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Sunday, May 23, 2010
53. The Secret of Kells
Opening in 1909, San Francisco's Roxie Cinema is the city's oldest operating movie theater, and, so far, the oldest theater I've found in the Bay Area (discounting the Victoria Theatre and Fort Point Theater). In 2004 the theater expanded to a second screen, the "Little Roxie", just two doors down from the original. The theater was recently remodeled in March.
The Roxie offers an eclectic program of independent film. Despite being closed for three weeks in March, the theater has already exhibited fifty movies on its two screens this year, more than at nearly fifty other local theaters with 2+ screens (including the Century San Francisco Centre 9), and as many as at the AMC Bay Street 16. For thirty-nine of its fifty films, the Roxie is the only theater in the Bay Area to have shown that movie this year.
The lobby in the main building is small, but cozy, with a comfy couch to one side, large prints on display showing film exhibition equipment, and a cute candy counter in the middle. Like many of its fellow small theaters, the Roxie has an impressive kiosk of playbills from other theaters, including a celebration of Akira Kurosawa at the Pacific Film Archive, the Hola Mexico Film Festival at the Embarcadero, and the San Francisco International Film Festival at various theaters throughout the city.
Going on now, the Roxie is presenting twenty-eight seldom-seen noir movies in their "I Still Wake Up Dreaming!" festival. They exhibit several other mini-festivals throughout the year, listed here.
The main auditorium seats 238 in a simply decorated room, with elegant light fixtures lining the walls.
Tickets are purchased at the main box office for both theaters, but one then walks two doors down to gain admission to the Little Roxie.
An arm of the theater, Roxie Releasing, serves as a distribution branch for many small films, including those listed here, and those whose posters decorate the walls of the Little Roxie's lobby.
The auditorium in the Little Roxie, where I saw my film, seats 49 and provides ample legroom. Unfortunately, daylight from the front of the building leaks directly into the auditorium when rude patrons such as myself show up just as the film is beginning.
(Unknown. I arrived late.)
The Secret of Kells
The most recent animated movie to bring in $100M in the U.S. was Lilo & Stitch in 2002. Disney's subsequent releases, paling to their heyday of the 1990s, petered out with Home on the Range in 2004, and a declaration that the studio would henceforth concentrate on digitally animated films. With Disney bowing out of the race, and foreign features barely making a dent in the domestic market (Miyazaki's Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, and Ponyo together earned only $30M in the U.S.), the domestic box office has been dominated by digitally animated films ever since (twenty-six such films have earned $100M+ in the U.S.). Does traditional animation survive? In the home market, yes, with direct-to-video features still filling a niche. (I'm a big supporter of the superhero direct-to-video sub-genre.) Aside from Miyazaki's films, though, even the international market has been drained. The beautiful, acclaimed, and diverse The Triplets of Belleville, Steamboy, Waltz with Bashir, and now The Secret of Kells together have earned less than $36M worldwide.
The Secret of Kells takes full advantage of its medium, leveraging several different styles of animation to depict its various characters and even the eponymous book, shown in such vivid detail that I fully appreciated the movie's statement that this book could change lives. Our story follows Brendan, a young monk fascinated by new arrival Brother Aidan, whose talents precede him. As Brendan's fellow monks tell it, Aidan's third eye has allowed him to create a book so beautiful that to look upon it is to peer directly into Heaven. Aidan's arrival, though, foretells danger; he is a refugee from his own monastery, destroyed by viking invaders, who even now approach Brendan's monastery, the Abbey of Kells. Brendan's uncle, Cellach (voiced to perfection by Brendan Gleeson), as abbot of the monastery and charged with protecting its citizens, has been employing all the labor in his control to build an enormous wall around his village, hoping to repel the imminent attack through shear defensive superiority. Despite the fall of Aidan's home, Cellach alone seems to comprehend the danger they are all in; he labors tirelessly to complete the wall, and derides all attempts to continue the monks' more traditional roles (such as authoring books).
Disobeying his uncle's orders, Brendan begins to secretly apprentice himself to Aidan, to aid in completing Aidan's magical book. To this end, Brendan is dispatched into the forest, beyond the wall, to gather ingredients for the different inks the book requires. Once in the forest, Brendan meets Aisling, a forest apparition who can appear as a young girl or a white wolf. Together the two work to fulfill Aidan's list, but this brings them to some ancient ruins where the Dark One resides, waiting to be awakened. Brendan applies his educated knowledge of the past to rebuff Aisling's superstition about the place, but Aisling knows first hand that the Dark One is real.
Every frame of this film is vivid, interesting, and beautiful. And make no mistake, this movie isn't for young children, despite its young protagonists and flat animation. The film's various conflicts are intense and graphic. Brendan's relationship with Cellach is especially difficult to watch, because the movie doesn't demonize Cellach. He is flawed, but stewards the best interests of his constituents; and Brendan, for his part, is immature. Cellach and Brendan represent the central conflict of what is most valuable; to Cellach, it is human life, thus the importance of completing the wall; but to Brendan it is art and knowledge, thus his quest to finish Aidan's book. Though the movie sides with Brendan by virtue of following him more closely, it doesn't shy away from making us uncomfortable having to choose.
Though the vikings are depicted as purely evil, killing for its own sake, there is an interesting double contrast between their barbarism, the civilized culture of the Abbey, and the pagan naturalism Brendan finds in the forest with Aisling. From Aisling's perspective, Brendan's people, walling themselves off from the world, are no more righteous than the vikings who want to bring down that wall.
The movie ended too soon for my tastes; I could have stayed under its spell much longer.
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The most recent animated movie to bring in $100M in the U.S. was Lilo & Stitch in 2002.ReplyDelete
Why you got to be hat'en on The Princess and the Frog like that? $104,400,899
the-numbers.com lists The Princess and the Frog as a hand/digital hybrid animation.ReplyDelete
Well, I'm going to have to concede the point out of ignorance of how much the digital played a role. But the film itself seems to be very reminiscent of Disney hand animation and I bet the digital portions were confined to back ground and touch ups.ReplyDelete
On a tangent, the whole film seems to have elements of very traditional Disney movies, especially as a musical. I remember there was some controversy surrounding this film in that Disney finally had a African American "Princess" (already having white, Middle Eastern, Native American, mermaid, but never African American), and when they do they back up technology 10 years and go hand animation . . . as if that is easier. It is not clear to me doing it digital (especially with today's technology (2010 versus 2002) is harder then drawing it. I recall when I was in college I learned it took five years to draw one of those animated films.
And after seeing the film, I thought it was all misplaced. I thought it was excellent, as least as good as any previous film.
On a complete tangent: Lilo and Stich. I never saw this film. Apparently they made a regular cartoon off the characters, which for all I know finished years ago but recently my girls DVR'd a whole bunch of episodes and were quite hooked. I never saw more then a minute so I don't know at what age group and seriousness it was pitched. Hm, bad parenting on my part.
Evidence in my favor. Wikipedia, which according to Sophie, "knows everything". (okay, she said "online" knows everything, but at that point she had mostly been exposed to looking up information on wikipedia).ReplyDelete
It is the 49th animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics line, and the first of these films to be traditionally (2D) animated since 2004's Home on the Range.
