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Number 290, September 26, 2004
"Taxation With Representation"
Survey of the Bill of Rights: Articles 7 and 8
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Amendment VII
I decided to combine Amendments in this week's article for a very simple reason: Both the Seventh and Eighth Amendments deal with judicial process. Probably I should have combined the Fourth through the Eighth, but I didn't, sooooo ....
These amendments are very short, and very simple, easy to understand for anyone but a lawyer, judge, or politician. The Seventh Amendment preserves the right of jury trial in civil suits. It also specifies that any jury decision is binding upon all courts in the United States, and may not be over-ridden except "according the rules of the common law", or in other words, the appeals process. By extension, this is a reiteration of the double jeopardy clause, an indication of how important the Founding Fathers considered this to be. We all know how much attention the government pays to the Constitution, so it should be no surprise that this amendment is frequently ignored.
In the Eighth Amendment, we are told that the courts are not allowed to impose excessive bail or fines, nor cruel or unusual punishments. This amendment suffers from the one common malady that the whole Bill of Rights does, in that some of the terms are ambiguous and are not clearly defined, leaving it up to the government to define it's own restrictions.
Anytime you allow the organization that is being controlled to determine the parameters of that control, that organization is out of control. There is no limit upon the actions of that organization except the good will of those who make up the organization. Therefore, when you have an organization which is controlled by power-mad control freaks, such as the BATF(E), the Justice Department, the Congress, or the office of the Presidency itself, those organizations do not pay attention to the clear intent of the Founders.
When the government unilaterally defines the terms of the social contract which is the glue which holds this nation together, without consultation, without consideration of the needs, wants or desires of those who empower the government, that government has voided the contract, and no longer has any legal or moral reason to exist. Unless the government returns to the original terms of the contract, there are those who would feel justified in repudiating that government in all particulars. You will notice that I am using language carefully, here. I am definitely not calling for or advocating any form of armed rebellion. What I am saying is that this government, by it's own actions, may be precipitating one. I am saying that unless there is a major change, and soon, it may be too late to prevent an armed rebellion. I am saying that when this government has gone so far away from the guidelines for it's actions (the Constitution), it is no wonder that the country has become so fragmented that it may be impossible to hold it together for any extended length of time.
Had the government abided by the Constitution in every way, at least those who were angry would know that there was some legal basis for their dissatisfaction. As it is, there is none, as there is no relationship between the government of the United States and the Constitution, with Congress, the federal bureaucracy, and the Executive Branch seeming to be in a race to see who can break the most strictures of the Constitution the quickest.
As always, I encourage each and every one of you to examine the facts, to learn and research for yourselves. Again, never, ever take my unsupported word for anything, and still less the word of any governmental or media outlet. Prove to yourselves that what I am telling you is the truth, at least as I see it.
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Wednesday tune in to CBS' channel here for live coverage of Obama's State of the Union Address. It will be his first since taking office a year ago, and he'll likely be addressing the ongoing issues of health care, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and his domestic agenda and plans for his next 3 years in office. Don't miss the coverage of this historic event, which starts at 5pm PST/8pm EST with pre-address coverage anchored by Cali Carlin and the live speech (with coverage by CBS anchor Katie Couric) at 6pm PST/9pm EST.
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On Tuesday at 4pm PST/7pm EST, tune in to Duke University's page here to watch a live, interactive episode of DukeReads. Duke has taken the concept of a book club and brought it online, for a chance to discuss Michael Cook's "A Brief History of the Human Race."
Tuesday night, stay up late with Taryn Southern (who you may recognize from hosting Ustream's coverage of the Golden Globes). Taryn hosts her own Top 10 show every week where she'll tackle everything from the best iphone apps to the best movies to the best music. Don't miss her unique, top 10 show on her channel page here at 7pm PST/10pm EST.
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Thursday night at 11:30pm PST/2:30am EST, tune in here for a sneak preview of the new film "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief." It's the latest from the director of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Meet the cast and be the first to see an exclusive clip from the upcoming film.
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Friday at 4pm PST/7pm EST, tune in here for Rear Naked Radio, a radio show devoted entirely to the latest news and events happening in the world of Mixed Martial Arts. The show is hosted by Dallas' own Richard Hunter, and often features live interviews with some of the top fighters in the sport.
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Acid–base homeostasis
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Acid–base homeostasis is the part of human homeostasis concerning the proper balance between acids and bases, also called body pH. The body is very sensitive to its pH level, so strong mechanisms exist to maintain it. Outside the acceptable range of pH, proteins are denatured and digested, enzymes lose their ability to function, and death may occur.
The body's acid–base balance is normally tightly regulated by buffering agents, the respiratory system, and the renal system, keeping the arterial blood pH between 7.38 and 7.42.[1][2] Several buffering agents that reversibly bind hydrogen ions and impede any change in pH exist. Extracellular buffers include bicarbonate and ammonia, whereas proteins and phosphate act as intracellular buffers; the relationship between multiple buffers in the same solution is described by the isohydric principle. The bicarbonate buffering system is especially key, as carbon dioxide (CO2) can be shifted through carbonic acid (Template:Chem/atomTemplate:Chem/atomTemplate:Chem/atomTemplate:Chem/atom) to hydrogen ions and bicarbonate (Template:Chem/atomTemplate:Chem/atomTemplate:Chem/atom) as shown below.[3]
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Acid–base imbalances that overcome the buffer system can be compensated in the short term by changing the rate of ventilation. This alters the concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood, shifting the above reaction according to Le Chatelier's principle, which in turn alters the pH. For instance, if the blood pH drops too low (acidemia), the body will compensate by increasing breathing[4] thereby expelling CO2, and shifting the above reaction to the left such that fewer hydrogen ions are free; thus the pH will rise back to normal. For alkalemia, the opposite occurs.
The kidneys are slower to compensate, but renal physiology has several powerful mechanisms to control pH by the excretion of excess acid or base. In response to acidosis, tubular cells reabsorb more bicarbonate from the tubular fluid, collecting duct cells secrete more hydrogen and generate more bicarbonate, and ammoniagenesis leads to increased formation of the Template:Chem/atomTemplate:Chem/atom buffer. In responses to alkalosis, the kidney may excrete more bicarbonate by decreasing hydrogen ion secretion from the tubular epithelial cells, and lowering rates of glutamine metabolism and ammonium excretion.
