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The Paradoxy Center for Incarnational Christianity and The Public Conversations Project are seeking the help of newly ordained clergy, congregational leaders, and diocesan deployment authorities in assessing the extent of an emerging educational need for aspiring and recently ordained clergy: How to deal with congregational conflict arising from theological differences.
In the course of our work at The Paradoxy Center and The Public Conversations Project, we are regularly called upon to help church leadership manage divisions arising from theological differences. And we have noted that in many cases, if parish leaders had known how to recognize, prevent and transform emerging conflict, and how to harness theological differences as congregational strengths, these differences might not have become divisive.
If we are correct, and the need is a deep and broad as we suspect, our two organizations plan to work together to create and deliver learning experiences that will help aspiring and recently ordained clergy deal more effectively with theological diversity.
If you share our interest in determining the need for education and training in managing theological differences and transforming emerging conflict into healthy diversity, please take a few minutes to complete the one of the online surveys below, selecting the survey option that best matches your role in the Episcopal community:
- Survey of Clergy Deployment Authorities (diocesan deployment officers, bishops, cannons to the ordinary, etc.).
- Survey of Clergy Hiring Authorities (vestries, calling committees, rectors of multi-staff parishes, etc.).
- Survey of Recently Ordained Clergy (clergy in their first 3 to 5 years of ordained ministry).
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CEVER has a modern campus in the rural city of Yoro. In the past, up to 225 students attended classes here. Tuition costs were subsidized by U.S. donations and by the Honduran government. Today, there are only 116 students and donations from both sources have ceased. The goal of the church is to make CEVER less dependent on outside funding, relying on programing for sustainability. CEVER offers courses in culinary arts, woodworking, welding, and machining.
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TOPEKA, KAN. – A Topeka man has pleaded guilty to two commercial robberies, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.
Brendon R. Thompson, 26, Topeka, Kan., pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery. On Nov. 16, 2012, he robbed the EZ Payday Advance store at 2613 S.W. 21st Street in Topeka. On Jan. 17, 2013, he robbed the Family Dollar at 1313 S.W. 21st Street in Topeka.
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A lot of the time I worry "am I doing enough with our children"? In the bigger picture sense, things like: are they turning into good people? How much should they know about sex? Are they getting enough life experience? What if they don't have any spiritual practices. You know, small fry stuff like that which swirls round most parents' heads most days.
But even more frequently I think: "now what are we going to do?"
Like. We've got 3 hours till Mr DA gets home. They're bored. I don't have the energy to do anything creative or practical with them. It's raining. WTF are we going to DO to survive the next three hours without mass slaughter?!!!
When, as I was preparing to lead our women's group on Sunday, a lightning bolt struck that I just have to share with you.
That there are only, truly two things I need to do as a mother.
To find my own centre.
And to hold the space.
End of!
(Now this is the embarrassing bit where having bigged it up, you're like "durgh! of course, Lucy!") But I've started so I'll finish!
Sure, we all know, on one level that being a "good" parent is nothing about the amount of playdough or painting or nature walks we do with them. We know it in theory, but many of us don't know it on a gut level, in a way that informs our every day decisions.
That is why this revelation was nothing short of a bolt of lightning from the blue. It united a number of previous observations I have made in the science lab of extreme parenting - otherwise known as in my daily life.
So, I notice that when I am below par, tired or ill, that the children go all jangly - as though they can no longer feel their energy being held by me, and so they are pushing the boundaries on every side to try and find where they are, to feel safe. This is the unseen work of parenting, but that which really counts. We can't really SEE when it's being done, but it is really obvious in its effects when it's not.
The equations go something like this...
Mama sick = mad kids. Mama tired = evil kids. Mama happy = happy families.
This is why self care is so important. It's not just feelgood twentieth century mumbo jumbo. It directly contributes to the wellbeing of the entire family.
Holding space takes energy. Concentrated energy, for those of us who are not, this year at least, fully enlightened beings.
