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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Some Thoughts on Historians and Advocacy
Today, though, I wanted to address an entirely different topic--namely, the role of legal historians as advocates, an issue raised for me by Justice Scalia's dissent in the recent decision in Arizona v. U.S. The dissent attracted attention (at least until Thursday) for its critique of the Obama administration's immigration policy, but I was struck by its heavy reliance on historical argument, even for an originalist like Scalia. Parts invoked strange counterfactuals, like Scalia's assertion that the delegates to the convention would have run to the exits when confronted with the prospect of an exclusive federal power to limit immigration (an unlikely fear when states were anxious to attract, not exclude, immigrants). But it also rested on more solid ground, in particular drawing heavily from Gerald Neumann's article on the "Lost Century of Immigration Law." (My sense is that Neumann's account of antebellum immigration policy is respected and influential; my adviser steered me to it to crib for a lecture on the history of immigration in a legal history survey.)
My point is not to critique Justice Scalia's historical claim about state authority, nor to evaluate the argumentative leap from the descriptive conclusion that states regulated aspects of immigration in antebellum America to the normative conclusion that their continued exercise of this authority does not conflict with federal policy. What struck me was that Scalia's historical argument went unchallenged, either by the majority or by an amicus brief by legal historians. (I haven't read all the amici, so it's possible others made a historical argument; the United States did not in its brief, apart from a couple citiations to the Federalist). Scalia lost, so it wasn't necessary to rebut him; still, his reliance on states' antebellum regulation efforts, which Neumann and others have recognized were heavily intertwined with race and slavery, and the omission of any mention of the Reconstruction amendments, left his claims open to an easy line of criticism.
Many legal academics I've talked to are sometimes frustrated by historians' unwillingness to give them what they want--namely, a useable past that can be used in advocacy, and, particularly for those of a liberal bent, to challenge the arguments advanced by conservative originalists. And my coclerk asked me why historians criticize decisions after the fact, rather than try to influence them during deliberation.
These criticisms are somewhat unfair, since historians do file amicus briefs, particularly in prominent cases: for instance, in Heller, in Lawrence, and this term, in Kiobel (among others). And there are good reasons for historians to abstain from advocacy in certain cases. Besides the general concern about the distorting effect of advocacy on scholarship, briefs rarely capture the complexity that good history depicts. Historically oriented cases also attract briefs by historians on both sides, in a sort of arms race that may end--at least in the mind of a non-historically-trained outsider--as a wash. Finally, it may not be effective: much compelling historical scholarship on legal issues has had little effect on the direction of jurisprudence.
Despite these caveats, I feel that legal historians have an obligation to speak up during some of these debates. Since we have a foot in both methodologies, we are especially well-positioned to craft legally convincing historical arguments, in a field where history matters. And there is no shortage of ideologues of all stripes who will peddle pseudo-scholarship and much-maligned "law office history" to achieve their desired results. As someone who studies the history of Indian law--where history plays such an important role and yet is often poorly understood--I feel this responsibility particularly keenly.
I would love to hear the views of readers on this topic in the comments, particularly if (unlike myself) they have experience in employing their scholarship in public debates.
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- Josh Stein said...
You raise some great issues. I'm actually working on a study of historians' amicus briefs. Suffice to say, they are most successful when there is a narrowly defined historical issue they can address. There's definitely some handwringing over professional integrity, advocacy, etc.
- July 3, 2012 at 10:45:00 AM EDT
I'm a lawyer and I have a grad degree in international relations. I practice criminal defense and immigration. I read this blog everyday and consider myself an avid reader of legal history.
Before I really start blabbing, let me just say that it is often very easy to tell who has practiced law and who hasn't, not that this is always important. Generally, and I can only speak to criminal and immigration law, there is an obvious lack of courtroom relevance to a lot of stuff that gets published.
I can either use it in a courtroom or I can't. And if I can't, well, it can sit on my bookshelf in silence. If you can't publish something that helps change a profoundly broken system blah blah blah what's the point? Otherwise, you're just talking to your learned friends while downing cheap wine and bland cheese.
Whenever possible, I integrate history into my advocacy, though it may not be evident to opposing counsel or the judge. Recently, I handled an asylum case involving a woman who was kidnapped by a Contra in Honduras in the early 80s. She was not able to leave for over 25 years!! Without a doubt, my knowledge of US foreign policy toward this region and the devastation wrought by that policy informed almost every aspect of my approach to this case. We won!!
I also used that knowledge to articulate an argument that would have overturned a significant amount of case law. Unfortunately, I was not able to pin down my expert. I continue to search for an asylum case that will allow me to make this argument. When that happens, I will almost certainly need someone, an "expert witness," to help me make this argument. The point is, not surprisingly, attorneys use legal history to advocate on a regular basis. Legal historians do not, and I think this is unfortunate.
I suppose it depends on what the purpose of your scholarship is. If you simply want to reconstruct history and have a conversation with other legal historians, and to remain irrelevant to the outside world, stay "objective" and "neutral" or "concern[ed] about the distorting effect of advocacy on scholarship[.]" But that does not have to be the case.
Take the Summer 2010 issue of Daedalus, "On Mass Incarceration." There are some great articles inside, but, in my opinion, only "Class, race & hyperincarceration in revanchist America" by Loic Wacquant captures what happens in criminal courts across the US on a daily basis. Whatever that guy is doing in terms of research and advocacy needs to be reproduced. I could have written that, but, somehow, I don't know how, this guy captured reality AND got published.
Anywho, cheers, I love your blog.
- July 3, 2012 at 12:13:00 PM EDT
- Greg Ablavsky said...
I hope I didn't accidentally steal your thunder for next month! If so, I apologize. But I look forward to reading your study when it comes out.
- July 3, 2012 at 12:15:00 PM EDT
- Karen Tani said...
Michael Grossberg penned some thoughts on this back in 2010: http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/grossberg-on-historian-as-amicus.html
Tomiko's more recent musings on historians and public advocacy are here:
- July 3, 2012 at 12:52:00 PM EDT
- Josh Stein said...
Thunder is not stolen, Greg! But I do think I'll muse on some of my findings here. And the resources that Karen mentions are definitely worth checking out.
- July 3, 2012 at 1:02:00 PM EDT
Great post! I have been thinking about this issue in the context of India's constitutional jurisprudence. There are interesting parallels to be drawn between Lawrence and India's anti-sodomy decision in 2009. In the latter, there were no scholars appearing as amici, both parties used historical texts in their argument. Perhaps due to the difference in the way the constitutional court process plays out? I am working on seeing how legal procedure shapes how useable pasts are.
Legal history also plays an key role in the colonial continuities debates and is often employed in legal reform projects, campaigns and such like (the repeal of sedition laws in India comes to mind).
- July 8, 2012 at 8:36:00 AM EDT


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The Central Connecticut football team announced the addition of 17 players for the 2013 season on National Signing Day. Six of the players have already enrolled in CCSU for the spring semester and 11 are current high school seniors that signed a National Letter of Intent today.
Information on each of the student-athletes can be found below.
At halftime of Thursday night's men's basketball game, head coach Jeff McInerney will recap the recruiting class with Bruce Biel and Marc Robins on Fox Sports Radio 1410. The basketball game will tip-off at 7 p.m.
You can also see Coach Mac's thoughts on his twitter account: @JmFireUp_
Here is a list and some information on the new members of the CCSU football team who enrolled for the spring semester, are currently taking classes, and will participate in spring practice.
Timothy Morovick – 6-2/210 – QB – Hemet, CA/Mount San Jacinto College – Jr.
