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Father Michael Gaitley's 'Do-It-Yourself' retreat, Consoling the Heart of Jesus has concluded behind these stone walls, and its ripple effect has begun to show.
I cannot let this week pass without mention of two great Saints whose Feast Days the Church remembers this month. Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (August 9), known also as Edith Stein, was honored in a post of mine entitled, "Saints and Sacrifices: Maximilian Kolbe and Edith Stein at Auschwitz." Her story is one that history is tempted to turn away from because it is painful to witness. Rather, we should stare straight into its heart of darkness and join this brilliant convert and Carmelite nun as she stepped off a cattle train into the gas chambers of Auschwitz. "Come," she said to her sister, Rosa. "Let us go for our people."
The other, of course, is Saint Maximilian Kolbe (August 14), one of the Patron Saints of These Stone Walls and its inspiration. I have written too many posts about him to list here, so suffice it to say that the fact that I am writing at all is largely because of him. If I had to pick one post for you to read in his honor, however, it would be "The Paradox of Suffering: An Invitation from St Maximilian Kolbe." The impact of St Maximilian on my life, and on the life of Pornchai Maximilian who took his name, may never be fully understood in this life.
And he keeps showing up here, over and over. Once again behind these stone walls, we have fallen into the clutches of several friends of Saint Maximilian: Nate Chapman and his crew, David Kemmis:, Jean Fafard, and Jim Preisendorfer, all volunteers trained by the Marians to conduct this retreat in prison. TSW readers met them some months ago in "Behold Your Mother! 33 Days to Morning Glory." That post was Part Two of a special post about our "33 Days" retreat behind prison walls. It was an experiment of Father Michael Gaitley and the Marians of the Immaculate Conception from the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA. They have been present to us in prison in profound and heroic ways, as some upcoming posts will reveal.
You might recall from Part One of that 33-Days post, "Woman, Behold Your Son!" that Pornchai Moontri and I decided to cave under the pressures of a hard month in prison and skip that retreat. Well, as I wrote back then, Nate Chapman had other plans. When we didn't show up for Session One, he scheduled a special remedial session the next day for the stubborn stragglers – ummm, that would be us! – and we were pushed and prodded to go. Then we were finally ensnared by Nate's innate charm. You may recall that I nudged Pornchai halfway through Nate's welcome to the "33 Days" and whispered, "Why does he have to be such a nice guy? Now we're stuck!"
Nate Chapman says today that he has quoted many times that little snippet of our recalcitrance. In his article, "Mary is at Work Here," [Flash Version and PDF Version] author Felix Carroll explained the source of the wondrous grace that compels Nate Chapman, David Kemmis, Jean Fafard, and Jim Preisendorfer, a team of Catholic men who walk the walk of faith in their daily lives. The article includes a photo and caption taken in front of this prison on the day of our Marian Consecration.
These same men returned to this prison for a "Part Two" of sorts, a ten-week "Do-It-Yourself" Retreat format using another text by Fr. Michael Gaitley, MIC entitled Consoling the Heart of Jesus. I wrote about the start of this retreat in "Father's Day in Prison Consoling the Heart of Jesus," and I wrote again at its midway point in "Father Seraphim Michalenko on a Mission of Divine Mercy."
The day that I write this post is the final day of this ten-week retreat in prison. Nate Chapman has once again been our fearless taskmaster, keeping a group of twenty prisoners on schedule, and his innate charm has not diminished. I do not write that in jest. These volunteers – each a good 20 years or more older than most of the prisoners at their tables – came into prison armed with a faith and trust that reaches deep into the depths of their own souls, and it shows. It isn't easy being in a room full of prisoners who always seem to begin such things with a mix of hopeful optimism and bitter cynicism. With the example of these volunteers, I would have to say in the end that hopeful optimism won out, and that is a minor miracle.
The heart of this retreat was trust, but we live in a place almost entirely devoid of trust. After our experience of the "33 Days" retreat, Pornchai and I dared not get on the bad side of Nate Chapman with another display of stubbornness, so we signed up early for this one. So did our friends, Michael Ciresi and Michael Martinez. You've heard from or about all of them recently. Pornchai's most recent guest post on TSW was "I Come to the Catholic Church for Healing and Hope," and Michael Ciresi wrote a deeply moving post, "Coming Home to the Catholic Faith I Left behind."
However, I have to tell you this story. On June 1, the first day of the retreat, the four of us along with 15 other prisoners showed up at the prison chapel at 6:30 PM. Mike Ciresi, whose capacity for trust has made leaps and bounds of late, realized that Nate Chapman would have some formula for splitting the 19 prisoners present into three discussion tables that would each remain together for the entire ten weeks of this retreat.
Almost immediately, Mike started calculating all sorts of mathematical permutations to sit in just the right spot to guarantee that he and Pornchai and I would end up sitting together. It was comical to watch, and poor Nate Chapman thought Mike was organizing some sort of bizarre version of musical chairs.
Finally, Pornchai said to his friend, Mike, "Just sit wherever! Sometimes you just have to trust." So begrudgingly, Mike Ciresi surrendered and sat down in the only seat remaining. Pornchai, who was busy shaking hands with Nate and the other volunteers, ended up seated on the other side of the room.
Then Nate presented his Introduction to Consoling the Heart of Jesus, and pointed at one end of the large semi-circle of prisoners with an instruction to count off by threes. All the "Ones" would be at Table One, the "Twos" at Table Two, and the "Threes" at Table Three. Mike's first lesson in trust in this retreat was discovering that when he finally surrendered control he and Pornchai and I were all "Threes" and all ended up at the same table anyway.
Our Table Leader was Jim Preisendorfer who was absent for one week while he volunteered to rebuild homes destroyed by a hurricane. Ten days of volunteer carpentry work in Mississippi in July was proof enough that Jim means what he says when he speaks of his faith journey.
I'm proud of Mike Ciresi, both for showing up throughout these ten weeks, and for giving up when trust challenged him to do so. At some point in this ten week retreat, Mike signed up to serve as a Reader for Mass in the prison chapel on Sundays, and the day we completed our "Consoling the Heart of Jesus" retreat was Mike's first day as Reader. His assigned reading is one we'll all recognize well:
"What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? No, in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through Him who loved us." (Romans 8: 37-39)
I received a letter recently from one of the many TSW readers who have since commenced their own "33 Days" retreat culminating in Marian Consecration. The writer explained that she was not sure what she had expected, but there was so very much hope built up during her 33 Days journey that the actual day of Consecration felt like a letdown. She had disappointments and discouragements, and the tedium of post-Consecration life just seemed to continue on a path forward that felt an awful lot like the path behind.
But to our letter writing friend, I must add this. Pornchai and I and Michael Ciresi all awoke on the morning after our Marian Consecration to the cold hard fact that we are still prisoners, that the path ahead of us looks pretty much like the one behind. Like our correspondent friend, I wondered what I had really expected from that "fiat" to God in the example of His mother. On the day I write this, the day we completed "Consoling the Heart of Jesus," I awoke in prison for the 7,254th time.
