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What makes up a person? What makes up a people? Stories.
We are our stories. Everything and all reality are relationships--from the tiniest atom to the universe as a whole. And so are we. A person is a complex of all the events of her past, the present relationships she now enjoys, and the future relationships she intends. This includes the relationships she remembers and those she doesn't. Relationships within her being and relationships between her being and others--even to the transcending consciousness or spirit of all reality.
An absolute implies total self-sufficiency, an absence of relationships. I refuse to believe in absolutes. I affirm the totality of relationships--which is love. I identify myself and others by our relationships. I declare my vocation to discover, create, and maintain relationships. This begins by sharing stories with one another. It proceeds by creating safe places for all to share their stories and create new ones together. It culminates in love of neighbor and faith in our shared abilities to live, have meaning, and respect one another without absolutes. And it never ends.
Stories are the accounts of events of our relationships. Remembering and telling them gives us a sense of belonging or meaning: our meaning on earth and in the universe, our meaning in society and in history, meaning in our clan, our state, our civilization, our world. And we are meaning-driven beings. Narrating of stories requires interpretation. And interpretation is colored by perspective, interest, values. An interpretation derives from one's faith in, hope for, and ultimately love of others.
There are two narratives vying for national identity in the American Republic. One is more exclusive and thickens the boundaries between relationships. Another is more inclusive and loosens those boundaries. This is life we know where if a cell to protect itself, tightens its outer membrane to prevent any foreign newcomers including nutrition, it dies. But if it loosens it membranes so much that it admits toxic substances, it also dies. In ancient and medieval times, cities and states built walls to provide safe spaces for people to live. And in republican times and places, to act in concert.
But the closed boundary narrative dominating American life today is that of nationalist populism (The Bannon-Trump story) will I believe destroy our Republic. It divides us into warring factions of the deserving and unworthy, of us and them, of believers and unbelievers, of acceptable and an unacceptable beliefs, customs, religions, languages, life styles, sexual orientations, professions, and standards of success. This narrative is critiqued at length in the above referenced essay in compliance with the thought of Pope Francis. This narrative is discerned to be a manifestation of "apocalyptic Manichaeism," the "gospel of prosperity," a perversion of religious liberty, and a fundamentalist ecumenism between traditionalist Catholics and dominionist evangelicals that promotes fear and anger, crusade and terror, xenophobia and spiritual war.
The second narrative, consistent with Francis and Vatican II, is a clear distinction between culture, religion, and politics. "Francis wants to break the organic link between culture, politics, institution and Church. Spirituality cannot tie itself to governments or military pacts for it is at the service of all men and women. Religions cannot consider some people as sworn enemies nor others as eternal friends. Religion should not become the guarantor of the dominant classes. Yet it is this very dynamic with a spurious theological flavor that tries to impose its own law and logic in the political sphere."
The first narrative places the unity of the Republic in culture and religious observance. The second places the unity of the Republic in political faith guaranteeing yet beyond private beliefs. The authentic spirituality in all religions, that which supports inclusion, compassion, and love of neighbor serves that political faith without dominating it.
And so while not yet a spiritual war or a Manichaean apocalyptic moment, we are in crisis--that is, at a point of decision. Which narrative is correct? Which will win out? It's a crap shoot--a wager. One like Pascal wrote about. But not so much as a Faustian Bargain or a game theory exercise. It is our collective decision that will put the weight on one side or the other. We the People will write our story.
Monday, August 7, 2017
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Naked Hairbrush OTKSunday, December 1, 2013
Brooke: Naked Hairbrush OTK
On Brooke's first day of classes at the Academy, the Headmaster delivers her obligatory academic preemptive spanking. Young Brooke is given a long hard OTK hairbrush spanking on her bare bottom. She finishes the punishment completely naked.
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The popular massively multiplayer RPG set in a fantastical medieval world (yeah, that narrows it down) is getting expanded. Need I say more? Probably. Alright then, Dark Age of Camelot will receive another expansion pack by year's end.
Set for release Q4 of 2003, Trials of Atlantis will take the Dark Age play to new levels by immersing would be adventurers of all realms in a series of nine new trials in an underwater Atlantis, now created by a "visually stunning new graphic engine."
Mark Jacobs, President and CEO, Mythic Entertainment:
- "Once again Mythic is extending the world of Dark Age of Camelot. Fans will be excited by the new quests, new races and Master Level system, not to mention our new graphic engine that will deliver sophisticated underwater and improved above ground visuals."
Water? How's that going to work? You can swim and explore the sunken world.
- "The expansion reveals that the citizens of Atlantis, foreseeing the demise of their society, built a series of Trials into the ruins of their civilization. The Trials were designed to challenge future cultures that discover and seek to explore the ancient lands. In Trials of Atlantis, the three Realms have each found a hidden portal to the fabled continent. Now it's up to the populations of Hibernia, Midgard and Albion to take on the nine Trials and uncover the mysterious powers amongst the ruins. To succeed, players must master the perilous ocean and confront terrifying monsters, both on land and undersea."
Other features include a new Master Level advancement system, one new player race per realm, dozens of new monsters, new objects and treasure, and an upgraded NDL Gamebryo graphics engine that promises enhanced ground texturing, enhanced underwater scenes, and cooler trees.
There are a couple of odd points with the announcement today. For one, even though Trials of Atlantis is slated to ship at the end of this year, the press release indicates that it is but one of three expansions to ship in 2003 (the other two of course being the free downloadable add-ons). Where does that leave Dark Age of Camelot 2 work? Secondly, both the original game as well as a full retail copy of Shrouded Isles will be required to play Trials of Atlantis. Whoa.
One question remains, will the mysterious and deadly Sea Cow be one of the new monsters? Time will tell.


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West Ham to honour 25th anniversary of Bobby Moore's death
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West Ham United boss David Moyes praised the club and supporters for their plan to honour the late Bobby Moore at this weekend's Premier League match against Liverpool.
