are asking God to make us suffer! Rather it means that we are even willing so suffer if that is a consequence of being faithful.
Humility and Honesty
Grace and peace
Two essential ingredients necessary for continued learning are humility and honesty. Humility keeps the door open to learn more and honesty makes sure that, that which comes through the open door, is genuine and true. Humility is knowing that we don't know everything. Honesty is knowing that not everything we know can possibly be 100% accurate. Humility is knowing that we don't know what we don't know. Honesty is knowing that what we know will need to be corrected and re-corrected.
Humble and honest people have a high sense of curiosity.
The opposite of a curious person is someone filled to the brim with assumptions about this and that and everything else. Making assumptions about other people make it less likely we will ever get to know them for who they are. Making assumptions about different cultures or countries does the same.
Some assumptions are very difficult to spot because they have been so deeply accepted by the dominant culture in which we live that few of us ever think of questioning them. They are the invisible building blocks of society. They are promoted and protected by the systems they embed – like religion and education, entertainment and law, etc. Like a computer virus these assumed values attach themselves to every file of our lives corrupting them without us sometimes knowing, until of course life becomes more and more sluggish and eventually stopping altogether.
Think of the assumptions (perpetuated through education and sports, etc.) in "their preference for competition over cooperation; for self-promotion over humility; for analytical over holistic thinking; for individual rather than collective success; for direct rather than indirect communication; for hierarchical rather than egalitarian conceptions of status. So in school we urge our children to strive to be better than their friends and we praise them publicly if they succeed, where many other societies would consider this to be extremely bad manners. We focus on our children directly and tell them exactly what we want them to know, where in many other societies adults expect children to observe their elders closely and follow their example voluntarily. We control and direct and measure our children's learning in excruciating detail, where many other societies assume children will learn at their own pace and don't feel it necessary or appropriate to control their everyday activities and choices. In other words, what we take for granted as a "normal" learning environment is not at all normal to millions of people around the world." [An extract from www.schoolingtheworld.org].
One of the reasons Jesus was crucified was that he brought to the surface and challenged the hidden assumptions and values of his day. This too is our calling.
May we: Do Justice. Love Mercy. Walk HUMBLY.
We are one
Grace and peace to you
Last week by the rivers of baptism we heard how the heavens were "torn apart" enabling Jesus to hear the heavenly voice declare his belovedness. The long-thought-of divide between heaven and earth has been torn apart and the false dualism between heaven and earth forever exposed as a lie. Heaven and earth are one. Therefore, all of space is sacred. The earth is heavenly. The water and air are hallowed. The land – all the land – every land – is holy and to be treasured. Now our work is to live on earth as in heaven.
There are many people in the world who arrive at this conviction through different routes – using different languages to describe it and different rituals to honour it (or no rituals at all). That we arrive at the same place is to be celebrated and the route we took should not be cause for argument.
A beautiful example of this is Albert Einstein who from a different angle reaches the same unified conviction. As someone has suggested, this was Einstein's other great equation, namely a formula for the survival of the living world and its people.
"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He (sic) experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. The striving to free oneself from this delusion is the one issue of true religion. Not to nourish it but to try to overcome it is the way to reach the attainable measure of peace of mind."
Other versions have Einstein state:
"This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
How we come to this conviction is less important as what we do with it. When we accept, trust and live into the truth of our oneness with every living creature and all the universe, it is then that our fear diminishes and our compassion deepens – as is the case every time our sense of connection to something or someone grows. Sadly we live in a world where the narrative of separateness dominates all other narratives – so it is not easy to hold on to the deeper truth of our connected oneness. Therefore, "the striving to free oneself from this delusion is the one issue of true religion".
This is where religious practice comes in. [Remembering that the word 'religion' comes from Latin and its most prevalent roots take us back to the Latin word "Re-Ligare" meaning to 'bind' or to 'connect'.] Therefore religious practice is to result in binding, bridging and connecting us with the Divine, the creation, others and ourselves. In other words, religious practice is to affirm our connected oneness. It is to widen "our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty". To the extent it does this, is to the extent it facilitates life within us and through us. When religious practice builds barriers rather than bridges it is no longer religious in the true sense of the word, and would be better if put aside.
Each Wednesday evening from 18h30 – 20h30 there is an opportunity to grow in our religious (bridging and connecting) practice. Please consider coming to practice.