Sometimes holding our centre in the midst of the mundane is a lot trickier than in crisis, when the choice is more stark: hold your centre or freak out.
There are times when I know that holding my centre was all I can do. With Aisling's fall. In birth. With other of the children's injuries and illnesses. With many tantrums. Finding my centre. Allowing myself to remain there as everything goes on. As fear and sadness and anger and despair, and not knowing what to do swirl around me.
By holding the space I mean being really, deeply present, emotionally there. Not adding any emotional stuff to the party. Being as pure and transparent and there in the moment as is humanly possible. Being totally there for them. Being responsive, flexible, breath by breath.
Holding the space often means physically holding too. Just holding, not fixing, not clinging. Just body to body, heart to heart, offering the comfort of your presence.
And when I can keep my centre, I can hold the space, breath by breath - hold it so that everyone else feels safe to be the way that life is making them at that moment - then I am doing my sacred job as mother. I am being their womb space, their soft place to fall, their mothersoul, their advocate. I am there, completely, for them.
But when I am off centre, I cannot do this. When I am tired, overwhelmed, anxious then I react. I am pulled into the emotional storm. Or I am trying to escape - mentally physically.
Life has been hard with tantrums and sick kiddies these past weeks.
Sometimes I find my centre, and hold the space, and fulfill my sacred role in a way that I am proud to call myself their mother.
And often I don't. And I feel shame and regret.
But now I know, in really simple terms, what it is I am aiming at, it makes it seem more doable.
And perhaps it will for you too!
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Quite a few newspapers and television stations across America have posted various versions of the following short Associated Press story on their websites. For the sake of clarity, here's the whole report:
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Police in a Phoenix suburb are looking for a father suspected of running down his daughter because she was becoming too "Westernized" and was not living according to their traditional Iraqi values.
Police say 48-year-old Faleh Hassan Almaleki of Glendale allegedly ran his daughter down Tuesday at an Arizona Department of Economic Security parking lot in Peoria.
The victim, 20-year-old Noor Faleh Almaleki of Surprise, remains hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. A second woman, 43-year-old Amal Edan Khalaf, also of Surprise, suffered non-life threatening injuries. Police say the women are roommates.
What's the first thing that leaps into your mind when you read that? The question that hit me was this one: What, pray tell, are "traditional Iraqi" values? Believe it or not, the early coverage from the Arizona Republic also tap-danced around that issue.
As you can see, the AP report does not even raise the issue of whether this incident is linked to Islam. Surely someone asked if the father is part of the local Sunni or Shiite community? And what about the other victim. Note the ages. What is going on here? Might this have been an attempt at an "honor killing"?
Well, it seems that journalists are asking some of these questions over at ABC News and they may be catching flak for doing so.
Here's a link to the story. Now, when you move your mouse over the URL, or open it in a browser, look at the original title for this news story. The URL says it right up front:
And it appears, in my browsers, that the "tab" headline at the top of the page still says this: "Arizona Police Hunt for Muslim Father Who Ran Over 'Westernized' Daughter."
But when you open up the story, the headline says this: "Arizona Police Hunt for Dad Accused of Running Over Daughter -- Police Say Faleh Hassan Almaleki Believed His Daughter Was 'Too Westernized.' " That's an eye-opening piece of editing, to say the least. Meanwhile, the top of this story by Sarah Netter contains a crucial new detail:
Police in Arizona are hunting for an Iraqi-American father who they say ran over his daughter with his car to punish her for becoming "too Westernized" and rebuffing the conservative ways he valued.
Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 48, was last seen fleeing the parking lot of the Department of Economic Development in Peoria, Ariz., Tuesday after hitting his 20-year-old daughter and her boyfriend's mother with his Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Noor Faleh Almaleki is in "life-threatening condition," Peoria Police spokesman Mike Tellef told ABCNews.com today. Her boyfriend's mother, 43-year-old Amal Edan Khalaf, is also still hospitalized, but with non-life threatening injuries. "It occured because her not following traditional family values. We've been told that by everybody," Tellef said. "He felt she was becoming too westernized and he didn't like that."