Morovick comes to New Britain following two seasons of football in junior college…Morovick holds his high school's career records for passing yards and passing touchdowns…Was a First Team All-Conference selection in high school and was his team's offensive MVP in 2008 and 2009…Also wrestled and played baseball in high school…Earned several honors as a baseball player.
Jevon Elmore – 5-10/175 – DB – New London, CT/United States Military Academy Prep – Fr.
Elmore played high school football for New London High School and was a Connecticut Class L All-State selection…He was also named Defensive MPV of the annual Connecticut/Rhode Island Governor's Cup game last spring…Earned three All-ECC and two All-Area selections in football…Was also an accomplished track athlete winning the Connecticut Class MM 100 meters…Originally committed to the United States Military Academy and attend USMA Prep in the Fall of 2012…Elmore on choosing CCSU: "I wanted to bring my talents back home."
Joseph Scelzo – 6-3/325 – DT – Staten Island, NY/Tottenville – Fr.
Scelzo played high school football at Tottenville on Staten Island in New York City…He was a First Team All-City and First Team All-Borough selection…Also earned Second Team All-State honors…Scelzo on choosing CCSU: "I heard good things about this program, and that made me very interested in going to CCSU."
Brenden Lytton – 5-10/198 – RB – Torrington, CT/Milford Academy – Fr.
Lytton played football at Milford Academy during the Fall of 2012 and prior to that he attended Torrington High School…While at Torrington, Lytton earned All-State honors in 2010 and 2011 for his performance on the football field…He also earned All-League honors in football both of those seasons…Scored a Connecticut State record nine touchdowns in a single-game…Also rushed for 430 yards in a single-game…All-State track athlete as well…Lytton on choosing CCSU: "I decided to come to CCSU because it has so much to offer me as a student and an athlete."
Paul Spada – 6-5/284 – OL – Rocky Hill, CT/Rocky Hill – Fr.
Spada played high school football at nearby Rocky Hill…He was an All-State selection in high school and earned a pair of All-Conference honors…Also earned Hartford Courant honorable mention and served as team captain for two seasons…An accomplished thrower for the Rocky Hill track and field squad…Spada on choosing CCSU: "When touring campus, I immediately felt comfortable and at home. I appreciated the new lecture halls and I thought the sports facilities were top notch. The staff made it clear that education was their utmost priority, which is important to me."
Patrick Miranda – 5-11/208 – LB – Pawtucket, RI/Jireh Prep (NC) – Fr.
A stand out high school student-athlete, Miranda earned All-Conference honors each season from his sophomore campaign to his senior year moving from third team as a sophomore to first team as a senior…He was also the voted the team's most valuable player as a senior...Was an All-League Academic Team selection as a senior…Voted the most inspirational player on the team…Served as team captain.
Here is the list of signees who will join the Blue Devils beginning in the fall of 2013.
Julian Grant – 6-0/195 – S – Orlando, FL/Olympia – Fr.
Grant played football at Olympia High School in Orlando, Florida for head coach Bob Head…Grant was named Most Outstanding Player on his team.
Kenny Thomas – 6-1/210 – LB – Baltimore, MD/Archbishop Curley – Fr.
Earned Small School All-State honors in high school and was a two-year All-Conference selection…Was a Maryland Crab Bowl All-Star and a Baltimore Touchdown Club All-Star and "Super 22" team member…Served as a team captain and received the Maryland Army National Guard Leadership Award. Thomas on choosing CCSU: "I chose CCSU because I feel as though I can further my education there and also take my football talents to the next level."
Jonah Dorsey – 6-5/285 – OT – Newington, CT/Xavier – Fr.
A native of Newington, Connecticut, Dorsey played his high school football at Xavier Prep…His play on the offensive line helped Xavier to a state title in 2012…Was an honorable mention by the Hartford Courant and received an invitation to the Governor's Cup…Dorsey on choosing CCSU: "I like the coaches, facilities and their tradition of excelling in their conference. I was also impressed with the academic support systems and the campus."
Keir Minor – 6-2/195 – SS – Newark, NJ/Barringer – Fr.
A Newark, New Jersey native, Minor played high school ball at Barringer…While there he earned First Team All-County honors on offense and defense…Minor on choosing CCSU: "The coaching staff, the players, the campus, everything makes me feel like I'm at home."
Darick Orange – 6-1/280 – DT – Hampton, CT/Windham RVT – Fr.
A Hampton, Connecticut native, Orange was a two-time All-State selection and two-time All-Conference selection at Windham RVT High School…He also earned All-Area honors…Was selected as the "Lineman of the Year" and received the "Unsung Hero" Award…Orange on choosing CCSU: "Every little boys dream is to play sports forever, and if you can play a Division I sport than you're considered to have "made it." Because of CCSU, I have "made it," dream fulfilled."
Xavier Jenkins – 6-0/165 – SS/WR – Easton, PA/Easton Area – Fr.
A native of Easton, Pennsylvania, Jenkins was a two-year captain of his varsity football team…He was also selected to the Express Area Times Second Team Defense…Jenkins on choosing CCSU: "I chose CCSU because from the time I stepped foot on the campus I felt at home, whether it was academically or athletically. I knew I could be successful and the welcome from the coaches just made me that much more secure my decision."
Lance Ormsby – 6-2/210 – DE – Windsor, CT/Windsor – Fr.
Ormsby a native of Windsor, Connecticut, played football at Windsor High School…While at Windsor he was an All-Conference selection…Ormsby on choosing CCSU: "I chose CCSU because I can receive a good education, along with a good campus and student life…After visiting the campus, I felt comfortable with the coaching staff and football team."
Robert "Quinn" Fleeting – 6-0 – QB – Windsor, CT/Windsor – Fr.
Fleeting a Windsor, Connecticut native was named All-State by the New Haven Register, Hartford Courant and the Connecticut High School Coaches Association as a senior…Earned All-Central Connecticut Conference honors in 2011 and 2012…Was his team's offensive most valuable player and most outstanding player…Also and All-Academic Team selection…Fleeting on choosing CCSU: "CCSU is a good fit for me…I am looking forward to coming in, working hard and competing. Go Blue Devils!"
Elijah Thompson – 6-4/270 – DL – Austin, TX/James Bowie – Fr.
Thompson comes to CCSU from Austin, TX, where he earned All-District honors as a junior and senior…He was also named 15-5A District Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore…As a senior Thompson claimed Defensive Lineman of the Year honors…He also received the "Tom Landry Award"…As a high school wrestler he earned All-American honors…Thompson on choosing CCSU: "I chose CCSU because I strongly believed in the coaches, loved the campus atmosphere and wanted to compete on the Division I level and win a championship."
Lorenzo Herman - 6-0/200 - LB - Memphis, TN/Memphis Central - Fr.
Herman played high school football at Memphis Central for head coach Lynord Crutchfield…Was named to the 2012-13 All-District Team…Herman on choosing CCSU: "CCSU felt like my home away from home. The bond I made with the coaches, players and student body were strong as if I've known them for years! Go CCSU! GO Blue Devils!"
David Campbell - 5-10/180 - DB - Bloomfield, CT/Bloomfield - Fr.
Campbell played running back and defensive back at Bloomfield High School...He is also an accomplished sprinter for his school's track team.

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A provocative and insightful exhibit, "Virtuoso Illusion" at the MIT List Visual Arts Center explores how a new generation of photographers and videographers are using cross-dressing as a metaphoric lens to subvert familiar ideas about personality, gender roles and social norms.
As a strategy to play forbidden roles, get laughs or erase gender boundaries, cross-dressing has appealed to people as wildly different as Joan of Arc, Monty Python and RuPaul.
