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Sushi the black bear cub is destined to spend the rest of her life in captivity, because she doesn't seem to know she's a bear.
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Learning alliances: an approach for building multistakeholder innovation systems
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Context: The Learning Alliance looks for leverage points for social learning in value chain systems and analysis linking rural farmers with markets. It uses an approach for building multistakeholder innovation systems that develop collaborative teams and learning platforms with development NGOs and their partners in order to learn over time about ways to link small farmholders to markets. The Rural Agroenterprise Development Project (1995) in cassava had tremendous success, however efforts to deliver tools and methods more broadly through a manual did not have the extent originally hoped. Learning platforms were developed to ensure greater relevance and appropriateness of knowledge and to extend the mobility of different knowledge, tools and approaches. Interface: Co-learning platforms link diverse actors and knowledges in agricultural value chain through workshops. Different capacities, attitudes and knowledges are brought together to learn about one another's needs and capacities within value-chain analyses. A multiplicity of stakeholders are included ranging from buyers, supermarkets, banks, producer associations, cooperatives brought together in a learning platform to co-learn about what the needs are along the value chain. Through longer-term partnerships, this alliance "supports ongoing dialogue between researchers and development actors on lessons learned, innovations, adaptations and emerging demands for new research" (CIAT 2010). Learning: Co-learning is undertaken whereby all actors exchange and mobilize knowledge to identify needs, values and norms within value-chain systems. Lundy notes, "We're able to add value to development projects by identifying gaps and filling them in a pragmatic fashion" (pers. comm. 2012). This learning is done in an iterative fashion, pulling out basic principles that can be used as prototypes to be adapted and used elsewhere. NGO's networks are leveraged to mobilize tools, systems or practices. Channel Intermediaries, private partners, farmer associations all become part of the learning agenda. In this way there is learning within the institutions (e.g. Unilever) and learning that extends across networks. Through the use of Learning Alliances, CIAT was able to "radically expand its reach to include organisations affecting the livelihoods of nearly 33,000 farm families in Central America, assist Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in building the enterprise development skills of employees in more than 35 countries, and provide a tested co-learning method to other agencies interested in similar action learning processes in water and sanitation" (CIAT 2010). Outcome: Outcomes from this work include improved multi-organisational partnerships, more effective development projects and the approval of more than $40 million of new grants in Central America to Learning Alliance partners.
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What did Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob Call Elohim (God)?Posted: May 25, 2016 Filed under: Terminology, Topics | Tags: Adonai, El Shaddai, HaShem, The Name, Yehovah Leave a comment
They called him El Shaddai meaning God Almighty.
Exo 6:2-3 CJB
(2) God spoke to Moshe; he said to him, "I am Adonai .
(3) I appeared to Avraham, Yitz'chak and Ya`akov as El Shaddai, although I did not make myself known to them by my name, Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh ( י ה ו ה ) [Adonai]."
El Shaddai is a title or description of one of Elohim's (God's) characteristics. Here Elohim announces that he is introducing to Israel His Name, called here Adonai.
Adonai is a substitution for the Hebrew tetragrammaton, יהוה (Yod-Hey-Vav-Hey; YHVH), which is used to avoid saying the name of Elohim for several reasons. One is that it has been so long since Elohim's name has been used that no one is certain how it is actually pronounced, and another is to avoid using the name of Elohim lest a person accidentally take His Name in vain. Jews sometimes substitute HaShem, meaning "The Name", or AdoShem, and combination of Adonai and HaShem. The Authorized Version (KJV) continues this practice, by replacing YHVH with "LORD" in all caps to indicate that the tetragrammaton is in the Hebrew text.
There are a few places in the KJV where the Name of Elohim is actually transliterated Jehovah. I believe a more correct rendering would be YeHoVaH. Of course part of the point of this blog is to make the point that it is not necessary to have the exact correct Name of Elohim as long as we, like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob know Him.
In a previous post I postulated that Yeshua (probably) used His Father's name when speaking. Even though I believe Yeshua used His Father's Name I don't believe from this and other scriptures (See also Genesis 17.1; 28.3; 35.11; 48.3) that it can be established that all the patriarchs, specifically Avraham, Yitz'chak, and Ya'akov, knew Elohim's name (or if they DID know it they did not use it). The important conclusion I would come to based on the fact that the patriarchs did not know (or use) His Name is that knowing His Name is not necessary for salvation, worship, or service of Elohim, YeHoVaH.
That does not preclude the use of His Name, YeHoVaH, either. When YeHoVaH appeared to Moshe in the wilderness they had this discussion:
Exo 3:13-15 CJB
(13) Moshe said to God, "Look, when I appear before the people of Isra'el and say to them, 'The God of your ancestors has sent me to you'; and they ask me, 'What is his name?' what am I to tell them?"
(14) God said to Moshe, "Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh [I am/will be what I am/will be]," and added, "Here is what to say to the people of Isra'el: 'Ehyeh [I Am or Will be]," has sent me to you.' "
(15) God said further to Moshe, "Say this to the people of Isra'el: [YeHoVaH] 'Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh (י ה ו ה ), the God of your fathers, the God of Avraham, the God of Yitz'chak and the God of Ya`akov, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever; this is how I am to be remembered generation after generation.
Moshe was told to tell them that "YeHoVaH" had sent him unto them; not Adonai, HaShem, the LORD, etc, but "YeHoVaH".
We see YeHoVaH calling down from Mount Sinai in the hearing of all the children of Israel saying:
Exo 34:6 CJB
(6) Adonai passed before him and proclaimed: "YUD-HEH-VAV-HEH!!! Yud-Heh-Vav-Heh ( י ה ו ה ) [Adonai] is God, merciful and compassionate, slow to anger, rich in grace and truth;
You can pretty much be sure that YeHoVaH was not spelling out his name as this reference from the Complete Jewish Bible, but we see that He called it and His Ten Commandments out in such a thundering manner that it struck fear and dread into the hearts of the children of Yisrael.
We also ought to call upon His name, YeHoVaH, with reverence and the fear of Elohim as we have been commanded in His Word.
For those who for conscience say avoid saying HaShem I show deference to them. If El Shaddai was good enough for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob it is good enough for me. We should have respect for those who love Elohim, and not be caught up in divisions over something none of us can be 100% certain about.
