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This time England have a new captain to put spin on the well-worn phrase and yesterday Alec Stewart was fizzing them out like Shane Warne in an attempt to explain why England's fortunes might be different under him.
So far the Stewart script has been unerringly faithful to the original, with soundbites such as: "If we play to our potential" and "As long as we bring more consistency to our game", etc etc. Indeed, you sense that Stewart has been so inundated with tired old cliches throughout his career that he has even begun to believe them.
"I've spoken to all the players, either individually or in pairs," said Stewart, after a rain-interrupted practice at Edgbaston. "I've told them what I expect of them and what England expects of them, which is to express themselves as they would do for their county."
Normally, this would count as good common sense, except that England players have tended to play that way all along, only to be tripped up by their Test opponents because of the weak nature of county cricket. What England need to find is the staying power necessary to compete against focused adversaries over a five-match series.
New captains are always under pressure to assert themselves and Stewart, though neither shy or retiring, is no different. Unsurprisingly, he has already made his mark by insisting that the England lions and coronet, placed for some reason above the heart for the one-day series, were put back in the middle of the sweater where they belong.
Taking on authority so early is a bold start and he will need to continue it on the field if England are to compete this summer. Australia apart, South Africa are cricket's most tenacious competitors, though in some ways their instinct for defence when under pressure mirrors England's.
"I hope it is hard, tough cricket," Stewart said. "It's the way international cricket should be. It's a competitive place. I know people are always worried about players overstepping the mark, but my main concern has always been respect for the game."
On the field, South Africa risk little, relying mainly on incisive spells from Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock to protect totals often cobbled together by their lengthy, but not stellar batting order.
The cricket ought to be intense, particularly during the opening exchanges when both sides will be working to gain that crucial early momentum. Having played here many times as Warwickshire's overseas players, Donald and Pollock will feel at home, although the pitch, according to Dennis Amiss, the Warwickshire secretary, "is not one they will recognise".
Over the past few years, Edgbaston has produced some fickle surfaces for Tests. In 1995, the one used against the West Indies not only left England beaten before lunch on the third day, but several batsmen nursing bruised chests and broken fingers.
"It looks flat, evenly grassed and a touch damp," said Stewart, who admitted he would have probably bowled first had the match started yesterday and not this morning. Mind you, with the entire square spending most of yesterday under five acres of Brumbrella, change will be minimal and Stewart's first toss in England could well be a vital one.
The uncertainty over the pitch's final appearance means that England will delay naming their 11 until this morning. With good weather forecast over the next few days, they dare not drop their only spinner and it will probably be between Dominic Cork and Dean Headley for the last bowling place.
Likewise, South Africa will decide between Lance Klusener and Brian McMillan, with Jonty Rhodes' recent run binge against Gloucestershire making sure of his berth in the middle-order.
It is, with his keeping duties bound to tire him, where Stewart has decided to bat as well, though he will start at four in this Test, with Nasser Hussain filling the troublesome No 3 spot behind the openers, Mike Atherton and Mark Butcher.
Asked whether, by keeping wicket, captaining, and batting in the top four, he was biting off more than he could chew? Stewart replied that he "liked challenges".
Just as well, because his biggest challenge is to get his team to assert themselves as much as their captain clearly intends to do. If he can, the old cliches can be made redundant and that oft-used word "optimism", at least when applied to England's cricketers, will cease to have a hollow ring.
ENGLAND (from): A Stewart (capt & wkt, Surrey), M Atherton (Lancs), M Butcher (Surrey), N Hussain (Essex), G Thorpe (Surrey), M Ramprakash (Middlesex), D Cork (Derby), M Ealham (Kent), R Croft (Glamorgan), D Gough (Yorks), A Fraser (Middlesex), D Headley (Kent).
SOUTH AFRICA (from): W Cronje (capt), M Boucher (wkt), G Liebenberg, G Kirsten, J Kallis, D Cullinan, J Rhodes,S Pollock, L Klusener, A Donald, P Adams, B McMillan.
Umpires: R Tiffin (Zim) and D Shepherd (Eng).
TV umpire: J Hampshire (Eng).
Match referee: J Burki (Pak).
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What new ideas the game brings to the table and how well old ideas are presented.
How good a game looks, taking into account any flaws such as bad collision or pop-up.
Does the game's music and sound effects get you involved or do they make you resolve to always play with the volume down?
Basically, the controller to human interface. The less you think about the hunk of plastic in your hands, the better the playability.
Flat out, just how fun the game is to play. The most important factor in rating a game.
The premise of Need for Speed: The Run is very intriguing. Races at breakneck speeds, out-of-the-car segments offering new experiences, and an over-arcing story to tie it all together could have created a breakthrough racing title that solved the genre's repetitive nature. Although The Run contains all of these constituent parts, it fails to execute or combine them in a way that is engaging. After I finished the game, I had raced across America, escaped the mob, and cheated death numerous times, but was left with relatively few postcards to remember the experience by.
My main problem with the game is that its cross-country trek simply contains too few highlights. The out-of-the-car moments can be counted on one hand, and when they finally do occur, the fact that they are little more than quick-time events dampens them as a novel gameplay experience in an otherwise foreign genre. The one standout, non-QTE sequence takes place in Chicago with protagonist Jack escaping from a crashed car before an oncoming train flattens him. I liked it because I actually had some choice (or rather, the illusion of it) in how I freed myself. However, this is the only time being out of the car works well.
The racing itself isn't boring, but it's not novel enough in and of itself to make the game great – especially since it's not being bolstered by the on-foot segments. I will say this, however: The racing environments across America are well chosen. Whether it's the Nevada desert, the Rockies, cities like Chicago, or even middle America, the races themselves look great and are filled with their share of heart-stopping racing through oncoming traffic, past pursuing cops, and down perilous back-country roads. As fun as the racing is, I wish there were more crazy set-pieces in the game such as when you escape an avalanche or race through the New York subway system. Furthermore, I wanted more variety in the race types themselves, and that fact that the tracks (especially the urban ones) are linear beyond some shortcuts is unfortunate given that rival series Midnight Club has been doing branching races for years.
As much as the on-foot vignettes are a lost opportunity for The Run, I also feel like it drops the ball on the story as a whole. Fight Night Champion is a great example of a title that successfully placed a story and characters on top of a genre where it didn't normally belong. There is no depth, character interest, or story twists beyond The Run's stated premise, and I soon detached from it because of that.
