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Newcastle in film: Dont Look Back Bob Dylan in Newcastle

Bob Dylan's 1965 visit to Newcastle for his 6 May concert at the City Hall is recorded in D. A. Pennebaker's Dont [sic] Look Back (1967).

Bob is welcomed to Newcastle by Councillor Theresa Russell who invites him to stay at 'her' Mansion House when she becomes Lord Mayor the following year (1965-1966).

In return Bob gives her a harmonica. Mrs Russell endowed an Old Testament Studies prize at the grammar of which I was the first winner for an essay on Apocalyptic literature. That was my only appearance on the stage of the City Hall.

Bob checks out a guitar shop

before setting off on a walk down Pudding Chare.

Later he tries on a jacket in Marcus Price in the Groat Market.

An ecstatic shop assistant looks on.

He also chooses a tie which is admired by his manager and Alan Price who are both sampling a well-known local beverage.

The next day he sets off for Manchester by train. A crowd of local school girls see him off from the Central Station.

Crossing the bridge to Platform 10.

He says good-bye to the fans outside the Refreshment Room in the little passage between Platforms 9 and 1o. He seems to be wearing his new Marcus Price jacket.

A 'Peak' arrives with the empty stock from Heaton carriage sidings ready to form the 1210 Newcastle to Bristol train. The headcode 1V45 indicates an express destined for the Western Region.

Girls run alongside the departing train. A mail train is standing at Platform 8.

One of those old glass refreshment trolleys.

Mail bags were once such a common sight on station platforms.

More mail bags and a DMU for the Carlisle line at Platform 15.

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Tuesday, 18 March 2008

Choo kiko wapi?

Any old East Africa hand will tell you that that this is how you say Where is the toilet? in Swahili.

Happily, I have spent very little time in Dar es Salaam and have never thought it important to memorise this phrase or indeed to learn Swahili. In fact it is a long time since I set out to learn any languages at all; I first started to acquire a knowledge of colloquial English many years ago and I am now as fluent in it as one needs to be to cope with everyday life, though of course I have forgotten much and sometimes have to pause when writing or speaking while I struggle to find the right word.

But for the past three weeks I have been wrestling with a new and difficult language called Apple. Having realised after a quarter of a century of subservience to William Gates III that there is a world outside DOS and Windows which should be explored, I have acquired a MacBook. Through something called a Time Capsule (a menacing little white box which gets hot) it connects to an assortment of venerable equipment (though not, sadly, to my lovely old black 1985 vintage Apricot, which sits on a shelf in proud isolation), and I have to communicate with this dissonant assemblage in two different tongues.

It's rather like a European trying to learn Japanese: easy enough to remember that doitashi mashite means you're welcome, and that F11 on a Mac does the same as Windows-Shift-M on a PC, but the whole mindset is different: you have to unlearn things that always seemed naturally right, and acquire habits that seem perverse.

Anyway, during March I have made some progress, thanks to the help of a kind friend who set it all up and is instructing me in the arcane rituals of Macdom; besides being a poet of note he is a technological genius with more than a decade of Mac experience behind him, and today is his birthday.

I haven't as yet done anything useful with the MacBook, but I have played happily and created some pretty things, like this display of a selection of my websites and blogs:
[I shall not report further progress or indeed return at all to this topic; I do not wish to be like Stephen Fry, an erudite and witty man who nowadays spends much of his time writing unspeakably tedious articles extolling the virtues of various bits of electronic kit that take his fancy.]

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Sunday, 8 May 2016

The Most Important Guests

She finally got a moment to talk to me as I began to prepare the candles on the cake. She glared at me as she struggled to open a bottle of red.

“I don’t want Max and Jean at our next party. He always smells so bad, and she gets so annoyingly drunk… Why on earth do you invite-“

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Saturday, 8 June 2013

Add Quality to Your Email Mailing List

It's not enough to just build a list. The real goal should be to build a quality list of people who are interested in your products or services. Building an email list is an integral part of this process. It allows you to stay in touch with prospects, develop relationships and make repeat sales to your customers.

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1. Understand what your potential customers want. I know this sounds rather obvious but believe me it's not! It's possible to spend a long time creating products for which there's no demand. Don't fall into this trap. Do your research - spend some time online, listen to what people are saying in forums about the problems and challenges that they face. Then you'll get a good understanding of what potential customers want.

2. Establish your credibility in your market niche. People want to know why they should join your email list. If you're able to demonstrate your expertise by providing quality information and solutions to their problems, do you think that they'll want to sign up to your list? Of course - people are hungry for this sort of help.

3. Deliver excellent quality content on all your platforms. This is how you will make a name for yourself as someone who is worth listening to. Make the effort to ensure that your website, social media, blog etc are giving people the answers and information that they're looking for. Let people see the quality of your material so that they will be much more likely to buy your products and services.

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(Toronto, ON) – Canada’s U19 Men’s National Team battled Tunisia this morning in Heraklio Greece for their second match-up of the 2015 FIBA World Championship. Canada was dominant throughout, going on multiple scoring runs while managing to hold the Tunisian FG% to under 20% for the entirety of the game. It was clear early on that Tunisia was outclassed by the Canadian squad, as the red and white coasted to the 93-36 victory, improving to 2-0 in FIBA World Championship action.

The first quarter saw Canada explode out of the gate, dominating from the outset. Canada began the first quarter on a 13-0 run, effectively putting Tunisia on their heels immediately. Canada was led in the first by sharpshooter Corey Johnson (Ottawa, ON) who went 3-3 from three-point land, helping push the red and white to a 21-9 lead heading into the second frame. Canada shot 58% in the opening quarter while Tunisia struggled from the floor, connecting on only 20% of their shots (2-20 FG).

The second quarter began just like the first, with Canadian dominance. The Canucks began the quarter on a jaw-dropping 33-0 run, fueled by terrific defense, great ball movement and amazing shooting. Canada held Tunisia to just 2 points in the quarter, which came as free throws in the final seconds of the frame. Corey Johnson (Ottawa, ON) continued his hot shooting from downtown, connecting on two more 3-balls before the half. By halftime Canada was shooting 55.6% (20-36 FG), while holding Tunisia to just 6.5% (2-31 FG), 0-18 FG from inside the three-point arch. Canada had a stranglehold on the game, leading 54-11 going into the break.

In the third both teams came slightly back to reality. It was a much more balanced, back-and-forth quarter that saw Tunisia finally start to find some offensive flow. Canada’s hot shooting continued however, as they carried a 74-21 lead heading into the fourth.

