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The Umayyads, or Banu Umayya, were a clan of the larger Quraysh tribe, which dominated Mecca in the pre-Islamic era.[1] The Quraysh derived prestige among the Arab tribes through their protection and maintenance of the Ka'aba, which at the time was regarded by the largely polytheistic Arabs across the Arabian Peninsula as their most sacred sanctuary.[1] A certain Qurashi tribesman, Abd Manaf ibn Qusayy, who based on his place in the genealogical tradition would have lived in the latter half of the 5th century, was apparently charged with the maintenance and protection of the Ka'aba and its pilgrims.[2] These roles passed to his sons Abd Shams, Hashim and others.[2] Abd Shams was the father of Umayya, the eponymous progenitor of the Umayyads.[3] Historian Giorgio Levi Della Vida suggests that information in Muslim traditional sources about Umayya, as with all the ancient progenitors of the tribes of Arabia, "be accepted with caution", but "that too great skepticism with regard to tradition would be as ill-advised as absolute faith in its statements".[3] Della Vida further asserts that since the Umayyads who appear at the beginning of Muslim history in the early 7th century were no later than third-generation descendants of Umayya, the latter's existence is quite plausible.[3] In Arab legend, Abd Shams and Hashim, who became the progenitor of the Hashimids (known in Arabic as the Banu Hashim), were Siamese twins that were separated by the cut of a sword.[4] Accordingly, the blood that subsequently flowed between the infant brothers represented the persistent conflict that later emerged between their descendants.[4] Likewise, Umayya's challenging of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim to a munāfara (an Arab contest for honor) served as a harbinger of the Umayyad–Hashimid rivalry (the Hashimids being represented by the Alids and the Abbasids) during the first two centuries of Islamic history.[5]
By circa 600, the Quraysh had developed trans-Arabian trade networks, organizing caravans to Syria in the north and Yemen in the south.[1] Umayya, meanwhile, had succeeded Abd Shams as the qāʾid (wartime commander) of the Meccans.[5] This position was apparently an occasional political post whose holder oversaw the direction of Mecca's military affairs in times of war instead of an actual field command.[5] This proved instructive as later Umayyads were known for possessing considerable political and military organizational skills.[5] Indeed, by the dawn of Islam in the 620s, the Umayyads had developed into the strongest clan of the Meccan Quraysh.[5]
The descendants of Abd Shams, including the Umayyads, were the principal leaders of Qurashi opposition to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, a member of the Banu Hashim.[4] The Umayyad chieftain Abu Sufyan was the leader of the Meccan army that fought the Muslims under Muhammad at the battles of Uhud and the Trench.[4] Abu Sufyan and his sons, along with most of the Umayyads, ultimately embraced Islam toward the end of Muhammad's life, most likely following the Muslim victory over the Meccans at the Battle of Hunayn in 629.[4] To secure the loyalty of certain prominent Umayyad leaders, including Abu Sufyan, Muhammad offered them gifts and positions of importance in the nascent Muslim state.[4] He installed another member of the clan, Attab ibn Asid ibn Abi'l-'Is, as the first governor of Mecca.[6] The first caliph, Abu Bakr (r. 632–634), appointed Abu Sufyan's sons Yazid and Mu'awiya to command posts in the Muslim armies that conquered Syria.[4]
Empowerment by UthmanEdit
Uthman ibn Affan, a wealthy Umayyad merchant, early convert to Islam and son-in-law and close companion of Muhammad was chosen to succeed Caliph Umar upon the latter's death in 644.[7] Uthman initially kept his predecessors' appointees in their provincial posts, but gradually replaced many with Umayyads or his maternal kinsmen from the Banu Umayya's parent clan, the Banu Abd Shams:[8] Mu'awiya, who had been appointed governor of Syria by Umar, remained in his post; al-Walid ibn Uqba and Sa'id ibn al-'As were successively appointed to Kufa; and Marwan ibn al-Hakam became his chief adviser.[8] Though a prominent member of the clan, Uthman is not considered part of the Umayyad dynasty because he was chosen by consensus among the inner circle of Muslim leadership and never attempted to nominate an Umayyad as his successor.[9] Nonetheless, as a result of Uthman's policies, the Umayyads regained a measure of the power they had lost after the Muslim conquest of Mecca.[9]
The assassination of Uthman in 656 became a rallying cry for the Qurashi opposition to his successor and cousin of Muhammad, Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib of the Banu Hashim.[10] The Qurashi elite did not hold Ali responsible, but opposed his accession under the circumstances of Uthman's demise. Following their defeat at the Battle of the Camel near Basra, which saw the deaths of their leaders Talha ibn Ubayd Allah and al-Zubayr ibn Awwam, both potential contenders of the caliphate, the mantle of opposition to Ali was taken up chiefly by Mu'awiya.[10] Initially, he refrained from openly claiming the caliphate, focusing instead on undermining Ali's authority and consolidating his position in Syria, all in the name of avenging Uthman's death.[11] Mu'awiya and Ali with their respective Syrian and Iraqi supporters fought a stalemate at the Battle of Siffin in 657.[12] It ultimately led to an indecisive arbitration, which ultimately weakened Ali's command over his partisans, while raising the stature of Mu'awiya as Ali's equal.[13] As Ali was bogged down combating his former partisans, who became known as the Kharijites, Mu'awiya was recognized as caliph by his core supporters, the Syrian Arab tribes, in 659 or 660.[14] When Ali was assassinated by a Kharijite in 661, Mu'awiya took the opportunity to march on Kufa where he ultimately compelled Ali's son Hasan to cede caliphal authority and gain recognition from the region's Arab tribal nobility.[14] As a result, Mu'awiya became widely accepted as caliph, though opposition by the Kharijites and some of Ali's loyalists persisted, albeit at a less consistent level.[15]