Acid–base imbalance occurs when a significant insult causes the blood pH to shift out of the normal range (7.35 to 7.45). In the fetus, the normal range differs based on which umbilical vessel is sampled (umbilical vein pH is normally 7.25 to 7.45; umbilical artery pH is normally 7.18 to 7.38).[5] An excess of acid in the blood is called acidemia and an excess of base is called alkalemia. The process that causes the imbalance is classified based on the etiology of the disturbance (respiratory or metabolic) and the direction of change in pH (acidosis or alkalosis). There are four basic processes: metabolic acidosis, respiratory acidosis, metabolic alkalosis, and respiratory alkalosis. One or a combination may occur at any given time.
- ^ MedlinePlus Encyclopedia Blood gases
- ^ Caroline, Nancy (2013). Nancy Caroline's Emergency care in the streets (7th ed.). Buffer systems: Jones & Bartlett Learning. pp. 347–349. ISBN 978-1449645861.
- ^ Garrett, Reginald H.; Grisham, Charles M (2010). Biochemistry. Cengage Learning. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-495-10935-8.
- ^ MedlinePlus Encyclopedia Metabolic acidosis
- ^ Yeomans, ER; Hauth, JC; Gilstrap, LC III; Strickland DM (1985). "Umbilical cord pH, PCO2, and bicarbonate following uncomplicated term vaginal deliveries (146 infants)". Am J Obstet Gynecol 151: 798–800. PMID 3919587. doi:10.1016/0002-9378(85)90523-x.
External links
- Stewart's original text at acidbase.org
- On-line text at AnaesthesiaMCQ.com
- Overview at kumc.edu
- Tutorial at acid-base.com
- Online acid–base physiology text
- Diagnoses at lakesidepress.com
- Interpretation at nda.ox.ac.uk


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The former Belgian monarch King Albert II, who abdicated in 2013, and his wife Queen Paola became great-grandparents for the first time yesterday, when their grandson Prince Amedeo and his wife Elisabetta "Lilli" became the parents of a girl, who saw the light of day at St Peter's Hospital in Brussels at 3.30 a.m. She was 52 centimetres long and weighed 3.3 kg. Prince Amedeo is the eldest son of Princess Astrid and was, until his uncle Philippe's late marriage in 1999, often thought to be a future Belgian monarch but is now sixth in line to the Belgian throne.
He did not seek royal consent ahead of his marriage to Elisabetta Maria Rosboch von Wolkenstein in July 2014, but later received it retroactively. King Philippe's decision to restrict the title Prince(ss) of Belgium to children and grandchildren of the monarch and heir apparent means that the newborn will not be a Princess of Belgium. However, she may use those titles Prince Amedeo has got from his father, a grandson of the last Austro-Hungarian Emperor, i.e. Archduchess of Austria-Este and Princess of Austria, Hungary, Bohemia and Modena.
Postscript: It was announced the next day that the newborn's name will be Anna Astrid, the names of her two grandmothers.
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
First great-grandchild for King Albert II
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What Is Business Activity Monitoring (BAM)?
Most enterprises use wide range of business applications such as CRM, SAP, order management applications and so on for their day-to-day operations. Each application interacts with one another as a part of the business operation cycle. As a result, it becomes difficult for the administrators/IT managers to oversee what is happening in the business environment. Let's say, a purchasing manager wants to see how many Purchase Orders are approved and denied every day while a sales manager might be keen to receive an hourly update on the list of products that are being ordered. If you notice, both the requirements are based on a single business process in the organization. This is where Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) can be used by managers as it provides a complete overview of the business processes across the environment.
BAM is a collection of tools that monitor business milestones and key metrics throughout a process in the BizTalk server environment. The business users can set up specific data points during the business process that will give them an insight to what is happening in the course of the process. The key aspect of BAM is that it can help users to view the business information in almost as real time as possible. This is referred to as 'Zero latency'.
Advantages Of BAM For IT Managers
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ASLCore: affordance theory, or "thing-inform"
Okay. In my last post, I danced around happily exclaiming about how cool the ASLCore project is for engineering and computing (and all the other fields it covers — philosophy, art, biology, literature, physics, etc.). In that post, I used the stress/strain curve (and its related group of concepts and their respective signs in ASL and words in English) to explain a bit of our process.
In this post, I want to discuss one of my favorite parts of working on ASLCore, which is that it leads to great conversations about what these words are, what these terms mean. These conversations happen both within the ASLCore team and outside it.
For instance, Mitch Cieminski (hearing, non-signing friend and colleague) and I were talking this week about affordance theory in the context of some of their work. During our conversation, I showed Mitch our new sign for "affordance." (Crucial note: our intent is not to be prescriptive or say that our sign is the "correct"one — it is to offer it to the ASL community as an option, and let people choose whether and how to take it up and play with it, because this is how language works: organically, communally.)
Now, unlike some other technical terms, there's no universalized set meaning for what, precisely, "affordances" are in English (or any other language, as far as I'm aware). If you're new to the concept, check out the Wikipedia page, and you'll rapidly find that the jury is still out on precisely what it means for something to "afford" something else; are we using Gibson's definition? Norman's? Someone else's? (Can any of these definitions really be viewed as formal definitions?) The design fields have been debating this for a while, and I don't think we'll resolve that debate of anytime soon. One reason I am really proud of our signs for "affordance" and "afford" is that they feel (to me) as if they capture the shared essence of the concept represented in that discourse… without attempting to come down on one side or another of the definition debate.
The sign for "afford" (which is a verb) comes from an ASL sign that is often translated into English as "to inform." It is directional, which means that it can be signed in ways that indicate who is informing whom. If I signed it starting from me and towards you, it can be translated "I am informing you." If I signed it towards myself, that might be translated as "inform me," or "let me know." You can use it in many ways, but it's typically set up as going between two beings/persons – person X is informing person Y.
Our sign for "afford" takes that same sign's motion and handshape — but instead has it come from a thing (here, represented by an invisible object held in the signer's other hand). It's what the object tells us. It's what the object lets us know — about itself, about how we might use it, and so forth. For an object to afford something is for it to be informing us via how it exists as an object (as opposed to, say, having separate documentation telling us how we ought to use it).