But the one path I failed to look at and assess was the one that leads inward. Something had indeed changed. This was true of Pornchai as well. It took us awhile to put our fingers on it, but something was dramatically altered, not on the path forward in the prison surroundings that we see everyday, but on the path inward. In "Mary is at Work Here," [Flash Version and PDF Version] Felix Carroll wrote something startling and wondrous:
"The Marians believe Mary chose this particular group of inmates to be the first. That reason eventually was revealed. It turns out that one of the participating inmates was Pornchai Moontri who was featured in last year's Marian Press title, Loved, Lost, Found: 17 Divine Mercy Conversions.
How very strange. When I read these words, I felt as though I had my first glimpse of the back of the tapestry where we cannot see, the tapestry I wrote of in "Father Seraphim Michalenko on a Mission of Divine Mercy." My life and the lives of Pornchai, and Mike Ciresi, and Eric Mahl are somehow mysteriously bound together. Felix Carroll continued,
"Moreover, before joining the Marians' Evangelization Department a year ago and helping to spearhead the "33 Days" initiative, Eric Mahl was also featured in the book. Eric and Pornchai met for the first time…when Eric presented to the inmates during one of the six weekly meetings for the group retreat. 'I felt like I met my brother, someone I've known my whole life,' Eric said afterwards."
This little gift of a momentary glimpse at the back of the tapestry of our lives made me realize something about trust. It was something humbling. Throughout this Consoling the Heart of Jesus retreat, trust has taken center stage, and what I found humbling was my realization of how much I have overlooked it.
If you are reading this, then you know that I maintain that I have been falsely accused and wrongly imprisoned for twenty years. You know that I feel a moral and sacred obligation to challenge that wrongful imprisonment and to disseminate the truth – not only in my own case but in the growing number of stories of priests destroyed unjustly. That's why These Stone Walls exists.
But I am now thrown into a mysterious quandary. I cannot look at my friend, Pornchai, and not see that God somehow used me as a link in a chain. The same is true of our friend, Michael Ciresi, and others. But the way these links have unfolded and revealed themselves in the life of Pornchai Maximilian shakes the Earth beneath my feet. And that Felix Carroll and the Marians attributed to Pornchai Mary's choice of this prison for the first 33 Days and Consoling the Heart of Jesus retreats shakes the very foundations of what I believe about myself and the walls of my prison.
Pornchai and I left our Marian Consecration without a doubt that something wondrous had taken place, but we did not have words to describe it. In fact, on our way back to our prison cell that day, I asked Pornchai, "Can you explain what just happened?" Pornchai just shook his head, and said, "No, but I know we were supposed to be there. It was very important that we were there." I'll go a step further. It was the moment we came face to face with the price of Divine Mercy only we just didn't know this at the time. Felix Carroll wrote of it:
"On a cold Nov. 24, the Solemnity of Christ the King, inmates enter the prison chapel for Sunday Mass, all dressed in drab green, their first names stitched on their shirts. Visiting priest Fr. Wilfred Deschamps…wanted to be here for the inmates' consecration. He's thrilled to learn of the Gospel reading for the day (Luke 23: 35-43). It couldn't be more suitable for the setting and the occasion. In it, Jesus, dying on the cross, promises heaven to the repentant criminal hanging beside him."
What is the price to be paid for Divine Mercy? I am shocked that Felix touched upon it for I once wrote about that precise Gospel reading on These Stone Walls. I consider it to be one of the most important posts I have ever written. Its title is "Dismas, Crucified to the Right: Paradise Lost and Found." If you read it, you will agree that what took place in the exchange between Christ and Dismas was the ultimate act of trust.
Dismas remained on his cross and his life was taken. To a casual observer, the path ahead of him looked a lot like the path behind, and both looked bleak from any human standpoint. The only path that changed through his act of trust was the path inward, the one linked in those last moments between his heart and the Sacred Heart. Dismas was given a great gift; a moment of sanctifying grace that required from him an act of trust; a final moment Consoling the Heart of Jesus.
The lesson is well learned. Do I miss my freedom? Yes, I do. Do I long for it? Absolutely. Will I continue to fight for justice? I must! But, has any of what I have endured separated me from the love of Christ? Has 7, 254 days and nights of unjust imprisonment done this any more than, as Saint Paul put it, "anguish, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, or the sword?" I would have to answer in truth, no, it has not. Can I look at the ripples of grace though my friend, Pornchai, seeing the effect his life's journey has on so many others, and knowing that God has some plan for him, and then say, "I wish I was never in this prison"? I'm sorry, but I cannot!
Father Michael Gaitley, I finally defer to the great truths you have compiled in yet another profoundly meaningful and readable spiritual journal in Consoling the Heart of Jesus. I went into this wondrous journey wondering what on Earth could possibly console His heart, and now I have the answer. You did not make it easy. I had to hunt, and it was well worth the effort. As you put it so very well:
"This is one truth we can always cling to: God's mercy, that God IS mercy, and that no one who trusts in His mercy has ever been disappointed. In times of deep desolation, even though there may be many things about God we do not understand, the truth of His mercy is always within our reach. It's the GREAT TRUTH to which, with St. Faustina, we should always tenaciously cling:
'O Lord, though I cannot comprehend You and do not understand Your ways, I nonetheless trust in Your mercy.' " (Consoling the Heart of Jesus, p. 229, and Diary of St. Faustina, no. 73)


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Denise is a former newspaper reporter and co-author of two books in the Clues for the Clueless series. She currently freelances and has been published in both online and print publications, including Christian Woman, Today's Christian Living, Just Between Us, Desiring God, and Christian Devotions. Denise is passionate about studying the Bible and teaching it so that women understand and apply its relevant transformative power in their lives. She lives in the Chicagoland area with her husband and three teenagers and loves to read, write, and landscape.
Brianna Lambert
Brianna Lambert is a wife and mom to three who makes her home in the cornfields of Indiana. She is a staff writer for Gospel-Centered Discipleship, and contributes to various online publications. Find more of her writing paired with her husband's photography at LookingToTheHarvest.com or follow her on Twitter.
Diane Langberg
Dr. Diane Langberg is globally recognized for her 45 years of clinical work with trauma victims. She has trained caregivers on six continents in responding to trauma and to the abuse of power. She also directs her own counseling practice in Jenkintown, PA, Diane Langberg, Ph.D. & Associates, which includes fifteen therapists with multiple specialties. Among Dr. Langberg's books are Counsel for Pastors' Wives, Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse, On the Threshold of Hope (with accompanying workbook), In Our Lives First: Meditations for Counselors and Suffering the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores.
Dr. Langberg is co-leader of the Global Trauma Recovery Institute housed at Biblical Theological Seminary. She is on the board of G.R.A.C.E. (Godly Reponse to Abuse in a Christian Environment). She serves as Co-Chair for American Bible Society's Trauma Advisory Council.
