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Last week, while I was walking in Boston with two of my blockmates, I slipped and fell in a huge puddle of clam chowder. Of all the subs¬tances I could have slipped in, clam chowder is certainly not the worst—especially since it didn't look as though someone had already eaten it—but it was nevertheless pretty disgusting. A smashed knee, a trip to University Health Services, and a tetanus shot later, I was able to laugh about the experience. It seemed almost as if the city itself were taking one last crack at me before I departed.
As an east coaster, Boston didn't feel particularly foreign when I arrived here freshman year. I lived through plenty of snow days back home; I, too, had never participated in a tornado drill; and when I looked at brick buildings, unlike west coasters, I didn't start thinking about earthquake regulations. Besides, I had seen Good Will Hunting and read Johnny Tremain.
As a New Yorker, however, Boston felt kind of hostile. One of my blockmates is from Boston; she frequently recites Red Sox-Yankees scores to me (never mind that I'm not a Yankee fan), and could barely look at me when the Giants beat the Patriots freshman year. Being a Bostonian, my blockmate is not unusual in her dislike of my hometown. A recent ad on the T for reruns of Seinfeld read: "Finally, some New Yorkers we can get along with," or something to that effect. If George Castanza is one of the only likeable New Yorkers, I'd hate to imagine what Boston thinks of the rest of us.
Then again, I would be just as remiss to base my image of Boston on Johnny Tremain. I don't remember very much about the book's plot, but I remember learning the term "personification" from its opening passage: "Boston slowly opened its eyes, stretched, and woke. The sun struck in horizontally from the east, flashing upon weather-vanes—brass cocks and arrows, here a glass-eyed Indian, there a copper grasshopper—and the bells in the steeples cling-clanged, telling the people it was time to be up and about."
Now that I've experienced it myself, I know that the sounds of Boston waking up are a bit different. In Pfoho, at 6 a.m. I can hear what I believe are trucks unloading in the courtyard behind Comstock Hall. Sometimes at around 7 a.m., a car drives down Walker Street announcing some sort of parking regulation. By then, if it isn't pouring, the birds will have started chirping. At 8:25 a.m. the bell for the elementary school rings. It's already light out, but if the sun has flashed upon any weather vanes, it has also flashed upon the neon-red letters of the Sheraton Commander.
It might sound as if I'm complaining; I'm not. Over the past few years, I've grown accustomed to this particular morning symphony, and it will be odd next year to wake up without it. Bostonians might not appreciate New York and its residents, but during my time here, I have come to appreciate this city, despite its attempts to turn me against it.
During senior week, I've had an urge to complete a Boston bucket list, exploring parts of this city that I haven't managed to visit during my four years of school here. It would be easy to use this moment to urge future generations of Harvard students to take better advantage of the place during their time here. But I know as well as anyone else how easy it is to end up primarily campus-bound, caught up in classwork, extracurriculars, House life, and more. And as I'm about to leave campus, it is not that cancelled trip to Revere beach that I will look back on regretfully. Instead, I will be missing the sights, sounds, and smells of the little pieces of this city that have become my familiar haunts.
I might be happy if I never have to ride the green line again, and if I never have to worry that an escaped boa constrictor might show up in my subway car, but I will miss that moment when the red line emerges aboveground at Charles MGH to reveal the harbor and the Boston skyline. I am not sorry to leave Fenway behind, but I will miss random Thursday night trips with my roommate to the Museum of Fine Arts. I will hopefully never have to live through another Boston winter, but I will miss walking back up Garden Street to the Quad in the spring, passing crocuses, tulips, and lilacs on my way.
And let's be honest—I'm a total nostalgic. I might even end up looking back with fondness on the slowness of the T, the insanity of Red Sox fans, and the treacherousness of black ice in January. After all, most of the time my complaints are just attempts to bait my New York-hating blockmate.
But really, I could have done without that clam chowder.
Rachel A. Burns '11, a Crimson arts writer, is an English concentrator in Pforzheimer House.
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Installation went smooth.
USB Ethernet Adapter (Lenovo Model U2L100P-Y1) works out of the box.
WebCam is working.
Buttons for screen brightness working.
Keyboard backlight working.
Media buttons (Speak mute, play/pause, volumen up/down, next, previous) working.
MIC Mute button is not working. This is because KDE 4.11.3 is built on top of Qt 4.8.3 and the XF86AudioMicMute key symbol is only handled in Qt 5.
The fingerprint reader works almost out of the box:
I installed fprintd libpam-fprintd fprint-demo and used fprint_demo to enroll fingerprints. Sadly, an old unresolved KDE bug report is still blocking the final integration with KDE:
After I connected a monitor via HDMI (1920×1080), the mouse cursor all of a sudden started to become very large on the laptop screen. I disabled resolution dependent cursor in System Settings, but then all fonts changed. The loss of default font configuration is a known problem in KDE, which has not been resolved, yet, unfortunately.
I installed firewalld and firewall-applet. I've been using ufw earlier on, but firewalld seems attractive due its concept of zones, which integrate well with the NetworkManger. However, as far as I can tell, firewalld doesn't block unwanted outgoing traffic by default, but this is something I can probably add late by means of firewalld's "rich rules".

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American taxpayers betrayed by chicken-hearted RINOs
American taxpayers have once again been trampled by establishment Republicans – a thundering herd of chicken-hearted Republicans in Name Only (RINOs) galloping to the Left.
The debt ceiling deal struck between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is a victory for President Obama and Democrats.
ObamaCare is still the law of the land. The government is still spending money it does not have. And thousands of government workers just got a two-week vacation courtesy of the taxpayers.
I'm sure we will hear establishment apologists calling the events of recent days a compromise. But seeing how the president refused to compromise, it's more likely the Grand Old Party was the only one bending.
Establishment Republicans always talk about doing the right thing for the nation, no matter the price. But when push comes to shove, they always throw in the towel. And Wednesday, McConnell and his band of merry moderates heaved their towels in an epic demonstration of lily-livered cowardice.
But you've got to hand it to Sen. Ted Cruz for standing his ground. He held the line and ultimately paid the price. His good name was smeared by Democrats as well as McConnell's band – most notably Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Bob Corker.
