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Goodbye to Language 3D
Note: Screening will take place at the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St, Chicago.
Special $5 advance tickets are available for currently registered UChicago students at:http://ticketsweb.uchicago.edu/ Tickets available at the door: General Admission $15; Members and students $10
Film Studies Center and UChicago Arts Pass are pleased to partner with the Gene Siskel Film Center for this special presentation of Jean-Luc Godard's Goodbye to Language 3D. Professor Daniel Morgan, Department of Cinema and Media Studies at University of Chicago, and author of Late Godard and the Possibilities of Cinema, will introduce the film and moderate an audience discussion.
Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Goodbye to Language 3D is a sensorially immersive experience employing 3D technology to mind-expanding effect. Starring Heloise Godet, Kamel Abdeli and Godard's own dog as Roxy, Jean-Luc Godard's latest film is a "thrilling cinematic experience" (Manohla Dargis, The New York Times) and a complete "masterpiece" (Amy Taubin, Film Comment).
The idea is simple:
A married woman and a single man meet.
They love, they argue, fists fly.
A dog strays between town and country.
The seasons pass.
The man and woman meet again.
The dog finds itself between them.
The other is in one,
the one is in the other
and they are three.
The former husband shatters everything.
A second film begins:
the same as the first,
and yet not.
From the human race we pass to metaphor.
This ends in barking
and a baby's cries.
In the meantime, we will have seen
people talking of the demise of the dollar,
of truth in mathematics
and of the death of a robin.
- Jean-Luc Godard


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They thought the episode with their cousin to the east, Lady Bloodstein, was over. They thought it was something to laugh about at the grand table in fond nostalgia.
But they were wrong. They were so wrong.
And Castle Blanchefort has fallen!
Lord Kabyl has lost everything: his wife, his kin, his family fortune, and his home. Castle Blanchefort, once a safe haven, is overrun with enemies seeking his blood.
In what follows, he must join forces with ancient enemies and with people who do not exist. He must treat with sinister, possibly untrustworthy gods and barter away his soul for urgently needed arcane help or face certain death at the hands of forgotten tyrants and their machinations from a bygone age.
And, how can a strange science known as Mentralysis, practiced in secret in the hidden places of the League, hold the key to ultimate victory?
What should have been obvious to Lord Kabyl from the start at last becomes crystal clear: Foolish is he who dares possess the Ultimate Object, for misery shall be his only reward.
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From: Part 2, Chapter 9: 1000 Charahil Park
She fell into a fitful sort of sleep. Kay stood and looked at the abundance of things all around. A market this large should have a proprietor or two. Perhaps they could summon help.
"Hello!" he called out into the hollow air. "Can someone help us?"
He received no reply. "Watch Laika, please," he said to King and Wafted down to the floor past the iron fence. He saw a sales counter in the distance and hurried there. He didn't have time to appreciate any of the wonders placed on the shelving as he passed. He saw a case full of confectionery, all in inviting colors. He smelled the aroma of pie and frosted cakes, hard candies, chocolates, assorted fruit and baked goods and a long chilled case of ice cream in endless pastel colors. It smelled so good. It cleared the remnants of The Jones' grenade from his nose.
As he neared the counter, he passed a number of statues, some in the shape of giant-sized cats of various species and some in the shape of seal-like aquatic mammals: a walrus, a furry seal pup and a sea lion. Standing tall over the statues was a slender human female sculpture in an alluring gown carved in the act of sighing: head back, mouth slightly open, and a demure hand pressed to her cheek. Her face was partially hidden by a large pair of protruding goggles, rather like Sam's goggles from Hoban, only these were much larger and more protruding.
This statue …
He stopped dead in his tracks. He had seen it before, in Gods Temple, and in the Mystery Library where she had carried the large book. Now, here she was right in front of him. This time, she carried no book in her slender arms.
He reached the counter. Nobody was present. There was a stack of business cards in a clamshell that caught Kay's attention. The cards read:
Where fun and mystery are where you find them.
He held the card and took heart. He had heard that Carahil maintained a wondrous shop of sorts where he allowed those who pleased him to roam about and have whatever they wanted. The store was full of Carahil's charm and light: Oh, to be a child here.
If any could save Laika, it was Carahil.
"Carahil!" he called out. "It is I, Kay! Carahil, I have urgent need of you!"
His voice echoed in the giant space. Kay stood there holding the card. "Carahil!"
An alluring voice from behind him spoke. He felt breath on his ear. "Something you like?"
Kay whirled around. Standing there was a thin female, on the tallish side, wearing a fine teal gown of extraordinary quality. She reminded Kay of his aunt, Lady Poe: her figure and turn of the cheekwas similar, along with her complexion, her lean upright body and her head of boy-short platinum blonde hair. Her shoulders and line of the neck were the same, only she was more cut, more provocative than Lady Poe. She wore an elaborate pair of telescoping silver goggles that obscured her eyes and much of her face above her nose. The lenses glowed with ethereal purple light.
Here stood the statue, given life at last.
She leaned in and encroached on his personal space, giving him no room. Kay tried to gauge her age, but it was impossible; sometimes she seemed like a little girl fresh with life, other times she gave the impression of great age and wisdom. She carried with her a fierce presence, an invasive, aggressive sort of quality that Kay found off-putting. Though she looked rather like Lady Poe, she acted nothing like her.
"Who are you, please?" he asked.
She adjusted her goggles and spoke, carefully articulating her words. "My name is Atha."
Kay searched his memory for the name, certain it had great significance, but couldn't recall it. "I'm sorry, I don't know the name. We saw you in Gods Temple, did we not, and again in the library?"
Atha laughed. "Of course you did." She came in close and lifted her arms as if she wished to embrace and possibly kiss him. Kay sidestepped to his right and created some space.
"Are you the proprietor of this store, Lady Atha?"
"My father is," she replied.
"And who is that?"
She laughed. "Why, Carahil, silly."
Kay was thunderstruck. "Carahil is your father?"
"Yes, of course."
Kay looked her over. Carahil was a newly minted 'god'; therefore his children would also be gods and goddesses. Atha had a vast presence about her, she could possibly be a goddess, but he assumed Carahil's daughter, if ever he had one, would be different somehow; more like Carahil himself, perhaps. Tattooed at the end of her left collarbone was the tiny glittering image of a resplendent seal—Carahil himself.
As if reading his thoughts, she answered. "Were you expecting a daughter of Carahil to be a little animal of some sort? We can be whatever we want. I could be an animal if I wanted."
"Then why aren't you?"
"Because I like being a human … so few expectations come with this form. Come, I'll prove it you." She held out her hand.
