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I have typed out past exams, translated sentences and created some basic learning materials, such as quizzes, to help students check if they're on the right track.
Since 2010, the levels have changed and there are no longer any official lists - see a Comparison of New and Old Tests. For more information, see the JLPT Wiki Page.
I use past exams, because they're still useful - even if the format is changing slightly over the years.
I passed the old level 4 in (2004) and then level 3 (2005), and started to create
web pages by translating sentences from past exams, as part of my study regime.
Since I'm a software engineer, I began writing programs to compile lists and pages - automating tasks such as gathering compounds for kanji from a kanji dictionary.
I really enjoyed doing this and realized that I can write web pages that are really useful without
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Thai police vow crackdown on Buddha statue thieves
Thu Nov 26, 2009 3:05am EST
By Sukree Sukplang
AYUTHAYA, Thailand (Reuters Life!) – Thai police promised to get tough with criminals who steal historic artifacts for the international market after a spate of thefts from the old capital of Ayuthaya outraged the public in the Buddhist country.
At least 20 heads of Buddha statues have recently been reported stolen from temples in the World Heritage province of Ayuthaya, which was the kingdom's capital from 1350 to 1767, said deputy national police chief Jongrak Juthanond.
"We believe there is a rise in demand in the antique markets abroad where people like to decorate their living rooms with these images," Jongrak told Reuters, a day after he visited the province.
He met with hundreds of monks at Wat Phananchaoeng Worawiharn temple to discuss ways to improve security such as closed-circuit cameras, higher fences and barred windows.
"It's already sinful to steal from temples. It's much worse to steal ancient relics," Jongrak said. "The thieves are cursed and those who buy them are cursed, too."
The latest case on Monday involved the theft of six Buddha statues from Wat Thammasinsopa temple in the province, about 90 km (56 miles) north of Bangkok. Some of the images were nearly 300 years old.
In another incident on November 19, seven heads of sandstone Buddha images were stolen at Wat Dong Wai, according to police.
"When the monks woke up for morning prayers, it was still dark and we didn't notice anything until we found the dogs dead. They poisoned the dogs in the middle of the night before stealing the statues," Phra Athikansadaeng Premasilo, the temple's 77-year-old abbot, told Reuters.
"Villagers are naturally very upset about this."
Responding to the public outcry, Jongrak was reported as saying the police would use force if thieves resisted arrest.
"You could see thieves lying dead next to Buddha statues that have had their heads cut off," he told reporters, although he stressed to Reuters that such force would only be used if suspects tried to escape or fought back.
The theft of temple artifacts carries a jail term of up to 15 years.
Headless statues are a common sight among temple ruins in the old capital although the plundering often dates back centuries.
The authorities are monitoring the online trade of Buddhist relics and artifacts that may have been smuggled out of the country, Jongrak said.
These images and other pieces of Thai art have been sold illegally abroad in recent decades, usually by Thais who pillaged ancient archaeological sites, Khemachai Thepchai of the government's Fine Arts Office told Reuters.
Once a relic has been smuggled abroad and then sold through legal channels, it becomes all the harder to recover it.
"That makes it very difficult for us to make official complaints and bring them back," Khemachai said.
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There's no need to upgrade your tablet with every new release. Wayne Williams shows how to extend the life of an old tablet
Every year, tech manufacturers like Apple and Samsung release shiny new tablets to tempt us to upgrade, but there's often no need to ditch your old model for a fancy new device. An iPad you bought years ago will run the same apps as today's hardware, and may even run iOS 10, the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system. Some older, cheaper Android tablets might not fare so well but with a bit of care and attention, they should still provide a few more years of use. Here's what you need to do to extend your tablet's lifespan.


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Custom Cake
They come all shapes and sizes but the popularity of the custom cake, served as part of either a wedding or special occasion, has risen over the past few years, as both brides and party hosts alike use this focal point of the evening as a launch pad in to the evenings entertainment.
As a source of inspiration, the custom cake has no boundaries – one giant tier or seven – the image of your favourite film star cast in sugar and greeting guests as part of a taste feast which is almost to good to eat – guests staring in wonder as the hundreds of hours of work glisten in the evenings pin spot lighting.
Whether you plan on cutting and serving or taking home for your own enjoyment, there is little doubt that a custom cake provides an unrivalled event WOW – and of course, that wonderful photo opportunity.
Our custom cake tip? Not everyone needs a slice, nor will they want one. Our designers will talk you through just how to decide on the size of your chosen masterpiece and then how best to manage the many flavour options that exist; peanut butter and jelly anyone?
The custom cake phenomenon has been helped in recent years by the TV shows that highlight just what goes in to their creation and from it's humble beginnings as a supposed source of good luck to those that ate it – the most famous custom cake of all, the wedding cake, remains a status symbol in it's own right.
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We're wallpaper fanatics here at The Well Appointed House, so you can imagine our excitement when it comes to the latest fad in wall coverings…paperbacked fabric! While fabric wall coverings have always been a thing, many fabric companies are now offering fabrics that come paperbacked, ready to be hung right on the wall. Paperbacking vs bare fabric on the wall is much easier to install. It also adds extra thickness, which is extremely beneficial to concealing blemishes on a less than perfect wall surface. We've done our research and found our 3 favorite companies offering paperbacked fabric.
1. Robert Allen
In an exciting recent development, Robert Allen can now convert virtually any of its fabrics into a wall covering with its paperbacked program. With such an extensive fabric selection, this offers customers endless options! The minimum order is 5 yards, and lead time is about 3 weeks. Here are some examples of Robert Allen fabric being used as wall treatments:
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2. Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren has a simple and chic line of paperbacked fabric wall coverings. They offer several gorgeous silks that are ready to be mounted, and create a very luxe look when on the wall.
Tycoon Silk in Platinum – Ralph Lauren Home
This pinstripe would look amazing in a Hamptons home!
Ascot Stripe in Jet – Ralph Lauren Home
We love the look of this dark, bold stripe! This would look amazing in a man's study or bedroom.
Maidstone Stripe in Ivy League – Ralph Lauren Home
3. Scalamandre
Scalamandre also offers some paperbacked silk and linen wall coverings. While these are more simple and basic, they come in beautiful colors and have the high quality weaves that are consistent with all of Scalamandre's product offerings.
Lyra Paperbacked Silk Weave – Scalamandre
Andromeda Paperbacked Woven Fabric in Mercury – Scalamandre
Callisto Paperbacked Silk Weave in Champagne – Scalamandre
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Providing food for your family is necessary and the costs of doing so can fluctuate widely depending on your mood, finances, and whether or not you're hungry when you visit the supermarket! But the truth is that food is a large expense for many families, and finding ways to save at the supermarket can amount to a great deal of money with time. You may even be able to take the family on a getaway with all the cash you can save on groceries throughout the year if you spend your money intelligently. All of us wish we could save more money on groceries, so here's a quick overview on some helpful tips on how to do exactly that.
Plan Your Meals
It's common for individuals to head to the supermarket with a list of items they need, but seldom do they plan each meal of the week and all the ingredients that are involved. Organising your meals and ingredients beforehand will enable you to spend your money only on what is required. In doing so, you'll also have to know what you already have at home, so it's a bright idea to make use of the items you already have in organising your meals for the week. There are also some meals that are significantly cheaper than others, so if you really wish to save money, opt for meals that are economical but satisfying. You can discover loads of cheap meal menus on the net. It's also a great idea to have a pen and paper in the kitchen so as soon as you run out of a particular ingredient, jot it down immediately so you don't forget the next time you're at the supermarket.
