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Beacon Street Diary

March 21, 2007

See the post from the student who visited us on the SLA Blog.

March 20, 2007

Due to the kindness of our Japanese friends and visitors, we have acquired several books from Japan. Our student volunteer, Youngmi, is now cataloging these into our online catalog. We are fortunate to have Youngmi, who is fluent in Korean and Japanese. We will be creating a special space to shelve these books and any others we may be given.

March 19, 2007

I've been working to complete the section in US history related to the "Indians". I found a wealth of pamphlets published from the early to late 1800 regarding the condition and management of Indians. Numerous pamphlets and letters were published by the Indian Rights Association. One such pamphlet is "The Latest Studies on Indian Reservations" by J.B. Harrison and another is "Our Next Duty to the Indians" by James E. Rhoads, both published in 1887. We also have many reports, discourses and sermons from the Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians, and others, in North America. One of these sermons was preached November 8, 1817 in Chauncy-Place Church, Boston by John Foster and another was preached November 5, 1829 by Benjamin B. Wisner, pastor of Old South Church, Boston. Rev. Wisner's title was "The Proper Mode of Conducting Missions to the Heathen."  In his "Address on the Present Condition and Prospects of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of North America, with particular reference to the Seneca Nation, M. B. Pierce, a chief of the Seneca Nation and a member of Dartmouth College, speaks on the wrongs done to the Indian tribes and the land frauds perpetrated upon them.

March 12, 2007

The Rev. Richard H. Taylor (Rick) presents "Puritans in Rogues' Island: Fascinating Stories from Rhode Island Congregational and Christian History" on March 14 from noon to 1:00 PM at the Library. This lecture is free and open to the public. Bring your lunch and join us.

Rick was born and raised in Patterson, NJ and is a graduate of Andover Newton Theological School. He served as pastor in churches in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Rhode Island. He recently retired from Beneficient Congregational Church of Providence, RI. He is the Vice President of the Congregational Christian Historical Society. Rick has written four directories of living and extinct churches of the forerunner denominations of the United Church of Christ and is at work on a fifth book. He is well known as an historian, writer and speaker on Congregational and Christian history.

Rich has stories to tell about some unusual episodes in Congregational and Christian history. In the 17th century, Rhode Island was the so-called Southern California of New England, a refuse for heretics, dissenters, and religious innovators.

We look forward to seeing you March 14.

March 9, 2007

Yesterday we attended a seminar on the topic of Online Outreach given at the Boston Public Library. We now have a whole list of new ideas and actions to take to become more visible to our patrons thanks to Jennifer Koerber, the presenter of the seminar. One idea from our list was to create an entry for the Congregational Library in Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Our wonderful volunteer, Youngmi, offered to start a Wikipedia entry for us. Here's the link: The Congregational Library

We welcome your comments and edits to the entry. Watch this space for more developments in online outreach.

March 8, 2007

Three new books are now available:

The Devoted Life: an Invitation to the Puritan Classics, edited by Kelly M. Kapic and Randall C. Gleason. Reviews.Devoted_life

Abraham in Arms: War and Gender in Colonial New England, by Ann M. Little. Reviews. Abraham

The Indians of the Nipmuck Country in Southern New England, 1630-1750: an Historical Geography, by Dennis A. Connole. Reviews.Nipmuck

If you are interested in borrowing these books, please email us at or call us at 617-523-0470.

March 6, 2007

We're continuing to catalog sermons into our online catalog. Some of the latest sermons entered are on the topic of morality. A couple of titles that caught my eye were "Comfort to Sodom: a Sermon on gambling preached in the Union Congregational Church Worcester, April 22, 1883" by Henry A. Stimson and "Joy in Heaven over the Penitent. A Sermon delivered in Park Street Church, before the Penitent Females' Refuge Society on the evening of Sabbath, December 18, 1825" by Justin Edwards. It's hard not to stop and read these sermons. Who was in the congregation who heard these sermons? Was gambling a political as well as a religious issue in that time? Who were the females in the Penitent Females' Refuge Society and what did they do?

New records are added daily so check us out.

March 1, 2007

Sacred music for 4-8 voices by beloved Jacobean composer Orlando Gibbons.

Works on this program include:

  • Praise the Lord, O my soul
  • Song of Angels (from Hymns and Songs of the Church)
  • Hosanna to the Son of David
  • O clap your hands together
  • See, see the Word is incarnate
  • Magnificat & Nunc dimittis from 'The Short Service'

Singers in this concert:

Eileen Cecelia Callahan, Beth Spaulding, sopranos;
Sheila Beardslee, Barbara Carvey, altos;
Craig Thomas, tenor;
Charles Dale, John Nesby, baritones;
Michael Lauer, bass

Guest organist: Lee Ridgway

5 Performances in the Greater Boston area

Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 8 pm

Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge St, Newton Corner MA

$15 general admission; $10 students, seniors & low income

Directions at
Information: 617/244-3221 or 978/264-0584

Friday, March 9, 2007 at 8 pm

St. Paul Catholic Church, Bow & Arrow Streets, Harvard Square, Cambridge,MA
Sponsored by Harvard Catholic Students Association

$15 general admission; $10 students, seniors & low income

Directions at

Information: 978/264-0584

Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 8 pm

Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 5 Bryant Street, Wakefield, MA
$10 general admission; $7 students, seniors & low income

Directions at

Information: 781/245-1374 or 978/264-0584

Sunday, March 11, 2007 at 5 pm

Old North Church, 193 Salem Street in Boston’s North End

Donations welcome

Information: 617/523-6676
Directions at

Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 12 noon

MIT Chapel (opposite Stratter Student Center)
84 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA

Directions at

February 26, 2007

We received the following Call for Papers. They have indicated a particular interest in religious history.

Ninth Annual Conference on Illinois History, Springfield, Illinois, October 18-19, 2007

Proposals for individual papers or panels on any aspect of Illinois' history, culture, politics, geography, literature, and archeology are requested for the Conference on Illinois History. The Conference welcomes submissions from professionals and avocational historians, graduate students, and those engaged in the study of Illinois history at libraries, historic sites, museums, and historical societies.