Joh 13:34-35 CJB
(34) "I am giving you a new command: that you keep on loving each other. In the same way that I have loved you, you are also to keep on loving each other. (35) Everyone will know that you are my talmidim by the fact that you have love for each other."


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The South Side Merit Theatre, one of several theatres and ballrooms on the old S. State Street entertainment district, opened in 1908, and sat 300. Like many of its neighbors, it presented both live stage acts, as well as motion pictures. It was enlarged in 1911 to seat almost 500.
Around 1915 it was renamed New Monogram Theatre. In the 1920's and 1930's, the Monogram Theatre hosted many of Jazz's early greats, like "Ma" Rainey, Erskine Tate and Ethel Waters.
The theatre has since been razed and the site is today a parking lot across the street from the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology.
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Did it have any affiliation with MONOGRAM PICTURES? I never believed the film company operated any cinemas, butlike PRC and other poverty row outfits, apparently they might. It is unusual to have the Monogram Theatre as a name…….anyone? PAUL BRENNAN.
An ad in the Freeman, an African-American newspaper, circa 1917, shows the address as 3451 South State Street. The ad describes the theater as "The Home of Colored Vaudeville".
Operators of the Grand Theatre in Tulsa agreed to an exclusive booking agreement with Grand National Pictures, in association with Monogram Studios, to exhibit only product from those two mentioned production companies. During WWII years this contract was mutually cancelled to allow the Grand to switch over to showing only newsreels.
I learned of the Monogram Theater while reading the last pages of the novel "Not Without Laughter" by Langston Hughes. I grew up in the near vicinity of the theater, some years after it was closed. My curiosity of the authenticity of this place lead me to this site and a 1928 article in the Defender newspaper that remains in print.
Below book link claims there were two Monogram Theaters. The first Old Monogram which opened about 1910 at 3026-3028 South State Street. Then the New Monogram that opened in November 1913, in the old Merit Theater building at 3453 South State Street. Much more about both Monogram's below.
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Fernando Torres struck twice as Liverpool FC produced a devastating attacking performance to power past Benfica into the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday night.
Dirk Kuyt and Lucas were also on target on a pulsating night at Anfield as the Reds overturned a 2-1 deficit from the first leg of their quarter-final tie.
Their first-leg nemesis Oscar Cardozo threatened to make life difficult with a goal that made it 3-1 on the night but Torres' second delightful finish ended the contest.
It was a performance that came in marked contrast to Liverpool's struggles in the Barclays Premier League and their increasingly forlorn attempts to finish fourth.
They left the field frustrated after being held at Birmingham on Saturday but, after a slow start, their determination to progress in this competition soon became obvious.
They made two changes from the weekend, the key one being the deployment of first-leg goalscorer Daniel Agger in the unfamiliar role of left-back due to Emiliano Insua's suspension.
Jamie Carragher and Sotirios Kyrgiakos started in central defence while Javier Mascherano replaced the ineligible Maxi Rodriguez.
Torres, who was controversially substituted at Birmingham to rest a knee injury, showed worrying signs of discomfort in the early stages.
His mobility was not helped by a crude early challenge from Sidnei and that set the tone for a night of rough treatment for the Spaniard, who had clearly been identified as the dangerman.
Benfica actually started the stronger and had an early opportunity after Carragher pushed the charging Pablo Aimar over on the edge of the box.
Angel di Maria's free-kick went straight into the wall and was put behind for a corner.
Liverpool took time to find their stride and it was not until the 15th minute that they worried Benfica as Steven Gerrard's whipped free-kick was headed behind by Amorim.
Gerrard then fired in a cross for Torres but the striker, who headed straight at Julio Cesar anyway, was offside.
Torres had another chance from a Glen Johnson cross but his glancing header went wide.
The Reds were taking charge and although Benfica continued to look dangerous on the break, they carried the greater threat.
They levelled the tie in the 27th minute after Yossi Benayoun won a corner on the left.
Gerrard delivered a perfect cross for Dirk Kuyt from the resulting set-piece and the Dutchman firmly headed home from six yards.
A moment of confusion followed as the goal initially appeared to have been disallowed as the assistant referee on the far side flagged for offside.
Liverpool protested and the referee and additional assistant behind the goal agreed the goal should stand.
With an away goal in the bank, that gave the Reds the edge overall but they had the momentum and wanted more.
They followed up with a second goal six minutes later as Gerrard slipped the often-maligned Lucas in on goal with a superb ball.
The Brazilian showed great composure to swerve around Cesar and tap in his first goal in 11 months.
The job was far from done, however, and Liverpool survived a couple of scares before the break as Cardozo fired a free-kick at Jose Reina and Sidnei had a shot deflected for a corner.
But Benfica captain Luisao almost handed Liverpool another goal early in the second half.
Kuyt won possession on the right and fed Gerrard, who delivered a low ball across the box.
Luisao slid in to make the interception but lost control and needed Cesar to palm it away.
Liverpool's deserved third arrived just before the hour from a swift counter-attack.
Lucas was struck between the legs as the Reds defended a free-kick inside their own half and left their colleague in pain as they charged downfield.
Benayoun raced into the Benfica half and spread the ball wide for Kuyt, whose first-time cross was swept in by the onrushing Torres.
The atmosphere at this point was raucous, but anxiety soon set in as Benfica pulled one back on 70 minutes after Kuyt fouled Ramires on the edge of the area.
Cardozo, who scored two penalties in the first leg, blasted in a low shot through a gap in the wall.
Benayoun conceded another free-kick in a similar position for tripping the same player four minutes later but this time Cardozo's curling effort flew narrowly wide.
The Reds battled on and showed the resolve to kill off the tie eight minutes from time.
Lucas won the ball in midfield with a powerful challenge and Mascherano sent Torres clear with a brilliant pass.
Torres made no mistake as he raced into the area and clipped the ball over substitute goalkeeper Moreira - a replacement for the injured Cesar just moments earlier - with delicate poise.
Liverpool could at last breathe easily and took off Torres, Gerrard and Benayoun in the closing minutes.


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Hi everyone,
I've just been catching up on the latest posts and it seems we are all going through the same thing where pee and poo is concerned! I seem to spend most of the day shuffling backwards and forwards to the loo, cleaning floors and carpets, in fact I've just had to break off from writing this to clean up another mess! Doesn't matter whether K sits or stands he always misses! I'm considering taking the floor up in the downstairs loo as I'm sure it must be getting underneath it!