Don't Visit The Grocery store When You're Hungry!
It's important that you always eat something before going to the supermarket for your weekly shopping. If you've ever been to the grocery store when you're starving, you'll know what I mean! Personally, I start salivating when I find foods that I like but don't really need and because of this, they wind up in my shopping basket. Even if you've planned your meals for the week and have a list of ingredients with you, sometimes the temptations are overpowering and can cause you to spend money on unneeded items.
Use Loyalty Cards
An awesome way to save money on groceries is to use loyalty cards at the check out. Generally, you'll get a discount on a number of items that aren't displayed and you'll also receive points which could be used either by buying a gift card or various other featured items. In either case, you'll be saving money that would otherwise be going down the drain!
Compare Prices
There are many substitutes for the same kind of food so it's critical that you invest some time examining the prices to make sure that you get the best value for money. You don't always have to buy the 'no frills' products, but supermarkets will traditionally have sales on a number of items so it's valuable to do your research. Along with this, whenever there's a sale on a particular item, it's always an excellent idea to stock up when the prices are at their lowest. You'll likewise want to review the prices of your most commonly used foods at various supermarkets to find out which items are cheaper. It could be the case where you travel to two supermarkets when embarking on your weekly shopping expedition, but the price savings are well worth it.
Shop At The End Of The Day
I know it sounds tough particularly after a long day of work, but shopping at night is the best time to find discounts. Perishable goods specifically fruits and vegetables and bakery items are typically discounted if there is too much inventory for the next day. The best part is that these items are almost as good as new except cheaper! You'll be surprised with the amount of discounts you'll discover at the supermarket if you go shopping at the end of the day.
So there you have it folks! There's lots of ways to save money on groceries and the above suggestions are really just scratching the surface. If you have the chance to save $20 a week on groceries, which is very possible, you'll be saving over $1,000 in the year! However, if you've tried all of the above ideas and are still struggling to find enough money, it may be best to seek professional advice regarding your financial position. If this is the case, phone Bankruptcy Experts Toowoomba on 1300 795 575 or visit their website for more information: Bankruptcy Experts Toowoomba


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2018 Beneficiary: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Art, Technology, and Innovation
Sustaining the Museum's Digital Transformation
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is in the midst of a digital transformation to better meet the needs and expectations of technology-savvy 21st-century visitors in our galleries and online. This area of our work will directly benefit from the 2018 Antiques & Art Show.
We increasingly rely on technology to share our collection and scholarship with an ever-widening audience. Well over half of the Museum's distinguished collection of 240,000 works of art is available online, giving people access to the masterpieces in our care at anytime from anywhere. It used to be that you could only discover and experience works from the collection if you were physically in the galleries while a given object was on view. Your support will help us give every object a digital life, and apply the latest technologies to create digital interpretive tools to realize our mission and more deeply engage with our visitors today, as we prepare for the future.
Over the last five years, we have made major strides toward the integration of technology in the galleries. These developments move the needle as we strive to accomplish our strategic goals, including activating the collection and enhancing the visitor experience. Today's audiences expect an integrated digital experience that complements the collection in innovative and inspiring ways, while helping to plan visits, attend programs, make restaurant reservations, and find their way around the building.
Through pioneering tools including interactive digital kiosks, touchscreens, and our A is for Art Museum app—winner of the 2016 MUSE Gold Award by the American Alliance of Museums—we are creating new ways to access the collection, look closer, and learn more about the works of art on view. With the advent of internal GPS technology, the Museum developed the A is for Art Museum app to guide children and families as they find their favorite objects throughout the galleries and provide activities once they are standing in front of the object. We have recently partnered with Apple to use their Apple Maps technology to expand the functionality and accuracy of this system. We continue to explore ways to use this indoor GPS network to provide wayfinding directional paths and assist visitors in locating amenities, while being reactive to visitor behavior with new levels of personalization.
Our annual Hackathon—which kicked off April 4 and concludes with winners announced at the Final Friday on May 25, 2018—offers the opportunity to engage the broader tech community in the development of collection-oriented apps by surfacing these technical resources and object data and encouraging friendly competition. Hackathon participants have prototyped apps that use these resources in ways that help inform our future development. We also have experimented with technologies like augmented reality, in our Chinese Temple gallery interactive, and virtual reality.
As we plan to introduce new galleries in 2020 and reinstall and reinterpret existing spaces, we look to technology as a vital way to connect visitors with the art and with each other. Our vision is grounded in the premise that our relationship with our visitors is a conversation, and that a visit to our galleries should be a shared exploration of all that our collection has to offer.


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What started as a fresh food mission has turned into an entire organic farm. The founders of the Middleton Place Organic Farm are director of food services Micah Garrison and Executive Chef Brandon Buck, who planted a small production garden on the Middleton Place property a few years ago. Currently, their small-scale operation grows heirloom veggies, flowers, and herbs exclusively for the Middleton Place Restaurant. Although they won't be selling their goods to the public, they invite visitors to see the grounds and interact with the friendly farm managers, Amy Talarico and Frank Beaty. And they also welcome you to stop in and try the fare at their farm-to-table restaurant.
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Emilio Goeldi Museum
The storage facility for the Amazonian Ethnographic collection of the Emilio Goeldi Museum is located on a research campus outside of Belém, in the state of Pará, Brazil. The facility is at the south end of a contemporary single-story brick building designed for multiple uses of offices and storages. It is an open rectangular space—approximately 271 square meters with a 3.5-meter high ceiling—set on a concrete slab floor. The space was used for offices prior to this project. The Amazonian Ethnographic collection consists of woods, feathers, animal skins and bones, vegetal seeds and fibers, textiles, and some metals.
A new compact shelving system, funded by a grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology, was installed once architectural modifications had been completed. Rosa Arraes, the conservator of the collection, made the layout and component selection of the shelving. The shelves have perforated side panels and drawers have open slots in order to eliminate the creation of microclimate.
The climate control system consists of two large supply fans, four exhaust fans, six oscillating (recirculation) fans, and three dehumidifiers that are controlled by two humidistats—one inside and the other outside. The supplies, placed outside of the building, bring filtered outside air though ducts and distribute it along the center of the room near its ceiling. The exhaust air is collected near the floor along both east and west walls and ducted to the exhaust fans, also placed outside. Four portable dehumidifiers, connected to room's drains, are distributed along the walls. Presently the climate in the storage is controlled at 55–65% RH at 32–33°C, where the typical outside dew point temperature ranges between 25°C and 27°C throughout the year. The system has been operating flawlessly since its installation in October 2003 with less than one quarter the average energy use per square meter when compared with other campus buildings.
The project concept and the design, installation, and performance of the climate control system were presented at the 12th Annual Congress of the Associação Brasileira de Conservadores e Restauradores de Bens Culturais (ABRACOR) in Fortaleza, Brazil, September 2006, and the Annual Winter Meeting of American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Orlando, Florida, January 2010 and published in 2010 ASHRAE Transactions.