Establishment of caliphate in DamascusEdit
The reunification of the Muslim community under Mu'awiya's leadership marked the establishment of the Umayyad dynasty.[15] Based on the accounts of the traditional Muslim sources, Hawting writes that
In the early 7th century, prior to their conversion to Islam, the main branches of the Umayyads were the Aʿyās and the ʿAnābisa.[5] The former grouped the descendants of Umayya's sons Abūʾl-ʿĀṣ, al-ʿĀṣ, Abūʾl-Īṣ and al-ʿUwayṣ, all of whose names shared the same or similar root, hence the eponymous label, "Aʿyās".[5] The ʿAnābisa, which is the plural form of ʿAnbasa, a common name in this branch of the clan, gathered the descendants of Umayya's sons Ḥarb, Abū Ḥarb, Abū Sufyān ʿAnbasa, Sufyān, ʿAmr and Umayya's possibly adopted son, Abū ʿAmr Dhakwān.[5]
Two of the sons of Abūʾl-ʿĀṣ, ʿAffān and al-Ḥakam, each fathered future caliphs, ʿUthmān and Marwān I, respectively.[5] From the latter's descendants, known as the Marwanids, came the Umayyad caliphs of Damascus who reigned successively between 684 and 750, and then the Cordoba-based emirs and caliphs of al-Andalus (Muslim Spain), who held office until 1031.[5] Other than those who had escaped to al-Andalus, most of the Marwanids were killed in the Abbasid purges of 750. However, a number of them settled in Egypt and Iran, where one of them, Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, authored the famous source of Arab history, the Kitab al-Aghani.[5] Uthman, the third Rashidun caliph, who ruled between 644 and 656, left several descendants, some of whom served political posts under the Umayyad caliphs.[5] From the Abu'l-'Is line came the politically important family of Asid ibn Abu'l-'Is, whose members served military and gubernatorial posts under various Rashidun and Umayyad caliphs.[5] The al-'As line, meanwhile, produced Sa'id ibn al-'As, who served as one of Uthman's governors in Kufa.[5]
The most well-known family of the 'Anabisa branch was that of Harb's son Abu Sufyan Sakhr.[16] From his descendants, the Sufyanids, came Mu'awiya I, who founded the Umayyad Caliphate in 661, and Mu'awiya I's son and successor, Yazid I.[17] Sufyanid rule ceased with the death of the latter's son Mu'awiya II in 684, though Yazid's other sons Khalid and Abd Allah continued to play political roles in the caliphate with the former being credited as the founder of Arabic alchemy.[17] Abd Allah's son Abu Muhammad Ziyad al-Sufyani, meanwhile, led a rebellion against the Abbasids in 750, but was ultimately slain.[17] Abu Sufyan's other sons were Yazid, who preceded Mu'awiya I as governor of Syria, Muhammad, 'Amr, 'Utba and 'Anbasa.[17] Only the last two left progeny.[17] Another important family of the 'Anabisa were the descendants of Abu 'Amr, known as the Banu Abu Mu'ayt.[17] Abu 'Amr's grandson ʿUqba ibn Abī Muʿayt was captured and executed on Muhammad's orders during the Battle of Badr for his previously harsh incitement against the prophet.[17] 'Uqba's son, al-Walid, served as 'Uthman's governor in Kufa for a brief period.[17] The Banu Abu Mu'ayt made Iraq and Upper Mesopotamia their home.[17]
Family tree of Umayyad rulersEdit
Uthman ibn Affan[18] (Rashidun Caliph, 644–656)
^ a b Hawting 1986, p. 26.
^ a b Hawting 1986, p. 27.
^ Hawting 1986, pp. 27–28.
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^ a b Hawting 1986, p. 30.
^ a b Hawting 1986, p. 31.
Della Vida, Giorgio Levi (2000). "Banu Umayya". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume X: T–U. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 837–838. ISBN 90-04-11211-1.
Hawting, G. R. (2000). "Umayyad Caliphate". In Bearman, P. J.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume X: T–U. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 841–844. ISBN 90-04-11211-1.
Watt, W. Montgomery (1986). "Kuraysh". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume V: Khe–Mahi. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 434–435. ISBN 90-04-07819-3.
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QueFascinante: Ritualizing doubt/sorrow/lament/...
Ritualizing doubt/sorrow/lament/...
Last night Peter Rollins visited GR, as part of The (mostly) East Coast leg of the Insurrection Pub Tour. Pete & friends promised an evening of "incendiary theology" and "haunting soundscapes", among other things--and yes, they did deliver. The visuals, the music, the ideas all melded powerfully to create an event with profound impact. Flowing from story to techno beat to acoustic poetry, the genius of the performance was that it reached a very broad audience on a profoundy personal level. A poem may have connected for one person, while a parable later in the evening might have "clicked" for another.
For me, the concept with which I walked away (to wrestle) was the challenge to incorporate the darker sides of faith into our everyday practices. While I tend to be a pretty upbeat type, I've also faced my share of darkness. And figuring out how those elements harmonize in the context of faith has been a real sticking point for me. I can often do one--or the other--but learning to hold the two in tension has been an ongoing challenge. So last night's charge to bring the darkness into our experience of faith came both as liberating permission and as confounding head-scratcher.
