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Book Review – Get Back Up by Sheryl Giesbrecht
Life does not always go as planned. Sometimes we are faced with situations that result in disappointment, betrayal or loss. Other times, we find ourselves battling feelings of inadequacy, loneliness, and unforgiveness. During these times, we could use sage advice and encouragement from someone who understands our struggles.
Sheryl Giesbrecht provides both in Get Back Up – Trusting God When Life Knocks You Down. Sheryl draws from her own experiences and shares the lessons she has learned throughout her life – first as a teenage addict, then as a new Christian, a working woman, a pastor's wife and a mother.
Sheryl also shares the stories of people who have beat incredible odds and survived substantial falls by applying the lessons they have been taught, as well as the stories of people she has ministered to and bible figures.
Get Back Up is a quick and easy book to read: it's less than 150 pages, and it contains helpful chapter summaries at the beginning of the book that direct you to the sections that best meet your current need. The study questions at the end of each chapter help you to process and apply what you've learned.
What I like most about this book is the wide range of situations Sheryl addresses and the positive attitude Sheryl projects throughout the book.
About Sheryl Giesbrecht
"Exchanging hurt for hope" is the focus of Sheryl Giesbrecht's ministry. Sheryl's signature throughout her books is sharing how God rearranges loss, bitterness and mistakes and turns them into something remarkably beautiful.
To learn more about Sheryl:
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- Visit the Get Back Up Book Tour Page.
- Visit Amazon.
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Our lives can be a lot like that freefall, but we can survive whatever challenges God puts in front of us if we just get back up.
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This listing is for 5 Pilea Creeping Charlie Cuttings. Pilea Creeping Charlie is also known as Pilea nummulariifolia.
A cutting is a piece of plant material used to start a new plant. Cuttings are sold with no pot, soil or roots and will come as just vegetative material.
The most successful way to root a cutting is to dip the cutting into root powder then plant into a small container or an appropriate size for the number of cuttings.
From time to time things will arrive damaged, please send a photo of damage product on the day of arrival and we will get you a replacement on the next shipping day.
Spring and summer shipping schedule: Plants are shipped daily, please expect your order to ship within 5 business days.
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And because of the time of year, there's a ton of challenges all Valentine's/love related so this card meets many of them! This is for The Sweet Stop's Sketch Challenge #197, Inky Chicks Challenge #3 to make a Valentine's/Anniversary card, Cute Card Thursday's Challenge #255 Love Struck, Marvelous Magnolia's Challenge #13 to use hearts and Totally Tilda's Challenge #65 to use a Valentine's Tilda (wonder if Valentine's Edwin will count as well?) and finally for Color Throwdown's Challenge #228 to use these gorgeous colours!
Stamps: Background Basics: Hearts, Heart-2-Heart #11 both from PTI, Loving Edwin from Magnolia
Papers: Riding Hood Red, Basic Gray, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla all from SU
Inks: Riding Hood Red, Basic Gray, Pink Pirouette all from SU, Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers


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NEW YORK FASHION WEEK: Sophie Theallet Fall 2014 CollectionWednesday, February 12, 2014
I've already mentioned this in a few of my New York Fashion Week posts already, but I love being introduced to new designers. Or should I say, "new to me." While everyone has their favorite well-known designers, whether it's Michael Kors, Vera Wang, Nicole Miller, etc, there's just something refreshing about discovering a new design aesthetic. I again never heard of Sophie Theallet....yes I know! Haha, look people there are so many designers and brands how there, keeping up is a full time job in and of itself! But anyway, I thought her collection was so cute that I had to give it it's own post. The cocktail length dresses were totes adorbs and I loved her color palette and choice of prints. The high necks on her button-up shirts were super fab and embellished! You definitely don't need a necklace if you wear one of these tops!
What did you think of this collection?
Shasie, Fashion Mingle Style Editor
Photos from FashionGPS.com


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Local musicians infiltrating the venue — which was recently named Westword's Best New Community Space — include Mike Clark & the Sugar Sounds, who held an album release concert at the Deer Pile last Friday.
This week, you can catch Changing Colors up there on a last-minute bill with East Coast experimental singer-songwriter Caethua and West Coast guitarist The Lord Bird Dog. (Yes, indie solo artists still enjoy using pseudonyms that sound like they should be bands.)
Then, on Feb. 23, the venue will feature solo sets by Haunted Windchimes cofounders Desirae Garcia and Chela Lujan.
For those who haven't made it there yet, the Deer Pile is situated in an artist studio right above City, O' City, a vegan and vegetarian restaurant located at 206 E. 13th Ave.


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The Magpies played well within themselves, but still ruthlessly disposed of their opponents as first-half goals from recalled striker Andrew Carroll and Wayne Routledge within eight minutes of each other effectively settled the fate of both sides.
Plymouth Argyle 0-2 Newcastle United: As it happened
However, Argyle should have taken the lead before the leaders had had time to settle.
Leading scorer Jamie Mackie was set up by Damien Johnson's cut-back on the right edge of the area, but was denied by Toon goalkeeper Steve Harper.
From Alan Judge's corner, Newcastle allowed centre-back Bondz N'gala a free header, and although the West Ham loan player met it on the full, he could not direct it on target.
The Pilgrims were made to pay for that profligacy midway through the half when Carroll, who had previously wasted a good opportunity when set up by Danny Guthrie, put Newcastle ahead.
Guthrie was again the provider, from a corner, as Carroll beat Reda Johnson with ease to send a looping header past goalkeeper David Stockdale and inside his left-hand post.
Eight minutes later, Routledge raced on to a perfect through-ball from Joey Barton to outpace Zimbabwean international full-back Onismor Bhasera and slot home from an acute angle.
To their credit, Argyle responded positively, with Mackie, Bradley Wright-Phillips and Judge all going close with long-range shots before half-time, and Judge rattled Harper's crossbar with a dipping shot after the break.
Newcastle reasserted their authority late on as the Pilgrims chased a consolation goal, and substitute Leon Best smashed a shot against the crossbar.
By and large, though, Newcastle were content to play containing football, and the near 2,500-strong Toon Army's started celebrating their return to the Premier League after a one-season stay in the Championship.
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Hey guys! So a few days ago I went into Kmart hoping I would be able to find Revlon's whimsical, and I found two! Yay for me and the bestie!
Then I get home to look up swatches only to find out it needs a base coat...well crap. I don't own any pastel colored polishes (unless pale pink counts) it's crazy right?! Looks like I need to get in on this new Zoya collection!
So anyway I tried a few polishes I had as bases and just didn't like how it was coming out, I really wanted the blue base of the polish to stay that same color, so by suggestion from the bestie I made a quick franken. I used my 2/3 bottle of Finger Paints paper mache, added 8 drops of China Glaze first mate, 8 drops of China Glaze turned up turquoise and threw in some loose holo glitter and I was done. Too bad the glitter looks good in the bottle but doesn't show on the nail lol.
So anyway I ended up being able to (with the franken) to keep the color of whimsical :D I used two coats of my franken, and 3 coats of whimsical...I'm not going to be able to touch anything for hours, but damn it looks good!
What do you think? I've heard through the blog grapevine that this will be in the core line soon, so if you haven't found it yet you will soon! Keep and eye out at Kmart and Bed Bath & Beyond :)
Until next time, happy painting!