Someone also mentioned about all the offers of help from family and friends. We are very lucky in that respect as we have a very supportive and caring family, really good neighbours who help me with little jobs around the house and friends that visit now and then. I think some friends find it difficult to see K when the haven't been around for a while as I suppose they notice the decline more whereas when you're with it 24/7 it seems more gradual!
K is not having a very good week so far, he's very slow and can hardly walk, last week he seemed a lot better though, one day at a time is all we can do! Making the most of the better days and trying to be patient on the not so good ones seems to work most of the time but by 10'0' clock in the evening my patience is running a bit thin! Especially when it's like last night, K had me up and down all over the place, wanting to do his exercises upstairs, then wanting to come downstairs into the kitchen to do his chair exercises then (guess what?) wanting the loo again! All this in the time I usually manage to kind of relax for an hour or two in front of the telly! I don't understand why he left it all till that time but I keep telling myself it's not him, he can't help it whilst gritting my teeth and muttering some choice words under my breath!
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- I would feel good that he trusts me and sees me as someone he can confide in?
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Of course! :) There's absolutely nothing to dislike about that. In my opinion, when you're in a relationship, you're supposed to be able to be open about these things and trust your partner. I would feel like I've failed as a girlfriend if he felt like he couldn't confide in me. If he's my man, I want him to feel comfortable with these things. It's called a healthy relationship.
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Anthony Hopkins has once again entered talks to play legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock in "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" for Montecito Pictures says Heat Vision.
Based on Stephen Rebello's book which "Black Swan" scribe John McLaughlin has adapted, the story tracks how Hitchcock, at the height of his game as a director, decided to make a 'lowly' horror movie that no studio wanted to touch initially. The film of course went on to become one of the most famous of all time.
Sacha Gervasi, the filmmaker behind acclaimed 2009 documentary "Anvil! The Story of Anvil", entered discussions to write and direct the film this week.
Hopkins had been attached to a previous version of the film which Ryan Murphy was tipped to direct while Helen Mirren was to play his wife Alma Reville.


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Fabiha is nine years old and lives in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city. In 2008, when she was six, she began to have difficulty seeing the whiteboard at school and developed a headache while reading, so her father took her for an eye examination. She was prescribed spectacles at the Layton Rahmatullah Benevolent Trust hospital and started wearing them regularly.
But things changed when her classmates began calling her "Chasmay Walee Aunty" (glasses aunt). "My uncle also calls me 'Chishmish' [one using glasses]," says Fabiha. "I feel ashamed when he says this to me." She is now reluctant to wear glasses, even though they have helped improve her studies.
By improving eyesight, the provision of glasses reduces school absenteeism, academic underperformance and harm to the career prospects of children and young people. But for many young people there is a stigma attached to wearing glasses. How can this be overcome?
The Financial Times is teaming up with Sightsavers, the development organisation that the FT is supporting in its seasonal appeal, to set a challenge for MBA students.
The challenge: develop a business plan to market glasses to children or young people in one or more developing countries in Africa or Asia. Although Sightsavers supports a range of activities to provide access to optical services, if they are to work it is essential that these programmes offer high-quality, affordable, comfortable and cosmetically acceptable spectacles.
"With this challenge, we hope to get people thinking about innovative approaches to what sounds like a simple problem, but has proved difficult on the ground," says Caroline Harper, chief executive of Sightsavers. "Not only will this challenge be a test for MBA students looking to hone their skills, it is also an opportunity to see what those skills can do in the poorest parts of the world."
How to participate: the challenge is open to teams of between three and eight students, and at least one student in each team must be studying at a university or business school in Europe, a second in the Americas and a third in Asia or Africa. At least one participant in each team must be studying towards an MBA, although other participants may be from other disciplines.
The challenge will run from January to September 2012, in two main stages. In stage one, teams should submit a short proposal. During stage two selected teams will go on to submit a comprehensive business plan.
The judging committee will announce the winner in October 2012.
The deadline to register team details is March 31 2012. For more information, including details of how to enter, see www.ft.com/mba-challenge
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I do full body workout almost everyday, or every other day, and I can wear my old pants,.
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Former Rehab fat cat Angela Kerins is taking legal action against the Dail's Public Accounts Committee.
Ms Kerins, who refused to appear before the taxpayers' watchdog after she stepped down, is demanding it stop its "unfair, unlawful and prejudicial" probe into her.
The ex-chief executive said she suffered personal injury, lost her job and had her constitutional rights breached by the TDs.
Lawyers for Ms Kerins claim the questions put to her by the committee about her wages, her car and bonus entitlements show PAC was engaged in a witch hunt against her.
But the committee claims it is justified in chasing seeking answers over the use of public money.
Former Attorney General John Rogers SC, claimed in a lengthy statement that the committee had showed on several occasions it was biased against her.
The unprecedented action follows a long-running battle with the PAC and Ms Kerins.
She appeared before them in February when she was head of the charity but stepped down a number of weeks later.
The committee, headed by Fianna Fail TD John McGuinness, demanded she come back in to answer questions on her role but she refused to.
Her lawyers said she was subjected to vicious and personal attacks by some members of the committee and had to be taken to hospital after it.
Mr Rogers said: "Ms Kerins has lost her job as a result of these events.
"We say that at this point it is clear the committee cannot proceed.
"We say that due to bias and misfeasance of public office this committee must be stopped. That is the purpose of the application."
Ms Kerins was not in court yesterday for the legal proceedings but Mr Justice John Hedigan said the claims were of "profound significance".
Legal papers will now be served on the clerk of the Dail and the chief state solicitor and the matter will return to court in November.
Ms Kerins is demanding an injunction restraining the PAC from pursuing matters in relation to Ms Kerins' employment as CEO, or her work.
The application comes after her former colleague Frank Flannery hit out at the committee for their treatment of him.
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Fred Eshelman, the chief executive officer of North Carolina-based pharmaceutical research firm Pharmaceutical Product Development, is once again spending big in an 11th hour attempt to defeat Democrats at the ballot box.
Eshelman, last month, donated $1.85 million to a 527 political group that's made a flurry of negative independent expenditures in some of the country's hottest U.S. Senate races, according to a Center for Responsive Politics analysis of third-quarter financial records filed Friday.