Each proposal should include a summary of the topic and a one-page resume of the participant. The summary should specify the major primary and secondary sources used in the research. Proposals should be formal, footnoted papers. The deadline for proposals is March 20, 2007.

Contact: Thomas F. Schwartz, State Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 112 North Sixth Street, Springfield, IL 62701.

Phone: 217-782-2118, Fax: 217-558-1574,, Web site

February 20, 2007

Please be advised that our next Brown Bag Lunch will be on March 14. Previous advertisements incorrectly indicated a week earlier. Please join us for Rick Taylor's talk on "Puritans in Rogues' Island: Fascinating Stories from Rhode Island Congregational and Christian History".


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Davidson calls for united opposition to give Holyrood ‘teeth’

The Scottish Conservative leader has called on other opposition parties to come together to give the Scottish Parliament more power to scrutinise the executive.

Proposals include making sure that non-SNP MSPs become conveners of key committees, whose effectiveness is undermined by Nationalist MSPs’ refusal to criticise their Party.

Writing on this site yesterday, Davidson recognised the responsibility resting on her since she seized the mantle of opposition from a hapless Scottish Labour Party.

Welsh Conservatives lack ‘appetite’ for leadership change

A former Tory AM has claimed that the party is not interested in replacing Andrew RT Davies, according to Wales Online.

In contrast to a very strong Scottish result, in Wales the party lost three AMs and slipped back into third behind Plaid Cymru.

Labour’s seat total held up remarkably well despite a falling vote, with only a shock win in Rhondda by Leanne Wood, the nationalist leader, decreasing their strength.

Despite a ‘proportional’ electoral system, Wales Online reports that Labour may continue to ‘dominate’ Wales with the support of just three voters in ten.

Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats lost four of their five AMs. Kirsty Williams, who increased her vote in Brecon and Radnorshire, has since resigned the leadership.

Nationalism continues to recede in the Northern Ireland Assembly

Both Sinn Fein and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) suffered new setbacks over the weekend, as the results of the latest Northern Irish elections were counted.

The SDLP shed two seats and came within 100 votes of losing a third, whilst Sinn Fein lost one. They also lost 2.2 and 2.9 per cent of the vote respectively.

Both the Democratic Unionists and Ulster Unionists lost less than one per cent and held all their seats, with the DUP almost snatching one from the SDLP in Belfast West, where there hasn’t been a Unionist MLA since 2007.

Two of the seats were picked up by the Irish-based People Before Profit Alliance, and one by the Greens on a disappointing night for both Labour rebels and the Conservatives.

Both the UUP and SDLP now face a difficult decision about whether or not to go into opposition.

Greens try to pull SNP left to prop up minority government

The Herald reports that Patrick Harvie, co-convenor of the Scottish Greens and one of his party’s six MSPs, hopes to force Nicola Sturgeon to increase taxes on the better off in exchange for supporting her budget.

During the election the SNP tried hard to squeeze out other separatist parties, including the Greens, with their “both votes SNP” strategy, but are now having to adjust their position.

Harvie’s ultimatum highlights how new powers and no majority may make it difficult for the SNP to hold together their coalition without another imminent referendum.

Hamilton wins the leadership of UKIP’s Welsh Assembly group

The one-time Conservative MP was elected to lead his new party’s delegation in the Assembly by four votes to three, defeating Nathan Gill.

Gill was appointed UKIP’s Welsh leader by Nigel Farage, who continued to support him and has a record of opposing Hamilton, and will continue in that role despite not leading in Cardiff Bay.

Farage has since described Gill’s deposition as “unjust and an act of deep ingratitude”, Wales Online reports as it invites you to ‘follow the fallout’.

Hamilton cited his Parliamentary and ministerial experience to justify taking the job. Gill is now reported to be reconsidering his pledge to step down as an MEP.

Ex-Scottish Labour leader wants to be Presiding Officer

Johann Lamont has announced her intention to try to become Presiding Officer (Speaker) of the Scottish Parliament, according to The Scotsman.

Setting out her reasons in the Daily Record, she cites her experience as one of the ‘Class of ’99’ and desire to strengthen the institution. She is running against Ken Macintosh, also of Labour, and John Scott, the Conservative MSP for Ayr.

Lamont departed the leadership of her party in acrimonious circumstances, with a barbed reference to it as a ‘branch office’ of UK Labour.

End of NI21 saga as McCallister fails to hold Assembly seat

One of the two MLAs who founded – and then tore apart – the NI21 party has lost his bid to stay in the Northern Ireland Assembly, the News Letter reports.

He and Basil McCrea founded the non-sectarian, unionist party after resigning from the UUP – and dashing the hopes of the Northern Irish Conservatives, who had high hopes of their defection.

South Down only has two unionist seats, so it was always a long shot. Only weeks ago he passed a bill creating Opposition structures in the Assembly.

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During the referendum, the Remain camp broke down into three broad groups when it came to truthfulness and fear. Many genuinely believed that a Leave vote would cause doom and disaster on every front. Others believed some of it, and were willing to over-egg the pudding in an attempt to win. A few didn’t care whether any of it was true or not, but were happy to deploy any old fear if they thought it would serve their ideological commitment to ever closer union with the EU.

Now that we have indeed voted Leave, we get to see to what extent those warnings were true. Ought we to be retreating to our cellars with a stock of bottled water and canned food, or are there signs that all those warnings were in fact either untrue or ill-founded?

Today’s news contains three more reasons to be cheerful:

  • Job numbers are up. Despite talk of ‘recruitment freezes’ and the endless repetition of the discredited ‘three million jobs’ claim, today we learn from a major recruitment agency that they have seen a sizeable rise in job opportunities.
  • Countries are already lining up to hammer out trade deals. Remember how we’d be ‘isolated’, a ‘little England’ left at ‘the back of the queue’? Australia is just the latest nation to seek a free trade deal with a newly independent UK. And for all the fretting that we lack trade negotiators (unsurprisingly, given the EU controlled our trade policy for 40 years), there is still a well of talent in the City for the Government to draw on.
  • Those warnings that EU migrants already here would all be ‘sent home’ weren’t true. Leave campaigners were also clear that this wasn’t being proposed – but, shamefully, senior Remain figures like Will Straw were willing to raise the spectre of mass deportations. As David Davis re-emphasises today, it won’t be happening.