Dr. Langberg is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumna Achievements from Taylor University., the American Association of Christian Counselors Caregiver Award, The Distinguished President's award, and the Philadelphia Council of Clergy's Christian Service Award.
She is married and has two sons and four grandchildren.
Katy Langley
Katy Langley is a passionate leader whose years of experience in ministry, humor, spontaneity, ridiculous tall height, and drive to know God more has allowed her to connect to diverse communities of all ages. Expressing the Lord through music and worship is a big part of her heart, as well as continually learning—she is currently a student at North Park Theological Seminary. Katy is based in Redwood City, California, working in student ministry at Peninsula Covenant Church.
Hannah Lannigan
Hannah—the woman who ran from any man who seemed interestes—and Ryan Lannigan—the man who "wasn't going to get married unless God whapped him over the head with a two-by-four"—married in 2009 after graduating from Moody Bible Institute. God continues to give this team many adventures as they pursue beautiful, messy hearts and learn how to live out God's Kingdom ways together. Their family lives in the land of Narnia (a.k.a. Michigan) where at least they have Christmas. Even in the midst of the "Mama, Mama" mantra, Hannah enjoys creating, communicating, and connecting with her sons and the hearts of the physically young and old.
Mary May Larmoyeux
Mary and her husband, Jim, live near Little Rock, Ark. She loves anything to do with the great outdoors or with her growing family—just ask about her grandchildren.
A former writer for FamilyLife, Mary never tires of telling true stories about how God changes lives and legacies. She also enjoys leading workshops about faith and grandparenting. She has written several books and is the co-author of The Grandparent Connection: 365 Ways to Connect With Your Grandchild's Heart.
Mary Ann Lepine
Mary Ann, AKA "Bob's wife," has been married for more than 31 years to Bob Lepine, co-host of Family Life Today. She is a mother of five and a grandmother of one (so far). She's a connoisseur of dark chocolate, a baker of scones, a gardener, runner, and flute player. She's a pastor's wife, a lover of God and His Word, and is so grateful to have been chosen in Him before the foundation of the world!
Liz Lockwood
Liz Lockwood graduated from Southern Seminary in 2005, with an M.Div. and Th.M. in theology. She recently joined the staff at Revive Our Hearts, where she serves in the area of communication and social media. When not behind her desk, you'll find Liz spending time with friends and enjoying the outdoors.
Maryann Loveing
Maryann Loveing is described as a God-centered, fun-loving wife by her husband, Ryan, and a joyful, sweet, interactive mother by her six children. Formerly focused on her career and success, and bound with hidden secrets that kept her discontented, Maryann now shares with women the freedom found in seeking and following God.
Holly Mackle
Holly Mackle is the curator of the mom humor collaboration Same Here, Sisterfriend, Mostly True Tales of Misadventures in Motherhood and author of the family Advent devotional Little Hearts, Prepare Him Room. She has contributed to TGC, the Better Mom, and the enCourage blog. Holly's realtor husband, David, can plate a Lean Pocket like a James Beard Award winner, and together they wrangle two young girls in Birmingham.
Glenna Marshall
Glenna Marshall (BA, Union University) is a pastor's wife and mother of two energetic sons. She is the author of The Promise Is His Presence and writes regularly at GlennaMarshall.com on biblical literacy, suffering, and the faithfulness of God. She is a member of Grace Bible Fellowship in Sikeston, Missouri.
Cindy Matson
Cindy proudly hails from the great state of Wyoming, land of more antelope than people (officially), more tumbleweeds than antelope (unofficially), and one four-year university (Go Cowboys!). She was transplanted to the Great North of Minnesota after attending college in Wisconsin (even farther north!). While she enjoys writing, her day job for the past twelve years was teaching English and Spanish to seventh through twelfth graders (hence the enjoyment of diagramming). Cindy loves her husband, her son, her crazy black dog, coffee, peanut butter, chocolate, reading, basketball (playing, coaching, watching), winter, playing the guitar, the Green Bay Packers. She hates: humidity, ketchup, the New England Patriots, humidity, stuffing, parades, and humidity. She writes at biblestudynerd.home.blog.
Joy McClain
Through writing, teaching, and speaking, Joy helps women understand their redemptive position in Christ. She has authored the book Waiting on His Heart; Lessons from a Wife Who Chose to Stay. Married to her beloved for over three decades, Joy and her husband are passionate about discipling the wearied and wounded in the context of a farm setting where biblical applications abound. They have four children and five beautiful grandchildren.
Margarita Michelén
Maggie serves in crib care, as a Sunday school teacher, in ladies studies, and part of the women's ministry. She is passionate about the study and teaching of the Scriptures and Christian literature. She serves as a volunteer with Aviva Nuestros Corazones (Spanish division of Revive Our Hearts) and is wholeheartedly committed to proclaiming freedom, fullness and fruitfulness in Christ and biblical femininity.
Molly Mooberry
Molly and her husband, Philip, love the community they have in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There they are raising four young children, and Molly has the privilege of being a stay-at-home mom. Her favorite role is being a wife to her fun-loving husband who balances out her more serious side. Their two girls and twin boys keep her on the go and on her knees. The Lord is using both marriage and parenting to refine her to be more like Christ. She loves connecting with women to share God's beautiful design and purpose for them.
Bambi Moore
Bambi is an ordinary woman who is dead to sin and alive to God in Christ. She is a pastor's wife and mom of ten. She makes a home for her family in Texas and enjoys reading, hospitality, and nature walks with her children. Bambi blogs at www.bambimoore.wordpress.com.
Crystal Morla
Crystal has a passion for prayer and seeking God to ignite personal and corporate revival. As an Ambassador to Illinois, she equips ministry leaders and churches in the areas of biblical womanhood and growing in intimacy with Christ. Crystal is a psychologist who uses her talents to encourage spiritual growth of the church with an emphasis on women's ministry. She serves as a speaker, writer, mentor, and Bible teacher. When Crystal is not working in ministry, she enjoys sipping tea, walking through gardens, and reading books. She and her husband Alex have been blessed with one adult son and a shared love for God's Word.
Shona Murray
Shona Murray is a mother of five children and has homeschooled for fifteen years. She is a medical doctor and worked as a family practitioner in Scotland until she moved to the United States with her husband, David. She is the author of Refresh: Embracing a Grace-Paced Life in a World of Endless Demands.
Samantha Nieves
Samantha loves lazy lake days, strong coffee, and writing about the ways Jesus transforms our everyday messes into beautiful stories. She digs the four seasons in northern Indiana, is probably wearing a Notre Dame crew neck, and serves as the social media manager on the Revive Our Hearts staff. She writes often at the Lies Young Women Believe blog.
Hannah Norton
Hannah Norton resides in South Bend, Indiana with her husband and boys. As a registered nurse and wife of a paramedic firefighter, Hannah has ample experience caring for the physical body. She has a passion to see women learn to walk in the freedom of the gospel, treating their bodies as the temple of Christ, and producing fruit to the glory of God! When she's not chasing one of her five sons, she enjoys sipping coffee, photography, and all things outdoors. She delights in creatively expressing truth through writing, teaching, and event planning.