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The Law of Search Meets Computer-Assisted Review
Join us on April 24 at 1 p.m. EST for a complimentary webinar presentation to discuss legal and technological issues regarding electronic search and the recent focus on the use of computer-assisted review.
Hear from some of the top educators including Judge John M. Facciola, Michael Arkfeld, and Scott Kane who all will also be teaching at the eDiscovery and Digital Evidence Conference and Symposium to be held on May 23-25, 2012, at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, located in Tempe, Arizona.
In "The Law of Search Meets Computer-Assisted Review" webinar, the instructors will focus on:
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Freshman Lisa Dodd Has 6-for-7 Day in China for Team USA
Oct. 15, 2003
NANJING , CHINA - The USA Junior Women's National Team improved to 4-0 in World Championship pool play with wins over Thailand and Canada on Oct. 15. UCLA freshman Lisa Dodd had an impressive day at the plate in both games, going 4-for-4 with three runs scored and four RBIs with two doubles against Thailand and following that performance with a 2-for-3 game with another double against Canada. Bruin sophomore Emily Zaplatosch had a team-high three RBIs against Canada.
In the day's first game, the USA Junior Women turned in a dominating 20-0 performance over Thailand . Unleashing their bats, the team connected for 22 hits while right handed pitcher Meagan Denny (Crowley, TX) advanced to 2-0 hurling a perfect game striking out all nine batters she faced.
Lasting just a quick sixty minutes, the USA took a 4-0 lead in the first with base hits from Caitlin Lowe, Norrelle Dickson and Lisa Dodd ( San Diego , CA ). A double down the left field line from Desiree Williams plated the fourth run of the inning to give the U.S. an early jump.
Lighting up the scoreboard, the Junior Women continued their power at the plate in the second inning with 11 runs and 13 hits. Triples from Dickson and UCLA freshman Jaisa Creps ( Valencia , CA ) along with doubles from Caitlin Benyi, Lowe, Dodd, and Emily Zaplatosch pushed the U.S. lead to 15-0. The inning was highlighted by a three run homerun to left center from Williams who finished the game at 3-for-3 with four RBI.The U.S. would go on to score five more runs in the bottom of the third inning ending the game due to the International mercy rule.
Ten players on the U.S. lineup contributed at least one hit while Dodd led all batters going 4-for-4 with four RBI. Lowe, who leads the team in Championship action hitting .875, went 3-for-3 while Jessica Gilmore (Fort Walton Beach, FL), Dickson, Zaplatosch, Holly Krzan (West Richland, WA) and Creps added two hits a piece.
Through three games played the U.S. had mercy ruled every game, outscored its opponents 35-1 and has averaged 13.6 hits per game. They are hitting team .569 and the pitching staff has allowed just one hit and has a combined 0.00 ERA.
In Team USA's second game of the day, Monica Abbott carried the USA Softball Junior Women's team to its fourth victory of the World Championship with a 5-0 victory over Canada . Perfect through five innings, Abbott retired 16 of the 22 batters she faced via strikeout and captured her first win of the tournament.
Taking a 1-0 lead in the second, Andrea Duran ( Selma , CA ) lined a single up the middle and later advanced into scoring position with a stolen base. Third baseman Norrelle Dickson ( Orange , CA ), hitting .571, plated Duran for the RBI with base hit through the middle to take the lead.
Looking to the bullpen in the fifth inning, the Canadians brought in relief pitcher Danielle Lawrie looking to stop the U.S. rally, but the Red, White and Blue proved otherwise. With two outs, catcher Emily Zaplatosch ( Scottsdale , AZ ) then blasted a 2-2 pitch to right center for a three run home run scoring Rinehart and Lowe taking the 5-0 USA advantage.
'I think having faced three different pitchers like we did tonight you have to go up there and focus,' Zaplatosch said. 'I was trying not to swing my hardest but just make contact and I feel like that is what I did.'
One more run off a combination Lisa Dodd ( San Diego , CA ) single and Caitlin Benyi ( Scottsdale , AZ ) double to left center would lead to the eventual 6-0 U.S. victory.
Dodd and Dickson led all hitters each going 2-for-3 while Zaplatosch recorded three RBI. With the win, the U.S. continues undefeated in pool play outscoring its opponents 41-1 tallying its third shutout of the tournament. They are hitting a combined .510 and have totaled 50 hits in four games.
The U.S. Women will continue its road to the World Championship gold medal on October 16 when they face Chinese Taipei at 5 p.m.
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Kome Sushi Kitchen Restaurant Review: Takehiro (Také) and Kayo Asazu opened Komé Sushi Kitchen to offer the home-style cooking of their native Japan. Dinner is presented izakaya (essentially Japanese tapas) style. Tako-wasa presents small bits of raw octopus tentacles blended with wasabi, and delicately topped with a raw quail egg. Whisking the tiny egg into the small bowl creates a surprisingly rich decadence. Octopus dumplings (takoyaki) are a must-try. And the chicken kara-age proves that fried chicken is clearly a universal language. Komé, which is the Japanese name for rice, also serves quality sushi at reasonable prices. And do save room for a piece of cheesecake made with saké kasu, the byproduct of saké production. The wood-crafted restaurant is humble yet refined. Longtime friends of the Asazus came from Japan to transform the average room into a cozy, modernist treat. Service is attentive and can be quick, so let the staff know if you want to take your time.
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Veillette Guitars has unveiled their new Concorde Semi-Hollow Bass, being the company's "most acoustic" bass yet. Designed to mimic vintage and classic semi-hollowbody basses, the body is 14" wide and heavily chambered with dual soundholes and a radiused spruce top. The curved face gives the body more depth in the center while keeping the edges thinner for comfort.
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For children everywhere, growing up is inevitable. For kids from inner-city neighborhoods riddled by poverty and gang activities, it can happen too fast.
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March 2001
Cabrini-Green was one of Chicago's poorest housing projects, plagued by drugs, gang violence, neglect and generational poverty. Even with the demolition of its notorious high rise buildings, Cabrini-Green and nearby Marshall Field Homes remain home to many kids in need of critical intervention. When the Chicago Housing Authority Plan For Transformation is complete, it is estimated that there will be 2,500 government subsidized homes in the redeveloped neighborhood.
September 2007
Recognized as being a center for drug trafficking, Austin's homicide rates are among the highest of Chicago neighborhoods. Austin is also home to 117,527 residents, including 35,576 children.
September 2008
There are approximately 2,500 vacant buildings and 200 empty lots in Englewood. There is also an abundance of children living in Englewood, surrounded by gang activity, drugs and prostitution.
September 2005
Tucked among landfills, industrial parks and a sewage treatment plant, Altgeld-Murray is a dangerous, isolated area with open drug markets and frequent shootings—and little for kids to do.


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There's this salad I used to love to make for gatherings. It's rad. I know because everyone told me so. People would email me for the recipe and I'd have to email them back like, "Look, I made it up out of my very own brain and so all my amounts are approximations, therefore I cannot guarantee that your salad will be equally as magical as the one I made." Also, I am very humble.