The specific terminology that struck me was that of "ritualizing sorrow" or "doubt" or "suffering". Certainly the term "ritual" carries its fair share of negative connotations. But for my purposes here, I'll try to polish it up a bit and use it to mean an intentional, consistent practice that is designed with a specific objective in mind. In this context, that purpose is simply to shape my life in relation to God.
I'm intrigued with the idea of bringing this level of intentionality --ritualization--to my experience and understanding of the interplay of God & suffering.
Amy April 10, 2010 at 11:52 PM
I'm envious of your evening! I'll have to see if he's heading out to Colorado any time soon.
Although I'm a pretty serious person overall, I also struggle holding such things as doubt and sorrow in a healthy tension in my faith practices. In fact, I generally feel guilty for giving weight to my doubts and sorrows, knowing they are minimal in comparison to what other have faced.
I like your perspective of approaching it as an intentional practice. I'll having to think on what that would look like for me. Thanks for sharing, Lori!
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Thanks for the comment, Amy. I'm still thinking about this...will post more about specifics as inspiration strikes...
I'd be interested to hear ways in which some of the churches you visit might be practicing this. Not many do, I know--but there might be some welcome surprises!
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Might you identify the piece of sculpture and its creator/artist?
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I didn’t get much this week because I have some audio books sitting on my shelf I need to get through. I just had to listen to the next book in this series. I know I’ll be addicted to this one, just like the Highlander series.
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I haven't started this series yet although I do have the first four on my Kindle. I've only just started listening to ebooks. My first choice was Need by Carrie Jones and I really enjoyed it. I will definitely have to get some more.
I started them because I had finished the Highlander series by Moning. These seem to pick up a little while after that series ended. It's pretty different, but I'm enjoying it.
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The Better Part of Darkness – Kelly Gay | READ THIS
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Charlie Madigan is a single mom raising her daughter in post-Revelation Atlanta. She’s also an Integration Task Force agent for the Atlanta police, a position she takes seriously and, along with her partner, Hank, it’s a job she does well.
When a new addictive substance, a drug known as ash, hits her streets, Charlie’s job is to find out where it originates from and to shut down the operation. Things get complicated when all signs point to an off-worlder noble, a man with power to spare, and a position that brooks no challenge.
Charlie’s life, however, is about to take a dangerous turn as powers of her own start manifesting, powers that seem to stem from her recent resurrection from death.
In The Better Part of Darkness, Kelly Gay has introduced a world filled with goblins and jinn, mages and sirens, all aliens to America from their off-world homes of Charbydon and Elysia. The world-building is strong and ever present, and Gay does a comendable job keeping the reader to pace with it all. Another appeal is Charlie – a woman torn up by her past while trying to navigate a shaky future. The other characters that populate this new vision of Atlanta are, mostly, just as well drawn. Sympathetic, intriguing, vile…all words that come to mind and can be applied to a number of the “people” we meet during the course of the novel.
While solidly urban fantasy, The Better Part of Darkness also has shades of a police procedural, with a mystery thread that amps up the action and tension.
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Stop moaning! And enjoy the beach..
Look it's a £9 a night, Think backpacker budget. for a fan room, a bed and toilet with shower , Yes it's a little ramshackle bungalow and yes it could be a lot nicer, (and cleaner) but the people who run here are genuine and kind. I think this could score more with a little TLC and it IS over due a makeover. We stayed 3 nights and had no problems, you can book tickets for anywhere from here ( small commission fee) . Great choice of things in locality, nice ( and really cheap) restaurant at the top of the road. We walked to big Buddha , took us an hour. Well worth it! Of course there is other places all along that look better but at a price that makes my eyes water.
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Don't stay at this place ever. It is the worst hotel I have ever seen in my life. Dirty broken everything. Rat in our room. Also known as Calm Beach Resort on Agoda. This place should be closed down. It is disgusting.
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This place is disgusting ,really the worst place ever seen .
not worth the money stay clear if possible.
rooms are dirty ,staff unhelpful ,really quite possibly the worst place we have ever seen.
we booked two nights with family and took one look at the room and ran away a quick as possible.
Room Tip: next door to the hotel is a much better hotel
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The worst I've seen in Thailand!
I would not recommend this place to anyone. I went there to check out the rooms as I'd heard that they were cheaper than where I was staying in the village. I was shown the "executive suite"!! I was shocked as the room was very rundown and filthy. The door did not lock and the windows could not close. The fan over the bed had an inch of dust resting on the wings, so it had either not been in use for a very long time, or it did not work hence the dust. The bed had a faded old piece of cloth covering it. It was just so sad to see. Most of the people who were staying there told me that they had booked via the Agoda website. When I checked the photos on agoda I could see that the pics were taken a veryyyyy long time ago. I'd stay far away from this place, no matter how cheap it is. I asked to use the toilet near the beach bar and it was absolutely filthy and had not been cleaned for a veryyyy long time.
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the bed ist hard as a rock, i had spider webs all over, that i removed myself, zhe bathroom was dirty and disgusting and my room was so hot, that i switched the fan on on the middle of the night. as it is right over the bed, i got a cough. ran away the next morning to a place nearby. never again!
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Worst decision of our holiday
We picked this hotel up from the airport, and the brochure made it look lovely, peaceful and romantically on the beach.
When we got there we were dismayed especially at our "deluxe" standard room, the sheets were dirty, the toilet and bathroom was disgusting and the air-condition was a fan. The door didnt even lock from the outside.