And if Oscar Wilde was right about life imitating art, then Shakespeare's heroines in drag and Dustin Hoffman's "Tootsie" have set the stage for cross-dressers with video cameras to turn their fashion choices into new kinds of cinema.
Lights. Cameras. Bend genders.
A provocative and insightful exhibit, "Virtuoso Illusion," explores how a new generation of photographers and videographers are using cross-dressing as a metaphoric lens to subvert familiar ideas about personality, gender roles and social norms.
Hosted by the List Visual Arts Center of MIT, it is sometimes profound, often profoundly funny and occasionally disturbing. And it's occasionally kinky and tedious in equal degrees.
Subtitled "Cross-Dressing and the New Media Avant-Garde," it runs through April 4.
Guest curator Michael Rush astutely organized this group show by combining a historical overview of cross-dressing with videos in which actors in drag propel the narratives to dizzying extremes.
The former curator of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, Rush is author of "Video Art," an in-depth study of a booming art form.
Spanning nearly a century, "Virtuoso Illusion" features groundbreaking works by Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, film and photos of Andy Warhol, and plenty of contemporary avant-garde artists, including photographers Matthew Barney and Yasumasa Morimura and videographers Kalup Linzy and Ryan Trecartin.
Don't come expecting impressionist haystacks or Winslow Homer's white-clad ladies moping about sand dunes. Rush sends visitors on a walk through art's wild side into screening rooms where videos on repeating loops spin a parallel universe without gender certainties.
Be prepared for murderous dwarves in dirndls and women with moustaches, a little bondage and a campy multiscreen version of Oscar Wilde's "Dorian Gray" that feels longer than the novel.
In a post-Tootsie world where Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wears a pink tutu in "The Tooth Fairy," still photos of cross-dressers have lost their power to shock.
In "Manon as Edgar," Swiss performance artist Manon might pass for a younger Gore Vidal in a nice suit. There's nothing very new or insightful when Morimura inserts himself, naked, in red heels and a poorly fitting blonde wig, into Manet's "Olympia."
The photo of Chinese performance artist Ma Liuming in drag as his androgynous alternate persona, Fen-Ma Liuming, is conventional. Unlike most artists in the show, he has been threatened and imprisoned for boldly challenging government censors and his art, at least, involves genuine risk.
With videos running simultaneously in mid-sized rooms, the List Gallery has been reconfigured so it resembles the peep booths in the old Combat Zone with flickering images and noise filtering out into common space.
In an unlikely way, this show is more fun than most museum exhibits because it lacks the pomposity and elitism of self-pronounced high art.
Indeed, some phonies make videos about cross-dressing, but they're still more fun than the phonies who make installations about their "process" from "found art."
When Man Ray photographed Duchamp in 1921 as his female alter-ego Rrose Selavy, they were baiting the bourgeoisie and asserting the fluidity of personal identity at a time that was rarely done.
A lesser-known photographer, Lucy Schwob transformed herself in 1928 into the androgynous figure she called Claude Cahun and continued to exhibit as that persona for decades.
While it looks relatively tame today, in retrospect Duchamp and Schwob may have shattered more cultural taboos than many of the contemporary video artists in the show.
In his hilarious video "Conversations wit de Churen III: Da Young & Da Mess," Kalup Linzy plays all roles as a cross-dressing drama queen with a wispy moustache and hairy chest. He might be satirizing soap operas or nudging viewers into rethinking old stereotypes about race and gender.
Sometimes, as in Ryan Trecartin's 31-minute Quicktime movie, "K-Corea INC. K," action and dialogue outstrip conventional understanding. A roomful of young blondes who resemble a strange fusing of Marcia Brady and Britney Spears screech and move about as if the tape is running too fast.
Watching most anything on fast-forward can look funny. But Trecartin's meaning or intentions remain beyond our reach.
As Forest Gump might have said, "Creepy is as creepy does."
A few artists straddle the border between innovation and excess. Just a couple of videos are downright disturbing.
In a 1981 video "Self Portrait in Drag," Warhol stares vacantly into the camera as a cosmetician slathers layers of gooey makeup on his face as if embalming a zombie. With his pale skin and white hair, in a series of Polaroids Warhol resembles the unhealthy love child of Joan Rivers and David Bowie.
In some ways, Warhol's pronouncement that "drag is the ultimate expression of artificiality" seems to fly in the face of several artists in the show who treat cross-dressing as a expression of personal freedom to be whoever or whatever they want.
Instead of creating polymorphous characters, Harriet "Harry" Dodge and Stanya Kahn have populated their weird 26-minute video "All Together Now" with hooded figures who seem to inhabit a post-apocalyptic world of people riding piggyback on each other and collecting dead animals.
Of all the photographers and videographers in the show, Polish artist Katarzyna Kozyra has made the most coherent work in her dark, hilarious 20-minute movie "Summertale," which turns the fairy tale "Snow White" into a bloody sexual psychodrama.
Five blonde female midgets wearing what appear to be Swiss costumes frolic about in their lush garden. Without warning, a trio of weird characters, a drag queen, an opera singer and Kozyra as Snow White, hatch from giant mushrooms.
When the previously gentle midgets discover the drag queen's true gender, carnage ensues.
Turning the Brothers Grimm and Walt Disney on their ears, Kozyra has transformed reassuring but outdated "Snow White" into a dysfunctional myth for our times.
The MIT List Visual Arts Center is in the Wiesner Building, 20 Ames St., at the eastern edge of the MIT campus in Cambridge.
The gallery is open noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and noon to 8 p.m. Thursday.
For information, call 617-253-4680 or visit listart.mit.edu.
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There's no good day to throw lit firecrackers on the White House lawn. But Monday, the day of a tragic mass murder at the Washington Navy Yard, is definitely one of the worst.
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A new "express" bus service now links Südkreuz train station in Berlin with Schönefeld Airport. Price: 6 euros, 4 euros with any BVG ticket, 3 euros with a weekly or monthly ticket. For those flying into Berlin, the ticket remains valid for further transit on public transportation in Berlin ABC.
This bus represents no monetary savings to Shoestring travelers.
- Berliners with a regular AB ticket need only purchase an "Anschlussticket" for 1.40 euros to take the RE train, the S-Bahn or a BVG bus to the airport.
- Visitors coming into town for a few days will most certainly be better off purchasing a 2-, 3- or 5-day tourist card or a weekly ticket and traveling by one of the aforementioned methods.
- If you're still weighing your options, a single Berlin ABC ticket will get you into town and beyond for just 2.80 euros!
I'm posting about the service nevertheless, as you may find that it will save you transit time, depending on where you are staying/living. For less than 2 euros more (with my monthly ticket), I may cut up to 30 minutes off my route to the airport — and that's something worth writing about!
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Prayer is not to be a religious form with no power. It is to be effective and accurate and bring results. God watches over His Word to perform it (Jer. 1:12).
Prayer that brings results must be based on God's Word.
For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power — making it active, operative, energizing and effective; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [that is, of the deepest parts of our nature] exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.
- Hebrews 4:12 AMP
Prayer is this "1iving" Word in our mouths. Our mouths must speak forth faith, for faith is what pleases God (Heb. 11:6). We hold His Word up to Him in prayer, and our Father sees Himself in His Word.
God's Word is our contact with Him. We put Him in remembrance of His Word (Isa. 43:26), asking Him for what we need in the name of our Lord Jesus. The woman in Mark 5:25-34 placed a demand on the power of God when she said, "If I can but touch the hem of his garment, I will be healed." By faith she touched His clothes and was healed. We remind Him that He supplies all of our needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Phil. 4:19). That Word does not return to Him void — without producing any effect, useless — but it shall accomplish that which He pleases and purposes, and it shall prosper in the thing for which He sent it (Isa. 55:11). Hallelujah!