Disney had once announced that 2004's Home on the Range would be their feature animation studio's last traditionally animated production. After the company's acquisition of Pixar in early 2006, Ed Catmull and John Lasseter, the new president and chief creative officer of Disney Animation Studios, reversed this decision and reinstated hand-drawn animation at the studio.[15] Many animators who had either been laid off or had left the studio when the traditional animation units were dissolved in 2003 were located and re-hired for the project.
In this day and age, it obviously clear that some digital animation and/or correction would be employed, but I feel like it is clear the heart of the venture was in regular animation.


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- For summers Miranda Albright has watched--aghast, yet shamefully titillated--as her wicked neighbor Ethan Hamon, the notorious Earl of Rothschild, "entertained" a succession of lovers on the grounds of his estate. Now that her father has passed on, leaving behind a mountain of debt, Miranda must do the unthinkable. For Ethan has promised to sponsor her younger sisters, financially and socially, at a scandalously dear price: Miranda must offer herself to him completely for three full months, with no remorse and no restraints. Ninety days and nights of unbridled sensuality await her in the arms of a rogue who views her submission as no more than a grand erotic game. But neither Miranda nor Ethan realize that fire blazes behind her innocent blush. And once her passion is unleashed by his lips and his touch, it is the student who will school the teacher in the ways of forbidden pleasure . . . and love.
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Hey there everyone - CAS-ual Friday's Challenges are back - and I am creating and watercoloring!
This week our challenge is Florals - and I know y'all have some flowers in your stash --so enter those cards.
CAS-ual Fridays stamps are not needed and there is a $25 gift certificate to the winner BUT if you use CAS-ual Fridays stamps - the prize is doubled!! A $50 gift certificate to the store - woohoo!!
Go and check it out and in the meantime I have some sugar to show you!
I am such a fan - dare I say stalker - of Debby Hughes blog/techniques/watercoloring and when I saw this creation of Debby's I tucked it away to CASE it - so I basically did everything that Debby did - only using CAS-ual Friday's stamps.
I masked and stamped the flowers from Wonderful Words in Versamark Ink and embossed with white embossing powder. I also used the leaves from Pretty Posies in the same manner.
Using my Zig Markers, I watercolored the flowers and leaves, bring in some blues and greens to the leaves.
I stamped and embossed the sentiment in the same manner and then popped it up onto the flowers (ackkk - I have so much trouble covering up part of an image) with a bit of vellum behind.
I trimmed out the image panel and popped it up onto Soft Stone cardstock - just like Debby (I'm shameless). A few sequins were added for effect!
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Careful navigation at Felixstowe one of our major UK ferry ports.
Lesson Plan Format
Kenneth Beare
English as 2nd Language Expert
Reading Tips
Reading in English is a great way to improve your English.
Here are some specific suggestions for ways to use your reading to work on specific English skills.
A number of suggestions have links to lesson plans which you can use on your own,
or in class if you are a teacher.
Each lesson plan provides objectives, the lesson plan step-by-step and materials to use in class.
To get the most out of reading, it's important to know the difference between
different types of reading which include: scanning, skimming, intensive and extensive reading.
The Lesson Plan
Teaching English, like teaching any subject, requires lesson plans.
Many books and curricula provide advice on teaching English learning materials presented.
However, most ESL teachers like to mix up their lesson plans by including their own lesson plans. Sometimes, teachers are required to create their own lesson plans when teaching ESL or EFL
at international institutions that are scattered throughout the world.
In order to help teachers starting out, I've created a simple template to ESL lesson plans
which can you can start with as you begin to write your own ESL lesson plans for your classes.
There are many different approaches to teaching English.
However, most of these plans tend to follow this standard lesson plan format.
Warm-up - Use a warm up to get the brain thinking in the right direction.
Presentation - The presentation focus on the learning objectives for the lesson.
Controlled practice - Controlled practice allows for close observation
that the learning objectives are understood.
Free practice - Free practice allows students to "take control" of their own language learning.
Feedback - During the free practice section, take note of common mistakes.
Use feedback to help everyone, rather than focus on individual students.
This lesson plan format is popular for many reasons including:
Students have a number of chances to learn a concept through various means
Students have plenty of time to practice
Teachers can give detailed instruction,
or students can deduce structures and learning points through practice
The standard lesson plan format provides structure
It provides for variation over the course of 60 - 90 minutes
This lesson plan format moves from teacher centered to student centered learning
Variations on the Lesson Plan Format
In order to keep this standard lesson plan format from becoming boring,
it is important to remember that there are a number of variations that can be applied
within the various segments of the lesson plan format.
Students might arrive late, tired, stressed or otherwise distracted to class.
In order to get their attention, it's best to open with a warm-up activity.
The warm-up can be as simple as telling a short story or asking students questions.
The warm-up can also be a more thought-out activity such as playing a song in the background,
or drawing an elaborate picture on the board. While it's fine to start a lesson with a simple
"How are you", it's much better to tie your warm-up into the theme of the lesson.
The presentation can take a variety of forms:
Reading selection
Soliciting students' knowledge about a specific point
Teacher centered explanation
Listening selection
Short video
Student presentation
The presentation should include the main "meat" of the lesson.
For example: If you are working on phrasal verbs, make the presentation
by providing a short reading extract peppered with phrasal verbs.
Controlled practice
The controlled practice section of the lesson provides students direct feedback
on their comprehension of the task at hand. Generally, controlled practice involves
some type of exercise. Remember that an exercise doesn't necessarily mean dry, rote exercises, although these can be used as well. Controlled practice should help the student focus
on the main task and provide them with feedback - either by the teacher or other students.
Free practice
Free practice integrates the focus structure / vocabulary / functional language
into students' overall language use. Free practice exercises often encourage students
to use the target language structures in:
Small group discussions
Written work (paragraphs and essays)
Longer listening comprehension practice
The most important aspect of free practice is that students should be encouraged
to integrate language learned into larger structures. This requires more of a "stand-off" approach
to teaching. It's often useful to circulate around the room and take notes on common mistakes.
In other words, students should be allowed to make more mistakes during this part of the lesson.
Feedback allows students to check their understanding of the lesson's topic.
Feedback can be done quickly at the end of class by asking students questions
about the target structures. Another approach is to have students discuss the target structures
in small groups, once again giving students the chance to improve their understanding on their own.
Lesson Plan Format: A Final Word
In general, I think it is important to use this lesson plan format to facilitate
students' English learning on their own. The more opportunity for student centered learning,
the more students acquire language skills for themselves.
You can TCR specialist and language dictionaries that are spontaneously accessed.
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Time to play with the new system creation rules from the Deep Space Exploration Handbook. All those new possibilities.