The site looked empty and was dirty and unmaintained.
Luckily, we were able to get a refund of the person there and they were polite about it but we just could not stay there.
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I booked through Agoda for a 5 night stay and paid for a TV in my room- OK it's not essential to me but I didn't get it! With the exception of the lady at reception who couldn't have been more helpful, the staff are very rude!
They are pig ignorant and are more interested in making money from passers by on the beach than yourself! Photo's of this dump are outdated and you don't get anything for your money!
The rooms are big and reasonably clean but the beds are like something from the Flinstones, very uncomfortable aswell as the doors to your room not being able to lock!
I would strongly recommend staying to Bophut in Samui but please take note of this review and stay elsewhere!
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Because Why Not	Posted on June 26, 2016	by malcolmthecynic A video of the Swedish cast of “Curtains” performing “Show People”, this apparently being the European premiere of the show:
Notable things: The cast is very young at the ages of 12-22, this being roughly the same age range as the cast I’m in (but for obvious reasons we’re not QUITE as good…)
They’ve moved Cioffi’s part (the lead singer of the song and main character of the show) in “Show People” a full octave higher than the way it’s sung traditionally. This Cioffi fascinates me. The way he sings and acts the role is quite memorable, but distinctly different from every other version I’ve seen.
This isn’t a bad thing. It’s fascinating to see such a different performance, though. Cioffi’s singing is excellent. His acting is very over the top, especially in comparison to other portrayals of the character, but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It’s certainly memorable, and somewhat infectious.
No special point to this. I just found the European portrayal to be interestingly different enough to be worth being commented upon.
I will leave you with this: “I Miss the Music”, also from the Swedish version of the show, and undoubtedly the best version of the song on Youtube:
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Sunday Recap 6-15-08 | stevewhipple.tv
Sunday Recap 6-15-08
Happy Father’s Day! I actually got to celebrate yesterday, because we are jetting out of town for a quick trip this afternoon. My wife and kids gave me homemade cards, some quiet time to relax yesterday afternoon for about an hour, and a new pair of Sperry Top-siders. I also got one of my favorite meals that my wife makes: homemade French Dip sandwiches with steak fries. MMMM!
We had a good day at The Ridge today. Attendance seems to have leveled off in the low 300’s (308 to be exact for June). LOTS of our regular volunteers were out today in the children’s area. If you are an attender @The Ridge and can help by filling in some this summer in RidgeKidz, please let Ashley know – ashleyg@churchattheridge.com .
For Father’s Day we had some “Corn-Hole” set up outside on the front lawn. If you don’t know what corn hole is, google it. It is an addictive game! We also gave away Braves tickets to two lucky dads who won the Rubik’s Cube contest (80s, remember 🙂 ). Every dad walked out with a Longhorn’s gift card too!
We are continuing our Life Lessons From The 80s series with Psalm 86. Specifically, verse 11:
The Hebrew word for teach in this verse is the same word for “shoot” as in an archer with an arrow. What if we asked God to pierce our heart with His ways? …to penetrate our whole being with his ways, would we be different? Would we walk in His truth? Would we have an undivided heart? That was my prayer for each person today, but especially each dad.
John, Jason and the band did an awesome job too with an “unplugged” worship set today. Very cool!
We are heading to Jacksonville, FL this afternoon. My father is the Sr. Adult Pastor at No. Jacksonville Baptist Church. I am speaking to his Sr. Adult group Tuesday. I will be asking them to partner with us in prayer and possibly financially if they are able, for our Family Camp this August. We believe that God wants to impact several families in a big way this summer, but we need to raise several thousand dollars in order to keep it affordable for families. We will be asking these senior saints to “adopt” a family and pray for them this summer and during our camp. We are taking the whole family down, but we’ll be returning Wednesday, so its just a quick trip.
The 80’s continue next week with Psalm 80. We’ll also see what was going on in 1980.
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Scorned doctor admits to harassing her Tinder date by sending thousands of angry text messages | Daily Mail Online
Scorned doctor admits to harassing her Tinder date by sending him and his new flame thousands of angry text messages
Denise Jane Lee from Sydney sent 9000 texts to Tinder date Matther Holberton
She also sent messages to his knew girlfriend and the couple's family members
She pleaded guilty to four harassment-related offences after her arrest in 2017
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Published: 01:08 EST, 28 October 2019 | Updated: 01:16 EST, 28 October 2019
Denise Jane Lee sent 9000 texts to Matthew Holberton, his new girlfriend and their family members.
Lee was due to face a five-day hearing in the Downing Centre Local Court on Monday but, after hours of negotiations between her lawyer and the prosecutor, she admitted four of 10 charges.
The 40-year-old radiologist, who was arrested in February 2017, pleaded guilty to three counts of using a carriage service in 2015 to harass or menace or offend and one count of intimidation.
Denise Jane Lee (pictured) was due to face a five-day hearing in the Downing Centre Local Court on Monday but, after hours of negotiations between her lawyer and the prosecutor, she admitted four of 10 charges
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Denise Jane Lee (pictured) was accused of sending 9000 texts to Matthew Holberton, his new girlfriend and their family members
The court was told the correspondence was so distressing that some of Lee's victims were contemplating suicide.
The 40-year-old radiologist, who was arrested in February 2017, pleaded guilty to three counts of using a carriage service in 2015 to harass or menace or offend and one count of intimidation (stock image)
The parties will now prepare an agreed statement of facts with the case listed for a directions hearing on Tuesday.