It is 25 years since the club's iconic captain died and fans will wear commemorative t-shirts at Anfield in his memory.
And it has also been revealed that the club, in partnership with Barratt London, will bury a Bobby Moore time capsule, first buried under the Bobby Moore Stand at the Boleyn Ground in 1993, under the location of what was the centre circle, at the new Upton Gardens development.
Moyes said: "Bobby Moore at this club has legendary status and should be and actually in England for what he did for the national team as well. I think it's great we remember the ex-players, especially the special ones.
"My biggest memories were the days I had with Sir Tom Finney when he was at Preston North End and how big a legend he was in Preston but mainly in football.
"I think Bobby Moore carries that and I'm delighted the supporters will be backing it and showing exactly what they think of him."
Containing mementos of his life and playing career donated by the club, supporters and Stephanie Moore MBE, the original time capsule was buried in the foundations of the Bobby Moore Stand at the Boleyn Ground on October 2, 1993, following the demolition of the old South Bank terrace the previous summer.
Having been carefully extracted last summer, it will now be housed in a new outer container, with a small number of new items added to tell the story of the time capsule's journey and the legacy created since Bobby's passing, including the millions of pounds raised in his name by the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK.
The charity has funded world class bowel cancer research and awareness projects and aims to reach £25million this year to help beat bowel cancer sooner.
Stephanie Moore MBE said: "It seems like only yesterday I placed items in Bobby's time capsule and by adding more mementos from the last 25 years, his memory can continue to live on. I'd like to thank everyone at West Ham for remembering Bobby on this particularly poignant anniversary and his achievements for his club and country.
"Since he died, the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK has made huge strides towards beating bowel cancer – survival is improving and has doubled in the last 40 years. We still have so much more to do and I hope by continuing to raise vital funds and awareness, we will beat this terrible disease."
West Ham United joint-chairman David Gold added: "I watched Bobby Moore lead West Ham United into battle on that very spot so many times, immaculate in his number six shirt, and there could not be a more fitting location to honour his memory at our former home.
"I was fortunate enough to witness Bobby's entire playing career from the very beginning, and even more fortunate to get to know him personally later in life when he worked for Sport Newspapers. He was a great man as well as a great footballer.
"Although 25 years have passed since his tragic and premature death, the esteem and national pride in which he is still held speaks volumes, and the reburial of his time capsule at Upton Gardens ensures that the legacy of Bobby Moore and West Ham United will proudly continue at our spiritual home."
Gary Ennis, Barratt's regional managing director for London and Southern, said: "This time capsule honours someone who has not only had an impact on his fans, but on a great many people who live in the local area of Upton Park.
"Preserving the unique heritage of this location has been of key importance to us in our development of Upton Gardens and we are proud to be working with West Ham United to help preserve the memory of Bobby Moore through this special event."


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This week started the tech week for Anna at LU! It has been a long process... I have a countdown to shave my beard, cut my hair, and of course head to Ohio!
This show has been coming a long in great strides, there have been many bumps in the road, some hurt more then others, however this is normal for a show. In the end the show will look great, the story will come to life, and happy (in this case sad) audiences will love the show.
If you don't know Anna Karenina is a very depressing show, there are many light moments in the show, some of which are funny, but it is a tragedy, a good tragedy... if done right. So good, in fact that this story is considered to be the best written story of all time. This of course is argued by many, but it has been mentioned more then once!:)
What has been extremely impressive with this cast is that we have pulled together to decided to tell this story. We have been able to smooth out some of the potholes, the speed bumps and move along as a powerful...steam train.
I am confident when this train hits (no pun intended) opening night, it will be a strong success at Lindenwood University. Since this theater season at LU has been a 'High School' season, it will be a refreshing course of action to have something challenging, something thought provoking, something artistic. I am happy to be apart of it!
As many of you know, if not - SURPRISE, this will be my last show at LU. After 4 years of schooling it is slowly coming to an end. I am not saying I will not do theater anymore, just moving on from Lindenwood. It is so weird to say this is my last show! My last semester I will be focusing on Dance. I guess we will see if I get into Christmas Carol this fall, I have made it 4 Christmas Carols (4 years) without acting in one of them.
Ok, now getting back to Anna Kerenina and Tech week information with pictures:
The stage is all painted, ready to go....
This is going to be a long tech....
hey lookie there, techies!
the stage, create, and other stuff....
That chandelier is finally being used after 4 years of not using it! WAY TO GO LU!
Well it has been a process, tech week is now, spring break is coming up! Can't wait, need a break badly! Then show is the week after that. Then I finally get to change my appearance.
Have a great week,
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Dehradun, Apr 8 (PTI) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat today appointed ministers as in-charge of different districts in the state to monitor implementation of schemes and ensure that people get the benefit of these.
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I had the lovely opportunity to interview Lori Goldstein. Her most recent book, Circle of Jinn, just released May 17th. I've reviewed her amazing books Becoming Jinn and Circle of Jinn. For more information about her publications or general awesomeness, you can visit her website. Without further ado, our interview!
Becoming Jinn and Circle of Jinn revolve around the world of genies. What originally gave you the inspiration to write about genies?
The idea for Becoming Jinn started with a character. Scratch that, it started with a name. A few years ago, there was a horrible earthquake in Turkey. A mother and her infant daughter were pulled from the rubble and both miraculously survived. That baby's name was Azra, which is my protagonist in Becoming Jinn. It was hearing this beautiful name and picturing this world she would live in that sparked the idea of writing a book featuring Jinn, which for some reason I knew was the term for spirits derived from North African and Middle Eastern lore. A fan of contemporary, I decided to merge the fantasy elements with our modern world and drop Azra and her Jinn family into the world in which I live—quite literally into my home state of Massachusetts. All it takes is one thing to spark an entire book!
Did you research folklore surrounding genies, or did you create many of your own details? What did you want to show when writing about genies?