The game also has an extensive Autolog tracking system to feed you race suggestions, as well as a separate Challenge mode that lets you earn medals for a list of races, but they simply aren't enough to hold my interest. Need for Speed: The Run is by no stretch a bad game; it just fails to capitalize on its chances. San Francisco to New York is a long haul, and it's even longer when not enough happens in between.
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Debates about these questions have been making headlines lately. Some American Hindus have argued that American yoga is not Hindu enough, that Hindus should "Take Back Yoga" (the label of a campaign by the Hindu American Foundation). Other Americans agree that the Hindus should take back yoga-but because yoga is too Hindu: R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, advises Christians to abandon yoga if they value their (Christian) souls, for "yoga, as a spiritual practice, runs directly counter to the spiritual counsel of the Bible." The problem should not have been breaking news; a spoof in 2003, "Yoga: A Religion for Sex Addicts," depicted a Christian minister who was asked, "Should Christians practice Yoga?" He replied, "Are we going to have to bring this whole thing up about Yoga again? I thought our Sunday school curriculum included lessons about the evils of everything Oriental, including Yoga!"
But the issues involved are not trivial. Is yoga, in fact, "a spiritual practice"? More particularly, is it a Hindu spiritual practice? The word "yoga" originally meant "yoking" horses to chariots or draft animals to plows or wagons (the Sanskrit and English words are cognate). Though many yoga practitioners, particularly but not only Hindus, insist that their practice can be traced back to the Upanishads (c. 600 BCE) and Patanjali (c. 200 CE), the word "yoga" in these texts designates a spiritual praxis of meditation conjoined with breath-control, "yoking" the senses in order to control the spirit, and then "yoking" the mind in order to obtain immortality.
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Some of the greatest preachers in history were great at introducing and delivering sermons, but poor at closing them. We preach Christ and we preach a gospel that calls for commitment, so powerful preaching presses for a verdict.
This is an area I spend a lot of time on when I'm preparing a message because a sermon without a conclusion is a message without a purpose. Changed lives come from great conclusions. John Stott said, "If there's no summons, there's no sermon."
First, avoid these four common mistakes:
- Don't just summarize the message. Ask people to act.
- Don't announce that you're concluding, especially if you don't mean it.
- Don't blame the clock and rush to a conclusion.
- Don't introduce new ideas or extra points in your conclusion.
Instead, conclude by doing these things:
1. Always point back to Jesus Christ.
Jesus is center-stage. The goal of preaching is not to get people to fall in love with you as the preacher but to get them to fall in love with Jesus. Since the Bible is the story of Jesus' redemptive work, every sermon ought to draw people to the cross and the resurrection of Christ.
2. End with emotional intensity.
The conclusion should be the emotional high point of the sermon – the crescendo. The target of your preaching should shift from the hearer's head to their heart. I'm not suggesting we use emotions to manipulate, but rather that we persuade the will of a person to respond. My hero W. A. Criswell used to say that "preaching is seeking to move a man's will God-ward." The conclusion is the place to do that most effectively.
3. Ask for a specific response.
A sermon's conclusion isn't dynamic until it's specific. The conclusion of a sermon should always answer the question, "okay, now what?" And if you ask people to do too many things in response to the message, you've asked them to do nothing. Determine what one actionable challenge you should be offering at the end of this particular message.
4. Make it personal.
Every listener should feel that you are dealing directly with their heart as an individual, as if it is just the two of you in the room. One of the best ways to do this is to write out your closing prayer in advance that leads people in committing to the points of the message. Writing it out in this way keeps you from saying the same thing every week.
5. Always offer an opportunity to receive Christ and expect people to respond.
The Word of God really is powerful when it gets into the souls of your hearers. So be sure to allow the Holy Spirit room to work by giving everyone an opportunity to choose to follow Jesus. Then lead them in that commitment and expect that some will be saved. But as you do, avoid using manipulative pressure tactics. Our goal is not to close the sale and get commitments. Our goal is to help people begin a new life, transformed by God.
As you prepare your sermon for this coming weekend, plan the conclusion and don't leave it to chance. The decisions people make hang in the balance.
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John S. Peterson is a trial lawyer who focuses on eminent domain, inverse condemnation and other complex real estate and business cases with an emphasis on jury and non-jury trials. He has substantial experience in the representation of real estate valuation, business valuation, landslide, subsidence, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), environmental, land use, subdivision, lease, construction defect and developer agreement disputes.
He is the founder of Peterson Law Group Professional Corporation, a law firm that was established with the goal of providing quality service, personalized attention, creative approaches and a results oriented philosophy in handling client matters.
Mr. Peterson was born in Glendale and raised in Los Angeles, California. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics, magna cum laude, from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1978, as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. As an undergraduate, he interned for the Senate Transportation Committee. He received his Juris Doctorate from the UCLA School of Law in 1981. He was admitted to practice in California in 1981. He is also admitted to practice in the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States District Court for the Central, Southern, Eastern and Northern Districts of California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Mr. Peterson has served as trial counsel in several successful jury trials. As examples, he won a $10.5 million jury verdict in an eminent domain matter where the original offer was $5.4 million and a $4.0 million verdict where the original offer was $840,000.
In 2010, Mr. Peterson was elected as a Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), where eligibility to membership requires completion of a prescribed number of jury trials and nomination and election by the membership which includes some of the best lawyers in America. He is Martindale-Hubbell® AV Rated, the highest rating available to an attorney.
With more than 29 years of practice experience and a solid record of success in trials, Mr. Peterson has achieved hundreds of strong results for his clients. He recently won a $28 million result on behalf of an owner client in an eminent domain case where the original offer was less than half that amount.
In a recent inverse condemnation matter on behalf of an owner client, he achieved a $4.6 million result paid by the city for repair of a landslide where liability was disputed.
Mr. Peterson has been a featured speaker on eminent domain in several broadcast media segments, including Marketplace on National Public Radio, Patt Morrison's KPCC radio show, and a KNBC news segment on inverse condemnation. He has been quoted in the Los Angeles Times and in the Los Angeles Business Journal in articles involving his cases.
Mr. Peterson is a participating member of the Condemnation and Land Valuation Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and is a member of the Real Property Section of the State Bar of California and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is a member of the American Bar Association.
In condemnation actions, he emphasizes representation of real property and business owners. Cases have included auto mall property, shopping centers, swap meets, industrial properties, commercial properties, hotels, motels, apartments, retail centers, development properties, farm land, homes, subdivisions, tracts, landfill property and others.