God did not leave us without His thoughts and His ways for we have His Word — His bond. God instructs us to call Him, and He will answer and show us great and mighty things (Jer. 33:3). Prayer is to be exciting — not drudgery.
It takes someone to pray. God moves as we pray in faith — believing. He says that His eyes run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong in behalf of those whose hearts are blameless toward Him (2 Chron. 16:9). We are blameless (Eph. 1:4). We are His very own children (Eph. 1:5). We are His righteousness in Christ Jesus (2 Cor. 5:21). He tells us to come boldly to the throne of grace and obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need — appropriate and well-timed help (Heb. 4:16). Praise the Lord!
The prayer armor is for every believer, every member of the Body of Christ, who will put it on and walk in it, for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God for the pulling down of the strongholds of the enemy (Satan, the god of this world, and all his demonic forces). Spiritual warfare takes place in prayer (2 Cor. 10:4; Eph. 6:12,18).
There are many different kinds of prayer, such as the prayer of thanksgiving and praise, the prayer of dedication and worship, and the prayer that changes things (not God). All prayer involves a time of fellowshiping with the Father.
In Ephesians 6, we are instructed to take the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, and "pray at all times — on every occasion, in every season — in the Spirit, with all [manner of ] prayer and entreaty" (Eph. 6:18 AMP).
In 1 Timothy 2 we are admonished and urged that "petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all men" (1 Tim. 2:1 AMP). Prayer is our responsibility.
Prayer must be the foundation of every Christian endeavor. Any failure is a prayer failure. We are not to be ignorant concerning God's Word. God desires for His people to be successful, to be filled with a full, deep, and clear knowledge of His will (His Word) and to bear fruit in every good work (Col. 1:9-13). We then bring honor and glory to Him (John 15:8). He desires that we know how to pray, for "the prayer of the upright is his delight" (Prov. 15:8).
Our Father has not left us helpless. Not only has He given us His Word, but also He has given us the Holy Spirit to help our infirmities when we know not how to pray as we ought (Rom. 8:26). Praise God! Our Father has provided His people with every possible avenue to ensure their complete and total victory in this life in the name of our Lord Jesus (1 John 5:3-5).
We pray to the Father, in the name of Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, according to the Word!
Using God's Word on purpose, specifically, in prayer is one means of prayer, and it is a most effective and accurate means. Jesus said, "The words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life" (John 6:63 AMP).
When Jesus faced Satan in the wilderness, He said, "It is written...it is written...it is written."We are to live, be upheld, and be sustained by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God (Matt. 4:4).
James, by the Spirit, admonishes that we do not have because we do not ask. We ask and receive not because we ask amiss (James 4:2,3). We must heed that admonishment now, for we are to become experts in prayer, rightly dividing the Word of Truth (2 Tim. 2:15).
Using the Word in prayer is not taking it out of context, for His Word in us is the key to answered prayer — to prayer that brings results. He is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think, according to the power that works in us (Eph. 3:20). The power lies within God's Word. It is anointed by the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of God does not lead us apart from the Word, for the Word is of the Spirit of God. We apply that Word personally to ourselves and to others — not adding to or taking from it — in the name of Jesus. We apply the Word to the now—to those things, circumstances and situations facing each of us now.
Paul was very specific and definite in his praying. The first chapters of Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and 2 Thessalonians are examples of how Paul prayed for believers. There are numerous others. Search them out. Paul wrote under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. We can use these Spirit-given prayers today!
In 2 Corinthians 1:11, 2 Corinthians 9:14, and Philippians 1:4, we see examples of how believers prayed one for another — putting others first in their prayer life with joy. Our faith does work by love (Gal. 5:6). We grow spiritually as we reach out to help others — praying for and with them and holding out to them the Word of Life (Phil. 2:16).
Man is a spirit, he has a soul, and he lives in a body (1 Thess. 5:23). In order to operate successfully, each of these three parts must be fed properly. The soul, or intellect, feeds on intellectual food to produce intellectual strength. The body feeds on physical food to produce physical strength. The spirit — the heart or inward man — is the real you, the part that has been reborn in Christ Jesus. It must feed on spiritual food, which is God's Word, in order to produce and develop faith. As we feast upon God's Word, our minds become renewed with His Word, and we have a fresh mental and spiritual attitude (Eph. 4:23, 24).
Likewise, we are to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God (Rom. 12:1) and not let that body dominate us but bring it into subjection to the spirit man (1 Cor. 9:27). God's Word is healing and health to all our flesh (Prov. 4:22). Therefore, God's Word affects each part of us — spirit, soul, and body. We become vitally united to the Father, to Jesus, and to the Holy Spirit — one with Them (John 16:13-15; John 17:21; Col. 2:10).
Purpose to hear, accept, and welcome the Word, and it will take root within your spirit and save your soul. Believe the Word, speak the Word, and act on the Word—it is a creative force. The Word is a double-edged sword. Often it places a demand on you to change attitudes and behaviors toward the person for whom you are praying.
Be doers of the Word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves (James 1:22). Faith without works or corresponding action is dead (James 2:17). Don't be mental assenters — those who agree that the Bible is true but never act on it. Real faith is acting on God's Word now. We cannot build faith without practicing the Word. We cannot develop an effective prayer life that is anything but empty words unless God's Word actually has a part in our lives. We are to hold fast to our confession of the Word's truthfulness.Our Lord Jesus is the High Priest of our confession (Heb. 3:1), and He is the Guarantee of a better agreement — a more excellent and advantageous covenant (Heb. 7:22).
Prayer does not cause faith to work, but faith causes prayer to work. Therefore, any prayer problem is a lack of knowledge or a problem of doubt — doubting the integrity of the Word and the ability of God to stand behind His promises or the statements of fact in the Word.
You can spend fruitless hours in prayer if your heart is not prepared beforehand. Preparation of the heart, the spirit, comes from meditation in the Father's Word, meditation on who you are in Christ, what He is to you, and what the Holy Spirit can mean to you as you become God-inside minded. Just as God told Joshua ( Josh. 1:8), as you meditate on the Word day and night and do according to all that is written, then shall you make your way prosperous and have good success. Attend to God's Word, submit to His sayings, keep them in the center of your heart, and put away contrary talk (Prov. 4:20-24).
The Holy Spirit is a divine helper, and He will direct your prayer and help you pray when you don't know how. When you use God's Word in prayer, this is not something you just rush through, uttering once. Do not be mistaken. There is nothing "magical" nor "manipulative" about it — no set pattern or device in order to satisfy what you want or think out of your flesh. Instead, you are holding God's Word before Him. Jesus said for you to ask the Father in His name.
We expect His divine intervention while we choose not to look at the things that are seen but at the things that are unseen, for the things that are seen are subject to change (2 Cor. 4:18).
Prayer based upon the Word rises above the senses, contacts the Author of the Word, and sets His spiritual laws into motion. It is not just saying prayers that gets results, but it is spending time with the Father, learning His wisdom, drawing on His strength, being filled with His quietness, and basking in His love that bring results to our prayers. Praise the Lord!
The prayers in this book are designed to teach and train you in the art of prayer. As you pray them, you will be reinforcing the prayer armor, which we have been instructed to put on in Ephesians 6:11. The fabric from which the armor is made is the Word of God. We are to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. We desire the whole counsel of God because we know it changes us. By receiving that counsel, you will be "...transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind — by its new ideals and its new attitude — so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you]" (Rom. 12:2 AMP).