So, did this take place because the daughter was dating the wrong kind of Muslim? Or was she dating a young man from a family that was from the same branch of Islam, but was practicing a more modernized, pro-Western form of the faith? It is also possible, but the odds would be against this, that the boyfriend's family had converted to another faith.
However, ABC has another detail that clearly points toward an "honor killing" theme.
Noor Almaleki had backed out of an arranged marriage about a year ago, police learned, and had been living with Khalaf and her son in a nearby town. Tellef said the young woman dressed in American clothing and was wearing typical Western attire when she was struck.
To the newsroom's credit, ABC directly addresses the subject of "honor killings," including a candid source that shows why reporters really need to be careful. Once again, there is no one, all-powerful Islamic authority on this kind of topic, no dogma that applies to all Muslims. But is there any way to cover this without discussing what SOME Muslims believe, while others disagree? No way.
Thus, we read:
Ibrahim Ramey, human and civil rights director for the Muslim American Society's Freedom Foundation, told ABCNews.com that whenever this type of crime involves a Muslim it can serve to elevate the fears of people who may already harbor misconceptions about Islam.
"It's reprehensible," he said of honor killings. "It's wrong."
Ramey pointed out that a verse in the Koran specifically states that there is no compulsion in religion, meaning that people can not be compelled or coerced into being Muslim or adhering to a certain set of rules.
Yes, the ABC News report links this to the on-going coverage of Rifqa Bary, a 17-year-old convert to Christianity who fled her home in Ohio, believing that her life was in danger because her new faith would bring dishonor on her parents. Then there was that 2008 case in Texas, involving the deaths of Amina and Sarah Said of Lewisville, Texas (second photo).
If anything, the ABC News report is unbalanced because of its lack of authoritative voices that can explain that "honor killings" are real, if rare, and the cultural and religious circumstances that produce them (the rejection of arranged marriages being a common theme). Still, the story at least names the issue and discusses it in a sensitive manner.
In far too many reports, readers were left to ponder the content of the phrase "traditional Iraqi" values and whether that means what they probably thought that it means.
Photos: Faleh Hassan Almaleki, in a photo released by the Peoria Police Department. Amina and Sarah Said of Lewisville, Texas.


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On Saturday 20th February, with the kind assistance from 3801 Ltd and our Goodmates at Goodwin Alco, the CPJ lounge car from the 3801 Ltd fleet was made available to the ARHS to assist in our fundraising efforts towards the locomotive branch projects(particularly 6029).
Excellent weather and beautiful country side, with a nice pub lunch travelling in a quality lounge carriage made for a great day out.
At the start of the day, with the sun in the right position, a number of pre-departure shots were taken.
Here is some of the happy travellers in the CPJ lounge car - Gav, Megs, Dave, Peter and Andrew.
We also have Fred and Stuart as our carriage attendants standing outside on the CPJ at Central.
Cab side of 4501.
Goodmate Paul Stapo at the controls of 4833.
XPT power car XP2013 on platform 4 at Central.
4833 sitting on the lead of the train at Central
Second unit 4501 on the consist.
Our Goodmate, Col the electrician onboard. Always good to have back up technicians onboard, just in case!
Here is a shot of part of the travelling group, Andrew, Dave, Stuart, Col, Pat and Gav.
A brief stop was made at Lithgow to change the crews. Here is 4833 and 4501 on the front of the consist ready to tackle the branch.
The lounge car, first vehicle behind the engines - good location to hear the lusty chant of the alco beat.
Our good mate Pat the electrician.
The Wallerawang-Kandos section is full of long runs up-grade and running around curves of the hills found in this location. Here are some shots taken from the vestibule of the CPJ - looking forward with the engines, but also looking back on the consist.
Very scenic countryside!
Here we see the train approaching one of the few passing loops. This loop was full of track machines, presumably because of ARTC works going on the branch. If the rumour mill is correct, apparently there is some moves for the line to reopen back to Mudgee past Kandos... only time will tell.