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Please raise your hand if you are sick and tired of all of the political ads; especially the negative ones!
"If you can't say something nice, then don't say anything at all" apparently doesn't apply to elections.
Back to back political commercials flood the morning TV news channels. Our mailboxes are heaping with piles of direct mail that fill our recycling bins. And, most of it is negative. Mudslinging.
I am proud to say that the advertising campaigns in our newspaper have been more focused on promoting what the candidates stands for and their promises to their constituents — presenting their vision. Maybe it's because candidates realize the permanence of print, knowing they have to be careful with their message. Broadcast ads are in one ear and out the other pretty quick, that's why they have to keep beating you over the head with the same ad. People hold onto newspapers for future reference and can easily share it with others. I'm pretty sure none of our readers are recording political TV ads to replay for their friends and family, but I may be in the minority.
By the numbers
There has been a lot of money spent on the election, especially in Minnesota.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics presenting data from the Federal Election Commission, from January 1, 2017, to October 26, 2018, more than $46 million has been raised for political advertising by Democrats and Republicans to infect our brains for the 2018 mid-term election.
And, of that $46 million, Democrats raised $22.4 million while Republicans raised $17.6 million. The remaining millions came in the form of soft money and PAC donations.
This is one state out of 50 states. And, Minnesota ranks 22nd in the nation in political ad spending.
According to Borrell Associates, as of September 7, 2018, the estimated political ad spending would top out at $8.93 billion for this election. California voters have been slammed with the most political ads, topping out at $1.76 billion, consuming nearly 20% of the total political ad spending in the United States. The state of New York is in second place with $638.3 million, with Florida falling into third place with a mere $563 million.
So, as much as we may be annoyed with all of the political ads consuming our lives these days, we are only ranked 22nd out of 50 states on the U.S. political ad spending list. I think that's a list in which most of us would agree we'd like to finish in last place.
I guess what's really disappointing to me is how much money is spent on (negative) political advertising that could actually do something good for our society. I don't mind a candidate sharing their views and promoting their ideology. I just can't stand all of the negative political advertising. We don't need further polarization.


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Open houses at our schools are set for WEDNESDAY, July 31! Staff members, including bus drivers and cafeteria workers, will be on hand to answer questions and help everyone get ready for the first day of classes on FRIDAY, August 2.
* WJES will welcome students and families between 10 am-12 pm or between 2-4 pm Wednesday.
* NJES will welcome students and families between 1-3 pm Wednesday.
* EJMS and the other four elementary schools — EJES, GSES, MES, and SJES — will welcome students and families between 9-11 am or between 1-3 pm Wednesday.
* WJMS will focus on sixth-grade students and families and those seventh- and eighth-grade students new to the school between 4-6 pm Wednesday (rising seventh- and eighth-graders who were unable to attend pick up their schedules July 17-18 or need bus information also are welcome to attend). Schedules for all students are available online through the Infinite Campus parent portal.
* EJCHS will host an open house from 5-7 pm Wednesday for its incoming eighth-grade students, each of whom is invited to bring up to two guests. Dinner begins at 5 pm; the program and information will be presented beginning at 5:30. Older students who missed orientation July 16-17 and have questions can contact the school.
* JCCHS will welcome students and families from 5-8 pm Wednesday, and school supply lists will be provided by individual teachers at open house. Student schedules will be available through the Infinite Campus portal on Sunday evening. Students whose schedules are incomplete can visit the school Monday between 4-6 PM (enter the main entrance and report to the Media Center) or Wednesday from 5:30-7 pm (report to the old gym). Other schedule changes/questions will be handled during lunch periods on Monday and Tuesday, August 5-6.
ALL SCHOOLS have additional information posted on their websites, including school supply lists (except JCCHS as noted above).
Visit the district website at JacksonSchoolsGA.org/our-schools/ for a direct link to each website as well as contact information for every school.
If you have not yet registered your child for the upcoming school year, please contact the school as soon as possible.


