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Monday, March 26, 2012
Youth Media - Arise to the Mountain
Anyway, before I completely digress into a long, boring, drawn-out life story, let me just say that I am a big fan of utilizing media resources in the classroom! Music, pictures, video clips can all enhance lessons and often speak to the youth in ways our words alone can not. Which is why I love the media resources on lds.org - church-approved and produced to be current for the young women (and young men) in their lives.
I hope to share a video with you every other week, with a short summary and a review of the good and the great (and once in a while, the not-so-great).
This week? The new one up is called "Arise to the Mountain" and was actually part of the General YW Broadcast this past Saturday. The video depicts various young women engaged in activities that relate to the temple or will lead them to the temple while the song "Arise to the Mountain" is sung. It fits the 2012 theme perfectly. The song itself is beautiful, and on the video page, you can also download the mp3 or the sheet music, which I love - it would be a wonderful piece for a ward/stake YW to learn.
I originally had some mixed feelings about the video. It shows happy young women who are striving for the goal of attending the temple, through attending meetings and girls camp, attending the temple as youth, doing family history work, etc and it shows a couple coming out of the temple after being married there. I don't get as excited about videos like this because they really depict the ideal and seem to point to the "happily ever after" that is a temple marriage. Even with my still somewhat limited life experience, I know that this isn't all and that no matter what choices we make, we will still struggle and go through tough times. Even with a temple marriage. Are the situations here building our young women up to think that if they struggle they can't have an ideal like this? I would love to hear your thoughts.
After watching it a few more times, I allowed myself to focus on the spirit of the message instead of just the video depictions. And with that in mind, I was uplifted and motivated - Yes! Young women and women everywhere, let's arise and be a temple-worthy and temple-attending people! The temple does bring peace and happiness, and making choices that will allow us to be worthy to enter there will always bless our lives, even if those lives are not perfect, or don't always turn out exactly as we planned.
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I had some mixed feelings too, but like you in the end, I think they did a good job. The video does not focus on marriage as the reason for temple. It is portrayed for one brief moment. And then it is followed by a different woman, I believe, who is handing her baby to another woman. This is followed by two women doing family history. I think the idea was to show the temple as something that blesses the YW (now, and in the future) that blesses future generations (the baby) and that blesses past generations (the family history scene). Now, future, past? Maybe that was what they were getting at? Also, I liked that in each of those three brief scenes, there was always more than one woman or young woman. The bride hugs her friends, perhaps people that have supported her to get there, or people she is hoping to help get there? The baby was handed from one woman to another; we all help and love together? And there were two (young?) women doing family history as well. What message does all that send, too?ReplyDelete
I also liked that most of the video seemed more real and candid than ones in the past. The trio singing was actually singing in a church room to a class, not in a studio or just as background music. The girls walking to the temple were laughing, pointing, talking to each other, not just walking straight ahead in a staged, awkward way. The girls opening the doors for the others was a nice moment too - can't you see your young women doing that? They were having fun, not trying to be perfect.
Though it had its flaws of course, those were the things I really appreciated about this video.
I also liked how all the situations were very real - situations that the girls are familiar with (camp, temple trips, family history, friends and sisters getting married, etc - showing that "arising to the mountain" is something that they can be and are doing right now. Also liked that the girls looked real, sometimes their voices were a little off key, they weren't all "models," etc.ReplyDelete
I loved the video and felt it served it's purpose precisely - to get girls focused on being temple worthy. That is the goal of the Young Women program. That is what we all should be striving for, regardless of situation. I LOVED that it only showed one shot that was a temple wedding (it would have been desperately lacking if it hadn't shown this). I then LOVED that it focused on the temple - and not marriage. My only complaint would be (and I am bias as a return missionary) that it did not show a young woman with a missionary badge. That would have fit perfectly in the montage.ReplyDelete
Yes trials and difficulties come - but that is what we can address in our Sunday lessons - how to equip these girls to be prepared for whatever will come their way. The most essential tool we can give them, is to be endowed with power. I know that through all the turmoil I have been wading through since I was young, it has been the temple and my worthiness to attend, that has saved me.