A good day out always bring out the motorcaders!
One of the most picturesque parts of the NSW rail network has to be the former loop site at Brogans Creek - here we see the 48 and 45 having just arrived.
The lovely Megs decided to not jump out and join the mobs of photographers!
Our Goodmates from 3801 Ltd, Steve, Jason and Dave.
Another goodshot of the 48 and 45 at Brogans Creek.
A remnant from another era - the old water column hasnt seen use for a little while.
The obligatory line up of photographers.
Happy days indeed - Andrew and Pat mingling.
Can you spot the illusive hillside gunzel?
Parade of legends - Gav happy, Dave on the phone to the Mrs, and Ivan enjoying one of the Goodwin Alco hotdogs. Must be good, two were had!
Ivan reckons those hotdogs were the bomb!
Professional photographer Pat taking a picture of Privateer Oldmate.
The standard issue line up of photographer.
The roll-by of the consist with the photos being taken.
The train has just arrived at Kandos.
Gav at Kandos.
Of course, here is Col, Dave and Andrew!
The engine crew who drove the train into Kandos - Steve and Jason, thanks guys!
Here is the consist at Kandos.
At the moment, Kandos is the end of the branch line. A permanent block has been fitted at the end of the station section with a fixed signal set at stop. Time will tell whether the line will be reopened.
Very pretty countryside.
Another shot of the end of the line.
The lunch venue - the Kandos Hotel.
Gav, Andrew, Dave, Pat and Meg about to enjoy a delicious lunch at the hotel.
The lounge car at Kandos.
Old mates, Bob from Goodwin Alco and Jason from SSR talking shop.
Goodmate Steve have a discussion.
Enjoying the day out, we see Dave and Gav having a good time.
The opportunity was taken to get some shots of the consist at the Up end of the platform.
Yep, we're at Kandos!
The engines sitting on the Up end almost ready to depart.
The youngest crew in NSWGR history?
The CPJ as far as it can go at present - the end of the line!
More scenic countryside.
Megs, Peter, Dave and Pat in the CPJ.
Happy days Duffman!
Poor Paul, almost married and a sign of things to come?
Sleepy Duffman!
Good on ya Fred! Fun day out.
More of the travelling groups, clockwise from lower left, Peter, Ivan, James, Scott and Stuart (visiting Victorians), and another 6029 supporter!
Baal Bone Junction with 4833 smoking it up.
Matching outfits, Megs and Paul...
Ah yes, no trip complete without the A-Team.
Party on the river at Penrith.
Leaving Blacktown, fun times had by all and no more light left to take pictures!
Next fundraising trip, we'd love to have you join us for good times and a great experience.
Happy ALCOing until then!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
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It is not, for example, commonly known that alcohol, and more specifically alcoholism, can cause hair loss.
A multitude of reasons have been cited by researchers, along with an equally large amount of solutions as to why we lose our hair. However, it is generally agreed that the two major causes of hair loss are:
There are 3 reasons as to why alcohol causes hair loss:
The fact that alcoholics rarely have a balanced diet can also add to vitamin deficiencies which contributes to weakened hair.
Our hair is made up of 2 main components.
These are the shaft and the root. Apart from that, it is vital to know that cells are formed at the root and will die out as time goes by, stimulating hair growth.
In addition, our hair is like a tissue that requires constant nourishment in order to stay healthy and grow well.
Losing small amounts of hair is not something that you should concern yourself with and it is in fact, a very normal occurrence.
Research and studies have shown that 10% of our hair is in a state of constant rest and has a possibility of falling off. The remaining 90% is kept in constant growth at an average rate of about 1 cm a month.
The lifespan of each particular strand of hair is usually between 5 and 7 years.
Nonetheless, it is possible that external factors such as aging, malnutrition and consumption of alcohol can shorten the lifespan of hair and result in hair loss.
The time to start worrying about hair loss is when your normal pattern of hair loss changes and it is only you who can determine what normal is.
If you are worried about losing hair, then it is time to visit your physician/doctor.