The noun form — what an object affords — is an "affordance." The sign adds the possessive marker (how we would indicate concepts like yours, mine, ours, etc.), which assigns the affordances as belonging to the object, and also changes it from verb to noun. Again, roughly speaking — the concept is that of the things that the object tells us about itself. ("See that object? See how it tells us things about itself? Those things it tells us — they are affordances.")
Mitch caught on immediately as to how we could play with the concept of "affordances" via playing with the sign. Would it, Mitch asked, be signed differently if I talked about what an object affords me, as opposed to what an object affords someone else? Yes, I answered; I'd just change the directionality — the object informs me, or informs you, or informs them, and you can tell which one I mean by which direction I make the sign in. We both grinned, because this is how affordances work — an object's affordances are relative to whoever might be using it. (An infant car seat affords sitting for my friends' tiny children — but it does not afford such for me as a full-grown adult who wouldn't fit.)
Thing-inform; what it is that the thing informs us of. Affordance.
Flash back to the ASLCore team discussion several weeks earlier, where I was attempting to explain the (very abstract, philosophical, and ponderously worded) formal definitions I had found to the translation team, using objects around the room as examples. A chair affords sitting. The loop on my water bottle affords my picking it up and dangling it on my finger; as does the handle on this mug, but this smooth-sided glass does not have this affordance. This door handle affords pushing, and also opening the door — but in a different way than that doorknob, or this plate on a swinging door.
We went through several translation options. Was an affordance something that was "possible" to do with a thing? No — it would be possible, albeit awkward and painful, for me to sit on my water bottle, but I would not say my water bottle afforded sitting in the way that, say, a chair does. Did "to afford" mean "to permit" or "to allow"? (This had been my previous closest sign for the concept.) No, that didn't feel quite right; we needed something stronger. Was it what was "all right" to do with the thing? No, this wasn't so much about social acceptability; weapons clearly afford harming people, but it's often explicitly not "all right" to use them to do so in most situations.
(We also punned bilingually. Until we settled on the current sign, we occasionally used the phonetic equivalent of "Afford-Dance" as a placeholder — the signs that you'd use to mean "afford" as in "afford the cost," and "dance" as in "dance to the music." The room was full of winks and grimaces, snark and linguistic play.)
Was an affordance like a feature? asked the translation team. Did something need to be a product in order to afford things, did it need to be a final product, or could a design or prototype or an object that was not designed by humans also have affordances? (Yes; a chair affords sitting, but so does a fallen tree stump in the woods.) How was the notion of affordance related to our earlier discussion of the functions of a product? (Later, we would discuss how a software function in the context of computer programming was both related to and distinct from this notion of the functions of a product.)
The team pushed my understanding of the topic, of the term, of it usage, of its interconnections. I've written papers using affordance theory, and I had never thought so hard about what it means for an object to afford something, or what an affordance was, or was not — I could no longer take the term for granted. Creating language is hard, folks! Creating language is hard, and it's one of the most wonderful kinds of hard I've ever experienced.
Anyway. We went off on this for a while, and then at some point, someone signed so, it's what the thing tells you about itself? and I swiveled around, electric: that, THAT! Yes! It's what the thing tells you about — how you can use it, what it's for…
And so they tweaked it, and then – thing-inform. Afford, the verb form. And then the noun form… what it is that the thing informs you of – affordance(s).
We had a sign. I was so happy that I think I actually jumped for joy. I definitely fist-pumped, and a bunch of (hearing) friends who knew affordance theory got all-caps, multiple-exclamation-points text messages during the next break that WE HAD A SIGN FOR AFFFORDANCE!!!! because I was… uh… maybe just a little bit excited. (There's a reason why my name sign comes from the image of a puppy's tail enthusiastically wagging.)
So that's the story of "affordance" and "afford," as best as I can tell it. I want to write this out for so, so many other signs as well — most of them have a story like this, and a meaning packed in, that is hard for non-signers to understand. I want to share with my non-signing friends some of the complexity and richness of what we are doing, in this world of engineering and computing ASL — because I hope you'll start to see how Deafness and Deaf culture and signed languages in engineering might be something marvelous to learn from, not something to pity or treat as a mere "accommodation" or "support" to help people "catch up" (which implies that they are "behind" to start with, which is not the way it has to be).
I want you to see this with the sense of play and joy and wonder and intensity we brought to it; I want you to see why it is beautiful — so you will want to see and use this language, too.


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I am in Melbourne now until Jan 16 (just arrived from yesterday after 3 weeks in Tasmania) and looking to kite while here. No wind at the moment in St. Kilda so will drive up to Torquay for a look this afternoon.
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Joseph R. Libonati, PhD, FAHA
Joseph Libonati investigates how exercise affects cardiovascular physiology, bridging the gap between laboratory and clinic to give health care providers new tools to affect clinical outcomes.
As director of Penn Nursing's Laboratory of Innovative and Translational Nursing Research, Dr. Libonati investigates how exercise training affects the heart in numerous cardiovascular disease states, including myocardial infarction (and post-myocardial infarction), hypertension, and cardiotoxicity from the chemotherapy medication doxorubicin. His background as a clinical exercise physiologist benefits his role as a leader of translational research, as he brings firsthand experience with cardiac rehabilitation patients to the laboratory.
"The ebb and flow of energy between teachers and students is very gratifying. I love it when a student says, 'Your class really helped me.'"
- PhD , Temple University, 1993
- MS, East Stroudsburg University, 1987
- BS, East Stroudsburg University, 1986
Dr. Libonati teaches pulmonary and cardiovascular physiology and advanced physiology and pathophysiology. He focuses on helping students apply fundamental physiology concepts to clinical challenges. Dr. Libonati counts seeing students continue to graduate school or successful clinical careers among his proudest achievements. He believes the opportunity Penn Nursing students have to participate in laboratory science through his and other laboratories is rare in nursing. Basic biological science opens opportunities for nursing students beyond what many schools offer.