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Napa Valley Film Festival / Uptown Theater- Napa, CA. – The last day of this years Napa Valley Film Festival featured an appearance by Foo Fighter's frontman Dave Grohl for the screening of his documentary of famed recording studio, Sound City.
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Global Events in the Lands of the Muslim Ummah
We now return to the state of global affairs during the 15th century. The Chinese Hui[1]Admiral Zhen He, (or as his Muslim name, Hajji Mahmud Shams) and his fleet under the Ming Dynasty led seven expeditions throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans from Malacca to Aden, Muscat and Somalia, all during the period of 1405-1433. They left thriving Muslim communities behind in present day Malaysia and Indonesia. "Zheng He's visits to the Muslim Malay World had an undeniable impact as far as Islam is concerned. Indonesian Islamic scholar Hamka wrote in 1961: 'The development of Islam in Indonesia and Malaya is intimately related to a Chinese Muslim, Admiral Zheng He, (Ma, Chinese Muslims in Malaysia: History and Development).'" Furthermore, "Parlindungan Mangaradja Onggang writes that when the Ming Dynasty's fleet stopped in Semarang, Zheng He, Ma Huan and Fei Xin often went to the mosque to pray. He adds: 'Under the influence of Zheng He between 1411-1416, in the Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, and the Philippines, there developed many Chinese Muslim areas, and many mosques were built,' (Ibid)." Indonesian scholar Slamet Muljana writes,
"Zheng He built Chinese Muslim communities first in Ju Gang (Palembang), then in San Fa (West Kalimantan), subsequently he built the same kind of communities along the shores of Java, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines. They propagated the Islamic faith according to the Hanafi sect and in Chinese language, (Ibid)."
Tan Yeok Seong in his article 'Chinese Element in the Islamisation of Southeast Asia' states that,
"These early settlements were peopled by Chinese Muslims who had created a sphere of influence for themselves with the co-operation of Zheng He. Religion and trade then went hand in hand…Through Islam, the Muslims, in spite of their racial differences, became masters of trade; while, on the other hand, successful maritime trade helped to spread Islamisation. The Chinese settlers of this period were pioneers of both these enterprises. They had been Muslims and had established for themselves Islamic settlements at important trade centres, such as Palembang and Gresik. From these centres a process of converting the indigenous people was begun, (Ibid)."
However, after Zheng He's death, Chinese naval expeditions were suspended and over time the Hanafi madhhab that Zheng He and his people propagated lost almost all contact with Muslims in China, and gradually was totally absorbed by the local Shafi'i madhhab. All in all, at around 1492, the global situation was one of thriving global commerce and governmental contacts across the continents. Ironically, when we label this period as the "Age of Exploration," it is just that, but not for all of humanity but rather, for the Christian Europeans that were just beginning to venture out into the world in a concerted manner, (an act that the Muslims and other civilizations had already undertaken well prior to 1492). Christendom was rapidly expanding, in the light of the vacuum that was present due to the weakness of the Muslims in the Maghrib and of the Uthmanis being occupied with fighting Venice and the Shia Safawiyya. During the later 1400's, the Uthmanis were preoccupied with one of their Christian rivals, the Venetians, (a trading powerhouse of the time and possessor of a strong military). They fought three separate naval battles from 1499-1503 in the Ionian Sea, (which is amidst the Greek archipelago of islands). These battles were milestones in military history as the Uthmanis were the first navy to use cannons on ships. All three battles were led by the mujahid Uthmani admiral Kamal Ra'ees[2], (his full name was Ahmad Kamaladdeen), and all three were victories for the Uthmanis. During these string of victories, the Uthmanis also managed to take the island of Sardinia in 1501 also under the leadership of Kamal Ra'ees along with numerous other incursions along the coast of Spain and Italy before returning back towards Istanbul, subsequently numerous naval ghazawaat along the way back.
[1] A classification of Han Chinese that are Muslims.
[2] Ra'ees was a Turkish military rank akin to that of Admiral, that was commonly added to the officer's name


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FC: Michelle Getting Her Groove on!
3: This would be lil shell - that would be a jagermeister and redbull | Michelle hugging her box of wine!
4: big sis,mum n shell | not sure??....
5: Ash N shell smoochin!!! | Michelle and Frenchie Feeling the lurve
6: Michelle giving it some tongue
7: Piccy time!
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Sunday, May 3, 2009
Silent Sunday on Frequently Feline
Did you have fun watching? Leave a comment and let us know. Thanks!
4 comments:
- Donna said...
I love it when my cats see a moth that's gotten in the house (I haven't seen a fly in the house in YEARS...wonder why? LOL)...sometimes they see the tiny tiny ants that find their way inside in early spring.
The moths of course hover around the lights and it's hilarious to see the cats try and figure out a way to get to them.
When you see a cat staring intently at seemingly noting on the floor, you know they've spotted a tiny ant, and it's time to spread the insecticide outside around the house.
Spiders (although the garden specialists say they are our friends) provide a lot of entertainment too..as well as a tasty snack (ewwwww).
I love to hear them chatter as they stalk their prey.
This was a great video, thanks, Jo!
- May 3, 2009 at 5:46 AM
That is a lovely clip,and I love to see cats 'playing their castanets'
We get quite a few moths and daddy long legs here in Autumn, both our boyz do their Rudolf Nureyev impressions chasing after them,they have us in stitches lol
- May 3, 2009 at 6:48 AM
- Vicki said...
What a cute video. I didn't realize that cats were such great fly swatters. I love to watch cats when they are after prey. They are very entertaining.
- May 3, 2009 at 6:59 AM
- jmuhj said...
LOVE the cat-chattering! Those two are not only fine, they DO get the job done! ^^ ^^
- May 3, 2009 at 2:31 PM


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The NSA Touches "Only 1.6%" Of Daily Global Internet Traffic
Ryan Martin / 5 years ago
According to a report by Russia Today the NSA is claiming that it "only touches 1.6%" of daily internet traffic. By the standards of percentages, 1.6% is relatively low, but if you factor in just how much 1.6% of daily global traffic would be, well according to the NSA's own figures it equates to 29.216 Petabytes of the total 1,826 Petabytes transferred daily. To anyone with some basic knowledge that is a lot of information the NSA is able to "touch".
"According to figures published by a major tech provider, the Internet carries 1,826 Petabytes of information per day. In its foreign intelligence mission, NSA touches about 1.6% of that. However, of the 1.6% of the data, only 0.025% is actually selected for review." The NSA report stated.
With the NSA claiming to only review 0.025% of that 1.6%, it means each day they review about 0.7304 Petabytes of data. To put that into context the NSA reviews everyday 765,880 Gigabytes of data. Yet the NSA still claims, after reviewing that much data every day, that:
"We do not need to sacrifice civil liberties for the sake of national security; both are integral to who we are as Americans. NSA can and will continue to conduct its operations in a manner that respects both."
At the end of all that comes the questions. What do they do with the 1.6% of data they touch every day? What does the "review process" entail for that 0.7304 Petabytes of data every day? Are their figures even accurate or truthful? What even gives them the right to touch 1.6% of "global" internet traffic, which is outside their legal jurisdiction of the USA?
What are your thoughts on the NSA "only touching 1.6%" of global internet traffic?
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But how do we choose who to vote? Do we watch their campaign adds and simply base our votes there? Or have you watched the past three presidential debates? I did!