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David J Taylor... I ll let you know nearer the time. ... May I ask, Ulrich, that you revert to bytes per second? Whilst I agree that bits/second may be a more logical unit
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> Who said too many ideas too little time here some hours ago?
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> BTW, I just installed sdfrag 2.0, and it performs its initial work. That's a part > of the explanation for the presently visible missed packets peaks. > > Thanks again to you, Ernst, problem solved for the time being.
Yes, there is always room for improvement. Both of my GNU/Linux receivers have not missed one single packet since mid January 2011. That is about 9 weeks now (since EUMETSAT improved it's uplink system!). Kallisto typically gets 32'000 and Europa 24'000 files a day and there is no such thing as fragmentation on an ext3 FS ...
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rickduncanlive.com: Where do you stand when it comes to... ?
Over the years, people have asked me where I stand when it comes to Christian leaders like Billy Graham, R.C. Sproul, Chuck Swindoll, John MacArthur, Rick Warren, Bill Hybles, Anne Graham Lotz, Andy Stanley, Ed Young, Nancy DeMoss, Rob Bell, Beth Moore, Mark Driscoll... The list goes on and on. I usually say, "I have learned from him/her, but I have never wanted to be a clone.When I planted CVC, I brought with me things I had learned first and foremost from my study of the scripture; my mom and dad; from mentors like Al Baker and Bob Tebow; from my involvement with FCA, CCC, and the Navigators, from Mid-America Seminary, from Adrian Rogers and Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis; from pastors I admired like Chuck Swindoll and John MacArthur; and from a then-not-that-well-known California church planter named Rick Warren. So, I and, therefore, CVC have been influenced by a wide variety of churches, ministries, and leaders.I'm seeking to continue to learn from other churches. Northpoint Church in Atlanta, Fellowship Church in Dallas, Northwoods Church in Dallas, Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Fellowship Bible Church in Seattle, and others have been recent influences on my thinking about God and His church.I believe it's very biblical to learn from many Christian leaders.Today, I was reading in I Corinthians 3. "Let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future — all are yours, and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s" I Corinthians 3:21-23).I stopped at the phrase "All things are yours." I asked the Lord,"What does this mean?"In I Corinthians, Paul has been talking about why there should be no division in the church. He's said that Apollos, Cephas (Peter), and he should not be reasons for division in the church. They are to be seen as nothing but servants. God is the Something, the Everything. Since we are all part of the temple of God, we are not to destroy it by siding with one leader over another. So, we are not to boast about men/leaders/pastors/teachers. "For all things are yours," Paul says. Apollos is yours. Cephas is yours. Paul is yours.The Expositor's Bible Commentary on I Corinthians says, "The ministry of Paul, Apllos, Cephas (Peter), and any ohter Christian worker belongs to God's people" (p. 209).Matthew Henry's Commentary on I Corinthians says, "Ministers are not to be set up in competition with one another. All faithful ministers are serving one Lord and pursuing one purpose. They were appointed of Christ, for the common benefit of the church: 'Paul, and Apollos, and Cephas, are all yours. One is not to be set up against another, but all are to be valued and used for your own spiritual benefit.' Upon this occasion also he gives in an inventory of the church's possessions, the spiritual riches of a true believer: 'All is yours--ministers of all ranks, ordinary and extraordinary.'"John Gill's Commentary on I Corinthians says, "All the ministers, and all they are endowed with... were all for [the] use and service [of the church], for their benefit and advantage; wherefore it was very wrong to set up one above, or against another, or for any party to engross anyone minister, when he belonged to them all; and [it is a] great weakness to reject others, when they had a common right and property in them."To be sure, we should not blindly follow anyone/everyone who claims to speak for God. Jesus warned us about false prophets in Matthew 7. Paul named names in I Timothy 1 when he wrote to tell Timothy that Hymenaeus and Alexander were not to be followed or honored. So, we are to be like the Berean believers who "received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so" (Acts 17:11).But if leaders are Christ-centered, Bible-based, and God-honoring then we can and should learn from them. We should celebrate the role that God has given to them. We should never idolize anyone or become a one-teacher-follower. But we should allow the multi-facted influence of many leaders to promote unity in the Church rather than division. Why? All things - including various faithful teachers/leaders - are ours.So, I for one, do not want to destroy the unity of the Body of Christ as I appreciate the influence of many leaders in my life. I'm tired of the conflicts caused by self-appointed watchdogs who seek to tear down the work that God has done through various Christian leaders. These watchdogs take the non-essentials where they have disagreements with others and make them essentials. It's just not honoring to the work the the Spirit has done through the people with whom they might disagree in some minor theological point.I want to be true to Jesus, to His word, to who God has called me to be, to what God has called me to do. And in the process, I remember that "all things [including many different faithful leaders and teachers] are mine" to learn from. I appreciate what God has done in, with, thorugh, and for others and I take what's helpful from a wide variety of leaders and teachers and leave the rest.I think such an attitude fits with Paul's admonition in Romans 14. "Do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. So then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding" (Romans 14:16-19).
Thank You Rick!!! Have been on both sides of this question and subscribe that I am, "a friend to all those who are a true friend to Christ!"I can only be accountable to the mission work and calling that God has made for me, as do all of these men mentioned in your blog.We continue to pray for you that all of us will be successful to the work God has called us.The old line: I am just a nobody, telling everybody, about somebody, who can save anybody!!!God BlessThomas OsbornePastor, EBC, Wellington
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A videotape released on Sept. 14 showing Mr. Montesinos apparently bribing a congressman led to the scandal that ended Mr. Fujimori's 10-year rule. Mr. Fujimori, now in Japan, was declared morally unfit for the presidency by Congress on Nov. 21.