Dr. Libonati's work, supported by grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the American Heart Association, appears in numerous venues, from peer-reviewed clinical journals to YouTube videos (including Penn Research News) and other media for the public on exercise science, heart health, and safe physical activity. While exercise is a positive, proactive strategy that affects nearly every disease, it can have less positive side effects for some patients and situations. Dr. Libonati's laboratory gathers the data that allow nurses, physicians, and other providers to make health and rehabilitation recommendations based on scientific data.
Does Exercise Help Stem Cells Survive?
A recent basic science study from Dr. Libonati's laboratory showed that aerobic exercise increased retention of transplanted exogenous stem cells in the heart. The basis for this investigation was clinical data showing that both stem cell therapy and cardiac rehabilitation help patients with heart attacks and heart failure improve. These findings sparked the research team's interest in the benefits of combining these therapies.
How Exercise Physiology Helps Nurses and Patients
The majority of U.S. health care providers are nurses. Because exercise can have such profound effects on so many health conditions, and nurses play so many roles, from providing patient education in the hospital to working in cardiac rehab, Dr. Libonati believes nurses who are well educated about the physiology and biology of exercise and its effects on conditions from cardiac rehabilitation to depression, can have an enormous potential impact on public health. This is especially important in an era of multiple chronic diseases and lifestyle-related disorders, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes, affecting patients at younger ages.
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As director of the state-of-the-art Laboratory of Innovative and Translational Nursing Research at Penn Nursing, Dr. Libonati and his team work with students at every level. It offers opportunities not only to Penn Nursing students but also to students from other universities. Every student is guided to the most appropriate role to participate in this important research.
Selected Career Highlights
- Fellow, American Heart Association - Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences
- Editorial Board Member, World Journal of Cardiology
- Editorial Board Member, Clinical Nursing Research
Selected Publications
- Kolpakov, M.A., Rafiq, K., Guo, X., Hooshdaran, B., Wang, T., Vlasenko, L., . . . Sabri, A. (2016). Protease-activated receptor 4 deficiency offers cardioprotection after acute ischemia reperfusion injury. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 90, 21-29. (PMID: 26643815).10.1016/j.yjmcc.2015.11.030
- Libonati, J.R. (2015). Exercise and myocardial remodeling in animal models with hypertension. In L. Pescatello (Eds.), Effects of exercise on hypertension: From cells to physiological systems. (239-253). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
- Libonati, J.R. (2015). Exercise and stem cell therapeutics for the infarcted heart. International Journal of Sports and Exercise Medicine, 1:008, Published online 5/18/2015.
- Sturgeon, K., Muthukumaran, G., Ding, D., Bajulaiye, A., Ferrari, V., & Libonati, J.R. (2015). Moderate-intensity treadmill exercise training decreases murine cardiomyocyte cross-sectional area. Physiological Reports, 3(5), e12406. (PMID: 25991723).10.14814/phy2.12406
- Chirico, E.N., Ding, D., Muthukumaran, G., Houser, S.R., Starosta, T., Mu, A., . . . Libonati, J.R. (2015). Acute aerobic exercise increases exogenously infused bone marrow cell retention in the heart. Physiological Reports, 3(10), e12566. (PMID 26486160).10.14814/phy2.12566
- Mann, S., Bajulaiye, A., Sturgeon, K., Sabri, A., Muthukumaran, G., & Libonati, J.R. (2014). Effects of acute angiotensin II on ischemia. Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System, Published online 12/8/2014, 1-10. (PMID: 25487980).10.1177/1470320314554963
- Sturgeon, K., Schadler, K., Muthukumaran, G., Ding, D., Bajulaiye, A., Thomas, N.J., et al (2014). Concomitant low-dose doxorubicin treatment and exercise. American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology, 307(6), R685-R692.10.1152/ajpregu.00082.2014
- Sturgeon, K.M., Ky, B., Libonati, J.R., & Schmitz, K.H. (2014). The effects of exercise on cardiovascular outcomes before, during, and after treatment for breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 143(2), 219-226. (PMID: 24337598).10.1007/s10549-013-2808-3
- Fachko, M.J., Xiao, C., Bowles, K.H., Robinson, K.M., & Libonati, J.R. (2013). Cardiovascular effects and enjoyment of exercise gaming in older adults. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 39(12), 43-54. (PMID: 23855328).10.3928/00989134-20130628-01
- Libonati, J.R. (2013). Is exercise really deleterious for the hypertensive heart?. The Journal of Physiology, 591(Pt 8), 2225-2226 (PMCID: PMC3634532).10.1113/jphysiol.2012.249094


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I shall be presenting a fresh series on God's Thoughts and Ways, looking at God's motivation and ministration and to see such reproduced in those who profess a divine relationship with Him. Seeing that we are His chosen offspring, the qualities that are revealed in our Father are also to be demonstrated in His children. We get our life, knowledge and inspiration from Him in order to be like Him and so give a convincing witness to all, in our families, the Christian community and the world at large of our likeness to the Father. May you be helped, blessed and inspired by what you read and such be further meditated on and developed.
Reading 2 Corinthians 9
Text 2 Corinthians 9: 15
There are many glorious virtues to consider concerning the thoughts and ways of God and among them is untold and bountiful giving. It can be truly said: He has a big heart and hand. If there is one pers0n that knows how to be gracious and generous it is He.
ENCOURAGING DIRECTIVE: CHRIST'S He, in the course of His life and teaching sought to stimulate and motivate His followers and listeners in this connection: "Give and it shall be giving unto you" – Luke 8: 38.What He was endeavouring to create and cultivate was a tremendous attitude and action on the matter of giving so people would be emulating God. He sought to life mankind into the thoughts and ways of God.
NO EQUAL: God has no equal when comes to the subject and expression of giving. He stands alone in this regard: He is mankind's truest, fullest, greatest an best Giver and Benefactor. There is an utter selflessness in God and He is forever inspired with this motivation, to give and wholly enrich His creation and creatures in a boundless fashion. It has to be realised that there is an infinite fullness and variety in god that never lessens one little bit in spite of His innumerable ministrations.
PERSONAL COMMITMENT: At a personal level He seeks to declare and demonstrate this aspect of His nature. To a man of 75 , Abraham, He promised to bless Him in a significant and magnificent manner – see Genesis 12: 1-4; Hebrews 6: 13-15. He believed in the goodness and greatness of God and knew it was to one of His thoughts and ways and so benefited from this divine assurance and connection. He tasted of the overwhelming generosity of the Lord.