I definitely wanted to reflect the lore of the Jinn in the book. Because it's a contemporary fantasy and I mix up the genie tropes we know and toss in some magic, I didn't want to go completely true to any specific lore or stories of Jinn, but I wanted it to be an influence, with details I could draw upon and toss in. I read through Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar, a very academic examination of Jinn, and pulled bits and pieces to add to the book. The same with a book called Encyclopedia of Spirits, which, completely opposite of the first book, details how to summon particular spirits, including Jinn. While nothing is overt, they both added some backbone to the Jinn history I made up. Then the rest was the fun part: creating my own mythology of who the Jinn are.
What was your favorite scene that you wrote in Becoming Jinn?
The last scene in Becoming Jinn is my favorite. It is the culmination of everything that began building with page one. I envisioned the end for so long—the final pages were pulled almost word for word from my outline—that it was not only a culmination for Azra but for me as well. Everything comes together exactly as I hoped and just as I was envisioning to lead into the sequel. There's no better feeling as an author than ending the book the way you want to.
Can you give us any hints about your future publications?
CIRCLE OF JINN released on May 17 and right now I'm in the middle of doing school visits, book clubs, bookstore events, and writing workshops in support of it. I'm *this* close to finishing the writing of what I hope will be my next book. It's a straight contemporary about a girl, who, similar to Azra in Becoming Jinn, has an obstacle about herself that she has to overcome in order to succeed and thrive in the "real world." While it doesn't have the paranormal or supernatural elements and is realistic fiction, it has a lot of the same themes and issues about finding oneself as exist in the Jinn series. And still has my humor in it. I will always write with humor.
If there was one thing you could tell the readers, in order to get them to read your book, what would it be?
BECOMING JINN is truly a contemporary fantasy. It has so much of the "real world" in it, that it reads very much like a realistic book at times. Then the fantasy and magic elements weave their way in as the story goes on and this develops even more fully in the sequel, CIRCLE OF JINN. The series has the ability to capture readers who enjoy both styles of book and has much to offer for each. In addition, whether a character is a genie, a vampire, or a "normal" person, every good story is about that character finding themselves and their path in life. I wanted to explore what it would be like to be the one granting the wishes of others while your own remain unfulfilled. I wanted to write a strong female character, who, though not on the run from the government or some evil corporation, has her own battles to fight from within herself as she struggles to discover where she truly belongs. As a teen and even as a young adult, this was something I dealt with, and though I didn't have to learn to use magic on top of it, the emotions are something I can identify with—something I think most readers, especially teen readers, can identify with.
Finally, what is one question you wished you were asked more?
Surprisingly, few people actually ask if I'd be a good genie. And I want them to ask it because, the turret is, I'd make an excellent genie! As Azra leans when she begins to grant wishes, using magic in the modern age comes with challenges. Everyone with a cell phone has the ability to out her and her powers. She can't grant someone's wish overnight without risking exposure. If a guy's suddenly flush with cash, the IRS will come a' knocking. Granting wishes is less a glamorous, snap of the fingers thing and more of a gradual, research-based task. I'm extremely practical and organized and I love research. I'd be a great modern-day genie!
Thank you so much, Lori Goldstein!


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Why did the Borderlands 2 compatibility pack cost -1 MSP, and then 4,294,967,295 MSP, simultaneously? Well, somebody derped. Whether it was Gearbox or Microsoft, I'm not sure.
Here's a very short C code example of this problem.
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
int realPrice = -1;
unsigned int derpPrice = realPrice;
printf("Real price: %d\n", realPrice);
printf("Derp price: %u\n", derpPrice);
return 0;
The output of this program is:
Real price: -1
Derp price: 4294967295
Wait, what? I didn't type that crazy four-billion number in my source code anywhere. So what happened?
Line 5 of the code was executed, and caused this headache.
realPrice is a signed integer, which means that it can hold any number between −2,147,483,648 and 2,147,483,647. That's lovely; -1 will be stored there just fine. But when we tell the computer, "Hey! The value -1 should be stored in the unsigned integer called derpPrice," we have problems. This is because an unsigned integer can hold numbers between 0 and 4,294,967,295. Did you catch that? -1 is not in that range. If we try to store a negative number there (in derpPrice), it will show up as a really large positive number. Usually it will be some number above 2,147,483,647.
I don't know what all that fancy code stuff means. Why did -1 turn into 4,294,967,295?
In order to store negative numbers in a computer, we use something called the Two's Complement representation of a number. If we want to convert a number into its Two's Complement representation, we follow these steps:
- Convert the number to binary as a positive number.
- Flip all the bits (1 becomes 0, 0 becomes 1).
- Add 1 to the number (in binary).
Let's do this for -1.
Convert -1 to binary.
Flip all the bits.
Add 1.
The computer would store -1 as
111111112 in a signed
representation, assuming our numbers are only 8 bits.
Unfortunately, our value
111111112 was forcibly
converted into an unsigned representation. Now it can now only be a positive
111111112 = 25510
In Microsoft Points world, however, numbers are represented with 32 bits. We can apply the same series of steps to find that the 32-bit representation of -1 becomes a really big number.
111111111111111111111111111111112 = 4,294,967,29510
tl;dr I guess I'm not playing Borderlands 2 anytime tonight.


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This much snow (8") is like a free pass to knit. All day. On anything you want.
I started a Kauni sweater in the morning. I used "Aunt Myrtle's Cast On" (which is really a Norwegian cast-on, I think, but Aunt Myrtle taught this to me) in a two-color twisting method. I love it. Then, I started the k1p1 rib alternating colors. It is VERY small on my 24" needle. This is deceiving because it is 24". But really, it might be 24". I think I have to start over.
And, later in the day, I knit on my Felted Slippers. I ended the second slipper "top" with about 7" of yarn and two rows to go. Thank you, miscalculations at the yarn store, that I have another skein. Hm.