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If you live in Manchester or Town and Country and were planning to hold your own fireworks display to celebrate the Fourth of July, you may want to think twice. That’s because the sale, use and possession of fireworks in St. Louis County is illegal. “The ban also includes all 91 municipalities included within the county,” said Mac Scott, a county spokesperson. “Violation of the law could cost between $50 and $1,000. The fee is at the discretion of the judge.” In Manchester, it is illegal to shoot off fireworks, but it not illegal to posses them, according to police. However, in Town and Country, it is illegal to both shoot them off and possess them. "We respond to complaints and take action," Town and Country Police Cpt. Gary Hoelzer tells…
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Dr. Dorothy Cooke, a retired internist, recently spoke before a Town and Country Board of Aldermen meeting concerning the city's lack of enforcement over a new home being built that is dumping storm water onto her property. "I understand from Alderwoman Avioli that the board is looking at improving the ordinances regulating water runoff during construction. I might suggest that you first look at enforcing the ordinances that you currently have," said Cooke. She then listed what she thought were all the violations in connection with a new house being built at the dead end of Claymark Drive which backs up to her property. "What's going on here? This builder seems to think he can do as he wishes and get by with it. And right now I must …
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One Retro Mama: Dining Out & the expenses
Dining Out & the expenses
We are trying to stick to the plan of only eating outside the home once a paycheck. My husband gets paid twice a month so that will give us the opportunity to eat outside of the home twice a month.
Twice is a fairly reasonable number for us! LOL we used to eat outside of the home no less than 6 times a week! That number represents all of the meals in the day & we've been known to eat out breakfast, lunch & dinner in one day!
To be honest I never did calculate what we actually spent on dining out & i'm not sure I really want to know. But if you figure on average we spend $30 per trip for a family of 5 and multiply that by 6 for times in a week that would be $180.00. $30.00 x 6=$180.00 And if we did that every week: 6 times a week times 4 weeks = 24 and if we still used $30 as our total bill amount: 24 x $30.00 = $720.00
!!!!!!!!!!$720.00!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm being conservative in my numbers I'm pretty sure that at one point we were spending at least $1200 on dining out and convenience foods a month! I have bills that could have been paid off had I used that money for purposes other than stuffing my families face with calorie laden processed foods!
We have been working on cutting this part out of our lives. Sure we still want to be able to enjoy this every now and then. We were gaining weight, sluggish and otherwise not generally healthy when we were doing all of this eating outside of the home. I have noticed that my middle child who usually suffers some form or sickness nearly every other week hasn't been sick this whole summer since we started our less eating outside of the home plan! My husband and I have lost weight this way also!!
The plan has been introduced to the family and we have actually managed to very quickly get it to twice a month so we are going to stick with that for now. Eventually I think we would like to get it down to where we only go out once every few months or so.
Do you struggle with eating outside of the home too often?
What are you doing to limit yourselves?
I'll be posting some ideas for quick meal ideas on those busier than busy days. Stay tuned!
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Top Hat, the Canadian education technology startup, completed a new round of funding to give it more firepower to go after textbook publishers like Pearson Plc.The $22.5 million round is Top Hat’s biggest yet and brings its total funding to about $40 million, the Toronto-based company said in a statement Wednesday. New York-based Union Square Ventures participated, as well as previous investors iNovia Capital and Georgian Partners, among others. The funding values Top Hat at $185 million, according to people familiar with the deal.Top Hat is one of a handful of startups trying to find ways to disrupt the traditional textbook publishing industry, dominated by companies like Pearson, Cengage Learning Inc. and McGraw-Hill Education Inc., which is owned by Apollo Global Management LLC. All of these firms have added digital educational materials to their range of products, but the transition has been rocky.
In October, Apollo put off McGraw-Hill’s planned initial public offering indefinitely after the publisher’s back-to-school sales were less than the company expected, people familiar with the matter said at the time. When McGraw-Hill initially filed to go public in 2015, competition from new entrants was the top risk noted in its prospectus.Pearson followed up with its own bad news in January when it cut its profit forecast, reduced the dividend and announced plans to unload its stake in Penguin Random House to raise money.Even as the big publishers work to increase the proportion of sales that come from digital products, they’re still largely dependent on physical books.Publisher WeaknessThat’s a weakness Top Hat Chief Executive Officer Mike Silagadze said he’s trying to exploit. He started by selling software tools to professors that help them engage their students, such as smartphone apps that let them tell lecturers if they understand new concepts in real-time. The company, which launched in 2009, has 2 million students using its products.The next step is to go directly after the textbooks and digital course content made by Pearson and McGraw, Silagadze said in an interview. In November, they launched an online content marketplace, where professors can create course materials and sell it around the world. The idea is to cut out the publisher and let professors sell directly to students and each other, Silagadze said.
“It fundamentally breaks the publisher’s traditional model of producing content,” he said. “Our aim is to disrupt the paradigm the publishers have created over the last 100 years.”The potential for building the go-to marketplace for educational content is what attracted Union Square Ventures, said Albert Wenger, a partner at the firm. Union Square manages more than $1 billion and is known for making early-stage investments in Twitter, Tumblr, Kickstarter and Etsy.The industry “has been dominated by really traditional publishers that come exclusively from the content side and not the technology side,” Wenger said in an interview. His son’s Intro to German textbook cost $230.“That era is coming to an end,” he said.The content marketplace is still a small portion of the company’s overall revenue but is growing rapidly. Total revenue is in the "10s of millions,” and is expected to double in 2017, Silagadze said. Top Hat is currently profitable but that could change as the company spends heavily on growth, he said.“Many people are going into the ed-tech space almost with these utopian misconceptions about what education technology is really like,” Silagadze said, referring to a perception that it’s a particularly risky business. “It’s actually just a really tough market and you have to go out there and grind it out.”