For a long time, Eurosceptics were accused of being fantasists – wildly over-optimistic about the prospects of an independent Britain. Now it seems that the opposite was in fact the case: those who advocated staying in the EU on the basis that Britain could not manage its own affairs were being unrealistically negative.

Is everything guaranteed to go our way? No – it never is. Are there risks in the world, and challenges in the British economy? Of course – but it was always thus. Will it be hard work, running the country democratically, accountably and openly? Yes. But it can be done, and done well. Having some confidence in our potential is the first step.

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Rihanna has hit back at critics protesting her hard-hitting video for Man Down, in which the singer guns down a rapist, insisting she is simply showing fans what can happen in the "Real World".
The Umbrella singer, who was brutally beaten in 2009 by then-boyfriend Chris Brown, shoots a man at a railway station in the promo. A series of flashback images then show her grappling with the male outside a nightclub as he tries to attack her.
The clip premiered on U.S. TV earlier this week (31May11) and Rihanna immediately came under attack from activists at the Parents Television Council for depicting the graphic murder. They accused her of suggesting a "cold, calculated execution of murder" is an acceptable form of justice.
But Rihanna has blasted the negative feedback, insisting it's not her job to show kids what's right and wrong - she's just using her art to express her own feelings on the subject matter.
In a series of posts on her Twitter.com blog, she writes, "I'm a 23 year old rockstar with No Kids! What's up with everybody wantin (sic) me to be a parent? I'm just a girl, I can only be your/our voice!
"Cuz (sic) we all know how difficult/embarrassing it is to communicate touchy subject matters to anyone especially our parents! And this is why!Cuz (sic) we turn the other cheek! U (sic) can't hide your kids from society,or they'll never learn how to adapt!This is the Real World!
"The music industry isn't exactly Parents R Us! We have the freedom to make art, Let Us! Its (sic) your job to make sure they dont (sic) turn out like US."
And Rihanna has called on her loyal fans not to take out their anger on Ptc activists.
She adds, "Guys please stop making threats #NotCool!!! We love it, they don't...that is all, and the world keeps turning!"


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Sunday, September 9, 2007

MINO Wireless Appoints Former Groove Exec as CEO

MINO Wireless, a start-up based in Sunnyvale, California, appointed Dr. Bathsheba J. Malsheen as president and chief executive officer. Dr. Malsheen joins MINO Wireless from Groove Mobile, a mobile music service provider, where she served as CEO. Prior to Groove, Dr. Malsheen served as president and chief executive officer of Voxware, a global provider of mobile voice-based enterprise solutions for distribution and warehouse operations. Earlier, she served as general manager of Centigram Communications Corporation's Speech Business Unit.

MINO Wireless helps enterprise firms manage and control their international mobile calling costs. MINO's service blends cellular and VOIP infrastructure with thin-client/server applications and management tools to provide total control and cost management of international mobile services. MINO Wireless' growing customer list includes large enterprises and small-to-medium businesses.

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Mixed Touch set for showdown

Wednesday April 19, 2017 Written by Published in Touch Rugby

Giants 007 and Southcoast Scorpions are set to battle in a titanic Bluesky Mixed Touch Open Competition final today at Nikao Field.

The two sides that have had success in past tournaments made it through to the showdown after overcoming their opponents in intense semifinal matches last week.

In the opening mixed semifinal on Wednesday, a pumped up ICI Transformers, which took on the field without any subs, played the Southcoast Scorpions.

In a tense encounter, Scorpions worked on its favoured position on the five metres to score while ICI relied on their strategy to get the ball out wide to score.

“The ref had to make a few hard calls but he was helped by the players on both sides showing excellent sportsmanship and honesty in admitting to missed touches,” Cook Islands Touch president Daphne Brown said.

Both teams were locked at 9-all at the fulltime and to determine the winner, the game went into an extra time drop off.

The Scorpions kicked off and worked up to the five metres, but were unable to sneak in for a try with their set of six touches.

ICI was unable to make anything from their six touches.

Peter Marsters of the Scorpions then took advantage of the numbers and sneaked in with a try to win the match 10-9.

In the other semifinal, which proved equally tough, competition leaders 007 took on the fourth placed TB.

The Bim Tou-led TB led in the opening spell, but 007 clawed their way back into the game to level the score 4-all. Just before full-time, 007 scooped from the 10-metre mark to break the defensive line for the winning try.

In the social finals, Rehab Rascals will take on Top Kopz.

The Rehab Rascals pulled off another near perfect match and proved just too strong for the MFEM speedsters, after their 10-7 win in the semis last week.

In the other semifinal, Top Kopz which went into the match as the favourites defeated NT Aroa 6-4 to make it through to the final.

            - Rashneel Kumar

Rehab 10 MFEM 7, Mangaia 7 Team ATT 8, Top Kopz 6 NT Aroa 4, ICI 9 Southcoast 10, 007 5 TB 4.

5pm Field 1 TB-ICI Open (Referees Julz/Tua), Field 2 NT Aroa-MFEM Social (Referees: Smellie/Koa), 5.30pm Field 1 Rehab-Top Kopz Social Finals (Referees Kris/Julz/Tua), Field 2 Team ATT-Mangaia Consolation (Referees Terry/Kris), 6pm Field 1 007-Southcoast Scorpions Open Finals (Referees: Smellie/Koa/Jnr).