Doesn't sound like a lot of knitting, but it was beautiful outside. The snow was distracting. I had to watch and guess how much was piling up. In March.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
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Attacks on religious freedom in US more than double since 2011, report finds
Attacks on religious freedom in the U.S. have more than doubled in the last six years, according to a recently released report.
Last year saw more than 1,400 acts of hostility against religious expression, up from 600 documented in 2011, said the report, published by the First Liberty Institute, a conservative organization that advocates for the First Amendment and provides legal services.
Attacks are occurring in a variety of arenas, chief among them public places, schools, churches and the military, the report noted.
"Quantitatively and qualitatively, the hostility is undeniable," the report said. "And it is dangerous."
"This past year has seen the continuation of high-profile attacks on religious liberty in the public arena as people of faith have been fired, refused employment, or fined for practicing their faith or speaking out about their religious beliefs," it continued.
The report noted that the number of attacks is likely much higher than what has been documented.
"What we collect is just what's published. So really it is just the tip of the iceberg because what's published is really a fraction of what is actually happening," First Liberty CEO Kelly Shackelford said during a conference call with reporters earlier this month.
"Most people just take it," he said. "They don't call. They don't know there is a place they can get help. They don't have enough money to hire a legal team."
As an example of hostility in public places, the report cites three instances in which state legislatures came under court challenges for opening their assemblies with prayers. First Liberty provided legal representation in some such cases.
In hostility toward religious expression in schools, the report referred to a case in which a high school junior varsity coach was fired in 2015 for praying after a football game. The coach sued the school district, seeking to be rehired. But in August, he lost the suit when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied him an injunction that would have let him return to his job.
The judges ruled that the high school junior varsity coach, Kennedy, was not engaging in a solitary act of praying, but was kneeling and praying on the 50-yard line after the game ended and while students and parents still were in the stadium.
"Kennedy was offered (and, for a time, accepted) an accommodation permitting him to pray on the fifty-yard line after the stadium had emptied and students had been released to the custody of their parents," a judge wrote, according to published reports. "His refusal of that accommodation indicates that it is essential that his speech be delivered in the presence of students and spectators. Second, for the same reason, the 'speech at issue' is directed at least in part to the students and surrounding spectators; it is not solely speech directed to God."
In an example of hostility in the military, the report recounted an instance in which a navy chaplain was in danger of losing his job when he gave religious views regarding extramarital sex while he was counseling someone. First Liberty Institute says it defended the chaplain and succeeded in getting charges against him dropped.
"As more and more Americans become aware of the growing attacks on religious liberty and learn about what their rights are," the report said. "They can stand and turn back the tides of secularism and hostility that have so eroded religious liberty — America's first freedom."


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So why am I so afraid of it? When does the fear stop? Does it ever?
Last evening the sky looked like if some promising impressionist laddered herself :) up and splashed a perfect combination of blue, purple, and pink right above. Amazing. And it made me think how colours differ from one minute to another. And we don't really see that unless we stop and look up.
We have been looking up a lot, lately, my kids and I. Which is a good thing. The best, really. It makes all of us think about what we are doing here, why are we here. Even the little one seems to be in the thoughtful mood sometimes, provided that there is a secured supply of chocolate cookies available at short distance and in no time.
They say when you love someone, you should invest in your feelings, or the love will stop, and bitterness will come instead. And I guess that is true no matter who your loved one is. While we still fight from time to time, while we are in the process of constant learning about each others, while the neighbour sends us polite letters informing he can indeed hear little feet thumping from as early as 'six am in the morning' (the double effect there shows how truly disturbing they feel, and rightly so...), in the middle of all of this we are constantly changing, growing, and improving (or this is just my inaccurate version of the real things happening, but that is another story - who can truly say one's version is the real one anyway).
So there is no need to fear. Unless you are that guy from Amelie who could crack into pieces the minute he would let go of any of his hundreds of pillows installed on every possible corner of every single piece of furniture, equipment, and tool available in his flat. I hope and wish you are not.


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|H&M Blazer // New Look Trousers // Zara Heels // Pennys Tank Top // Watch Vintage
Coming into the Summer months I tend to wear a-lot of these printed tapered trousers. A few weeks back I was in New Look and I was delighted to come across these printed trousers for as little as €20. New Look is such a fashionable and very affordable shop.
Back in March I bought this fabulous Blazer in H&M, Its so well fitted and I adore the way its such a relaxed fit. I added this crisp white razor back tank top from Pennys, the back is amazing... I adore these sort of tops that complement your back.
My watch is a very special watch to me - I inherited it from someone very special and its my most cherished piece - Vintage.
What pieces do you cherish?
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Archive for April 5th, 2011
It has been a while
It has been a while since i was at upper seletar reservoir again. The very last time was in 2009 August where i shot my good friend wenyao and zhengyi prewedding, my very first prewedding shoot.
Having picked up everything purely based on trial and error, and occasional workshop from top notch photographers and sharing with fellow photographer friends. I am happy to found myself grew a little since then.
oh the tree has grown taller and fatter over the years…
Aug 2009:
i like this because its my first time taking pre-wedding photo. Special thanks to my good friends Wenyao and Zhengyi for placing their trust on someone who simply like to take photo back then.