In the final frame Tunisia continued to find their offensive flow, as Canada began to take their foot off the gas. However, it was far too little, far too late for Tunisia as Canada still managed to outscore their opponent 19-15 in the quarter, cruising to the 93-36 win.

Canada was led by Jalen Poyser’s (Malton, ON) 22 points (9-25 FG) & 8 rebounds & Corey Johnson’s (Ottawa, ON) 21 points (7-10 3FG). Drew Urquhart (Vancouver, BC) chipped in with 10 points (4-6 FG), 7 rebounds & 3 blocks, and Jadon Cohee (Langly, BC) added 9 points, 7 rebounds & 7 assists of his own.

Head Coach Roy Rana played 10 guys vs Tunisia, giving starters Dillon Brooks (Mississauga, ON) & Justin Jackson (Scarborough, ON) some much deserved rest. Rana touched on the value of giving the reserves heavier minutes:

“Canada today got a chance to play a lot of guys and get them some international experience. Hopefully we can continue to perform at a high level this Tuesday against Italy”.

For a full boxscore, click here.

Canada’s next challenge comes on Tuesday June 30th 2015 at 11:15am EST where they are set to face Italy. Stay tuned to @CanBball on twitter for live stream and live statistics links.

For full team roster and coaching staff, click here.

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Season 1, Episode 10: Tell All

All 27 men and women who entered the house are reunited for the first time; everyone discusses the state of their relationships and old love triangles before shocking revelations take place....

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British and Empire Heavyweight Boxing Champion 1952 Johnny Williams 1926 - 2007 Life-long resident of Rugby Trained here 1946 - 1957

Midas Lounge - 49 Church Street, Rugby, United Kingdom

In this house was born Rupert Brooke 1887

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14th century remains of the town's oldest building and the site of Tew's the Butchers famed in Tom Brown's Schooldays

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In memory of the 13 London firemen and women and 21 Beckenham firemen killed on the night of 19th April 1941 when a bomb destroyed the old school being used as a sub-fire station. This is the largest single loss of Fire Brigade personnel in English history.

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Halifax Day 7-2-14

The English Halifax Citadel – protected fort – was staffed with college students in period 1865 costumes.  The fort entrance is guarded by a soldier.  The entrance thru a draw bridge (moat surrounding the entire fort) and tunnel.

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Rooms around the fort wall were used for offices, storage. Center grounds for demonstrations = bayonette practice, bagpipers marching, cannon maintenance, shooting demonstrations

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View from the stop wall -

Then to Pier 21 for some touristy things……Lunch

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An Enjoyable Day – Thanks Jerry Avid for being our tour guide!

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I'll love that one boat! So cute.


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Tuesday, June 28, 2005

The alcove of God's house

So last night I was walking home after a wake, when I saw Milton in his wheelchair at the corner on the other side of the street. We don't see Mark and Sheri on the corner anymore. Mark is back in prison; he failed to report for his parole, and it finally caught up with him. Sheri, on the other hand, is doing incredibly well. She went into a treatment program, and now has almost three months clean and sober. She's coming over Friday night for dinner. I'm so proud of her, but I worry what will happen when Mark gets out of prison, worried that somehow he will sabotage her progress, worried that she'll end up back on the streets with him.

Milton didn't see me, and it was late, so I started to just continue on up the street, then changed my mind and doubled back, and we talked for awhile. A year ago, Milton wasn't truly homeless, but what social workers call "underhoused," doing odd jobs to get by and living in a friend's apartment. That all changed one day last year, because he decided to do a good deed for a kid. A kite had gotten stuck on the roof of the local library. Milton was a good climber, proud of his agility and upper body strength, so he climbed up onto the roof of the library and got the kite and threw it down, to cheers from the kids. He was starting to climb back down, and then he fell. He hit the ground and felt his leg snap just above the ankle.

It's amazing how everything can change, life as you know it can end, with a sound so soft that no one can hear it but you. "This is the way the world ends," said T.S. Eliot, "not with a bang, but a whimper."

They took Milton to the general hospital to fix his leg, which had a compound fracture, the bone protruding through the flesh. This isn't the nice hospital where rich people go for their illnesses and operations; its the one where they take the poor and minorities, where the emergency waiting room is always full, where they are chronically understaffed and short on supplies.

Milton got a staph infection in the wound while he was there at the hospital, and his leg never really healed. He has had thirteen operations to try and repair it after the infection. The doctors are now talking about operation number fourteen, trying to repair his achilles tendon, which has shrunken and become so tight that he can't move his foot. His left leg, which was broken, is now a full two inches shorter than his right. The infection has gone into his bones; we had a laugh together about him being "bad to the bone." A very short, bitter laugh.

Recently, he asked the doctors about pain medication because his foot had been giving him a lot of pain. The doctors told him they couldn't give him any of the good medications like oxycodone (they cost too much), but they could put him on methadone, a heroin substitute used to treat addictions, that is itself fairly addictive. Instead, he decided to take his chances with beer, just enough to take the edge off, he told me.

Milton has been trying to go on permanent disability, but SSI has denied his petition. Now, he sleeps in the alcove of the local Baptist Church at night. He goes late and gets up early, so he doesn't think they have noticed he's staying there, but if they have noticed, they haven't kicked him out yet. Milton said that it's God's house anyway, and God never tries to kick him out.

Milton told me that, when the time comes, he doesn't really need a mansion in heaven, not even a little one. He just wants to curl up in the alcove of God's house, somewhere where he can be safe, somewhere where he doesn't have to hold onto his wheelchair at night while he sleeps, so it doesn't get stolen like last time.

I told Milton I had to get going, and he said it was time for him to move along as well. Time to start heading for God's house.

I told him to say hi from me.

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

I'm completely and totally addicted to playing Scrabulous on Facebook. Seriously. I have interacted more with old friends in the past week than the past year because of this game! It's just so easy to log on and see if it's your turn, make your move, and then move on to something more productive.

I played a game against a random opponent recently and found our board very interesting. It is so dense! Hence the high scores. We were playing 3 letter words that would end up getting like 20 points. Sure, I lost, but not by too much - and I think the board looks awesome.

Michelle said...

Whoa, that is an impressive game! And I must confess that I share your addiction. I might have to join a 12-step group sometime soon.

Come to think of it, "anonymous" would be a pretty sweet Scrabble word...