"My friend is dying. If you are Carahil's daughter, can you help her?"
Atha smiled and adjusted her goggles again. "The Haitathe, you mean? I find it odd that a Vith should care so much for his ancient enemy."
"Laika is not my enemy."
"That remains to be seen. Come, I've things to show you. I promise she'll not die for the time being." She held out her hand, impatient for Kay to take it. He glanced at the island and Laika's still form at the top, along with the audience of seals gazing up at her from below. King's shiny bird eyes blinked back at him from the rail. Tentatively, he took Atha's hand and she led him away through the rows. The selection of odd neatly-shelved items was bewildering. "Where is Carahil?" Kay asked.
Atha led him to an aisle lined with toys in colorful boxes. Her grip was soft, but strong at the same time. "He's far away. In Gods Temple, you asked for help and I heard you. Here I am. I stayed near just for you."
"Phillip and Sarah asked for Carahil."
"Sorry. You got me instead."
"And you are Carahil's daughter?" Kay asked again.
Atha ignored his question. She released Kay's hand and browsed the vast collection of items on the shelves. She leaned down
and pointed at a box. "Ah, here! Come see."
She pointed at a child's doll in a duraplas box. It was a foot-high effigy of Atha as a young girl, wearing a complicated gown and a crooked little smile. The doll's platinum blonde hair style was the same; the eye-obscuring goggles were there as well. Bold labeling on the box read:
Kay stood there looking at the labeling and was somewhat stunned. Atha laughed and covered the last line with her hand. "Don't worry about that last part," she said. "I'm harmless."
Kay looked over the myriad other boxes on the shelf and was amazed by what he saw. There was a doll of his mother, Countess Sygillis, complete with gown, red hair and Shadowmark, and also one of his father, Captain Davage, in his Fleet uniform. There was Sarah and Phillip, Thomasina in her green and brown armor, Magistrate Kilos in her black suit and ...
He pulled a box off the shelf. There was a doll of himself, purple-haired and green-eyed, and another box, this time with Sam, bone white and jet black holding her orange Anuian Jar. And another with Laika, uninjured, standing tall wearing a miniature belt dangling with duraplas weapons.
Laika, nearby. Dying.
Atha once again read his thoughts.
"The wonders available here are not to be taken lightly. Nothing is beyond reach or out-of-the question here. If there's any place your Haitathe friend can be saved, you've found it." Atha took his hand and pulled him down the aisle. They reached an area profuse with toy doll houses of various sizes, some quite large and complex. Situated amid the doll houses was a large and rather complicated doll in a clear duraplas package. It read, in splashy lettering:
Kay picked it up. It was big, nearly covering his full arm-length. In the center of the package was a doll in roughly female proportions. The doll had no face, just a smooth blank spot where a face should be. It had no hands, feet, hair or breasts. Surrounding the doll were dozens and dozens of masklike faces with different colors and styles of hair. There were also hands in various alien configurations, feet, scaly wings, tails and other odd accessories.
"This is the enemy, the one who has stolen my Ne-Countess' face. The process she uses to achieve this is not understood," Kay said.
"It's understood by me. It's all there on the package, if you look carefully," Atha answered.
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Hi everyone, I know this is the common mistake to not specify the class adress while trying to run a jar, however, although I specified, I am still getting the ClassNotFound exception. What may be the reason for it? I have been struggling for this problem more than a 2 days. I just wrote different MapReduce application for some anlaysis. I got this problem. To check, is there something wrong with my system, i tried to run WordCount example. When I just run hadoop-examples wordcount, it is working fine. But when I add just "package org.myorg;" command at the beginning, it doesnot work. Here is what I have done so far ************************************************************************* 1. I just copied wordcount code from the apaches own examples source code and I just changed package decleration as "package org.myorg;" ************************************************************************** 2. Then I tried to run that command: ************************************************************************* "hadoop jar wordcount_19_02.jar org.myorg.WordCount /home/hadoop/project/hadoop-data/NetFlow 19_02_wordcount.output" ************************************************************************* 3. I got following error: ************************************************************************** [hadoop@ADUAE042-LAP-V project]$ hadoop jar wordcount_19_02.jar org.myorg.WordCount /home/hadoop/project/hadoop-data/NetFlow 19_02_wordcount.output Warning: $HADOOP_HOME is deprecated. Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.myorg.WordCount at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:321) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:266) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:266) at org.apache.hadoop.util.RunJar.main(RunJar.java:149) ************************************************************************** 4. This is the content of my .jar file: **************************************************** [hadoop@ADUAE042-LAP-V project]$ jar tf wordcount_19_02.jar META-INF/ META-INF/MANIFEST.MF wordcount_classes/ wordcount_classes/org/ wordcount_classes/org/myorg/ wordcount_classes/org/myorg/WordCount.class wordcount_classes/org/myorg/WordCount$TokenizerMapper.class wordcount_classes/org/myorg/WordCount$IntSumReducer.class ********************************************************** 5. This is the 'ls' output of my working directory: ********************************************************** [hadoop@ADUAE042-LAP-V project]$ ls flowclasses_18_02 flowclasses_18_02.jar hadoop-1.0.4 hadoop-1.0.4.tar.gz hadoop-data MapReduce.java sample wordcount_19_02.jar wordcount_classes WordCountClasses WordCount.java ************************************************************* So as you see, package decleration is fine but I am really helpless, I googled but they are all saying samething you should specify the package hierarchy of your main class. I did know it already I am specifying but doesn't work. I would be much obliged to anyone helped me Regards,
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According to Nick Clegg, British youth is not well-prepared for working life so "urgent action" need to be taken. While speaking at the CBI annual dinner he shared his view that those who leave school do not know exactly what to do with their lives.
From data of the 2012 wage subsidy scheme, almost 1.65 million 18-24 year olds had not taken active part in the economy of the country.
Clegg pointed out that Britain's youth needed such reforms so that they help them with their skills, training and employment support.
The aim of this review is to simplify a system which most people said was too difficult to understand.
This system managed to confuse even businesses.
CBI announced the number of initiatives for employers in England was too big and due to this many employers lost their way. Of course, there are some who succeed in orientating and finding the proper way in the 47 different initiatives.
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson also shared his opinion that youth unemployment should not be that high. Current figures show that the jobless young people in the UK are just under one million. About 5 million businesses operate in the UK and in case all of these had created at least one new job the problem could be solved.
A proposal came from shadow education secretary Steven Twigg after which youngsters who have been economically inactive for a year need to be guaranteed job places.
This review is going to be shown to the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister this autumn.