The Personal Prayers (Part I) may be used as intercessory prayer by simply praying them in the third person, changing the pronouns I or we to the name of the person for whom you are interceding and then adjusting the verbs accordingly. The Holy Spirit is your Helper. Remember that you cannot control another's will, but your prayers prepare the way for the individual to hear truth and understand truth.
An often-asked question is this: "How many times should I pray the same prayer?"
The answer is simple: You pray until you know that the answer is fixed in your heart. After that, you need to repeat the prayer whenever adverse circumstances or long delays cause you to be tempted to doubt that your prayer has been heard and your request granted.
The Word of God is your weapon against the temptation to lose heart and grow weary in your prayer life. When that Word of promise becomes fixed in your heart, you will find yourself praising, giving glory to God for the answer, even when the only evidence you have of that answer is your own faith. Reaffirming your faith enforces the triumphant victory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Another question often asked is this: "When we repeat prayers more than once, aren't we praying 'vain repetitions'?"
Obviously, such people are referring to the admonition of Jesus when He told His disciples: "And when you pray do not (multiply words, repeating the same ones over and over, and) heap up phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their much speaking" (Matt. 6:7 AMP). Praying the Word of God is not praying the kind of prayer that the "heathen" pray. You will note in 1 Kings 18:25-29 the manner of prayer that was offered to the gods who could not hear. That is not the way you and I pray. The words that we speak are not vain, but they are spirit and life and mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds. We have a God Whose eyes are over the righteous and Whose ears are open to us:When we pray, He hears us.
You are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, and your prayers will avail much. They will bring salvation to the sinner, deliverance to the oppressed, healing to the sick, and prosperity to the poor. They will usher in the next move of God on the earth. In addition to affecting outward circumstances and other people, your prayers will also affect you.
In the very process of praying, your life will be changed as you go from faith to faith and from glory to glory.
As a Christian, your first priority is to love the Lord your God with your entire being and your neighbor as yourself. You are called to be an intercessor, a man or woman of prayer. You are to seek the face of the Lord as you inquire, listen, meditate, and consider in the temple of the Lord.
As one of "God's set-apart ones," the will of the Lord for your life is the same as it is for the life of every other true believer: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matt. 6:33).
Finding Favor With Others
Father, in the name of Jesus, You make Your face to shine upon and enlighten __________ and are gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to him/her. __________ is the head and not the tail. __________ is above only and not beneath.
Thank You for favor for _____________ who seeks Your Kingdom and Your righteousness and diligently seeks good. __________ is a blessing to You, Lord, and is a blessing to ___________________(name them: family, neighbors, business associates, etc.). Grace (favor) is with _____________, who loves the Lord Jesus in sincerity. __________________ extends favor, honor, and love to ___________(names). __________ is flowing in Your love, Father. You are pouring out upon __________ the spirit of favor. You crown him/her with glory and honor, for he/she is Your child — Your workmanship.
____________ is a success today. ____________ is someone very special with You, Lord. ______________ is growing in the Lord—waxing strong in spirit. Father, You give __________ knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom.
You bring __________ to find favor, compassion, and loving-kindness with __________________(names). ____________________ obtains favor in the sight of all who look upon him/her this day in the name of Jesus. _______________ is filled with Your fullness — rooted and grounded in love. You are doing exceeding abundantly above all that _____________ asks or thinks, for Your mighty power is taking over in ____________.
Thank You, Father, that _______________ is well-favored by You and by man, in Jesus' name! Amen.
Scripture References
Numbers 6:25
AMP Psalm 8:5
Deuteronomy 28:13
Ephesians 2:10
Matthew 6:33
Luke 2:40
Proverbs 11:27
Daniel 1:17
Ephesians 6:24
Daniel 1:9 AMP
Luke 6:38
Esther 2:15,17
Zechariah 12:10 AMP
Ephesians 3:19, 20
Health and Healing
Father, in the name of Jesus, I come before You asking You to heal me. It is written that the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if I have committed sins, I will be forgiven. I let go of all unforgiveness, resentment, anger, and bad feelings toward anyone.
My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and I desire to be in good health. I seek truth that will make me free — both spiritual and natural (good eating habits, medications if necessary, and appropriate rest and exercise). You bought me at a price, and I desire to glorify You in my spirit and my body — they both belong to You.
Thank You, Father, for sending Your Word to heal me and deliver me from all my destructions. Jesus, You are the Word Who became flesh and dwelt among us. You bore my griefs (pains) and carried my sorrows (sickness). You were pierced through for my transgressions and crushed for my iniquities, the chastening for my well-being fell upon You, and by Your scourging I am healed.
Father, I give attention to Your words and incline my ear to Your sayings. I will not let them depart from my sight, but I will keep them in the midst of my heart, for they are life and health to my whole body.
Since the Spirit of Him Who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in me, He Who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to my mortal body through His Spirit Who dwells in me.
Thank You that I will prosper and be in health, even as my soul prospers. Amen.
Scripture ReferencesJames 5:15 NKJV
Proverbs 4:21,22 NAS
1 Corinthians 6:19,20
Psalm 103:3-5 NAS
Psalm 107:20
Romans 8:11 NKJV
John 1:14
3 John 2
Isaiah 53:4,5 NAS
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From the suburbs of Munich, bartenders Stephan Berg and Alexander Hauck of The Bitter Truth have been creating various flavors of cocktail bitters since 2006. They've come a long way from the orange bitters that launched their product line. With the release of their E**X**R Kräuter Liqueur, they're branching out into the other kind of bitters—the digestive liqueurs Italians call amari.
Asterisks aside, E**X**R is a unique beast. Billed as a cross between sweet vermouth and alpine digestive tonics, it's bottled at 60 proof. It pours a deep, dark brown, and has the look of uncarbonated soda syrup. The nose is astringent and herbaceous—there's cinnamon, nutmeg, the tree-bark scent common in amari, and finally a touch of smoke.
On the palate, it's quite sweet and thick starting with a raisiny, muddled richness that makes you think you're drinking port. However, it starts to get spicy mid-sip with licorice and mountain herb flavors coming into focus, before finishing with a tingle on the tongue and a lingering zing of bitter.
While it is definitely not Fernet, Averna, or even Cynar, with its milder bitterness and friendly round edges, it would be a great introduction for an amari novice or anyone looking for an easy sipping bitter.
The possibilities really open up in the cocktail realm—E**X**R would definitely shake up a Negroni or a Manhattan, or really any recipe that calls for sweet vermouth. It's also quite nice with just a splash of soda water and a spritz of lime to even out the sweetness.


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Between student loans and car loans, mortgages and credit cards, the average American has at least three sources of debt. But instead of working toward financial freedom, every year fewer and fewer Americans are able to say they're debt-free. Are you one of the many Americans carrying the heavy burden of debt? If so, chances are one of the monthly dues overwhelming you is a credit card payment.
If you struggle with how to use a credit card, the best way to pay off a credit card or how to pick a credit card, you're not alone. But before you do anything, you have to know where your debt is coming from in order to create a pay-off plan. After that, you need to understand where your money goes — and learn the ins-and-outs of credit card basics.
If you don't have a credit card, you're in the minority: 7 in 10 Americans have at least one — and if you've got one, you've probably got about 4, say recent statistics. And with so many different types of credit cards available, choosing the right credit card is essential. It's important to do your research and find a good credit card that fits your lifestyle. For example:
Credit card types
- Basic credit cards are ideal if you want a low, fixed rate and no annual fee. These credit cards often advertise introductory rates, which means that you'll have a lower annual percentage rate (APR) for a specified period of time, either on balance transfers or purchases, or both. This is best if you wish to carry a balance each month, or if you have an existing balance to transfer from a higher APR card. But know that the rate will eventually rise, when the introductory period is up, to a rate the credit card company must disclose up-front.