Genie said...

so am i.
but i keep losing. :(
oh well.

cute blog..

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Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Otmoor Wryneck or "My double dip depression"

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Wryneck (c) Graham Lenton

Having missed the Wryneck on the Downs due to a prior engagement and having been unable to relocate it on Sunday morning I wrote an optimistic last line on my regular weekend blog along the lines of : "perhaps we will have our own Wryneck on the moor ,which I will get to see"
Well part of it came true. Graham Lenton found the first Wryneck to be on the reserve, at least as far as I know. There had been a probable bird in Long Meadow seven or so years ago, but that is off the reserve proper. The latest bird was found along the visitor trail at noon yesterday. it was seen by a number of people before flying up into the poplars along the visitor trail and then disappearing.
Need I say it disappeared about half an hour before I got there! There may be another one one day.

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Monday, June 25, 2012

We've still been playing our daily game of "chase the goats" around here. We keep telling them that all they have to do is stand in their lush green pasture and eat the grass, but Nooooo, they insist on sneaking through the fence to eat in the horse pasture. Then, not being satisfied with the grass that was on that side of the fence, they sneak through yet another fence to eat in my yard or flower gardens. Their favorite variety seems to be the morning glories that we have waited for two years to bloom. Another strand of electric fence just went on the never-ending list. Goats .... you've gotta love 'em to keep 'em.

Friday, June 22, 2012

The Lord your God is with you,
He is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.
~Zephaniah 3:17

I've sunken into a conformed expectation of grief the past couple of weeks, thinking that sad and crying (and hiding on my goat farm) is the only accepted way to mourn a son. It could have been the head cold, or my hermit nature, or the actual reality of the suffocating realization that life does go on when a child dies - take your pick I guess. I think it may have started when the lady at church forgot Trent's name. It sent me into a spiral of thinking that all of this pain was pointless, that even God may have forgotten his name.

So I've settled for numb and sulking, besides coughing and sleeplessness. But then it struck me like a 2x4 to the back of the head this morning: this is God's gift to me. Suffering, served with a pretty bow on top, all to know Him more; to count everything as loss in order to know Jesus (Phil 3:7-14).

I have longed for joy again, the simple kind of joy found in waking up and savoring a cup of coffee on the back porch, or having a horse ride and a picnic with the kids, or just looking at their beautiful faces without my heart breaking because I know the day could come when I may not see them again until my own eternity begins. I find myself lamenting over the fact that pursuing the things of this world don't excite me anymore. I'm not quite sure how to live from now until I see Jesus face to face.

I am a doer, and if I'm not "doing" I think I've failed. So I plant huge gardens, and build a goat herd up until the barn overflows, and start building screen porches, and make a long honey-do list because if I've got so much to do then everybody else around here has to be doing something, too. I fill the time, waiting for the days to pass. At the end of the day I think, "I'm one day closer."

In awe this morning I accept the gift, I quit drinking coffee and go brush my teeth, then head out to pull more weeds and ponder what exactly Jesus meant when He said He is coming soon and His reward is with Him. And I may even dance in the corn rows while I'm out there, farmers tan and all.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

To Gain Dominion

I've been in survival mode here for the past couple of weeks. It all started with what I thought was just being tired from vacation, which turned into what I assumed was allergies, and finally turned into a full blown head cold. Days have gone by now of constant coughing and barely any sleeping, which has done little to help with my naturally cheery disposition about life.

If I haven't been coughing I've been out in the garden weeding, all the while chanting, "I will gain dominion! I will gain dominion!"

As the record stands, the weeds are winning.

After reminding the other people in this house that combined they eat more around here than I do, I got some half-hearted helpers, until finally I turned to my old standby: bribery. Yes, my sweet dumpling pies, weeding seven rows of potatoes is worth a little plastic whirling fan. They have two rows to go.

We harvested our first produce: radishes. Mmm-mmm! Radish sandwiches for lunch! White bread, butter, radishes and salt.

And the arial garden views your wondering about .... the latest addition to the never ending list: this old farmhouse needs a new roof. If it isn't a furnace shooting flames or a failing sewer, its leaking ceilings. Another opportunity to watch God provide. After discussing our life insurance policy, I consented to climbing up on the rooftop with Rob and holding the ladder while he climbed to the peak and leaned over to patch the worst spot and then take pictures for the insurance company. I'm thinking I'll go with blue shingles this round ...

A friend of ours died and presumably went to hell this weekend. I'm still trying to process the reality of it, too. I'm sure he wasn't planning on it when he got out of bed that morning. I'm sure he figured he'd get at least another day to really take this God stuff seriously. My mind wants to go numb. It wants to pretend there is no hell. It wants to pretend that sin has no eternal consequence. It wants to pretend that salvation can look worldly and still be salvation because he was my friend. The evidence was too real, though: his lifestyle did not leave any convincing evidence of being transformed by Christ.

I am so ready for eternity to begin. I am so ready for Jesus to come and reign. I wonder how much more; how much more ... how many more.

So I tell my kids again what we have already started to get used to: we're all going to die. When we do, I'm sure we'll be surprised that it was so soon; that it was us.

I've cried myself to sleep most nights again. Tears for missing Trent intermingled with tears for a boy who woke up to no father on father's day. Tears for the reality of a sin-filled world. Tears because I chose to not stuff the pain, but rather feel it and look at it and call it what it is.

And then I go weed again, because weeds are easy. And a leaking roof doesn't matter so much.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Keep Repeating to Self

I don't need another buck. I don't need another buck. I don't need another buck. I don't need another buck.

This has proven to be a buck year with the last of the goat girls delivering two bucklings and a precious doe. These were the much anticipated babies out of Jacob, from Brenda's farm in Missouri. I'm loving the colors! And their conformation! And their sweet, bubbly noses (as the kids say around here), plus those long ears! But since I already have three bucks to breed with this fall, I am resisting the urge to keep a fourth ... even if he is one of the most beautiful bucks to have been born to date on our farm, and we could use some more blacks in our herd, and he comes from tremendous milk lines ... I don't need another buck. I don't need another buck. I don't need another buck.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Thousands Elsewhere

Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere. Psalm 84:10

It was brought to my attention the other day that we are in the "thousand elsewhere" part of that verse. Hmmm... I've been pondering that thought for quite some time since. How glorious would it be, then, to have been in God's presence for 483 days?