Take a sector map. Put a Void ring 6 parsecs wide around the inner four subsectors. Determine systems around the ring as per average density system rules. I left a few subsectors at rift density around the Spinward/Rimward edge so the four inner subsectors are a cluster near the edge of an arm. The inner subsectors will be generated but I will determine whether or not there are any civilizations. What's important, there have never been any signals from that cluster over the centuries. Until there can an attempt to bridge that gap, no one knows what is in that region. They need to design someway to cross depending on the best level of technology in the region. Someone MAY discover this one lone system in the ring that could be the stepping stone but that's only one way. What could be waiting in their Undiscovered Country?
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Vegetable and Feta Cheese Tart
Now this is a totally crazy post. I've been trying to write about this recipe since the day before yesterday, but things are really hectic around here the last few days. I had only got sometime today before I took my son to his fencing class and I just seized the opportunity.
I also want to apologize for the pictures as they were taken in a real hurry. Ok, let me just describe you under which circumstances those pictures were taken.
I just took the tart out of the oven and I was prepared to take a picture of it, just like I do every time. Immediately, my son and my husband came and stood next to me having me in the middle with their eyes wide open and their forks ready for battle.
As you can understand, I was in a very stressful situation having two pair of eyes watching every move, waiting for me to finish and start devouring the thing.
They completely ruined my good photographic intentions and I blame them for this lol. Next time I know what I will do. I am going to sneak the food out of the oven or the pot and have it photographed without them even noticing it. Anyway, back to our talking about this tart.
This time of season vegetables and fruits start to make their appearance and I love making things with them. The summer is coming really fast here in Greece and we started wearing our T-shirts and summer pants. The temperature rose to the 30's Celsius and everyone has started feeling a little bit more optimistic.
I went to the supermarket and I bought fresh zucchinis, eggplants, tomatoes, peppers and then I was wondering what to do with them.
To my rescue came Vaggelis Driskas a famous Greek chef and his vegetable tart. When I saw it, I immediately decided how I was going to use my vegetables. I made some minor changes and I went ahead and baked it!
It was a very easy and quick tart packed with Mediterranean flavors. The combination of the specific vegetables and feta and haloumi cheese was amazing!
Vegetable and Feta Cheese Tart
1 puff pastry sheet (you can make your own or you can use store bought, I was in a bit of a hurry so I used store bought. You can use tart pastry as well).
4 zucchinis cut in quarters
250 gr. /9 oz. fresh mushrooms (I used white button ones), cut in slices
1 red and 1 yellow pepper cut in slices
2 onions, cut in slices
2 cups feta cheese, crumbled
12 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
200 gr. /7 oz. haloumi cheese cut in slices
½ cup olive oil
1 cup light cream 15% fat
1 egg
Preheat oven at 200° C/390° F.
Take a rectangular pan 30X40 cm. /12X16 inches.
Butter it very well.
Put the puff pastry making sure it covers the bottom of the pan and its sides.
In a bowl put all the vegetables and add the ½ cup of olive oil and mix well.
Arrange the vegetables on the puff pastry.
Throw on top the crumbled feta cheese.
Decorate with the cherry tomatoes and the haloumi.
Beat the egg with the milk or the cream.
Pour it on top of the tart.
Place in the oven and bake at the lowest rack of your oven for about 45 minutes or until the puff pastry is baked underneath.
Take it out of the oven, drizzle some olive oil and throw some fresh basil or rosemary or oregano, whatever you have available.
Serve while is hot.
I am sending this to Full Plate Thursday hosted by Miz Helen.
- 1 puff pastry sheet (you can make your own or you can use store bought, I was in a bit of a hurry so I used store bought. You can use tart pastry as well).
- 4 zucchinis cut in quarters
- 250 gr. /9 oz. fresh mushrooms (I used white button ones), cut in slices
- 1 red and 1 yellow pepper cut in slices
- 2 onions, cut in slices
- 2 cups feta cheese, crumbled
- 12 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
- 200 gr. /7 oz. haloumi cheese cut in slices
- ½ cup olive oil
- 1 cup light cream 15% fat
- 1 egg
- Preheat oven at 200° C/390° F.
- Take a rectangular pan 30X40 cm. /12X16 in.
- Butter it very well.
- Put the puff pastry making sure it covers the bottom of the pan and its sides.
- In a bowl put all the vegetables and add the ½ cup of olive oil and mix well.
- Arrange the vegetables on the puff pastry.
- Throw on top the crumbled feta cheese.
- Decorate with the cherry tomatoes and the haloumi.
- Beat the egg with the milk or the cream.
- Pour it on top of the tart.
- Place in the oven and bake at the lowest rack of your oven for about 45 minutes or until the puff pastry is baked underneath.
- Take it out of the oven, drizzle some olive oil and throw some fresh basil or rosemary or oregano, whatever you have available.
- Serve while is hot.
62 Responses to Vegetable and Feta Cheese Tart
I just printed this,it looks perfect for a party I'm planning. I was hoping I would find some vegetable dishes that us non-vegetarians would also enjoy. You always have the best recipes!!
This looks wonderful! Full of spring flavors!
The Hubby would be so excited if I suprised him with this as he loves feta! It's such a pretty and elegant looking tart! Thanks for sharing!
This is my kind of tart. These flavors are just perfect. I will eat anything with feta!
What an awesome looking tart, looks so fresh with seasonal veggies. Yep guests or family members can ruin a photo sessions…but I think I would have been with them fork in hand lol.
What a beautiful flavorful tart! I am loving everything that went into this, it sounds amazing!
I can just imagine your son and husband ready to battle over this tart! I think I might as well.
Wow, it looks delicious. I love tarts and this looks really good with the cherry tomatoes in it.
Hi Katrina,
What a beautiful Vegetable Tart, with so much flavor. Your presentation is just wonderful! Hope you have a Very Special Week End and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Even if the photos were rushed, I think that tart looks very tasty. I love vegetables and cheese. I would be standing there with my fork ready, too!
Gorgeous tart, Katerina! I know the feeling of trying to photograph dinner while being surrounded by hungry males armed with forks. I'm impressed that you were able to get any photographs at all.
Dear, thank you for your sweet comment. You really deserve the award! Hope you pick it up
That's a lovely tart and it looks delicious! I can understand why your son and hubby are waiting with a fork! I would too!!
Katerina, when I saw your beautiful tart I thought "feta was what I was waiting for on your blog"! Just joking, but apart from feta (and the feta "Greek" salad) I don't know much about the Greek cuisine… I must say I have already used feta in tarts, but they have never looked so gorgeous and I'm sure didn't taste as good! A perfect summer dish!
I still have to buy haloumi cheese. Thank you for reminding me. There is only one shop selling it here and whenever I go there, I forget.
Beautiful tart Katerina, I love that you have all kind of vegetables in it…not only looks pretty, looks delicious
In regards to having two pairs of eyes…I am lucky, just one pair of eyes in my kitchen and already drives me nuts…I find this so funny since I sure can relate well to you
Have a wonderful week ahead my dear!
I am completely in love with this meal
Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters
Those vegetables look so colorful and delicious! I love vegetable dishes like this one.
Ah, I can imagine the pressure of giving up food for eating from a hungry crowd. We sometimes have to literally fight my husband of to take photos this is such a beautiful tart, it could work perfectly for my vegetarian friends
Yum! The veg cheese tart looks delicious and super healthy…No wonder your husband and son found it irresistible!
wow looks beautiful..love the colours
No wonder they were standing at ready waiting to dig into that tart. It looks delicious, Katerina! I think your photos look great!