- Rewards credit cards work if you charge a lot of purchases and pay off your balance each month. Each purchase you make may add up for benefits like airline miles, hotel stays, or cash back. Be sure to find one with the right rewards for you. After all, you want to make sure you're going to use whatever you earn. Hard-earned rewards should never be wasted.
- Secured credit cards are a match for those who have serious financial troubles that have compromised the ability to obtain credit. Secured credit cards work like unsecured credit cards but require a deposit in the issuing bank. The credit limit is generally set at the same amount as the deposit. Choose a secured credit card carefully. Look for a secured credit card with no application fee and a low annual fee. Most importantly, make sure it reports to all three credit bureaus: Equifax®, Experian®, and TransUnion®. You may use a secured credit card to rebuild credit, but only if your credit is being updated with your new, good credit habits.
- Student credit cards are specifically targeted at post-secondary students, who have little or no credit history. While these credit cards often have high APRs, the right one, used wisely, can be a valuable tool in building credit. One thing to keep in mind: federal law now restricts credit card companies from issuing a credit card to anyone under 21 who cannot show proof of income and the ability to pay back the debt incurred, or who doesn't have an adult co-signer.
Regardless of the type of credit card, the fine print is important for disclosures and fees. While many credit cards have fees, you can find no-fee options or you can avoid fees through smart usage. The most common fees are:
- Annual fee, charged each year for the use of the credit card, and is charged separately from purchases. It is most common with rewards and affinity credit cards.
- Late payment fee, charged if you make your monthly payment after the due date. The amount is disclosed by the credit card issuer. In addition to the fee, if you make your payment after the due date, your APR may rise.
- Balance transfer fee, incurred if you transfer another balance. It may be a set amount, or a percentage of the transferred balance.
- Cash advance fee is charged if you use a credit card to withdraw cash at an ATM, or over the counter at a bank. The fee is in addition to the APR charged for cash advances, and doesn't include charges assessed by the bank that owns the ATM.
- Application fee may be charged by some credit card companies just for applying for a credit card. It's important to note that not all companies charge an application fee.
So if having a credit card is almost a rite of passage, then we all know what's true (and what's not) about responsible credit card use, right? Probably not, which is why credit cards are the top source of debt for 25 percent of Americans.
Let's debunk the myths — starting today.


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Friday, June 08, 2012
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28 comments:
- Unknown said...
Wow, now that's a lot of products!!! I'm impressed by your knowledge, experience and know-how Paige....love this post!!
I know I'm going to be checking out one or more recommendations from here for sure :) XX
- 4:19 PM, June 08, 2012
Bobbi Brown shimmer brick is a.w.e.s.o.m.e!! I love it. I am also a sucker for pretty packaging. And I love MAC lipliner too. My current favorite MAC lipgloss is Love Nectar. It's a perfect nude-y pink color. I also love the Mary Kay satin lips set, and MK oil free eye makeup remover. Have you heard of Birch Box? It's $10/month and you get a box full of goodies! All kinds of fun samples. my last box had a tinted lip balm by Sugar, some fun gold nail polish, Dr. Jart water fuse beauty balm, a twistband hair tie and some fun note cards.
For hair my favorite thing EVER is Rockaholic shine blaster. it smells AMAZING and makes my hair so shiny and textured.
- 4:36 PM, June 08, 2012
- Unknown said...
Thanks for the tips....I LOVE the Bobbi Brown shimmer brick! Feel like it gives my 40-something year old skin the shimmer it needs.
- 4:47 PM, June 08, 2012
- Tracey said...
The best black eyeliner that I will never go without -- Makeup Forever Aqua Black. It's a creamy waterproof eyeliner that is super easy to put on with an angled eyeliner brush. The eyeliner will last all day! I just bought my 2nd one but the 1st lasted 4 years. That's a big bang for your buck and I use it daily.
Bare Escentials powder foundation, bronzer, Mineral veil and Well Rested eye brightener
Nars Orgasm blush
Urban Decay 1 eyeshadow or Bare Escentials The Cocktail Hour or Stila kitten with Nars purple.
Neutrogena Volume waterproof mascara (I used to use Volumunous but it would clump a lot)
I hoard lip gloss and always put it on but most of the time I end up with just some chapstick on at the end of the day!
- 4:48 PM, June 08, 2012
- slip4 said...
Thanks for this list! And I will read the comments too. I rarely wear very much makeup (and at 49, it's time, it's time!) I love love Edie and Big Mama too. Do you have to buy most of these things at Sephora? We have one in town, just not real near by. Maybe I could look at Ulta. Somehow my daughter managed to learn good techniques without my help. And like you, I am a follower, but I tend to think of it as a "sponge" :)
- 4:52 PM, June 08, 2012
love kiehls tinted moisturizer (Medium) and almay eyeliner(stays on forever) also use the bobbi brown brick
XO Peach
- 5:10 PM, June 08, 2012
- Susan R said...
Okay...my next post is going to be about my make up and beauty routine...which will expalin a lot.
I do love Aveda products and MAC is my fav.
- 6:18 PM, June 08, 2012
- 3 Peanuts said...
I am so out of the loop. I am impressed with your knowledge of so many products!!!
My favorite all time mascara is L'oreal telescopic. it is amazing and everyone asks me what mascara I use.
- 7:03 PM, June 08, 2012
Great post..I will have to check out some of these items for sure..I use Bare Escentuals makeup and Philosophy for cleaning my face..I love them and have used them for about 8 years now..The eye shadow set you have here looks very inviting and I love the colors..I am definetly checking that one out..Have a wonderful weekend..
- 9:24 PM, June 08, 2012
- Judy said...
wellll, since you brought up the orgasm blush, let me tell you a story that involves an "uh oh" moment I had many years ago.....I was at lunch with some lawyer co-workers and a client (bank president & his secretary)when we started talking about stuff we were helping our kids study...I mentioned that the night before I had helped my son study "orgasms" for a science class...one by one everyone got up to leave but my friend asked me did I realize what I'd said...when she told me I told her I meant "organisms"....years later I saw that same bank president at a dinner and we had a good laugh...but now I have to make myself think twice whenever I talk about "organisms"!
Sorry about the long comment but I just had to share!
- 9:40 PM, June 08, 2012
- brockey said...
Oh Paige I hate to be a Debbie downer but if you do some research you will find out that most if not all those product are expensive and harmful to your skin...
- 10:30 PM, June 08, 2012
- Holly said...
Ah I am the girliest non girly girl ever!! and I LOVE make up!! I used to sit in my granny's bathroom and watch her put on hers, she would never leave the house without any on! Must be why I don't leave without it either! I could spend hours in sephora! I love Laura mercier tented moisturizer. I have been wearing the Nars orgasm blush since college and the first time I told my mom what it was called she was shocked speechless! And I am chapstick person all the way - I love burts bees new tinted chapstick, i have the hibiscus. And I am totally a sucker for pretty packaging and living with a boy who didn't grow up with sisters absolutely does not understand!!