One day I gave up making my favorite salad. It's a very sad story. It goes like this:
So there I was, at my grocery store of choice (which is just a regular store…not a fancy Whole Foods, but not a Grocery Outlet), where I had stopped specifically to only buy ingredients for this super rad salad that I wholeheartedly loved. I had never before purchased these ingredients separate from an overall shopping trip also filled with regular grocery things like toiletries and meats and various vegetables. All my rad salad ingredients rolled down the conveyor belt and boop, boop, booped themselves across the price scanner lasers. Then they proceeded to pull the rug out from under me. I looked up at the total. It was $60. SIXTY. For a salad.
You guys, there wasn't even steak in this salad. I was not making my own vinaigrette with specialty balsamic flown in from Italy. It wasn't garnished with gold flakes. I thought about the party I was going to and my brain and heart said, "I love these people, but I do not SIXTY DOLLAR SALAD love these people."
The salad and I parted ways. There was wailing and gnashing of teeth.
I am not going to give you the recipe. I don't want you to go out and make it and come back and say, "Erin, that salad only cost me $30. What is your problem?" because your tone sounds very judgy and I don't have time for your sass. And also because $30 is still an expensive freaking salad.
Why was I making this salad in the first place? Why do people spend time, energy, and money preparing for guests? Because we want to make people feel welcome and at ease. Because we want to enjoy each other's company and to do that we need to be comfortable (and stuffed full of rad salad).
Easter was just the other day (yesterday, actually, as I type this) and I can't get over it. I loved every part of celebrating with God's people. The music, the sermon, the hugs and hellos, the He-is-risens and He-is-risen-indeeds.
But I think I loved them all more for knowing the preparation that went into the day. For watching worship team leadership choose songs, lead choirs, and take risks crafting musical experiences we have never done. For knowing extra care was taken with the snacks (cinnamon rolls!) and that even though set-up was done Saturday, someone still showed up very early on Sunday to brew all that coffee. For knowing weeks ahead of time a team rehearsed and rehearsed to provide an engaging place for kids to experience the story of Easter. For knowing folks began arriving early Saturday morning for a 6:00 PM service to install a giant LED-backed cross and corrugated metal stage design they had worked to build in the weeks prior. For knowing greeters were prepped and ready.
And they did all this for you. For me. For everyone that walked in the door, so that we would each be welcomed and made comfortable. Each detail was thought about and worked over. What did we want people to see? What did we want people to hear? When they left our space, what did we want them to know deep in their hearts? And so what could we do as a choir, a hospitality table host, or a guy with tin snips to make that happen?
The day was prayed over, practiced, and anticipated.
On my own, I do not even sixty dollar salad love people I already know. But this weekend and the weeks leading up, tons of people sacrificially loved every stranger we prayed would walk through the door. And why? Because Easter.
Easter celebrates the day we all were made welcome. Beyond a sixty dollar salad welcome, beyond fresh cinnamon rolls and handshakes and good music welcome, God went to great lengths to make sure we could walk into His kingdom. Easter celebrates the resurrection of Christ, the defeat of death, the covering and cleansing of all our sin and shame and everything that tells us we are on the outside. The moment Jesus died on the cross, the curtain that separated the temple, the place where the Holy Spirit dwelled, the only place where (before Jesus) a very select few could stand in the presence of God, was torn in two (Matthew 27:51). We were all welcomed in, right into His presence. And not just to sit and hang out, but adopted as His children (Romans 8:14-17) and welcomed into His family for eternity.
He had been preparing for this day. Since before the world began, from even before Adam and Eve stepped out of the garden, He has been working out this way to bring us all back to Him. The Old Testament stories of God's people wandering and returning over and over were lived and written in preparation of this day. Isaiah was given his prophecy in preparation for this day hundreds of years before. Jesus' birth was in preparation for this day. John the Baptist was the voice crying out in the wilderness in preparation for this day. And you cannot read the gospels and miss that Jesus Himself prepared for this day, from crying and praying and sweating blood in the Garden of Gethsemane to the last supper and naming His betrayer and to the trial and crucifixion, dragging that cross down the road, and extending grace to one last person in bondage before He died.
He went to hell and back so that we could sit with Him, hear from Him, and know Him, so that His saving grace could welcome us in. And so we celebrate Easter. We prepare and we make welcome in a way that is barely a shadow of the way He prepared and made us welcome.
A song we sang this weekend and several Sundays leading up has a line that sticks with me:
You didn't want heaven without us, so, Jesus, you brought heaven down.
From What a Beautiful Name by Hillsong, it follows with, My sin was great, Your love was greater. What could separate us now?
He wants us with Him. Inseparable.
After 40 days Jesus ascended into heaven, but a bit of heaven stayed here. He left the Holy Spirit and He left His people.
Driving to work the Monday after Easter Sunday, I was grieving the weekend a little. It had all turned out so good. People had thrived in their giftings. Moments stressed about had gone off without a hitch. Folks were welcomed in. How do we do next Sunday when this one had been so awesome? What's next? The hype has died down, the LED cross is packed up, so does everything just go back to normal?
Jesus is not done preparing us and preparing places for us, so I don't think we get to be done preparing the way for people to get to Him. He is continuing to call and draw people near, and so we continue to make space, open doors, and ready our hearts to receive.
My small group is studying the Sermon on the Mount and so I have come across various scriptures that talk about our treasures and rewards being in heaven. Matthew 5:12 talks about rejoicing in the face of persecution because our rewards in heaven are great. Matthew 6:20 says to "store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal."
I got to thinking about heaven and treasure and what I would want waiting for me in heaven when I got there. I wondered, "When I look around heaven, what will break my heart if it is missing?" I didn't think about mansions or streets paved in gold. I thought about my people. If I get to heaven, and they are not all there with me, that will break my heart.
I don't want heaven without them. Heaven has been brought down to us. If we know Jesus, we get to see the work of heaven on earth. That is the power of Easter. We hold heaven in our hearts, we are God's kingdom on this earth, and we get to pass out invitations and welcome people in.
That is what we do after Easter. Easter is not the end, it is our beginning. It is our cue to gather. It is our cue to go and prepare places for people to be welcomed into His presence.
That welcome can be at once holy and pragmatic. It can be magical and practical. It can look like excellent stage lights or simple meals. It can be prayers in solitude or strong statements from a stage. But it always first begins with Easter and that redeeming work, those preparations begun before time, that first made the way for us to be welcomed in.


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Catacombs is back, offering upgraded everything and playmats for new and existing owners
Catacombs is back again, this time bigger and better in almost every way. The positively excellent dungeon crawling dexterity game is now on Kickstarter, this time featuring a bigger box, new insert, updated rules, better border walls, and most important of all – double-sided cloth playmats! Now the game is more streamlined, sturdier, with an improved premium feel and more attractive look, and it will all fit on a standard Kallax shelf. There's also a new Wydlands expansion to boot, along with all the old expansion content available as add-ons, which means if you've missed the train on this exemplary flicking game you've got the chance to dive into the action.
"The surface of the playmats are a very fine cloth weave, which is smooth to the touch. This allows the wood discs to glide across with impressive precision, making every shot satisfyingly consistent. We removed the obstacle holes from the play surfaces, replacing them with obstacle icons, just like in Catacombs & Castles. This allows us to have different obstacle placements between the two sides. With no holes, you can even use your awesome new playmats with your other games!"