This band of bullies brushed aside Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment – the one about not speaking ill of any fellow Republican. If only the moderates debated Democrats with the same ferocity reserved for conservatives.
"The nastier they get, the more it demonstrates how scared they are of the American people holding every elected official accountable," Cruz told me in a telephone call Wednesday afternoon. "It's not surprising the Washington establishment pushes back. We knew when we took on the Washington establishment that it would fight back."
Sen. Cruz told me Wednesday was not a good day for America.
"Today's deal is a classic example of the Washington establishment turning a blind eye to the American people," he said. "It does nothing for all of the young people coming out of college right now who can't find jobs because of ObamaCare. It does nothing for all the single parents forced into part time work who can't feed their kids on 29 hours a week."
The gentleman from Texas had nothing but praise for the House of Representatives. He said they held the line. They stood strong for the American people. The Senate is another matter.
"The outcome of this fight would have been very, very different if only Senate Republicans had made the decision to stand and fight alongside House Republicans," he said. "That didn't happen. That was the critical piece."
Rush Limbaugh told his millions of listeners that the GOP has been hoodwinked.
"I have never seen a major political party simply occupy placeholders, as the Republican Party is doing," he said on his national radio program.
"There hasn't been any opposition, not any serious opposition. There may have been votes against this or that, votes against ObamaCare. There may have been votes against the stimulus, but in terms of a package of policies, a package of principled beliefs, of opposition expressed daily by party leaders against what's happening in this country, there hasn't been.
Wednesday's epic surrender was much like King Arthur in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," hollering, "Run away, run away."
I can imagine the minstrel strumming a lyre in the middle of the Rotunda, warbling, "Brave McConnell ran away. When Obama reared his liberal head, he bravely turned his tail and fled. Yes, Brave Sir McConnell turned about and valiantly, he chickened out."
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin took lawmakers from both political parties to task on her Facebook page.
"When life gives you lemons, at this point make margaritas," she wrote in an essay titled, "Thanks a Lot for Caving, Politicians."
"Caving on debt could drive one to drink."
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham still appears to be distressed that conservative lawmakers would actually follow through on their campaign promises and represent the interests of the people.
"This has been a very bad two weeks for the Republican brand," he said.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Are you going to find out?
Not 'when are you due/how far along are you' or 'are you feeling alright' or 'are you excited', but 'are you going to find out'. And that's actually how they ask it (as opposed to "Are you going to find out if it's a boy or a girl?"). If you are our parents, you probably followed up that questions with, "I hope it's a girl." No pressure of course.
Our 'big' ultrasound (aka anatomy aka morphology aka level II) was supposed to be next week, but with switching doctors, we got that switched too and it's tomorrow now. It will have been 10 weeks since we saw this kid last! And I'm excited that it's now going to be at the University's MFM group and I'm really familiar with them since their u/s techs filled in after my RE's regular tech quit. They had told me that their are big flat screen monitors on the wall for the patients to watch instead of crooking our necks trying to peak at the machine. My SIL had to have them do an extra scan and said that it's a lot nicer than the setup at the hospital she was using.
And then the big question, boy or girl? We're going to find out if we get a peak, but lately I have been feeling like I really don't care if I know or not. Which is a pretty big change, because I had been really gung ho about knowing, but now, eh. Truly, if everything else is looking good, I don't care if we don't get a peek. In fact, a significant portion of me would rather not know. But the practical side knows it will be nice to plan accordingly.
Either way, we're still really looking forward to tomorrow.
Me and hubby stepped into the "Gene Machine" many years ago to see what our future children might look like. Considering that it's a joke anyhow, I'd still say that it appears that things will turn out ok. So, for your viewing pleasure, our potential future son or daughter.
6 comments:
- Celia said...
The baby will be adorable no matter what flavor you have. We are finding out. It was enough of a surprise wondering if we would ever get pregnant. I want to KNOW. Screw surprise. I want all available information. Plus, we cannot settle on a girls name and decided to shelve it unless it was an issue. So we are hoping for a boy, just because we already agreed on a name. NOTHING sounds right with my husbands long french Canadian name.
- September 14, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Yeah, it's funny how people are so focused on the "finding out" part. The first thing that comes to my mind is "when are you due/how far along are you?"
The other thing we keep getting pestered about is names. I don't even want to tell anyone about names we are considering, yet I know people close to us will be offended if I say that, so I have just been saying that we have no idea yet. I DO NOT want input from anyone and everyone about the name. Nor do I want anyone stealing our name.
The big ultrasound is tomorrow, how exciting! I'm so glad you get to go to a nice, high tech ultrasound place. It will be so great to get to see your baby again. Enjoy every second of it!
- September 14, 2009 at 10:23 AM
- Amanda said...
Celia- I'm laughing cause of your use of the word "flavor"... I'm going to be pretty upset at our clinic if this kid comes out any flavor other than vanilla! Cause, really, who that's done an IUI has had the thought go through their head about "OMG, what if they mixed up the sperm?!"
- September 14, 2009 at 11:42 AM
- lynne b. [my life in blog] said...
i think i would want to know. just so i could have months to make a name and decorate the room. im just OCD like that. were waiting to see if "you found out"!
- September 14, 2009 at 12:52 PM
- Sophie A. said...
How exciting :D. Those kids actually look really cute!
- September 14, 2009 at 3:36 PM
- Michelle said...
Aww the pics are cute! That's cool they got the u/s moved closer!
I like the idea of being surprised, but I honestly couldn't do it. If the baby wouldn't cooperate, I'd be fine with that, but I can't sit there and say no don't tell me when they can tell. It would drive me crazy.
Good luck tomorrow. It sounds like it's going to be at a great place!
- September 14, 2009 at 4:15 PM


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A glitch in the automatic train protection and signalling system of a train on the Yellow Line caused a brief delay in Metro services on Friday morning.
According to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), the faulty train, which was headed towards Huda City Centre, was removed from the line at the New Delhi Metro station within half an hour.