So let's get to know our presidential candidates.
Before that thou, please check this. Got this from one of the blogs I use to read. credits to the owner. link of the blog is below the picture.
Jejomar "Jojo" Cabauatan Binay, Sr.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/
(born November 11, 1942) is the fifteenth Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines under President Benigno S. Aquino III and is one of five remaining candidates in the 2016 Philippines presidential election.
He went to the University of the Philippines Diliman for college and graduated in 1962 with a degree in Political Science.He continued on to the UP College of Law and graduated in 1967 then passed the bar examinations in 1968. He got a master's degree from the University of Sto. Tomas in 1980 and a master's degree in National Security Administration from the National Defense College of the Philippines.
He was appointed by former President Corazon Aquino as officer-in-charge of Makati City from 1986-1987. After his assignment, he was elected as Makati City mayor from 1988-1998.[2] During this term, he acted as the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman from 1990 to 1991. In 2001, he was reelected as mayor until the end of his term in 2010. He resigned as Chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council and as Presidential Adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers in June 22, 2015.[3]
Binay is a member of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), which is a coalition between the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipinoand the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino - Lakas ng Bayan. It was founded as an electoral alliance in 2012, and later became an official political party in 2014.
Binay's platform:
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Binay: Higher economic growth
As far as the vice president is concerned, Gary Teves, former Finance secretary and current UNA treasurer, said Jejomar Binay wants to continue higher economic growth by investing more in infrastructure and ensuring that action is taking place quicker.
"We first have to generate more resources externally by inviting foreign investors and making sure that environment is really conducive to foreign investments," said Teves.
"We were amending economic provisions of the Constitution to allow foreign investors to invest in areas that have been disallowed or limited — land, public utilities. He will also emphasize on inclusive growth, and provide emphasis on health and education."
Rodrigo "Rody" Roa Duterte
He was (born March 28, 1945), nicknamed Digong, is a Filipino lawyer and politician of Visayandescent. Duterte is among the longest-serving mayors in the Philippines and has been mayor of Davao City, a highly urbanized city on Mindanao island, for 7 terms, totalling more than 22 years. He has also served as vice-mayor and congressman in the city. Known for his zero-tolerance policies against criminals, he earned the nickname "The Punisher"
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte
Duterte's platform:
For 22 years, he is the Mayor of Davao City, ranked as the 5th safest city in the world. A lawyer by profession, he was elected during the time when Davao City was dubbed as a killing field.
He restored law and order, engineered the development of Davao's economy while suppressing criminality. Tough talking and no nonsense but with a soft spot for the poor, women and children, Duterte is committed to restore order in the government and bring peace and development to every province in the Philippines.
Grace Poe
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|Teodoro Misael Vera Llamanzares
|Ronald Allan Kelley Poe aka Fernando Poe, Jr.
|Jesusa Sonora Poe aka Susan Roces
|Brian, 23 | Hanna, 16 | Nikka, 11
Grace Poe is driven by a desire to serve. Her effectiveness is at least in part due to a trait that is rarely found in politicians: strong empathy. She believes that it is from learning from the people themselves about their concerns, and lending her voice to a collective vision for the nation, that she can help find solutions that will really be felt by the majority.
enator Grace excelled in sports and became a champion debater at Assumption High School. She attended the University of the Philippines, Manila from 1986 to 1988 under the BA Development Studies program. She was chairman of the College Freshman Assembly in SY1986-1987, and Sophomore Batch Representative to the Student Council in SY1987-1988. Poe was a College Scholar in 1987.
She finished her tertiary education at Boston College with a degree in political science. She moved to the U.S. to join her husband in 1991. There, she taught geography and math to preschool children, then worked in the scientific technologies field until 2004.
Grace's platform:
Education: Ateneo de Manila University, University of Pennsylvania,Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Initially one of the leading contenders in the 2010 presidential election, he slid down to become a vice-presidential candidate in order to make way for fellow Senator Benigno Aquino III, who eventually won. He was defeated by MakatiMayor Jejomar Binay of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) by the narrowest margin in the history of the Fifth Republic. However, Roxas filed an electoral protest with the Supreme Court of the Philippines, the Court sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal. On June 7, 2011, President Aquino appointed Roxas as the new Secretary of Transportation and Communications to replace outgoing Secretary Jose de Jesus, and he took office on July 4, 2011.Afterwards, on August 31, 2012, President Aquino nominated him as Secretary of Interior and Local Government, replacingJesse Robredo, who died in a plane crash.
Roxas is the standard-bearer of the Liberal Party for the 2016 presidential elections in the Philippines. On July 31, 2015, at an event dubbed as "A Gathering of Friends", he was officially endorsed by President Benigno Aquino III to continue the present administration's reforms, collectively dubbed Daang Matuwid ("straight path"). In the presence of their political allies at Club Filipino, where Roxas had announced his decision to withdraw from the 2010 presidential election to give way for Aquino's presidential bid in 2010, Roxas formally accepted his party's nomination.[10][11][12] On August 3, 2015, Roxas officially tendered his resignation as Secretary of the Interior and Local Government in order to focus on his presidential campaign.
She earned the degree, Doctor of Juridical Science, in the United States. Dr. Miriam Defensor Santiago is a globally famous personality, because of her legal brilliance and courageous example in fighting corruption. In a nation where many public officials are charged with, or suspected, of plunder, her honesty shines like a light in the darkness.
She has brought honor to the Philippines in several ways. She is the first Filipino and the first Asian from a developing country, to be elected in the United Nations as judge of the International Criminal Court. The ICC hears cases against heads of state. Thus, she put the Philippines on the global map in the 21st century. Unfortunately, grave illness forced her to waive the privilege of being an ICC judge.
For two years, she suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome. In June 2014 she was diagnosed with lung cancer, stage 4 (the last stage). But with her signature humor and bravery, she fought back, and her cancer has regressed. Even cancer cells are afraid of her!
She was chosen as laureate of the Magsaysay Award for Government Service, known as the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize. She was cited "for bold and moral leadership in cleaning up a graft-ridden government agency." She was named one of "The 100 Most Powerful Women in the World" by The Australian magazine.
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I have often wondered why I am so much slower than everybody else. Could have been my upbringing (I was sickly), or delayed education (I chose travel over college in my early years), or even my propensity for independence in not wanting to take the long road if another one looked shorter. To tell the truth, some of those short roads were pretty steep.
Now I have come to a place where a lot of people got there before me by taking the easier (more normal) route. Their road might have been longer but it had signposts. Sometimes even a few helpers along the way. They definitely had a lot of company -- and companionship -- while I have been literally lost for months (even years) on end, all by myself. I have even been stalked by things that wouldn't dare come near a good-sized group. A couple of times I thought I was dead.
Eventually, I arrived (a little battered and worse for wear) even though my colleagues' reaction to me always tends to be more startled rather than amazed. I'm working on that. Trying to mind my "P's and Q's." But it isn't a easy for someone of my age and experience. Not like it would have been in my youth. And it's been so long since I've driven anything, the old models are obsolete. Now, everybody's driving things you wouldn't believe. Or flying. Some are even coming amazingly close to time travel. Take my last six computers for instance...