For those who already own the 3rd edition of Catacombs from previous campaigns, there's an upgrade option on this campaign that offers all the new content descirbed above, including the bigger box and new expansion, so you won't need to buy a whole new copy. As designer Aron West has said in commentary – this is the way Catacombs is meant to be played, as once you play on mats you won't want to go back to the old boards. This is truly a one-of-a-kind game deserving of evergreen status in many collections, and this is just the kind of deluxe treatment it deserves. If you're interested in learning more about this upgraded version of Catacombs 3rd edition, check out the Kickstarter campaign, which has successfully funded, for more information, visuals, FAQ, updates, and stretch goals!


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New Life + Twice the fun = Twin girls Miss M & K
They say great things come in small packages, and I'd have to agree! There were 2 beautiful newborn baby girls in our studio, and we couldn't have been more excited! They just laid quietly taking in the atmosphere and snuggling with each other. We took a few hours carefully placing them and grabbing some great…Continue Reading →


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Kermanshah, Iran, May 21 - Daye Saltaneh, mother of Farzad Kamangar, the young teacher who was hanged with four other Kurdish activists on 9 May in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison on the charge of acting against state security, in a message thanked all those who worked to try to save her son's life.
By WILLIAM YONG and MICHAEL SLACKMAN
TEHRAN — As Iran approaches the first anniversary of a contested presidential election that touched off a deep political crisis, opposition supporters remain under intense pressure, with student leaders receiving long prison terms and a prominent opposition politician and a filmmaker being attacked.
Tehran, May 21 - Tehran's Friday prayer leader, Guardian Council Secretary Ahmad Jannati, urged a crackdown on violations of the dress code for women, calling for its enforcement throughout Iranian society.
Universities are especially lax, Jannati told the Friday congregation, warning that the country risked a return to the "old ways" before the 1979 Islamic revolution unless authorities take effective measures.
On May 19, the state-run Mehr news agency reported that the mullahs' President's special representatives at the working group for relocation of civic employees from Tehran ordered three ministries to reduce the number of university students in Tehran and relocate them to other cities.
According to this report, the directive orders the Science, Research and Technology Ministry, the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, and the Ministry of Education to reduce the number of students in government-run and private universities in the capital while facilitating the relocation and acceptance of students in other large cities and provinces.
Germany has detained several men suspected of buying technology for a Russian-built nuclear reactor in Iran, opening the door to a diplomatic feud between the European Union and Russia, Western diplomats said.
Diplomats familiar with the case said the arrests had infuriated Russia, which complained to members of the U.N. Security Council's Iran sanctions committee. That panel oversees compliance with the punitive measures imposed on Tehran for refusing to halt its uranium enrichment program.
U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday he hopes the full House will vote on the final version of a bill strengthening sanctions on Iran and companies that do business with it.
Hoyer said House and Senate lawmakers were continuing negotiations about the final wording of the legislation, and that he wanted to see it on the House floor for a vote next week.
After next week, Congress is scheduled to begin a one week-recess.
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London, May 21 - The international community should support independent voices in Iran and "strongly condemn" the execution of political activists there, a leading international human rights group said.
"The Iranian judiciary is a tool in the hands of Ayatollah Khamenei and President Ahmadinejad to repress harshly peaceful protesters and political opponents", the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said in a statement posted on its website Thursday.
By CHIP CUMMINS
DUBAI—Three Americans, detained in Iran for the better part of a year after crossing into the country on foot from Iraq, met their mothers Thursday in a stage-managed appearance in Tehran, raising hopes the two men and one woman might soon be released.
EditorialAsharq al-Awsat, 20 May 2010
Brussels - The President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek condemned the execution of five prisoners which took place on 9 May in Iran.President Buzek said: "I was informed that five Kurdish prisoners - one of whom was a woman - were hanged in Iran on 9 May. They were convicted of various charges, including of being 'moharebs' or 'enemies of God' - a crime punishable by death under Iran's Islamic law.
A male prisoner was publicly flogged in Ramhormoz of Khuzistan province (South-West of Iran).
The website of the Department of Justice of the clerical regime announced a man by the name of Gholamreza D. received 74 lashes in public on April 26. He was accused of robbery.
By Ramin MostafaviTEHRAN (Reuters) - The mothers of three Americans jailed in Iran since last July accused of spying arrived in Tehran on Wednesday, with the Iranian government saying it was allowing them to visit their children as a "humanitarian act".


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GORI, Georgia — Russian air attacks over northern Georgia intensified on Saturday morning, striking two apartment buildings in the city of Gori and clogging roads out of the area with fleeing refugees.
Russian authorities said their forces had retaken the South Ossetian capital, Tskhinvali, from Georgian control during the morning hours. They reported that 15 Russian peacekeepers and 1,500 civilians have been killed in the conflict.
Georgian forces shot down 10 Russian combat planes over the last two days, according to Alexander Lomaya, secretary of the Georgian National Security Council.
Shota Utiashvili, an official at the Georgian Interior Ministry, called the attack on Gori a "major escalation," and said he expected attacks to increase over the course of Saturday. He said some 16 Russian planes were in the air over Georgian territory at any given time on Saturday, four times the number of sorties seen Friday.
In the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, wounded fighters and civilians began to arrive in hospitals, most with shrapnel or mortar wounds. Several dozen names had been posted outside the hospital.Continue reading the main story
In a news conference, the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Georgian attacks on Russian citizens "amounted to ethnic cleansing."
Mr. Lavrov said Russian airstrikes targeted military staging grounds. Asked whether Russia is prepared to fight "all-out war" in Georgia, he said: "No. Georgia, I believe, started a war in Southern Ossetia, and we are responsible to keep the peace."
He said Moscow has been working intensely with foreign leaders, in particular the United States. "We have been appreciative of the American efforts to pacify the hawks in Tbilisi. Apparently these efforts have not succeeded. Quite a number of officials in Washington were really shocked when all this happened."
The United States and other Western nations, joined by NATO, condemned the violence and demanded a cease-fire. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice went a step further, calling on Russia to withdraw its forces. According to the Associated Press, President George W. Bush in Beijing for the Summer Olympics, said that the Georgia crisis endangered regional peace and urged an end to escalation.
Neither side showed any indication of backing down. Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia declared that "war has started," and President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia accused Russia of a "well-planned invasion" and mobilized Georgia's military reserves. There were signs as well of a cyberwarfare campaign, as Georgian government Web sites were crashing intermittently during the day.
Russian military units — including tank, artillery and reconnaissance — arrived in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, on Saturday to help Russian peacekeepers there, in response to overnight shelling by Georgian forces, state television in Russia reported, citing the Ministry of Defense. Ground assault aircraft were also mobilized, the Ministry said.
Also on Saturday a senior Georgian official said by telephone that Russian bombers were flying over Georgia and that the presidential offices and residence in Tbilisi had been evacuated. The official added that Georgian forces still had control of Tskhinvali.
By 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning, heavy airstrikes were taking place over Gori, famed as the birthplace of Josef Stalin. Lines of trucks and buses were loaded with uniformed soldiers and reservists — some in tennis shoes, some in military boots.
Explosions could be heard at a distance. . They hit two multi-story apartment buildings, which were engulfed in flames. Chunks of twisted metal were scattered in the street. It was not clear whether nearby military installations had been hit. After the bombing, the streets emptied. Families began to flow out of the city, piling their children and possession into cars.