"The problem was noted around 9 am when the train was leaving Civil Lines Metro station. As a safety procedure, the train was restricted to move a speed of 25 kmph only. This led to a bunching up of trains," Anuj Dayal, chief spokesperson of DMRC, said.
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Welcome to our first iteration of the #SoNorthwest Awards! Even though we are literally in the business of everything PNW-related, it doesn't mean we can come close to knowing all our beautiful region has to offer. In fact, so many of our stories focus on things we've learned from YOU, our viewers and readers! You are our muse, you have your finger on the pulse of this city – and we just listen. So, we need your help! We want you to nominate your favorite summer *fill in the blank* in five different categories we'll be announcing every day this week. Submit your nominations in any way you'd like: email, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, passenger pigeon – you name it. We'll be logging each and every vote, and the winners will be announced the week of July 24th.
Day four, yo. We out here. So far we've asked you to nominate the best in each category:
- Best Outdoor Spot for Happy Hours
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If you haven't nominated in these categories, please do so! Then, come back and nominate for this one, of course ;)
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Best Treat on a Hot Day!
Sometimes when it is mad hot outside, there is nothing like a cool and sweet treat to make you happy. So, trusty sidekicks – where in the PNW can we find the best treat for a hot day?!
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With so many options to choose from on television, it is good for a change of pace and view something that promotes the positive in a world focused on the negative. Pastors Rich Wilkerson and DawnChere from the 'Rich in Faith' show on Oxygen stopped by SITM recently.
The high profile of performing the marriage for Kanye West and Kim K came through a personal relationship and not seeking to be famous as many would attempt. Their character shows not only on the show but definitely in the interview as they discuss the entire process of how their church began and provides an example of a faith first marriage. Family values are one of the most important things that never seem to get touched on.
At the same time, temptation shows up no matter who you are but giving people a realistic view on how they overcome it and stay focused on the what is truly important sends the best message possible. Check out the full interview below and be sure to check out "Rich in Faith" on Oxygen.


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Here we are. Autumn has officially arrived. For many people, it's their favorite time of the year. The hot summer is gone. The air is cool and crisp in the morning. Nature is putting on a spectacular show of color. Your friends at Climate Control Company hope you enjoy all of it, but fall also serves as a reminder. Winter isn't far behind.
The Old Farmer's Almanac prediction is for cooler and wetter than normal weather. Don't be caught unprepared when the cold temperatures arrive. Now is the best time to call us for your furnace tune-up or any needed furnace repairs to get that heating system running. The best way to keep your home comfortable and protected from the outside elements is with ongoing maintenance. Your heating system tune up will include, but is not limited to:
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Our performance
Keep up to date with New Forest District Council's recycling rate and waste strategy.
How are we doing?
Thanks to your efforts, we recycled or composted 34% of our household rubbish in 2017/18. This includes everything that was recycled in the clear sacks, black glass boxes, at the bring sites and in the garden waste scheme.
The National Waste Strategy - Current actions for the New forest
"Our Waste, Our Resources: A Strategy for England" was released in December 2018, it is the first document of its kind since 2007. The strategy lays out the key objectives for dealing with waste and suggests ways in which these objectives might be achieved. Much of this Strategy is subject to consultation, and the Government ran four key consultations simultaneously between February and May this year. New Forest District Council have reviewed the Waste Strategy and responded to the four consultations listed below:
- Consultation on consistency in household and business recycling collections in England
- Consultation on introducing a Deposit Return Scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Consultation on reforming the UK packaging producer responsibility system
- Plastic packaging tax consultation
This Council welcomes any measures that improve recycling and waste minimisation. We believe creating consistency in household recycling across the country and introducing a deposit return scheme will on the whole be progressive steps to meeting some of the strategies key objectives. Extending the producers responsibility for packaging and the introduction of a plastic tax, are important actions that we hope will encourage businesses to use more recycled material and move this country towards a more circular economy. New Forest District Council are pleased that central government have indicated that local authorities will be equipped with funds to implement any legislative changes and look forward to seeing the outcome of these consultations.
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Apex Supply - Norcross Industrial
The Apex Supply Commercial and Industrial branch in Norcross, Georgia offers a complete line of pipe, valves and fittings to meet our customers' needs. Our customer base includes residential plumbers, commercial and industrial contractors, industrial end users and government projects. Some of the lines we carry include domestic and import pipe and fittings, Rheem commercial water heaters, Kohler fixtures, Victaulic, Apollo valves, Jamesbury valves, Spirax Sarco steam products and Ridgid Tools. Our comprehensive supply offering enables us to quickly and easily meet virtually any project requirement.
More than just an outstanding distributor here in Norcross, Georgia; we offer fabrication work including cutting pipe to length, grooving pipe, cutting & grooving pipe, threading pipe, cutting & threading pipe, valve actuation and repair of the Sumner line of pipe lifts that we carry here in Norcross. We have partnered with our customers on projects like the Georgia Aquarium (both the original construction and the addition), the Center for Disease Control expansion at Emory University, ongoing projects and expansions at the University of Georgia & Georgia Tech, multiple area hospitals and new construction projects including Atlanta area hotels and schools. This is just a small sampling of the types of projects we have partnered with our customers on. Not only do we offer the above fabrication work, our highly-skilled associates are dedicated to providing you with the highest level of customer service and offer value-added solutions – including technical advice, warehouse management and after-hours emergency supply – all designed to help our customers be more profitable. We're your neighbor with the products you need, when you need them.


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Happy Friday! What a busy week it has been. I always find myself so frantic before heading out on a trip. Anyone else? We head out on Monday for Clearwater, Florida. I've been to a lot of cities in Florida, but haven't been to Clearwater yet. We are so pumped to take Noah to the beach. It will be his first time!
You guys, I found the best shift dress for summer! I'm not kidding when I say it's the best. It's super casual, only $46, comes in a ton of colors, and is perfect for everyday. You can pair it with sneakers or sandals, or dress it up with lace up wedges or sandals, and a structured bag. I decided to style it with a pair of gorgeous lace up sandals, and one of my favorite structured Henri Bendel bags.