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It is not common for someone who drinks moderately to suffer from hair loss. If you do, it is more than likely caused by something other than alcohol.
Another thing: hair loss is a relatively minor side effect of alcoholism, there are other, far more serious, physical effects of alcoholism not to mention the effects of alcoholism on those living with an alcoholic.
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text: Salesforce.com + ExactTarget: A Marketer's Match Made in Heaven? By Billy McNair in Digital Marketing on July 3rd, 2013 Share this article: The marketing world has been abuzz after the announcement earlier this month that enterprise software giant Salesforce.com will acquire ExactTarget. So why did the company behind the number-one-selling sales and CRM system make this purchase, what will be gained by the two companies merging together, and most importantly, what do these changes in the marketing software industry mean for your brand? First, let's focus on the existing strengths of each company and how they complement each other. Salesforce.com's software is known for excelling in influencer relations. The company's offerings have helped thousands of organizations automate internal sales processes, allowing them to gain customer insights that they use to leverage relevant one-to-one communications. Enter ExactTarget, the number one cloud-based marketing software company, whose platform streamlines everything from email to texting to social media. It's easy to see how these two companies' offerings naturally go together. But the move also illustrates Salesforce.com's developing strategy to be a big player in the cloud space. In September 2012, the company unveiled the "Marketing Cloud," which harnesses the social media marketing power of industry leaders Radian6 and Buddy Media. Now with the acquisition of ExactTarget, the "Marketing Cloud" has grown to include cross-channel digital marketing automation capabilities that encompass web, email, mobile and lead management (Pardot). In other words, Salesforce.com will be able to leverage all of these services to connect the dots of customer engagement. In terms of what this means for brands, the convergence of these two companies signals the arrival of comprehensive marketing platforms that will enable marketers to collect, analyze and respond to data across multiple channels at a customer level. Not only will marketers have the ability to create and automate engaging, transparent, targeted communications, Salesforce.com is hoping the acquisition will allow marketers to directly manage the integration of databases and applications to quickly respond to customer needs—instead of falling onto the shoulders of overburdened internal IT departments. As companies scramble to adapt to a changing digital marketplace, early adopters in the marketing automation and CRM space will have a measurable advantage against their rivals, resulting in increased revenue. There is a reason why Gartner states that by 2017 the CMO will be responsible for more technology spending than the CIO— because it's his or her job to drive that unique, relevant customer experience in an ever-changing digital marketplace. And just how will these marketing managers accomplish this? With the acquisition of ExactTarget, Salesforce.com is making a major play to be the one-stop solution for CMOs everywhere. If you're interested in learning more about launching successful email campaigns, contact us today!Related PostsHow To Take Advantage of the Swing to Native Advertising5 Common Challenges Facing Today's Digital MarketersBing Shop 'til You DropOh Snap! Snapchat Just Upped Their Ad GameHow Inactive Subscribers Can Affect Deliverability


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As we knew on Thursday, a viral marketing effort had begun for "The Dark Knight" with this website serving as a political ad for Aaron Eckhart's character of Harvey Dent campaigning for Gotham District Attorney in the upcoming "Batman Begins" sequel.
Now, over the weekend, Joker cards were "found" spread all over a comic book store in Southern California with the words "Ha Ha Ha I Believe in Harvey Dent Too." A few hours later, up went the website ibelieveinharveydenttoo.com which results in the same promo image seemingly defaced by the Joker.
Cute, but nothing of note really. An input box asked for users to submit their e-mail address, and those who did received a link with co-ordinates. Once entered, each co-ordinate removed a 1×1 pixel from an image – an image that seems to be Heath Ledger's new look as The Joker in the film.
When I tested it about twelve hours ago, the image was half revealed – a collection of spots really, but features were showing up. Now this image has emerged over at batman-on-film which reveals the pic in full. The visage certainly fits in with Nolan's more real and dark take on the character, one wonders how they're going to keep this whole thing PG-13.