In Karaleti, a town north of Gori, Ergudzja Sukhitashvili gathered with a few neighbors to watch the airstrikes overhead. The women and children have already evacuated, he said, but he is staying. "Can I go and leave my home?" he asked.
When the men saw that a Russian plane had been hit, they erupted in cheers.
But elsewhere in Georgia, the mood was grim. An elderly man, who gave his name as Truber, emerged from Tbilisi's Republican hospital, where he had found his injured son. He said he had not slept in three days, and took no joy in finding his son. "He is alive, but others are dying," he said. "We are all guilty for this war. I am personally guilty."
The escalation risked igniting a renewed and sustained conflict in the Caucasus region, an important conduit for the flow of oil from the Caspian Sea to world markets and an area where conflict has flared for years along Russia's borders, most recently in Chechnya.
The military incursion into Georgia marked a fresh sign of Kremlin confidence and resolve, and also provided a test of the capacities of the Russian military, which Mr. Putin had tried to modernize and re-equip during his two presidential terms.
Frictions between Georgia and South Ossetia, which has declared de facto independence, have simmered for years, but intensified when Mr. Saakashvili came to power in Georgia and made national unification a centerpiece of his agenda. Mr. Saakashvili, a close American ally who has sought NATO membership for Georgia, is loathed at the Kremlin in part because he had positioned himself as a spokesman for democracy movements and alignment with the West.
Earlier this year Russia announced that it was expanding support for the separatist regions. Georgia labeled the new support an act of annexation.
The conflict in Georgia also appeared to suggest the limits of the power of President Dmitri A. Medvedev, Mr. Putin's hand-picked successor. During the day, it was Mr. Putin's stern statements from China, where he was visiting the opening of the Olympic Games, that appeared to define Russia's position.
But Mr. Medvedev made a public statement as well, making it unclear who was directing Russia's military operations. Officially, that authority rests with Mr. Medvedev, and foreign policy is outside Mr. Putin's portfolio.
"The war in Ossetia instantly showed the idiocy of our state management," said a commentator on the liberal radio station, Ekho Moskvy. "Who is in charge — Putin or Medvedev?"
The war between Georgia and South Ossetia, until recently labeled a "frozen conflict," stretches back to the early 1990s, when South Ossetia and another separatist region, Abkhazia, gained de facto independence from Georgia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The region settled into a tenuous peace monitored by Russian peacekeepers, but frictions with Georgia increased sharply in 2004, when Mr. Saakashvili was elected.
Reports conflicted throughout Friday about whether Georgian or Russian forces had won control of Tskhinvali, the capital of the mountainous rebel province. It was unclear late on Friday whether ground combat had taken place between Russian and Georgian soldiers, or had been limited to fighting between separatists and Georgian forces.
Marat Kulakhmetov, commander of Russian peacekeeping forces in Tskhinvali, said early on Saturday that South Ossetian separatists still held most of the city and that Georgian forces were only present on its southern edge.
That report aligned with a statement by Georgia's ambassador to the United Nations, Irakli Alasania, who said that Georgian military units held eight villages at the capital's edge. Georgian officials asserted that Russian warplanes had attacked Georgian forces and civilians in Tskhinvali, and that airports in four Georgian cities had been hit.
Shota Utiashvili, an official at the Georgian Interior Ministry, said they included the Vaziany military base outside of Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, a military base in Marneuli, and airports in the cities of Delisi and Kutaisi.
"We are under massive attack," he said.
Late in the night, George Arveladze, an adviser to Mr. Saakashvili, said that Russian planes had bombed the commercial seaport of Poti, where one worker was missing and several others were wounded. Poti is an export point for oil from the Caspian Sea; Mr. Arveladze said the initial reports indicated that the oil terminal had not been struck.
Eduard Kokoity, the president of South Ossetia, said in a statement on a government Web site that hundreds of civilians had been killed in fighting in the capital. Russian peacekeepers stationed in South Ossetia said that 12 peacekeeping soldiers were killed Friday and that 50 were wounded. The claims of casualties by all sides could not be independently verified.
Analysts said that either Georgia or Russia could be trying to seize an opportune moment — with world leaders focused on the start of the 2008 Olympics this week — to reclaim the territory, and to settle the dispute before a new American presidential administration comes to office.
Richard C. Holbrooke, the former American ambassador to the United Nations, said that Russia's aims were clear. "They have two goals," he said. "To do a creeping annexation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and, secondly, to overthrow Saakashvili, who is a tremendous thorn in their side."
A spokesman for Mr. Medvedev declined to comment.
The United States State Department issued a press release late Friday saying that John D. Negroponte, the deputy secretary of state, had summoned the Russian chargé d'affairs to press for a de-escalation of force. "We deplore today's Russian attacks by strategic bombers and missiles, which are threatening civilian lives," the statement said.
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany issued a statement calling on both sides "to halt the use of force immediately." Germany has taken a leading role in trying to ease the tensions over Abkhazia.
The trigger for the fresh escalation began last weekend, when South Ossetia accused Georgia of firing mortars into the enclave after six Georgian policemen were killed in the border area by a roadside bomb. As tensions grew, South Ossetia began sending women and children out of the enclave. The refugee crisis intensified Friday as relief groups said thousands of refugees, mostly women and children, were streaming across the border into the North Caucasus city of Vladikavkaz in Russia.
Early on Friday, Russia's Channel One television showed Russian tanks entering South Ossetia and reported that two battalions reinforced by tanks and armored personnel carriers were approaching its capital.
At the United Nations on Friday, diplomats continued to wrangle over the text of a statement after attempts to agree to compromise language collapsed Friday afternoon, after nearly three hours of consultations.
The Russians, who had called the emergency session, proposed a short, three-paragraph statement that expressed concern about the escalating violence, and singled out Georgia and South Ossetia as needing to cease hostilities and return to the negotiating table.
But one phrase calling on all parties to "renounce the use of force" met with opposition, particularly from the United States, France and Britain. The three countries argued that the statement was unbalanced, one European diplomat said, because that language would have undermined Georgia's ability to defend itself. Belgium, which holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council this month, circulated a revised draft calling for an immediate cessation of hostility and for "all parties" to return to the negotiating table. By dropping the specific reference to Georgia and South Ossetia, the compromise statement would also encompass Russia.
The Security Council was scheduled to meet Saturday to resume deliberations. China, in its statement during the early morning debate, had asked for a traditional cease-fire out of respect for the opening of the Olympics.
There are over 2,000 American citizens in Georgia, Pentagon officials said. Among them are about 130 trainers — mostly American military personnel but with about 30 Defense Department civilians —assisting the Georgian military with preparations for deployments to Iraq.
The American military was taking no actions regarding the outbreak of violence, according to Pentagon and military officials. While there has been some contact with the Georgian authorities, the Defense Department had received no requests for assistance, the officials said.Continue reading the main story


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Civil servants at the Department for Education were asked by Michael Gove's advisers to enlist sympathetic headteachers who could act as defenders of controversial government policies, including the creation of free schools.
The PR operation involved creating a database of sympathisers who could advocate policy instead of ministers. Quotes from headteachers on the database were added to official announcements. It was shut down amid concern that it risked politicising the civil service.
The education secretary, who is due to announce the next wave of free schools imminently, has faced mounting criticism in recent weeks.