This looks delicious! All our veggies will be ripe in the garden soon and this is going to be a great way to use them up!
Delicious looking and so beautifully constructed!
This looks sooooo good. I bet you had to hold the camera in one hand and fight them off with the other. (Though you are too hard on yourself—the pics are good.)
Hello my friend! I wish to say that this article is amazing, nice written and include almost all important infos. I would like to see more posts like this .
Very lovely photos…and this dish looks incredibly delicious! My family is always impatient when they're hungry! I will definitely be make this one, have already bookmarked it!
Your photo did come out very good. Lovely creation that I would want to make; pining this one. I know what that is like trying to take a picture of the finished product while being watched…the life of a blogger.
First…I think your photos are great. The tart looks and sounds wonderful. I can see why you had eager family members with forks in hand.
Extremely delicious cheesy tart…..love it!
I can totally understand how two hungry males standing over this dish could make you stress out taking the photos 😉
What a wonderful, meatless meal! I love all of the veggies and the mushrooms for that 'earthy' flavor.
Can't say I blame them a bit, I'd be ready to pounce too, it looks fantastic!
I definitely find it hard to shoot on demand also…but looking at this tart…can you blame them? Delicious!
I have got to stop visiting your blog when I'm hungry. This looks & sounds fantastic!
Ohhh that's haloumi cheese on top! I have never tried haloumi cheese before. This tart looks very nice. Love to feed these veggie tart to my kids. I think they would enjoy the veggies this way more than just simple form. Very lovely recipe Katerina!
I think your pictures look great!
Your pictures look pretty good to me. I have not made a vegetable tart yet, but this looks like a delicious one to try.
This looks to die for! Amazing!!!
this is such a lovely tart! well done!
Kατερίνα μου εξαιρετική η τάρτα σου και τα υλικά σου.
Την στόλισες πολύ ωραία με το χαλουμι και τα ντοματίνια.
Ασε αυτό με τις φωτογραφίσεις των φαγητών μεγάλος πόνος..αμα τους έχεις πάνω από το κεφάλι σου όλους σε αποσυντονίζουν. Κι εγώ τα ίδια παθαίνω.
Φιλια πολλά
Καλό σαββατο-κύριακο
Ελληνικότατη και νοστιμότατη!
Κατερίνα μου είμαι σίγουρη πως δεν έμεινε ούτε ψίχουλο!!!Καταπληκτική και σίγουρα νοστιμότατη!!!Μπράβο!!!
Φιλιά καλό Σ/Κ!!!
This tart is absolutely beautiful, Katerina! I love that it's so full of veggies…I'd be tempted to make a meal out of just this! I know I would be completely satisfied!
Oh my, this looks to die for! All my favorite vegetables and feta – perfect!
Κατερίνα μου η τάρτα σου φαίνεται πολύ νόστιμη και προκλητική!
Λογικό να έγινε μάχη για χάρη της!!
Μ' αρέσει που έχει τόσα λαχανικά μέσα αλλά και που είναι τόσο ευπαρουσίαστη!
Φιλιά, καλό σαββατοκύριακο!
This tart is absolutely fabulous! I wish I could have this for dinner tonight 😀
Choc Chip Uru
If that came out of the oven and I was around, I would stand beside you too! Looks amazing!
Υπέροχη η τάρτα σου Κατερίνα!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can understand their impatience! I often found myself in similar situations! Love the look of this vegetables tart, looks real scrumptious and am feasting with my eyes for lunch!
looks lovely as well asbeing quick and easy to prepare.
This tart looks absolutely divine, I pretty much have all the ingredients in the frige except haloumi (first time I actually heard of it). Can I use mozzarella cheese instead? Or what is the alternative cheese? Thanks for sharing this mouth-watering recipe with photo
Woooww…..rico pastel me encanta te ha quedado elegante y delicioso,abrazos hugs,hugs.
The feta cheese would really make this exceptional. And yes, I have the same problem with taking food pictures. When I photographed my cake last week, everyone was standing around with forks in their hands!
I can see why they were so impatient! This looks marvelous, my friend.
All the vegetables that went in your tart are my absolute favorites and make me want to live in a world of endless summers. When all these vegetables are available here in the next few months, this tart must be made in my kitchen! I can't wait!
I'd be right there with my fork waiting too! Your pictures do it the justice it deserves. So tempting and delicious with all those wonderful fresh veggies!
I really like the veggies chosen for this tart, they go so well with the feta. I can see why the rest of the family were hovering over you-it looks delicious. Thanks for sharing this tasty tart recipe!
Katerina, it is brilliant! I know exactly how good it is and why your men were ready to eat it right from the oven! Vegetables and feta cheese plus some dough = success! Perfect! You are not alone taking pictures in a hurry: I often don't even have a chance to take a picture: two hungry men breathing heavily into my back make even my camera to freeze! I like how you say it: "The temperature rose to the 30's Celsius and everyone has started feeling a little bit more optimistic." You are great! Have a warm rest of the week filled with optimism!
I found your site on foodblogs.com and thought I'd stop by and check it out. I just subscribed to your feed and can't wait to see what your next post will be!
Katherna-despite the hurry and uncovenient circumstances you described the pictures are good:)
Here we also have 30 degrees like in Greece:)
thanks for the very nice gift, I just collected it from the post, I will write separaetly!
Very delicious! No wonder the men in the house had forks ready for this…I would have mine ready too!
love this type of tarta look delicious!
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To be able to check their feelings, a 'blue dye' operation runs: Max is ordered to write down a bit of bogus intelligence in the home, where it can be found by Marianne. Max is told to act generally.
Max and a former co-worker named Guy Sangster who understood Marianne visit but, blind from a wartime harm, cannot support her identity. He shows the opposition fighter could have the capacity to spot her and Paul Delamare worked with Marianne. Max gives him a picture of his wife, seeks out a young aviator named Adam Hunter, and instructs him to request Delamare whether she actually is Marianne. He also discovers that the entire operation may be a test, before he's given a huge job in the run up to D Day.
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It has been way too long since I have posted something new, so here is my latest creation! I love old pottery! My kids are keeping me so busy! Summer is flying by like it always seems to do! I seen Back-to-School supplies the other day, OH NO, too early for that~!!! HUGS! Cathy
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- OldeAnniePrimitives said...
Wow! This is beautiful! I see you already have two bids! Yay! Good luck! ~~Annie
- July 11, 2009 at 2:56 PM
- pumpkinseed said...
I absolutely love this ! Do you have a pattern for this that's available ???? Good luck !!! Wendy
- July 16, 2009 at 12:07 PM
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I love old pottery also, yours is great. It should get high bids.
- July 16, 2009 at 11:58 PM
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I am thinking of making it into a pattern! It was really fun to hook!!! Thanksssssssssss
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The Port Authority will make investments to improve the barge program that transports containers between Red Hook in Brooklyn and Port Newark, under a $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD).