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|"Eat It" Art Print
Alex Pardee
16" x 20" - Numbered
$35 - Limited to 200
It's a neck-and-neck race between "Eat It" and "Amish Paradise," but I think "Eat It" may be my favorite song in Yankovic's discography and, correspondingly, Alex Pardee's identically titled print was one of my favorite posters in this year's show. As is often the case with Alex's work, the design has been meticulously constructed and is at once incredibly amusing ("Hah! Weird Al's head is a donut!"), while also being incredibly disturbing ("Oh my god! Weird Al's DNA has been spliced with that of a donut!") as he incorporates a little bit of that old Cronenbergian body horror...with hilarious consequences. Sorry, I've always wanted to write that last bit and finally saw my chance. Pardee's "Eat It" art print is currently available through Gallery 1988's online storefront for $35. The print measures 16" x 20" and is limited to an edition of 200. To learn more about Alex Pardee, be sure to visit his Eye Suck Ink website, Zerofriends store, and follow him on Twitter @alexpardee.
|"Mr. Show" Art Print
Darin Shock (State of Shock Studios)
18" x 24" - Signed and Numbered
$40 - Limited to 75
I'm kind of shocked this is still available. I guess Mr. Show has a smaller fan-base than a lot of other comedies or comedians, but still! Darin did an amazing job here recreating so many of the memorable moments from the series, including Taint Magazine (seriously, you need to watch the "It's Insane, This Guy's Taint" sketch right now), Ronnie Dobs, Dickie Crickets, hell, even Gurgles the Bong (of Drugachusetts fame) makes an appearance! Mr. Shock managed to fill every available millimeter of this poster with show references, in-jokes, and sketch premises so strange they never should have worked, but they do, and it's a beautiful thing to behold. And for someone who's been a fan of Darin's work for a while now, I can honestly say this is his best stuff yet. I'm really impressed! Here's Darin on his process and inspiration (taken from the State of Shock Studios blog):
"I got out my DVDs and a sketchbook and spent hours / days / months trying to narrow down what I would depict in this design. There's a balance between what should be on the poster and what works better visually. Some classic characters simply weren't visually interesting (Dream of a Lifetime, Thrilling Miracles, etc.). It took a long time for me to commit to the design and composition. There were many things I had to unfortunately omit which deserved to be there (Cockring Warehouse, Bob the Streaker, Pre-Taped Call In Show, etc.). I knew I wanted (what I consider to be) every main cast member depicted once. I also tried to balance the number of Bobs vs. Daves. I wanted to incorporate some important objects from the show into the design as well. There weren't as many that worked well within the composition as I had hoped, so I had to throw in a few I didn't consider to be as important (Value Monkey, Kiddie Massage Cream, etc). You always want posters like this to be a certain "greatest hits" sort of tribute but sometimes things don't work out, plus sometimes you get selfish. Sarah Silverman wasn't a main cast member and some people may not agree, but one of my favorite lines from the show was Fran in Indomitable Spirit saying "I'm Fran and I'm a woman". Absolutely classic--had to be in there. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I could have easily done a series of these. It was an absolute pleasure to be able to do this one and I could go on all day...but I'll stop. A show of this magnitude deserves a poster of significance...I hope I did it some justice!"I'd say he certainly did the show justice, wouldn't you? Darin Shock's "Mr. Show" art print is available through Gallery 1988 for $40. The print measures 18" x 24" and is limited to an edition of 75. To learn more about State of Shock Studios, head over to stateofshockstudios.com and be sure to visit the State of Shock Studios Facebook page.
|"The Exploding Kind" Art Print
Clinton Reno
17" x 22" - Signed and Numbered
$40 - Limited to 53
I'm sure I've written this before, but for anyone who doesn't already know this, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is my all-time favorite film, meaning I'll pretty much buy anything even tangentially related to the movie. And it goes without saying that Peter Seller's performance, or more accurately performances, is one of the main reasons Dr. Strangelove is such a timeless, enjoyable, hilarious, and frightening experience. While that's reason enough for me to purchase this print, I'm sure others may need a bit more convincing, so here I go. What's better than one iconic film character? Why, two of course. Artist Clinton Reno, someone I wasn't really familiar with beyond his single Silver Screen Society contribution, has seen fit to not only render Seller's incomparable Dr. Strangelove, but to also include Seller's bumbling Inspector Clouseau. Yep, two great characters on one beautiful black and white print. What more could you want? Reno has also added a nice nod to both films / characters with a nice bit of wordplay in the background. It's a really fun poster in the classiest of ways. Clinton Reno's "The Exploding Kind" artwork is currently available from Gallery 1988 for $40. The poster is limited to an edition of 53 and measures 17" x 22". To find out more about Clinton Reno, I'd recommend visiting clintonreno.com and following him on Twitter @mr_reno.
|"Another One Rides the Bus" Art Print
Joshua Budich
12" x 24" - Numbered
$35 - Limited to 200
I'll post just about anything Joshua Budich does - I love the guy's work. His art tends to be on the more realistic side of things, and his prints are always loaded to the brim with characters. Case in point: Budich's "Another One Rides the Bus" is bursting with detail, while also offering us a nice "best of" look at the many roles (and costumes) Weird Al has donned throughout his career. In that way, "Another One Rides the Bus" is a totally appropriate follow-up to Reno's Peter Sellers-centric "The Exploding Kind," don't you think? There's a lot of history here, but I think my favorite part of Joshua's poster might be the epilepsy-inducing pants Weird Al is wearing while jamming on his accordion, which I believe were modeled after the pants Weird Al wore on Tom Snyder's The Tomorrow Show during his first televised appearance playing, you guessed it, "Another One Rides the Bus." Budich's "Another One Rides the Bus" art print is available through Gallery 1988 for $35. The print measures 12" x 24" and is limited to an edition of 200. For more info on the very talented Joshua Budich, head over to joshuabudich.com and follow him on Twitter at @jbudich.
|"Where's My Chippy?" Art Print
Graham Erwin
18" x 24" - Numbered
$40 - Limited to 50
Finally, we come to perhaps the strangest comedic duo in existence, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. Graham Erwin's precise portrait captures the awkward, abnormal, homo-erotic undertones that run rampant through Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Graham's print includes shrimp and white wine, astronomical bodies, hot dogs, cell phones, and of course Chippy! In other words, all the things needed for a fun night with the Beaver Boys. This is one of those prints that really only a small contingent of folks will enjoy, but for fans of Tim and Eric this will be seen and understood as the masterpiece it is (and, well it should be). Graham Erwin's "Where's My Chippy?" art print is currently available through Gallery 1988's website for $40. The poster is limited to an edition of 50 and measures 18" x 24". You can visit grahamerwin.com, his Etsy store and follow him on Twitter @GrahamErwin to learn more about the artist.