Those marvelous machines could do so many things one practically had to have the brain of a jet pilot to actually take advantage of them all. Just understanding the manuals on them could take years (most people don't even go there), and then you'd never get anything else done. Which is why I simply mastered the few things I needed for my work, and let the rest go. Who in the world has the time with life being as short as it is? You might say I contented myself with taxiing up and down the runway all those years instead of actually lifting off the ground to at least see what the thing could do. I admit I literally wore out six machines and never tested the boundaries on any of them. But no matter. As they say, a person can only chase one rabbit.
But imagine my surprise when I found out after much ranting and soul-searching (not to mention a heap of money) that my current machine actually has the capacity to diagnose its own problems and fix itself. Almost like humans. I am amazed and grateful. And totally shocked that most other people have known this for quite some years, now. At any rate, I finally have the capacity -- and know-how -- to get myself out of the ditch if I slip off the runway, again. Still not flying, though.
Wonder if I'll ever.
What's happening on the farm today: Am finally getting into the routine of milking four goats without slaying myself. Maybe I'll actually have enough energy left over to make yogurt next week. Or maybe ice cream. Cheese is a long way off, yet, though. The girls still aren't very happy about having to share...


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Saturday, May 16, 2015
Back in the 80's: The Partha Pipeline
Sorry for the long absence from posting to the blog! I've had my hands full for the past year working on the miniatures and book for Olympus, and that has not left much time for other pursuits. However, I'm going to try to make the occasional post, so let's start with a trip down memory lane...
I've compiled all of my issues of the Partha Pipeline and the War Bulletin into a PDF, so that my fellow fans of Ral Partha can enjoy them. I'll likely move the host site soon, so get it while it's hot!
Here's a link to a direct download:
Partha Pipeline Download
Ral Partha miniatures are now produced by the great guys and gals at Iron Wind Metals. They are currently running a Kickstarter program to get a lot of the classic Tom Meier miniatures from this era back into production, as well as a few new pieces that were never produced. Head on over to their Kickstarter page and have a look!
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Farewell May
It is almost June already. Where has the year gone?
This May has been interesting. It is a month of changes, of farewells - both my parents died in May, many years apart - and this year is no different.
Dunno what it is about May but if it weren't for the beauty of spring and early summer here, I'd go a bit nuts. (More nuts.)
|My love affair with dogwoods continues...
A while ago, DH was approached by a recruiter. This happens quite often - the IT industry is really quite incestuous and they are always on the lookout for good people. They thought that he was a different person of the same name, but it turned out that DH was in fact the right guy. They had discussions and then those turned into interviews, and the upshot is that DH is leaving Amazon.
|We are not leaving Seattle...
This means getting new visas. Yay! Not.... Every time we have to get new visas, we have to do mounds of online paperwork.
Sorry, that is I have to do mounds of online paperwork (and sometimes real paper paperwork too!).
|Magnificent peonies
We also have to supply fairly current photographs for the visas. That took some effort because there is a problem with having nice, brightly coloured walls. They a) are not the neutral background required and b) cast odd coloured light and shadows. That took a while to sort out and may have involved some image manipulation of the background (but not as much as the time in California when the girl changed the white balance of my passport pics so much that my hair went brassy yellow, my skin a ghastly shade of grey and my eyes violet! I looked like some sort of vampire with my pale, unhealthy skin and bloodless lips...).
|Not Cecile Brunner - it's apricot and is Perle D'Or
So Canada is nice and close and the US consulates there issue our sorts of visas. The waits were three weeks at Calgary and Vancouver and Toronto and Montreal but Ottawa had a three day wait so I start lining us up with to go to Ottawa. We've never been to Quebec and thought it would be interesting.
When I tried to book the actual appointment, the system said there is a
wait for appointments in Ottawa.
|I need some flower pics to calm me down.
|You'll find out why!
Now this is after I've just spent two and a half hours putting answers into webpages over and over and over - like we have done this several times before, no we are still not terrorists, no we have no intention or desire to do naughty naughty things whilst we are in the States, why can't we just say yep, nothing's changed except the job?
|Lots and lots of flower pics
When DH leaves his old job, we have to be out of the country within ten days. Yes you read that right. Ten days. It's part of the terms and conditions of our visa - cos after all if you've been living somewhere for a couple of years, it is easy to just pack up and leave, isn't it? Doesn't leave much time to get organised, and a wait of 131 days before the new visa appointment, let alone the visa being issued would equal losing the house, the car and bankruptcy. And DH had already resigned, just not left quite yet.
|Sometimes even flower pics don't help
|Or even the cutest, silliest pants
I've ever had
|Or silly shoes
|Or pics of the Space Needle
with the rose "Graham Thomas"
So I had a meltdown. A full on sobbing, tearful, snotty meltdown.
|Not even knitting calmed me down.
Plus this was all on the day of Mum's deathiversary (at least in Oz), so I was already a bit wobbly. 23 years now.
Now it is sorted, mostly. The new company is flying us to London. England. Hopefully we won't be there for too long as I want to get back to Seattle in time for the naked bike ride - I've been anticipating it for months. (Must get the bike in order and see if I can manage to ride it with this stupid lung condition.)
|Rose "Pat Austin"
Oh, yeah, I also saw a pulmonologist to see what if there is a medical opinion about my lungs.
There is!
I have greater than average lung volume and the diffusion of O2/CO2 across my lungs is more than adequate (127% of that expected). I have a small area of scarring at the top of the right lung, almost certainly from radiotherapy, and my breathlessness is not caused by lung problems. My lungs are in excellent shape.
Well dang! But good. But dang!
|Cute dianthus/clove pinks
He made me breathe in and out whilst he listened to my lungs and then made me take big breaths in and out, and was surprised by the noises I make (it's embarrassing to make weird groans and honks, and I make weird groans and honks. Sometimes it just sounds like I'm getting ready to speak or saying hmm, but other times it is loud and obvious). But I think it put him onto something.
He looked at the CT scan taken waaaaay back in ?October? and showed me a shot of my trachea (breathing tube). He noted the weird position of the right vocal cord and also that my trachea is bowed inwards, partly blocking my airway, on the right side below the vocal cord. He thinks this is causing the problems. (The otolaryngologist never even mentioned this...) My trachea should be a straight tube, not a bowed on one side one.
|Foxgloves have always fascinated me.
Yep, I stick my finger in them.
What can be done about it? Wait and see. Hopefully when the vocal cord issue is fully resolved my trachea will fix itself up too. At least he acknowledged that it is distressing to not be able to do aerobic stuff or manage a conversation whilst walking. He suggested I try actively breathing out through pursed lips when doing more aerobic work - it might help hold my trachea out as the air in my lungs and airways will be at higher pressure and it might reduce the bowing when I breathe in. Maybe. A little. He also asked me a heap of questions that I think may relate to MS, Lou Gehrig's Disease or even lupus. Bonus!
I'm so tired of wait and see. My whole frigging life is full of wait and sees. Cancer. wait and see if you are going to die - what fun! Now this. Extra bonus fun!
|I liked this combo.