The grant, obtained with the assistance of the New York and New Jersey's Congressional delegation, will help the Port Authority build on its existing barge program that last year moved 35,000 containers – resulting in 60,000 fewer trucks on the region's roadways. Last year, the agency eliminated 1,600 tons of CO2 related to the barge service.
"The work of our New Jersey-New York Port Congressional delegation and the U.S. DOT to secure this grant will help the Port Authority's ongoing efforts to enhance barge operations, with the potential to reduce truck traffic and resulting diesel pollutants in New York and New Jersey,'' said Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye. "Additionally, it represents another important investment in the ongoing modernization, safety and efficiency of our port operations, which means job growth and continued global competitiveness."
Overall, MARAD's grant of $1,632,296 to the Port Authority will support improved barge operations, efficiency and safety in New York Harbor, and represents the full amount of funds requested by the bi-state agency for three critical projects. The federal grant will be supplemented with matching funds from the Port Authority and other sources.
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Does the M-Audio Firewire 1814 work with Pro Tool LE?
The M-powered interfaces need the M-powered version, not the LE. LE will only run when a Digidesign interface is attached AFAIK
on the Digidesign site
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The 1814 will not work with Pro Tools LE.
Only Digidesign hardware will work with Pro Tools LE, and, conversely, only M-Audio hardware will work with Pro Tools M-Powered.
Pro Tools LE comes free with Digidesign hardware, whereas Pro Tools M-Powered must be purchased seperately to M-Audio hardware (ie you have to pay for Pro Tools M-Powered). Also, I believe Pro Tools M-Powered requires an iLok.
So, for example, you can't buy an M-Audio interface and use it with a copy of Pro Tools LE that you may already own
Thanx... I'm gonna go out and buy it.... I traded in my mbox for an 1814 a while ago... I never got around to getting the m-powered version of pro tools
Musiciansfriend.com has ProTools 7 M-Powered on sale for $299US
I'm hopefully buying it next week, but I remain hesitant because of all the
hardware and plug-in software restrictions that Digidesign and Pace iLok
have caused. Frankly I'm not so sure I want to support Digidesign's
snooty attitude.
If you are recording mostly with hardware FX into your 1814 it won't matter, but IF you are relying on software plugins, you may end up spending a small fortune and still not get the best plugins restricted
to ProTool HD users.
If you already have numerous plugins, they may not work with ProTools
M-Powered iLok protection.
I'm considering Logic 7 Pro as an alternative even though I fear a far more difficult learning curve with the Logic GUI.
At least with Logic, you get a decent sound library included with the program.
M-Powered ProTools is LE, it's just configured to use an iLok key and an M-audio interface is all.
Software and capability is exactly the same.
i.e. no sodding 5.1 surround capability as yet.
I think I read that LE comes with a few more plugin options, but I'm not sure which ones.
My concern is more with what plugins you can use with either LE or M-Powered.
Especially if you already have those plugins, be it VST, AU or RTAS.
If your older plugins are not iLok compliant you're talking major money
to update them.
People gripe about Apple costing too much.
Digidesign expects people to pay $7000 for a freeking PCI card
and you can't use the REAL professional plugins without it.
I'm sorry, but that just pi$$es me off to no end.
That's not strictly true, whilst some pro plugs are still not iLok'ed it wont be long, many of the best RTAS plugs are working fine with iLok.
You can buy a number of plug-in bundles with your PT, (LE or M) that will give you quite a handy set of tools, but Logic Pro it ain't (mind Logic is £699 for the software alone).
I'm still a Protools boy, but I do use the HD systems habitually now and my LE M-box is really a remote tracking ADR and foley solution.


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"While winter is an opportune time to take advantage of all that the Adirondack Park has to offer, the season can also present troublesome - even perilous - conditions to the unprepared," state DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis said in a recent press release. "The snow cover in the Adirondacks is more than three feet deep in the higher elevations. At this time, we require visitors to the Eastern High Peaks to use snowshoes or cross-country skis for their safety and we strongly recommend that visitors to other parts of the Adirondacks do the same."
Snowshoes or skis prevent sudden falls or "post-holing," avoids injuries, and eases travel on snow. Ice crampons should be carried for use on icy mountaintops and other exposed areas.
In addition, backcountry visitors should follow these safety guidelines:
• Dress properly with layers of wool and fleece - not cotton - clothing: a wool or fleece hat, gloves or mittens, wind/rain resistant outer wear, and winter boots.
• Carry a day pack with the following contents: ice axe, plenty of food and water, extra clothing, map and compass, first-aid kit, flashlight/headlamp, sun glasses, sun-block protection, ensolite pads, stove and extra fuel, and bivy sack or space blankets.
• Drink plenty of water - dehydration can lead to hypothermia.
• Eat plenty of food to maintain energy levels and warmth.
• Check weather before entering the woods - if the weather is poor, postpone your trip. The mountains will always be there.
• Be aware of weather conditions at all times - if weather worsens, head out of the woods.
• Contact the DEC at 897-1200 to determine trail conditions in the area you plan to visit.
Adirondack Trail Information can be found on the DEC Web site, www.dec.ny.gov. The site provides general information and seasonal conditions, specific notices on closures and other situations involving trails, roads, foot bridges and links to rules and regulations, hiker and camper safety, low impact recreation, weather and more.


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You just bought your first horse and everyone is so excited. But what do you do now? Previously, you just went to the barn and took lessons, but now you own your own horse, and there are a lot of new things that you are going to have to be responsible for that previously you were not concerned about.
It does not matter if the horse is kept in your back yard or at a boarding stable; you still need to take care of your new friend.
First off, get some good grooming supplies. You will need to get a collection of brushes and combs to keep your horse healthy and looking good. Most horses enjoy being fussed over, so grooming them is a great way for the two of you to bond. It is not unusual for your horse to relax so much when you groom him that he falls asleep.
When you groom your horse, spend time checking him for any nicks and scrapes that he may have acquired. Treat the small injuries seriously. Quick and frequent treatment will keep a small injury from becoming a major injury.
When you groom your horse, spend time looking at his feet. He is a big animal with relatively small feet. It is vitally important that you keep his feet clean treated to prevent thrush and other hoof diseases from festering.
You also need to have his feet taken care of every six weeks. If your horse spends a lot time on asphalt, concrete or rock soil, you probably need to have shoes. If your horse is kept on softer ground you may not need the shoes, discuss this with your farrier.
You need to keep you horse stall clean. You need to muck out the manure and wet bedding at least daily and add fresh clean bedding at least once a week. Depending on the weather and other conditions, you may find that you need to clean the stalls more often.
You should keep sharp objects and split boards away from your horse to keep him from being injured. Horses are naturally curious animals, and if there is a way for him to get hurt, he will. It sometimes feels as if some horses just find ways to hurt themselves, even if you put them in a padded stall. You just need to do your best to keep him safe and treat any injuries when they show up.


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Firstly, my apologies for taking so long to follow up day one of this incredible festival.
I've managed to forget the order of the bands, so bear with me here.