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NYSIM hosted a 4 hour immersive simulation on Patient Safety and Quality to orient the In- coming Interns to the NYULH culture of being a High Reliability Organization. The program included Group OSCE's, a Patient Safety Room and Case Based Discussions. In June 2017 we hosted 156 incoming interns from 7 residency programs and this year we will host 205 in- coming interns from 17 residency programs.
The oral abstract presented at SGIM, Simulated First Night-onCall (FNOC): Establishing Com- munity and a Culture of Patient Safety for Incoming Interns, presented at the SGIM 2018 annual meeting, has been selected as the Best Oral Presentation in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety.
Alex Mack has been with our team for 2.5 years. She has had the roles of Simulation Operations Spe- cialist and Senior Operations Specialist. With the support of the Standardized Patient (SP) Program team and the guidance of Dr. Zabar, Alex has transformed the standardized patient program processes at NYSIM. We are fortunate to be able to promote her to a Program Supervisor Role. In this new role Alex will continue to support programs but will also supervise NYSIM standardized patient processes and programmatic changes including technology needs; assist with NYSIM website design; and recruit, train and supervise staff within the SP program.
Senior Simulation Operations Specialist Crysandy Marte has been with our team in the role of Simulation tion Operations Specialist for 1.5 years. Crysandy came to NYSIM with experience from the University of Vermont Clinical Simulation Lab. We are pleased to be able to promote Crysandy to a Senior Simulation Operations Specialist position. Crysandy will continue to support the day to day operations of simulation programs but will also support Sarla Santos, the Assistant Director of Operations, in coordinating and troubleshooting scheduling requests; coordinate the intake/design meetings; assist in the development and implementation of new standard operating procedures and assist with maintaining and enhancing NYSIM's vendor relationships.
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Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who hosts "Fareed Zakaria: GPS" on CNN at 1 and 5 p.m. ET Sundays.
Analyst Fareed Zakaria says he's surprised that Karzai disagrees with a key Obama strategy in Afghanistan
(CNN) -- The Afghan government will change a law that critics say legalizes rape within marriage for Shia Muslims, President Hamid Karzai told CNN Thursday.
In an interview to air on Sunday's "GPS" program, Karzai told CNN's Fareed Zakaria that he and others were unaware of the provision in the legislation, which he said "has so many articles." Karzai signed the measure into law last month.
"Now I have instructed, in consultation with clergy of the country, that the law be revised, and any article that is not in keeping with the Afghan Constitution and Islamic Sharia must be removed from this law," Karzai said.
The president's comments came one day after several hundred demonstrators, mostly women, faced off over the law, which critics say prevents women from declining their husband's request for sexual intercourse and essentially legalizes marital rape.
The measure applies to the 20 percent of Afghans who are Shia Muslims. It was part of a nearly 270-page piece of legislation that was written to solidify the identity of the Shia minority in Afghanistan.
Zakaria spoke to CNN about other topics he discussed with Karzai.
CNN: Is President Karzai on board with President Obama's new Afghanistan strategy?
Fareed Zakaria: I was surprised when he repudiated what is perhaps the key American strategy: having U.S. military officers on the ground negotiate with local "reconcilable" Taliban members in order to enlist them into militias.
According to the plan, those militias would then enforce local security and help to keep the peace.
President Karzai said that Americans will never be successful negotiating themselves -- that they must work through Afghanistan government officials.
"If you want to accomplish a local deal with a certain Taliban commander at a tactical level, good enough. But even that has to be done in agreement with the Afghan administration [government] at the local, provincial level. Without that knowledge in the Afghan administration [government], this peace process will not go anywhere."
CNN: What do you think of what's going on in Pakistan?
Zakaria: Well, there have been months of growing instability, and serious foreign policy analysts are now candidly speaking about the prospect of the collapse of Pakistan. David Kilcullen, a frequent guest on this program and once a key adviser to General David Petraeus, has said that we need to face the possibility that the Pakistani government could fail, and it could happen within a month.
CNN: Do you think that will happen?