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Monthly Archives: December 2013
'Bernie' – Film Thoughts/Review
Richard Linklater's 'BERNIE', is a true life story about Jack Black's funeral director in Texas 'Bernie', and his relationship with Shirley MacLaine which resulting in dire consequences. Presenting as a doc-u-drama (or even a mockumentary), the film brings interesting story … Continue reading
'Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues' – Film Thoughts/Review
After ten years of waiting, finally a sequel to the cult comedy has arrived with 'ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES', with Will Ferrell returning as Ron Burgundy, as him and his team end up tackling 24 Hour News Channels. Originally … Continue reading
'MUD' – Film Thoughts/Review
Jeff Nichols' returns with more tales of the American outback following the excellent 'Take Shelter' with 'MUD', staring man of the moment (going through his McConausense) Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Loftland, Reese Witherspoon, Sarah Paulson, Sam Shepard and Michael … Continue reading
'Texas Chainsaw: 3D' – Film Thoughts/Review
Ignoring its sequels, and the Michal Bay owned 'Platinum Dunes' remake and prequel, comes what is seen (well to the filmmakers – not so positive Tobe Hooper) to be the 'proper' sequel the 1974 classic 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', comes … Continue reading
'Broken City' – Film Thoughts/Review
The talented Allen Hughes' 'BROKEN CITY', is not only his first film away from his brother Albert, but is a crime thriller about Mark Wahlberg's cop turned private eye who works for the Mayor of New York (Russell Crowe) to … Continue reading
'RED 2' – Film Thoughts/Review
After becoming a under the radar success back in 2010, it was only inevitable that Lorenzo Di Bonaventura was goanna get a second instalment in the 'other OAP action franchise' based on a DC Comic, with 'RED 2'. Bruce Willis … Continue reading
'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone' – Film Thoughts/Review
The 'INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE' is a comedy about Steve Carell's magician of the title, trying to get back his Las Vegas show, after a popular David Blaine/Kris Angel type figure (Jim Carrey) contemporary magic take away his audience, while trying … Continue reading


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The name of the print on the bookmark says Kaminari-mon Gate of Asakusa Kannon Temple but the true name of the print is Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa by the artist Hiroshige Ando. Hiroshige died before before the entire collection was completed. Hiroshige II finished it. The first prints were published in order between 1856 and 1859.
Originally built in 941 AD, Kaminarimon is the outer gate leading to the Senso-ji Temple which was constructed around 628 AD near Kamagata and later relocated to its present location in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan in 1635. This large gate features four statues. The Shinto gods Fujin and Raijin are located on the front of the gate and the Buddhist god Tenryu and goddess Kinryust and on the reverse side. Fujin, displayed on the front east side of the gate, is the god of wind and Raijin, on the west side, is the god of thunder, giving the gate its nickname of Thunder Gate.
Displayed in the middle of the gate is a giant red chochin (lantern) which weighs approximately 1,500 pounds. Despite its huge size, it is very fragile. The front of the lantern bears the painting of the gates name Kaminarimon, and the painting on the back reads Furaijinmon, the official name of the gate. The bottom or base of the chochin displays a beautiful wooden carving of a dragon. Over the centuries the gate has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. The current gate dates to 1960 and the new lantern was donated in 2003.
As a tourist, you cannot get close to the statues as they are protected by fences and wire and you certainly cannot touch them. Despite all of that, the magnificence of the gate still shines through, bearing testament to centuries of humans that have passed through its structure and those who will in the centuries yet to come.
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the mind is an incredible thing. how a smell or an image can conjure up thoughts from long ago. how one idea leads to another and then another, all which may or may not be somewhat related. how thoughts wonder it directions that at one moment make complete sense and another are totally unexplainable.
the other morning while i was getting ready to take the kids to school i went into the bathroom in search of a hairbrush. I picked up this light purple brush that I often use. After one stroke through my hair the handle broke off. Too lazy to look for another one, I continued using the brush, holding the bristle part in the palm of my hand.
It wasn't a big deal that the brush broke. I really didn't care. I have others.
What is so interesting to me about this incident is what it led to. Where my mind went as a result of the broken brush.
See, when the brush broke, as i said, i continued to use it anyway. And as I'm sitting there brushing my hair with a broken brush I start to think about this old natural bristle brush with a brown resin handle that my father had for many years (and he may still have for all i know).
There was nothing particularly interesting about this brush. The only thing was that I had never known this brush to have a handle.
Thinking about my father's handleless hair brush then made me think about the hideous comb-over that he used to tend to with this particular hairbrush. Which then led me to recall the day the hair dresser cut off the comb over.
We had gone with my mother to Yonkers so that she could have her hair cut, colored and styled by the same guy she had used for years – I can't remember his name, but i think it was Gino or something like that. Anyhow, i remember that while we were waiting for my mom (and probably after we went to Nathan's to get hot dogs for lunch) my father decided (or was convinced, i can't remember which one it was) to finally accept the fact that he was bald. The comb-over was finished.
And then from that I jumped to this one summer when I was away at summer camp in Western Connecticut and it was parent visiting day and my father showed up having grown a full beard. The beard, unlike his jet black hair, had gray patches running throughout.
He's had a beard every since. There are more gray patched now.
And then I thought about how it was on that very same day when my brothers and I learned that my father had experienced a minor heart attack several weeks earlier but that everything was going to be okay.
And that made me think of the time my parents snuck out of our house early one morning before we left for high school and that while i thought they had gone to work they had really gone to the hospital because my father thought he was having a heart attack. And how later that day, after they knew that everything was okay and that it was just some sort of virus, my mother randomly showed up at my school and got me out of chemistry class to tell me where they had been and what was really going on. And I remember being really angry at that situation. And how I went to see my father in the hospital and how I couldn't even stand to look at him because I was so angry with him (though I don't know why I was angry, but I'm pretty sure that anger was a normal emotion for a 15 year old to feel when they see a parent lying in a hospital bed hooked up to monitors.)
And then this took me to thinking about my father's health and his more recent heart issues and my grandfather's recent bypass surgery…and so on.
And that all flew through my mind in a matter of seconds, like a flash of lighting. And then it was gone.
And it all started because of a broken hair brush.