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By Ch & Int Ch Sogno Del Narciso with Pelido ex Ch Corydon La Stupenda

Born 16/2/1997 - Died 23/2/2010

His CC Wins:

23/5/1999 Scottish K C - Judge Mrs A Arch

28/8/1999 Scottish K C - Judge Mr A Broadhead

21/4/2000 National Dog Show - Judge Mr D Smith

Group 1 Driffield All Breeds Championship Show 2001 - Judge Mrs J Collis

His Reserve CC wins:

24/5/1998 Bath - Judge Mrs J Collis

14/11/1999 London & Provincial CC - Judge Mrs J Collis

15/6/2003 Border Union - Judge Mrs A Hutchinson

His Best in Show wins:

1/5/1999 Hitchin All Breed 2 Day Open Show - Judge Mrs M Spavin

19/9/1999 Smooth Collie Ch Show - Judge Mr A Brace

3/10/1999 East Anglain C A - Judge Mr J Walsh Jun

6/2/2000 East Anglian C A - Judge Mr B Hull

He had quite a limited show career as he was 6 months younger than Frosty who obviously took the limelight. But Primo did have one win over Frosty in that he had a Group win at an All Breeds Ch Show.

A very limited stud career, but he did sire 2 Brooklynson Champions in his first litter and sired CORYDON PRIMA DONNA who won a reserve CC and also won a puppy stakes to qualify for the final of that competition. He also sired CORYDON FANCY ME who won a Reserve CC and is dam of World Winner Bitch for 2010, plus a further four Champions.

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"Last Man Standing" Might Find a New Home on a Different Network

The channel that brought back Nashville wants in.

• ABC canceled the Tim Allen sitcom Last Man Standing in May.

• Fans accused the network of canceling it because of its conservative politics, but the network denies doing so.

• CMT is now in preliminary talks to bring back the show, but it's not a done deal yet.

After the Tim Allen sitcom Last Man Standing was canceled in May, fans were outraged—and even accused ABC of cutting the show because of politics. ABC said it made the decision because they didn't want to run comedies on Friday nights anymore, but that left an opening for fans. Would another network come to the rescue? 20th Century Fox, the show's production company, confirmed it was looking for a new home for the sitcom, and it looks like they may have a taker.

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Deadline reports that CMT is in "preliminary" talks to bring back Last Man Standing. The cable network already airs reruns of the show, so it makes sense that they might want to take it on for new episodes. CMT has been making a habit of saving beloved TV shows lately. Previously, they brought back Nashville after it too was canceled by ABC, sparking massive fan backlash.

But alas, there's a catch. The deal is reportedly a "long shot" because Last Man Standing costs a lot of money to produce. Plus, the show would have to wrangle the writers and actors back. Previously, Fox tried to save the show, but couldn't find a spot for it on its schedule.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, it's not clear how many episodes or seasons would be part of this deal. But the news has Last Man Standing fans hopeful it's not the end for the show.

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Is Anybody There…In Hell That Is?

lake of fire Does God Punish Eternally?

Father Dwight Longenecker-Someone once asked the famous mystic Padre Pio, what he thought of modern people who didn’t believe in hell. His terse reply was, “They will believe in hell when they get there.”

Is It Possible To Believe In Hell?

Is it possible to believe in hell? Surely, when faced with Auschwitz, Hiroshima, the Gulag and the killing fields, the question should be, “Is it possible not to believe in hell?” I don’t simply refer to the fact that concentration camps were a kind of hell on earth. Instead I wonder how one can deny the existence of a place of severe punishment when faced with Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot, Idi Amin and African soldiers who chop off little girls hands for fun. When faced with such monsters can we really cry with a good conscience, “God would not send anyone to burn forever in the fires of everlasting torment!” After a century that has witnessed more genocide, religious martyrdom and brutality to children than ever before in human history, can we really dismiss the only punishment left for the dictators, abortionists, terrorist bombers and genocidal maniacs who have got away with their crimes? If it were true that there is no hell I, for one, would be howling with rage at the insanity and unfairness of it all. Yet those who deny the existence of hell calmly assume that their denial shows how enlightened and humane (and therefore fair) they are.

These are good people. They dismiss the possibility of hell not because they deny the wickedness of human beings, but because they affirm the goodness of God. They believe in a God who is so very good that he would not send anyone to hell. It would certainly be nice if there were a heaven but not a hell. But can you believe in one without the other? What I mean is, how can someone believe in heaven, which must after all, be a place of goodness, (and if goodness, then justice) while denying the fact of hell which makes justice possible? Therefore it seems to me, that if you believe in heaven you must also believe in hell. Hell is somehow written into the constitution of heaven.

Nevertheless, good-hearted people insist that a good God would not possibly send anyone to be tormented in hell for all eternity. This is a laudable sentiment, but I worry that that’s all it is: a sentiment. Nevertheless, the conviction that God would could not send anyone to hell is a feeling I myself incline to—especially after a warm day in May followed by a very good dinner with four glasses of claret. Furthermore, at that moment I am not usually thinking about Pol Pot or Stalin. I am thinking that God would not send an ordinary, decent fellow like myself to hell.

Can Ordinary, “Nice” People Go To Hell?

But this is exactly the point where the possibility of hell is meant to knock me down and shake me up. We are told that the road to hell is a wide smooth, downhill highway, while the road to heaven is a narrow and hard mountainous climb. What if hell were populated with hordes of overweight complacent people just like me who never really did anything magnificently evil, but also never bothered to do anything spectacularly good? Why should we imagine that heaven is reserved for the mediocre?

When I look at it this way I have the dreadful suspicion that perhaps those who deny hell because God is too good to send anyone there are really proposing that God is too good to send them there. It is ironic that people who believe in heaven are sometimes blamed for wishful thinking. Isn’t it that more likely true of those who disbelieve in hell? I say this because the person who disbelieves in hell doesn’t really believe in heaven either. He believes in oblivion. He desperately hopes that he will cease to exist after death. In other words he hopes he will get away with it after all, and this, it seems to me, is real wishful thinking.

Does The Prospect Of Eternal Punishment Make God Seem Angry And Vengeful?

Others protest that the concept of eternal punishment makes God out to be an angry, short-tempered disciplinarian of the worst sort. But is God such a nice middle class English gentleman that he would not be angry enough to send anyone to hell?