Margaret Nyman
Even as a child, Margaret hoped to write a book, but God put her in the waiting room on that for six decades. In the meantime, she married her college sweetheart and raised seven children with him. As they were approaching their 40th anniversary, her husband passed away suddenly in 2009. It was during Margaret's adjustment to widowhood that God said, "Okay, now. Write a book to encourage widows," which she did. When she isn't writing on GettingThroughThis.com, she's having fun doing life with her children and grandchildren.
Heather Owens
Heather Owens and her husband Daniel work for Training Leaders International in Southeast Asia. Since 2003 they have been helping to develop theological education and to provide print resources for the church. Heather currently teaches their two boys at home and referees the inevitable Nerf battles and ninja showdowns that break out over the course of each day. She graduated from Wheaton College with a degree in English Literature and enjoys writing in her ever decreasing spare time. Her interests in literature and theology and the everyday matters of family life are all reflected in her blog.
Kelsey Park
Kelsey Park currently lives in Nebraska with her husband, Daniel. Through experiencing infertility, Kelsey's passion for communicating God's truth was reignited. By God's grace, she currently lives a multi-faceted life: helping her husband with all aspects of worship ministry, meeting with women to discuss the intersection of life and faith, and living life to the fullest.
Heather Patenaude
Heather Patenaude is passionate about living a Christ-centered life. This passion flows over to being a wife to John and a homeschool mom to Miles, Luke, and Clark. After attending True Woman '08, God began developing in her a deep desire to disciple women to understand God's beautiful design for His daughters.
Chiree Patterson
Chiree's passion is to help others see and obey the truths of God's Word through visual stories and video content. Along with video producing for Revive Our Hearts, she volunteers in a women's prison and enjoys sharing the truths of the gospel to women from various backgrounds. Chiree loves spending time with people who are in different seasons of life–her grandparents, young moms, kids and college students. All it takes to keep her going is a consistent supply of chocolate, peanut butter, and coffee.
Chelsea Patterson Sobolik
Chelsea Patterson Sobolik is the author of Longing for Motherhood—Holding onto Hope in the Midst of Childlessness, and serves as a Policy Director for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Previously, she worked in the U.S. House of Representatives on pro-life policies, domestic and international religious freedom, adoption, and foster care issues. She has a B.A. in International Relations from Liberty University, and lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband Michael.
Byron Paulus
Byron Paulus is the President and Executive Director of Life Action Ministries, the parent ministry of Revive Our Hearts. Byron's three decades of experience in leadership with America's largest revival ministry, and his vision to see God send another spiritual awakening to our nation, have given him an opportunity to influence thousands through his various speaking, writing, and leadership endeavors. Byron and his wife, Sue, were married in 1973 and have raised three children, all of whom are active in ministry.
Maggie Paulus
Maggie Paulus is a wife, momma, writer and lover of Jesus. She looks for God each day in His Word, in creation, in the people He has given her, in the ache of life, in the humdrum—at the kitchen sink—everywhere! When she's not capturing life in words and photos, or cleaning up the messes around her, you'll find her digging in the dirt or wandering through the woods to enjoy all the wild things. Maggie lives in Michigan with her handsome bearded husband, three rambunctious kids, and one cat. You can find more of her words and pictures at MaggiePaulus.com.
Ava Pennington
Ava Pennington is a writer, speaker, Bible teacher, and the author of Daily Reflections on the Names of God: A Devotional. Ava has written for numerous magazines, including Focus on the Family's Clubhouse and Christianity Today's Today's Christian Woman. She is also published in twenty-three Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Ava is a passionate speaker and engages audiences with relevant, enjoyable presentations. When not writing and speaking, Ava loves playing with her Boxer puppies, Duke and Daisy.
Gabrielle Pickle
Gabrielle Pickle is passionate about being a voice for the exploited and abused around the world. A graduate of Southern Seminary, she is the co-author of Radical Dating: When God Takes Over Your Love Life. Check out her blogs at UnLockingFeminity.com.
Noel Piper
Noël Piper is wife of John Piper, mother of five, and grandmother of thirteen. She is also the author of Faithful Women and Their Extraordinary God, Treasuring God in Our Traditions, and two children's books.
Rebecca Ingram Powell
Rebecca Ingram Powell is a pastor's wife, homeschooling mother of three, and a nationally known author and speaker. She is the author of several books including her newest release, Season of Change: Parenting Your Middle Schooler with Passion and Purpose.
Barbara Rainey
Barbara Rainey is the Co-Founder of FamilyLife, the mother of six and a grandmother to 18 – she is also a mentor and friend to countless women in the United States and abroad. She is a gifted communicator – and artist – who has created, and continues to create, resources that help parents and children connect and impress on their hearts the truth of God's word. Barbara is the Titus 2 woman we all long to spend time learning from and will embolden you to spend time in the word and be a world changer, while prioritizing family – she will inspire and empower!
Barbara Reaoch
Barbara Reaoch is the author of A Jesus Christmas; Why Easter?; and Why Christmas? She served as director of the Children's Division of Bible Study Fellowship International and currently enjoys writing from her home in Minneapolis. Barbara worships with her family at Bethlehem Baptist Church. You can find her at BarbaraReaoch.com.
Stacy Reaoch
Stacy Reaoch is a pastor's wife, mother of four, and the author of Wilderness Wanderings: Finding Contentment in the Desert Times of Life. When Stacy is not shuttling her kids to various activities and school, she can be found doing women's Bible studies, discipleship, exercising, and eating chocolate. She has contributed articles to Desiring God and The Gospel Coalition. Stacy and her husband, Ben, serve Three Rivers Grace Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Vaneetha Rendall Risner
Vaneetha Rendall Risner is passionate about helping others find hope and joy in the midst of suffering. She is the author of the book The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Meets Us in Suffering and is a regular contributor to Desiring God. She blogs at DanceInTheRain.com, although she doesn't like rain and has no sense of rhythm. Vaneetha is married to Joel and has two daughters, Katie and Kristi. She and Joel live in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Miriam Huffman Rockness
Miriam lives in Lake Wales, Florida where her husband Dave pastored the First Presbyterian Church for thirty-seven years. Her love for the Word and devotion to family informed her role in ministry: teaching Community Bible Studies and Family Living Seminars as well as writing a trilogy on home and family: Keep These Things, Ponder Them in Your Heart, A Time to Play, and Home, God's Design. Her admiration for the almost forgotten Lilias Trotter fueled her research for A Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter and the companion book, A Blossom in the Desert: Reflections of Faith in the Art and Writings of Lilias Trotter.