The day started with a set from Exeter's Sanguine. A pretty decent crowd for the first band of the day, they whack through a fantastic set, including a new song which has a pre-chorus with a striking resemblance to that god-awful Adele song 'Rolling in the Deep'. Though that is not to say that this Sanguine track is bad, it is in fact very good indeed, as I can tell from the reaction of the audience. Their female fronted setup deliver a set that you are never quite sure if you should be headbanging or dancing to.
Diementia have travelled all the way from Scotland for this show, and make it worth their while by crushing everything in their path, their death metal has every neck snapping and every head banging, powering through a cracking set combining new and old tracks, prompting myself to go and buy both of their albums immediately after their set. Well, an album and an EP anyway. I'd highly recommend their Forgotten Dead EP, some fantastic work on that CD.
Twilight's Embrace are the first of two bands I missed on the Saturday, the other being Bloodshot Dawn, which I was very angry with myself about. Having seen them destroy the Sophie stage at Bloodstock a couple of weeks before, I had been really looking forward to them at Beermageddon. Unfortunately I thought they started at 8.20, when in fact that was their finishing time. Words can not describe my guttedness.
BUT. The day was made for me personally by The Furious Horde. Seriously good symphonic black metal, think Dimmu Borgir's Enthrone Darkness Triumphant album but with a harsher edge. It was my first time seeing the Horde so I was a little confused when in amongst the corpse painted band members was a keyboard player in a shiny pink onesie. Which is more than welcome, you don't have to be grim and kvlt to be in a black metal band.
Next, Warlord UK. They put on an impressive display of thrash metal, with an air of absolute confidence in themselves and their music, but not forgetting to have some fun whilst they are doing it. Excellent stuff from them, they're certainly deserving of wider recognition.
After Warlord, comes the disappointment of missing Bloodshot Dawn. I'm a big metal pillock for missing them, and got all sulky at myself for the rest of the night, meaning I miss out on Imperial Vengance altogether and don't enjoy Fallen Fate nearly as much as I should have done until I get home and listen to them. Saying that, they're bloody good.
Sunday on the other hand, the final day of the festival starts in unconventional style. A wedding. The festival organiser, Jim Beerman got himself specially ordained to marry the couple in the main room of the pub, and a decent amount of people turn out for it. There is something surreal about seeing a wedding without all the pompous crap that goes with it, but this is truly heartwarming. Jim, a man that normally pisses confidence is shaking like a leaf as he reads out his part in the ceremony, which is concluded with a huge round of applause for the bride and groom. It is something I will probably never see again at a festival, but something I was happy to be there for and I feel everyone else was too. A great start to the day which put everyone in a very good mood.
So, onto the bands! First up are Kent based thrashers and personal highlight of the weekend, Wretched Soul. Working hard on their debut album with Chris Tsangarides, the guy who produced Painkiller for Judas Priest, these guys get better every time you see them. They pound through Undying War, Dash To Destruction, When Shadows Ride, Wounded Illusion and Veronica in a mindblowing performance, despite singer Chris Simmons splitting his jeans early on in the set and attempting to keep his balls from falling through the hole. Fantastic stuff from a band that are definitely going places very soon.
Next are Karhu, the band are young, relatively unknown and only started playing live in the previous couple of weeks. You wouldn't know it. They have all the confidence of a band with years of experience, and their growls. Well they are just terrifying. Think Lamb of God, but think heavy Lamb of God. These guys are probably categorized as melodic death metal, but in reality they are death metal, with bits of melodic metal thrown in. Listen to them and you'll see what I mean. I've grown to love this band, it will be interesting to see them progress.
Allerjen unfortunately have to be missed as I haven't had a chance to eat anything yet, but I'm back in the room for Rezinwolf. I hadn't heard of these guys before the weekend, but went along to see what they were all about. SWEET JESUS. LISTEN TO THIS BAND. Technically gifted, vocally brilliant, these guys have everything a thrash metal band should have. Apparantly their singer had been throwing up beforehand with stagefright, but again, you wouldn't have thought it. There are a lot of very exciting bands at Beermageddon 2012, these are right up there with the best of the bunch though. The only downside is that they didn't bring any merch with them, so I couldn't buy a shirt at the end of their set.
Seregon bring the thrash back, but Rezinwolf were a tough act to follow. Big Metal Bastard went to the bar half way through, and stayed until most of Illflower's set was done. In hindsight, I regret not seeing all of both of those bands, but it can't be helped now.
Talking of stealing the show, Worcester's Fury bring their blend of thrash and power metal to the party in spectacular fashion. They play pretty much every song from their two E.P's, and throw in a cover of Pantera's Fucking Hostile to finish things off. An astounding set that left me wanting more of Fury. If you don't know them, check them out. (They aren't to be confused with Fury UK or Fury On)
Fury's show is fantastic and by the end of it I am far too tired to stick around for all of Def Con One. They are very good indeed, but the heat of the hall and the ache of the neck gets to be too much. I catch most of their set from the back of the room, but Fury absolutely stole the show tonight.
Beermageddon really has that community feel to it. All for one and one for all. And all for underground heavy metal. The work of the organisers is fantastic and has been recognised by everyone there this year, most of whom will be returning next year for the second festival, albeit at a different site, but there is a real feeling that this could become the next Bloodstock. See you there next year.


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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Election perverted
Friday, June 27, 2008
Contradictions in the bible
Nevertheless some people like to play fast and loose with the scriptures, and give it the old "rapture" treatment when they come upon something horifically complex. When the going gets tough they turn their brain off and walk away. They then comfort themselves with the phrase, "Well God can't be expected to make the Bible perfect, there are things we cannot understand and the God is one of them." If that is so why study the Bible at all? Take Romans 9 and election as an example. There we see that God has personally chosen people irrespective of their deeds before their birth to receive his grace. How do we reconsile this with the passages that tell us God wants all to be saved? Do we give up? Do we write it off?
Romans is very clear, so we must start by accepting that, regardless of how much we may dislike the concept. Yes, even if we really really dislike it. Next we must ask ourselves if there is any other place in the Bible where the concept 'God wants all men to be saved' exists in a clearer context, because if there isn't then we have a contradiction and it's time to fall back into irrational faith, but if there is a passage then we can make better sense of the problem.
After looking we find Rom. 5:18, 1 Cor. 15:22, and 2 Cor. 5:14 all talking about "all men" being Christians, and we have our explination for the rest of the times we see the word all. Like 2 Peter 3:9 when it says God desires all men be saved. In light of the other three verses we see it is talking about Christians.
This is, I think a tough business. Its not easy to totally disregard what you want the Bible to say in favor of what it actually says. It's not easy, but it's essential.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
On Election
I earnestly desire that everyone know the blessed truth of election, it is not a doctrine that condemns man; it is a doctrine that brings us comfort. It allows us to be truly humble and truly thankful; it shows us that God is all powerful and all wise. It continually reminds us that he has secured our salvation. What great joy this is! His strength is now our strength, not vice versa.