It is needful to be taught and reminded of the extraordinary gifts and blessings He truly loads on humanity:
This is the chief and greatest bestowment that He could ever grant to humanity. There are many obvious tokens of His giving and each is worthy of note and thanksgiving, but what outshines all is the unique gift of himself.
To have and possess God, one owns everything that is wholesome and of infinite worth. The thing that God wants man to inherit and enjoy is His own person and presence and as this is known then the individual possesses all that is worth having that is choice, valuable and precious. They are enriched with an indescribable fullness and blessedness. To have God means that all of himself is ours to experience.
No one should underestimate the immense gift of human existence and it should never be taken for granted. It appears to be the highest form and position of being in this world and universe. The psalmist speaks of being "fearfully and wonderfully made" – Psalm 139: and it has to recognized as a generous bestowment.
As far as He is concerned it should be exploited to the full and in the finest ways imaginable. Life has within enormous potential that has to be released under His blessing and guidance. There is so much to break out, be released that yields so much enrichment and expansion.
It has to be realized that Christianity in essence and reality is the blessed bestowment of a divine person who has come with the objective of enhancing men in a very real, positive and permanent fashion. God came in the person of His Son in order not only to come alongside in incarnation but inside people so as to bless a person in an incredible manner. The Bible affirms it in John 3: 16. Paul elaborates further in Romans 8: 32 "If God spared not His Son but delivered Him us up for us all ( that is to the Cross), how shall He not with Him freely give us all things."
Through Christ, a person can be forgiven and cleansed from an awful sinful past and be favoured to becoming a child of God, taken care of and developed for time and eternity.
The incoming of Christ into life is to set people up for the arrival of the Holy Spirit. This wonderful third member of the Godhead is a further disclosure of generosity. He makes His advent with the purpose of filling the life with grace and gift. The grace is representative of the beautiful, quality nature of God and the gift of His ability in order to accomplish great and worthwhile things.
To the individual who decides to receive Christ and the Holy Spirit there is admission into the divine household, where one becomes a member of the family of God. John affirms: "To them who received Him (Christ) to them He gave the right to be the sons of God" – John 1: 11, 12. There is a belonging to a divine family that is loved, owned and cared for God and each has a close and warm relationship with the other that excels that of the natural human family.
The giving of God is more than of a temporary nature, He has something bigger in mind and prospect. Eternity has always been in God's thoughts for those who love Him and heaven with all of its blessings of immortality, pleasure etc.,will be known – see John 14: 1-3; 2 Corinthians 5: 1-10
No one can afford to miss out on the generosity of God but to taste it to the full.


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The facts and my musings about my life as a mother with mental health problems. How we all cope as a family. Parenting my child through depression and anxiety. Candid, sometimes bleak, sometimes hopeful, but always honest. One post won't tell you my story- follow me to get to know my life.
Sunday, 15 July 2012
My husband got his new job. He starts at the end of the month. That's going to be great.
In the mean time, We've all been sick with stomach flu. Very unpleasant and exhausting.
Oh, and yeah, we got evicted. My husband messed up and was $5 short on the rent. The land lady rang up and screamed at him, and said she's sick of us and wants us gone.
I really don't have the energy to elaborate much more, but I just wanted to get that out.
8 comments:
- Ami Crazzi said...
oh no! :( hope your alright?! are you going to have to move far from where you are now? sorry to hear your sick :( last thing you need on top of the eviction :( still good he got the job though :D xx
- 16 July 2012 at 10:04
- Mrs4444 said...
I'm sorry you're going through this, Maya. I'll say a prayer for you tonight...
- 15 August 2012 at 19:55
- AutismWonderland said...
I think you are incredibly strong. I admire your honesty.
Thank you for sharing your story.
- 16 August 2012 at 19:46
- It Feels Like Chaos said...
You are very brave for what you have shared here on your blog! Thinking of your family and hoping things get better soon -- hang in there!
- 16 August 2012 at 21:40
- nancygrayce said...
I'm so sorry! Please keep posting and people will keep loving on you and praying!
- 17 August 2012 at 06:03
- Unknown Mami said...
I'm so sorry you are going through tough times. I don't even know what to say about the eviction situation. It's absurd.
Sending you cyber-hugs!
- 17 August 2012 at 08:28
- Unknown Mami said...
P.S. I appreciate you blogging about your mental health issues. I have Panic Disorder and PTSD. I refuse to be ashamed about it and I'm tired of mental health issues being stigmatized.
- 17 August 2012 at 08:30
- DysFUNctional Mom said...
You are not alone.
If you need someone to talk to, shoot me an email.
- 18 August 2012 at 08:11
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Buffett encourages students to take care of their bodies and minds. He makes the five minute drive to his office stopping at McDonald's on the way.
Buffett has liked numbers for as long as he can remember. He sold snacks and magazines door to door as a child.
Buffett is the only person who has built a company from the ground up that is in the top ten of the Fortune 500. It owns 70 to 80 businesses that are run independently.
Buffett was born in Omaha in 1930 during the stock market crash. His dad lost his job and started his own investment company. His sisters talk about his childhood.
Buffett was unhappy when his family moved to Washington D.C. He tells stories about tormenting his teachers. He and his sisters were scared of mom.
Buffett's dad pushed him toward college. He finished in three years, then went to Columbia Business School.
Buffett talks about dating in high school and meeting his wife. She talks about his brilliant mind and heart of gold.
Buffett was terrified of public speaking and realized that he needed to overcome it. The Dale Carnegie course changed his life.
Buffett stays in Omaha, Nebraska because he loves it. He started a partnership and made a lot of money from thinly traded securities.
Buffett bought the house he lives in today in 1958. He and Susie had three children. Howie, Peter, and Susie Buffett Jr. talk about their mother and father.
Buffett grew up as a Republican, but his wife changed his views. She was involved in the Civil Rights Movement when her children were growing up.
Buffett compares investing to playing baseball. He first bought shares of Berkshire Hathaway in 1962 and later bought enough to control the company and change the management.
Buffett's liberal politics became more overt after the death of his father. He talks about how women are limited by society.