It is hard to go forth and live your life when you become restricted in what you can do. I used to ride my bike places. I used to walk up the hill and see things, admire the gardens, go to the beach and the Locks. I used to walk lots of places. I used to get up and dance like a crazy thing and do aerobics at home. Now I drive the blasted car - it is good to have the car but I want to be able to walk without thinking I'm going to die because I can't breathe properly! I'd like to be able to dance without having to do slow, gentle dances. I only have one last specialist to see (a cardiologist) and then I'm done, but now that DH has quit, our health insurance ceases soon and the new one hasn't kicked in yet. I'm sure the old one is very pleased to get rid of me, but the new one won't be happy!
|There has to be a sunset shot of the mountains
across the Sound!
|Vevo prettiness
I finally finished a cowl/wimple that I started last year. The pattern is Vent D'Est Vent D'ouest and the yarn is Madtosh laceweight (whatever it is called) in Stargazing, not Cousteau!
|Now with extra cheesy grin
What else has been happening? My outrage at my government's budget still simmers. My conversation with first ex continues. I've swapped over to using Chromium mostly rather than Firefox because the recent Firefox update exposed a memory leak that has plagued Firefox ever since I first started using it, and when it slows a machine like mine with massive amounts of memory and disk to a crawl, it gets pretty peeving. My obsession with 2048 has settled down somewhat, mostly because I discovered something truly truly amazing.
I am sure I am not the only person who wanted to be an astronaut when they grew up. I could think of nothing more wonderful than going into space and walking on the Moon and seeing Earth as a marvellous big blue and white marble.
Well I'm most unlikely to get into space but I can do something almost as good and with none of the hassle of having to use the equivalent of vacuum cleaners to pee and poo in, or having reconstituted meals and ahem reconstituted water.
Watching Earth from the International Space Station is doing wonders for my geography skills, and is just enthralling me. All of my experience is of Earth, and seeing Earth from outside its atmosphere is astounding. All life that we know of except for a handful of astronauts exists on this one fragile planet. Seeing the oceans and islands and continents rolling underneath the ISS is addictive. I keep hoping that I will see my home city but so far I've not managed it in over a week of watching. In the meantime, I remain enraptured by my planet, enchanted by what I see.
|South Australia looking SE towards Victoria, Australia


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WINTER HAVEN, FL - Senior Ken Longernecker 4 1/3 scoreless relief innings and Brendan Pifer blasted a solo homer in the sixth for the go-ahead run to lift Lehigh to an 8-5 win over Sacred Heart in Florida on Wednesday.
The Mountain Hawks, now 2-7, took a 5-2 lead in the fifth inning on a two-run single, but the Pioneer bats exploded for three in the bottom of the frame to tie it. Longernecker came out of the pen with two outs in the inning and shut down the Pioneers for the rest of the game, allowing just two hits.
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The Pioneer offense was led by senior catcher Jeff Heppner with a pair of hits and three RBI. Freshman John Murphy chipped in three hits.
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How is it Monday already? I don't know about you, but this weekend went waaay too fast for me! Here are some of the highlights from my weekend.
Saturday morning I slept in until about 7:30, which felt fabulous! After running to the grocery store, I put some coffee on and made one of my favorite weekend meals: breakfast casserole!
I healthified the casserole by using lean turkey sausage and subbing in half the eggs for egg whites.
The casserole turned out great and it was also a great way to use some of the veggies from our garden. I incorporated some tomatoes, banana peppers, and jalapenos from our little veggie stash. Super tasty!
Turkey Breakfast Casserole
- 1 lb lean turkey sausage
- 1 container reduced-fat crescent rolls
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup liquid egg whites
- 1 dollop (not a real measurement, I know, but I just eyeballed it!) light sour cream
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 1 banana pepper, diced
- 1 jalapeno, diced
- 2-4 small tomatoes, diced
- 1 small red pepper, diced
- 2 cups spinach
- 1 cup shredded cheese of your choice
1) Preheat oven to 375 and spray a casserole dish with cooking spray (9×13 would work). Line the casserole dish with crescent roll dough, pinching seams to close.
2) Brown the turkey meat and drain. Wipe down the pan and throw in the veggies until soft, adding the spinach at the very end.
3) Whisk together the eggs, sour cream, and a splash of almond milk (optional). Season with salt and pepper. I also add a dash of paprika, but that's optional.
4) Layer the turkey and veggies on top of the crescent dough. Pour egg mixture evenly over casserole. Top with cheese and bake for 30-45 minutes, or until eggs are set.
Riley loves it when I make breakfast casserole, so it doesn't usually last long around here. Looks like this one was another hit!
The rest of my Saturday morning was spent lounging on the deck with Coco and reading some magazines.
I also caught up with a friend for some froyo and a movie.
Saturday night was spent at home making homemade pizza and drinking some wine with Riley
Sunday morning I woke up at 6 AM to some exciting text messages. My good friend Molly gave birth to a baby girl and I was thrilled to hear the news! I couldn't be happier for her and her husband and I can't wait to meet baby Lilly!
It was basically impossible to go back to sleep after getting the good news, so I decided to go to Colonial Williamsburg for a run. I enjoyed my run there last week so much I decided maybe I should make this a weekly thing. I got there right before 8:00 and it was blissfully empty except for the other runners.
I got about 20 minutes in when it started raining. Not pouring rain, but misting, hazy rain. Surprisingly, it was one of the best runs I've had all summer. I haven't really run outside much these past couple months due to the heat. The light rain made my run really enjoyable, however, which I was NOT expecting. I'm usually a major pansy about weather!
Source. Borrowed pic since I didn't stop to take any.
Something about the hazy rain, the empty colonial streets, and just exploring the little back roads by myself make it so peaceful and beautiful in the morning and I'd finished 5 miles in no time!
The rest of the day was spent lounging with my needy cat, making some homemade chicken salad, and hanging out with Riley.
I've got a 6 day work week starting today, so I'm on a mission to get lots of sleep, eat plenty of snacks, and keep up a good workout routine despite the upcoming stress.
Have a great Monday!
What did you do this weekend?
Do you like running in the rain? A week ago, my answer would have been "hell no!", but after yesterday, I can definitely understand why people like it!


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Photo Flash: First Look at Griffin Matthews and Matt Gould in Transcendence Theatre Company's WITNESS UGANDA
The Transcendence Theatre Company will present the Broadway bound musical "Witness Uganda" in concert as the third offering in the Transcendence Artist Series. The concert will take place on August 19th at the Atwood Ranch in Sonoma Valley and will feature a special post-show discussion with the artists. Take a first look at Griffin and Matt in rehearsal below!
Following a sold out run at the American Repertory Theater that was directed by Tony Award Winner, Diane Paulus, the creators will share an intimate one night concert of this compelling new show. "Witness Uganda" is the winner of the "2014 Richard Rogers Award for Musical Theater" and is destined to inspire audiences worldwide. Told through personal stories of triumph and tragedy "Witness Uganda's" young creators Griffin Matthews and Matt Gould ask... is changing the world even possible?
This not-to-be-missed concert takes place at the Atwood Ranch in Glen Ellen. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. for a pre-show picnic and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m. The Atwood Ranch is located at 12099 Sonoma Highway, Glen Ellen, CA 95442. The last concert in the Transcendence Artist Series will be "Oh What a Beautiful Mashup!" starring Leah Sprecher and Stephan Stubbins on August 28th at the Paradise Ridge Winery.
Transcendence Theatre was named Broadway World San Francisco's 2013 "Theatre of the Year." Over the last two seasons the company has given over $94,000 to Jack London State Historic Park, while winning the Broadway World San Francisco award for Best Special Theater Event in both of its first two seasons.
Tickets are selling well so be sure to purchase yours early. General Admission tickets to the Atwood concert are $35 and VIP are $60. Prices range from $42 to $125 for the "Broadway Under the Stars "concerts in Jack London State Park and seats are still available for the August and September shows.