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For a fun-filled evening out with friends in Charleston, pair up good food with good music at one of the many restaurants with live music in the area. Sample the foods and the sounds at one of these local hot spots:
Mad River Bar & Grill will feature live music all day March 12th and 17th for their St. Patty's Day events. They always feature live music Fridays and Saturdays. A DJ rocks the crowd the rest of the week. They are located at 32B Market Street.
Obrion's Pub hosts acoustic duos or full bands several nights a week. Enjoy their authentic Irish pub fare at 520 Folly Rd, Ste #A (in the Publix shopping center).
Silver Star has been around for more than 10 years at 478 King Street. Listen to jamming live music in one of Charleston's trendiest nightlife establishments.
Home Team BBQ serves up BBQ rubbed ribs, chicken, and pork shoulders that will knock your socks off! They host open mic nights and weekly live local bands at 1205 Ashley River Road.
High Cotton offers the best lowcountry fare with live jazz every night. They are located at 199 E. Bay Street.
And finally, for Charleston's freshest seafood, it's Coast bar and grill. They are located at 39-D John Street and showcase live music Sundays between 7 and 10.
Music and food make a great pair in Charleston!
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Minnesota Percent Change in Population 1990—2000
Published September 1, 2002 | September 2002 issue
The state saw its highest population increase (532,000) in any single decennial headcount in its history. Its growth rate of more than 12 percent was the highest growth of any Midwest state. Most of the growth was concentrated in metropolitan areas, which grew at 15 percent, more than twice as fast as the growth of nonmetro areas, at 6.7 percent.
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TORONTO -- Two movies playing at the Toronto International Film Festival will be leaving audiences hungry once they open their theatrical runs later this year.
And, no, popcorn will not suffice.
"Labor Day," Jason Reitman's romantic drama, and "The Lunchbox," a possible foreign-language Oscar submission from India, each features masterful scenes of food preparation integral to its story. They're not foodie movies per se, like "Big Night" or "Like Water for Chocolate," but more of a testament to the ways that meals and their preparation can bond people.
"Labor Day" contains a scene that should fill up pie-making classes in the same way that "Ghost" goosed pottery wheel sales. It's straight from Joyce Maynard's novel, which Reitman adapted, and features a lonely woman (Kate Winslet) learning the proper technique to make the world's greatest peach pie. The teacher: an escaped convict (Josh Brolin) who has forced his way into the home she shares with her 13-year-old son.
"The filling is easy," Brolin tells Winslet. That may be true, but when these two needy people squeeze and mash those juicy, ripe peaches that a next-door neighbor provided, it reawakens a sensuality in this woman that she thought had long ago died. (The son's there, too, sensing, but not quite understanding the connection being formed.)
"It's a really nice intimate moment that's kind of sexy, yeah," Brolin says.
To prepare, Brolin made a pie every day for three months, giving them to the cast and crew, teamsters, whoever was hungry.
"It was purely out of fear that I wouldn't be able to do it in the scene and it would look inauthentic," Brolin says. Reitman, he says, "kept saying 'The Greatest Pie-Making Scene in Movie History' which was totally intimidating. I have a succession of pictures of the worst pies I made from the beginning, where I turned on the broiler instead of the oven and burned the top but the inside was still frozen. But I learned well. I started making good pies."
Maynard, by the way, has helpfully provided convict Frank's pie-making expertise in an excerpt from her book. (Wiser words have never been spoken: Never overhandle the dough.) And you can even watch Maynard make a pie.
Pie-making is personal for the author. She began baking when her mother became sick, making her a pie every day.
"Her mom said, 'If I'm going to be dying, I don't want to worry about my figure,' " Reitman says. "It's one of her favorite things to do. The second time I met Joyce, I went to her house in Mill Valley and she taught me to make a pie."
Mumbai, the setting of "The Lunchbox," is a city where, according to filmmaker Ritesh Batra, "people like their lunchboxes." Five thousand couriers (called dabbawallas) transport countless food containers from homes to places of work and then back again with an efficiency that is almost miraculous.
The film's story turns on a lunchbox that wasn't correctly delivered. It was carefully made by Ila (Nimrat Kaur), a housewife trying to cook her way back into her inattentive husband's heart. But the special lunchbox, five metal canisters stacked together containing elaborate dishes, rice and bread, instead winds up with a lonely insurance claims adjustor, Saajan (Irrfan Khan), closing in on an early retirement.
Even though both quickly realize the mistake, the lunchbox deliveries continue, only now containing letters sent back and forth. The results are charming, of course, but also revelatory about the ways people constrict their lives over the course of time.
"The cooking begins as something she can lose herself in," writer-director Ritesh Batra says. "In life, we don't really like to see the real problem, which, for her, is her marriage. We like to lose ourselves in mundane details and complicated things. So food became a way for her to do that initially."
By the time the relationship between Ila and Saajan deepens through the letters, she's lovingly making him stuffed eggplant and other well-chosen dishes.
"I have a lot of people telling me they leave the movie hungry, but I don't think it's because of the food," Batra says. "It's because of the experience of food. Seeing Irrfan enjoy the food is what makes you hungry."
Which, it should be noted, is a feat of great acting on Khan's part, since most of the food he ate was actually raw. Uncooked food photographs better on camera.
"The color is more important than the taste ... or the actors, I'm afraid," Khan says, chuckling.
"Labor Day" opens Dec. 25. "The Lunchbox" will probably have an academy qualifying run later this year before opening on Feb. 14.


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Checking bgs 2 hours after meals
I have a question for all the "experts" on dc. I want to know how to proceed when I try a food and want to wait the 2 hours after it to see how it affects my bg. Do I sit still and do nothing to find out? Or can I go about my business and do things around the house, like housework, to find out?
I know if I vacuum, clean windows and do things of this nature, my bg will come down. Right now, after 2 hours of eating a processed snack my bg was 195 and 2 hours before that, at fasting, it was 100. Yes, I got up late again this morning! Been having a bad habit of doing that. Can't seem to get up at a reasonable hour.
But that's another subject!
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I just get up and go ,do the same things I would do any other time .
That is unless you always sit and do nothing after you eat lol
Processed foods do the same to me sends me way up .
Do you know what a expert is ???????
Well lets brake it down
Ex - isnt that some thing or one that you got rid of ????
spert - is very little too ?
So what is an expert ????
Best wishes
By "expert" I meant those of you who have had diabetes a lot longer than I have. I've only been a diabetic for 2 years by way of having my pancreas removed. So yeah, you are the ones who are more expert at this thing called diabetes than I am. You guys have more answers, suggestions, etc. than I do, Harlan. I don't know why I mentioned that I got up so late. Won't do that again.