What if God were more like a passionate and hot-tempered Mediterranean papa?  That is not to say that God is petulant and petty. He isn’t angry with wickedness the same way our fifteen-year old is angry, so he refuses to tidy his room. God does not slam the door and stamp his foot. Neither is God angry the way we are when we don’t get our way. He does not sulk, dish the ice and then pretend nothing is wrong.  If God is angry with the wicked it is not because he is an arbitrary and babyish tyrant who loses his temper when is disobeyed.

God’s Just Anger Is Not The Anger Of Spoiled Teenager!

What if, instead, God’s anger is the sort we feel when we hear of a young boy being abducted, raped, killed and chucked into a ditch? What if God’s anger is the sort of anger and revulsion you feel when you see a young African woman whose hands have been cut off by rampaging soldiers, and who cannot cuddle the child those same soldiers gave her when they raped her? What if God’s anger is the disgust you feel when you hear of a dowager who leaves her vast estate to her poodles, in a world of starving children? When you hear such news don’t you respond with an element of rage as well as disbelief, horror and grief? Aren’t you righteous to do so? Perhaps God is angry at the wicked in the same way. He sees the everlasting beauty of goodness, the vibrant potential of each human being and the stunning radiance of his creation and when it is soiled, trampled, raped and chucked into a ditch by humanity’s folly, greed, stupidity and violence he is full of fury, frustration, sorrow and compassion.

Does that mean God would cast someone down into hell to be tortured forever? Perhaps this too, can be seen the other way around. Is God too good to send someone to hell? It could be that God is so good that he actually gives everyone exactly what he or she wants. If we have spent our whole lives pursuing love, goodness, beauty and truth, then after death we may get exactly what we always wanted and find ourselves in a land where love, goodness, beauty and truth are as natural and abundant as light. On the other hand, if our whole lives are spent in an insane flight from all that is good, beautiful and true, then perhaps God in his goodness will also give us exactly what we always wanted; and that would be existence in a madhouse with no exit where love, beauty, goodness and truth were unknown: an existence in the outer darkness with gibbering maniacs like ourselves.

Life pans out, and despite our greatest efforts, we almost always end up getting what we really want. In fact, this sort of justice is built into the system. We will get what we want just as naturally and certainly as an acorn becomes an oak tree. Giving people what they really want is natural justice. To do otherwise would be cruel. We think everyone ought to go to heaven, but can we imagine that a person who hated God, goodness, truth and beauty all his life would actually enjoy heaven? If they could visit that place of eternal beauty and laughter they would howl with serious terror and run with all their might in the other direction. We know this is true because there are people in this life who hate truth, beauty, and goodness and do everything in their power to flee from the light.

Is Hell An Actual Place?

Is hell a real place? Now this is where the topic really starts to interest me. I find it interesting because down through the ages human beings from every culture and time have recorded fascinating stories about their visits to hell. I wish I could recount them all because they are far more fun and interesting than philosophical speculation on the topic.  Here is one story: The philosopher A.J.Ayer (who was a noted rationalist and atheist) choked on a piece of smoked salmon and “died.” His heart stopped for four minutes before he was revived. Once he came back he recounted his experience. His biographer writes, “He had been confronted by a bright red light, painful even when he turned away from it, which he understood to be responsible for the government of the universe…. Ayer became more and more desperate…when he regained consciousness he spoke about crossing a river—presumably the river Styx—which he claimed to have crossed.” In subsequent interviews Ayer admitted that the experience had made him feel “wobbly”, but he soon reverted to type and labeled himself as a “born again atheist.”

Witches, exorcists and mediums tell us how they have summoned or wrestled against the inhabitants of hell. The famous sixteenth century magician John Dee summoned a demon and described him thus, “He appeared in his red apparell: & he opened his Clothes & there did issue, mighty & most terrible gastly Flames of Fire out of his sides: which no mortall eye could abide to looke upon any long while. And in the marvelous raging Fire, the word BRORGES did appeare tossed to and from in the fiery flames.”

The visionaries at Fatima were given glimpses of demons and hell as well. One of them described the sight,

The rays of light seemed to penetrate the earth, and we saw, as it were, a sea of fire. Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze floating about in the conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued from within themselves together with great clouds of smoke, now falling back on every side like sparks in huge fires, without weight or equilibrium, amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair…the demons could be distinguished by their terrifying and repellent likeness to frightful and unknown animals, black and transparent like burning coals.

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  • If there is no hell I might as well go out and sin as much as I want because I am going to heaven anyway.Thanks to my Catholic upbringing I know the difference and thank God for the gift of faith,Our Holy Mother Mary,all Angels and Saints Holy Mass the Sacraments and the grace to know right from wrong

  • Excellent post! Thank you, Father. We all need to ponder what you wrote. I will definitely link to it. If there isn’t a hell, then why did Jesus have to die…to save us from what? Apparently, he thought enough about “saving us” to allow Himself to be tortured, and to die a horrible death.

    I agree with you that we get what we really want…and people who don’t want to get to know God or to love Him in this life would probably be miserable in Heaven.

    Bless you, Father. You are so much fun to read..while stil having great substance.

    Holy Advent and Blessed Christmas to you…..

  • TG

    Great article. I read that a priest told Blessed John Paul II that an exorcist told him that if he could talk to him, he’d tell him that many priests and bishops no longer believe in hell. Our Holy Father said – whoever doesn’t believe in hell doesn’t believe in the Gospel. I don’t see how anyone cannot believe in Hell when our Lord spoke about hell many times. He said not everything that says “Lord, Lord” will enter into heaven. When people say that we don’t know of anyone in hell, I can’t help but think Jesus said about Judas – it would be better if he had not been born. Wouldn’t that mean he’s in hell? He would never say that about someone in Purgatory, who is saved. I keep the last 4 things at arms’ length always before me. It has change my life.

  • Br. Christopher Sale

    Today I had a disturbing conversation with a young
    visiting priest at the Cathedral. After talking about many
    subjects including hell and he had the nerve to tell me that my ministry would
    be much more effective if I would put the teachings of the church
    on the back burner, especially while working in a liberal Archdiocese like L.A.
    And we wonder why we have a crisis in our church. I’ll refrain from
    telling you what I told him. Oh how difficult it is to be obedient to the
    disobedient. I do we have to?