Susanna Rose
Susanna Rose is originally from Toronto, Canada but now lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband and four young children. Writing about matters of faith and Christian living have always been her passion. Since earning a B.A. in English, she is humbled by opportunities God provides to further exercise this love. In between nurturing her little ones and keeping her house in some semblance of order, Susanna homeschools her five-year-old daughter and writes for LifeSiteNews. She enjoys running and sipping homemade lattes with her husband!
Jennifer Rothschild
Jennifer Rothschild's life drastically changed at the age of fifteen when she lost her sight. Now, more than twenty-five years later, she boldly and compassionately teaches women how to walk by faith, not sight. Jennifer has shared her inspiring message at conferences like True Woman and Women of Faith, and on media outlets like Dr. Phil and Good Morning America. She's the author of seven books, and lives in Springfield, Missouri, with her husband and their two sons, Clayton and Connor.
Dr. Juli Slattery
Dr. Juli is a widely known clinical psychologist, author, speaker, and broadcast media professional who loves the Lord with all her heart. After co-hosting Focus on the Family's international radio and television outreaches for several years, she joined Linda Dillow in founding Authentic Intimacy. She and her husband Mike have been married for almost two decades. They are raising their three boys in Colorado Springs where Juli can be found playing in the mountains and trying to manage her addiction to soy lattes.
Deborah Smith
Deborah Smith is the founder and president of SOW, a marketplace ministry dedicated to serving women and equipping them to better serve their families and communities. SOW also does event planning and interior decorating components, where Deborah joyfully uses her gifts. Deborah is a Bible teacher, speaker, and writer and believes that discipleship is the heartbeat of ministry. She was commissioned and served as an Ambassador for Revive Our Hearts, and she is grateful to be able to continue to serve the ministry through blogging. Vocationally, she is the administrator for Christian Legal Aid of D.C. She is an active member of Anacostia River Church in Washington, D.C., where she joyfully serves.
Rebecca Stark
Rebecca Stark lives up north in the Yukon, one of Canada's territories, where it's winter for eight months a year. She has four grown children and three toddler grandchildren who all live nearby. She enjoys writing about theology at Rebecca Writes and Out of the Ordinary.
Elizabeth Sunshine
Elizabeth Sunshine is a Ph.D. student at the University of Notre Dame, where she is studying Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity. She grew up in Connecticut but now lives right on the border between Michigan and Indiana. After college, she worked in Taipei, Taiwan as an editor for Studio Classroom, an English-teaching magazine, where she also wrote scripts for TV shows, led summer camps, and taught an English Bible study. In her free time, she enjoys walking outside, reading fantasy novels, and knitting. She also blogs at Logos and Love.
Joni Eareckson Tada
Joni Eareckson Tada is the Founder and CEO of Joni and Friends, an organization that promotes Christian ministry in the disability community. Joni hosts the short-feature radio program "Joni and Friends," has written over fifty books, has received the Gold Medallion Lifetime Achievement, and has been inducted into the National Religious Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
Follow Joni & Friends on Twitter @JoniandFriends.
Tessa Thompson
Tessa Thompson lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan with her husband, Nick, and enjoys being a stay-at-home-mom to their three boys. She is the author of Laughing at the Days to Come: Facing Present Trials and Future Uncertainties with Gospel Hope (Reformation Heritage, 2019).
Amy Tyson
Amy Tyson is Adam's wife and mom to Joel and Ethan. As a family, they have been learning to navigate life with Adam's young-onset Parkinson's Disease for almost two years. They live in Bakersfield, California, where they are part of Sovereign Grace Church of Bakersfield. Amy loves theology, books, music, and daffodils. She previously worked as an English teacher and is grateful for almost ten years of part-time work in research, writing, and editing for various Christian organizations.
Kimberly Wagner
Kimberly Wagner's passion is Christ, and she desires to ignite women's pursuit of God's glory. She's the author of Fierce Women, and is a frequent guest on the Revive Our Hearts radio program, as well as a regular contributor to the True Woman blog. She enjoys sharing with women and hearing from them about what God is doing in their lives.
Lindsey Wagstaffe
Lindsey Wagstaffe's greatest passion is to see the glory of Christ, cherish Him unreservedly, and assist others in doing the same. She treasures the family and church that God has blessed her with, and lives outside of San Francisco with her parents and two younger sisters.
Jenny Walsh
Jenny Walsh has been married for twenty-eight years and has four children. She worked as a family practice physician for many years, but now the Lord has led her into a discipleship and prayer ministry. She has lived in Columbia, South Carolina since 1995 when she and her husband were stationed there with the U.S. Army. She became a Christian the summer after graduating from high school and has been held by the Lord ever since.
Sarah Walton
Sarah Walton is the co-author of Together through the Storms: Biblical Encouragement for Your Marriage When Life Hurts (The Good Book Company, 2020). She is also the co-author of the award-winning book Hope When It Hurts and blogs at SetApart.net. She lives with her husband, Jeff, and their four children in Chicago, Illinois. You can find more of Sarah and Jeff's story in their book trailer. In her free time, she dreams about what she would do if she actually had free time.
Liz Wann
Liz Wann is a freelance writer who lives in Philadelphia with her husband, two sons, and a daughter on the way. She is Editor in Chief at Morning by Morning and regularly contributes to Desiring God, Think Christian, Christ and Pop Culture, and the ERLC.
Candice Watters
Candice Watters is an author who loves teaching the Bible to women and her third and fourth grade Sunday school class at Clifton Baptist Church. Together with her husband, Steve, she founded Boundless.org webzine and co-authored Start Your Family: Inspiration for Having Babies. Candice is the author of Get Married: What Women Can Do to Help It Happen. She and Steve blog at FamilyMaking.com about the link between family formation and spiritual formation, drawing on twenty-two years of marriage and experience as mom and dad to their four children.
Brook Wayne
Brook Wayne is the co-author of the book, Pitchin' A Fit! Overcoming Angry & Stressed-Out Parenting. She is an author and conference speaker, a mother of nine children and the co-founder of Family Renewal Ministries.
Lauren Weir
Lauren Weir is a wife and mother with a heart that beats to communicate the goodness and glory of God. She received her Master of Biblical Counseling degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Through her online ministry, Words Worth Noting, she creates biblical resources and content to foster love for Scripture and faithfulness to the King. You can connect with her at wordsworthnoting.com or on Instagram.
Kristen Wetherell
Kristen Wetherell is the author of Fight Your Fears: Trusting the Character and Promises of God When You Are Afraid and the co-author of the award-winning book Hope When It Hurts. She writes regularly for digital publications and enjoys teaching the Bible to women at retreats, events, and conferences. She and her husband, Brad, are members of The Orchard and parents to Joanna.
Shannon Wexelberg
Shannon Wexelberg is a mountain-loving, God-pursuing, Colorado-based songwriter, artist, worship leader, wife, and mom, who has a blazing passion for the Lord's presence and for helping lead others there. Studying theology & worship, Shannon graduated from both Dallas Baptist University and Christ for the Nations. She has written and recorded six worship projects of her own, which can be found at ShannonWexelberg.com. While Shannon can often be found ministering around the U.S. and abroad (including leading worship for Revive our Hearts!), her favorite place to be is on the home-front with her husband Mark, her son Christian, and her two orange tabbies, nestled at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.