- 11:08 PM, June 08, 2012
Ahhhh love it! Love the shimmer brick, also you all must try Guerlain's Terracotta bronzing powder. It is the absolute best. I first tried it when my brother's French wife introduced me to the bronzer many many years ago. Since then, it tops the Allure best product list every year. As does L'oreal Voluminous mascara, which I have used forevah!! Also love the Urban Decay shadows, and eyeliners from Makeup Forever. I have a list a mile long, but will end with Essie's Chinchilly grey polish. I wear it all the time and get TONS of compliments. Love you Paige. Oh, and do you use NoAd sunscreen?? Me too! Love it.
- 12:12 AM, June 09, 2012
- patricia e said...
thanks for the tips and the products ideas ~ great to share ~ one of my all time favorite finds is L'OREAL STUDIO SECRETS PROFESSIONAL MAGIC PERFECTING BASE ~ little dabs are all that's needed to turn your face into a silky smooth surface (soft as a babies bum lol) Just buy the small jar to try ...you will love it
- 9:40 AM, June 09, 2012
- Bethanie said...
oh girl...that lip gloss line got me...I have so many in my make-up bag that eventually I feel the need to take a few out...then, I think "oh, I need a new lip gloss...." If it's a cute package, its mine. Im that way with pens, make-up, if its cute, its in my shopping cart...its a sickness.
I LOVE Smashbox eyeliners that you use with a brush, cant think of their proper name, they're in a little pot. Anyway. LOVE them, cant go back to a pencil. Elf actually has some for $3.00 vs the $18 of Smashbox.
My daughter (16) is obsessed with make-up, she's never met a tube of mascara she didnt love...but she's dying for the Naked Pallet...it's all I hear about!
My go-to chapstick is Burts Bees, we have tubes of it laying all over the house. Love the Pomegranate one best!!
Loved this post!! :)
- 11:24 AM, June 09, 2012
Several months ago in a post you had a photo of some personalized note cards. Yellow & white stripes with a silhouette and your name underneath. I can't remember what brand or website. Please help! Thanks for any info. My e-mail is email@example.com.
- 2:32 PM, June 09, 2012
- Between You and Me said...
I'm no professional when it comes to makeup/beauty know-how, but I do have a few favorites....
Benefit has FABULOUS mascara...
Lancome eyeliner rocks.
Lancome Powder is smooth and seems to last me for hours.
I love Kenra hairspray # 25
love your products that you mentioned!
- 4:20 PM, June 09, 2012
- Andrea said...
Good post. I've used some of those product. Black eyeliner is great if applied with a light hand especially if one is over 40 and lets not forget sunscreen under whatever makeup especially if you're in the sun.
- 9:50 PM, June 09, 2012
I love that Urban Decay eye palette also, and it is amazing that I purchased as I am CHEAP and I don't care about designer labels or packaging. Oh I like things to be pretty but I am not going to pay more for something just because of the way it is packaged. I tried a friends UD palette, however, and just has to splurge, those colors are so wearable and silky.
I have shared here before that I love organic jojoba oil for skin and hair, you need just a tiny bit.
I like that voluminous mascara apart from the fact that a tube seems to dry up more quickly than any other mascara I have dried.
Paige, full disclosure, I am an esthetician and I work for Elizabeth Arden, but I will gladly back up my claims by sending you free samples if you want. Prevage Day Lotion with SPF is better than Chanel Sublimage, and half the price.:) I don't like the heavier Prevage night cream though, I have to say. I'd be AMAZED if my boss or any EA manager reads this blog, so hopefully I am safe saying that!;)
Oh, I try different foundations and I always go back to Almay Nearly Naked, it is soo smooth and silky, lightweight and blends beautifully. The Elizabeth Arden Pure Finish Liquid Mineral Tinted moisturizer is OF COURSE very nice also (shhh, I just prefer the Almay)!
- 9:53 PM, June 09, 2012
Long time reader first time commenter. I need to step things up a bit! Gotta get to ulta and sephora pronto!!
- 7:30 AM, June 10, 2012
- {edie} said...
I'm gonna need a few hours to take in all the goodies suggested here Miss Paige! And you and the rest of the Ku-nudsen's are right on the top of my list. Love y'all something fierce.
Girls with library buns unite,
- 8:32 AM, June 10, 2012
- Jill said...
Some of my favorites: Lancome' Dual Finish powder, L'Oreal Million Lashes mascara, MAC spice lip pencil, Revlon Colorstay lipcolor, Amazing Grace spray body oil, love the Moroccan oil! I've never worn liquid foundation or eye shadow! Loved seeing your picks.
- 11:57 AM, June 10, 2012
- Lemonade Makin' Mama said...
I LOVE all this because I am at a make up roadblock. I have "more mature" skin all of a sudden... and my Bare Escentuals mineral make up is starting to look yucky. I am going to try that whipped mouse stuff. I also MUST try that blush... I just have to drive to the BIG CITY of Seattle (2 hrs) to get to a place that sells Mac. But one of these days I'm trying it! Thanks for all the great products!
- 12:27 PM, June 10, 2012
- JenP said...
Oh, will definitely have to try some of these! Thanks for the tips. My newest fave is the Smashbox BB Cream, it's kind of like a tinted moisurizer/primer in one and is awesome! I've been using the Laura Mercier tinted moisterizer for years and then tried the Smashbox BB and it stays fresh all day! Also love the Smashbox eyelid primer.
- 2:05 PM, June 10, 2012
- Kelli said...
okay... been wearing mary kay day radiance since I was 16.. using the cleanser/moisturizer that long too! But then I swear by Smash Box's bronzer powder. after that it's any blush i can find, and eye shadow and liner, and any mascara that won't make my lashes go straight after I spend the time to curl them. and i have to have paul mitchell hair spray. have to!
- 9:55 PM, June 10, 2012
The best powder for my old face that still has acne is Studio MAC fix. Love, love, love it.
- 10:32 AM, June 11, 2012
If you are "out of the loop" when it comes to make up, I found a great video blog on utube...she has grat tutorials and shows what she buys (hauls). Great site to visit to get inspired. I know I was kind of stuck in the 80's when it came to putting on make up. Her video blog is called MrsGoldGirl. Check it out....it's a great timewaster lol.
Michelle from Canada
- 1:47 PM, June 11, 2012
- Lolo @ The Adventures of Stig and Lolo said...
I dont know how I missed this post, but I love it! I am not a super makeup kinda girl, but I love seeing what other people wear ;)
Right now I am loving on Garniers BB Cream (its a tinted moisturizer). I like it cuz I dont wear foundation, but need a lil bit of coverage as I am getting older (ugh).
ps - I had to check out the Nars Blush on Sephora, and OMG...the color next to it was called "Deep Throat"?! I mean, really?!? Yikes - I dislike some of their names for teenage girls that purchase their makeup :(
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For the week ending 16 January 2010 / 29 Tevet 5770
A Noble Reaction
For years a resident of Jerusalem was concerned about finding a husband for his second daughter. The young lady had many virtues but suffered from a physical disability which necessitated wearing a brace on one of her legs.
Although it was not discernible in her walking there was still the lingering fear that once a suitor discovered this handicap he might back out of a shiduch.
A wonderful young man met the girl and when things looked serious she let him know about her problem.
The surprising response was "I am so sorry I took you for such a long walk which must have been an effort for you."
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belts as you want...one for every single
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1in wide webbing (I found mine in the ribbon section at Joanns)
length of the webbing should be your waist size plus 10 in inches or so.
2 d-rings or rectangular ones like I have (I found these in the purse handle section
fabric of choice
sewing machine (or MAYBE iron on adhesive?)
having a cutting mat and guide (shown in photo) will help a lot
Add about 8-10 inches to that and cut and seal the ends with a lighter.
Like if your waist is 28 cut 38 inches of webbing.