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Ruth was a Secretary with Niemand Brothers, Inc. of New York, NY. She is a parishioner of St. Patrick's Church of Highland Mills and a former member of the Woodbury Seniors.
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Introducing one of the most famous characters in literature, Jean Valjean - the noble peasant imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread - Les Misérables ranks among the greatest novels of all time.
Les Miserables
Hugo, Victor (1862). [Genre: Historical]
Les Miserables has shot right to the top of my best-books-of-all-time list. I'm a long time fan of the musical and I think the book broke my heart even more! I think most people will be familiar with the general storyline from the musical/movie if not the book, following the convict Jean Valjean and a large cast of supporting characters, including the policeman Javert, the crook Thenardier and the working class Fantine. It's a hard book to talk about, because its scope is so huge, so I've roughly divided up my review.
Plot & Structure
Over a quarter of the novel is taken up by Hugo's 'digressions' (or as my husband calls them, 'awesome random tangents') in which the author inserts an essay only vaguely related to the plot or subplot. I found some of them interesting - such as the 19 chapters he spends detailing Waterloo, while others, like the 4 or 5 chapters on the history of the Paris sewer system in the middle of the climax, had me wishing he'd just get back to the story already. Strangely enough though I think the rest of the story would come across as disjointed without them. It jumps through time, space and character with terrifying speed; from 1815 to 1832, from a medium-sized town in the deep South of France to the Paris uprising. It's powerful and somehow just. . .works, even though it shouldn't.
Ultimately, I think what really makes Les Miserables are the characters and what they represent. For me, Les Mis is a powerful story of redemption and injustice. Hugo does much to show what is wrong with French society of the time - Valjean's imprisonment for 19 years after he steals a loaf of bread for his starving family and his treatment after release. Fantine's inescapable fall into prostitution as she attempts to do the best for her illegitimate child. The breakup of family structure is particularly well portrayed, from the fates of Cosette and Gavroche to Marius' estrangement from his grandfather.
Everything Else
Hugo has a gorgeous way with words and astute perceptions about politics, society and life. It makes Les Miserables worth reading. Even the bits about the sewers. Just look at the first page of quotes from Les Mis on Goodreads. The lessons on that page alone could guide you pretty well through life, which shows the wealth contained within this books pages.
As a reader already familiar with the basic plot, I also loved how the novel filled in a lot of gaps for me. Although having finished the book I can see how true the adaptations have been to the original (about as true as they could be without being 10 hours long) it was fun seeing how all the characters fit together in ways far more complex than the adaptations ever portray - such as the street urchin Gavroche being the abandoned son of the Thenardier's or M. Thenardier's interaction with Marius' father at the battle of Waterloo.
Overall, I don't think anyone would regret reading Les Mis. When I mentioned it on a Top Ten Tuesday post recently a commenter described it as an effort and daunting, but those that have read it find it life changing. That sums it up in a nutshell really.
5/5 Stars. Love it.
Les Miserable is one of my picks for the 2013 TBR Challenge. It's also on my Classics Club list!


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Constantine Petridis Curator of African Art
Equatorial Africa, Cameroon, Bandjoun kingdom, Bamileke, possibly 19th century
Wood, cotton, fabric and glass beads, Overall: 51 x 38 x 43 cm (20 1/16 x 14 15/16 x 16 15/16 in.). Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2006.138
Bead-covered wooden stools and thrones are one of the most prevalent art forms among the various kingdoms and chiefdoms in the Cameroon grasslands. This example, once part of the royal treasury, belongs in the category of "travel stools," usually used in conjunction with more private, minor ceremonies and rituals at the palace. The leopard imagery confirms the object's royal status. It alludes to the belief that the king was able to temporarily transform himself into this feared predator.
Pierre Harter, Arts anciens du Cameroun (Arnouville: Arts d'Afrique Noire, 1986), p. 280 (reproduces the field-photograph Father Frank Christol made in 1925, the original of which is preserved in the archives of the Musée de l'Homme, Paris).Pierre Harter, Les Rois sculpteurs, exh. cat. (Paris: RMN, 1993), p. 61.Jean-Paul Notue & Bianca Triaca, Bandjoun (Milan: 5 Continets, 2005), p. 54.Bettina von Lintig, Cameroun, exh. cat. (Paris: Galerie Bernard Dulon, 2006), p. 125-26 (field photo), 127-29 (object as such).
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December 19, 2017
Baby, it's cold outside! Here are some tips to avoid frozen pipes in homes and businesses:
When the weather is very cold outside, let the cold water served by exposed pipes continuously run from the faucet at a pencil-sized stream. Running water through the pipe - even at a trickle - helps prevent pipes from freezing. This is most important at night, when you should leave the tap that is farthest from where the main water pipe enters your home, running at a trickle.
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Hosea 14 Modern English Version (MEV)
A Plea for Repentance
14 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God,
4 I will heal their backsliding;
9 Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
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Manor Demographics (Hillingdon, England)
Manor is a ward in Hillingdon of London, England and includes areas of South Ruislip, Ruislip Manor, Kingsend and Ruislip Gardens.
In the 2011 census the population of Manor was 11,442 and is made up of approximately 51% females and 49% males.
The average age of people in Manor is 39, while the median age is also 39.
81.4% of people living in Manor were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 2.7% Ireland, 1.6% India, 1.0% Scotland, 0.8% Wales, 0.6% Northern Ireland, 0.5% Kenya, 0.5% Sri Lanka, 0.4% South Africa, 0.4% Pakistan.
92.9% of people living in Manor speak English. The other top languages spoken are 1.0% Polish, 0.7% Gujarati, 0.4% Spanish, 0.4% Nepalese, 0.4% Arabic, 0.2% Tamil, 0.2% French, 0.2% Portuguese, 0.2% Russian.
The religious make up of Manor is 65.6% Christian, 19.0% No religion, 3.8% Hindu, 3.2% Muslim, 0.9% Sikh, 0.5% Jewish, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% Atheist. 696 people did not state a religion. 25 people identified as a Jedi Knight.
49.9% of people are married, 11.6% cohabit with a member of the opposite sex, 0.7% live with a partner of the same sex, 23.1% are single and have never married or been in a registered same sex partnership, 7.0% are separated or divorced. There are 487 widowed people living in Manor.
The top occupations listed by people in Manor are Professional 19.4%, Associate professional and technical 15.7%, Administrative and secretarial 14.9%, Skilled trades 12.5%, Administrative 10.2%, Managers, directors and senior officials 10.1%, Caring, leisure and other service 8.8%, Business and public service associate professionals 7.9%, Corporate managers and directors 7.2%, Sales and customer service 7.1%.
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The follow up to SNK's first Xbox release, METAL SLUG 3, which shipped May 2004 to the delight of Xbox owners across the country, METAL SLUG 4 and 5 are two of the best games in the classic arcade series.
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The continued and constant projection of negative images of Black males creates a cycle of negativity, said Larry Davis, dean of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Social Work.
"Black males are facing increasing difficulties obtaining positive life outcomes and avoiding negative ones," Davis said. "We must change the way Black males are perceived and perceive themselves."


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A University of Texas at Arlington team exploring how neuron growth can be controlled in the lab and, possibly, in the human body has published a new paper in Nature Scientific Reports on how fluid flow could play a significant role.