Earlier this month, Eshelman also contributed an additional $1.5 million to the conservative group, which is known as RightChange.com, according the Center's review of its "pre-election" financial report filed with the Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday.
His year-to-date giving to RightChange.com now stands at $3.38 million, almost the entirety of the money the group has raised this year.
These contributions come on top of the more than $5.4 million Eshelman donated to RightChange.com during the final months of the 2008 election.
At that time, the group used money primarily from him, PPD president Ernest Mario and Mario's wife, Mildred Mario, to launch a barrage of attacks against Democrat Barack Obama during his presidential campaign. (Ernest Mario is also the president and chief executive officer of California-based biomedical company Capnia. He and Mildred Mario contributed a combined $1 million in 2008.)
This year, RightChange.com has spent more than $1.9 million on independent expenditures and other communications assisting its preferred candidates.
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According to the Center's analysis, Eshelman's money is the predominant source for these expenditures. The only other donor detailed in the group's reports is an entity called RightChange.com II, which has contributed $150,000 this year.
Donors who have given amounts smaller than the $200 itemization threshold have also given an aggregate amount of $501 this year, according to RightChange.com's most recent IRS filing.
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Brilliantly and sympathetically shows us how and why fundamentalist groups came into existence and what they yearn to accomplish.
In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and harmony around the globe. Yet it remains incomprehensible to a large number of people. In The Battle for God, Karen Armstrong brilliantly and sympathetically shows us how and why fundamentalist groups came into existence and what they yearn to accomplish.
We see the West in the sixteenth century beginning to create an entirely new kind of civilization, which brought in its wake change in every aspect of life -- often painful and violent, even if liberating. Armstrong argues that one of the things that changed most was religion. People could no longer think about or experience the divine in the same way; they had to develop new forms of faith to fit their new circumstances.
Armstrong characterizes fundamentalism as one of these new ways of being religious that have emerged in every major faith tradition. Focusing on Protestant fundamentalism in the United States, Jewish fundamentalism in Israel, and Muslim fundamentalism in Egypt and Iran, she examines the ways in which these movements, while not monolithic, have each sprung from a dread of modernity -- often in response to assault (sometimes unwitting, sometimes intentional) by the mainstream society.
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One of the most startling developments of the late twentieth century has been the emergence within every major religious tradition of a militant piety popularly known as "fundamentalism." Its manifestations are sometimes shocking. Fundamentalists have gunned down worshippers in a mosque, have killed doctors and nurses who work in abortion clinics, have shot their presidents, and have even toppled a powerful government. It is only a small minority of fundamentalists who commit such acts of terror, but even the most peaceful and law-abiding are perplexing, because they seem so adamantly opposed to many of the most positive values of modern society. Fundamentalists have no time for democracy, pluralism, religious toleration, peacekeeping, free speech, or the separation of church and state. Christian fundamentalists reject the discoveries of biology and physics about the origins of ...
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AQHA Professional Horseman Pete Kyle joins AQHA's management team.
April 16, 2014
The American Quarter Horse Association
AQHA is pleased to welcome AQHA Professional Horseman Pete Kyle as executive director of shows and judges to assist AQHA in moving AQHA shows forward.
"With the many outside influences that have affected our growth these past few years, the AQHA Executive Committee and I believe it is necessary to dedicate a person to focus on continuing to assess, develop and implement existing and new programs targeted toward moving shows and judges forward," said AQHA Executive Vice President Don Treadway Jr. "Much of this needed emphasis was identified when we convened a group of members to begin development of a strategic plan for shows in January 2014."
By serving as the point person for the soon-to-be-completed show strategic plan, Kyle will be well positioned to take on the management of shows and the many components involved with their successful implementation.
Kyle, who currently serves as an AQHA judge and an AQHA director-at-large for Texas, brings a lifetime of horse involvement as a trainer, professional and exhibitor. Kyle along with his wife, Tamra, and their children have shown and been a part of the show industry for many years. Most recently, he has specialized in training reining horses and their riders. He has won world championships with six different associations, was a top-10 money-earning rider for the National Reining Horse Association in 2012 and voted by his peers as the AQHA Professional Horseman of the Year in 1997. Kyle has also trained and coached several youth and non-pro riders to world championship titles and major NRHA victories. Currently, he ranks 36th on the all-time leading money-earner list for NRHA.
He received his AQHA judge's card in 1984 and judged the Youth World Show in 1992, 1995 and 2001. He also judged the Zoetis Versatility Ranch Horse World Championships in 2013. Kyle has served on the international, professional horsemen and hall of fame committees and currently serves as the chairman of the judges committee. He was elected as an AQHA director in 1993 and elevated to director-at-large in 2011.
Kyle's first-hand knowledge and the respect he has in the industry will allow him to be an important link to our members as we move forward with a show product that fits the 21st-century exhibitor of American Quarter Horses.
"My personal thanks to Tom Persechino and the competition team for the work they have done these past four years. They have worked tirelessly to design and implement programs, such as leveling, which have started us down the path of appealing to the 21st-century exhibitor," said Treadway. "With Kyle as an addition to the team, we will be staffed to move along even faster."
AQHA looks forward to Kyle joining AQHA's management team and enhancing the show division with his knowledge and expertise. Kyle will begin his duties as the AQHA executive director of shows and judges in June.
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Scrambled Eggs are quite mild in flavour but have a nice runny texture when cooked properly. They go well with Truffles as they don't compete with the intense aroma of Truffles. They also go great with Morel Mushrooms which complement the eggs with a delicate yet distinct flavour. Put all three together and you have the perfect food to satisfy the most refined palate. Scrambled Eggs is one of the fastest and easiest appetizers to make once you have mastered the technique, and if you are planning a long formal dinner, this dish will afford you the time to focus on your other courses.
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- Beat 4 large eggs in a bowl.
- Strain the morel-flavoured milk into the eggs. Lightly squeeze the morels caught in the strainer to release more liquid.
- Add a pinch of salt to egg-milk mixture and beat until you have a consistent colour.
- Melt 2T of butter in a pan. Pan fry the morels for 1 minute. Turn off the heat.
- Pick out the morels and keep them for later use. Sprinkle 0.5t of coriander seed powder into the butter left in the pan.