He has represented a wide variety of businesses in litigation and relocation, including: restaurants, fast food, recording studios, pharmacies, manufacturers, retailers, equipment vendors, food processors, tire retreading, furniture manufacturing, molded and injected plastics manufacturers, boat yards, marine equipment supply, liquor stores, convenience stores, gas stations, car rental agencies, mechanics, auto body shops, auto dismantlers, recyclers, metal dealers, roofers, contractors, chemical plants, mortuary, truck wash, car wash, container storage and repair, printers, metal stamping, textiles, clothing manufacturing, attorneys, doctors, dentists, optometrists, metal workers, wood workers, glass workers, oil companies, developers, and many other businesses.
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President | Peterson Law Group | N/A | 2001-Present |
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University of California, Los Angeles | BA | Economics | 1978 |
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United States Court of Federal Claims | 1994 |
United States District Court Eastern District of California | 1994 |
United States District Court Northern District of California | 1994 |
United States District Court Southern District of California | 1994 |
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit | 1982 |
California | 1981 |
United States District Court Central District of California | 1981 |
- Member, Condemnation and Land Use Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association
Member, International Right of Way Association
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- Elected a Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 2010
Martindale-Hubbell® AV Rating
Selected to be included in Southern California Super Lawyers 2011
Offered: $13.4 million
Awarded: $28 million Los Angeles - Los Angeles By-Products Co. adv Los Angeles County Flood Control District - Representation of the owner of an operating inert landfill. The condemning agency initially offered less than $13.4 million. The case involved business goodwill, relocation, highest and best use issues related to geology and geotechnical engineering, civil engineering and site adaptability, land use isses and property valuation.
Awarded: $13.5 million Pico Rivera - Alex Meruelo, Trustee adv. City of Pico Rivera - Representation of the owner of a 90 unit apartment complex. The case involved resolution of a valuation dispute.
Offered: $4.6 million
Awarded: $7.1 million Los Angeles - PDW Lighting, Inc. adv Los Angeles Unified School District - Representation of the owner of a former street car maintenance facility that was being operated as a multi-use income property. The school district's original deposit was $4.6 million. The case involved environmental issues, as well as disputes over highest and best use and valuation.
Offered: $1.8 million
Awarded: $2.25 million Livermore Valley - Livermore Valley Unified School District vs. Wilson Family Funeral Chapel, et al. - Represented property owner of a mortuary property. At trial, the condemning agency contended the property was worth $1.8 million. The case included disputes over highest and best use and valuation issues.
Awarded: $6.0 million
(post-trial, post-appeal) Chino Hills - Richland Pinehurst et al vs. City of Chino Hills et al. - Represented developers against city and community facilities districts in the trial and appeal of an inverse condemnation, breach of contract case arising out of a Facilities Improvement Agreement that provided for reimbursement for developers' unreimbursed costs of backbone infrastructure. The city denied liability through trial and appeal and did not offer to pay any money until after the court of appeal ruled in developers' favor.
Offered: $4.1 million
Awarded: $7.7 million Los Angeles - R.F. Wilton (Frank Fargo Tire & Rubber Co., Inc.) adv. Los Angeles Unified School District - Represented property owner and tire retreading business. Initial offer was approximately $4.1 million. Settlment included $4.8 million compensation for real estate and more than $2.9 million for lost business goodwill and relocation.
Offered: $7.7 million
Awarded: $11.0 million Gardena - Rikuo Corporation adv. City of Gardena - Represented owner of commercial retail mall/swap meet in inverse condemnation/eminent domain/environmental remediation case. Prior to filing the original inverse condemnation action by Rikuo for precondemnation damages due to unreasonable delay, the city's offer was approximately $7.7 million.
Offered: $960,000
Awarded: $1.425 million Burbank - Housing Authority of the City of Burbank vs. Linda D. Reinoso et al. - Represented owner of multi-family property. City's original offer was $960,000. Jury determined value to be $1.425 million.
Awarded: $4.7 million Palos Verdes - Torino vs. City of Palos Verdes Estates et al. - In this inverse condemnation trial involving a landslide affecting a bluff top home, the City denied liability. After a multi-week trial involving geology, geotechnical engineering and property valuation issues, the Court found liability and awarded $4.7 million in compensation and litigation expenses. Other parties, including Southern California Edison and General Telephone and Electric (Verizon), had settled prior to trial.
Offered: $1.76 million
Awarded: $4.39 million Los Angeles - Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles vs. Z. Patrick Berberian and California Arts Products - Represented property and business owner/manufacturer of fiberglass and resin products, props and facades. The condemning agency initially offered $1.76 million. At trial, the jury determined real estate value to be $3.4 million. Highest and best use of the real estate was a critical disputed issue. Business goodwill, fixtures and equipment and relocation were resolved before trial for $992,740.
Offered: $1.9 million
Awarded: $4.7 million Los Angeles - City of Los Angeles vs. Southwestern Properties, LLC, Metropolis Manufacturing, Inc. dba Vaughn Benz, et al. - Represented property owner and furniture manufacturing business. Business was successfully relocated. City's initial offer was $1.9 million.
Offered: $1.675 million
Awarded: $2.875 million Los Angeles - Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles (CRA) vs. Stewart-Coss Partnership - Represented property owner and furniture manufacturing business. Business was successfully relocated. City's initial offer was $1.9 million.
Offered: $2.36 million
Awarded: $3.95 million Wilmington - Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA) vs. Fuel Engineering Corporation - Represented property owner in a partial takings case. The condemning agency initially offered $2.36 million.
Offered: $347,500
Awarded: $1.54 million Wilmington - Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA) vs. Moises Z. Rugerio - Represented property owner and auto dismantling/parts salvage business. The condemning agency's initial offer was $347,500. The case settled for more than $1.54 million.
Offered: $1.3 million
Awarded: $3.7 million Long Beach - City of Long Beach, acting by and through its Board of Harbor Commissioners vs. Seymour Waterman and Betty Joyce Waterman, Waterman Supply Company et al. - Initial offer was $1.3 million. Represented property owner and business owner in successful jury trial of business goodwill loss and settlement of real property value and relocation benefits. Jury awarded $795,600 despite successful relocation of business and despite Long Beach contending there was no loss of goodwill. Subsequently, the Court awarded litigation expenses. Before trial, relocation and real estate compensation were settled for $2.9 million. Original offer was $1.3 million.
Offered: $840,000
Awarded: $4.0 million
(augmented by post-appeal fee award) Los Angeles - Berkett, et al. adv. Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles - Represented owners of 20,000 sq. ft. (approx.) parcel, improved as a parking lot, located diagonally across from Staples Center, then under construction. The condemning agency initially offered $840,000 for the property. At the trial, which involved project influence and highest and best use issues, the jury awarded $4,011,280. The agency appealed the decision. The judgment was affirmed and the court of appeal awarded litigation expenses. See Los Angeles Business Journal Article.