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Skullcandy Ink D Vs Ink D 2
If you are now looking for a pair of affordable headphones, there is a good chance that you would end up considering the Skullcandy Ink D headphones. These models are very popular on the market because they don't empty the wallet of the buyers. Now, we are going to discuss about the comparisons between Skullcandy Ink D 2 and Skullcandy Ink D. As you may have heard, Skullcandy Ink D 2 is the latest update for the popular Skullcandy Ink D headphones. Nevertheless, due to being newer, the new Skullcandy Ink D 2 is also quite pricier than the original Skullcandy Ink D. So, is the newer version really better than the original? Continue reading below to find the answer.
If we put the two models side by side, we can hardly find a significant difference. The new Skullcandy Ink D 2 actually looks very similar to the original model. Both models still use flat cables that are resistant to tangling, along with the in-line remotes. However, the new Skullcandy Ink D 2 indeed has more color options. The previous model has rather limited color choices. The new version offers various stylish color combinations that can better match your style and preference. Still, aside from the colors, there is no change to the body material, which uses plastic and silicone.
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In the end, we recommend you to choose the new Skullcandy Ink D 2 because of the built-in mic and noise cancellation. These two features are very useful. The mic will enable you to answer phone calls without having to take off your headset, and the noise cancellation helps you to focus on your music without getting disturbed by the environment.


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Hotel Spa Bella Mar is set in Santo Domingo, 10 metres from Mercado Modelo and 800 metres from Puerto Santo Domingo. Guests can enjoy the on-site bar. Free private parking is available on site. Rooms are fitted with a flat-screen TV. Each room is fitted with a private bathroom fitted with a bath. Hotel Spa Bella Mar features free WiFi . You will find a 24-hour front desk at the property. Malecon is 1.7 km from Hotel Spa Bella Mar, while Centro Internacional de Cirugia Avanzada is 3.9 km from the property. The nearest airport is Las Americas Airport, 24 km from the property.
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Cancellation of your reservation will not be charged when it satisfies all the conditions established by the hotel.
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This adorable kitty is very polite and really wants attention. The way this cat asks for attention is so adorable and cute it's enough to make my heart explode with cuteness, it's just PRICELESS.
This cat uses his paw to make gestures to his human for petting and it's seriously the cutest thing ever, but when she stops, that's when things get even cuter. The cat does the SAME thing yet again, over and over!
This cat isn't hungry for food, he's hungry for attention, AWWW… Watch his response below:
This is one of the cutest cats ever, SOO priceless—Some cats demand attention and it's adorable!


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But life happens, and Opie found himself in the middle of an EMBA program without a job.
Unemployment didn't last long for an action-oriented person like Opie – who is also a veteran of the Texas Army National Guard. He had the immediate opportunity for consulting work with a few of his classmates. That soon evolved into a new business venture with three other EMBA grads: Kevin Grace and Dustin Dvorak from Opie's Class of 2015, and Mike Field from the Class of 2014.
Through class projects and conversations at various networking events, the men realized their strengths, combined, were the perfect toolset for a new company. Opie serves as COO of the venture, Agile Management Enterprises, which buys and revitalizes telecom networks. They are now completing their first acquisition.
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Residential construction loans are available to clients wishing to purchase vacant land licensed or knock down and rebuild, builders and owner-builders subject to acceptable LVR's and servicing criteria.
A construction loan is money you borrow specifically for infrastructure projects, such as a building a new home or unit.
There are four kinds of construction loans, as follows:
- Bridge Loan – if you have an existing house, you can use the equity on it as initial payment for your new house.
- Construction to Permanent Loan – a construction loan and a mortgage loan rolled in one.
- Land Loan – for buying lot only.
- Remodeler's Loan – for people who would want to revamp their homes.
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We have been asked by law enforcement to register parade participants. We have created a simple online form for registration (available at the link above), or you may stop by the Chamber office at the stoplight in downtown Banner Elk, to register in person.
Note for Parade Participants: Due to safety issues and insurance requirements, there is absolutely no throwing of candy or any items from vehicles. You may walk close to the curb and pass out candy to children.