Just do what you normally do and then check it. This will give you a more accurate test. Now, you can sit and do nothing the next time and then compare the two if it'll help you.
I'd go about my day as usual. the point of testing is to see your reactions under "real world" conditions. Obviously, you can't always wait 2 hours after every meal, but if you have a day where you can, record that too. I'm a big proponent of testing as often as possible while you're still in the discovery phase. the more data you get the better you can shape your activity and eating plan. There were days i tested 18 times, but now I pretty much know what's going on (most of the time).


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How can the unemployment rate be down when employers aren't hiring new workers?
Ask yourself this simple question the next time a government bureaucrat starts talking about economic recovery.
The article reprinted below from the Cleveland (Ohio) Business News just about sums up the situation. Employers aren't hiring so how can the unemployment rate be going down?
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics which publishes the unemployment data the media loves to regurgitate without analysis has fabricated unemployment data for years. The term "discouraged worker" or a person who has exhausted their unemployment benefits and has just given up looking for a job was banned under the Clinton administration. The actual number was distorted to make the suffering of unemployed men and women look happy and wonderful.
At least on paper they had found jobs. In the real world, well....not so fast....
Today, when you include underemployed and discouraged workers to the actual pool of unemployed workers many estimates peg the "official" unemployment rate at between 15% and 22%.
Here is a survey by Fox News claiming the current rate is 16.3% and still rising.
According to the government's "actual" statistics the rate for July 2009 was 9.4%, down from 9.5% in June.
Yesterday when Mr. Obama was triumphing the fact that yet another 247,000 American workers lost their jobs in July and that was GOOD NEWS, I wish someone in the mainstream media pool would have put down their Blackberry and asked him the simple question:
"If nearly a quarter of a million people lost their jobs in July how could the unemployment rate drop and not go up?"
Think about it, will you?
Robert J. Abalos, Esq.
Companies ending job cuts, but not hiring
Washington- As the recession eases, companies are cutting fewer jobs. Yet they remain reluctant to hire, leaving potentially millions of people without any financial aid long after their unemployment benefits run out.
That grim picture was reinforced Thursday by the latest government report on jobless benefits. The number of first-time claims - a proxy for the pace of layoffs - remained below the peak levels of the spring. At the same time, though, the total number of people receiving unemployment aid topped 9.1 million.
"We are left with a bifurcated job market, with fewer newer claimants but a rising tide of long-term unemployed," said Cary Leahey, an economist at Decision Economics. "Some will exhaust all their benefits and be at wits' end to make ends meet."
The National Employment Law Project, an advocacy group, projects that 540,000 people will use up their unemployment benefits by the end of September. It estimates 1.5 million will have run out by year's end.
Those benefits include up to 53 weeks of emergency extended coverage, on top of the standard 26 weeks of aid typically provided by most states.
The loss of all unemployment aid for so many jobless Americans could lead to calls for further benefits extensions. Congress first provided federal emergency benefits last year. Those benefits were extended in February by the Obama administration's stimulus package.
Even if the economy begins to recover this summer, as some economists expect, growth will likely be anemic, and unemployment will continue to rise. Most private economists and the Federal Reserve expect the unemployment rate to top 10 percent by year-end.
The rate for June hit 9.5 percent, a 26-year high.
J.C. Penney Co. opened a new store in New York City on Thursday, creating 500 positions. Company officials told The Associated Press that they received 15,000 applications.
Mark Vitner, senior economist at Wells Fargo, said nearly all companies that are reporting healthy second-quarter profits are benefiting from cost cuts, not increased sales. But they'll need to see sales rebound before they'll hire, he said.


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The Old Collegians are an important part of our community and play an active role in the life of the school. In additional to providing opportunities for you to reconnect with the school and your former classmates through reunions and events, we offer mentoring opportunities and more general networking to continue to help you make the most of your connection to this community. Below you will find a short introduction to our networking and mentoring platform, Geelong College Connect and information about the Old Collegians Committee.
We are excited to have launched our new networking & mentoring platform at www.geelongcollegeconnect.com. This is hosted on the Geelong College website under Community.
It is very easy to register just using your LinkedIn or Facebook accounts so there is no need to remember a password each time you login.
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Not only will the OGCA community allow you to seek or give professional careers advice but it will also be an extraordinary resource for our current students for work experience, career guidance and work place mentoring.
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Nutrition Month/TLE-Computer Week 2016, an achievement!
July is the month of nutrition; the month when we celebrate and value the importance of proper nutrition, not only for young ones, but also for adults.
For this year's celebration of Nutrition Month, it was themed by the National Nutrition Council, "First 1000 Days ni Baby, Pahalagahan para sa Malusog na Kinabukasan."
The Departments of Computer and TLE joined forces in celebrating this event. They had a poster making contest from the high school department; a dance contest from Grades 4 to 6 with its theme related to the given theme of the National Nutrition Council; a cooking festival from Grade 10 students, where they highlighted the native delicacies of the provinces of Bacolod, Cebu, Bicol, and Ilo-ilo; a trade fair from Grades 7 to 9, where students from Grade 7 sold their home- made sweets, Grades 8 had their bazaar, and Grade 9 had their nail art polishing, face painting, and hair styling. From the Computer world, they had their computer games contest such as typing test, basketball app, stack app, and photography. Students from Grades 4 to 10 enjoyed the week's celebration.
Their culminating activity was held last July 29, 2016 in two parts. The first part was the cooking festival of Grade 10 held at the Audio Visual Room. They were judged accordingly by the panel of judges: a guest-judge, HRM graduate, employed at cruise ship, Mr. Daryll Joe Cruz; TLE teacher, Mr. Ron John Villaseñor; Math Coordinator/Asst. to the Principal, Ms. Maria Lucia Cruz; School Principal, Sr. Rosalie P. Regencia, OP; and School Director, Dr. Leo B. Galve.
The second part was the program proper where the winners of the different contests/categories were recognized.