I loved this dress so much that I bought it in two colors. I picked up the rose dawn color (the one in this post), and also got it in the cloud grey color. I'm wearing a size x small in this color, and I picked it up in a small in the cloud grey color to see which size worked best. They both fit well, I just have a little more room for the expanding bump in the size small!
I'm linking everything below, along with my self tanner. I've been using it more lately, and I love not looking like a ghost. It does wonders for the confidence level, haha! Now if I could just get myself on a manicure routine I would really be in business!
Shift Dress // Structured Bag // Lace Up Sandals // Sunglasses
Thanks for popping by today friends. I hope that you have an amazing weekend!
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Automakers which got the highest customer satisfaction.
Last year was a good year for many automakers who provide their cars in America. It was seen that the customer satisfaction reached to 83 percent with an increase of 3.9 percent in the year 2015. This is the first time in three years that auto industry has seen rise in customer satisfaction.
According to American Customer Satisfaction Index, here is the list of automakers that impressed most of American consumers by delivering high quality services for them.
1. Lincoln
It is an impressive performance by Lincoln that has made it the number one company in the case of customer satisfaction. It gained the score of 87 out of 100 on the scale of satisfaction felt by consumers in terms of quality and productiveness.
2. Honda
Honda is a famous company all over the world and it looks like consumers here in America like t a lot too. The consumers showed high level of satisfaction towards the Honda cars and SUVs along with crossovers too.
With a score of 84, BMW has become the third most favorite automaker of American consumers.
4. Toyota
Toyota landed a score of perfect 85 which made it on the top with BMW as well. The Toyota trucks are loved by American citizens which can be seen in the rating too.
GMC previously had a score of 78 however this year the company managed to get a score of 84 which shows a remarkable work on the part of this company.
6. Infinity
This luxury brand was ranked lower earlier on. However this year it has made a great progress thus making it a favorite of many.
7. Lexus
Lexus has always managed to impress the American consumers. It has a score of 84 which is consistent from the past four years.
8. Subaru
Subaru gained its lost position this year by offering good quality of vehicles and gained a score of 84.
9. Audi
Audi has jumped from the 18th rank to 9th this year as compared to the last one. It scored 83 on index.
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As the San Bernardino terrorist attack unfolded yesterday, liberals were desperately hoping that it was an attack on a Planned Parenthood outlet. They openly speculated about, and rooted for, this possibility. At around 2:00 in the afternoon, MSNBC did the best it could, reporting that the terrorists had struck a location "only a few blocks away" from a PP clinic:
"The planned parenthood clinic is only a few blocks away" – MSNBC just now
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) December 2, 2015
What was the point? Was MSNBC holding out hope that maybe the terrorists got lost, and hit the wrong location? Just "a few blocks away"? They were longing, evidently, for a politically useful mass murder.
MSNBC was topped, however, by Bloomberg Business, which tweeted:
San Bernadino shooting happened less than two miles from a Planned Parenthood health clinic https://t.co/eNzSBzW6d7 pic.twitter.com/B9vJ5zkhHj
— Bloomberg Business (@business) December 2, 2015
WTH? What possible significance can be attributed to a murderous assault occurring within two miles of a Planned Parenthood clinic, or anything else? None, obviously. But such bizarre commentary clearly indicates the direction in which liberals wanted to go–and went, regardless of the facts.
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- Orality - a reliance on spoken, rather than written, language for communication
- The extent of orality in the world
- Why story-telling?
- Organizations providing training in story-telling
- Books about orality and storytelling
- Bible Storying Websites
- Resources shared by Larry Dinkins (Story-telling Trainer at DC'12)
Orality - a reliance on spoken, rather than written, language for communication
- Primary orality - describes those who have no written language and no little or nothing about reading and writing. This is increasingly rare in our world.
- Secondary orality - also called post-literacy. Refers to people who may have the ability to read and write, but prefer not to. These people primarily rely on electronically delivered media (audio and visual technologies) for learning and entertainment..
- Traditional orality - describes those who are familiar with reading and writing, and may have learned to read and write in school, but use oral communication for daily living.
The extent of orality in the world
- 5.7 million people (80% of the world's population) are oral learners either because they are illiterate or their reading comprehension is inadequate. See Grant Lovejoy's report on The Extent of Orality.: 2012 Update
- The majority of the unreached peoples of the world are oral learners
- The National Assesment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) survey, done by the US government in 1992 and again in 2003, lists the USA as 14% Illiterate, 29% functionally illiterate, 44% preferred oral learner and 13% highly literate.
Why story-telling?
- 75% of the Bible is narrative
- Jesus primarily taught by telling stories
- Stories are memorable and can easily be learned and repeated by those who do not have written notes. Thus this strategy is foundational to multiplication among oral learners.
- Stories address the heart and lead to life change.
Organizations providing training in story-telling
- Simply the Story - Dr. Larry Dinkins who facilitated the story-telling training at the 2012 Directors' Council, believes that Simply the Story is the most effective training available.
Books about orality and storytelling
Bible Storying Websites
- "Simply the Story" - Simply the Story
- "StoryFire"- StoryFire is a 25 x 5 minute audio downloadable resource that was developed by an MAF staff person who had Simply The Story (STS) Orality training, and adapted the approach to MAF uses. Read Ted Szymczak's review here.
- Orality Strategies--IMB. Includes training materials http://www.oralitystrategies.org/resources.cfm?t=14
- Story Runners - http://www.storyrunners.com/ "Story Bible"—30 stories. Many strategies. 4 phases to plant a reproducing church.
- Living Water http://www.water.cc/orality/ workshops in Texas. Mention of oral disciple-making.
- Scripture Engagement http://www.scripture-engagement.org/resources/9 Lots of links to books, videos, and other resources.
- Bible-Storying.com http://www.churchstarting.net/biblestorying/ Good explanation of history and meaning. Website of J.O.Terry, apparently.
- Christian Storytelling Network http://www.christianstorytelling.com/ Free story of the month.
- South America Regional Resource Site, downloadable resources http://wsaresourcesite.org/Topics/storying.htm Many manuals and instructions downloaded… Many stories prepared for different cultures not downloaded.