  • Thank you for this post. It is timely. Souls are being lost because so few in the Church will tell the truth. After several years under a lukewarm priest whose message was lukewarm, I thank God that my parish now has a priest who preaches the Gospel, including the last things. He preached about hell this past Sunday & I hope he does so again soon. Every ear was strained to hear what he had to say though it wasn’t nice. We didn’t care, it was true.

    We must pray for our priests, fervently & many times each day. ( is one of several apostolates that arranges for laypersons to adopt a priest. We commit to pray for the adopted priest(s) & for all priests each day. Participating has helped remind me to pray for the Holy Father, bishops, priests & religious regularly. May God renew His Church & His priests today. Like Diane, I think we need fervent priests who proclaim the Gospel now.

  • Br. Christopher Sale

    Well said Diane, We need to pray for all priest. Far too many have wandered off the path of the Gospel. They must revert back to the Gospel in order to solve the many social issues they talk about. Everything in our lives must be aligned with the Gospel. When a priest insist on using homegrown theology to solve social issues they are going against the grain of the teachings of the church. I sometimes think an extra vow should be added in the ordination of a priest. And that vow should be to place their entire vocation into the salvation of souls.
    The crisis in our church is a crisis that is perpetuated by priest who fail to follow the teachings of our faith.Let us pray each day for these priest.

  • Diane

    I as a Catholic would like to hear the “Truth” about sin, hell and everything in between. I want priests to get to the point tell us like it is. I have been told that I leave no room for misinterpretation that is what I want to hear in homilies too, give me the black and white not the gray.
    How about some Catechesis? Something most my age and younger have not had or had little of, or it was so watered down by Protestantism is isn’t even funny.
    I have to say the priests that I have come in contact with lately are trying to do the best that they can but slowly, I don’t think we have time for that now. I think too many souls could be saved if we only had the courage to just say it like it is and say it NOW.
    Pray for priests all of them the good the bad the luke warm, the beaten down priests pray for them all with all your hearts. They are the ones who bring us our Lord everyday, lift them up fill them up if they are empty. Let them know how you feel about GOD and them. But most of all PRAY pray for them pray for our Church just pray and let GOD distribute the prayers where they need to go.
    “Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good.” – Pope Leo XIII (Sapientae Christianae, No. 14, encyclical, 1890)
    God Bless and Merry Christmas
    St. Michael protect and defend us.
    St. Jude and St. Benedict pray for us.

  • Br. Christopher Sale

    I always like the story Bishop Sheen told. He said a man once told him he doesn’t believe in hell. Bishop Sheen said you will when you get there.
    I agree though. Hell is rarely brought up in sermons. Most sermons at my parish are about the church needing more money.
    And when the pastor is not asking for more money he’s braging
    about “his” accomplishments. I have notice that attendance has gone way down on his Sunday mass. This is why so many Catholics are leaving.The priest mission should always be about the salvation of souls, not the collection basket. God will provide.

  • Great word Father! As a priest myself I was once approached by a person after a homily I gave at a new assignment on this very subject. He told me that we don’t talk about that here in this community. I told him that the party was over because I plan to talk about it now and in the future.

    I believe it is possibly a sin against the virtue of charity not to discuss in church. People need to know the truth of the FULL GOSPEL……

  • lisag

    Hell is not a place to wish anyone or assume certain people will be there. Haven’t saints said that you will be surprised who is in heaven and who is in hell. I have to believe that Our Lord will save those who call out to Him for mercy with true contrition. I pray for sinners to open their hearts. The question has been asked, “Did Jesus come just so we will be nice?” He said he will spit out the lukewarm.

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and 1847 moved to the west mostly in Salt Lake City.
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In what year, why and how did america get texas?
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In what year how and why did America get oregan?
In 1846 we got OR because of Mainifest destiny and fertile far land. We got it by arbitration.
In what year why and how did we get the mexican cession?
in 1848 we got the Mexican Cessian because of Manifest Destiny and Pacific Ocean. We got it by War.
What was the name of Texas from 1836-1845 before in came into the Union?
Lone Star Republic
What did the Treaty of guadalupe Hidalgo end?
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-U.S. paid Mexico $15 million
for the land in order to soothe their conscience
What was the Gadsden Purchase?what year?
In 1853 the U.S. purchased a small piece of land from mexico a little south of the Gidalgo river for $10 million
since it was flat, it could be used for a railroad to CA.
What was the name of CA before in came into the union?
Lone Bear Republic
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What were the 3 routes to the west?
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2.)Across Panama
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-disease robbers, and jungle

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- Indain attack, caught in snow, money
What was the Compromise of 1850?
Since CA would be free and it upset the balence, they made this law to try to be fair to the southerns
What did the Compromise of 1850 Provide?
-CA come into union as a free state
-the rest of the territory of the Mexican Cession could be deciced on slave or free(voeters decide (cancled MO compromise)
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A year and a half ago I sold everything I owned, jumped on a plane, and arrived in Southeast Asia. Why?

To capture field recordings, of course. I’ve travelled through Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, and Indonesia recording the sounds of the cultures in those places. I’ve wandered into obscure corners of Bangkok, Siem Reap, Kuala Lumpur, Denpasar, and other cities to find cool sound effects.

Now, almost 18 months after I began that trip, I am faced with a challenge: my hard drive is crammed full of raw field recordings that need polishing. There are thousands of files. They were captured from three microphones. It’s an overwhelming amount of data that could total hundreds of hours of audio.

I have a special plan for those field recordings that I’ll share with you later. In the meantime, there’s a more obvious problem: how does one transform thousands of field recordings into finished, listenable sound effects? What’s the best way to master bulk field recordings?

Today’s article shares techniques that help you tackle the mastering process efficiently to move those raw files from your hard drive into the ears of your listeners.

Please note: I explore this idea in depth. This post should take you about 12 minutes to read. If you’d prefer, you can email yourself a copy of the post to read later.

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Rolls Royce

It’s dawn in late fall. Your team has arrived in the countryside, ready to record vintage Rolls Royce sound effects.