I woke up this morning overwhelmed with the anxiety of the realization that it has been nearly sixteen months since I have seen my son's face, or held him in my arms, or heard his voice. I have cried a river of tears in those months. The old wooden floor of my bedroom becomes the battleground every morning as I fight for victory; a victory that I often times forget has already been won: a victory for the truth that those who believe in the Lord Jesus will be saved. I try to remember that these trials are only for a little while. I rejoice that I am allowed to participate in the sufferings of Christ so that I may be overjoyed when His glory is revealed (1 Peter 4:13). I set my mind on things above, not on earthly things (Colossians 3:2).

Better are 483 days in God's court than 483,000 days elsewhere.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Bumpy Brown Toads

I opened the medicine cabinet in the barn yesterday to find a surprise: a big, brown, bumpy toad. I have a hunch that he probably didn't get there by himself.


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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Grain-Free Kitty

Since we changed our diet, we became concerned about our cat's diet. If we switched to organic, why shouldn't our cat? Our cat appeared a little constipated the other day and we were running low on our wheatgrass supply, so we decided to do some research. The ingredients in organic cat food in comparison to the cat food we had been giving her forced us to change her diet. It basically came down to plant-based (whole grain) cat food vs animal based (meats and organs) cat food. Below is what we discovered when we compared our old cat food to the new organic cat food we now feed her. The key ingredients are in bold print.

Hill's® Science Diet® Adult Optimal Care™ Original Dry Cat Food:
Ingredients: Chicken By-Product Meal, Whole Grain Corn, Brewers Rice Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Chicken Liver Flavor, Lactic Acid, Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Sulfate, DL-Methionine, Vitamin E Supplement, Iodized Salt, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Taurine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.

Nature's Variety Instinct Grain-Free Chicken Meal Formula Dry Cat Food:
Ingredients: Chicken Meal, Chicken Fat, Tapioca, Salmon Meal, Natural Chicken Flavor, Pumpkinseeds, Sun-Cured Alfalfa Meal, Montmorillonite Clay, Vitamins (Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid, Biotin, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin A Acetate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Carotene, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid), Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide), Sea Salt, Dried Kelp, DL-Methionine, Taurine, Direct-Fed Microorganisms (Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Yeast Culture, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus Niger Fermentation Extract, Dried Trichoderma Longibrachiatum Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Extract), Inulin, Flaxseed Oil, Mixed Tocopherols with Citric Acid (a natural preservative), Rosemary Extract, Apples, Chicken Eggs, Cottage Cheese, Cranberries, Freeze Dried Chicken, Freeze Dried Turkey, Freeze Dried Turkey Liver, Freeze Dried Turkey Heart, Ground Chicken Bone, Carrots, Butternut Squash, Broccoli, Lettuce, Spinach, Salmon Oil, Apple Cider Vinegar, Parsley, Honey, Blueberries, Alfalfa Sprouts, Persimmons, Olive Oil, Duck Eggs, Pheasant Eggs, Quail Eggs, Rosemary, Sage, Clove.

A by-product is a secondary product derived from a manufacturing process or chemical reaction. Whole grain corn is plant-based proteins that do not contain the full complement of the amino acids required by an obligate carnivore. Your cat was built to get his/her nutritional needs by the consumption of a large amount of animal-based proteins (meat/organs) which Science Diet is unable to provide. We are going to continue researching about cat food since we are still feeding her dry food. She refuses to eat wet food, but we feel better knowing she is getting her proper nutrition and drinking plenty of water. If you have any information on healthier cat food, please let us know.
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Cheap Thrills

I'm suppose to be on a shopping ban while I am in unemployment land looking for a job and also saving for an apartment with my partner for early next year. Having said that I could not resist some cheap thrills in the form of the following 4 dresses for the grand total of $50!

Love this dress. In the warmer months this will be a perfect transition dress from daytime to night time.

Material of the dress was a bit thinner and dress was more fitted then I thought, but I think it will be perfect for a night out kind of dress.

This is my favorite dress! Even prettier in real life. Will be so nice to wear as a throw on dress in the warmer months, either dressed up for work or casual for the weekend.

Looks very simple but perfect for work - when I get a job!

Ok back on the shopping ban bandwagon! Next new purchases will probably be in the form of birthday presents as it'll be my birthday next month. Have my eye of a few TopShop items!

  1. OMG orange dress looks amazing!!!
    GET OUT. so cheap.
    And fingers crossed for a job soon.

  2. Dirt cheap!!! Which is the best kind of course. Good luck in your job hunt!

  3. Thank you for the kind words ladies!

    Yes agreed, nothing better then the combo of shopping + bargains!!


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Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, has raised SEK5bn from the sale of newly-issued preference shares to a group of Swedish institutional investors.

The group of investors comprises two Swedish pension funds, AMF and the First Swedish National Pension Fund (AP1), as well as Folksam, a Swedish insurance company.

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In coming years Volvo Cars will continue to reposition its brand to compete with its global premium rivals, revive its operations in the US and develop its global manufacturing footprint, grow further in China and double its market share in Europe.

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Chair: Lawrence L. Wu, New York University
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  1. Transition to Parenthood: The Role of Social Interactions and Endogenous NetworksBelinda Aparicio Diaz, Vienna Institute of Demography ; Thomas Fent, Vienna Institute of Demography

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Village vignettes - Lighting the lamp

The lamp in our home, as in every other home in the village, anchors the dawn and the dusk and the passing of time. The moment of stillness when one lights the sandhya deepam and bows in wordlessness and thoughtlessness.
Every dusk one looks for a daub of cowdung that one places between two leaves and places under the lamp before lighting it. This is the 'salla', and it will protect the lamp from feeling heated, they say.
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    The UK economy is at full employment and yet average earnings are only growing at 2.3%. This is presumably because employers are having to increase pension contributions for employees and keeping wage growth low is the only way to control unit labour cost.
  • UK house prices
    There is a lack of stock coming onto the market, this probably due to the election with sellers waiting to see if there will be changes in stamp duty. The bank of mum and dad is now the ninth largest source of finance for house purchase.
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    At the time of writing the labour manifesto has just been published. There is a lot there which will appeal to the under 40 year olds with teenage children who are not earning 80k a year.
  • Europe, China and the rest of the world
    The majority of Americans in a recent poll thought the economy would continue to improve but they were less confident their President would! Meanwhile the EU as a whole is growing at 2%, the same as the USA and the UK. This will continue.