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Chalk up another embarrassing rebuff for a U.S. President at the Mecca of international socialism, the United Nations.
Barack Obama's team let it be known that the President would be delighted to meet Iranian President Hasan Rouhani while the two were at the U.N. this past Tuesday. The two could shake hands, smile at each other and pose for an historic photo op. They wouldn't even have to discuss anything of substance, merely look like they were prepared to get along.
"Thanks, but no thanks" was the insulting Iranian response. At least their rebuff was announced before Obama was left standing alone, with his arm stuck out and a stupid smile on his face.
Guess Obama's peeps didn't learn anything from history. Back in 2000, then-President Bill Clinton offered the same opportunity to Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, another supposed moderate. Khatami also nixed shaking hands with the President of the United States.
Wouldn't you think that someone on Obama's staff would have made sure he and Rouhani would be smiling together for the camera before leaking news about it to the media? This is not only sloppy diplomacy, Mr. President; it's downright embarrassing incompetence.
Please note that Obama is so eager to negotiate with Iran that he's even willing to put up with some egg on his face. And Rouhani isn't the only nasty ruler he's been willing to make nice with. Heck, we're even willing to sit down at a conference table with the lunatics who run North Korea.
And don't forget about all of those cozy chats with Russian strongman Vladimir Putin, who has been only too happy to step into the role of negotiator-by-proxy. No doubt Obama is hoping that the world will soon forget all that talk about military strikes, inviolable red lines and the need to see Bashar Assad kicked out of the Syrian presidency.
Is there anyone this President isn't willing to negotiate with?
Yes, there is one group that is beyond the pale and one issue that Obama won't discuss under any circumstances. Negotiate with Republicans over the fate of the U.S. economy? Not on your life!
Obama has made it clear he won't give an inch over his demand that Congress raise the debt ceiling without attaching any conditions to it. No reduction in spending, no promise to balance the budget someday, no give-and-take under any circumstances. Here is the one issue on which he vows there will be absolutely no compromise whatsoever.
The President has the nerve to claim that this is how it has always been, that Congress has never attached non-budget items to legislation raising the debt ceiling. Here's how he put it last week, when he spoke to the Business Roundtable:
You have never seen in the history of the United States the debt ceiling or the threat of not raising the debt being used to extort a president or a governing party and trying to force issues that have nothing to do with the budget and nothing to do with the debt.
His claim, like so many other things he has said with such certainty, is total bunk. Glenn Kessler, the fact-checker for The Washington Post, didn't have to dig very far to confirm that debt-ceiling legislation has been linked to such disparate causes as campaign-finance reform, Social Security, ending the bombing in Cambodia and voluntary school prayer.
A classic example occurred in 1980, when the House and Senate voted to repeal one of Jimmy Carter's favored solutions to the energy crisis that existed then. Carter had demanded a fee on imported oil that would have raised the cost of a gallon of gas by 10 cents. Congress said "no way" in an attachment to legislation Carter very much wanted: authorization to borrow even more money he could spend.
When Carter vetoed the measure, the House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to override him. The vote was 335-34 in the House and 68-10 in the Senate. So much for Obama's claim that such legislation was "never seen in the history of the United States." Kessler rightly gives the president four Pinocchios for his duplicity on this one.
So what could be attached to a new debt-ceiling bill? For starters, how about a one-year delay in Obamacare? Obama has already agreed to a one-year delay for many businesses; how about giving the same break to the rest of us?
Yes, I know. The House has passed a bill to halt all funding for this healthcare monstrosity. But there is no chance that the Senate will agree. And even if by some miracle the bill's proponents could find five or six Democrats who would vote with them (something I give a 0 percent likelihood of happening), does anyone think there are any circumstances that would persuade Obama to sign it? Not on your life.