One person waits at each end of the road, another is in the middle, and you’re driving the car. The four of you are armed with your own microphone and recorder. Then it dawns on you: how will you match up a full day’s worth of sound fx when you get back to the studio, later?

Last week’s article explored this issue. It examined recording sound effects with multiple, unlinked audio recorders. It shared why sync slates are important to help create a point of reference in your field recordings to help align all of these sound effects together later. Today shares the the next step: how to sync those sound fx after returning to the edit suite.

So, today I’ll share a quick tip for syncing and mastering multi-track field recordings in Pro Tools.

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Imagine you’re beginning your first firearms field recording session. You want to record the gun shot sound effects from every angle. So, you’ve arranged a handful of microphones nearby. You’ve placed others in the distance. Cables snake across the field from a half dozen microphones to… where?

Are they connected to a single recorder? Or, do you have many units spread across the field instead?

What’s best? How do you capture multiple, simultaneous channels at once? How do you keep every track synchronized? How do you ensure all your gunshots are in alignment when mastering them, later? Why is this important for field recordists?

Today’s post is the first of a two-part series about field recordings and synchronization.

Multi-track recording and field recording sync may seem like a basic issue that is second nature to most recordists. It may seem obvious. What is less obvious is how this affects the later stages of a sound clip’s arc, when mastering sound effects.

In reality, sound fx sync is a deceptively important issue that is easily overlooked in the field, yet has a huge impact on editing sound clips. So, the two articles explore the importance of tandem field recordings on location, and in the edit suite:

  1. How to add sync slates to your field recordings.
  2. How to synchronize field recordings when mastering clips, afterwards.

The first post will begin with the basics. It will introduce the role channel selection plays when field recording, as well as the importance of sync slating. That will prepare you for next week’s article, where I’ll share a quick tip for ensuring sync when mastering in Pro Tools.

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How to Stereoize 20b - Final Result, Sound Field

Last week’s article shared step-by-steps instructions for transforming a mono sound effect into a stereo file. That process, also known as “stereoizing,” was based on a tip that mixer and sound editor Shaun Farley described in a forum post, years ago.

Of course, you can simply follow the steps described in last week’s post. That will produce good results. However, that article may have left you with questions:

  • Why does the trick work?
  • Why should you use it?
  • Is it safe to stereoize mono files?
  • How can you safely check your work?

I turned to Farley to answer these questions. So, today’s post shares a Q & A with Farley that explains how he began using the trick, the science and risks behind it, and more.

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Stereoize Hero

Have you ever returned to your edit suite to realize one channel of your stereo field recordings is distorted beyond hope? Has a client demanded a stereo delivery spec, regardless of the source sound effects in your sound library? Do you have a cool mono drone you’d like thicken up?

If any of these situations sound familiar, you’ve likely thought about transforming your mono sounds into a stereo file.

However, this task of “stereoizing” mono files isn’t simple. Why? Well, there’s the ever-present risk of accidentally corrupting your new stereo file with phase problems. And what about audio quality? Often stereoized files sound flat and lifeless. Is it possible for stereoized mono files to sound good?

I struggled with this for years. I used mastering hacks to get this done: shifting a duplicate track a few frames, or dropping half of a mono clip underneath on a second track. There are other tricks. I wasn’t satisfied with any of them.

A few years ago I stumbled across a post that explained a bulletproof, acoustically sound method of stereoizing a mono file. It recreates the physics behind the way our ears hear sound.

I tried it. I was thrilled with the results. I’ve used it ever since.

Today’s post is the first in a two-part series that explains how to use this trick. This article shares step-by-step instructions for stereoizing mono files, with the kind assistance of a special guest contributor.

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RX4 Hero

It seems like just a few months ago that I wrote an article comparing iZotope’s RX3 audio restoration software with its predecessor, RX2.

At that time, RX2 had been known as a respected tool for polishing troublesome audio. The software hadn’t seen a major update in years, however. So, last year’s announcement of RX3 was met with considerable excitement. It delivered a fresh coat of paint, new tools, and welcome workflow improvements.

iZotope didn’t wait as long to release RX4. It arrived roughly a year after RX3. Does that seem quick to you? You wouldn’t be the only one to think so. Many sound editors understandably wondered what could have changed so quickly to be worth hundreds of dollars in upgrade fees.

I’ve written this article to answer that question. What’s new in RX4? What’s changed? Is it worth your upgrade dollars? Today’s post takes a deep dive into RX4 to learn more about the cornerstone audio repair software.

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13 Lucky iZotope RX Tricks for Newbies Hero

In an earlier article I shared ways to approach restoring damaged sound effects. That dealt with ideas and perspective.

Today’s post will share more direct tips. I’ll explain practical tricks to help you get better results. I’ll start with general tips that can be applied to any restoration app. Toward the end, I’ll include suggestions specifically tailored to iZotope’s RX software.

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Auditory Flashbacks: The Crüxshadows

Now as then,
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Auditory Flashbacks: Die Laughing

Tonight’s post isn’t a review so much as a handful of snippets from the talented UK goth group Die Laughing. Having been active from 1986 to 1999, they dissolved the summer before Y2K and eventually re-formed in 2012 with a new single, “Tangled,” and news that they’re working on material for a new album.

Seeing as their international following never really stopped (due in equal parts to the Internet and the periodic releases of their work on other compilation albums) it’s refreshing to hear they’re intent on adding more works to their repertoire.

Enjoy …

Auditory Flashbacks: Blutengel

Tonight’s post isn’t a music review (for now, anyway). I just wanted to share this very beautiful song off of Blutengel’s 2011 album Tränenherz:

Auditory Flashbacks: Helalyn Flowers, Asperger Synthdrome

While browsing the BC goth feeds on Facebook this morning, I found a link to “Hybrid Moments” by Helalyn Flowers. This lovely Italian band is a bit of an unknown for me, so I took a moment to listen, then, very content with the melodies of their colourful soundscapes, I promptly went looking for more.

It turns out they have a nice body of work in circulation, sitting in the shadows waiting for listeners like us to dig a bit more deeply. So let’s break out the shovels, nein?