Anna Clark Wiggins
Anna Clark Wiggins is a wife and middle school math teacher. She and her husband, Glenn, have one daughter, Clark Jaymes.
Lore Ferguson Wilbert
Lore Ferguson Wilbert is a writer, thinker, and learner. She blogs at Sayable.net, tweets @lorewilbert, and posts photos on Instagram @lorewilbert. She has a husband named Nate, a puppy named Harper Nelle, and too many books to read in one lifetime.
Jen Wilkin
Jen Wilkin is a speaker, writer, and teacher of women's Bible studies in Dallas, Texas. She and her family are members of The Village Church where she currently serves on staff. Jen writes and teaches the Flower Mound Women's Bible Study, a 700-member interdenominational Bible study. Jen's passion is to see women become articulate, committed followers of Christ, with a clear understanding of why they believe what they believe, grounded in the Word of God.
Laura Williams
Laura (Shaffer) Williams is wife to Dennis and mom to four lively kids. In her single years, she was the Creative Services Manager for Revive Our Hearts. Now she gets to hang out all day with three-year Rachel (also known as Princess), help her elementary kids Lindsay and Joe with homework and 4-H, and encourage her middle-school-age son, Tim, with school and sports. Between keeping house, helping her husband with his business, and doing some graphic design work in her free time, life is a fast-paced adventure.
Robert Wolgemuth
Dr. Robert Wolgemuth is the author of over twenty books, but has spent most of his career on the business side of the publishing industry. His credits include executive marketing and management positions in the magazine and book industry in Illinois and Texas, the presidency of a large Nashville book publisher, and the co-founding of a publishing company and literary agency.

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Living Room Designs - Our Top 10 Pinterest Pins
Hello Internet Friends,
Through this post I would like to answer a question that I get quite often: 'Where should I start my decorating project?'
Answer: with an image that inspires you. And, as you all know by now how I feel about Pinterest, i will be more specific. You should start your search for inspiration right there, on Pinterest!
There are so many inspiring designs that I come across on a daily basis, by so many talented people! To help you filter through that sea of inspiration, I will be sharing, on a more regular basis, my top ten picks for different spaces within or around The Home. For each design element that caught my attention and got me to love that space, I will include a few images with that one element in common but with very different design outcomes.
Today's space: The Living Room.
Get ready to be inspired! And, if you manage to find the time ;-), I would love to hear your comments!
For the first four images, I love the graphic details. Simple or complex geometric shapes, a neutral colour palette and a touch of boldness.
by Noha Hassan, New York
Image: Pinterest/ Etsy.com
Image: Pinterest/ Maisons du Monde
Image: Pinterest/Bloglovin
The next four images: great examples of what high contrast can do in a space. Everything stands out in it's particular way, like a piece of art. Crisp.
Image: Pinterest/ Weheartit.com
Image: Pinterest/ liliinwonderland.fr
Image: Habitissimo
Image: Pinterest/ Stylizimo
And for the last three images, I believe it's pretty clear what caught my attention: the perfect use of colour. (and, yes, if you were keeping count, we are up to 11 pins. lol)
Image: Pinterest/sfgirlbybay.com
Image: Pinterest/ www.daniellenelisse.com
Image: Pinterest/ TopDreamer
For more design tips, decorating ideas and stunning home decor product introductions Sign up to our Newsletter - THE STYLE JOURNAL.
Until next time.
♥ Adore your home...
Please note that the images featured in this article are all curated from Pinterest with the intent to provide visual inspiration to the reader. If you foresee a conflict with the use of any of the above images, please let us know and we will remove it immediately. Thank you.
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Officials of the Port of Coupeville began preliminary discussions Wednesday about possibly running a levy lid lift in November.
"Now's the time to start talking about if we're going to do it," said Chris Michalopoulos, executive director for the port.
The preliminary talks didn't cover any estimated increase or specifics. The port currently get 17 cents per $1,000 of assessed land value.
The district last ran a levy lift in 2009, but it failed.
"It has to be driven by a community-based standpoint," said Commissioner William Bell.
Michalopoulos said he's been working with and developing relationships with other community organizations and believes those organizations would be supportive and help lead a campaign.
If the port decides to pursue the levy lift, Michalopoulos said he'd like to hire a consultant and maybe put together an ad hoc committee.
"You gotta be careful about what you spend on this, especially with a consultant," Bell said.
He advised contacting the county auditor's office to find out what the financial challenges and legal requirements are.
With running it November 2018, it's an election year so the ballot would be crowded, which would make the cost to the port go down, Bell pointed out.
The board discussed timelines for getting a plan put together, estimating everything that would have to be mapped out and submitted by June or July.
The port has struggled with finances over the years, balancing income versus the district's two historic properties — the Coupeville Wharf and Greenbank Farm.
Both properties have serious repair needs.
The wharf had an engineering assessment done a couple years ago, and those reports showed the wharf needed roughly $500,000 in piling work alone.
"What we're selling to the community is 'wharf, no wharf,'" said Commissioner John Mishasek.
Bell said it wasn't as simple as that and the port would need to direct the community conversation. In December, the port made its final bond payment on the Greenbank Farm, which will free up some additional money from its budget.
We're going to need to address questions like "what are you going to do with that extra $100K in your pocket," he said.


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Henry Ford once said that consumers would have requested "a better horse" if he had asked them what to produce. Similarly, Steve Jobs told a reporter, "It's not the consumers' job to know what they want."
The result?
For Henry Ford it was the Model T, the moving assembly line, and a plethora of products and processes that upset the status quo.
For Steve Jobs, the computer industry, the music industry, mobile phones, all were revolutionized by Apple. Steve Jobs' name is on 313 patents ranging from the iPod to Apple's glass staircase. As Andy Kessler says in WSJ, he did it "by figuring out what he wanted and controlling the process until he got it." He knew how to "give customers what they want before they knew they wanted it."
According to a 2008 Wired article, Steve Jobs' leadership style has been characterized by autocracy and charisma. He is hard to please, inspirational and usually right. Talking about the iPod, during 2004, he said, "We want it to make toast. We're toying with refrigeration too." Actually, and secretly, Apple was developing video.
The Steve Jobs story is about a lot more than Apple. It is about an American entrepreneur. Very different from other visionaries, he is also similar. They destroyed the past as they moved us onward. They took advantage of an economic system that rewarded their talents.
Here is a past post about Apple's patents.
The Economic Lesson
In Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy (1942), Joseph Schumpeter (1883-1950) described what propelled capitalism and what would destroy it. Explaining the march of new ideas as creative destruction, Schumpeter said that entrepreneurs fueled capitalism's ability to grow.
(In this Teaching Company/History of Economic Thought course from Dr. Timothy Taylor, Lecture 8 on Schumpeter is excellent.)