- World Christian Missionary Resources http://www.missionaryresources.com/story_telling.html Many links.
- OneStory Trainings (YWAM) http://ywamonestory.org/training/ No dates and places listed.
- Story For All http://www.story4all.com/links.shtml Links to many of the above, and more.
- Bible Storying Resources compiled by Pastor Derick Paraffin
Resources shared by Larry Dinkins (Story-telling Trainer at DC'12)
- 5-step Process for telling the story from "Simply the Story" - Simply the Story - 5-step process
- Simply the Story; Inductive Bible Study "Oral Style" - detailed Handbook by Dorothy A Miller, The God's Story Project - Simply the Story handbook
- Simple guidelines for preparation and presentation of stories - Bookmark 1
- Learning and Absorbing a Bible Story
- Simple guidelines for how to use questions to discover spiritual observations/applications - Spiritual Observation Application
- How to Prepare to Tell a Story - Larry Dinkins
- Benefits of Story Telling
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Social entrepreneurship unites the passion of a social mission with business-like innovation and determination. Emerging social entrepreneurs across the world are actively dreaming up new solutions and using business ventures to bring their impact to life.
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Court Rules 'Ag-Gag' Law Criminalizing Undercover Reporting Violates the First Amendment
In a win for freedom of the press, a federal court this month struck down an Iowa law making it a crime to lie about your intentions when accessing an agricultural production facility.
The "ag-gag" law, which was aimed at undercover journalists and activists, essentially prevented undercover investigations of the agricultural industry. In a lawsuit brought by the ACLU of Iowa, the court rightly found that the law violates the First Amendment.
This welcome ruling joins a host of other court decisions finding similar laws in other states to be unconstitutional — and for good reason. Undercover reporting is a critical tool to inform the public about corporate wrongdoing. Overbroad laws criminalizing false speech violate the First Amendment and prevent investigative journalism from holding powerful private actors to account.
Iowa was one of many states that passed ag-gag laws criminalizing various activities essential to undercover investigations aiming to expose animal cruelty and other illegal or unsafe activities. These laws were passed after several high-profile undercover investigations revealed various abuses, such as sick cows being repeatedly shocked with electric prods in California and young calves being kicked and skinned alive at a Vermont slaughterhouse. Such investigations have prompted large-scale meat and egg recalls. That is why the ag-gag laws sparked opposition from press freedom and civil liberties groups as well as animal rights, environmental justice, and food safety advocates.
One major area of constitutional concern is that ag-gag laws often make it a crime to be untruthful when gaining access to an industrial farm or similar place — for example, by not disclosing that you are an investigative journalist or activist when applying for a job.
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In a similar vein, the ACLU is currently representing researchers who are asserting their First Amendment right to submit false information online as part of testing websites to uncover algorithmic discrimination in housing and employment opportunities. That is why it is encouraging that the court considering the Iowa law concluded that there are constitutional problems with outlawing false speech in service of undercover journalism. Courts have also struck down ag-gag provisions prohibiting recording or collecting information in Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming on First Amendment grounds.
Efforts to criminalize such undercover investigations insulate private actors from being held publicly accountable. They also violate the First Amendment.
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I agree. The content of the article is excellent but the photo choice detracts from it.
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A chicken in a cage is nothing compared to what happens. They are de-beaked without anesthetic so they don't peck each other to death from going crazy in their tiny living space.
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Did they change it? Cause if not, I'm confused...why is a chicken in a cage horrific? There are so many worse photos in regards to this industry. I am guessing they're was something else there before and they took your suggestion to heart and removed that previous photo.
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What is manipulative about seeing this creature's suffering? Don't turn away from the suffering of others. The only way we can spark change is to look at it head on.
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I'm a conservative, but I applaud this decision
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No but about it. Let the market play itself out with full information to the consumer citizen. Sunshine is always a good disinfectant.
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Atrue Conservative would write.. I am a Conservative therefore I support this ruling. It is the left who looks to censor free speech they do not like
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@Daniel It is the right who looks to censor free speech, not Dems.
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This ruling should bide well for groups project Veritas who went undercover exposing the mass corruption and body part selling achemes at Planned Parenthiod but we're subsequently prosecuted for not disclosing who they were .
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One of my life's "To Do List" items' includes "Mastering 5 languages I selected".
This week, I did a brainstorming on what language I want to learn next. Although I have a lot to improve with my French, Spanish, English (and even Japanese), I thought it would be a good time to try new one to reach that goal.
After checking several articles and asking myself over and over, I came to think that Chinese Mandarin might be the next one. This time, however, I will not write about how I decided it. Instead, I would like to write about other essential question I kept asking to myself:
Why do I learn other languages?
And Below are 10 reasons to that question (in my case).
There are many people who wrote on the same topic, and I agree with some of them and not with others, but I wanted to keep the record for myself and ideally for others, too.
1. Job
Everyone writes about this and I totally agree (e.g. without English and Spanish, I could not have worked in Mongolia and Chile respectively )
2. Gather information
The more languages you know, the more you tend to get more specific locally relevant information (book, online, TV, etc.).
3. Traveling
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4. Good for Brain
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5. Learn about your language/culture
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7. Having things to do
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9. Learn to learn
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10. Meeting new people
I put this at last deliberately, since for me, this is one of the most important things. Without doubt, knowing language provides you more opportunities to meet new people.
Usually, I don't think about all of the above (probably #8 and #10 are more often than others).
This time, I learned that:
There are many reasons to learn other languages, but most important ones for me are to feel the joy of learning and meeting new people.


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Free Press, Others Hold Rally to Protest Google-Verizon Deal
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Free Press, ColorofChange.org, and other consumer groups held a rally at Google headquarters on Friday, protesting the company's proposed net neutrality plan with Verizon.
The proposal, protesters claimed, will create a two- or multi-tier Internet, which would favor established media giants, freezing out startups and the average consumer.
The protest, which attracted between 30 and 50 people, was originally organized by Free Press, one of the consumer groups that has protested the relationship between the two companies.