Offered: $5.4 million
Awarded: $10.5 million Carson - Watson Land Company adv. Carson Redevelopment Agency - Represented owner of the property leased to Cormier Chevrolet in Carson. The condemning agency initially offered $5.4 million to acquire the underlying fee interest in the property. At trial, the jury determined fair market value to be $10.5 million.
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Pasadena Steps Up Effort To Acquire Historic YWCA Building (quoted) Los Angeles Times 2010
Where're the Lawmakers? The Los Angeles Times (quoted) 2008
Couple Blamed City for Landslide that Damaged Home Verdictsearch publication 2007
Business Owner and City Agency Disputed Property's FMV Verdictsearch publication 2005
Delay in Property Purchase Proves Costly to City (quoted) Los Angeles Business Journal 2002
Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority v. Hensler California Environmental Resources Evaluation System 1991
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The Healthcare and Woodgrove applications are good examples of WPF and 3D value added in business computing in term of user experience.
During my presentations, I used until now an US version of Windows Vista or XP SP2, and it worked fine. But on a French version, Healthcare curves remain hopelessly flat and Woodgrove hangs straightforwardly.
All that because of a basic bug : the system decimal separator value is ignored. While waiting for a possible fix, you can replace the comma by the point in the decimal symbol of Windows regional options (see Control Panel).


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Well 2/9/2013 I got a call from the state, saying they wanted to see me about some stuff that came out on a life insurance exam. They called on Friday at 4pm, and said they could not meet until Monday, but it was about a serious STD. After fretting, not sleeping, and researching, I had pretty much narrowed it down to they were going to bring me in and tell me I had HIV or Hepatitis. (Those are the only two I could find that the state contacts you about).. Nice of them to call on a Friday eh? So on 2/11/2013.. I found out..
Well turns out I am HIV positive. Pretty Scary; I have been married for 2.5 years; just had a beautiful baby girl 6 months ago; and have never strayed from my wife once.(Not in the 3.5 years we have been together either) I am 35 years old, and a little wilder in my younger days.. but never shot drugs, or switch hit (no offense to anyone). So never thought I could have gotten this disease; and really in the last couple weeks gotten much more educated it on it then ever.. But it does not discriminate..
You know I never really paid attention to the fight against the disease (Ignorance is bliss) , and the problems of this community, because I thought.. never me.. never me.. Well, here I am today as a member, and hope you guys/gals can help me through this, as it has already been pretty difficult..
I have told my wife and she is really at this point other than medical personnel and you guys that I plan on telling, due to the horrible social stigmata put on this disease. Maybe later in life, this will change; and I will have that strength. Thank God(And believe me I have hit my knees thanking him) that my wife was tested 3 times last years during pregnancy, and of course last week and she IS NEGATIVE and the BABY is Negative! I hope it stays that way, we of course are retesting in a few months, and abstaining from Sex until we get this all a little better under control.. This is all pretty amazing to me considering we had a decent sex life, and we had a failed pregnancy before the one that resulted in my little Angel. I pray again she stays negative at the next test.
Went to the Doctor on Wed to find the results of the wonderful 50 vials of blood the took (Well maybe it was 48). I am going to an infectiousness disease doctor that was recommended to me here in Kansas City.. I found out my Viral load was 71,000 and a CD4 count of 178
So, of course we want to start treatment ASAP. So they prescribed Atripla for me to start, and with my insurance it is 1900.00 a month. Crazy, someone is making good money on this!
I have been a small business owner for the past 4 years, and do pretty well 120-150k a year; before Uncle Sam takes 30% of it or more! But the 2k a month is something I am not sure we can handle; but we are going to try and work it out some how. I have one daughter, two step daughter, a three legged dog (yep!) and a beautiful wife to support.
So Why am I here? (I didn't just wander in here; of course)
Support and Answers! From those wiser than me!
So let me crack a few questions and see if you guys can help out...
I have a PPO (Individual/Family plan because of my self employment) They say the medicine is non-preferred, thus with insurance my medicine is 1900 a month. I have a 5000 dollar deductible/10000 family deductible.. Max out of pocket 12,000. Does anyone know once I hit those deductibles if they will be forced to pay for my medicine? (I am trying to get the manufacturer to help, but might be hard given my income)
2nd Question(Hope someone is still reading) :
If they will not cover the cost, which I am assuming they will not. Is it possible to travel to another country and buy this name brand drug at a cheaper cost? and what countries and cost? How much is name brand in Mexico? I have read about Viraday and buying online as well, I asked the Doctors nurse about this today, and about substituting; but she said they don't recommend this because of the way it metabolizes or something. Have you guys had positive was to overcome this with your doctor about trying it out? 500.00 a month sounds a lot better than say 1900 a month..
3rd question how are you all doing? Hope you are having a great day!
Its been a hard last few weeks, from living what I thought was my dream life.. 3 kids.. 3 legs of one dog.. no fence.. suburban neighborhood.. liked my job..love my wife.. working on pinewood derby cars for my girls and girlscouts.. to Poof.. CRAP STORM..
I was in a pretty good mood after telling my wife, and getting her support; and she has been a rock to help me out. Was a little shocked my numbers were so low, but have read quite a few encouraging posts about others who were lower and have rebounded.. I am not scare of dying, I believe in God. I am scared of my daughter not having a father around to be there.. love her..support her and tell her she is beautiful..
Then the 2nd wave of the shit storm came in.. Found out the medicine I need to stay alive cost 2000 a month.. The IRS called me and says I owe them 82k (Which I dont have, I struggle to make payroll a lot) due to an ex business partner.. and I am out of diet coke at the house
.. This has really depressed the positiveness I was having about the situation. I am going to fight it and put one foot in front of the other, and march on.. I will tell the IRS about the situation and hopefully they will let me breathe for 6 months so I can get things sorted out, but not in this time of family crisis. (Anyone have experience with this?) I will find away to get medicine, and hope you guys can help with some answers above. and I WILL SOMEHOW KEEP LIVING AND LAUGHING...
Not sure if there are others out there who are married, I would be interested in having "Pen Pals"/Mutual Support or whatever and are in my situation with one partner positive. Or really welcome words of advice, wisdom, or jokes from anyone that will listen and talk..
There are a lot of brave people with this disease, I hope I can become one of them. Peace. Love. & Dreams as my girls always say. Look forward to hearing from you all and becoming an active member of the community.. I guess I got the membership card now.