Zakaria: I don't think it's imminent, but as Ahmed Rashid, author of the book "Descent into Chaos," says on our show this week, "Pakistan is in a very precarious position in its existence. I don't think it can immediately collapse -- it's a big country, 170 million people, very many different ethnic groups. But certainly the spread of the Taliban in Punjab is really critical."
CNN: Why is it so critical?
Zakaria: The area Ahmed Rashid mentions, the Punjab, is the province that is home to more than half of the entire Pakistani population. As one Punjabi police official told a reporter, "If you want to destabilize Pakistan, you have to destabilize Punjab." The Taliban are successfully gaining greater influence in this region.
CNN: And what is going on in Pakistan is also affecting Afghanistan, right?
Zakaria: Yes, and Afghanistan remains unstable. Defeating the Taliban in Afghanistan might pave the way to lessen their power in Pakistan. Many observers agree that the best possible chance at all of this is to try to repeat what worked in Iraq. We divided our real enemies from those who we could buy onto our team. In military speak, we co-opted the reconcilables.
CNN: Do you think it will work?
Zakaria: It sounds simple, and it was, relatively, in Iraq. But it's not so simple in either Pakistan or Afghanistan.
First, Al Qaeda in Iraq was a foreign group with little sway over the locals, but the Taliban are native to Pashtun areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, and therefore have built-in loyalties.
Second, the Sunnis in Iraq knew that they had to come on board with the Americans or they would face the fury of the Shiite majority. There is no comparable dynamic that scares the Taliban into our arms.
CNN: So what do we do?
Zakaria: Well, as everyone says, it's very complicated. It's also why this week's show is focused on getting to the bottom of what is going on with the Afghanistan/Pakistan situation.
We have Afghanistan's President Karzai as well as Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, President Obama's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. I am sure you will learn a lot. Make sure you watch this Sunday.
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Some random stuff about games
Thursday uses to be the day we go shopping for the coming week. When we are done and rearranging the goods in our wagon, I had to think of the thread on games and gamers. All three of us grew up with games, consoles, PCs and the like, and one of us usually starts humming the Tetris theme when we are trying to order the groceries in the most effective and fastest way possible while working against the clerk who is always too fast scanning them. I prefer the first level, Lin skips in with the second one after some repetitions on my part. Not all the staff get the connection and some give us really disturbed looks at times
As I got started with the game topic for once, there has been something adorable but yet creepy happening over the last weeks. Lin and I met while playing some MMORPG online. It's our most favorite kind of game and we use to play most of them together, single or multiplayer. Sward's taste in games has always been ... well, to put it neutrally: different. I don't know if it rings any bells with anyone, but he played Farming Simulator for years. Driving over virtual fields, gathering in the harvest, sowing new seeds, cultivating the fields, again and again and again. I get sleepy when I watch him drive over these one-colored fields after ten minutes, the most exciting part in this game is when you have to avoid getting stuck in traffic jam on your way from one field to the other
When Lin moved in, Sward saw his chance: He got Lin to start playing Farming Simulator and asked him to design some trucks and farming machines. They are of high detail and there is a whole community designing those vehicles for fun. As Lin is able to draw really well, he is such a great art designer, I love his pictures, those machines came out great. I think that it's good that the two of them found something to do together, I just wished it would have been something different But to each their own, isn't it?
Another little anecdote on games:
When we started visiting the fitness center I was doing my workout as my trainer noted it down. But his handwriting was so hard to decipher that I was standing there quite clueless and finally asked him. What is an ADD-machine? Little pause, looking askant at me and answered: My dear, you obviously played too many games. We didn't know each other well at that point but we had to laugh and the little warrior inside of me broke through. Well, I would have been ready to stand on court like you do with those tennis machines that shoot the balls to you, fighting off masses of little goblins coming at me. Just hand me my axes. This resulted in him going to a machine where you have to press the legs together, training the inside of the thighs (the one that gave me this horrible sore muscles at the start of our training) and sticking the plug a bit deeper in again, giving me 10 more kilo to master. A little furious one here, hm? Feel free to get yourself exhausted with this. Big smile on his face.