The Stakeholder and Advocacy team was established within the DfE last April as the government prepared for the opening of the first free schools.
One source with knowledge of the operation said: "It was just a pretty simple database: anyone supportive of free schools or academies or back-to-basics 1950s schooling was just dumped on the database, you could roll them out with an announcement – to back it. It was all driven by spads [special advisers]."
The new drive marked a shift from the traditional civil service method of using data to back government announcements, the source said. "DfE [in the past] would just put out loads of data; Tory spads were from a softer PR background and wanted to use case studies."
The aim was to have headteachers advancing policy rather than ministers, the source said.
Headteachers on the list included Patricia Sowter, head of an academy school, who spoke before Gove at the Conservative party conference in 2010.
Press releases from the DfE in the past year have frequently included supportive quotes from headteachers. An announcement about the new school admissions code had a quote from Rob McDonough, headteacher at West Bridgford school in Nottingham, which read: "I very much welcome the direction of change. Through greater school autonomy, and the academies programme, which will positively impact upon standards, I do believe this will increase the supply of good school places for parents."
McDonough told the Guardian: "In that particular instance, I had as a headteacher been invited to work on the working party looking at the new admissions code. The fact that as a practising headteacher I'd been offered the opportunity to look at all the new admissions proposals, I was very appreciative of that. If they're putting my name to that on a press release, it's justified."
External endorsement has been an important source of support at a time when Gove faces intense criticism. The education secretary's proposed reforms have been attacked by senior figures including Lord Adonis, the former schools minister, and the director of the Institute of Education, Chris Husbands.
Gove is due to announce which free schools are approved to open in September 2013 before parliament rises on 17 July.
While the Labour government also sought out supportive headteachers, Gove's team wanted to put this PR operation on a formal footing, another source said. The operation was closed down amid concern about how the people on the database were selected, and that civil servants were being asked to do work that was the province of special advisers. The civil service is required to be politically impartial while special advisers assist ministers in areas where the work of the government and governing party overlap.
"If you were being uncharitable you could say it was using civil servants to wheel out Tory supporters," a source said.
Civil servants would be encouraged to add names to the list by ministerial aides who said: "This guy's good, we know him from Tory circles."
In response to questions in parliament from the Labour MP Lisa Nandy, the government confirmed the team was intended to "improve relationships and build understanding of the department's policies with key stakeholders".
Nandy said: "I asked these questions because I was increasingly concerned about the politicisation of the civil service. It has been incredibly difficult to get answers to parliamentary questions and FOI requests out of the DfE, and particularly in relation to this group on why it was disbanded so suddenly.
"If you set that within the wider context of the last two years – public money awarded without a proper tendering process to an organisation run by a former [Gove] adviser, Tory donors brought on to the board of the Department for Education, an outside body linked to the Tory party directing civil servants, and private emails used to discuss official business – it seems there is a blurring of boundaries between the Conservative party and the civil service, which is a significant cause for concern, and deserves answers."
The PR drive was established after the media strategist James Frayne was appointed Gove's director of communications. Frayne, a former campaigns director at the Taxpayers' Alliance, has written about the importance of "mobilising third parties".
Frayne is leaving the DfE post at the end of August to work for the Republicans in this year's US presidential elections.
A DfE spokesman said: "The Stakeholder and Advocacy Team was created in the spring of 2011 and existed for just over six months. In that time it helped stage events on the curriculum and on maths and science policy. It also generated lists of interested parties that were invited to events and kept informed about departmental policy. It was closed as part of a restructure which halved the size of the communications team.
"All civil servants operate under the civil service code. Any substantive allegations of breaches of the code would be investigated in the usual way."


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In a recent interview with Mickey Rapkin for Marie Claire, Rebel Wilson revealed her stance on nude scenes, dating and how she overcame her childhood shyness.
Mickey Rapkin, who is the author of Pitch Perfect, interviewed the 36-year-old comedian and actress whilst she hiked through Griffith Park in Los Angeles.
On her childhood shyness, the Pitch Perfect star revealed how her mother would try and help her improve her confidence.
"I was so unusually shy, bordering on a social disorder. So my mum – one day she drives me to this community acting class. I was holding on to the car door and crying. She had to peel me off the car. She's like, 'I'll pick you up in two hours,' And she left me."
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We went into town unexpectedly this week. If we need to do shopping we usually go to one of the big malls on the outskirts of town as there's less trouble parking and getting around. But we needed to pick up some ballet gear and I only know of one shop which is in the centre near the Chief's work. So since we had to go in and we have my mum visiting we decided to make a day of it and meet the Chief for lunch and find the kids something to do to make up for the boring-for-everyone-but-the-ballet-girl shopping trip.
The schools are out for summer and while most children's activities in Helsinki tend to stop in July there are still a few things going on around the city.
Annantalo is where we ended up just because it was near our other plans. It turned out to be a good choice. Annantalo is a small cultural centre that focuses on art and children's activities. It has a small, basic cafe with a book corner that has books in Finnish, Swedish and English and maybe some other languages. They often feature a book series or author in the artwork in the cafe and have examples of their books to read. Onni-Poika by Sanna Pellicioni is the current one.
It has one big exhibition area that has changing exhibits that are usually interactive. And it runs art classes throughout the year.
This summer we discovered their Kesäparkki which takes advantage of the garden in front of the building. Open until the end of June, they have made the perfect place for kids to burn off some steam and for parents to relax. They have a dressing up tent, hammocks, obstacle course and other activities.
Unfortunately the weather hasn't been very nice for the past week, so we didn't really explore the park much, just went straight inside. I can't find info about the exhibit we visited but it was surreal for us adults but perfect for the kids. You walked in the door through a mouth with strange eyes above it and red hands hanging down like uvulas. Everything was focussed around body parts, but they were all random and odd looking.
Kids could climb on a crochet eye on a cone that rolled around or lie on a kidney. There was a wall of ears, a single breast on the other wall, a rolling tongue and a strange flat body that you could bounce on. The kids loved it. It was all soft and kind of haphazardly and roughly made, so there was no worry of kids ripping or breaking things. It already looked like some things had been repaired with stitches that fit in with the theme.
In the back there was another room that seemed totally unconnected from the body theme. Question words in Finnish were painted on the wall, it was dark and in the centre lit with blue light was a pool full of what appeared to be cut up foil crisp and sweets packages which made large glitter. Again a big hit, so much so that we went back after lunch with the Chief.
They also had a balloon-decorating craft area at the back of the cafe that entertained the crafty Bump for a while.
The Kesäparkki looked like a good pitstop for any long visit to town with kids, if it isn't cold and windy, and Annantalo has always offered lots of fun for whenever we visited.
I have several other posts waiting in the wings, but I wanted to get this one out asap as it is a limited-time event.
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Yesterday, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram were flooded with meaningful posts and photographs commemorating mothers of all ages.
Many of us felt joy seeing photos showing generations of hard-working moms grouped together, younger versions of moms whose minds or bodies have suffered and tributes to those who have left us too soon.
Yesterday the nation's 85 million mothers – as well as their children and spouses — celebrated the fruits of Anna Jarvis' labors. Jarvis, a native of Webster, WV, is considered the driving force behind Mother's Day's founding 100 years ago.