In a new study co-authored by Samarendra Mohanty, leader of the Biophysics and Physiology Lab in the College of Science, the researchers were able to use microfluidic stimulations to change the path of an axon at an angle of up to 90 degrees. Axons are the shafts of neurons, on the tips of which connections are made with other neurons or cells.
The publication adds insight to the long accepted idea that chemical cues are primarily responsible for axonal pathfinding during human development and nervous system regeneration. Such knowledge could be essential for advances in spinal cord injuries, where fluid flow can guide regenerating axons, in addition to affecting the bio-chemicals in the injured site.
Finding a non-invasive, highly effective tool to guide neuron growth is important to neuroscientists hoping to determine how neural circuitry works and develop ways to test potentially life-changing therapeutic drugs on so-called lab-on-a-chip devices. Lab-on-a-chip devices incorporate several lab functions on a microchip.
Co-authors on the new paper are Ling Gu, Bryan Black, Simon Ordonez and Argha Mondal, all researchers in Mohanty's lab at the time of the research and Ankur Jain from the UT Arlington College of Engineering's mechanical and aerospace engineering department. The paper is called: "Microfluidic control of axonal guidance" and is available here: http://www.
"It is well known that fluid flow is involved in various processes during organ development. However, there was no evidence to confirm the influence of direct microfluidic flow on axonal migration," said Mohanty. "Through this line of work, our lab is discovering that it's not only chemical cues, but physical cues such as force, heat and flow that need to be looked at or used for understanding and control of neuronal guidance both in the lab and in the body."
The latest publication grew from work that Mohanty and colleagues at University of California, Irvine, published as the cover article in Nature Photonics in January 2012. That paper demonstrated the team's success directing axon growth using a particle rotated by a near-infrared laser beam so that it acted as a micromotor to create fluid flow. Gu, Black and Mohanty published research earlier this year in the journal PLOS One that described using near-infrared light generated heat to guide axon growth very efficiently, another advance the lab is working on.
To be sure that the flow - not heat or mechanical force generated by light - was the cause of axons' direction change the new work used a direct flow from a microtube.
Mohanty and the research team used retinal ganglion cells from common goldfish to test their theory about direct flow. In the lab, 35 percent of the growth cones tested responded to the fluidic flow from the microtube, with 78 percent turning toward the flow direction.
"The work that Dr. Mohanty's team is doing can translate basic science research into methods that could lead to great improvements in the area of health and the human condition," said Jim Grover, interim dean of the UT Arlington College of Science. "The fact that he has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation to further his ideas confirms that his lab is doing work valued by others in the field and that his outcomes will continue to be noted."
Black said the studies' authors have more work to accomplish. First, they'll try to establish parameters for the method.
"After we determine thresholds for effective axonal guidance versus damage or detachment, we can fabricate microfluidic platforms that will enable complex flow patterns and schedules," Black said. "This will teach us whether the process is reversible, among other things, and potentially allow us to produce simple neuronal circuits."
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We think first about what we want students to know at the end of the lesson and then think backward about the steps we need to take to get there.
As teachers, when we plan lessons and units of study, we think about the concept of "backward design." We think first about what we want students to know at the end of the lesson and then think backward about the steps we need to take to get there.
I have always thought that it would be very powerful to invite all of the kindergarten parents to the 8th-grade graduation to give them a glimpse into how Rashi students over their years here come into their own and develop their personal passions and greatness.
They would get a sense of what Rashi 8th graders look like – their confidence, their abilities, their compassion for others, their strong Jewish identities, and their desire to make the world a better place.
What do we do in the years from Kindergarten to 8th grade to enable students to arrive at that place? We might even take a step further – to Rashi graduates in their 20s – what do they look like? Recently I received an email from Rashi alumni parents who wanted to let me know what their two grown children were up to. They wrote:
Dear Stephanie,
We've been thinking about you a lot lately because Ari and Liza's lives have both taken turns this year that are directly related to the social justice curriculum that influenced them at Rashi. Of course, we had a little to do with it, too, but we are incredibly grateful that they had such a unique education where
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Today Ari flies to Houston to volunteer, mucking out houses of flood victims after the hurricane.
In October, he starts a job at Cambridge Health Alliance working with children in an inpatient psychiatric unit. And Liza is well settled as a volunteer on the island of Lesbos in Greece, working in a children's program with refugees fleeing Syria, Afghanistan, and other war-torn countries. We are incredibly proud of our kids and so very grateful for the partnership the Rashi community offered. Rashi played a critical role in the development of our children's social conscience, helping to make them forces for good. The social justice commitment is deep in their bones.
With love and gratitude,
Jody and Kim Comart
This is just one example of inspirational Rashi alumni - we have alumni who excel in science and medicine, engineering and physics, music and art.
How do we intentionally create curriculum at Rashi that will launch students to be motivated to help refugees and victims of disasters, or want to find a cure for cancer, or create drugs to help children in Africa, or start their own technology firm?
We start by asking essential questions that get to the heart of who we are, and the power we have to make a difference in the world.
Over the course of this year, your children will ponder with me in the social justice curriculum such essential questions as:
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What happens when you stand up and speak for another person?
How can prayer help us to appreciate our lives?
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It started with a comment I made to this newspaper that the recent issue of children playing a game in which they invoked or "summoned" a spirit entity and its effects was "an issue of national security". Without much consideration on the psychological effects of this game and the social media hype surrounding it on children who not only played the game or witnessed the game, and with no consideration of any possibility of a negative force, energy or spirit, my comment was labelled by some as fundamentalist and superstitious or religious rubbish. The fact that leaders of a number of other religious communities also raised this issue was ignored and only the Christian community seemed to be criticised.
While many chose to focus on the physical elements of the game as a hoax, they may have missed the point I was making about the metaphysical elements. Of course that may have been because metaphysics or spiritual issues are nonsense to them. Perhaps it was merely a criticism of someone with a different worldview than is socially and politically correct at this time.
It is all too easy in a rapidly secularising society to convey the spiritual realm to a cardboard box labelled, superstitious, fundamentalist, naïve or unenlightened. Believers in the deeper spirituality and the existence of a spiritual dimension are treated as fools. All the while, novels, television series and films place it in the category of fiction – horror, supernatural, suspense, drama and action.
This has resulted in many Christians who consider themselves modern and enlightened thinkers, being of the view that what Scripture and church tradition teach about there being a wider spiritual reality of angels, demons, and miracles was relevant back in biblical times, and it may become relevant again at some point in the distant future. For them it is simply not relevant today. This is based on the rationale that for our present lives on Earth, we live in a completely naturalistic closed system, and religion is limited to what we think, say, and do within this closed system.
For Christians, even the most enlightened, grace is still a spiritual element, an enabling power and spiritual healing offered through the mercy and love of Christ. Prayer is an act of communing with the divine spirit.
The Methodist heritage begins with John Wesley, a clergyman of 18th century England and the founder of the Methodist movement. Wesley taught that Christian spirituality should include "the means of grace" or "works of piety". The means of grace included centering in prayer, searching the scriptures, encouraging one another in the spiritual life, and to help each one to be accountable for responsible discipleship, worship and the Lord's Supper and fasting.
Mystic, spiritualist or influential speaker (take your pick depending on your worldview), Eckhart Tolle suggested that there can be religion with spirituality, and you can have religion without spirituality (which also happens quite often).