Protesters submitted a list of what organizers said was 300,000 signatures of people opposed to the proposed arrangement, which would allow Google and Verizon the freedom to add new services on the Internet that would not be constrained by network neutrality policies. The wireless industry would also be exempt from net neutrality, a term used to describe a world in which every Internet service and Web site is given equal weight and equal priority over the others.
Google public-relations representatives appeared and said they would accept the signatures inside Googles headquarters, which they later did. Google is also accepting comments on the proposal on its public policy blog.
Protesters gathered at a small public park near one of the buildings on the Google campus at around noon on Friday. A splinter group from RagingGrannies.com formed elsewhere on the campus, distracting reporters and some protest-goers with their vintage formal outfits.
Once it began, however, the protest mimicked the language of other protests, from the chants "What do want? Net neutrality! When do we want it? Now!" and repeated chants of "Don't be evil!" to signs and placards that echoed the "Don't be evil" slogan.
Jenn Ettinger, a media coordinator from Free Press who served as the unofficial coordinator of the rally, explained that Google came into being on the back of net neutrality, so shutting the door on it now unfairly hurts others. Free Press chartered a bus that drove down from San Francisco with about a dozen protesters on board.
The Internet is different from radio or TV because, on the Internet, we can say whatever we want to say and see whatever we want to see, and that's the way it should remain, Ettinger sad.
Many Americans don't even have broadband, said Greg Slepak, one of the protesters. In rural areas, he said, it's often cheaper and easier to build wireless towers. But the Google and Verizon proposal would give unfair preference to some over others.
Google owes its existence to the openness of the Internet, he said.
James Rucker, executive director of ColorofChange.org, said he did not want to see the Internet turn into something like broadcast TV or even radio, where companies that don't pay licensing fees are relegated to a secondary position. History tells us that companies only do things when motivated by money or regulated by the government, he said.
The protest itself attracted a number of people from all walks of life, from an anti-war cancer survivor to a number of students and people who identified themselves as private citizens. Justin Papa, a student at San Francisco State University, said that the Google-Verizon protest was the first protest he had ever attended.
"I'm here to support the cause," Papa said. "I don't want to be constrained."
"I use the Internet every day, and I want it to get better, not worse," Papa added.
The RagingGrannies.com group was originally formed as a social movement focused on ecological issues, but sees its mission as one designed to protect the powerless, said Robin Weamans, an attorney and, yes, a grandmother.
"The Internet is the greatest tool of democracy that ever existed," Weamans said.
Among the chants from RagingGrannies was a song set to the tune of "My Darling Clementine."
"Oh my darling, Oh my darling, oh my darling FCC. Keep computers safe from foxes. Equal access is the key," they sang.
The protest wrapped up in about an hour. The tone was pleasant, with no confrontations with Google security, who politely asked protesters not to block the driveway, a request with which protestors complied. After it ended, the Free Press bus pulled out, Googlers continued to ride their cruiser bikes around the campus, and hikers enjoying a late lunch dotted the nearby hill.


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text: CCR5 Chemokine Receptor Polymorphism in Patients With HIV-1 From Western IndiaShankarkumar, Aruna PhD; Shankarkumar, Umapathy PhD; Ghosh, Kanjaksha MDJAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes: June 1st, 2011 - Volume 57 - Issue 2 - p e21-e21 doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182172d03 Letter to the Editor Free SDC Author InformationAuthors Article OutlineOutline Article MetricsMetrics National Institute of Immunohaematology, KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India REFERENCES To the Editors: AIDS is a set of symptoms and infections resulting from the damage to the human immune system caused by HIV. The rate of disease progression depends on viral characteristics and host factors. Entry of HIV-1 into target cells requires both CD4 and chemokine receptors. A 32-nucleotide deletion (Δ32) within the β-chemokine CCR5 gene has been described in HIV-1 subjects who remain uninfected. We investigated the frequency of Δ32 deletion in CCR5 among HIV-1-infected patients and normal uninfected healthy individuals belonging to the same ethnic background. A total of 251 samples comprised 161 patients with HIV-1 and 90 normal healthy individuals from the same ethnic group. Genomic DNA from patients and control subjects was extracted and amplified for CCR5 gene segment using polymerase chain reaction. Amplified products were analyzed on 12% acrylamide gel, which yielded an 189-bp fragment for the wild-type allele and 157-bp fragment for the deleted (mutant) allele. Our results revealed patients with HIV-1 were homozygotous for ccr5Δ32 deletion (6.21%) and heterozygous for ccr5Δ32 deletion (0.67%) compared with 6.66% and 0%, respectively, in control subjects (Table 1). Genetic susceptibility to HIV infection has proven to be influenced by chemokine receptor gene polymorphisms culturing on chomosome 3p21. The chemokine receptors CCR2V64I, CCR5-Delta 32, CCR5 m303, CXCR4,(-2459)A CCR5, G190A CCR2,744A, CX3CR1, C838T, and SDF1-3A have been implicated in HIV. Homozygocity for the CCR5 (delta32/delta32) gene is associated with strong resistance against HIV infection. Hetrozygocity for CCR5 (delta32/wt) is associated with protection of HIV disease progression. Global survey for this genotype has revealed that 13% of whites have this mutant allele, whereas in Africans, Eurasians, and Indians, the allele ranges from 5% to 10%.1 The CCR5 delta is a heterozygous deletion in Slovakian patients with HIV-1 (15.4%)2 and heterozygous deletion in white patients with HIV ( 17.5%) and in Polish patients with HIV-1 (16.1%).1 The CCR5 delta32 homozygous deletion is reported in a single German seroconverter,3 not identified in North Indians,4 but identified (6.21%) in our present investigation from Western Indians. Studies revealed that a second mutation in CCR5 that is a single base pair mutation, m303, introduces a stop codon that prevents cell surface expression of a functional CCR5 receptor. A recent study reported the CCR5Delta32 (2.8%) and CCR5m303 (0%) allele polymorphisms among Bahraini population.5 Considering the ethnicity of the Indian subcontinent, CCR5 gene studies in patients with HIV-1 from other parts of India will give us more information. Our study shows that the CCR5 allele frequency varies in different ethnic groups and 7.84% of the patients with HIV-1 have not been protected although they have the presence of the homo- or heterozygous ccr532bp deletion. TABLE 1 Aruna Shankarkumar, PhD Umapathy Shankarkumar, PhD Kanjaksha Ghosh, MD National Institute of Immunohaematology, KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, IndiaBack to Top | Article Outline REFERENCES 1. Parczewski M, Leszezszyn-Pynka M, Kaczmarczyk M, et al. Sequence variants of chemokine receptor genes and susceptibility to HIV-1 infection J Appl Genet. 2009;50:159-166. Cited Here... 2. Takacova M, Nogava P, Habekova M, et al. Prevalence of 32 bp deletion in the gene for human immunodeficiency virus1 co-receptor ccr5 in Slovak population. Acta Virol. 2008;52:261-264. Cited Here... | PubMed 3. Oh DY, Jessen H, Kucherer C, et al. CCR5Delta32 genotypes in German HIV-1 seroconverter cohort and report of HIV-1 infection in a CCR5delta 32 homozygous individual. PLoS One. 2008;3:e2747. Cited Here... | PubMed 4. Kaur G, Singh P, Rapthap CC, et al. Polymorphism in the CCR5 gene promoter and HIV-1 infection in North Indians. Hum Immunol. 2007;68:454-461. Cited Here... | PubMed | CrossRef 5. Salem AH, Farid E, Fadel R, et al. Distribution of four HIV type 1- resistance polymorphisms (CCR5-Delta32, CCR5-m3o3, CCR2-64I and SDF-3′A) in Bahraini population. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2009;25:973-977. Cited Here... | PubMed | CrossRef © 2011 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.