Munger led Buffett to look for wonderful companies at fair prices rather than chasing cheap stock. Buffett talks about "moats" as key indicators.
Buffett closed his partnership in 1969 and took the title of chairman. He has had the same 25 employees for years.
Buffett reads for hours each day. He and Bill Gates became fast friends. They both work hard and dislike frivolous things.
Hear Susie talks about her husband in a 2004 interview. His kids talk about what he was like as a father.
Susie left Omaha in 1977. Susie Jr. says her father was devastated. They disagreed on how much money to give away.
Buffett has an extraordinary ability to use float money to make acquisitions and grow Berkshire Hathaway. He did not disrupt management and established a good reputation.
Shortly after Munger and Buffett invested, the company came under investigation for improper trading of treasury bonds.
Buffett became interim chairman and convinced the Treasury to let Salomon Brothers continue trading. See footage from a 1991 House Commerce Subcommittee meeting.
Berkshire Hathaway celebrated 50 years in 2015. The company has more long term shareholders than any other.
Susie and Buffett continued their relationship while living separately. Her good friend Astrid moved in with Buffett.
Susie Jr. and her brothers talks about her mother's oral cancer diagnosis and surgery.
Susie Jr. recalls the night her mother died from a stroke. Buffett attributes his success to his late wife.
Buffett's children talk about how he reacted to Susie's death. In June 2006, Buffett announced that he would be giving most of his money away.
Each of Buffett's children runs a charitable foundation utilizing unique interests and talents. He explains that most of the money he has earned has no utility to him.
Buffett talks about his own luck. He has had a terrific life and does not fear death. He married Astrid on his 76th birthday.
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This blog is (mostly) about positive things such as miniatures. I bet that's why you are all here - making the rounds to see what other creative minds are doing in the mini realm. We all get each other, and I love that! Mini's are what I do to distract me from some of the tough stuff in life, and I am sooooooo grateful to have them. Usually, no matter what's going on in my real world, my minis are a way for me to escape and enjoy. But not always. I've had a tough couple weeks, so much so that even mini-ing didn't appeal to me. I'm sure you've all been there, and here's a hug for the next time you need it!
Thank goodness, like most tough times, it's now in the rear view, and I can focus a little time to the HBS Creatin' Contest build! When I last left off I had gotten the bunk beds and single bed made, and just needed to dress them. I found some awesome little quilts on eBay by tonis-treasures when I was
I made mattresses out of foam core and covered the visible "sheets" with fabric.
Attached the quilts to the foam core...
And voila!
A perfect fit for the space! I think the piggies are going to squeal!
Painted, stained and hole covered with a vase (cheap glass vial painted red inside). I did have some chair kits! Phew! That would have taken some major brain power to make three chairs from scratch, although I have done it before - from chop sticks, even!
I believe that takes care of all of the major furnishings for the build!
Next up, I needed to remove the Geico piggies from their bases. When I bought them, I thought I could just run them through the scroll saw.
Ummmm, No. Too wide and too tall. I attempted to use a Dremel cut off wheel attachment. Ummmm, No. They broke. A lot of them. What the heck was this stuff made of?!? Apparently, some kind of epoxy. So, I swallowed my "I can do it all by myself" pride and asked the tool expert - the hubs. He (patronizingly) said "no problem sweetie". But it was a problem! I kind of felt better that he had trouble, too! ;O) He Dremeled, he hacksawed, he coping sawed and I helped him grip. Finally! A giant mess (it looks like a DEA smuggling photo) to clean, but free piggies!!! And an awesome man willing to help!
And now, the fun part! Getting to dress and personalize each of them! Very exciting! More kits are involved! They're going to be so stinkin' cute!
Except, I got word that my next crazy busy work schedule will most likely start a week early. So that means like next week. No mini life well into August. :o( I'm sad, but that's life! Gotta pay the bills and buy more kits!
Tonight, I get to catch up on all of my favorite blogs! Have a very happy week!


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The actor and rapper received so much love from the crowd as she showed off his toned abs to the excited fans.
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I am convinced my Elite Novo Smart (based on QUBO) is reporting watts too high in Zwift (and therefore speed is also too high).
I haven't cycled in 4 or 5 months. Last time I went out on the road on a comparable ride when fitter than I am now, I averaged 150-160 watts according to strava estimated power, which is generally considered to be reasonably accurate and around 28mh average speed. On Zwift, in a very unfit state, I am getting 175watts average with 29mph on a very hilly circuit (London Loop with Box Hill) with my HR not exceeding 177bpm (max HR 205bpm), and this is after hugely reducing the P1,2,3 values. This cant be right.
I also seem to be getting very low watts uphill, and very high watts downhill. Isnt this the opposite of what should happen?
The trainer is setup in Zwift as power source and controllable trainer, through ANT FE+C.
Tire pressure is 110psi. I moved the roller until it touches the wheel, then another quarter to half turn, then closed the lever. My weight and height is correct in Zwift.
I have changed the P1,2,3 values through Bluetooth using the android app. They were originally 265,259,155, I have reduced them to 142,160, 125 and also set trainer difficulty to "high". When I save these it goes through the 25%, 50% process and seem to stick for that session (although they revert to original numbers the next day). But im not convinced changing these values make much difference!
I tried changing the P values through the windows calibration tools and FE+C, but the tool crashes and the values don't stick. It is a new Windows 10 laptop.
Wheel circumference is set at 47, 12 in the app. I don't seem able to change this. My bike tire, if it matters is 700c x 25.
I cant afford a power meter.
Is there anything I can do? I have seen various posts that this is an issue with Elite trainers with no solution, so I am at the point of returning the trainer but I don't want to do this if I don't have to.
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Sunday, March 13, 2016
Punxsutawney [Might] Have Predicted An Early Spring
I don't know if our little rodent friend Punxsutawney Phil was right, but I'm sure enjoying the warmer weather and early spring flowers. My crocus are in, and the snow drops are about to bloom. I love both of these not only because they are pretty, but it is the promise of putting those snow shovels away for another year.