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|: Anna Lois Jones
|: Amina Baraka (m. 1966), Hettie Jones (m. 1958–1965)
|: Ras Baraka, Lisa Jones, Kellie Jones, Maria Jones, Shani Baraka, Dominque DiPrima, Ahi Baraka, Obalaji Baraka, Amiri Baraka Jr.
|: Columbia University The New School Howard University Rutgers University Barringer High School
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Amiri Baraka was an African-American writer, essayist, playwright and music critic, known for his abstruse writing style which has often been difficult for the readers to comprehend. His poems and essays mostly reflected the social issues concerning African-Americans and he was also famous as the founder of the 'Black Arts Movement'. His writings encompassed African-American music viz. Jazz and Blues and their history. His political standpoint changed several times as he went from being a part of the avant-garde 'Beat Generation', to being a Black Nationalist. His prolific career was also marred with several controversies, especially owing to his anti-Semitic poems and articles. He was also known for his upfront views and blunt comments on political matters like national oppression and racism. Apart from writing, he was also hailed for his social commitment and was bestowed with several prestigious literary awards and honors. Baraka had also taught at several universities and had played a powerful role in defining 'Black Literature' thereby inspiring countless others. Along with James Baldwin, Baraka was also one of the most published Black writers of his generation.
In 1958, after marrying Hettie Cohen, the co-founder of 'Yugen', a literary magazine, he became the magazine's editor. Later, they founded the 'Totem Press' that went on to publish works of famous 'Beat writers' like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.
In 1961, his first volume of poetry, 'Preface to a Twenty-Volume Suicide Note' got published.
From 1961-1963, he worked alongside Diane Di Prima as an editor of 'The Floating Bear', a literary newsletter. During this period, he also joined the 'Umbra Poets Workshop', a group of African-American writers from Manhattan.
In 1963, his criticisms on African-American music, 'Blues People: Negro Music in White America', was published.
From 1963-1965, he taught creative writing at the Columbia University. During this time, he became a playwright and came to limelight with the production of the highly-acclaimed and controversial play, 'Dutchman'. Ever since, he has written several plays like 'The Slave-1964' and 'The Death of Malcolm X-1969'.
In 1965, after the assassination of Malcolm X, an African-American human rights activist, he became sceptical about the 'white community' and consequently left the 'white Beat movement' and Greenwich Village.
In 1965, after moving to Harlem, he founded the 'Black Arts Repertory Theatre', where the members used their plays to attack the prevalent racism.
In 1967, he worked as a visiting professor at the San Francisco State College and a year later published 'Black Music', a collection of his criticisms on music, which were previously published in various magazines.
In the early 1970s, he wrote numerous poems and articles that were viewed by critics as anti-Jewish.
In 1974, he embraced Communism, believing that the declining economic condition was the root cause of various problems faced by the American society.
In 1979, he became a lecturer in Africana Studies at Stony Brook University.In 1984, his autobiography, 'The Autobiography of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka' was published.
Dutchman' is a highly controversial yet critically-acclaimed play, written at a time when Baraka embraced 'Black Nationalism', a group that advocated 'separatism' for the African-Americans. This play narrates the story of a chance-meeting of a white woman with a black man on a subway. On March 24, 1964, it was staged at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York and was adapted into a film in 1967.
Amiri Baraka, earlier known as Everett LeRoi Jones, was born in Newark, New Jersey to Coyt Leverette Jones, a postal supervisor and Anna Lois, a social worker.
In 1951, he went to Rutgers University on a scholarship but moved to Howard University in 1952. He later graduated from Howard University (c.1954) and served the U.S. Air force from 1954-1957.
In 1957, after leaving the Air force, he moved to Manhattan where he joined the avant-garde 'Beat Generation', a group of American writers who shot to fame during the 1950s for their unconventional writing style.
It was after moving to Greenwich Village in Manhattan, that his passion for jazz aroused, which later led him to pursue a parallel career as a music critic.
He has also studied philosophy at Columbia University and attended the 'New School for Social Research' without obtaining a degree.
In 1958, he married a Jewish woman, Hettie Roberta Cohen and the couple had to two children. They got divorced after he left for Harlem, following the assassination of Malcolm-X.
In 1966, he met his second wife, Sylvia Robinson, a black woman who changed her name to Bibi Amina Baraka. The couple got married in same year and remained together till his death in 2014.
He died on January 9, 2014 due to complications from a recent surgery.
In 1964, his play, 'Dutchman' won the 'Obie Award' or 'Off-Broadway Theatre Award' for the 'Best Off-Broadway play'.
In 1989, he was awarded the 'American Book Award' for his literary works.
In 1999, he was honored as the 'Poet Laureate of New Jersey'.
He is the recipient of several fellowships from prominent institutions like 'the Guggenheim Fellowship-1965', 'Rockefeller Foundation Award for Drama' and National Endowment for the Arts.
He also received the 'Before Columbus Foundation' Lifetime Achievement Award.In 2002, he was included in the list of '100 Greatest African-Americans'.
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Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment.
Psychology . (no longer in technical use; considered offensive) person of borderline intelligence in a former and discarded classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50 to 69.
Insulting those who express doubts concerning mythical ufology of pseudo-sciences are frequent; and we wrote already about the ad hominem fallacy as the personal attack against researchers who demand evidences or show the irrationality at work.
I have been called psyop, troll, ignorant, disinformer and now moron.
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paper lantern sports balls
when we moved owen to a big boy room last fall, i used a lot of ideas from rate my space to decorate his sports themed room. i came across a space with this great sports ball light fixture made from paper lanterns. i couldn't get my hands on the only one i could find, made by home interiors, so i made my own!
i ordered 4 lanterns to make the 4 sports balls-
large orange round: basketball
large brown oval: football
large white round: soccer ball
small white round: baseball
jay helped me pencil & tape the designs off w/masking tape, then i just took a paint pen to each one to turn them into sports balls! we hooked them up using a triple socket cord kit (the baseball does not have a light) and staggered the heights from the ceiling. the light is so fun & different & owen loves them as much as we do!
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Leonard Cohen's Recurring Revisions Of So Long, Marianne
This is the fourth of five entries in The Marianne Variations, a series of posts devoted to the major recurring variations of Leonard Cohen's "So Long, Marianne" that significantly differ from the versions found on the Songs Of Leonard Cohen and Field Commander Cohen albums. An introduction and links to all published posts in this series as well as the inclusion criteria and the original version of "So Long, Marianne" from the Songs Of Leonard Cohen album can be found at The Marianne Variations Summary Page.