So time to take my first Atripla. Pray the Side Effects aren't bad!.. Taking in one hour..
All this and I have to quit smoking (Got Chantix today)
And now I need to lose 100lbs (I have been needing to lose this anyway.) Currently 290lbs and 6ft..been pretty healthy until this.. though I know why I was getting Strep all the time now, and got my tonsils(First surgery ever!) Removed last year..
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Hey there , You definitly sound like the dice rolled off the table for you. I can't tell you how you should handle the financial/medications aspect . I personally have been pos for over 20 years , on meds for over 18 but luckily my financial income is lousey. So that enabled me to be able to obtain help with meds. I can tell you what it's like living pos , hubby is also pos , same time frame , but has never had to take meds. It's a great blessing that the rest of your families health has been untouched. And yes the God that you went to your knees for will be there to help and guide if you allow him to be lord of your home, another topic though . I wish I could offer other info for you . But your welcome to vent as about being pos and so forth . Trust and believe that all things work to the good for those that love and trust the Lord.
Look up to the Heavens for the answers to Lifes questions .
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I read your post and it breaks my heart, so sorry! I am gay, not married, and I was not surprised to learn of my own status when the results came back...but enough about me. I have some thoughts.
I have also thought about traveling to a foreign country to buy meds. I have friends in Canada but so far I have not had to do that due to great insurance...so far...haven't been fired from my job. I have heard that you cannot get Atripla (which I also take) shipped to the US due to barriers that BMS puts up to protect its profits. The only thing that crossed my mind was for you to physically go to Canada and try to get a six month supply from a pharmacy, given that any pharmacy would be even willing to fill it or sell it to you. I could try to find out for you if you like (my friends are in Montreal, QC, and I am french proficient). My own mail order pharmacy says that a generic form of Atripla is scheduled to come out in 2015 but that is just hearsay at this point and I have no idea if the FDA has reviewed the data. And beware of the internet promising generic versions of the medication; many are just scams preying on desperate people. Some of the medication shipped has been found to be nothing but sugar-pills.
I am so happy that your wife and baby girl are OK. I pray that they stay that way! It is fantastic and also essential that your wife supports you every step of the way, she will give you strength to get through this. And believe me, you WILL get through this and live a more or less normal life and learn to deal with this virus. You are NOT dirty, evil, sub-standard, or deficient, you are a great human being to whom a bad thing happened.
Also, check out resources in Kansas City. Is there are pharmacy that is cheaper at an HIV/AIDS clinic? Drug assistance? It sounds like they might think you make too much money for that, especially now with so many people in need.
Take care and I pray that you stay strong!!
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Hello Married guy,
Well Im very happy that your wife and child are testing negative. Wow thats a lot of info to take in  First, dont worry, and dont stress, just sounds like you have a lot to look into. I dont know about the health care, I have heard there are several programs out there like the Ryan White funds that you can look into. It may be tricky with your income as it sounds like you make good money but hopefully you find a program to help you with the costs. Thankfully I have insurance through my work as I know I couldnt afford it out of my pocket. I definitely would quit smoking. Smoking is bad whether your positive or not but especially if your positive. You dont want to do anything to harm your immune system. Going to the gym is a good thing. Since I found out I was positive, I put a much bigger focus on working out and being healthy which includes eating healthier. If you find yourself having high anxiety about this, talk to your doctor about getting on anti-anxiety medication at the beginning. I didnt do that because I didnt know much about anxiety and now I regret not asking for it as I really needed it. Its good that you are aware of the stigma right off the bat. Its unfortunate but the stigma still exists, so telling anyone your status is something to take very seriously as you cant take it back. As for Atripla, I take it and thankfully its just one pill a day. I take it every night before bed. My only side effect is I do get racing thoughts from the medicine. They are so bad they wake me up sometimes. What I do to try and counter it, is I count down from the number 40 and I not only do the countdown but I focus on the number as Im counting down. If the racing thoughts are really bad I have to take anti-anxiety medicine to counter balance it. My ID doctor told me there is a new medicine out now, which is one pill a day that doesnt have this side effect that I may switch too. Ive been told though that some people have no side effects from Atripla so you may be a lucky one. Feel free to private message me anytime if you want to chat or just correspond. Have fun and enjoy your family. Dont let this take a minute away from your happiness as there is no reason for that. All will be well!!! Take Care.
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Re: First time Caller.. Recent listener.. and of course positive..
Hi there. I'm in the Kansas City area as well. Have you tried getting in touch with KC Free? It's the free clinic on Broadway (in Midtown/Westport area). I imagine you make too much for treatment there but they do case management so they may be able to point you in the right direction for med assistance. Praying for you and yours, if you ever need feel free to PM me.
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Re: First time Caller.. Recent listener.. and of course positive..
Newbie too. Diagnosed w/Aids in November, chronic stage...married with adult kids. Wife not infected. You are not alone. Been on Atripla since November some side effects but better than alternative. Hang in there.
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Re: First time Caller.. Recent listener.. and of course positive..
Just wanted to give a short update.. Just got my first Labs after being on Atripla for 32 days.. GOOD stuff..
My Viral Load went from 70,000 to 400.. SO hopefully will be undectable VERY soon.. CD4 Count went up to 230.. so still have a way to go there.. but I realize this might take awhile.
My wife has been a rock through this, and just sees this as a hurdle and something we have to deal with.. and she is glad it is not something like Lung Cancer etc.
Been pretty tired but trying to work out every day to lose the 100lbs I need to lose, have not smoked in 24 days.. a lot to change all at once, so I realize that there is going to be some depression and such involved.. Just happy to get these results today, and another day Living..
What a whirlwind the last 60 days has been..
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Glad to hear your numbers are so much better! It's great that your wife is such a great support, and you seem to be handling all this really well. Praying for you, and please continue to keep us updated!
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05 December 2010
A Word in Favor of Mature, Not-So-Restless Reformers
posted by Phil Johnson
The PyroManiacs devote some space each weekend to highlights from The Spurgeon Archive. The following excerpt is from "Ripe Fruit," a sermon preached on Sunday morning, 14 August 1870, at the Met Tab in London.
he church wants mature Christians very greatly, and especially when there are many fresh converts added to it. New converts furnish impetus to the church, but her backbone and substance must, under God, lie with the mature members.