An Economic Question: Thinking specifically of Apple and iTunes, how was the music industry transformed?


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Every year we get together with family and friends to give thanks for the year's harvest and one of the most exciting places to do that is in beautiful Niagara Falls. This October 9th, visit the city for some amazing Thanksgiving experiences and get ready to give thanks in one of the country's most remarkable destinations.
Fallsview Dinner
For a delicious dinner with breathtaking views of the Horseshoe and American Falls, look no further than Windows by Jamie Kennedy Fresh Grill & Wine Bar. At Windows you can really appreciate Niagara's fall harvest and connect with the local farm-to-table movement by indulging in inventive seasonal dishes like Ontario Lamb Rack, B.C. Snapper, Stuffed Capon Supreme, and Pork Tenderloin.
Ball's Falls Thanksgiving Festival
This popular annual festival is the perfect place to spend some time with family this Thanksgiving weekend. Running October 6th to 9th, the Ball's Falls festival will feature a wide range of amazing artisan vendors, great food stands, live entertainment, a farmer's market, and more. The festival runs from 10am until 5pm at the Ball's Falls Conservation Area in Jordan, so don't miss out.
Skylon Tower & Falls Illumination
Take a walk down by the Falls on the night of October 9th and marvel at the beauty of the illuminated waterfalls and historic Skylon Tower. The tower will be beautifully lit up in gold lights in honour of Canadian Thanksgiving, making the night sky over Niagara Falls into something truly spectacular.
Niagara Parkway
Driving, walking, or cycling along the Niagara Parkway in fall is one of the most amazing ways to experience the natural beauty of Niagara Falls and take in the incredible colours of the season's foliage. From Niagara Falls, the scenic Parkway will lead you into the heart of Niagara on the Lake's wine country and features a number of amazing stops along the way, like the incredible Niagara Glen.
Niagara Brewing Company
If you're looking for a relaxed place to spend time this Thanksgiving weekend, Niagara Brewing Company is a spot that's sure to fit the bill. With awesome brews like Pumpkin Spiced Ale, Clockwork Berliner Weisse, and Best Bitter on the rotating taps and signature brews like Niagara Premium Lager, Honeymoon Peach Radler, Beerdevil IPA, and Amber Eh! Ale you're sure to find a beer that you love. The brewery also has a food menu, live musical performances and Hoppy Hour specials everyday, making it a great spot to sit back and enjoy good beer and food with friends or family.


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Hello there! It's the middle of the week and I hope you're all faring well so far (: I had my first university midterm yesterday and it was pretty much a nightmare. It was one of those times where it went slightly better than I thought but I had already gone into it with super low expectations (ie. it was slightly less horrible than completely horrible). At least it's finished now and I can go back to putting physics on the back burner until the next test ;)
I have a simple manicure for you today. Looking at my unruly collection of polishes, I kept being drawn back to this minty shade. Once I had it on I couldn't bare to cover it up completely so I did a very subtle white tribal gradient.
For the accent nails I started with OPI Alpine Snow. I sponged on American Apparel Office for the gradient and applied it to the rest of my nails. For the tribal print I used a white striping polish.
Thanks for looking, much love!
- brittney xo


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TopLegal | November.20.2019
Italian legal magazine TopLegal named Orrick partner Patrizio Messina Italy's Lawyer of the Year during the publication's 13th annual TopLegal Awards in Milan.
Winners are selected by a panel of TopLegal researchers and in-house lawyers from domestic and international companies and banks.
TopLegal recognized Patrizio as Italy's foremost expert on nonperforming loans and cited his role in the restructuring of Banca Popolare di Bari and the rescue of Carige. During the research period, Patrizio advised on several important corporate transactions on behalf of Italian banks, including the establishment of Iccrea banking group, demonstrating regular and effective interactions with the Regulation Authorities. He recently wrote a book, Finance for SMEs: European Regulation and Capital Markets Union, about alternative financing tools for small and medium enterprises in Europe.
Earlier this month, Patrizio, along with Orrick partner Alessandro De Nicola, was named to Legalcommunity's list of the most influential and powerful lawyers in Italy in recognition of his innovation in the finance markets. Legalcommunity has recognized Patrizio as Structured Finance Lawyer of the Year two consecutive times, this year calling him "undoubtedly one of the greatest Italian banking experts."


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My tweets
- Mon, 17:51: Government, failing. Nothing new, except the methods of execution. http://t.co/ARu33zqE
- Tue, 01:21: Pursuant of the dream, oh; it's a hard way to go. Expect hard landings, equipment failure, death threats, shots... http://t.co/WOlQcpQJ
- Tue, 02:37: A couple months ago, I started a facebook page for my photography. I invited a few people to 'like' it at first... http://t.co/yD4SogNo


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When Singapore found out that Krispy Kreme was coming into our little Island the hype was major! Their new store is located at the basement of Tangs shopping center in Orchard road. The line the first two days were endless. People waited for 30mins to 2 hours to get a doughnut!
Continue below for the day out and doughnuts!
|Krispy kreme doughnuts finally are in Singapore!
|Had another fun afternoon at the beach with my boyfriends family!
|Here we are in our proudly dug hole, I'm an avid hole digger at the beach, all done by hand! His little brother is behind us!
|Back from the beach, just had a shower and looking super pale!
|The second day Krispy Kreme was opened we took the express que (whereby you must buy a dozen) and we both got a dozen of the original glazed doughnuts!
|The first time I ever had a Krispy Kreme was in Bangkok on holiday last October!
|Check out my Bangkok holiday post here!
|My dozen of original glazed! They really are the best textured doughnuts I've ever had, doughnuts in normal asian bakeries are either very spongey or holey, these are like a dense cake!
How often do you eat doughnuts? Any particular shop you buy from?


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Five new Ebola cases in Guinea in 24 hours
Five new cases of the deadly Ebola virus have been recorded in Guinea in the past 24 hours, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
The total number of suspected and confirmed cases of one of the deadliest viruses known to man has risen to 127 in the country, with 83 people now known to have died, the UN's public health agency said.
No treatment or vaccine is available for the virus, and the UN agency said the fatality rate in Guinea so far stands at 65 percent, with the virus mainly hitting adults aged 15 to 59.
The WHO said thirty-five cases had now been confirmed by laboratory testing.
In the capital Conakry, 12 people are known to have contracted the disease, four of whom have died.
The tropical virus leads to haemorrhagic fever, and which causes muscle pain, weakness, vomiting, diarrhoea and in severe cases, organ failure and unstoppable bleeding.
It can be transmitted to humans from wild animals, and between humans through direct contact with another's blood, faeces or sweat. Sexual contact, or the unprotected handling of contaminated corpses, can also lead to infection.
The WHO is working with countries bordering Guinea to put in place "necessary disease surveillance measures", with both Liberia had Sierra Leone reporting suspected Ebola cases and deaths among people who travelled to Guinea before showing symptoms.