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Fickett: 2008
Today we did what many people in California like to do: we went to
visit the snow. We "visit" snow - others must live with it. After
passing hundreds who were content to play in the mud, we found a place
devoid of people and filled with snow.
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I bet they are softer than pillows
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Is this what the duck from Babe was thinking?
The duck said, "Christmas means carnage". Do you think this is what he
was honking about?
This was a birthday cake that someone left on the Sunday school snack
table this morning. Looks like the cake was in an accident - people
who ate it said it was good.
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A new shop has opened in the Valencia mall food court - Mojo's Mac.
They make . . . Macaroni and cheese. I'm sure it's very good, but mac
& cheese in this economy. It's 5.45 for.te basic mac, more for extras
like chicken, bacon, ground beef and such.
Some parent might buy it for their begging child. While I had my lunch
they made two sales, both were for children.
I give them 4 months. Cooper might like it.
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We had an unexpected surprise today snow; Well it was man made and
pushed into the lot of the Bridgeport Market Place for their grand
opening. The boys had a great time.
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My dad is smiling after his brain shunt. He will be in the hospital
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Campbell loves lizards. This one did not mind roaming around
Campbell's shirt. Once we left the scarf factory he let it go.
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Not in Valencia
The boys enjoyed shooting BB guns at targets in El Centro. This is
something that is not easy to do at home. They love playing on the
dirt and shooting. As soon as they are awake they start asking when
they can shoot. Nice clean boy fun.
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I'm glad it will be stooping until future notice.
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I took this photo in Ypres Belgium before the Last Post Ceremony.
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Today we had Cooper's annual cardiology appointment. We praise the
Lord that we have another year with nothing to do - no surgery, no new
This appointment was tinged with some sadness - our doctor is retiring
in December. He has been a doctor for 50 years. He has been very kind
and understanding to Cooper for seven years. We will miss him, but we
trust that Cooper's next doctor will be as good. Thank you Dr. Fink.
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Visiting my dad in the hospital again. C1 and C2 cheered him up. He
seems to be more like he used to, polite and kind.
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Someone left us two unwanted gifts under one of the trees at GTY. A used diaper, and a banana that even Garry K would have said was too ripe.
Beyond the gifts under the tree, someone also left a pair of flip-flops in our driveway. The gift tag must of blown off in the wind, so I cannot send a thank you note.
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To round out the unusual birthday celebration, I ate my cake with chopsticks.
Andy still fun
Andy is growing fast. He is now 7.25KG, about half of what he'll be when full grown. The boys love taking him for walks and tossing his "guy" down the hall.
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For my birthday I went to a party with 7000 people at Philippe's. Sandwiches were rolled back to 1908 prices (10 cents). We waited 5 hours in the party line. A great time was had by all. When we came for their 95th the lines were not so long - this was much longer than I expected.
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John Daley stands in the rain during our brief storm. It took me a while to remember the word for it.
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It's less of a gate than you'd think
Since thing have gone so well we were able to take the morning and see a few things around Berlin.
When I think of gates, I think of barriers and such, this is more of a triumphal arch. It was still amazing to see. We also walked through Check Point Charlie, some wonderful neighborhoods, and visited the German memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe.
After our morning tour, we met back at the church to finalize everything for Sunday.
Now we pray that a room full of people with GSM phones doesn't through everything wacky.
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Jay puts it together
After a trip to a few stores we had what was needed to put together the system to record the sermons adapted from John MacArthur's material and preached in German. Unlike many projects this one has gone smoothly. Sunday will be the live test of the system.
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German Efficiency - East Berlin Style
The hotel I'm staying used to be on Lenin Street. After The Wall came down, they renamed the street, but some of the habits take longer to change.
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Earliest Yet
Labor Day we found these at the Valencia K-Mart. It's nice to know that the Christmas season now begins in September. I'm sure that one day soon, the decorations will come out Memorial Day.
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Well after much waiting and waiting and waiting, we finally have a dog. This is Saint Andrew Clonrichert of Waterford a Kerry Blue Terrier -- we call him Andy.
He is cute, soft, and bouncy. Now for the fun part: house training.
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Shortly after Cooper caught a fake-fish lure, he caught this genuine rainbow trout. Campbell had a few good bites, including one that got reeled close to shore before escaping.
After we got back to the condo, Ben fried the fish and we all got a small fish snack. Cooper did not like it, Campbell could have eaten several.
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We enjoyed the sunset. It was a beautiful place to enjoy the end of the day.
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After dinner we took C1 and C2 out to learn to fish. Former Ranger (Ben) gave the boys a quick primer and let them loose. The boys did not realize that fishing is all about peaceful waiting, not instant results. A good lesson to learn.
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After Bodie, we went for a short visit to Mono Lake. Amazing Sky.
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We took a drive off the mountain today to go and visit Bodie. The last 3 miles of road unpaved. We spent the day hiking among the ruins. Later we'll see Mono Lake.