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The U.S. corporate default rate continues to climb and is now at a more than 6-year high
After a default, what a bondholder receives, and when they receive it, is unknown in advance
An investor may attempt to sell a defaulted bond in the secondary market or hold it through the bankruptcy process, but the proceeds would likely be far less than the bond's original value
With the U.S. corporate default rate at a more than 6-year high, a growing number of investors may be wondering what they should do if their bond issuer is unable to repay its debts.
Unfortunately, the answer isn't always straightforward. There are, however, several things corporate bond investors should know.
Reasons leading to a default may differ and can affect the restructuring and repayment process. What bond holders receive after the default—and when they receive it—can vary significantly. And any recovery proceeds may come in different forms, including as a newly issued bond, and the process can take anywhere from a few months to several years. Below we'll discuss what investors need to know when their corporate bond defaults.
Defaults have been on the rise
Since bottoming at 1.4% in July 2014, the trailing 12-month speculative-grade default rate rose to 5.1% in December 2016.1 However, much of the rise is due to issuers in the energy and natural resource sectors, as the sharp drop in commodity prices over the past few years has weighed on their cash flows. The default rate for energy and natural resource issuers hit 27% in December, the highest reading ever for those two sectors combined. Excluding commodity-related bonds, the default rate has only risen modestly to 2.4% over the past few years and is still below the long-term average of 4.3%.
With the default rate still rising, the risk of holding an individual bond that defaults is still high, so investors need to be aware of what a bond default means for bondholders.
The default rate keeps rising
Source: Standard and Poor's Trailing 12-Month Speculative-Grade Corporate Default Rate, December 2016. S&P conducts its default studies on the basis of groupings called static pools. For the purpose of the study, S&P forms static pools by grouping issuers by rating category at the beginning of each year that the CreditPro database covers. Each static pool is followed from that point forward. All companies included in the study are assigned to one or more static pools. When an issuer defaults, S&P assigns that default all the way back to all of the static pools to which the issuer belonged. S&P calculates annual default rates for each static pool, first in units and later as percentages with respect to the number of issuers in each rating category.
The basics of a default
What do we mean by "default"? Credit rating agencies define default a few ways, but for many individual investors, what matters is when a company files for bankruptcy protection. Issuers under financial stress, such as those facing liquidity or solvency concerns, may consider Chapter 7 or Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. What investors get after the bankruptcy process can vary considerably.
A company that files Chapter 11 bankruptcy receives protection from creditors and time to restructure its obligations. Once the bankruptcy process is completed and the restructuring plans are approved in court, the corporation "emerges" as a newly organized and restructured company. The restructured corporation is usually in better financial shape, with less debt than before the bankruptcy proceedings. Depending on the size and complexity of the bankruptcy, this process can take a few months to several years.
Chapter 7 is more of a "last resort" option. Rather than restructuring, a Chapter 7 bankruptcy means the corporation ceases operations and liquidates its assets. As the corporation sells its assets—sometimes at very depressed prices—the proceeds are used to pay off its creditors, which includes bondholders. Like a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it can take a long time for bondholders to receive any proceeds from a Chapter 7 filing. The order of payment can vary. Corporate bond holders are often below government taxes, bank loans and other creditors like employees and suppliers. But they are ahead of preferred and common stockholders.
There are other ways that bonds can "default," according to credit rating agencies like Moody's and Standard and Poor's. If a corporation breaks one of its covenants, that can trigger a default.2 The rating agencies also consider a "distressed debt exchange" a default.3 These types of defaults may not have a significant impact on individual bond investors since they may not need to go through court proceedings, and individual investors are usually excluded from distressed debt exchanges.
What happens to holders of corporate bonds that default?
Unfortunately, what happens to bondholders after a default isn't always easy to answer. As discussed above, bankruptcy processes can take a long time. More often than not, however, bonds of issuers facing financial difficulties will drop in price as investors become concerned with the issuer's ability to make timely interest and principal payments. A drop in price doesn't always lead to a default, however, and prices could rebound.
When a firm does file for Chapter 7 or Chapter 11, what bondholders "recover" can vary significantly. Recovery is what a bondholder ultimately receives from holding a defaulted bond. Unfortunately, both the ultimate recovery value and how long it will take to actually receive the recovery value are unknown in advance. Most importantly, the recovery is often less than the $1,000 par value of the bond. In other words, it's unlikely that an investor would "recover" what the bond was originally worth.