Computer Games Winners:
Elementary-Typing Test--------------Angelica Nicole Basa (5-SJPII)
Elementary Computer Games-------Johnex Kaiser Ramos (4-SToA)
High School Basketball App---------Niña Jessa Marie Fernandez (10-STV)
High School Stack App----------------Andhrey Marc Jahulla (10-STV)
Photography----------------------------Yvonne Untiveros (8-SAP)
Poster Making Contest --------------Grade 8 St. Francis of Assisi
Dance Competition ------------------Grade 6 St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina
Cooking Festival Winners:
Best Leader----------------------------Jakkim Befinosa (10-STV)
Best Chef ------------------------------Jielia Clare Eugenio (10-STV)
4th Place--------------------------------Bacolod Group (10-DM)
3rd Place--------------------------------Ilo-ilo Group (10-STV)
2nd Place-------------------------------Cebu Group (10-DM)
1st Place--------------------------------Bicol Group (10-STV)
Part of the afternoon program was the pre-pageant of the Little Mr. and Ms. STVPS 2016 and the Mr. and Ms. STVPS 2016. They were judged in their casual attire by the following panel of judges: Ms. Antoinette Sanchez, Ms. Joyce Ann Florentino, Mr. Ric Lorenz Pascual, Mr. Michael Bautista, Mr. Malvin Will Sityar, Mr. Paul Adrian Madrid, and Mr. Daryll Joe Cruz. All of them were also one of the many sponsors of prizes for coronation day to be held as one of the highlights of the 50th Foundation Anniversary.
Indeed, the celebration is truly an achievement!
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danananananananaykroyd et al tonight
anyone else going?
anyone else want to go earlyish and get some bbq food action, i'm hoping it may make me feel more alive.
i would do
but i spent waaaaaaaaaaaay too much last night and i want a clear head for the AF tomorrow night.
im going
what bbq? you mean that alley full of lush food off brick lane?
or the backyard of 93 feet?
i think im going to make myself an awesome stew at home.
either really
i've just ate a steak & ale pie which has helped, but im sure some more grease is necessary
get yourself there
i imagine there'll be tickets
I was thinking about going to this
but SCL is trying to persuade me to stay on her sofa and eat pizza.
they were amazing last night
go if you can
very dull
i didnt get that for a couple of seconds
it was one of the best things ive ever seen. am currently wearing my (actually pretty shit) danananatshirt


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When Real Tour Vision suggested that my Nova Scotia virtual tour business become a member of the local Chamber of Commerce, I put it on (what seemed at the time) a very long "to do" list. Priority was given to developing my brand, mastering the RTV software, learning my new camera, establishing a website, marketing and staying abreast of what RTV's Inner Circle Marketing constantly had to offer.
After the company launch and with more time on my hands, it was time to consider RTV's recommendation. Could the Chamber offer me opportunities to shoot tours for my local area and local businesses? It was time to find out.
Once registered, I had the opportunity to join Toastmasters. Toastmasters is an educational organization that operates for the purpose of helping members improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills. IT WAS JUST WHAT I NEEDED! I signed up immediately, and I'm so glad I did. Following my registration, the next monthly newsletter prepared by the Chamber, I was asked to write 250 words about my company. What a wonderful opportunity to showcase my new business (for free) to every Chamber member!
Your local Chamber has many functions throughout the year. I was invited to a Christmas meet & greet in December. Business cards in hand I was one of the first to arrive. I spoke to everyone there about my new business, the interactive virtual tours, the Text 2 Look program AND the FREE Social Ignition course offered at my site. And you will never guess what happened. Because of that FREE Social Ignition course I was asked to speak by the Regional Development Association in the new year on social media!
The Chamber of Commerce and my business just "fit" together – like a hand in glove. If you haven't joined your local Chamber of Commerce, you may want to look in to the benefits.
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NMIMS results declared
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Lots of threads created and mostly city-based ones discussing and getting to know fellow DyNMites. One such thread was "Anyone from Hyderabad?"
And soon it turned to be one of the active commented thread on the group. And the obvious proposals like "Get-Together".
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Finally people in Hyderabad (we love to call ourselves as Hyderabadis) decided to meet up at Rendezvous Eat Street. A lot of messages were exchanged in FB group created exclusively for Hyderabadis about the meet. And everyone was excited to get to know people with whom they would spend the next two years.


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Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today's featured selection, chosen by Midday Show host Cheryl Waters, is "Texas Fox" by The Low Frequency In Stereo from the 2009 album Futuro on Runne Grammofon.
Norwegian wunderkinds The Low Frequency in Stereo concoct an interestingly gritty blend of fluffy experimentalism and muddy psychedelia. The band's recently birthed fourth LP, Futuro, is chock full of the kind of sonic texture one might attribute to their favorite post-rock outfit, minus the overt minimalism. The follow-up to their Norwegian Grammy nominated The Last Tempation of…, Futuro is a boldly eclectic leap forward. If you're anything like me, simply reading the word "eclectic" smacks of inconsistency, hodgepodge and boring with a capital B. For once, eclectic seems to work as the many branches of The Low Frequency in Stereo's influence come together to create a sound that is at its core organic and original. Often compared to Sonic Youth (noise, feedback, driving guitar), The Low Frequency in Stereo's sound is a mix of grooving prog rock, space-jazz and 60's pop. Bubblegum catchiness meets subversive dirge rock; The Low Frequency in Stereo's frenetic, anxious rhythms create an unpredictably hazy backdrop for layers upon layers of twangy guitars, laboratory samples, keyboards and organs. All this amounts to a cosmic drug trip of sorts — the soundtrack to a time-warping Ambien-dream sequence fraught with absurdist imagery, subtext and beautifully blurred lines.
The Low Frequency in Stereo just finished the first round of their Futuro promotional live tour, but they'll be performing a handful of festivals in Norway and Denmark this summer — Spot Festival and Rockfest among them — and they'll have more dates to announce soon. Check out their MySpace page for updates. For now, here's "Starstruck," another song from the new album:


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CUMBERLAND — Independence Day fireworks started a fire in a tree that also damaged a home at 25 Crossing Brook Road, police reported Tuesday.
Authorities were notified of the incident at 9:02 p.m. Monday, Chief Charles Rumsey said. A "fairly large crowd" in the neighborhood had been watching a fireworks display, he said, when a fireworks tube tipped over, shooting a firework into a tree, which then caught fire and spread to a nearby home.
Firefighters extinguished the fire in about an hour. Vinyl siding on the house melted, and homeowner Julie Klippert was reportedly asleep in the home when the fire broke out, but there were no injuries, Rumsey said.
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Juan Pablo Galavis just took to Facebook to release an apology for his comments on gay people.
"I want to apologize to all the people I may have offended because of my comments on having a Gay or Bisexual Bachelor. The comment was taken out of context. If you listen to the entire interview, there's nothing but respect for Gay people and their families," the 32-year-old Bachelor star shared.
He added, "I have many gay friends and one of my closest friends who's like a brother has been a constant in my life especially during the past 5 months. The word pervert was not what I meant to say and I am very sorry about it."