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Myelofibrosis is a disorder of the bone marrow that results from the overproduction of red blood cells. As a result, bone marrow is replaced with fibrous tissue, which can lead to weakness, anemia, and bone pain, among other symptoms. Myelofibrosis is considered a form of leukemia, and it may lead to further forms of leukemia down the road. It is a disorder that is largely incurable, and most treatments focus on reducing the symptoms and side effects of the disorder. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with myelofibrosis, you may be eligible for disability benefits if the effects of the disease greatly impair your ability to work. The Social Security lawyers at Kantrovitz & Associates have extensive experience helping Massachusetts residents evaluate their current health conditions to determine if applying for government assistance may be a good choice for them.Applying for SSDI with Myelofibrosis
The Social Security Administration (SSA) currently recognizes myelofibrosis as a disorder that makes an individual eligible for disability benefits through its Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program. As stated in the SSA's book of impairments at Listing 7.10, people who suffer from myelofibrosis are eligible for a presumptive approval of their disability application if they exhibit certain criteria set forth in the listing. These include chronic anemia, at least three bacterial infections within a five-month span, or intractable bone pain that is evidenced by an MRI or other imaging device.
Alternatively, individuals whose myelofibrosis has affected a specific organ within the body, such as the liver, also may be able to apply under listings related to those organs. In either situation, the most important part of an application will be medical documentation that illustrates the full extent of the myelofibrosis and how specific symptoms meet the requirements set forth by the SSA. Thus, for instance, if you believe that you qualify for disability by meeting Listing 7.10 based on chronic anemia, you will need to submit medical documentation showing persistent low levels of iron in your blood tests.What to Do if Your Initial Application is Denied
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and Equipped"
Good morning! Last week
we celebrated the feast of Epiphany and the wise men's arrival
in Bethlehem and remembered that they returned home another way.
We actually celebrated that feast with a feast, thanks to the Fellowship
Team, and we celebrated the wise men's gifts of gold, frankincense
and myrrh, thanks to Jenny Cooper. But, as you may remember, we
talked about the idea of a journey, and journeys aren't made
in a day. Journeys -- at least the ones which move us spiritually
as well as physically -- take a season, or years or a lifetime.
So I want us to stay on this journey for a few more weeks, through
the season of Epiphany.
Last week I characterized this as the Hero's Journey: I didn't
make up this term, it was popularized by mythologist Joseph Campbell
to talk about stories which are part of many, many cultures. Stories
about leaving home and the journey of maturity. Stories about how
boys become men and girls become women. Stories about identity and
transformation. Stories about losing who we thought we were and
finding who we're called to be. Although these stories are
common to many cultures, for Christians, this is the journey of
discipleship: a journey which means leaving something familiar and
returning another way.
Our text from Isaiah 49 provides lots of opportunities for interesting
theological rabbit trails which could take us off the main path
today. I will point some of them out as we go by, but I'd
like to try to keep us all together, so if your mind wanders off
through this sermon -- in the unlikely event that this ever happens
-- here is the path I encourage you to come back to: God knows us
and loves us and has a purpose for our lives. Got that? God knows
us and loves us and has a purpose for our lives. That's our
Isaiah 49 is the second of a set of four Servant Songs in Isaiah
-- the others are in chapter 40, 50 and 52-53. The first person
speech in Isaiah 49 which begins with "Listen to me, O coastlands,
Pay attention, you peoples from far away!" is not the author
of Isaiah speaking as himself, he is speaking as the servant of
God. He says, "The Lord called me before I was born, while
I was in my mother's womb he named me. And God said to me,
'You are my servant in whom I will be glorified.'"
(49:1a, 3) There is a lot of important stuff here. We're not
going down the rabbit trail of right to life or pro-choice, but
this passage, and other places in the Old Testament -- Psalm 139
and Jeremiah 1 -- suggest that God knows us before we are even born.
That God is involved in the most intimate construction of our lives.
God may know us better than we know ourselves. God knows us and
loves us. And this passage and the one from Jeremiah say that there
is something God wants us to do: "You are my servant in whom
I will be glorified." God knows us and loves us and has a
purpose for our lives.
It should come as no surprise that most of us don't come
out of our mother's womb knowing God's purpose for our
lives. Purpose is for grown-ups. Babies need to grow, children need
to play, teenagers need to sleep and make their parents lose sleep
and generally wonder has happened to their sweet little children.
Some people, regardless of their age, have never left home and taken
responsibility for being an adult, some people don't discover
their purpose until later in life. Some people find a different
purpose in the second half of their lives: this journey can happen
in many way, but for many of us, young adulthood is when we leave
home and begin to discover who we are and what God's purpose
is for our lives.
Last week I mentioned the movie Star Wars as a familiar contemporary
version of the Hero's Journey. I won't name names, but
it has come to my attention that not everyone is familiar with this
movie, so I'm going to ask the Media Team to play a clip of
it here to illustrate this idea of discovering who we are, and how
discovering who we are can affect our idea of what our purpose may
[YouTube clip from Star Wars: A New Hope]
I chose this clip in part because when we discover who we are and
what our purpose is, there is usually some push back. "I don't
want to go there! I'm not doing that! I can't afford
to get involved!" That is a natural response, it is an honest
response, and for some people, that's the end of the discussion.
I'm not going on this journey; I can't leave home. And
so we don't. But sometimes we don't have a choice: Herod
was standing in the way and the wise men had no choice but to go
home by another road. Mary and Joseph had to flee to Egypt or their
son would have been killed along with the other baby boys in Bethlehem.
Whether we choose to go, or something forces us to go on this journey,
one thing is certain: God knows us and loves us and has a purpose
for our lives. God is with us. We may not like the things we discover
about ourselves; we may not like the things we realize about our
families: things we took for granted as children until we saw that
other families are not like ours. That is part of the journey. Part
of growing up is realizing that grown-ups have choices, and grown-ups
take responsibility for what they choose. The journey of discipleship
means that to the best of our limited ability, we choose to follow
Jesus Christ and God's purpose for our lives.
No journey which changes us, no journey which has meaning is easy.