The "Here Comes The Morning Boat" Version Of So Long Marianne
Often the variations in this classic Cohen song have been relatively minor, comprising, for example, the substitution of a single word for another or a verse being skipped. In 1988, however, an entire stanza, sung by backup vocalists, Perla Batalla & Julie Christensen, appeared de novo as the song's final verse:
Here comes the morning boat,
Here comes the evening train,
Here comes Marianne now,
To wave goodbye again.
Note: At some point in the process of recording Songs Of Leonard Cohen, "So Long, Marianne" was titled "Come On, Marianne."1 While the existence of the same verb in the title of that early iteration and in the third line of this verse added in 1988, "Here comes Marianne now," is certainly insufficient evidence of a connection between the two versions, the possibility exists that the 1988 line is a vestigial remnant of lyrics written twenty years earlier or that both lines share a common precursor. (See Was "Come On, Marianne" By The Four Seasons The Song Marianne Associated With Leonard Cohen's "Come On, Marianne"?)
Leonard Cohen – So Long Marianne
San Sebastian: May 20, 1988
The video immediately below begins automatically at the start of So Long, Marianne; the pertinent verse begins at 1:52:50 (see second embedded video)
The video below begins automatically at the start of the pertinent verse
Note: Originally posted July 17, 2014 t 1HeckOfAGuy.com, at predecessor of Cohencentric
- I'm Your Man: The Life Of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons. Ecco: 2012 [↩]


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Faculty, Distance Learning Program, Cedar Valley College
Melanie Hollis is a licensed veterinary technician (LVT) and graduated from Cedar Valley's Veterinary Technology program in 2003. She is pursuing a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in veterinary technology from St. Petersburg College in Florida.
In more than 30 years in veterinary medicine, she has worked in small animal general practice, emergency critical care, small animal internal medicine and large animal and equine practice. She has also served as an instructor of certified veterinary assisting at Collin College and the University of Texas at Arlington for five years.
She was an executive board member on the state veterinary technician association, the Veterinary Team Association of Texas (formerly TARVT), for five years. She is a member of the Association of Veterinary Technician Educators (AVTE), the National Association of Veterinary Technicians in America (NAVTA), the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society (VECCS) and the British Veterinary Nurses Association (BVNA). She has been a guest lecturer at local and regional veterinary conferences and has served as a course moderator on the Veterinary Support Staff Personnel Network (VSPN) for six years. She was a volunteer at the Dallas Zoo for two years.


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The global fight against terrorism has a new name: Reaper Two-Six.
The global fight against terrorism has a new name: Reaper Two-Six.
The threat of worldwide terrorism demands that governments around the globe spend more and more of their precious capital on the security of their citizens. The resulting economic impact cripples nations; they struggle to manage commerce, international trade, business growth, job creation, and tourism. The world economy is on the brink of collapse.
In response to overwhelming international pressure, NATO+ creates the Global Defense Organization (GDO) with a singular purpose — fiercely fight worldwide terrorism. The hand-picked GDO leaders form Reaper Two-Six: an elite multinational covert squadron that monitors, infiltrates, and eliminates terrorist activities.
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In the sequel, Act of Redemption, two rogue pilots steal a top-secret hypersonic stealth aircraft, the Aurora, from the controversial United States government installation, Area 51. When RAFCO, a highly trained and well-funded global terrorist group headquartered in the vast wilderness of the Colombian jungle, manages to gain control of the Aurora, the President enlists the help of Reaper Two-Six. With the fabric of today's modern society in peril, two Reapers go deep undercover to save the world from a global cataclysm. Volume three of the Reaper Two-Six series is under development and is expected to be released in early 2014.
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Anchorage - Dresden Files
Shani Grey, Barista
Coffee Slinging Wiccan Woman
- High Concept: Wiccan Woman
- Trouble: On the Run from Herself
- Other Aspects: A Mean Cuppa Joe; Crush of the Week; Warm Smile
- Great: Conviction, Performance
- Good: Empathy, Presence
- Fair: Athletics, Discipline, Lore
- Average: Alertness, Driving, Endurance, Rapport, Scholarship
Mortal Stunts
- Devout Words: The strength of your faith alone allows you to give others pause. You may use your Conviction skill to perform a block in physical conflict, potentially preventing someone from making a conflict action against you.
- Finely Tuned Third Eye: Your "sixth sense" that can perceive the presence of a supernatural "ick" factor (YS 135) is unusually sensitive. Gain +2 to your Lore whenever using it as an Alertness substitute to pick up on the presence of the supernatural.
- Occultist (Wiccan Ritualist): Shani is an expert on Wiccan lore. She gains a +1 to Lore when researching things covered by such a topic. Her studies have focused on Wiccan Rituals and she gains an additional +1 (for a total of +2) whenever the research focuses on that narrower area.
- Read the Surface: You can get a sense of someone quickly when trying to "read" them (YS 129). Your first attempt to read someone takes less than a minute of interaction, instead of the usual ten. Any subsequent efforts with the same person do not enjoy this benefit.
- Tower of Faith: Strongly held beliefs enable you to protect your mind from the aggression of others. Provided you get a chance to pray or otherwise call upon your faith, gain Armor:1 against any social or mental stress in a scene.
Supernatural Power
- Emotional Inscribing [-1]
Born and raised in New Orleans, Shani arrived in Anchorage less than two years ago. Broke, homeless, and desperate, she was easy prey for the White Court. Fortunately she encountered Al before things went too far.
With her job at the The Under Grounds, Shani has begun turning her life around. Known for her smile and warm personality she is a favorite of many of the regulars. The people who get close to her, however, get hints at something darker hidden deep beneath the surface.
Shani possesses a minor magical gift. She is able to inscribe emotions into her paintings, drawings, and even into the drinks she makes. These emotions then transfer to those who observe the finished work. She is careful of using this gift as it can cause problems. She has given Al two paintings and a drawing to display in The Under Grounds. Both paintings are inscribed with calm while the drawing is full of happiness.


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Fake news. Left liberals like to think they're not part of it – to be specific, of the whole website-publishing-fake-political-stories-that-go-viral thing. The Double Standard for instance has this morning published a piece by "a fake news writer" claiming (to The Sub-Standard's obvious delight) that "leftie / liberal fake news [sites are] much rarer" because "it just has never worked, it never takes off. You'll get debunked within the first two comments and then the whole thing just kind of fizzles out."