All the indicators suggest stable growth is in prospect for the UK and the world. The UK will face a severe and growing labour shortage. Interest rates are rising in the USA, and will begin to rise in the UK and the EU next year. Assuming the signs of a soft Brexit come through early on then growth will be maintained. We await the outcome of the election and the negotiations.

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(Big Red) "Mommy, perhaps if your butt hurts then you are sitting on my star wars game".

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

What did I do with my Acer?

Answer: Not a whole lot.

It was a great e-reader and Web access device, certainly. I didn't see much potential for using a single tablet in my beginning Spanish classes, so I pretty much played with the machine in my capacity as a computer nerd.

As a language teacher, though, I have been giving a lot of thought to how tablets might be used in language classrooms, and several possible uses have occurred to me.

One of the activity types most likely to fit well with tablets is the "information gap" activity. One popular language learning/teaching website defines an information gap activity as "... an activity where learners are missing the information they need to complete a task and need to talk to each other to find it. " (

The tablets seem to be a great way to provide information to individuals or small groups interactively. For example, one student (or small group) might get a tablet loaded with (or directed via the Web to) information that a travel agent would typically have. The other student(s) would have questions or checklists that help them collect travel information they need to make a decision on vacation plans.

There are many such activities throughout language teaching, at all levels of skill. Tablets seem ideally suited to supporting learners' needs during those activities. Such support could take a variety of forms:

  • presenting what students need to know to carry out their part of an activity and what they need to find out from others taking different roles in the activity (please note that while this is also easily done on paper in a relatively straightforward way, an app or web page delivered via tablet could selectively, and algorithmically, present the information over time and/or as discrete steps while the activity is in progress)
  • recording students findings during an activity
  • providing language support during activities via dictionaries and links within the activities to useful vocabulary and language structures
In addition to information gap activities, students could record (audio only or audio-video) their interactions for later review by the students themselves, by classmates, and/or by the instructor. In classrooms in which every student had a tablet (or similar device, such as a smart phone), quick mini-quizzes could be given and instantly evaluated, much as instructors do now with iClickers and similar clicker systems.

Perhaps a bit more pie-in-the-sky, but still possible and definitely useful, would be the use of augmented reality (see Wikipedia entry). Foreign language "treasure hunts" might require students to get up and move around the classroom, or even parts of the campus, as part of their information collecting tasks. I can imagine a variety of real-world tasks that would work, for example, understanding and following directions (e.g., "go to the end of the hall, then turn right"). Instructions and other signposts could be displayed virtually on the tablet, allowing instructors to create multiple activities that would not require taping up signs in the real world, for example.

Of course, I'm assuming that departments or programs will have access to a set of tablets and dependable wireless access in their classrooms. I don't think we're at the point where we can require students to have a tablet or a smartphone as part of our course's required materials. I do think that a Spanish 101 or 102 class with eighteen students and six or seven tablets (not counting the instructor's) could make good use of them. Doing so would require strong technical support (especially dependable and relatively fast wireless access in the classroom) and perhaps some custom programming of apps and/or websites to support the activities.

I'm tempted to flesh my thoughts out further and submit an Innovation Fund proposal next semester. To that end, any questions and/or feedback on what I've posted would be greatly appreciated.

Best End-of-Semester Wishes and Happy Holidays.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Some mini-app ideas

For chemistry:

  1. An interactive periodic table that would allow you to view physical and chemical properties of any element by touching its chemical symbol.
  2. A graphical tool for visualizing the kinetics of chemical reactions.
  3. An app that allows the user to set the dissociation constant of an acid or base to see how that acid/base would look in solution (the higher the constant, the more molecules are dissociated). Could also have a concentration slider control and a pH display.

For biology/physiology:

  1. An osmosis simulator with controls for setting concentrations and degree of permeability. May have graphical displays showing the change in concentration on both sides of membrane.
  2. A simulator for studying electrical and concentration gradients across a membrane.
  3. An interactive biological cell. Tapping on an organelle would give you information about its function, associated pathologies, etc.

I could come up with dozens of more ideas, but that would be a nice start!

- Dave

Sunday, December 4, 2011

my android tablet experience

a couple of years ago, i checked out an ipad from the library to test it out and hated the experience. the device was slow and unresponsive, heavier than i anticipated and couldn't do much in the area of productivity and communication. i could browse the internet, but couldn't see any sites with flash. e-commerce sites were out due to the cumbersome on-screen keyboard (i could make a purchase at least twice as fast using a laptop). email was out as well since typing was a chore. so what's left? games? not for me. e-book reading? no comparison to my kindle, which was lighter and easier on the eyes (no glare). so i returned the device rather disappointed.

after testing the acer android tablet, i feel exactly the same way. the acer was slightly faster than the ipad, but so what? it did have a USB port, so i was able to transfer a movie from my laptop to the acer. but i had to convert the DVD to MPEG before i could watch it on the acer (which took more time than you can imagine). and the quality of the image was not nearly as good as on my laptop. so once again, i ask myself: why bother?

next, i went hunting for apps that could have educational value for graphic designers or visual artists. the shopping experience was not a pleasant one as many of the free apps i tried were amateur creations. also, many apps are designed for phones (with small screens) not tablets. and it wasn't clear in the market place which is which, so i wasted a lot time downloading useless stuff.

"white board" was one such app. at first glance, it looks like an excellent sketchbook app, but it was obviously designed for phones. i never could figure out how to expand the menu area without exiting the application. of course, there was no instructions to help me out.

next i tried "sketch notes", a simple sketch book with 3 paper choices plus the ability to save sketches. but the icons were impossible to "click" on and changing tools was painful. once again, no instructions to help out.

"tab notes" has some possibilities. it's a simple sketch book that seems to function quite well, but there was no option for blank paper (only paper with lines). i also couldn't figure out how to delete or organize saved pages. of course the trial version has "trial version" in big bold type across the app, which prevented full enjoyment of the experience.

"color buddy" is a color harmony selector app with ability to save palettes. it's a nice idea, but with a very clumsy interface and no interactivity (as in adjusting base color with a slider). color harmony rules could have been designed with visual examples instead of labels to make learning color theory easier.

i would not recommended any of these apps to any of my students.

as for possible projects for dave bock's class, i would like to see a simple color harmony app created with a visual interface. it would be the same general idea as "color buddy" but less complicated than adobe's "kuler" which is a desktop app built into adobe illustrator (there is an android version but it costs $10). the entire goal would be to help beginner artists choose harmonious color schemes using pre-programmed rules. color theory needs to be taught visually and through trial and error, so an interactive digital color wheel with sliders seems like the obvious choice.