Part of growing up means letting go of being a child: of expecting
other people to fix things or to take care of us. We learn that
the world is bigger than we are, there are things that happen to
us which are not fair, there are things that we don't understand,
and things which we cannot control. We have to own up to the messes
we've made and clean up after ourselves. Even when we're
pretty sure we're on the right path, it can be rough going.
Here is a promise which gives me hope and comfort: God meets us
wherever we are. Your own hero's journey begins wherever you
are, whenever you make the choice to accept that God knows you and
loves you and has a purpose for your life. No one, not even God,
can force you to accept this truth. No one, not even the people
who love you best, can accept this truth on your behalf. Nobody
can make this journey for you.
This doesn't mean that you have to make the journey alone.
Look around you: these people are here, and we gather here every
Sunday because God knows us and loves us and has a purpose for our
lives. Some weeks that's hard to believe: that's why
we're here. Some weeks we can't wait to tell other people:
that's why we're here. Verse 5 says "I am honored
in the sight of the Lord, and my God has become my strength."
We're here to share how God is our strength, that we are weak,
but he is strong.
A turning point in my life happened in 2004 when I was elected
to position of national responsibility in the Church of the Brethren.
I had thought about the nomination, I had prayed about it, it sounded
like something I might enjoy, I allowed my name to be submitted.
I didn't expect to actually be elected: I hadn't done
anything quite like this before, and I found that as I prepared
for the first meeting, I was terrified. There must have been some
mistake; people were bound to find out that I was a fraud, and I
was probably going to be dismissed in disgrace. I can't remember
if I requested or if David Bibbee offered to have an anointing service
for me. But after choir one Wednesday evening, we gathered in the
narthex of the Seventh Day Adventist Church where we were meeting,
and sisters and brothers from Creekside prayed for me. Here is the
prayer I remember -- not who said it, but these words: "God
does not call the equipped; God equips the called." Clearly
I was not equipped: I'd never done anything like this before,
I had no theological education, I had no ministry experience --
I was a stay-at-home mom who did freelance lettering, for heaven's
sake. But I was called, and I decided to go.
This story is not about how amazing I was on the Program and Arrangements
Committee. I hope I did an adequate job: I doubt if anyone remembers.
My story is that this journey that is still en route -- serving
on that committee led me to the conviction that I needed to pursue
theological education, even though I was NOT going to be a pastor.
Of course my professors just smiled and nodded when I said that.
And that story led to --well, you know some of the rest. I am not
a hero, but I am someone who believes steadfastly and passionately
that God knows me and loves me and has a purpose for my life. I
try every day to stay on that path. And God has been faithful again
and again and again.
Last week I invited you to consider when you left home. I was delighted
to hear that some of you actually discussed that, and heard some
stories you didn't know. Here are some questions to carry
with you from this place, and some bread for the journey: what did
you have to leave behind in order to grow up? What ideas or convictions
about yourself have had to change? What do you need for the journey
you're on now? Remember, God meets you wherever you are. God
knows you and loves you and has a purpose for your life. Amen.
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Would-be explorers are invited to don their head lamps and shine a light on Britain's underground history at the National Coal Mining Museum in Wakefield.
You'll follow in the footsteps of the brave workers – as you descend 140 metres underground with ex-miners who will guide you around where they used to work and live.
Don a hard hat and lamp and you can unearth the hidden world at the 45-acre site which is one of the UK's oldest working mines.
For visitors who prefer to stay overground, the National Coal Mining Museum still offers plenty of ways to learn about the people who spent their lives under the surface.
Incredible galleries tell the stories of hundreds of hard-working miners who extracted coal and moved it to the surface from the Victorian age to modern day.
Take a visit to the Coal Mining Museum's Stable Yard and you can meet Welsh ponies Eric and Ernie and gentle giant Clydesdale Finn, who will reveal the role horses played in Britain's mining history.
You can also take a train ride to Hope Pit, a fully restored colliery complex filled with hands-on interactive models, touch screen displays and virtual guides to help you uncover the science of mining.
The museum also regularly hosts different exhibitions and throughout 2017, it will mark the 70th anniversary of the nationalisation of the coal industry with a special display called 'By the People, for the People'.
It looks at why Britain's mines stopped being owned by individual coal companies or owners but instead became managed by the National Coal Board on behalf of the people. The exhibition also tells the stories of the workforce and what nationalisation on January 1, 1947 meant for them.
The National Coal Mining Museum aims to keep coal mining alive by collecting and preserving the industry's rich heritage.
Admission: Parking and admission to the Museum and Underground Tours is free
Opening Times: Daily from 10am until 5pm
Address: National Coal Mining Museum for England, Caphouse Colliery, New Road, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RH
Phone: 01924 848 806
Website: https://www.ncm.org.uk/
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I'm not a great fan of Labour's current 'responsible capitalism' trope. That's not because I favour an irresponsible capitalism but because what really lies behind much of the Party's thinking is a belief that inequality and high risk practices can be resolved by state intervention and greater regulation. I am extremely sceptical about this not least because, despite its best intentions, state activism can exacerbate these problems as much as solve them. Our economy and society is also far too complex and fast moving these days to be easily shaped by the clunky habits of government.
So while much of Ed Miliband's speech at Google today left me cold, it was refreshing to see him picking up on the theme of micro-business and entrepreneurialism which we have been working on here at the RSA extensively. Here's what he said in a section nicely entitled "An economy made by the many"
The second part of our task is to harness the ability of the internet to transform our economy. In particular making sure that power isn't concentrated in a few hands, but we allow the smallest firms to flourish. Enabling individual creators to work hand-in-hand both with the public sector and with global companies as they design the next generation of technology. That will only happen if the big firms don't squeeze out their smaller rivals.
Sometimes markets themselves see off this danger. Like Google did when it gave Android to the world, open source. It prevented the smartphone market being monopolised.