Juan closed the apology by saying, "Everyone knows English is my second language and my vocabulary is not as broad as it is in Spanish and, because of this, sometimes I use the wrong words to express myself. What I meant to say was that gay people are more affectionate and intense and for a segment of the TV audience this would be too racy to accept. The show is very racy as it is and I don't let my 5 year old daughter watch it. Once again, I'm sorry for how my words were taken. I would never disrespect anyone."
Earlier in the day, The Bachelor producers responded to the gay comments by saying, "Juan Pablo's comments were careless, thoughtless and insensitive, and in no way reflect the views of the network, the show's producers or studio."
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UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo systematically picked apart Chan Sung Jung, better known as the "Korean Zombie," during a 2013 title defense.
Next Saturday night, Aldo returns to action against Chad Mendes in the main event of UFC 179, and FightLine will have complete coverage of the entire event.
Before Aldo-Mendes takes place, though, check out the video below to see Aldo-Jung in this fight replay:


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Aaron drives to PhoneDog's headquarters in Charleston, SC to pick up the tablets won in PhoneDog's 100 iPad and Tablet Giveaway. Thanks to the magic of a video camera, you get an in-depth look of what it's like to package up Apple iPads and Samsung Galaxy Tabs for our awesome winners (can't package PlayBoooks since they're not out yet). Congratulations to our winners - be on the lookout for your tablets, and be sure to send us an unboxing video. It could appear on the website!
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Tiger Woods has his swagger back.
The trademark smile that wasn't always on display two years ago when he hosted the AT& T National at nearby Aronimink Golf Club is back. Woods stepped to the podium Tuesday inside the media tent at Merion Golf Club dressed in all black.
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The golfer was jovial with reporters, especially with the cute one in the back who asked him an unusual question. The woman asked Woods what he would be doing to relax this week.
"Didn't expect that," he said, with a sheepish smile.
The woman's name was Cheyenne Woods, Tiger's niece, who surprised him by showing up at Tuesday's press conference. She is also a professional golfer and earned her first win last August.
"We have a great crew at the house, and we're going to have fun," Tiger said.
Woods smiled often and answered every question fired at him with wit and charm, something that wasn't always there when he was mired in the slump following his scandal.
He talked seriously about the clubs he'd be stacking in his bag — no 1-irons — and about the challenges the famed East Course would present. The only time he puckered up and looked anything close to serious was when Sergio Garcia's name came up. Woods confirmed the two shook hands Monday on the driving range, but the conversation ended there. Garcia still hasn't apologized for the racially-charged comments he made.
"No, we didn't discuss anything," Woods said of Monday's exchange. "Just came up and said hi, and that was it. It's already done. We've already gone through it all. It's time for the U.S. Open and we tee it up in two days."
Woods did express concern over the rain-soaked course at Merion, which is flooded with mud puddles and wet greens. The putting greens were running very slow Tuesday, prompting many to expect very low scores this week.
"Today the putting green was still a little bit slow," Woods said. "I don't think that it's going to be that much faster, especially with the forecast with rain on Thursday. It will be interesting to see what the players end up doing the first few days and getting a feel for what the number is going to be."
Woods doesn't expect to use too many drivers, either — if any.
"There are a few drivers here and there," he said. "Obviously it's not going to be that many."
The only thing he requested is that his niece show up at dinner on time.
"Tomorrow [Wednesday], make sure you're ... is it 6:30 dinner? Is that all right?," Woods said, staring at Cheyenne, before adding, "Okay. Perfect."


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Secret Santa Gift Ideas for Men under $50
In many large groups it is now common to have a Secret Santa, where everyone only has to buy a present for one other person, rather than having to buy something for everyone. But this can often prove difficult in groups where you don't know the other people well, because you just know you will end up picking the name of someone who you wouldn't have bought a present for in the normal course of events. So here are some ideas if you have to buy for someone you don't know well, or even if you just can't think of something for a friend.
Many men wear cologne or aftershave, and those who don't probably should. In my opinion there is nothing better than when I'm walking down the street and walk past a guy wearing a really nice cologne. There are some particular ones that literally make my knees go weak. You don't have to spend a lot of money to find a nice cologne. You can just buy someone a very small bottle and then if they like it they can buy themselves a bigger one!
Drinking Games
Drinking games are a great gift for guys who are always out drinking with their friends. They are ideal for taking to house parties, especially in situations where you are getting to know new people. No better way to break the ice with strangers than to make a complete drunken fool of yourself. I would have thought that drinking games are rarely something you would buy for yourself so giving them as a gift is perfect.
If your secret santa is in an office environment then the chances are the men will have to dress smartly, like in a suit and tie. Guys who have to wear ties everyday can never have too many of them. They are so easy to get hold of and you don't have to know someone well for this to be a suitable present.
No guy should ever be without a wallet, in the same way that women need a handbag or a purse. Like ties, a wallet something you can buy for a man without having to know them well. If the guy you are buying for is anything like my boyfriend then he'll need a couple of spare wallets for all the drunk occasions when he accidentally misplaces it or somehow manages to lose it out of his back pocket!
Mens jewelry is becoming increasingly popular nowadays, so there is nothing wrong with buying a man a necklace as a secret santa gift, so long as you have checked that he is the jewelry wearing kind. While the selection of necklaces available for men obviously isn't as broad as for women, there are still plenty of different styles to suit different tastes, from beads to religious crosses, to celtic designs, and many more.
Books of Humorous Quotations
These also fall into the category of things you would buy someone as a present but wouldn't really buy for yourself. I've bought books like these before for my friends solely so that I can spend hours in a bookstore reading through all the different books and chuckling away to myself. These make a great gift that can be bought for anyone assuming, and hoping, that they have a sense of humor. An added bonus is that they wouldn't admit to having no sense of humor so no one will ever know if they didn't like it.
A small amount of background research is needed here to find out what genre of music your gift recipient likes. This should be easy to do, but if you can't, or you find that they don't like music (gasp) then perhaps one of the other gift ideas would be better. CDs make great presents because (if my experience is anything to go by) a person always has a list of cds that that they want but haven't got around to buying/downloading!
Thanks the drinking game one sounds good, but I don't want to make an assumption he may not be a drinker. I will probably give him a gift card to a clothing store like calvin Klien or something thanks
i think i am getting my bf a teddy bear
Great gift ideas. I think just about everyone at my office would enjoy the drinking games! Thanks
Some nice ideas. Also good for those Secret Santa gifts at the office. I especially like the drinking games, although you'll need a really big stocking for those :)


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We've had isolated but frequent reports of certain bug and issues with the popular Nokia Lumia 900. We summarized them in our previous post as they include things like purple-grays on the display, camera shutter button that stops working and issues with the device volume keys not working.