It's not just the value of the proceeds that can vary, but how investors are compensated. It's usually not as simple as just receiving a cash payment in lieu of the defaulted bonds. Since Chapter 11 results in a newly organized company, holders of the defaulted bonds usually receive some sort of new securities as proceeds. The proceeds may consist of new bonds, an equity stake in the company, equity warrants, or some combination of those options.3 In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, bondholders often receive cash proceeds as the issuer liquidates its assets. The proceeds may come in installments, as various assets are liquidated, and this can take a very long time. For both types of bankruptcies, recovery is often well below the defaulted bond's $1,000 par value.
This chart illustrates that what bondholders eventually receive can vary and is often well below the amount that many investors may have initially invested. "Ultimate recovery" is the value that creditors realize at the resolution of the default event. In other words, it's the value of the proceeds if the defaulted bond is held through all of the court proceedings.
Ultimate recovery values often tend to be well below initial par values
Source: Moody's Investors Services. "Annual Default Study: Corporate Default and Recovery Rates, 1920-2015," February 29, 2016. Ultimate recovery is the value creditors realize at the resolution of the default event. For example, for issuers filing for bankruptcy, the ultimate recovery is the present value of the cash and/or securities that the creditors actually receive when the issuer exits bankruptcy, typically 1-2 years following the initial default date.
Key points to be aware of when a corporate bond you own defaults:
- The time until ultimate recovery is unknown. Some restructurings are done relatively quickly, while the restructuring process for more complex issuers could take several years.
- The defaulted bond won't act like a bond anymore. Bonds are often purchased for the income payments they provide. Since defaulted bonds no longer make coupon payments, investors are stuck holding non-interest bearing investments with an unknown recovery value and unknown recovery date.
- Credit ratings can be important. If a bond has been downgraded, its likelihood of default may have risen. Consider the outlook for the issuer, and consider selling the bond in the secondary market if the issuer's financial condition worsens. Note that the market for lower-rated issues is less liquid, and sometimes considerably less liquid, than more conservative, high quality fixed income investments.
- The bankruptcy process can be time consuming. Investors will likely need to deal with legal paperwork and may need to vote on certain provisions related to the court proceedings. If this may seem too complex and burdensome, investors may want to consider selling their bonds—likely at a lower price—in the secondary market.
The bottom line
Unfortunately, dealing with a defaulted bond isn't very straightforward. But investors do have a couple of options:
- Continue to hold the defaulted bond through the bankruptcy proceedings. But how much bondholders receive, and when they receive it, is unknown in advance.
- Sell the bond in the secondary market. You'll get a known amount and won't need to be concerned with the bankruptcy proceedings. Selling a defaulted bond before the restructuring process is over can lead to more or less than what may have been received if the bond was held through the restructuring process.
1 When discussing the default rate, we are always referring to the speculative-grade, or high-yield, default rate.
2 A covenant is a legal agreement that defines what the issuer can or cannot do over the life of the bond. For example, a bond covenant might include a restriction on the issuer's ability to take on additional debt, since a rising amount of debt may make the issuer less creditworthy.
3 A distressed debt exchange occurs when an issuer may be facing financial difficulties, which sends its bond prices lower. The issuer may then offer to "tender" the bonds at a price above the price that the bonds trade at in the secondary market, but below the par value. According to the credit rating agencies, this is generally viewed as a default since the issuer has redeemed an obligation at a price below the previously promised price.
4 An equity warrant gives the warrant owner the right, but not the obligation, to buy an equity security at a certain price before the warrant's expiration. Warrants tend to have longer expirations dates than equity call options.
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The five locations of Cincinnati-based Fabulous Frames & Art are having the annual anniversary sale, with discounts of 10-80% on many different framed prints, photographs, and original paintings. The selection varies by location; here are examples of what you might find when you stop by one of our five conveniently located galleries!
Patriotic Images by Rod Chase on the Fourth of July
Happy Independence Day from Fabulous Frames & Art! To celebrate this patriotic occasion, stop by our downtown Cincinnati gallery to see our display of patriotic prints by the esteemed contemporary photorealist painter Rod Chase.
Artistic Depictions of Winter
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It is a picture of two fine young newlyweds — a tall, handsome, wholesome young bridegroom and a sweet not-so-tall young bride. They have stars in their eyes — stars of eternal hope and happiness.
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Theirs is the hope of eternal living and learning and loving together — an ideal — an eternal "togetherness" of parents and children in the old hallowed patriarchal pattern, consecrated and enriched by the blessings of a loving and eternal Father in Heaven so long as love and faith and fidelity shall endure.
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Lovely young Mary Loring, her nurse's training behind her, came home to the north country for two reasons–one, to help the people in this vast wilderness land; the other, locked in her heart, to work with young Dr. Ken Shannon who was coming back here to start his practice.
But when Ken stepped off the plane, beside him was a beautiful, titian-haired bride. Now Mary wanted only to escape — from this man she could never have, from her beloved north country that would always remind her of him.
It took a startling confession from Ken, and a danger-fulled mercy flight with a devil-may-care pilot named Eddie Garrett, to show Mary that she didn't have to run away–that a girl doesn't always know the secrets of her own heart…
There's a lot to love about this book. First, there's the cover, with Nurse Mary Loring's crisp white uniform seemingly unaffected by the ash and soot spewing out of the blazing inferno behind her.
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She turned to a brilliant young doctor for help and found true love as well.
Psychiatric nurse Kathryn Kilburn could read most people like a book. An emotional problem in someone else was something she could heal.
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She thought she knew her own mind. Three years' training at Updale had taught her more than to sign her name "Carolyn Cutler, R.N." But now she was a successful nurse on private duty–and her problems were far from medical. They were:
Dr. Livingston: Carolyn had idealized him while she was in training. In fact they had considered themselves engaged. Now she wasn't sure whether she loved him as a man or as a surgeon.
Derek Williams: Carolyn's employer–a young widower. Her love for him contained a strong mixture of pity.
Bill Hamilton: Impetuous, red-headed playboy. His only claim to fame was a long series of breach-of-promise suits. To Carolyn his actions were dubious, his charm devilish.
The three men were quite a problem. They all wanted to marry Carolyn.