But we can't rely on the private sector alone. In the public sector the principle should be create more open access. Think of our great public institutions, like the BBC and the British Library, there is more we can do to open them up, through digital public space. Think of the old world where you had to go to the British Library, where you had to go and have a membership card to get in. Then imagine a world where you don't need to go to the British Library with an exclusive membership card to access to the amazing archives they have.
Helping a whole new generation of small businesses in this country.
As I've suggested elsewhere making that link between the rise of micro-business and the challenge to concentrated economic power is very important and powerful. Forging an understanding of how that link might also address inequality and deprivation seems to me to offer a far better potential route to 'responsible capitalism' than talk of tinkering with tax and heavy handed regulation.
It would be good to see Ed M and other politicians developing these thoughts beyond the over-hyped tech sector into areas such as banking and energy where the state plays a role rather less than friendly to micro-business.


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A spectre haunts left-wing college curricula and its name is Jordan Peterson.
Since Peterson, professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, published a lecture series entitled "Professor against Political correctness," he has become the favorite guest of conservative and classical liberal podcasters—Dave Reuben, Stephen Crowder, Stefan Molyneux and Sam Harris, to name a few.
Receiving over 100 emails a day, he is among the most highly demanded speakers by conservative think tanks and campus student groups throughout North America.
Peterson speaks truth to their lost power, reviving civil libertarianism from a state of academic impotence. Not since William F. Buckley wrote God and Man at Yale has anyone been able to so eloquently rail against higher education's progressive and leftist norms, galvanizing a movement to challenge their classroom rule.
"It's time for conservatives to stop apologizing for being conservative," Peterson said in his speech at the April 2017 Manning Centre Conference to a cheering crowd. "You young people out there that are university students, you need to take back the student unions because they're absolute snake-pits and they have been since the 1990s."
Peterson leapt onto the public stage on Sept. 27, 2016 when he published "Professor against political correctness" to his YouTube channel.
In the videos, Peterson excoriates Canadian Bill C-16 which included transgender people as a protected group by the Canadian Human Rights and Criminal Code. The surrounding legal documents , stipulating how the legislation would be interpreted, regarded misattributing a person's assumed pronouns to be a form of discrimination and hate speech.
This would mean the government is compelling speech, Peterson said, a fundamental violation of freedom of speech. This is different from the government prohibiting certain utterances, like Holocaust denial, which is a crime in Canada, or speech that incites violence. Legislation mandating certain language inhibits our ability to process the world around us, he said at a rally at the University of Toronto on Oct. 11, 2017, which can be viewed here:
"Free speech is the mechanism by which we keep our society functioning!" Peterson said at a motley crowd of supporters and protesters. "It's a consequence of free speech that people can put their fingers on problems, articulate what those problems are, solve them and come to a consensus! And we risk losing that!"
Peterson's primary concern involves his work as a psychologist who, in part, studies the differences between men and women, resulting from evolutionary biology.
But protecting civil liberties wasn't Peterson's only rational for criticizing the amendment; in the bill's hearing on May 17, 2017, Peterson, serving as witness, alleged the bill came from a leftist, authoritarian "vanguard" to control language. Peterson described how university lawyers confronted him with letters urging him to desist his public outcry because they violated both the university's and the Ontario Human Rights Commission's policies.
With a chief professional interest in the development of authoritarianism in societies, Peterson purports the ascendance of a neo-Marxist critical theory in the academy, which holds gender to be socially constructed rather than biologically derived, subjugates traditional standards of learning, pedagogy and Western culture.
So, what is this radical neo-Marxist vanguard?
Peterson takes issue with the variety of critical, cultural and political theories which emerged in North America during the 1970s, descending from Freudo-Marxist traditions of the French postmodernists.
Peterson's theory goes like this: socialist and communist academics were discredited in the 1970s, following the collapse of Maoist China and the publication of The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who purported to blow the whistle on the Soviet Union's atrocities. In a "slight of hand," they reformed their Marxist, class-based analysis to a power struggle between different genders, sexual orientation and ethnicities.
Marxist professors, said Peterson at the Manning Centre, cling to universities because they are nonprofit entities and many of them are government-funded. Left-wing cultural criticisms against the fundamental pillars of Western Civilization, like capitalism and law, don't fair well in a capitalist market.
Currently, Peterson is working with a colleague to build a website to recognize the rhetoric of class syllabi steeped in "neo-Marxist, postmodern" philosophy, according to an announcement from his YouTube channel on July 31, 2017. This way, students and parents know which classes to avoid initiating a mass boycott movement.
Peterson hopes to see significant decrease in radical neo-Marxist philosophy throughout western institutions over the course of the next five years.
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As I talked with each person, something happened in each call. As I had shown love and care for them, they in turn responded with love and encouragement for me. After I had completed the calls, I assure you that I felt much better and encouraged.
Encouraging others doesn't take lots of money, time, or effort. It does take a thoughtful heart. It requires getting one's mind off of self. It takes looking beyond their shortcomings and faults. It takes looking deeper and with more specific detail.
I have been encouraged by a simple compliment that blessed me for months due to its encouragement.
When Wanda and I were dating, I felt the Lord impress on me to call her Beautiful. I have done that every day. She is beautiful. I can tell she loves it. It makes her feel special. It encourages her.
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It is to my advantage to help make her feel love, cherished, and the most important person in the world to me. When I do, guess who reaps the rewards?
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Savory Oven Pot Roast
Savory Oven Pot Roast
Serves: 10 | Prep time: 20 minutes
- 3lb beef bottom round or rump
- salt, pepper, pinch of nutmeg
- 6 med red potatoes, scrubbed and cubed
- 2 cups carrots
- 3 celery ribs, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 cups hot beef bouillon
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp vinegar
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tps parsley
Add onions, potatoes, carrots, and celery to slow cooker. Add beef to the top. Spread tomato paste over beef. Add remaining ingredients. Cook on high for 1 hour. Reduce heat to low and cook for 7 hours.
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