We want mature Christians in the army of Christ, to play the part of veterans, to inspire the rest with coolness, courage, and steadfastness; for if the whole army is made up of raw recruits the tendency will be for them to waver when the onslaught is fiercer than usual. The old guard, the men who have breathed smoke and eaten fire before, do not waver when the battle rages like a tempest; they can die but they cannot surrender. When they hear the cry of "Forward," they may not rush to the front so nimbly as the younger soldiers, but they drag up the heavy artillery, and their advance once made is secure. They do not reel when the shots fly thick, but still hold their own, for they remember former fights when Jehovah covered their heads.
The church wants in these days of flimsiness and timeserving, more decided, thorough-going, well-instructed, and confirmed believers. We are assailed by all sorts of new doctrines. The old faith is attacked by so-called reformers, who would reform it all away. I expect to hear tidings of some new doctrine once a week.
So often as the moon changes, some prophet or other is moved to propound a new theory, and believe me, he will contend more valiantly for his novelty than ever he did for the gospel. The discoverer thinks himself a modern Luther, and of his doctrine he thinks as much as David of Goliath's sword, "There is none like it."
As Martin Luther said of certain in his day, these inventors of new doctrines stare at their discoveries like a cow at a new gate, as if there were nothing else in all the world but the one thing for them to stare at.
We are all expected to go mad for their fashions, and march to their piping. To whom we give place; no, not for an hour. They may muster a troop of raw recruits, and lead them whither they would, but for confirmed believers they sound their bugles in vain. Children run after every new toy; any little performance in the street, and the boys are all agog, gaping at it; but their fathers have work to do abroad, and their mothers have other matters at home; your drum and whistle will not draw them out.
For the solidity of the church, for her steadfastness in the faith, for her defense against the constantly recurring attacks of heretics and infidels, and for her permanent advance and the seizing of fresh provinces for Christ, we want not only your young, hot blood, which may God always send to us, for it is of immense service, and we cannot do without it, but we need also the cool, steady, well-disciplined, deeply-experienced hearts of men who know by experience the truth of God, and hold fast what they have learned in the school of Christ.
May the Lord our God therefore send us many such; they are wanted.
14 comments:
- Steve B said...
The tragedy comes when those stalwart, mature, and foundational leaders and teacher in the church are swept aside by a youthful pastor or congregation who fails to heed their cautions. Eventually, the church will morph into something so unpalatable to the stalwarts, who may in turn be branded as throw-backs and reactionaries, that they leave the church, taking their anchoring stability with them.
And a once-solid, Bible-preaching church becomes little more than a glorified youth group. - 1:33 AM, December 06, 2010
- Colin Maxwell said...
Spurgeon using Luther's humorous word pictures. Doesn't get much better than this...
- 3:47 AM, December 06, 2010
- John said...
What a timely post. Timeless, sadly.
- 4:31 AM, December 06, 2010
- donsands said...
The prince of preachers. Excellent quote.
"The discoverer thinks himself a modern Luther, and of his doctrine he thinks as much as David of Goliath's sword, "There is none like it."
This is so true. I had a full-preterist friend of mine, compare himself to Luther, in the way that Luther stood for truth of Scripture. - 6:26 AM, December 06, 2010
- ProgMan said...
It never ceases to amaze me how applicable Spurgeon is to today. As John wrote: "Timeless, sadly."
- 7:12 AM, December 06, 2010
- John said...
wow! This ties in with what I am reading in Piper's response to N.T Wright.
"Whether we should follow Wright as a new Luther over against the Reformation and fifteen hundred years of wrong-footed conceptuality is open to question. I don't think so. One of the differences between Wright and the Reformers is that the latter labored to link their thinking to the writings of the church fathers (hence the Reformers' adoption of the slogan, ad fontes, "back to the sources"). In his recurrent reminders that he is a Protestant-like, Scripture-only man, Wright does not communicate the kind of respect for history and careful treatment of it that wins our confidence."
If anyone is interested, I just blogged on this issue last night.
http://adfontesback2thesources.blogspot.com/ - 7:39 AM, December 06, 2010
- Terry Rayburn said...
"deeply-experienced hearts of men who KNOW BY EXPERIENCE the truth of God"
Spurgeon the Mystic :)
Seriously, I think this is what John was getting at in 1 John 2:14 when he writes:
"I have written to you, FATHERS, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, YOUNG MEN, because you are strong, and the Word of God abides in you..."
There is an experiential "knowing" of the Lord (which is not strictly an "age" thing, but often coincides with age) that goes beyond the [important] knowledge of theology.
This takes time, though it's neither automatic nor guaranteed. We all know old Christians who are rather flippantly immature.
But there is a beauty in an old Saint who is as comfortable with Jesus as two old dogs are, sleeping together on the living room carpet to keep warm.
I used to have theological discussions with my 80-something Grandma Rayburn, who sat in her rocking chair with her Jimmy Swaggart Commemorative KJV bible that Jimmy sent her in return for her pennies sent monthly from her Social Security check.
She wasn't closed to the discussions, but she so knew Jesus, and had know him for so long, that her experience of Him was transcendental and her theology was sorta swallowed up in their comfortable love for each other, and her fire for making Him known.
Though a [technically Arminian] Nazarene, it wouldn't occur to her to examine the doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints, because it wouldn't occur to her that she could "lose" her salvation.
It was her and Jesus.
And with that abaondon that some old folks have who have passed caring what everybody thinks, she never stopped telling EVERYONE she came in contact with about Him, graciously but with obvious passion. - 7:47 AM, December 06, 2010
- christianlady said...
here here!
- 8:06 AM, December 06, 2010
- christianlady said...
or is it hear hear?
- 8:07 AM, December 06, 2010
- DJP said...
It all depends on whether you want people to come to where you are, or listen to Spurgeon's words.
- 8:12 AM, December 06, 2010
- The Blainemonster said...
"As Martin Luther said of certain in his day, these inventors of new doctrines stare at their discoveries like a cow at a new gate, as if there were nothing else in all the world but the one thing for them to stare at."
Gotta love Luther! - 8:44 AM, December 06, 2010
- Thomas Louw said...
A very true word.
Now we must find ways for the "war veterans" to pass on their experience. Many veterans have gone cold and are all but inspiring. Luckily in our church most of the older guys are still on the go inspiring learning new things and teaching others. The culture is really one of sharing across age gaps.
How this happened I don't know. I think it is just an organic thing. Everybody got this "I m hungry for more and will learn from anyone."
Pastor Joel James somehow inspires everyone, young and old. How did it happen I don't know I have never seen it before? (I have been around) - 9:11 PM, December 06, 2010
- Joshua Bovis said...
Perhaps there are mature Christians in the army of Christ, but due to the age aparteid-ism)which in my humble opinion seems to be quite popular), younger Christians are not benefitting from the wisdom of veterans, they don't know any.