"Religion without spirituality is just ideology, such as certain belief structures in the collective mind that one identifies with, and that's not helpful."
Beyond the debate of the validity of the spiritual realm, lies a perhaps even more serious issue: the way we view evil.
There is a tendency to think of the demonic in psychological terms, de-mythologize it, leave it at the level of human choices. We are on dangerous ground when we don't take evil seriously. The realities of evil are still there. Not talking about it just makes our abilities to articulate and engage those realities more difficult.
William J. Abraham, Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at Perkins School of Theology, noted that the world needs "a clear diagnosis of evil." He listed some of the secular world's explanations: "It all comes down to sex and potty training" (Freud), "The world needs revolution!" (Marx), people who, like John Wesley, believe in the Devil and "little people" need to be brought out of the Dark Ages (science), or "If we can figure out what's really going on in people's heads, we can fix it all" (neuroscience).
Speaking at a conference last December at the United Methodist Church's United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, the Perkins professor somberly explained that there are "invisible, spiritual, and incorporeal" agents out there who "are not detectable by any scientific instruments" but "are made manifest by certain unusual phenomenon" and are seeking "to destroy the created order." He observed that the subject of demonic activity is one of "hard facts and phenomena that are extremely well attested across cultures and across time." He described life on Earth for Christian believers as "a constant battle against evil."
In his book, The Powers That Be, Walter Wink outlines the worldviews that he believes have existed in the West. They are:
1. The Ancient worldview, which is reflected in the Bible. In this view everything on Earth has its counterpart in Heaven, and vice versa.
2. The Spiritualist worldview, in which matter is an illusion and only spirit is real.
3. The Materialist worldview, in which spirit is an illusion and only matter is real.
4. The Theological worldview, popular in seminaries, in which God exists in a realm disconnected from the physical.
5. The Integral worldview, in which Heaven and Earth are "the inner and outer aspects of a single reality."
Wink chooses the Integral Worldview (5). He believes in a demonic realm that is real and active in the world. Wink suggests that demons are real and not just "the evil that we do." They are not just personification of human evil deeds. There are, Wink argues, very real and powerful demonic forces in the world that influence it towards evil.
He calls this, structural evil – social realities–systems that oppress and exploit people. They are "violence-prone systems of power and domination." Unlike other liberal Protestants who talk about "the demonic" such as Tillich, however, Wink believes these systems are not just negative forces built into the universe by non-being. Wink is a critic of the "myth of redemptive violence" that is actively promoted by these powers and principalities. He argues Christians are to wage spiritual warfare against them and against their influence. For Wink, spiritual warfare is social action that unmasks the powers and exposes them for what they are–destructive to human and non-human life. For Wink these powers are not merely the products of human decisions and actions. They have a different kind of reality not reducible to humanity and its thoughts and deeds. They are malevalent systems with semi-autonomous reality although they do not fly around in the air and get into people. The main point, however, is that they can be defeated.
Rather than us arguing about the different perceptions, descriptions or manifestations of evil in our world let us find a way to work together to defeat the evil that exist in our world – be they social, political, economic, environmental, psychological, physical or spiritual.


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Sunday, 21 July 2013
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2012 U.S. Olympian and undefeated featherweight sensation Joseph "Jo Jo" Diaz Jr. (18-0, 10 KOs) is a rising star in the featherweight division. Diaz Jr has been slowly climbing his way to the top with each victory. This weekend he'll be fighting on Estrella television as he takes on Hugo "Olimpico" Partida (20-6-2, 15 KOs).
"It's a dream come true, and I am so blessed by God to be living in Los Angeles, where I've had more opportunities than elsewhere." Diaz Jr stated. "This fight has the potential to open a lot of doors for me if I get that title. My opponent is very durable, and he's strong, but I'm very focused and my training camp has been dedicated to make sure we bring a great performance. I feel like I am in the spotlight right now so I need to keep on working hard and improving and progressing. I use that a motivation every single day when I wake up. I'm looking to land some vicious body shots during this fight. I'm the next big thing in my weight class and I want to take care of business."
This will be Diaz Jr's 5th fight this year. Each fight is a stepping stone to the top where guys like Nicholas Walters, Leo Santa Cruz, and Gary Russell Jr lie.


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Aug. 18 — Participants in SunTrust Banks Inc.'s 401(k) plan got the green light from a federal judge in Georgia to proceed as a class with their claims that the bank breached its ERISA fiduciary duties by allowing poorly performing SunTrust stock as an investment option in the plan ( In re SunTrust Banks, Inc. ERISA Litig. , 2016 BL 266568, N.D. Ga., No. 1:08-cv-03384-RWS, 8/17/16 ).
Judge Richard W. Story of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia Aug. 17 granted the participants' motion to certify a class that could include thousands of members. However, Story streamlined the participants' lawsuit by granting partial summary judgment to SunTrust in relation to the claims raised by five participants who released their claims in a severance agreement they signed with the bank.
In their amended complaint, the class alleged that SunTrust allowed the imprudent investment of the plan's assets in the bank's stock despite knowing that such investment was "unduly risky" for retirement savings accounts. According to the class, SunTrust stock was an imprudent investment between 2007 and 2011 due to the "serious mismanagement" of the company as well as the artificial inflation of the company stock, which declined 73 percent during that period.
In trying to convince the court to deny class certification, SunTrust argued that the class didn't share common questions of fact or law because the assessment of damages under their legal theory created individual inquiries. The court disagreed.
"Just because the alternatives pled affect different individuals in the class in different ways does not change the fact that the determination of whether a breach of fiduciary duty occurred will provide classwide resolution," the court said. Participants still suffered the same alleged breach of fiduciary duty and have appropriately alleged alternatives as required by Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer, 134 S.Ct. 2459 (2014), the court said.
The class includes participants in SunTrust's plan between May 2007 and March 2011, whose accounts included investments in SunTrust common stock and who sustained a loss to their account as a result of the investment in the bank's stock.
The court agreed with SunTrust that the severance agreements signed by five participants barred them from bringing an action for the claims asserted against SunTrust.
The court also denied the participants' request to exclude the report prepared by SunTrust's expert witness. In doing so, the court said the report was "helpful and illuminating" as to the issues concerning the request for class certification.
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP, Stull Stull & Brody, Douglas E. Hart, Dyers & Berens LLP, Statman Harris & Eyrich LLC, Salpeter Gitkin LLP and Holzer & Holzer LLC represents the class. King & Spalding LLP represents SunTrust.
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Sunday, June 8, 2014
Book Review: Your Best Life Now
Whether we are religious or not, this book wastes no time in setting our mentality straight from Chapter one. Whether there is a God to bless our life, it helps if we make ourselves vision the best of our life and future. After all, what good does it do us when we keep telling ourselves, "We can't do this, we can't have this or that..." Since it really takes the same energy and oxygen for us to vision the positive and the negative, why not vision the positive? For those who have faith in God's blessing, they have all the reasons to not worry but to vision a great prospect, but for those who don't believe in God, they particularly have to see clearly the positive and should even try harder to see the positive because when a hunter can't see, he can never hunt the boar down. May be for the God blessed hunter, he can close his eyes and a boar will run into the tree next to him and drop dead. But for a hunter who isn't blessed, he has more reasons to keep his eyes open, to vision and see even more carefully. This is a great book to set us off to a more positive mentality right from the beginning of reading.
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