Of course the first thing into the mind upon hearing this is not the value of election but the protest, "How can a loving God ensure my doom in hell without my say in it?" I will explain it, but know that that is the wrong way to think about grace- election is a one way street, it is an escalator that only goes up. God does not push people into hell, he pushes people into heaven. God has chosen some people to be Christian despite their hearts, otherwise there would be no Christians, and the other people get exactly what they want.
To begin, we must go back to our creation. In the garden of Eden mankind was given the gift of being able to choose things just as surely as he was given the ability to walk around and talk. Do we want eggs or cereal for breakfast? Man can pick which one he likes, that power is still with us, it would be idiotic or insane to dispute this. The fall of man did not alter the fact that man can choose, what it did change was our desire to know and love God. After sinning man ran from God, and if there was to be a relationship it would only happen if God pursued us.
This distinction between the ability to chose and the desire for God is critical, it shows us that man is still responsible for picking hell for himself, even though he loves it and will always pick it, it is still his decision. The ability to choose is powerless next to the desire, or stated another way mankind fundamentally hates God and loves sin and will use anything in his faculty to express this, including voting for an eternity apart from God. What this means is that since we love sin and can still choose we are free to choose sin, how much, where, when. Our nature has given our free will the power to say 'No' to God, but never Yes. This is the verdict that Jesus came into the world but men loved the darkness.
There is no question that this is an uncomfortable doctrine, because it is hard to accept the idea that man is so throughly corrupted by sin that there is no corner of it that does not have sin in it, but if you reject it then you at the same time reject the need for Jesus. If there was in the heart of man some little spark of total righteousness, some little kernel of uncorrupted goodness, then there would be no need for Jesus, and instead of sending his son God could have planted that seed in your heart, he could have blown that spark into a raging fire, but since things were so extreme that He sent His Son, it is proof we are rotten to the core, proof there is not one part of us that sin doesn't have influence over.
But we do know Jesus promised salvation to those who believe, and we do know that those who confess the name of the Lord will be saved. How do we square this with that last concept?
It's very easy, if you are a Christian ask yourself: what about me made me accept Christ while someone else in exactly the same circumstances rejected Him? You can either answer 'something' or 'nothing'. I'm smarter, more clever, more handsome, wiser than my neighbor. Answering "I don't know" is the same as saying "there is something different about me, I am not sure I know what it is, but it's there." Or, if you answer with 'nothing' then you admit that you are no different than your neighbor, but you chose God because God chose you. And there it is, the sweet doctrine of election. The doctrine that says the only reason I picked him against my normal desires is because he picked me and gave me a new heart ahead of time. To accept the doctrine of election is to say that God has loved me with an eternal passion that will never falter or fade, begun before I even arrived on this earth.
This is the best news that someone could hope to hear.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Superceding Grace
Something interesting happens when you couple this with what John the Baptist said: He must increase and I must decrease. Our longing is that God grow us closer to Him by removing our old sinful nature. When you do you see that the more you give over to God the more he gives you his nature. The more you hand over to Him the more joy, peace, patience, the more you experience freedom and real living like you were meant for. After you have given it up you look back and find that what you were holding onto was nothing at all. You made a free trade upward, Gods Grace for nothing.
Look at how justification works. A man walks the earth believing that he can save himself, that he is good enough to go to heaven. Of course he is just fooling himself, he doesn't really have the power to disarm God and claim heaven for himself anymore than he has the power to fly through space, but his "house", his inner soul is so cluttered with this thought that God has no room to pour his grace in. What happens when he stops being stubborn and irrational, and accepts that he is powerless and wicked? God pours into him grace and understanding of who Jesus is. And what exactly did the man give up in the interchange? Nothing! Control was an illusion, he gave up his state of mind, all he did was give up thinking something foolish. Once he gives it up being irrational that man finds that God has replaced it with something incomparably better, forever, and that there is no going back to the old way.
What else can we give up to God to have replaced with Grace? Try works based living (santification). To admit that we are again good enough to keep the law, to do a good enough job that God will be pleased with us is an illusion, just as silly as believing we can save ourselves. But admit this to God and what happens? When you make room you see that his grace superceded the old way of living and thinking That space that was your pride becomes humility, Grace rushes into the void of your soul. Admit you are powerless to not only save yourself but keep yourself saved and you will find God right by your side, his spirit indwelling you to peace and comfort. Again what have you given up in this transaction? Exactly nothing at all in retrospect. And what have you gained? Something beyond all comfort, the faith and trust and knowledge that He who saved you will be making sure that you are saved until the end.
What next? Justification, sanctification belong to the Lord is there anything left? What else can we hand over to God and trade in for Grace? Our wills. And once we give them up we see that they too will be replaced by Grace. Yes I do mean our free wills. Give up the power to save yourself and accept justification. Give up the power to do a good job with your life and get sanctification. Give up the power to guarentee your own salvation and get eternal security. Give up all of your power altogther and be totally filled with his Grace.
Uh oh. Wait a minute, it looks like we just accidently backed into predestination- that aweful doctrine that says that God knows you, loves you, and has always planned to save you. It looks that way because we did. You might be thinking that we went too far with this principle, but did we? Can you ever have too much Grace in your life? Didn't think so.
Carefully consider why are you saved and someone else isn't? Is it because you are more intelligent than someone else? That you are more rational? That you have a quality that makes you better than other people? Well maybe, but then again maybe that's just silly because it's your pride asserting control. Maybe there is nothing in yourself at all that made you choose God that someone else who hates God doesn't have. Let go of the fact that you are not better than someone else and you will be filled with the matchless grace, the grace that saved you even though you were not worthy, did not desire it, and did not love God once upon a time. Then you will see that you are not saved by who you are but by who God is.
There are other ways to arrive at this theology of course, but the point here is that once you empty yourself completely you give up the idea of your control and you get back joy. Predestination is the theology that gives us the deepest insight into the Love God has for us, it shows us clearer than any other how much love the Father has lavished on us. The more you give up, the more you are filled up, even all the way, even unto predestination.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Jesus curses the fig tree
This bears a remarkable resemblance to what Jesus was quoting in Matthew 21 when he withered the fig tree. In Jeremiah God had declared that the nation was to go into exile for being fruitless and wicked, it's destruction was imminent because it was not faithful to it's master. In Matthew, the Jewish gospel, Jesus effectively makes a claim to be God when he passes judgment as God would. It is not a coincidence that during the triumphal entry Jesus makes this claim of power, and statement that this bitterly wicked generation demanded would be destroyed.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Pharaoh and Egyptian Slavery
Very often we think of this story in terms of slavery versus freedom, which is not surprising considering that our revolutionary war was fought for freedom, and our civil war over slavery; but that often eclipses the greater conflict, which is between God and Pharaoh- life versus death.
Just ask yourself what did Egypt want with them? Ramses wanted the Hebrews so that they could personally design and build his burial tomb, he wanted his own army of servants so he could kill them, bury them alive, and work them to death inorder that he could go to the afterlife as a god. The culture of the Egyptians was death worship, death focused, death obsessed. Life for them consisted in amassing a huge fortune, having a horde of slaves build your mausleom, and buring them all alive in it. It need not be said that a life focused on death is no life at all.