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Isaiah 32 Good News Translation (GNT)
A King with Integrity
32 Some day there will be a king who rules with integrity, and national leaders who govern with justice. 2 Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a place to hide from storms. They will be like streams flowing in a desert, like the shadow of a giant rock in a barren land. 3 Their eyes and ears will be open to the needs of the people. 4 They will not be impatient any longer, but they will act with understanding and will say what they mean. 5 No one will think that a fool is honorable or say that a scoundrel is honest. 6 A fool speaks foolishly and thinks up evil things to do. What he does and what he says are an insult to the Lord, and he never feeds the hungry or gives thirsty people anything to drink. 7 A stupid person is evil and does evil things; he plots to ruin the poor with lies and to keep them from getting their rights. 8 But an honorable person acts honestly and stands firm for what is right.
Judgment and Restoration
9 You women who live an easy life, free from worries, listen to what I am saying. 10 You may be satisfied now, but this time next year you will be in despair because there will be no grapes for you to gather. 11 You have been living an easy life, free from worries; but now, tremble with fear! Strip off your clothes and tie rags around your waist. 12 Beat your breasts in grief because the fertile fields and the vineyards have been destroyed, 13 and thorn bushes and briers are growing on my people's land. Weep for all the houses where people were happy and for the city that was full of life. 14 Even the palace will be abandoned and the capital city totally deserted. Homes and the forts that guarded them will be in ruins forever. Wild donkeys will roam there, and sheep will find pasture there.
15 But once more God will send us his spirit. The wasteland will become fertile, and fields will produce rich crops. 16 Everywhere in the land righteousness and justice will be done. 17 Because everyone will do what is right, there will be peace and security forever. 18 God's people will be free from worries, and their homes peaceful and safe. 19 (But hail will fall on the forests, and the city will be torn down.) 20 How happy everyone will be with plenty of water for the crops and safe pasture everywhere for the donkeys and cattle.
Good News Translation (GNT)
Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society
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To seize the Day
I awakened today at 5 am to let the dogs outside. Rain, torrential rain. The dogs turned around and looked at me with their "do we have to go out there?" look. Finally their need to urinate took over their reluctance to surrender and go into the drenching downpour. They ran into the house and I put the heat on, to alleviate the damp chill.
After class, I got into my car noticing the sun had broken through, bringing warm rays of light into my vehicle. It won't last long, I surmised. Driving home I pondered going to lunch with my husband, as it was his day off. We went to the local Denny's and sat in a booth in the sun. The warmth of the light seemed to flow into our souls and we conversed about various and sundry topics. The coffee kept flowing, and the crowd fazed in and out of the surrounding booths.
Leaving the restaurant, I was drawn to look to the bluest sky with not one single cloud in it. My husband stood behind the car, awaiting me to unlock it for him with his face back, taking in the rays of the solar warmth. "The weathermen were wrong again, this was supposed to be a terrible day, rain and wind were fore-casted", he told me. I smiled, knowing that we were lucky to be the recipient of such grandeur. "And this is why I live in Seattle!", I croon, looking up at the sky, which was the most brilliant shade of blue.
The summer in Seattle is a magical time. Some people think Seattle is rainy all the time, and cloudy and dismally cold. And those who live here would just like to keep people thinking that way. You see, they do not want people to move here, and would rather keep this little known secret quiet. The winter may be cold, raw and rainy, but the spring and summers are glorious. There are not many days it is humid, and those days it is humid it is nothing like living in New England, Florida or Texas.
As I was pulling weeds in my backyard yesterday, I reflected on being in my "church", aka the outside world. I never liked gardening before moving here. I would get too sweaty, and usually get a rotten sunburn. Here it is cool, and the work seems to flow out of me, making me feel as though my work is play. I feel nature is the best spiritual place I know. Living close to Mt. Rainier is like being in a sacred cathedral. When it is hidden in the clouds, you almost forget it is there, and then then the clouds disburse, you see the majesty of the mountain jutting from the earth, as though for the very first time. It is a gift that keeps giving each and every year.
Seizing the day can be as simple as a quiet reflection upon the beauty that surrounds us. We need not make glorious changes or become affected by something no one has ever seen before, we can look at the very thing each and every one of see everyday and see it in a new way. The observer becomes enriched by the experience when viewed from a place of wonder.
I invite to to look upon that which surrounds you in a new way and view it from a spiritual perspective, as it was fashioned on the palette of God.
I love your phrase ". . .as if it were fashioned on the palette of God."
Truly, nature, in all her beauty, is like stepping into a spiritual cathedral.
Thanks for the hub,
Sierra Greer
Thank you, Aley, for such a timely reminder! It is much appreciated.
Lovely!! I've never visited Seattle, but my parents began their marriage there - in 1917! My eldest sister was born there. Mother loved gardening and growing things and was amazed at how prolifically anything grew.
You've absolutely expressed it - the value in a day is as near as one's nearest surroundings. My beloved & I derived such joy out of a sunset, pretty clouds - anything of natural beauty, we'd call each other to see when we happened to catch a glimpse of something lovely.
And sometimes the most temporal momentary sights are the most thrilling - the way a slice of sunlight cuts across the shadows into a room and transforms a vase or a countertop into a magic glowing canvas, or the rolls of ever-fading blues of canyons tapering off into the desert's dimming horizon almost pulls you along with them in ecstacy.
Yes. One must seize the day! There will never be an identical one!
I love this! Thank you, Aley!


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Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Blogging for Peace
I read a powerful post at MimiWrites, and I must admit I have ignored her badge that I've seen posted on others' blogs. I thought it was something superficial and I didn't want to pay attention. Quite frankly, blogging and keeping up can be really overwhelming and time consuming. But, today, a blogging buddy that I respect very much (yes, it's you Tammy) posted her Blog for Peace.
That prompted me to click through to Mimi's post. I was touched. I was moved. I was ashamed. There are no words for me to explain the "revolution" that Mimi took on so you must go there yourself and read her post.
Sadly, I am a little out of touch with what is going on in the world. Even though, and this may surprise some of you, I am prior service. Yup. I'm a veteran. Honorably discharged in 1992.
So, I have a new mission. To learn more about the wars, the devastation, the loss, the unrest... all in the name of rights, justice... whatever the fight is for. I'll begin the learning by reading Mimi's posts -- she's done a lot of research and a lot of writing to educate us and I'm going to do my best to learn.
But today, I blog for peace. I pray for the lost, I pray for our soldiers and for the people they sacrifice for. ... And, as I blog, I pray for peace.
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