Second, thread the webbing through your
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I went over it several times to ensure strength.
In my 28 inch example I would cut the fabric 2 1/4 by 29 inches.
You could make a patchy belt..that would be cute. :)
fabric tube right side out...iron it with
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40 Days for Life underway in Bangor; Maine abortion rates down
On September 25th the '40 days for Life' prayer vigil kicked off in Bangor and will run until November 3rd. As a peaceful national campaign, '40 Days for Life' participants pray and fast near abortion clinics with the goal that visitors may see them and think twice about their decision, and ultimately choose life for their unborn baby. Perhaps more importantly, those praying simply believe God will use their prayers to change hearts and minds concerning this issue.
In Bangor, those wishing to participate gather at the entrance to Evergreen Woods at 700 Mt. Hope avenue (across from the Bangor Humane Society) anytime between 7AM and 7PM. Evergreen Woods is home to the Mabel Wadsworth Center where abortion procedures take place regularly.


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Do Men Get Better Service At Restaurants?
Do men get better service than women at restaurants? asks Cynthia Kilian of the New York Post. Tim Zagat of the eponymous guidebooks says yes: "Women arriving together very often get shown to less-desirable seats. Men always seem to be offered the bill, regardless of who's paying, even the female boss. And when it comes to tasting wine, "very often they'll give it to almost every man at the table before they get around to [the woman] ordering the wine," Zagat says." Is the poor service because women tend to tip less than men do? Or do women tip less because they don't get treated as well? All I know is, shoddy service means I'll never go back—and I'll tell all my friends to stay away.
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Olli Jokinen scored twice and Evander Kane had a goal and assist in the second period for the surging Winnipeg Jets, who completed a dominant road trip with a 4-3 victory over the injury-riddled and slumping New York Rangers on Tuesday night.
After a scoreless first period, Jokinen broke the deadlock 5:55 into the second off an assist from Kane, who then gave Winnipeg a 2-0 lead 1:07 later with his eighth goal of the season. Anthony Peluso also had two assists in the period.
Kane added his second of the game and ninth of the season in the third period - in between a pair of Rangers tallies - as three goals were scored in a span of 1:13 that brought New York within 4-3.
Kane has scored in four straight games and in five of six. He also has an eight-game point streak, notching six goals and four assists in the spurt.
Ondrej Pavelec, playing in his eighth straight game, made 30 saves for the win.
Ryan Callahan cut New York's deficit in half 2:26 after Kane's first goal, but Jokinen struck again with 5:13 left in the second to give the Jets another two-goal advantage.
Taylor Pyatt deflected in Anton Stralman's shot to get the Rangers within 3-2 at 9:17 of the third, but Kane restored Winnipeg's two-goal lead 20 seconds later.
That, too, was short-lived as Stralman scored his third of the season at 10:30.
Winnipeg held on from there to finish 4-1 on its five-game trip - the Jets' longest of the season - and send New York to its fourth straight loss (0-3-1).
The Rangers had one more chance to get even, but couldn't connect on a late third-period power play. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 28 shots for New York.
Callahan's goal snapped the Rangers' shutout streak at 102 minutes, 53 seconds, dating to the third period of a loss at Ottawa on Thursday. New York was then shut out at Montreal on Saturday before returning for a four-game homestand that began Tuesday.
Jokinen, who played briefly for the Rangers in the 2009-10 season, has scored three of his five goals this season in a three-game span.
The Rangers have mustered 11 goals in six games, going 1-3-2, and have only six in the four games that star forward Rick Nash has missed because of suspected concussion symptoms.
New York was also without injured defensemen Ryan McDonagh and Michael Del Zotto, along with forward Arron Asham. Darroll Powe rejoined the lineup after missing three games because of a concussion.
Both teams had one power-play opportunity in the otherwise uneventful first period when Winnipeg held a 9-7 edge in shots.
Callahan nearly gave the Rangers the lead just after the midway point in the period when he darted through the Winnipeg zone past defenseman Grant Clitsome and in on Pavelec. Callahan skated below the goal line and tried to put the puck back behind Pavelec, but couldn't get it past the goalie from the tough angle.
Callahan then provided a gutty effort in the second after his stick broke as he blocked a shot. The Rangers captain went on to block two more shots in a frantic sequence without a stick, swiped a puck away with his hand, and land a pair of body checks before he was able to get off the ice.
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In addition to a lead in the polls, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez has enjoyed a healthy financial edge over Republican challenger in this year's U.S. Senate race.
But that doesn't stop a candidate from looking to press his advantage, so that is what Menendez was doing this week with a pair of email fund-raising pitches — deploying the two best-known New Jersey Democrats, outside of its United States senators.
Menendez sent potential donors an email from Newark Mayor Cory Booker on Thursday morning, followed by a similar pitch from former Gov. Richard Codey, a state senator, this morning. One interesting difference between the two: Booker's talks up Menendez and the Democrats in general, while Codey's dings Republican nominee Joe Kyrillos — a longtime colleague of Codey's in the Senate — as it extols Menendez.
Here are excerpts from both emails:
Booker: "Take it from a mayor who is working to improve his city every day: the challenges we face are serious. And they're many. Succeeding requires courageous leadership, even in the face of adversity – the kind we've always gotten from Bob Menendez. He's never shied from a tough fight, no matter the odds. He won't now. We can't shy from this one, either. Bob is single-handedly building a statewide organization. He needs 3,000 donors by midnight on Sunday to be equipped with the resources it'll take to win in November and preserve our Senate majority."
Codey: "I've known Bob Menendez and his opponent for a long time. So I'll tell you what you should know: Bob's driven to look out for the middle class and expand opportunity. Joe Kyrillos has hitched his wagon to Mitt Romney, believing millionaires and big corporations should get tax breaks while 47 percent of New Jerseyans are lazy. It's ignorant of reality. … I've worked with Joe Kyrillos in the state Senate for 20 years. He's a nice guy, but his vision for New Jersey and our country is just plain wrong. I fear he shares Mitt Romney's view of 47 percent of Americans. He certainly hasn't responded on calls to denounce it. The difference between their visions couldn't be starker, but Bob's is the right one."


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The Legally Mad Uterus and the New year
The Mad-Uterus continues to grow and this year is bound to bring to us a magic we have never known. A new Future Intern that is going to lay some new rules. She's confident that with a little voice training she will be able to take control of this house immediately. Speed of light quick.
Right at this moment I am in an alcoholic daze on new year's eve and we're negotiating a truce. I've threatened not to let her out. Maybe I'll get one of my surgery friends to come over and stitch up the wife's cervix. "No way out Intern, not until you give up, I own this place".
She agreed, but I know she lies. She lies, already. Maybe she has future as a lawyer, follow in her mother's footsteps. She'd be a great lawyer that future Lying Intern. Hmmm, maybe a writer of fiction even.
To my future Intern:
"This is 2005, it's MY year, you're just part of it. Get it? You're just gonna come in here, you're gonna keep quiet, you're gonna let your daddy sleep, otherwise, you know..."
"Sure daddy, whatever you want"
"You bet whatever I want" (as I smash a beer can on my forehead)
And as the alcohol wears off I come to my senses. I turn to this womb, this placenta that feeds this future great liar of mine, put my mouth up to the belly button and scream:
"You Liar"
And I could swear that as I listened intently, using a stethoscope, I could swear I heard a faint but recognizable voice from within the depths of this womb of flesh. It was a high pitched voice and it scared the stool (medical terminology) out of me. I quote:
"Tell your readers to have a wonderful new year and a happy and prosperous one to boot. Oh…and get some sleep daddy...You'll need it"