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Saturday, March 3, 2012

What have you found most interesting and/or useful in your use of the tablet thus far?

From my earlier entries it would be obvious that I am enjoying my discovery of I am not sure if it is the  free 50Gb or its potential for classroom use that is making me feel giddy.

I build alot of flash based E-learning modules, quizzes and interactions that help make the models available to my anatomy students anywhere they have internet access.

The cross-platform nature of has allowed me to access my documents stored in it from the android tablet on loan to me, an ipad, and an Iphone as well as the web. This will more than cover the majority of devices students might have to gain access to material posted within

Size makes a difference. However seamless and pain free Dropbox is, we are limited to 2Gb of which I am painfully close to using up. I find myself deleting or moving other files just to allow new material to fit. will more than take care of storage needs though the granting of access to others is somewhat clunky compared to Dropbox.

Update: Free 50GB cloud storage for android devices.

As promised, I mentioned I would take a closer look into So far it has been quite fruitful and has potential for classroom use.

1) It mimics the sandbox(dropbox) feature in Angel. You can create folder and assign collaborators to each. The collaborators can be assigned different levels of use  from being editors to viewers etc.
Students can be invited to view documents , videos or links etc stored in a created folder. They would receive emails with a link to the folder or you could copy the link and send it manually by email etc. Permission, access and security can be set for files and folders.

2) If one has a heavy use of  youtube, videos, links etc in their course or would receive documents from students, does look like it can fulfill that niche with its free features. In essence, it could serve as a great collaborative base or a tranche of extra material for students to access outside of Angel/black board.

3) If WiFi or internet is limited or sketchy for the student or instructor, they could download the app to an Android device, or iphone, Ipad etc and through the app, be able to download specific documents for offline viewing.

4) Did I mention that you could also install a (extension) to Office 2010. With it, you can directly create and save, share or open Office documents to folders in ( straight to cloud) without a browser. Screenshot:

I guess it is pretty obvious that on closer inspection I got bitten by the bug!

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Free 50GB cloud storage for android devices.

I recently came across through a friends recommendation. They are offering 50GB free for life to any one with an android device who registers on their website or through an android app.

I haven't explored the features yet but from reviews I have read, it doesn't have the magic that Dropbox has. However, I couldn't pass on 50GB free storage for life. Who knows one day I might have a need for it.

One can always upgrade for a monthly fee to enjoy additional features, even then, I doubt it comes close to the functionality and simplicity Dropbox.

There is one catch though, as a marketing tool, they will access your contacts list  (from your gmail account) but will not store the contact information on their servers. They want to mine email addresses I guess, to spread the word. I had no problem with this as I set up a new email account to access the android market place. I don't have any contacts stored in this email account.

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23 January 2012

Happy Birthday to ? ? ?

The close to last year was crazy busy.  This card was lovingly made (if you can believe me) for one of my colleagues but I have to admit, head held low in shame, that I can't remember to whom I gave it.  I have waited too long to write this post and did not keep a faithful record of my handiwork.
The butterfly was cut out using the Sizzix Big Shot.

Soooooo, Happy Birthday Sue slash Kylie.

Have you experienced any "deleted memories" lately?

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  1. gorgeous card...and even if you can't remember, your recipient will know and feel loved xx AJ


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Friday, June 19, 2015

On the Fact that Teddy Roosevelt (in His 1902 State of the Union Speech) Actually Declared that One of the Main Duties of the United States Was to Carry Out a "Proper Policing of the World"

You want to know where it all started, folks? How 'bout right here, with this asshole?............Oh, and if you think that I'm being too harsh here, try the fact that since Roosevelt the U.S. has literally gotten involved in dozens of wars that have had almost nothing to do with our national security and that the consequences have been devastating; hundreds of thousands of casualties, trillions of dollars down the drain, etc.. If anything, I'm being too magnanimous.

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Rational Nation USA said...

Magnanimous? Really?

So, which conflicts that we were involved in were neccessary IYO?

Will "take no prisoners" Hart said...

I'm being too magnanimous in calling him an asshole is what I was driving at, and that it was an insult to assholes if anything. And to answer your question, the only military action that I support is the bombing of those terrorist training sites in Afghanistan and the going after bin Laden. And even there once it morphed into a nation-building enterprise I opposed that one.

Rational Nation USA said...

As assholes go I think there have been and are assholes that make ole TR look like a piker

At least he had American Exceptionalism in mind eh?


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What Does a Pet Psychic Do?

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Pet psychics, also known as animal communicators, can facilitate better communication between you and your pet. By linking psychically to animals of all kinds, a pet communicator can help with many issues pets and their people face, such as behavioral problems, separation anxiety and end of life issues.

What Is a Pet Psychic?

A pet psychic is exactly what the name implies: a person with psychic abilities who can communicate with animals using animal telepathy, which is also known as intraspecies telepathic communication. Some pet psychics are also mediums, which means they have the ability to communicate with pets who have died.

Animal communicators can talk with any type of an animal, reptile, mammal, insect, house pet, farm animals - there is no limitation.

Communicating With Your Pet

Communication between pet psychics and your pets is two-way; that is, they communicate with your pets and your pets communicate with them. To do this, they use various forms of psychic ability, such as clairaudience, clairvoyance, clairsentience, mediumship, empathy and telepathy. According to Lorrie the Pet Psychic, the most common ways they receive communication from pets is via pictures and images, feelings, or words your pet shares with them.

So a pet psychic may receive impressions when connecting with your pet that they are able to translate into concepts she can share with you to facilitate a stronger relationship between you and your pet. Likewise, she can use the same types of communications to share information with your pet.

Services They Provide

Pet psychics provide a variety of services you can use for a stronger and more balanced relationship with your pet.

Help for Behavioral Issues

Pet psychics are often experts in pet behavior, and their ability to communicate with your pet about behavioral issues can help you understand the roots of the behavior and provide solutions that allow you to work with your pet to change undesirable behavior. For a behavioral issue, a pet psychic might take the following steps:

  1. Your pet psychic will gather a comprehensive history of the situation from you, asking about both your behavior and your pet's, as well as seeking information about how you've tried to remedy the situation in the past, what you feel may have caused the situation, and if you feel there are any contributing factors.
  2. She will then establish psychic communication with your pet, either in person or at a distance, and discuss the issue, asking the animal why the behavior is happening and communicating with your pet new expectations for behavior along with reasons for those expectations.
  3. Next, she'll hare her findings with you so you can understand your pet's behavior. She may also offer you modifications for your behaviors that are contributing to your pet's actions.
  4. She'll follow-up as needed to help with the ongoing issues if they remain.