The tenth of 13 children born to Granville and Ann Jarvis, Anna gained inspiration from her mother as she embarked on a meaningful career, and cared for her mom in her later years.
Her idea for giving mothers their day in the sun came to fruition when Jarvis was nearly 60 years old, as President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the first Mother's Day.
Yes, the holiday has been over-commercialized, and many of us cringe at the sappy TV commercials, the endless racks of greeting cards and the bountiful, over-priced displays of chocolates and flowers.
Jarvis experienced the beginnings of this commercialization, and, according to the book Women Who Made a Difference, once stated that "a printed card means nothing except that you are too lazy to write to the woman who has done more for you than anyone in the world. And candy! You take a box to Mother—and then eat most of it yourself."
I hope Permission Slips readers were able to convey and receive meaningful messages yesterday. Most important, I hope you treasured the teacher-led classroom projects, the hand-written cards, the texts, voicemails and electronic tributes. (Pictured here is a Mother's Day painting from my second son, a dozen years ago. It still hangs in my office.)
And, finally, I give you mothers permission to continue to struggle with this lifelong, confusing, contradictory, overwhelming and incredibly rewarding job. In my opinion, this conundrum is best explained by the esteemed essayist Anna Quindlen, who gives mothers permission to accept their imperfections and mistakes. I, for one, take solace in these words.
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Congratulations to Allison Chavez our emplyee of the month! Bright smiles and great service is something you can always count on with Allison. She is a great addition to the Los Hermanos family.
What is your favorite food at Los Hermanos?: Chicken Fajitas
What do you like best about serving?: I like interacting with all kinds of different people.
Where is your ideal place to live?: Orange County, CA
What is your favorite movie?: The Notebook
Hats off to Kelly Casey, our Employee of the Month for March! We love Kelly's great sense of humor and positive attitude. Here's some more fun facts about Kelly:
Why is Los Hermanos the best restaurant in Provo?: Uh, duh, we have the best chips and salsa in town!
Favorite Song: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. You have to stick with the classics.
Dream Job: Being a Trophy Wife. If I could make money just being me, I would.
From a Customer: "Wow you got us everything we needed before we even had to ask!"
Favorite Food at Los Hermanos: Chicken Taquitos - baked
Favorite Vacation Spot: Kauai (as in the Hawaiian Islands)
Hobbies: Photography, eating Mexican food and hiking
What I Like Best About Serving: "All the people I get to interact with."
Congratulations to Benjamin Nightingale! Senor Nightingale has been quite the helper around here. Always positive and friendly, Benjamin is truly a willing man who wears the worker's seal...
Favorite Appetizer at Los Hermanos: Large Chile con Queso
Best Movie Ever: The Brave Little Toaster
Dream Job: A television talk-show host
Worst Class Ever: "Middle school art class- I've never taken an art class since...I've dodged it my whole life."
January 2014 Employee of the Month
Tyler Hansen...AKA...Peter Parker. When you get served by this guy you know you're in good hands. Before you can even think the words "I need a refill" Tyler's server senses are tingling and he's there before you know it. Full glass in hand, smile on his face.
Favorite Los Hermanos Specialty Drink: Brisa de Mora Negra
Best Customer Comment Ever: "You are one of the best servers we have ever had!" Keep it up!
Dream Vacation Destination: A tour through Europe
From a Co-worker: Tyler is awesome because he helps you even when you don't ask him to.
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Okay my coach Kristie live meeting topic for this week is 3 smart goals .So here my November goals
1. Water I am not a water drinker really don't like water and don't always have asset to a bathroom . but for month my goal is to try to drink 10 -12 glasses of water a day. I don't know if I can do it but that why they call it a challenge. This is greatly help when it was pointed out by a friend of mine fror Kristie live kat told me about the water part of the spark app.
2. Breakfast I already eat a good breakfast but new goal is to eat something within a hour after waiting up I thought this would be easy but actually it only the 3 day I already blew it. But will work on it tomorrow.
3. The third goal is probably the hardest one for me find at least 3 thing that went good for me every day and announce it publicly somewhere. I am too negative of a person an d I think it affecting my meeting my goals so this month I am working on it.
Now they show you how detergents take out bloodstains, a pretty violent image there. I think if you've got a T-shirt with a bloodstain all over it, maybe laundry isn't your biggest problem. Maybe you should get rid of the body before you do the wash.
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Waiters and waitresses are becoming nicer and much more caring. I used to pay my check, they'd say, "Thank you." That graduated into "Have a nice day." That's now escalated into "You take care of yourself, now." The other day I paid my check and the waiter said, "Don't put off that mammogram."
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My husband said he needed more space. So I locked him outside.
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You know, I'm sick of following my dreams, man. I'm just going to ask where they're going and hook up with 'em later.
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Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not commit adultery. Don't eat pork. I'm sorry, what was that last one?? Don't eat pork. God has spoken. Is that the word of God or is that pigs trying to outsmart everybody?
—Jon Stewart
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Your three goals sound like goals I could use!
And LOL on the jokes!
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You can do it, sis. Keep practicing and build up slowly, just keep trying.
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LOL!! Love the jokes!! Yeah, not having toilet access and really discourage water drinking. When I work the renessance faire in the summer we drink a LOT in hot weather but even then we usually only go 2x or so over the course of 10 hours because it's so hot... when it gets to be colder weather (it's mid Aug-beginning of Oct) we don't drink. I don't have any problem with the gratitude thing, but I also rarely eat breakfast. I'm a slow starter and I have to have a pill 1hour before I eat... so ...
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goals. You don't appear to be a negative person so I am confident you will be able to achieve all of the goals you have set for yourself. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!
and stay focused.
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good goals and jokes
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Great goals! I'm shooting for 8 each day this month and so far I've done 2 days. Water isn't necessarily my favorite thing to drink either.
Good jokes!
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Great goals, I must admit I fall short on #2, I usually don't eat breakfast til I've been up about 3 hours, once I get to the office & start getting the systems up & running.
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Great going. Thanks for the laughs. Have a blessed week.
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Thanks for the laughs!
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I love the joke about hooking up with my goals later!
I don't see you as a negative person KarenMarie. You are one of the best supporters and motivators around. I love how you identify an obstacle and find a way to get through it. You are an inspiration, for sure.
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Good jokes!
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KELLY Rowland flew into Sydney - and then into a rage. After a bust-up with Qantas cabin crew, she launched a verbal assault on the hapless hosties.
Rowland launched a verbal assault on the hosties as she walked through the domestic terminal, having just disembarked from flight QF430 from Melbourne.
The former Destiny's Child singer claimed she and her entourage had been treated like children on the flight, which landed about 1.40pm, and vowed to complain about the service, calling it "s****y".
It is thought the incident was sparked by some passengers using mobile phones on board and others sitting in the wrong seats.
Rowland said: "I found the flight attendants really s****y. I don't know why. You tell me.
"They were very rude to us. That's the first time you'll ever hear me say a curse word. They were just rude to us on the plane. They treated us like five-year-old kids."
Asked what sparked the incident she said, "I don't know. Every time I've flown Qantas it's always been fantastic. It was rather unpleasant."
Rowland is in town for last night's Supafest gig at Acer Arena.
Fellow headliners Akon, Eve and Sean Paul were also on the plane but are not believed to have been involved in the incident.
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