Just thoughts from Oz! - 10:19 PM, December 06, 2010
- thomas4881 said...
Mature Christians don't look back. They strive towards the goal!
- 11:14 PM, December 06, 2010


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The Discoverie of Witchcraft
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The Discoverie of Witchcraft | |
Author | Reginald Scot |
Country | England |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Exposé |
Release date | 1584 |
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The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584) is a book by Reginald Scot. It treats witchcraft with skepticism. Scot's purpose in writing the book was to prevent the persecution of the poor, the aged, and the simple for witchcraft. Scot blames the Roman Catholic church for keeping alive the belief in witches.[1]
Shakespeare found a description of Puck in the book while he was writing A Midsummer Night's Dream.[2] The book created much controversy. King James I of England believed in witches. He ordered all copies of the book to be burnt.[3]


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Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Bill Gibbons and Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Colonel Tracy Trott last week joined police chiefs and sheriffs' association leaders and highway safety advocates to announce the nationwide campaign to reduce traffic fatalities by 15 percent in 2014 – the "Drive to Zero Fatalities".
This national effort was initiated by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).
The "Drive to Zero Fatalities" campaign is a data-driven effort that will focus on several traffic safety enforcement goals, specifically, seat belt usage, impaired and distracted driving and speeding. It will also include enforcement actions against unsafe driving behaviors of large truck and bus operators.
"Tennessee has recorded some of the lowest traffic fatality figures on record for the past three years. We attribute that accomplishment to the data driven deployment of our state troopers and the work of local law enforcement agencies across the state," Commissioner Gibbons said. "We hope this year-long traffic safety campaign will produce even better results in Tennessee and nationwide," he added.
In 2011, there were 937 traffic-related deaths on Tennessee roadways, while 990 people were killed in vehicular crashes in 2013, representing the lowest and second lowest figures, respectively, since 1963. In 2012, 1,018 people died as a result of a traffic crash, the third lowest figure since 1963.
"The message that we want to convey with "Drive to Zero Fatalities" is that no traffic fatality should be acceptable in your circle of friends. This is a personal slogan that everyone can relate to," Colonel Trott said. "Each one of us should have a vested interest in keeping our highways safe and preventing fatal crashes caused by impaired or distracted driving, failure to wear seat belts and speeding. The "Drive to Zero Fatalities" is our goal for 2014," he added.
Colonel Trott noted that traffic fatalities on state roadways have decreased by nearly eight percent (7.7%) for the first three months of 2014, compared to this same time period in 2013. He also reported that 192 people died in traffic crashes in Tennessee from January 1 through March 31, 2014. That is 15 fewer than the 207 vehicular fatalities that occurred during the same dates in 2013.
State Troopers have worked 476 alcohol-related crashes to date, a three percent increase from the 462 wrecks involving alcohol during the same time frame in 2013. Meanwhile, the number of DUI arrests made by THP personnel has risen 47 percent during the first quarter of 2014, versus last year's first quarter impaired driving arrests.
"DUI enforcement is one of our agency's top priorities. We are grateful for the support of both the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police and Tennessee Sheriffs' Association in spreading the message to our local law enforcement partners across the state that DUI and seat belt enforcement is an essential component of our success," Trott said.
As of March 31, the THP has issued 28,850 seat belt citations in 2014. That's 11,752 more seat belt citations or a 69 percent increase than those issued during the first three months of 2013. However, Colonel Trott and others still expressed concerned about the number of unrestrained fatalities across the state.
"There has been an 18 percent increase in the number of unrestrained fatalities so far this year compared to last. Fifty-nine percent of the people killed in the first three months of 2014 were not wearing seat belts. That is unacceptable. The simple fact is, seat belt saves lives," he said.
Distracted driving has become a concern in Tennessee and nationally in recent years. Tennessee has seen a drop in distracted driving crashes with 5,294 the first quarter of 2014, compared to 5,724 during the same time last year.
"We recently announced April as National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and encourage all law enforcement agencies to take an active role in raising awareness on the dangers of distracted driving through this 'Drive to Zero Fatalities' campaign," Kendell Poole said. He serves as the Director of the Governor's Highway Safety Office.
State Troopers will also ensure the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles across the state by conducting truck inspections and placing unsafe drivers or trucks out of service.


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Raymond Pauly 10/25/2007 12:22:23 AM
Wow! I love this one, Renee! Fantastic capture! #770344Debra R. Harder 10/25/2007 12:26:50 AM
WOW again, Renee! This is STUNNING! A definite FAVORITE! Deb #4976226Jennifer L. Alder 10/25/2007 12:29:45 AM
Terrific wildlife capture, Renee! I love the dof and color hereSu Sana E. P 10/25/2007 12:37:55 AM
Omg!! Renee, what an awesome capture!! I know what that look means...somebody is going to be in trouble.Anna Diederich 10/25/2007 12:38:22 AM
Fantastic capture, Renee! #4976266Dominick M. Dimacale 10/25/2007 1:35:27 AM
Great capture and presentation here Renee...Dominick #4976381Paul Michko 10/25/2007 1:39:36 AM
Terrific profile capture, Renee. #4976398Darren Bennett 10/25/2007 1:48:55 AM
Fantastic image, one of my favs. #4976430Colette M. Metcalf 10/25/2007 3:15:59 AM
Wonderful capture!!! #4976649Glenn E. Urquhart 10/25/2007 3:51:10 AM
Stunning Image, Renee!!! Fantastic wildlife capture, Outstanding lighting, color, contrast, clarity, WELL Composed and Quite Beautiful!!! VERY Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #4976847Barbara Waldoch 10/25/2007 4:14:38 AM
Fantastic shot, Renee! #4976980Erin Appelbaum 10/25/2007 1:36:26 PM
Great composition, Renee. Peter #4981003John Connolly 10/25/2007 2:30:01 PM
WOW! Another stunning wildlife shot, Renee! Fantastic work! #4981265Darryl Wilkinson 11/2/2007 7:25:01 PM
Awesome! Love it, Renee!! #5021129Colleen Farrell 11/26/2007 3:53:54 PM
How beautiful! The detail and composition are amazing. Big congratulations on this awesome finalist, Renee! #5127740Cassie L. Woodlee 11/26/2007 4:39:26 PM