For example, if your dog barks and wakes you up every night, a pet psychic might discover the behavior began when your dog was barking one night and you picked it up and carried it back to bed so you could sleep, thus establishing in the dog's mind a pattern or expectation. In other words, your dog trained you. In this situation, the pet psychic would communicate with the dog, explaining this behavior is unacceptable because you need to sleep so you can work and make money to feed them and tell them the new expectation is the pet goes to bed without barking. The psychic will also find the dog's reasons for barking, making sure there isn't a physical basis for it, and communicate any of those issues to you. The psychic may also give you suggestions about how to proceed, such as taking a firm stance with the dog, engaging in some type of reinforcement to stop the behavior, and help you to understand how your behavior contributed to your pet's behavior.

Getting to Know Your Pet Better

In some cases, you just may want a pet communicator to check in to see how your animal companion is doing. In this case, she will communicate with your animal to see if there are any issues the animal feels needs to be solved, whether there are pain or health issues, or if there are emotional needs the pet has that aren't being met. She will communicate this information with you and help facilitate ongoing communication with your pet to help solve any issues that come up.

Preparing Your Pet for Changes

If you're moving house, going on a trip, having a baby, getting a divorce, or any other major life changes, it affects your pet. A pet communicator can help you communicate these upcoming changes to your pet to help them know what they can expect, and can facilitate any ongoing communication about concerns your pet may have. She can also reassure your pet and help you know the best ways to prepare your pet for whatever change may be occurring.

End of Life Issues

Pet psychics can help you determine if your old or sick pet's quality of life is so poor it is time to euthanize, or whether the pet would rather die naturally. These can be difficult decisions to make, and having a psychic communicate with your pet can help reassure you that you are making the right decision for your pet.

Finding Lost Pets

If your pet is missing, a pet psychic can communicate with your pet and tell you if it is alive or dead. If your pet is alive, the psychic may be able to help you find the pet by ideas about where the pet is based on the surroundings your pet sees and communicates with you. The communicator may also be able to help guide your pet home or to some place safe via psychic communication.

Help You Communicate

Some pet psychics can also teach you to communicate with your animals. You may actually already be better at this than you realize, and a pet psychic can offer pointers to help you understand what it is your pet is telling you in these communications.

Finding Local Pet Psychics

Chances are, you can't flip to the pet psychics section of your yellow pages and find an animal communicator. However, there are ways to find local psychics. Because many work remotely, you can also find pet psychics in different areas to work with your animals at a distance.

  • Ask your local vet, pet food store, animal clinic, animal rescue, humane society or groomer. While not all of them will have resources for you, some might, or they might be able to tell you who to ask.
  • Look in a psychic directory such as Best Psychic Directory or AnimalCommunication.info.
  • Enter the terms "pet psychic" or "animal communicator," and the name of your town in a search engine.
  • Ask local metaphysical organizations, such as the Unity Church or a local paranormal or psychic group.

Do Your Research

Once you've located an animal communicator, do your research. Look for Better Business Bureau ratings, seek online reviews and ask for references from past clients. Locating a respected animal communicator may just facilitate a better understanding between you and your pets.

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Parental Rights in Jeopardy

Welcome to my inaugral entry into blog moderation.

In the past four months, I have undergone a transformation which I recommend for all parents that cherish their freedoms. The quiet, yet fretful, father-physician, that I once was, has metamorphosized into a unquenchably passionate activist, addicted to defending our right to parent. Every effect requires a cause, and such a powerful effect requires an equally great cause.

With that introduction, I come to my point, "What was the cause of my metamorphosis?" In February, I learned of a threat to the American way of life so great that I could no longer linger in my intentional denial of the changes taking place in our country. That was when I learned of the forces gathering to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. I will not provide the details now, but I will strip away those layers of flesh to reveal the heart of this issue that provides me with such passion and motivation.

The heart of the issue is bound up in the consequences of ideas. All ideas have consequences; they do not happen in a vaccum, devoid of impact. The idea here is the philosophy that government, its officials, its experts, its bureaucracy, and all their trappings know what is best for the individual citizen and furthermore should force it upon them. Despite the antithetical nature of this philosophy to the foundations of America's republican form of government, many Americans are promoting this philosophy in the form of this United Nations treaty. They sincerely believe that they, in their roles of government leadership and expert opinion, know better than a child's own parents what is best for the individual child. They reach beyond claiming knowledge of the best common good and intrude into decisions for the individual good of families, particularly the children.

By claiming this superior wisdom and seeking the power of this treaty to implement it in our great nation, they will strip parents of the very right to pass values, tradition, and beliefs to their next generation. They claim high motives of protecting against child abuse, protecting from unhealthy influences by parents, assuring the proper education of all children, and so much more. They practically claim that they will provide salvation of all that is bad in the world for children. This mostly means salvation from parents and parental influence.

There I find myself, engulfed in the flames of passion, hearing forces claiming that we as parents do not possess the wisdom nor the intention to provide what they deem "best" for our own children. I will give up many privileges, many perks, many luxuries, but I will never, ever, give up the right to raise my children and direct the provision of all that is good for their growth into mature citizens of our great nation.

Therefore, I work against this United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child and for a Parental Rights Amendment which I believe after much research is our best hope against the gathering forces for the treaty.

Please refer to www.parentalrights.org for further background on this treaty. If you live in Tennessee, search Tennessee on that website for our Tennessee webpage.

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Thursday, February 01, 2007

Law in the European Union - you and whose army?

The EU is a slippery little blighter. The laws, treaties, regulations and directives spin by in something of a blur - easy to get confused over whether, for example, the Maastricht Treaty is still actually in force (it isn't) or whether Britain could regain her opt-out on the Social Chapter (she can't - it's now in the Treaty of Amsterdam). The DK is therefore right to detect a trace of humbug about the Conservative's plans to rejig elements of Britain's involvement in the EU - from the Social Chapter to the Common Fisheries Policy.