Perhaps a simpler explanation is that the liberal left don't need to set up fake news coming from sites in Macedonia and elsewhere because they have them coming out already in the mainstream media from places like the Clinton News Network and Times Square. (Not to mention Tony Blair's entire media army, from which milieu the very term "spin doctor" emerged.)
This is neither new, nor trivial. They have peddled fake news that has literally changed the world. Consider for example how the New York Times helped to save, then lionise, the "anti-communist" Castro ("Fidel Castro has strong ideas of liberty, democracy, social justice, the need to restore the Constitution'" wrote the Times's Herbert Matthews over the sound of Castro's firing squads, "but it amounts to a new deal for Cuba, radical, democratic and therefore anti-Communist.") And to actively cover up Stalin's many infamies ("Any report of a famine in Russia is today an exaggeration or malignant propaganda," wrote the Times's Walter Duranty while the corpses were being piled high around him.) Not to mention how even today its senior staff gather each week in the Times office to "craft the narrative" for the week, or even year, ahead – and have all-but admitted post-election that it publishes advocacy instead of news.
The Times being just one among hundreds, and still the most influential mainstream outlet among them, why on earth would you need to start fake liberal-left news sites when the mainstream ones are already doing the job for you?


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Traci Lords: This Ain't The First Time She's Told Creeps To Beat It
November 17, 2016: The Debrief: Traci Lords has a long history of struggle, reinvention, and overcoming the odds. Here'a s brief history of her long and very challenging career…
Looking at her new clothing range, which includes a t-shirts that say 'Beat it, creep!', you'd probably deduce that Traci Lords is fairly badass. What you might be less aware of is that Traci Lords has a long history of struggle, reinvention, and overcoming the odds. From acting and directing to speaking out about exploitation in porn – clothing design is only the latest move for Traci in a very long and challenging career.
Traci Lords "LGBT Vanguard Awards"
September 24, 2016: Traci Lords attends Los Angeles LGBT Center's 47th Anniversary Gala Vanguard Awards at Pacific Design Center on September 24, 2016 in West Hollywood, California.
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Traci Lords Pin-Up Girl
July 7, 2016: Actress, Singer, Author, Songwriter, Icon these are the adjectives that come up when you mention the name Traci Lords.
Well saddle up because there is a new adjective in town to add to Traci's resume: Clothing Designer.
That's correct Traci has a new vintage clothing line from a design company with the moniker Pin-Up Girl a company that meshes seamlessly with her fashion sense and image.
Tired of having to alter pieces to flatter her curvy figure Traci set out to design ready to wear clothes for women like herself. The line also has a shout out to her character Wanda Woodward from John Waters Cry-Baby. Hey guys she didn't forget us, there is a T-shirt that was made just for us men as well. Time for Traci!
Fashion is Traci Lords' latest passion
June 21, 2016: Traci Lords found the Wanda Woodward phenomenon surprising at first.
Whenever she would make a public appearance — as she'll do this weekend, co-hosting Oakland's Burger Boogaloo with her pal John Waters — she would see female fans in the crowd who carefully copied her biker-jacketed character from Waters' 1990 camp classic "Cry-Baby."
CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP: Jackee Harry, Traci Lords Return to Bubbles, No Hard Feelings
May 21, 2015: Can you imagine switching lives with your neighbor? Well, on CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP, relationships are put to the test when two, yes, celebrity wives swap lives, first checking out how the other family lives, then making changes of their own. On the Season Premiere, Jackee Harry swapped lives with Traci Lords.


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Moist young cutie Tabitha Stern gets the coed fucking that she craves in this excellent fantasy clip. She kicks things off with a strip tease, flaunting her assets and taking a shower. Once her pussy is nice and clean she goes and lies on the bed when policeman Jonathan Stern walks in! The sight of the man in uniform inflames the young babe's passions and she leaps on him, tearing his uniform off and sucking his prick. As the camera pans around towards the rear you see the pure perfection of her tight young pink. She specialises in riding the dick, finally wearing Jonathan's massive cumshot all over her flat stomach.
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Hailey, Nicole
Twenty one year old European blond named Nicole answers a quick questionnaire for her Virgin Story. When it is time for her photo shoot Hailey guides her throught he motions of taking off her clothes slowly and running her hands all over her body. Hailey gets hot and horny when she shoots a couple of closeups, leaning in to fix her hair she brushes her lips along Nicole's. Using the desk for leverage Hailey leans over it to let Nicole eat out her juicy pussy. Pulling out a vibrator Hailey attacks Nicole's cunt using her tongue to lick her clit as she fucks her twat slow and deep.
Wanda Curtis, Herschel Savage
You know what they say about women who smoke – they're filthy sluts! Nasty coed Wanda Curtis is smoking in the school bathroom when she gets busted by dirtycaretaker Herschel Savage. The janitor orders the nubile babe in to his office, telling her to take off her filthy panties and looking her boldly in the eye as he sniffs them in a truly degenerate manner. The little tart can't wait to get fucked by the much older stud, kneeling between his legs and giving him a hot titty fuck with her pert little boobies before she blows him. She spends a lot of time on top, letting Herschel relax while she grinds on the dick.
Alexia Riley, Pat Myne
Alexia Riley has one of the most delicious asses that I've ever seen on an amateur – and she shows it off well by having on a way too short skirt on. This brunette sex goddess has perfectly perky tits that look great, along with that aforementioned ass that needs to be framed as the best booty ever. She takes her time stripping, an you get treate to a bit of an interview during that. When it comes time for her first fuck, though, she has Pat Myne all over her, working her pussy with his mouth and then bringing her to orgasm with his dick.
Summer Storm, Rod Fontana
Summer Storm certainly does have a rather stormy look to her at times, but this first timer coed has a lot more to offer than just a few sultry looks. This is her first time on camera, and she is goofy, shy, and sexy all at the same time. She starts off by giving the camera a strip tease, with parts of her interview popping up in between. When its time for the action to start, it's Rod Fontana taking her to the edge, working his fat cock in between her lips, opening up her legs and shoving that long shaft deep inside of her coed cooch.