Congratulations Renee!!!!! #5128506Jennifer L. Alder 11/26/2007 4:44:01 PM
BIG congrats on this AWESOME finalist, Renee!! :) #5128582Tammy Scott 11/26/2007 4:48:10 PM
Congratulations on a excellent finalist! #5128642Kay E. Mahoney 11/26/2007 5:25:56 PM
Congratulations on your finalist. #5129283Cyn Valentine 11/26/2007 5:45:51 PM
Awesome Renee!!Big congratulations!! #5129573Erin Appelbaum 11/26/2007 5:49:40 PM
Way to go Renee. Well deserved. Peter #5129641Cindy Bendush 11/26/2007 5:59:37 PM
Outstanding capture Renee - congrats on your finalist!!! #5129805Raymond Pauly 11/26/2007 6:03:59 PM
So glad to see this one again, Renee! Congratulations! #5129908Su Sana E. P 11/26/2007 6:13:51 PM
Huge Congratulations on this outstanding Finalist, Renee!! #5130102Kristi A. Howson 11/26/2007 6:17:06 PM
Such a beautiful shot Renee. Congratulations and best of luck in the next round! #5130173Tamera S. Phillips 11/26/2007 6:19:02 PM
Congratulations Renee. Wonderful finalist. #5130215Terry L. Ellis 11/26/2007 7:34:50 PM
Congratulations, Renee! An incredible capture and finalist! #5131351Evy Johansen 11/26/2007 7:49:35 PM
Big congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Renee!! #5131572Carol Teal 11/26/2007 7:56:35 PM
Beautiful capture Renee!! Congrats on your finalist, and good luck in the next round! #5131676Laurence Saliba 11/26/2007 9:12:31 PM
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist Renee!!!! #5132405Debra R. Harder 11/26/2007 9:26:01 PM
Big congratulations, Renee, on this fabulous finalist! It is one of my favs! Deb #5132483Ross Throndson 11/27/2007 12:15:19 AM
Awesome Finalist, Renee......Congratulations!! #5132949Barbara Waldoch 11/27/2007 1:13:20 AM
Congratulations on your gorgeous finalist, Renee! #5133047Robert Baer 11/27/2007 7:58:05 AM
i love the two different expressions on the faces of these critters. congrats on this wonderful finalist!!! #5135208Nadya Johnson 11/27/2007 9:00:56 AM
Awesome capture, Renee! Congratulations on your very stunning finalist! #5135578Karen Engelbreth 11/27/2007 11:15:56 AM
Congratulations Renee!#5136351
Ken Smith 11/27/2007 6:31:09 PM
Hopefully you offered them some water.... congratulation, Renee! Well deserved! #5138815Teresa A. Burnett 11/27/2007 10:10:48 PM
Congratulations Renee. Well deserved!!! #5140015Esther Smith 11/27/2007 10:11:16 PM
Beautiful capture!! Congratulations Renee!! #5140018Darryl Wilkinson 11/27/2007 11:17:18 PM
Soooo cool, Renee! Congratulations on your award!! #5140299Congratulations to all September Finalists!!
Found this handsome pair in Sambura looking for refuge from the hot Kenyan sun under the shade of a tree.
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On Lost ArrowHere is a photo of my climbing buddy Shane belaying a third on top of Lost Arrow. I had came up before him and began taking photo's of the surounding area.
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Caught doing some boulderingMy buddy Shane took this photo while i was bouldering in one of the overhangs near Bath rock.
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And on my bed. . . I opted for a solid border. Partly because I wanted to get it done and on my bed, partly because I had this fabric to use and partly because I just liked the way the solid border "soothed" the overall pattern. I Y this quilt.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
5 comments:
- Jeanne said...
Congratulations on a beautiful finish! Carolina Christmas is on my 'one of these days' list :)
Merry Christmas ~ Jeanne - December 23, 2009 at 7:23 PM
- Renate said...
Robyn, Yoo have been so busy!!! And your Carolina Christmas quilt looks really beautiful.
Merrry Christmas to you
Renate - December 25, 2009 at 5:40 AM
- Jeanne said...
That is so pretty! Love the colors you used. Merry Christmas!
- December 25, 2009 at 5:02 PM
- Molly said...
It's LOVELY! Is it already quilted and bound? Did you sleep the month of December? LOL I'm in awe.
- December 27, 2009 at 4:16 PM
- alda said...
looks very pretty!!!!
- January 26, 2010 at 4:52 AM
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A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck just before 5 p.m. on Jan. 12, 2010, in southern Haiti.
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Monday, 30 November 2009
new builtwell helmets!
This is the next generation of Biltwell helmets. It's the same lightweight and comfortable shell but with a few significant upgrades. The flake is much bigger and crisper, hence the "Megaflake" name. Vintage style chrome strip around the opening is pure class and only available on a Biltwell. The new liner now has detail stitching and contrasting ventilated panels in the top. The embossed goggle strap has a new shape and an improved snap.
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mad dogs and englishmen
Living in England and riding a chopped motorcycle takes a special type of person. Everything is against you. The weather is crap, the road surface is mostly potholes and the car drivers hate you and want to kill you. Hang on though before you all get depressed, this means if you meet another chop guy or gal you will get on like brothers/sisters! This is only applicable to old or vintage chop riders though. You don't quite get the same scene if the person turns up on their factory fresh twin cam with custom bars. Yeah they might love to ride etc but the soul of old bikes/cars takes an understanding. It's getting to a show and thinking yeah we did it (you and the machine).
A good example of this is the hotrod hayride. Each year it's the pinnacle of the calendar. I'm always planning the modifications to the bike around hayride. The trip down for me is 5 hours with only stops for petrol. My bike doesn't like motorways so it's A roads all the way. Once out of the city the country roads take over making it a sweet honey of a trip in fine weather. When I arrive at the show some friends and new faces are there greeting me at the gate with smiles all round. Then its stories of the trip like getting lost and if anything broke etc. the friends' Ive made there are all old machine lovers in one way or another and I know we will be friends forever! After a wild show of hotrod lifestyle it's back on the bike for the long trip home.
Hopefully someone with fading interest will understand what I'm on about and keep the faith. Without others it's a lot less fun.
Thursday, 5 November 2009
ok so im like just in this pub and this guy comes in all lovey duvey and like totally from the summer of love.i get sooo pissed i go outside and stamp up and down im my tall top dr martins.damn this hippy freak im thinking!i decide to go back in and show this hippy what the time is,with my fist!so i go back in with a grey cloud over my head.storm over to mr long hair and tell him to look behind him.as he turns back to me i sock him in the face and run like mad.im running down the road and the hippy jumps on his panhead chop.then the mother runs me over with it!.........ive got long hair now........ and dig flowers....man.
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