Looks like we'll see another exciting game of Washington playing chicken, folks.
In the meantime, what did you think of Texas senator Ted Cruz's dramatic, all-night speech on the Senate floor, listing all of the reasons to oppose funding Obamacare?
He talked about a lot more than the Affordable Care Act, of course. He narrated the classic Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham, described the incredible bravery of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence and even compared conservatives' efforts today to the rebel alliance in the "Star Wars" films. All in all, the freshman Senator put on quite a show.
Despite some catty remarks from his opponents (Senate Majority Leader Harry Read called the near-filibuster a "massive waste of time") and much mockery in the mainstream media, I think Cruz scored a lot of points for his cause. The response on Twitter and other social media confirms that opinion. So congratulations to him and the other conservative stalwarts who had the courage to stand with him.
And speaking of Cruz's fellow Republicans, shame on those who have been trying to stab the Tea Party favorite in the back. The latest example of their despicable behavior came last week. After Chris Wallace announced that Cruz would be interviewed on his "Fox News Sunday" program, the TV host described what happened next:
This has been one of the strangest weeks I've ever had in Washington, and I say that because as soon as we listed Ted Cruz as our featured guest this week, I got unsolicited research and questions, not from Democrats, but from top Republicans.
Wallace said the reason for slipping him the negative material was obvious: so he could "hammer Cruz" when he appeared.
Ain't politics fun?
By this time next week, I expect that some sort of funding for the Federal government will be approved by Congress and signed by the President. It may just be for a few months, but I don't think the Republican majority in the House will agree to a government shutdown. Not yet. Too bad; if we could control who got sent home and who kept getting a paycheck, it could be the best thing to happen to our country in years.
We all know that Obama and his henchmen would make any shutdown as painful as possible for as many of us as possible — just as the Administration did with sequestration, but a thousand times worse.
But don't despair. This just one battle in a long-range war, my friends. And there is no doubt we're getting more warriors on our side every day.
Until next time, keep some powder dry.
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All lanes of I-75's Alligator Alley and State Road 29 in Collier are open after closed by smoke, fog
Crews continued to monitor a brush fire at Big Cypress National Preserve on Monday afternoon after thick smoke caused road closures along Alligator Alley earlier in the day.
Severe weather expected this evening could help or hurt their efforts to contain the nearly 20,000-acre fire, said Ryan Stubblebine, a preserve spokesman.
"Lightning definitely doesn't help but rain certainly does help," he said. "It depends on the longevity of the rain. Just a quick sprinkling won't do much for us."
Stubblebine said the fire was still 40 percent contained as of a noon meeting and was not expected to grow by much. About 45 personnel were at the scene, with a few more expected to trickle in over the next day or two, he said.
A hotshot crew from Virginia, specializing in wildfire suppression, reported to Southwest Florida as part of a federal program that has different agencies lend aid.
Stubblebine said the majority of crews were from Southwest Florida.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
All lanes of Interstate 75 on Alligator Alley and State Road 29 in Collier County are now open.
Brush fire: FHP closes I-75 Alley and SR 29 because of smoke, fog early Monday
The Florida Highway Patrol closed more than 75 miles of the Alligator Alley section of Interstate 75 and State Road 29 in Collier County early Monday because of severely reduced visibility from fog and smoke from a brush fire in Big Cypress National Preserve.
Closed are I-75's Alley section between mile marker 101 in Collier County and mile marker 23 at U.S. 27 in Broward County, and SR 29 between Oil Well Road on the north end and U.S. 41 East on the south end, the FHP reports.
The FHP announced the closure of the interstate and part of State Road 29 about 3:30 p.m. Monday, and announced the closing of the northern section of 29 just after 4 a.m.
As of Sunday afternoon, the brush fire in the Big Cypress National Preserve had grown to 20,000 acres, but it is 40 percent contained, said Ryan Stubblebine, a spokesman for Big Cypress National Preserve. Additional personnel and a hotshot crew from Virginia were fighting the fire located near Alligator Alley, he said.