My recent trip down to Florida kick-started my drought in beading. And with the flowers showing up in the yard, I was feeling like pulling out the beads even when I returned home to Connecticut. So I ordered a few things on Etsy including some vintage Czech glass buttons with dragonflies. I cut the shank off the back to make a perfect cabochon to bead around. I love the vintage mint green in the one. I think I'm going to put these on a simple chain so I don't over complicate the pattern. Thanks Phil for getting me going again, and fingers crossed we've seen the last of this winter!
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- JoJo said...
Those buttons are so beautiful. This has been the best winter. My acorn theory panned out. Past few years there wasn't an acorn to be seen in my yard despite having oaks. We had horrible winters. This past fall my yard was chock full of them. So many going to waste. I stated to anyone that'd listen, that the animals know they don't have to hoard this year so we should have a decent winter.
- March 13, 2016 at 7:40 PM
- Duni said...
LOVE the mint button with dragonfly! Can you believe we're still having subzero temperatures and it looks like they are here to stay...
- March 14, 2016 at 3:41 AM
- The Cranky said...
You know how much I love butterflies and these are beautiful examples; love the setting!
- March 14, 2016 at 5:45 AM
- windrock studio said...
Very beautiful pieces! I'm so glad the sun worked its magic on you and to hear that you have flowers in your yard. Hope your birthday was awesome, too!
- March 14, 2016 at 5:56 PM
- Liz E said...
Love the dragonfly buttons. I have a couple hoarded away somewhere. The beading is perfect, simple and elegant. May the sun shine, and shine, and shine!
- March 14, 2016 at 10:08 PM
- Claudia Aguilar said...
fingers crossed! your crocus are beautiful and so are the dragonflies buttons :)
- March 15, 2016 at 8:45 AM
- Magic Love Crow said...
Yeh!! Love seeing your beautiful creations! We hardly had no snow this year! It kind of scares us, because they are calling for a dry hot summer! Not good! I hope they are wrong about that! We are cooling down again and suppose to be getting some snow next week. Actually, I am happy about that! Sorry! But, I do hope Spring is early for you! Hugs!
- March 15, 2016 at 8:03 PM
- Shel said...
Oh - love the dragonflies. Especially the blue one, it just pops!! Your flowers are pretty as well and I'm excited that we had a mild winter here in central Illinois, too - especially since it was my first one back here in 3 decades! Looking forward to the spring flowers popping up here!
- March 16, 2016 at 9:34 AM
- Memories for Life said...
I sure hope Ol' Phil was right...I'm ready for Spring!
We had a few really nice days this last week, but now it's going to get cold again. At least everything is starting to turn green :)
Love your mint green piece. I think a simple chain would be great as well.
- March 16, 2016 at 10:18 AM
- Christine Altmiller said...
I love how that mint POPs with the antique gold in the beads and dragonfly! Very much a keepsake necklace. And the simple chain for them is perfect. You added just enough beads to these beauties. Were the shanks resin or metal?
Happy Spring, my friend!
- March 16, 2016 at 11:29 AM
- Eugenie MulberryWhisper said...
Those buttons are amazing, looking like exquisite jewelry. I like the gold one! As for the winter, ours was crazy - so warm, we hardly had anu snow at all in Uzbekistan this time. It was a great disappointment!
- March 20, 2016 at 11:33 AM
- Anna said...
What a great way to jump into spring and a new beading season, Cynthia. These are beautiful and I love their simplicity! I've done the cutting-off-the-shank-trick, too. It's perfect for all the beautiful buttons that are available :) Happy spring to you...us northerners are certainly ready for it!!!!
- March 20, 2016 at 10:27 PM
- D. Renee Wilson said...
They are pretty! :)
Where I live in Florida, dragonflies are everywhere! The most beautiful pair was dancing around me on the trail yesterday.
- March 24, 2016 at 9:11 AM
- Splendid Little Stars said...
ooo...lovely dragonflies! I love the mint green one, love it!
We are definitely having an early spring this year! A couple years ago it snowed in April. It WAS pretty on the tulips, but still...
- March 31, 2016 at 8:59 PM


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The family continues healing from the devastating loss of their son
John Travolta and Kelly Preston continue to rely on their family, friends and faith to cope with the devastating loss of their 16-year-old son, Jett, in January.
According to a family friend, Preston has made progress in her healing. "For months, she just sounded so tired, like everything was taking all she had," the friend tells PEOPLE. "She sounds a lot better now. She sounds rested, like she has turned a corner."
Jett's death has been especially difficult for Travolta, who shared a love of flying with his son. "He's so sensitive and loving," says the friend. "When this happened, he didn't know what to do with himself."
Travolta's friend (and Pelham 1-2-3 costar) Denzel Washington, who has been helping the actor deal with his grief, recently told reporters that the healing process is "going to take time."
Still, the couple (who have a 9-year-old daughter, Ella Bleu) are being strong for each other. "They've both had weak moments and strong moments, but they have found it inside themselves to be strong for the other person," says the friend. "They're the weakest when they're alone."
The friend adds Travolta and Preston will never truly get over the tragedy: "There is moving forward, but there is never moving on. Moving on means that they are cutting their losses and forgetting about it, but that's not what they're doing. They're picking up the pieces and moving forward."
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JSU defensive ace Javancy Jones is C Spire Trophy nominee
Jackson State has nominated junior defensive end Javancy Jones as the school's candidate for the 2015
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Jones, from football hotbed Noxubee County, leads the Tigers in tackles with 68, tackles for losses with 13 and sacks with four.
Jones was the SWAC's Freshman of the Year in 2013 and led the Tigers in tackles as a sophomore with 108.
Jones is the third nominee for the Conerly, following Mississippi State's Dak Prescott and Mississippi College's Marcel Newson.
Mississippi's 10 football playing senior colleges all nominate a finalist for the C Spire Conerly Trophy. Schools have until Nov. 23 to nominate a finalist for the award.
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Thursday, December 18, 2008
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Auburn's Monuments Man: Captain Robert K. Posey, U.S. Army (Auburn '26 and '27) and The Quest for the Mystic Lamb
Paul Harris, Department of Political Science and University Honors College
Date and Time: Wednesday, September 10 at 3 p.m.