[For those not having a clue what this little geek is talking about here: add is the short-form for additional, meaning some unplanned attention-grabbing of some creatures in a game, that you didn't wanted to bother you right at that point in time. Resulting in too much to do for you and maybe too much for you to handle, possibly resulting in your virtual death.]
To bring this totally off-poly-topic post to a close in the right fashion, one last bit that is game related. Lin and I decided to restart the project that failed last summer this year again. It's such a great MMO-concept and I just know that our ideas are good, that we worked everything out just fine and that the publishers are still interested (it's a money matter on their part), we will see what they are going to say about the possibilities and such this summer. It would be real waste to forget about all the work we put into it.
Facts: 30, female, bi, v-type relationship with Sward (husband, straight, mono) and Lin (boyfriend, straight, mono), poly-fi and co-primary.
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Chaz Newton-Smith
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Chaz Newton-Smith is an artist hailing from Bristol but now living in Manchester. Trained at Northampton School of Arts, he spent 15 years working in oil on canvas. With the invention of the iPad and some fantastic fine art programs, he now produces digital urban landscapes from around the world.


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- corrugated cardboard
- scissors
- pencil
- ruler
- tape: clear packaging, masking, Scotch
- Sharpies: black and red
- paint brushes
- white acrylic paint
- gray primer
- two white plastic bottle caps
- hot glue gun
- 2 blue plastic table covers
- First, I cut apart two of the largest boxes I could find to produce flat sections to work with.
- Then, I laid them out and found the center with my ruler and pencil. I sketched out the shark's head, followed by the fins and tail section.
- Next, I cut out the different parts of the shark's body, using scissors. I also used my scissors to cut out the inner part of the open shark's mouth.
- I taped each section to the next, using lots of clear packaging tape. This was on the back (printed side) of each box piece, meaning that the front of my shark was plain brown cardboard.
- I laid a vinyl tablecloth (used only for crafts) on my dining table and then painted the shark using gray primer that we already had on hand. A large foam paint brush worked very well for this, and since I got such great coverage, I only applied one coat. (This right here saved me lots of time. Normally when I make this sort of party prop, I need to do at minimum, two coats of acrylic paint.) I let this dry completely before moving on.
- For the teeth, I used white acrylic paint and a smaller paint brush.
- Afterward, I used a red Sharpie marker to draw in the gum line around the teeth. I followed that with a black Sharpie marker, which I also used for all of the outlining to make the shark look more finished.
- The finishing touches were the eyes. I took two white bottle caps from apple juice containers and used the black Sharpie to make slit-like pupils. Then, I hot-glued each one to the top of the shark's head.
- For the background, I used two blue plastic table covers from Dollar Tree. (So if you're keeping track, this project cost me a total of $2.12.) I folded them both in half and then I used lots of rolled masking tape to adhere the shark on top of the two table covers, which were held together with Scotch tape. After it was taped down, I cut away the inside of the shark's mouth so that there was no blue backdrop in that part.
- Displaying the photo booth was the hardest part to figure out. Luckily, Brett was able to help with the logistics. After trying several types of tape, we settled on clear packaging tape (and plenty of it!) to secure the layers of plastic table cover to the top of our mantel. (Failed attempts included Scotch tape, blue painter's tape from Dollar Tree, and masking tape.) I added some red table cover (left over from a previous party) to the inside of the mouth area by taping it to the fake fire place with Scotch tape.
- The kids, and some brave adults, too, were then able to stand or kneel behind the backdrop, put their faces inside the shark's mouth, and let me take pictures (which were for the thank you cards). It stayed up for many days before I decided to take it down, and I think it was picture perfect.
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When her hair was brunette and long was def my fav!
I absolutely love her street style! So hear are a few of my favorites from over the years....
So I hoped you liked this little style sunday :)
I'll be taking suggestions for next week style sunday, so comment who you would like me to do one on! I'd loveee to do one of your suggestions :)
Have a great week.