Katrina Rosebud, Brandon Iron
Katrina Rosebud has a tight body and she's willing to flaunt it for the new swimsuit magazine. Brandon Iron is taking some shots of her for the magazine, and a few for his personal collection when she starts busting out her big titties and showing off her incredible bald cunt. She appreciates Brandon's hard work, and now she wants to appreciate his big hard cock. She gives him a great blowjob while he fucks her face, and then she gets her gash filled by his big piece of cock meat. He pounds her tight pussy like a champ and then busts a nut on her pretty face.
Justine Joli, Jada Fox
One man surrounds himself with tons of porn, but just can't seem to get off until he starts to picture Justine Jolie and Jada Fox playing with each other in the bath. Af first, the two sluts are trying on a couple pairs of panties until they find two pairs of white undies. When they get into their bathtub, the panties get completely transparent and these two horny lesbians can't seem to get enough of each other. After playing with each others nipples they reach for their clits and start to lick and play with each other until they both finally cum.
Bunny Luv, Devan Sapphire
Devan Sapphire watches Bunny Luv as she tries on a couple different pairs of cute underwear. When she leaves the room he sneaks in to get a whiff of her sweet juices that she left on her panties. She comes back in the room and Devon sneaks into her closet where he strokes his own dick as he watches her play with her pink pussy. She finally hears him over her loud moans and at first is very scared. Eventually, she starts to suck his dick which makes her more willing to get fucked by this stranger's prick. Finally he pounds this coed's cunt but he ruins her new panties with a creamy cum shot.


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Today we celebrated the memory of one of my favourite Fathers of the Church, St. Nicodemos the Hagiorite. His written work, which is extensive, is characterised by a wonderful talent for synthesis. When reading his works, one hears not only the voice of St. Nicodemos himself, but that of St. John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, Nilus, and other pillars of the faith. The Hagiorite was blessed with an extraordinary memory, and quotes at length from these texts which he knew by heart, word-for-word. His works are therefore a great entry point for anyone wishing to familiarise themselves with the wider patristic corpus.
What I particularly love about St. Nicodemos is his insistence that everything be done with purpose. The Kollyvades movement, for example, of which he was a part, opposed the practice of conducting memorial services on Sundays, the day of the Resurrection, instead of the Sabbath (Saturday), when we remember those who have gone to their rest in the Lord, and of course the Lord's own burial and descent into Hades. For St. Nicodemos, the moving of memorials from Saturday to Sunday undermined the theological significance of both those days, as well as the memorial service itself. Not only this, but the habit of moving things to the nearest Sunday so as to accommodate those who do not attend church during the week risks making Christianity a Sunday-only religion, rather than an integral part of ones daily life. Indeed, in his Christian Morality, the saint laments how laypeople in his day only attended church twice or thrice a week, rather than twice a day (for Vespers and Matins) as had always been the norm for pious Christians since the early Church.
Yet this tendency is also what makes St. Nicodemos, like many of the other Fathers, unpalatable for some modern readers. They find him overly harsh for calling condemnable everyday things that most of us consider perfectly harmless. He is dismissed as a fanatic, a monastic zealot, not suitable for lay readers. Yet his apparent fanaticism stems precisely from this insistence that all we do must have purpose and meaning. It is the very antithesis of the pharisaism and legalism of which he, and those like him, are often accused. A Pharisee is one who does things for their own sake, without care for or to the detriment of their actual purpose or meaning. St. Nicodemos strict approach, however, stems from his desire to avoid precisely such an empty and meaningless observance of ritual and rules. For him, conducting memorials on Sunday for the sake of convenience, for example, is a pharisaic act, reducing the memorial to an empty ritual by removing it from its theological context.
As men of constant prayer, the Church Fathers made no real distinction between the religious and secular. God must stand at the centre of all aspects of life. For this reason, St. Nicodemos' insistence on purpose extends beyond what we normally think of as exclusively religious. He condemns, for example, the playing of board games, secular music and dancing. He does this not because they are in and of themselves wicked things, but because they are distractions and a waste of time, time given to us for repentance, for drawing nearer to God, time which we will never be able to regain once lost, precious hours, minutes and seconds those who died without repentance would give anything to get back. Had he lived today, I am confident the longest chapters in Christian Morality would have dealt with all the time wasted on YouTube and social media. If something cannot bring us closer to God, then it is void of purpose, and if it is void of purpose it is ultimately destructive, no matter how benign a thing it may seem to be in and of itself. If we are offended by such admonitions, it is ultimately because we view the call to repentance, the call to a closer relationship with Christ, as something negative. Rather than seeing this as a positive call to lay aside our earthly cares to make room for something deeper and better, to love the Lord our God with all our heart, all our soul, all our strength and all our mind, we staunchly cling to the various comforts and addictions from which we derive temporal pleasure, and interpret any attempt to call us out of our complacency as an unwarranted attack on our person.
The extent to which we apply his words to our own lives is naturally a matter of personal discretion and requires the discernment of one's spiritual father. As with any spiritual text, including the Divine Scriptures, caution is needed, as many fall prey to "temptations from the right", attempting to do too much too soon, burning out and falling into despair or faithlessness as a result. Nonetheless, when we analyse our reaction to his words, we see that they become a mirror in which we can catch a glimpse of our true spiritual condition. When the saint calls us to this higher, more purposeful way of life, it is one thing to answer "I'm not ready" or "I'm too weak" in honest humility and quite another to proudly dismiss the call as foolishness or backward extremism. We seem to forget that it was not a zealot monk, but the Lord Himself, who said, "If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor."
May the prayers and wisdom of our holy father Nicodemos help us lead a life of greater purpose and to meet the call to turn to Christ with enthusiasm and joy, not prideful resistance.


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this is how i'm going to die. (idea)
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|Driving an SUV is comparable to owning a handgun
|It can be cold in the dark
|Why women should carry the condoms OR the moist towelette theory
|dangling pointer
|I hope you'd never understand
|Knowing you're going to die when you turn 30
|This sentence is in Spanish while you're not looking
|Finding out where a net user lives
|If you get your opinions second-hand, you do not know anything worth knowing
|Ground rush
|Big Book Chapter Three: More About Alcoholism
|Do you know how many times you've woken up at 4:15 with deep insights?
|The Hacker's Kitchen Guide
|Project Gotham Racing 2
|George Washington's 1792 State of the Union Address
|Vladimir Komarov
|Wan Hu