Liberia has confirmed two cases and a suspected five more, while Sierra Leone is closely monitoring 15 people who attended a funeral in an area hit by the outbreak, the WHO said.
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Here are the things that I think are worth reading and checking out this week:
Thinking of Interfaces as Sets of Jobs
I think that Ryan Singer's blog should be required reading for anyone designing user experiences. The blog is rooted in his day job which is creating user interfaces and software design at 37 Signals. I love his explanations and insights and his article on how to think of interfaces as sets of jobs is yet another great example of why I love his writing. Read the article here.
Finding Your Tone of Voice
One of the most critical elements of any great brand is having a clear tone of voice that differentiates you from the competition and expresses your brand personality. This article is a nice guide to how to start crafting that tone of voice. Read the article here.
Rich Kinds of Instagram
Just like the name implies this could easily become the People of Wal-Mart for the 1%ers. It would be sad if it wasn't so funny. Take in all the richness here.
Content: A Blessing, A Bubble, A Burden
These days everyone seems to be buzzing about content strategy and as a result if you search for it on Google and you get nearly 50 million results. This has lead to a lot of people running around using the term 'content strategy' like they know what it means and very few that I have met actually do. I can tell you as someone who has been able to successfully implement it that this article by Christopher Butler if one of the few I have read that really looks at the good and bad aspects of this new movement. Read the article here.
Responsive Typography andSystematic Breakpoints
A quick and easy tutorial that shows how you can apply the golden ratio to calculate optimal typography and systematic breakpoints to your sites. Read the article here.
Towards a Retina Web
With the recent release of the Retina Macbook Pro Apple has brought their double density displays to all their product categories. This article explains explains the challenges and constraints of having to design for multiple display densities and all the code you will need to be able to take advantage of it. Read the article here.


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Property Description
Rastegar owns +/-2.70 acres located at the intersection of South 1st Street and West Live Oak Street in Austin, TX and is pursuing multifamily and office developer proposals for a joint venture land contribution.
Investment Highlights
- Jones Lang LaSalle ("JLL") has been exclusively retained to offer qualified
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Cider has been in the Beck family for generations. Whether its production was legal or not is another story, but the current generation, with Mike Beck at the helm, is playing by all the rules and bringing Michigan cider to the forefront of the industry. The original 1918 packing house was converted into a cider mill in the 1970s by Beck's parents, and when the time came to pass the fifth-generation, 240-acre farm down, Beck decided to turn those apples into Uncle John's Hard Cider.
More than 20 varieties of apples (plus peaches, cherries, strawberries, raspberries and even asparagus) flourish on the farm, and Beck makes the most of it, bottling single-varietal heirloom apples alongside fruit-infused four-pack cans and draft selections. In a project with Michigan State University (Beck's alma mater), the cidery took the state's two hottest commodities and blended them together: apples and cherries. Today, the Apple Cherry is a regular on Uncle John's menu and gives it to you straight. Juicy apple and tart cherry marry to embody orchard freshness, finding cherry blossom notes and gentle acid in the semi-sweet finish. An easy match for sharp cheeses like Manchego or grilled pork with a fruit compote.


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By: Gary Ashton, Guest Writer from Nashville TN
Five Things Home Sellers Should Do with Their Trees for Great Curb Appeal
Curb appeal is the sparkle that entices buyers to go inside – a first impression of sorts.
Great curb appeal has landed "sold" signs in yards quickly, while lack of it has caused
seriously interested buyers to drive right by.
A nice mailbox, fresh cut grass, pristine house numbers, and pretty flowers all add
plusses to the curb appeal column, but some home sellers don't take enough pains with
the yard's biggest occupants; trees.
Trees can make or break a home's vibe, taking it from well-maintained to frumpy and
neglected. Home sellers should do these five things with their trees for killer curb appeal.
Decide if there are too many
A yard cluttered with lots of trees of different sizes ends up looking smaller and unkempt
than those with a few key, statement trees. If your lawn looks more like a jungle,
strategically decide which ones to take down. Leave the most impressive, healthiest trees
and the ones that make the biggest positive impact on your curb appeal. Aim for a relaxed
outdoor space that buyers can imagine themselves enjoying.
Handle the "sick" ones
Does your yard have trees that are bent, have worms, or are just plain sick-looking?
If so, they are taking away from the look of the property. If you are determined to save
the trees because they contribute positively to the look of your place, invest in a tree
company to advise you how to treat the problem. Otherwise put them on the list to be
Trim them
Thick, overgrown foliage hides the house and makes the entire property look neglected
and rundown. Not to mention leaves can clog the gutters and cause serious and
costly problems. After choosing which trees to keep, invest in a professional tree
trimming company to shape and shear your trees. A nicely groomed tree adds to the
overall feel of a well-maintained home and boosts curb appeal for potential buyers.
Create beauty underneath them
Leafy trees block the sun from hitting the ground underneath, causing big patches of dirt
that is an eyesore to buyers. Turn a problem into an opportunity for extra curb appeal!
Buy some mulch or river rocks and cover the area underneath to make a flower bed. Plant
some shade-loving plants like hostas, bigroot geraniums, and begonias to create interest
and add color and greenery. Operate on the "less is more" premise. Keep the area looking
neat and clean by not over-planting. A little gardening effort turns the ground beneath
your tree into an inviting, attractive space.
Don't let them "litter"
Once you eliminate the trees you don't want, get them trimmed up and address the ground
beneath them, devote a few minutes a week to patrolling the area. This is especially
important going into the fall months, when trees begin to lose their foliage. Nothing says
"sad" like a yard full of fallen leaves. Plus, you don't need to remind potential buyers of
the effort of cleaning them up every year! Rake up the offenders and put them in a leaf
bag for trash day, or haul them away yourself. A clean, leaf-free yard is more enticing to
Home sellers who only refresh and re-vamp the inside of their house are missing a key
opportunity to excite buyers before they ever step through the door. It pays to look
closely at your yard as a buyer would and add curb appeal if needed. Making sure your
trees are healthy and well-maintained will help garner more interest, drive a higher price,
and receive more offers.


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It's hump day so you know what that means…#WavyWednesdays are here. Following up last week's "Thumbin" & "Goldie Mack" releases, the A$AP Mob decide to return today with their latest offering called "Presidents" featuring ASAP Nast, ASAP Twelvyy, & ASAP Rocky.
Over the mellow, piano-led production, the ASAP Mob spitters show off their slick flows & rapid fire rhymes, while rapping about their hustle & come up in the streets of Harlem. Take a listen and let us know what you think.
Cozy Boys tape coming soon.
Quotable Lyrics:
Highly recommended started epidemics
Hoped for the college but I had the best tuition
Momma had the best interest couldn't tell it different
Chrissy sippin, plenty women, what the fuck you representing
I'm out for presidents to represent me
Prezi, Bently, head from Lindsey
Like Lohan, nigga evidently
Got hoes in every city hella swift
Ones who had that bag
Life ain't been the same ever since
- Rocky