Location: Caroline Marshall Draughon Auditorium, Ground Floor across the hall from Special Collections and Archives, Ralph Brown Draughon Library
With the establishment of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA) of the U.S. Army in the Fall of 1943, Auburn graduate U.S. Army Captain Robert K. Posey was assigned to General Patton's Third Army. As a Monuments officer, Posey was responsible for protecting and preventing further damage to cultural treasures in war ravaged Europe as well as tracking down stolen art works. His biggest discovery was the Ghent Altarpiece also known as "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb." The artwork was stolen by the Nazis in 1942 and stored in an Austrian salt mine. For his efforts in saving the "Mystic Lamb" Posey was awarded Belgium's highest honor, "The Order of Leopold."
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Friday, 29 July 2016
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`The Killing' open thread
A few questions for your consideration:
Is Bennet dead? Seems as though he must be, thus killing off this entire story line.
What was Belko doing in the background while Stan was administering all those blows? Hitting a rock? Why is he so darn high in the Suspect Tracker at the show's website? Is he just the last plausible suspect standing?
Which felt more formulaic to you, the scene with the little girl on the bike or the scene in the bar between Darren, the councilman running for mayor, and Gwen, his adviser/mistress?
Do you agree that there was just enough squirrely about Aunt Terry (pictured) and the textbooks in the car to make her a pretty decent suspect?
Aren't you glad there was almost no "will Sarah Linden or won't Sarah Linden go to Sonoma today?"" mutterings in the plot?
Salon -- (Matt Zoller Seitz)
Watching the first season of "The Killing" has been a uniquely weird experience, like watching the first season of "Homicide: Life on the Street" morph into "Scooby Doo." I can't think of another American crime drama that started so strong and imploded so quickly....Last night's installment contained two of the dumbest twists I've ever seen in a show that prides itself on being smart [the genital mutilation angle and the Grand Canyon t-shirt development].
The AV Club -- (Meredith Blake)
The Bennet dead end feels like an especially big waste of time because there are so many loose threads elsewhere in the narrative. ...What makes (fictional) murder interesting is the question of motive, and that's exactly what we don't have, 9 hours into this series. We've just got a bunch of dead ends... hile Stan was punching Bennet, Belko was punching a rock. If he didn't kill Rosie, then my name is Bennet Ahmed.... . The scene where all the kids walk out of class and the word "KILLER" is written on the chalkboard might be the most ham-fisted yet. ...The phone company needs 24 hours to trace Bennet's incoming phone call, because this show is set in 1989.... We've only got a few more episodes to go and, while I could still be surprised, I feel like The Killing is rapidly proving itself to be a missed opportunity...
HitFix -- (Alan Sepinwall)
We're at the point in the season where I'm just repeating the same complaints over and over again, and that's a waste of my time as much as it is yours
Los Angeles Times' Showtracker -- (Todd VanDerWerff)
Let's count up the coincidences, shall we?...the story line [is] so contrived, so obviously weighted to get the cops looking one way before jerking the rug out from under them, that the weight of all of that contrivance becomes too much for the show to bear....I'd like to say that this is the sort of thing the show can come back from, since it will be interesting to see what happens after Stan's beating of Bennet and with the investigation back at square one, but I'm starting to fear "The Killing" has burned me too many times to ever win me back.
Slate's Browbeat -- (Nina Shen Rastogi)
Last night, The Killing burned through whatever goodwill it had earned from me the previous week with an episode full of eye-roll-worthy plot contrivances and some really dumb police work. Its "shocking conclusion" may be enough to keep me going till next week, but just barely....Mayor Adams comes off like a cardboard, cartoon villain of the "you must pay the rent!" variety
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- HitFix -- (Alan Sepinwall)
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If you have endless questions about the ambiguous ending to HBO's The Night Of, the show's lead, Riz Ahmed, can't tell you much. He didn't during his appearance on The Late Show, at least, since host Stephen Colbert has yet to watch the season finale (no, really, that's the excuse).
Yet Colbert did note Ahmed's stardom has risen considerably following his recent work in The Night Of, Jason Bourne and, later this year, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. As a result, the actor is becoming a more recognizable figure, which Colbert segued into his experience being British-Pakistani, and how that's affected him in both the United States and Great Britain.
"When I was growing up, I felt like I had to qualify it and say I'm British-Pakistani," he said. "But now, I kind of feel like, in this day and age, this is what British looks like: looks like me, looks like Idris Elba. And hopefully through [The Night Of character] Nasir Khan, people will see that that's what American can look like as well."
Colbert jokingly suggested that would be difficult for Ahmed under a Donald Trump presidency, though the actor did agree with the Republican candidate on the job front.
Ahmed also discussed his budding rap career, under the mantra Riz MC, to which the host requested a few freestyle verses. Ahmed obliged, taking a cheeky jab at embattled Olympian Ryan Lochte in the process:
Colbert in a black tie, what a sharp gent
Looks like the chat show version of Clark Kent
I'm from the U.K. where it's not just Downton Abbey and those posh peeps
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The 12th Annual Jazz in the Gardens (#JITG2017), produced by the City of Miami Gardens, is a considered and one of the most anticipated music festivals in the country for a reason. If you missed out on this past weekend's festival, you were at disadvantage.
The two-day lineup of world class artists representing a dynamic mix of musical genres was amazing. This year's festival was hosted by comedy legend and entertainment mogul Rick Smiley. Jill Scott, LL COOL J, Common, Robin Thicke, The Roots, and other top artists made this year's festival nothing short of soulful. The lineup also included: Esperanza Spalding, Morris Day & The Time, Chante Moore, Will Downing, Smokie Norful, and local artists.
Thousands of festival-goers from the US and the Caribbean come each year for the ambiance, food, and good music. Fashion style at this popular festival were an array of bold colors & prints this year. Relive moments from the 2017 Jazz In The Gardens by seeing the pictures below.
On Sunday, two of the youngest actors from the Oscar award-winning and Miami-based film Moonlight, Alex Hibbert and Jaden Piner (pictured below) each received their own key to the city for their performances in the highly acclaimed movie:
We loved seeing the different expressions of fashion at this year's festival!
Esperanza Spalding is unique. This young lady is talented. The bass is a signature instrument in her performance, adding to her unforgettable stage presence.
On Saturday, music legend and Miami native Betty Wright accepted her key for over 50 years of continuous stellar contributions to the music industry.
Jill Scott delivered a stellar performance on Day One of #JITG2017