So God sends the plagues that kills comfort, kills crops, kills livestock and foodstuffs, kills people to a killing and death centered culture. How ironic. God was calling his people out of death and into life. This is why He is called the God of the Living. It means more than he is alive right now, it also means he wants you to have life. And today he calls us out of more than slavery to sin and misery, he calls us out of death and into Life. Only now he doesn't bring death to us, he brought it to himself to show us our love, and to show us there is nowhere we can go that his love won't persue us. His justice and wrath was spent on the cross, we face it no more. His grace was not however, it is ours forever.


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I love going to places which people haven't heard of. I'm almost embarrassed to admit that this is the first time I've heard of Bitaog. That looks like such a beautiful place! I like beaches which are quiet, and with a population of 0! I will have to check that place out. Thanks for sharing :)ReplyDelete
I'm also not familiar this beach, my cousin tell me about this and share their picture when they went there for vacation.ReplyDelete
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Long time no entry :) so the last few weeks have been stupidly busy - I'll try to keep it brief :)
LeoCat - cat got sick - developed a large lump - paid out £200 or so on various vet bills and tests - lump went away by itself - cat back to normal - thanks cat for that - no seriously I am delighted he is well again I just wish he would not do this to me every time it's Christmas or I have a holiday to pay for!
Tattoos - one's fully healed the other is tking a lot longer - may or may not have had a slight reaction to the red ink - which is odd as it was fine on my ass! Next appointment booked for 2nd Feb - was going to get a Cheshire Cat - now I am not sure in case I am allergic to the red ink and the cat is rather pink - thinking of an Alice one instead
Holidays - booked for Orlando again - booked via Disney with my Disney tix and a good neighbour hotel as well - cost of around £600 per person without the flights(ouch) but it is for 3 weeks - flights out to be booked next month and return flights in Feb
Christmas - been and gone stupidly spoiled as always - thanks to family and friends for that :)
Comping - I haven't been doing any for a few weeks - time to recharge and rethink and so on - okay I admit I have done a few advent ones but have skipped lots of days
Works Xmas do - went well got drunk didnt completely embarrass myself although may have outted myself to the entire staff - oh well its not like I was hiding it!
Reviews - having some issues with amazon only allowing me to do like 5 reviews a day even though they are verified purchases - gah!!!
hmm let's see anything else?
Well had a couple of dates - they didnt go well - they were dumb and boring and I was probably creepy and weird haha - gonna try online dating but it's such a damn effort
Well thats it - all up to date with my rather boring life now :D
I have decided in the new year to -revamp the blog again and it's purpose :D Starting with a whats in my post blog of the week - I have let the recording of comp wins, freebies and reviews slide a bit so in order to stay on top I am going to do my mail/post of the week an I might even o it as a vlog - it depends on how much I can bear be on screen - also plan on doing more info on comping for newbies and updating my scam and spam info pages


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A-League Wrap: Engelaar stunner not enough for Heart, Western Sydney ease past Perth
A sensational Orlando Engelaar goal failed to prevent Melbourne Heart from suffering a damaging 2-1 defeat to Central Coast Mariners.
The Heart's hopes of reaching the A-League finals appear all but over after they gave up a lead at AAMI Park on Sunday.
Engelaar opened the scoring after 34 minutes with a stunning strike not dissimilar to the one scored by Manchester United's Wayne Rooney in the Premier League less than 24 hours earlier.
After spotting Liam Reddy off his line, Engelaar unleashed an effort from inside his own half that flew over the back-pedalling goalkeeper and into the net.
However, the Mariners responded well to claim three points and move up to fourth in the table.
Kim Seung-Yong levelled in first-half injury time, cutting inside Jason Hoffman and curling a cool finish beyond Andrew Redmayne.
And despite Melbourne making much of the running thereafter, the visitors claimed a 77th-minute winner as Bernie Ibini-Isei latched on to a header from Marcel Seip before finishing calmly.
The Heart are now seven points off the top six with three games of the regular season remaining.
Western Sydney Wanderers climbed up to second in the table with a 3-0 home victory over Perth Glory in Sunday's other fixture.
Jerome Polenz put the Wanderers ahead two minutes before the break, firing home at the second attempt after an initial effort had been blocked.
Second-half strikes from Mark Bridge and Tomi Juric sealed a comfortable win for Tony Popovic's men.
Bridge made it 2-0 after 61 minutes with a fine run and finish, while Juric added a late third following good work from substitute Shinji Ono and Youssouf Hersi.


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Salem Macabre Market
Posted by Chic Aeon in Baiastice on Friday, September 30, 2016
We are moving into October mode and with that comes events.
From Baiastice, the Febe dress and Wings Head Piece. Find it at the Salem Macabre Market, opening October 1.
Eclectica Gothic Pearls Neckpiece
REIGN.- Adele Heels
Beusy: Caramel Mesh Hair
Maitreya Mesh Body
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Friday, March 9, 2012
Many thanks to everyone.
8 comments:
- Rade Petricevic said...
Hello Fernando,
Your Voki is so great. Thank you so much for giving me a great feedback about my draft report. It was also great to collaborate with you.
Everything the best!
- March 9, 2012 at 10:57 AM
- Fernando Beconi PLN said...
Thank you, Rade! Your feedback helped me a lot too. It's been a pleasure to work with you and Davor. I was wondering if we can keep in touch on Facebook? Add me Nando Beconi Delfino and I'll add you, too
Have a nice weekend!
- March 9, 2012 at 11:52 AM
- Lina said...
Dear Fernando Beconi,
it is so great to see your creativity and application of the methods you've learned in your blog. I had no time to explore http://www.voki.com/ yet, and I have already learnt from you about their functionality. Thanks for applying these tools.
- March 10, 2012 at 11:09 AM
- Fernando Beconi PLN said...
Dear Lina,
Thanks for your comment. You should definitely explore voki. It's simple and engaging for students. Have a great weekend.
- March 11, 2012 at 12:31 PM
- Melissa Ramos Vaesken said...
Love the whole idea of working with Avatar in class! And also your way of closing this course!
Any suggestions on where to start if I want to implement something similar as your project? Could you remind me of the webtool you used?
- March 11, 2012 at 4:55 PM
- Chiyoko said...
Hi Fernando,
Thank you for your VOKI AVATAR. The technology is improving very fast. I really want to master it.
- March 11, 2012 at 6:23 PM
- kat said...
Hi Nando
I love your voki Avatar. Honetly, it is so interesting to know about the many things you can do with it.
Best regards
- March 14, 2012 at 11:25 AM
- amina said...
It is so sad that we have to part ways.I love your voki Avatar.I will try it out sometime
- March 14, 2012 at 10:04 PM


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December 26, 2012 - 11:58am
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Don't waste your bombs, try and save them for when you get into tough situations later in the game where they can get you out of trouble.
Health Pick-Ups
It is vital that you collect the health pick-ups as they become crucial when you reach the harder levels. It is worth taking the hits recovering them as the boost that that they give is considerably more.
If you strafe across the screen when a barrage of alien bullets are flying at you you'll be able to destroy a couple of enemy ships while dodging their fire.