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Thursday we went on a 7.5 mile hike from Horseshoe Lake to Devils Postpile. Along the way we passed through a part of the forest that burned in 1992. A benefit of the fire is that it makes for a panoramic view of the San Joaquin Valley.
Ben was a pack-man most of the hike. The rest of the children all did fine.
Friday: Yosemite.
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We hiked pased the kill zone (an area where CO2 has killed 100s of trees) McLeod lake. When we first arrived there were two others at the lake. By the time we left we were all alone. Cool to be in middle of no where.
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Resting in front of the Postpile.
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What started as a normal hike
We started our Tuesday with a hike to the Devil's Postpile. From there we took a less used trail over to Red's Meadow. I was taking some pictures of the basalt formations, when we heard a noise off in the distance, then we were hit with an awful smell. We had just been talking about what to do if we should encounter a bear. Off in the distance running and at quick pace we saw something huge and hairy. I quickly raised my camera and was able to get just one blurry picture -- I had been taking pictures of rocks, so I was not ready for a moving object.
John Daley would know better than I, but we may have had an encounter with Bigfoot.
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Apple Pan - quaility is forever. A great motto. After picking Ben up from LAX I took him for one of the best burgers in LA. Parking is usually an issue - but clean living got me the one space in front. Great food and great parking. Good thing it's not too close - eating here too often and forever might come sooner than you'd think.
This picture was taken 29 years ago this month. A few things to note:
that hair style was in at the time (and it's back again)
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I was an invited guest
I was invited by the Postal Service to the release of their new Disney themed postage stamps. The invitation allowed me to take a guest, so Jay Flowers joined me and about 300 others for the special event.
The swag was light: water and some first day of issue stamps canceled on collector covers -- cool. They also provided one day park hopper passes and free parking.
We are having a great day at Disneyland.
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A friend of mine was asked an odd question by one of his neighbors. I could not stop laughing when I heard the actual request. So what I'm asking is that you take some time and then post your most odd/funny/humorous answers to:
My neighbor called and asked to borrow my ____________. The said they needed to _____________ under the ________________.
I'll post the actual request in the new few weeks.
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Happy Birdhaday Cooper
My mom checked the spelling of "Cooper" before she left the shop. She did not think she'd need to check anything else.
My guess is the cake writer is not a native English speaker.
BTW - it's not from Porto's; it's from another Burbank bakery.
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No, roaches. Bummer of a day to be closed by the health department - 106.
How bad must the infestation be to get an ice cream store closed.
People were walking up to the sign to see why the store was closed. Most said what we were thinking - it will be a long time till I get ice cream from that shop.
Free cone day is not till April. They'll surely be clean by then.
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Today's lesson in Sunday school was about Peter's vision from the Lord that all things are good to eat.
In keeping with the lesson we went and had some wonderful non-kosher foods for lunch at Porto's; Cubans know how to slow roast a pig. Mmm.
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Valencia's Gator
On our walk this morning to the fake lake, Cooper said, 'look a gator'. Thinking he had spied a large lizard I kept walking. Then Campbell pointed and said the same thing.
Sure enough a gator's head could be clearly near the bird sculpture. But like the lake, it's fake. We think it may have been put there to discourage the geese from eating the plants near the sculpture.
The next question is what should we name it. I like fauxlagator.
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No - this sign is in the parking lot of a Holiday Inn in Valencia. I think icy is not possible.
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My son (2.5) enjoys this book about all the animals on Noah's boat - it rhymes nicely and the illustrations are nice and bright in typical Guy Parker-Rees style.
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Absolutely brilliant. Jacob , my grandson loves it and have had to read it over and over. Lovely rhythm. This author never disappoints
5.0 out of 5 starsBright animal fun aboard the ark with a good flowing rhyme throughout.
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This author-illustrator partnership seems to be going from strength to strength - this is a corker. There are already lovely Noah's ark picture books, but this one is definitely worth having. The pictures are bright and cheerful with lots of appealing animals to spot and a funky striped ark that looks fun to be aboard. The story is told with strong rhythm and rhyme:
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and it seemed the flood would last and last".
Inside the ark, tempers begin to get frayed: the rodents were ratty, camels got the hump and so on, so Noah suggests a talent show to keep everyone happy.
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The caterpillars watch, wrapped up in their cocoons, wishing that they too could take a turn and then at last they do, emerging as beautiful rainbow butterflies to lead the way into the bright new world. Smashing!
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Students will learn 2 seams by machine - French Seam - Plain seam with a self, clean-edge finish Student will also learn 2 hemming stitches by hand -Pick stitch -Blind stitch Students will also learn sewing terms and how to make a button hole by machine and how to sew a button on by hand. Sew-Awesome Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/225883644249610/?directed_target_id=225883644249610
A former member Although I'm not sewing, I was there working on another project during this session and found that the women working there were really interested in making & sewing. There was talk of snap backs, dress forms, braided rugs & more. I found this small group interesting & innovative. 1 · January 14 Beth B Still on for tonight? 0 · January 13 Cameron H. Oh, yes! 0 · January 13 Dawn O. yup! 0 · January 13 Ann A. I have a crazy knitting project to do. Any other seasoned knitters out there? 0 · January 7 Beth B I crochet... 0 · January 13 Dawn O. I knit as well, just simple things but I have a pretty good grasp on it 1 · January 13 Hany Sorry to miss this class, but tomorrow I will talk about the thyroid gland in another meetup group and I need to prepare and be ready, I'd love to attend to the next class, I love to sew and I've got a lot of repairs to do. Enjoy the class. 0 · January 13 6 went
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