The start of the fire has been labeled suspicious and is under investigation, Stubblebine said.
It was a bad weekend for local wildfires. Three separate brush fires smoked out eastern Collier County residents on Saturday.
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After finishing off its spring break trip to California with two straight losses, the Harvard women's tennis team got back on track Sunday afternoon. The Crimson took down No. 24 Houston (15-4) in a nailbiter of a match, notching a 4-3 victory. It was the team's fourth win over a ranked team this season.
"Coming in, we knew they were a higher ranked opponent, so we just thought, we don't really have anything to lose," freshman Spencer Liang said. "We didn't want to feel like we did back in California after having a couple bad losses, so we stepped up our game to close out the non-conference season and to have some momentum going into Ivy season."
In a match that was close from the beginning, it was a dramatic doubles point victory that gave the Crimson the edge over Houston. After sophomores Amanda Lin and Amy He won, 8-4, at third doubles to put Harvard in the lead, it fell to the freshmen tandem of Liang and June Lee at second doubles to put the point away for the Crimson.
"We started off pretty aggressive, but they were also playing really well and crossing a lot, so it was pretty tight the whole match," Lee said. "We just figured out some strategic things. For example, one of the girls had a weird lefty serve, so we both decided to play back and then just work our way into the net together. Us moving in together worked really well."
Liang and Lee went back and forth with the Cougars' Maria Cardenas and Tina Rupert on court two, eventually battling to a 7-7 tie. It was Harvard, however, that came up with the win in the tiebreak, as the two outlasted Cardenas and Rupert to win 5-0 and take the match, 8-7, to give Harvard the early advantage.
"We switched up the teams for this match, so this was a very good starting match for us," Liang said. "Our opponents were very good, but June and I are very close and we just helped pump each other up, and even though it was very close we kept it together and kept our cool. I was really proud of us for pulling it out."
The Crimson struggled following its early doubles win, as Houston stuck to its strength and rallied in the singles matches. The Cougars' Despoina Vogasari took an easy 6-2, 6-0 victory from Liang at the first spot to tie the match up, 1-1, and her teammate Elena Kordolaimi followed up with a victory of her own at second singles. The junior's 6-2, 7-6 win over Harvard freshman Monica Lin was Lin's first loss in dual action at the second position this season.
Houston made it a clean sweep of the top three positions, as Rupert took down Lee in their second meeting at third singles. Rupert came out on top of a tight contest, as she clawed out a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 victory.
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Yr Ysgwrn is a traditional Welsh farmhouse and Grade II* listed building, dating from the 1830s, which came to international recognition in 1917, as the home of the poet Ellis Humphrey Evans, better known by his bardic name, Hedd Wyn ('Blessed Peace').
Hedd Wyn was killed at the Battle of Pilkem Ridge on 31st July, 1917 and was posthumously awarded the 1917 National Eisteddfod Chair at Birkenhead, the highest accolade awarded to Welsh language poets. To the great sorrow of the audience at the chairing ceremony, it was announced that Hedd Wyn had indeed been killed in battle and in the absence of the rightful owner of the chair, it was draped in a black cloth and has been known ever since as 'the black chair', representing a generation of Welsh youth lost at the First World War.
Since 1917, Yr Ysgwrn has been kept in the Evans family, most recently by Hedd Wyn's elderly nephew, Gerald Williams. Since Hedd Wyn's death, the family have welcomed visitors to Yr Ysgwrn, observing a promise made to Hedd Wyn's mother, "to keep the door open", to visitors from across Wales, Britain and beyond, who are fascinated by Hedd Wyn's story.
On March 1st, 2012, Snowdonia National Park Authority and its partners announced that they had secured Yr Ysgwrn for the nation. The purchase was made possible thanks to funding from the Welsh Government and the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
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