Except that the European Union has very little concept of legal sovereignty - or indeed accountability. The European Court does not recognise precedent for example, and it decides on a teleological basis - not what the law says, but what it was supposed to say. So there is a potential method that the Tories could take to withdraw from unwelcome elements of the European law, without following the letter of the Treaties. Ignore them.

It's what the French have done repeatedly. The European Court will declare Britain to be in breach. Britain can then ignore it. The possibility of fines can be raised. Britain can ignore them. Suspension of membership? Never going to happen. The rule of Europe is a rule by consent - there is nothing by way of effective sanction unless Member States play along. It would raise tensions in Europe, raise worries about Britian being 'sidelined', but the bottom line is that the EU cannot afford to kick Britain out - Britain is not in the position of a supplicant here, it has a very strong bargaining position.
While Britain's basic negotiating position is that of a reluctant child, being dragged into things mostly against its will, it has very little chance of success. So act like France under De Gaulle - stomp around and throw its weight around - refuse to co-operate unless you get your way, insist that things are done your way or not at all, ignore rulings that go against you. It's obstructive, and 'un-European' but that's fine - most of us are already.

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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Better Than Any Reality Show Story

One of the biggest crazes today is Reality Shows.  People are basically opening up their entire lives telling and showing the world how they live.  What's so strange to me is that the way that most of these people live is nothing to admire or pattern our lives after.

The word of God speaks about the life of believers in Revelation 12:11 "how we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony" (paraphrase). It's talking about overcoming and not airing our inadequacies and short comings to the world.

I am thoroughly convinced that believers have far better stories to tell than folks of the world no matter if they are on television or just plain folks living their lives.  Our initial testimony of how we came to know Jesus is the beginning of our story.  What makes each of our stories unique is all of them are completely different even though we are connected to the same Savior.

Listen, I not only want to encourage you to think about the power of your testimony more frequently, I want to challenge you to share it more purposefully.  We have every reason to share with others how we overcome.

Below is a short tutorial on how to put together your testimony. It can be longer but a 2-5 minute testimony can really have an impact on somebody's life.

Formatting Your 2 to 5 Minute Testimony

1.  Take about 30 to 90 seconds talking about where you were born, grew up, your family life and a couple of distinguishing truths about your past before being saved.

2.  Take another 30 to 60 seconds describing how you came to know Jesus and the circumstances.

Post Salvation
3.  Spend about 30 to 90 seconds describing what the Lord has done in your life and how you're living now.  Could include family life, personal deliverance, ministry, employment,  financial etc...

4.  Spend the last 30 to 60 seconds inquiring of the reader/listener and invite them to accept the claims of the Bible (if they are a non believer) or challenge them to share their testimony the same way you're sharing yours (if they are a believer).

Stay Blessed,

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Twitter Account Problems

I am a power Twitter user in my business and have never had as many problems with the service as I have in creating and using an account for My Twitter profile is Today it says my account has been suspended for too many login attempts. I’ve got a support ticket going and am keeping my fingers crossed.

Since I don’t have these problems on other accounts I manage it makes me wonder is someone is trying to shut the account down. I know that sounds paranoid but stranger things have happened.

This morning when you go to my profile you get one for someone with an ID of kakoui. Maybe Twitter is just having some serious problems. However, I’ve checked all my other accounts and they seem to be working fine.

So, I just thought I’d let you know. Very irritating to say the least.

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

House and Boat Rug

Ok, this is another Deanne Fitzpatrick design. It's small, about 12x 14 inches, so will make a nice pillow. I am going to look through my wools and plan colors today, and then see if I'll have to dye anything.
I also got 2 big bags of unwashed, straight from the sheep, fleece which I am going to start washing today. I picked through some of it yesterday and got the sticks and grass out. I looked up the Fine Line in St. Charles yesterday to see if they have any spinning classes, but they don't. They do sell Louet wheels, but I still haven't found a better deal than the Ashford Kiwi I was looking at yet. I think I'll probably end up with that wheel. I can buy add ons to spin fine or chunky yarn so it will last me a long time. I need to find some place that I can get to easily where there are classes though, because I really want to take one.

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Thursday, August 31, 2006

Friday Review . . . 24-7 and Transit

In September, 1999 a small group of people in England decided to try praying continuously for a month -- and didn't stop until Christmas. Their experiment has now spread to more than 60 countries and fills several large, interconnected weg pages, starting with

The purpose? In their words:

The dream behind 24-7 is to turn the tide of youth culture back to Jesus. It's a big dream -- maybe an impossible dream. We recognise that the Body of Christ in the West is bleeding young people. Something has to change. But clever strategy alone is not the answer. Never has been. History shows that the tide turns when God's people pray. That is why God is mobilising prayer movements like 24-7 (and others).
As far as I have been able to tell, the web page began as an organizing center for prayer rooms around the world. People in more than 60 countries, to date, have signed up to staff a prayer room continually (in shifts) for a week or more. At the time that I was writing this, there were 19 prayer rooms praying in 6 countries.

As you would expect from a youth movement, the web page is huge. It is also filled with inspiring, and frequently, beautifully written content. As you would also expect from a web-centered, youth movement; it has evolved. The next step were Boiler Rooms.

Boiler Rooms are described as Millenium 3 Monasteries. They are communities centering around prayer, evangelism and mission. There are currently 16 Boiler Rooms in 7 countries. One of the newest, Kansas City, is the first in the U.S.

The next step for the Boiler Rooms was Transit. Transit is a nine-month, residential, intensive, discipleship traning program. It relies on life in community, missionary service and classroom instruction. The link in the previous sentence goes directly to the syllabus page for Transit on the U.S. 24-7 web page. This link is to the International Transit web page.

The 24-7 web pages are overly complicated and can be difficult to navigate. I think it is worth the trouble. If anything will restore your faith in the future of the church -- these pages will do it. They tell the story of a significant number of young people, literally worldwide, who are willing to live dedicated lives of mission, service, evangelism and prayer.

I have added a few links directly to internal pages to make prowling around a little easier.
Main FAQ page
What is a Boiler Room?
U.S. 24-7 News Page
24-7 Values and Methods
24-7 Mission Teams

Has your church ever sponsored a 24-7 prayer room? A search on "Presbyterian" on the 24-7 web page turns up all of 12 results. A search on blogger for 24-7 prayer produced almost 7,000 results. I didn't check all of them, but I didn't see any member blogs in the first 17 pages of search results.

If you have any experience with the 24-7 prayer movement or have mentioned it in your blog, let me know. Either leave a comment or I can be reached directly at

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