Next up is a video I’ve been wanting to post for ages, somehow it got lost in the shuffle a while back. That’s especially unfortunate since I’m a fan of Adora BatBrat, and I LOVE hearing her sing.

Actually, it’s Adora and her sister that both head up their band, Asperger Synthdrome. At a graceful 44 (surprised?) Adora’s vein of talent and ability to constantly shake things up and reinvent herself makes me see parallels with Madonna. I mean this as a compliment — it takes a lot of energy (and an exacting eye) to balance ongoing fashion design, aggressive self-promotion, and the kind of marketing genius that Adora’s put into her work.

Hope today’s post brings a smile to your face! Sure is nice, being able to share this with my readers.

Starry tides and fair winds,
~ crimson

Auditory Flashbacks: Cauda Pavonis, Adversus, Flesh Field, Aesthetic Perfection, Aïboforcen, Aeon Sable, The Birthday Massacre, Battery, and Qntal

After more than ten hours of hard work, the Links page is finally up to date, along with a slew of new additions to the music section. Artists beginning with letters A through F are complete, with each entry researched prior to listing in order to make the most useful resources available to readers who are interested in exploring further. In cases where an artist has retired or gone on hiatus, I’ve tried to link to resources that offer the most complete overview of their musical works.

Now that that’s finished, ON TO THE MUSIC!

Starting off tonight’s round of offerings is the awesome, driving sound of the one and only Cauda Pavonis:

Next up, we have the ultimate graveyard serenade: Adversus’ Seelenwinter. The song is an old favourite of mine, and seeing the video hits even harder than anything before.

Those voices, those melodies … they’re eight blissful, soaring minutes of pure lovelorn flight. I adore every part of it. Studio version here. Frankly, though, I think this one works much better live.

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The Crown Candy building, built in the early 1900's, is home to 21 authentic loft living spaces in Atlanta's historic Grant Park Neighborhood.

The Crown Candy Corporation was established in 1917 when D. F. Leake, started cooking fudge and peanut bars on fourth floor of a building on 84 Pryor Street in downtown Atlanta. In 1936, the company moved to the current Crown Candy building near Oakland Cemetery where they did business until 1971. The company, still in business, is now based in Macon, GA.

The Crown Candy building was converted into 21 unique residential lofts in 1999.

The property includes a landscaped courtyard, gated indoor and outdoor parking and a community rooftop deck overlooking the Atlanta skyline.

Parks and green space occupy much of the area adjacent to the building - notably, historic Oakland Cemetery and the adjoining linear parks that stretch to the state capitol. MARTA and the Atlanta Beltline are a short walk away as are an assortment of great restaurants, pubs and entertainment in the Grant Park, Old Fourth Ward and Cabbagetown neighborhoods.

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Amsterdam Gay Pride 2008
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Along with Berlin, Amsterdam Pride is one of Europe's top Gay and Lesbian Pride Festivals. Visitors will enjoy a fun programme that includes a canal parade, sporting events, street and club and circuit parties, a film festival and much more.

Where most gay pride parades use trucks, Amsterdam has boats. Some 75 decorated boats sail from 14:00 until 18:00 through the Prinsengracht and Amstel river. Nighttours and YouTube will host one of the biggest boats during the Canal Parade this year, featuring DJ Fabio White and Diva MayDay. Gay street parties start at the Reguliersdwarsstraat (Young / trendy) and Amstel (Dutch) Westermarkt, Paardenstraat (Women), Rembrandtplein, Halvemaansteeg. (Dutch / popular) and Amstelveld.

Other higlights include the White Party, rising star at the circuit party scene Roxy Colosseum and a somewhat more intimate version of Fresh with Circuit DJ Tony Moran. Bears and their lovers are welcome at Club Odeon for a special edition of Bear Necessity.

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Sunday, 1 July 2012

AKA Showcase Sunday

More ebooks bought than normal this week as there was a mysterious rash of 20p Kindle books...some of which I already have but others seemed silly to pass up. I mean what else can you get for 20p these days? They can at least lurk on the Kindle for emergencies!

I haven't read any of the Dragons of Pern books so I'm not sure if I'll be able to pick up Sky Dragons and get what's going on. But dragons, yey! I don't get many books about dragons coming my way.

For Review:
Three Strong Women by Marie Ndiay (Quercus)
Sky Dragons by Anne + Todd McCaffrey (Bantam)

The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett + Stephen Baxter
The Horse Dancer by Jojo Moyes
Monday to Friday Man by Alice Peterson
Unsuitable Men by Pippa Wright
Playground by 50 Cent
Rupture by Simon Lelic
The Facility by Simon Lelic

Showcase Sunday is hosted by Books, Biscuits & Tea.

  1. Now that is what I call a productive week - lots of books coming in!

  2. Dragons and Pratchett and bargains - oh my!

    I took a look through the Kindle offers in the week but the only one that appealed to me was Monday to Friday Man and I picked that up from The Works recently! I was almost tempted by 20p though, you're not wrong. You can buy a Freddo for 20p. That's gonna last you two or three bites. *sadface*

  3. Guess why I finally caved and ordered myself a Kindle ... the bargains, of course!! Amazon Germany' Daily Deals (all English too, apparently the fixed book price you have with German books doesn't make this possible) and I found myself constantly drooling over those.
    20p? It'd be inexcusable not to buy books at that price!

  4. I read your review of The Long Earth and I really want to read it but even the kindle version is pricey on amazon. Maybe I'll wait a while and see if the price will come down. It looks too good to miss :) 20p is just too good to resist!

    -Becca@Lost in Thought

  5. Interesting books you have there! I can't wait to see what you think of them.
    Happy Reading,

  6. Sounds like a really cool book haul! Hope you enjoy reading them ;)
    Here's my Showcase Sunday

  7. You have so many great books again! I just got my copy of Jojo Moyes's Me Before You so I can't wait to read that one. :) I can't wait to hear what you think of this book.

    The Alice Peterson book looks really good as well!

  8. That's a pretty impressive haul. I'd love to know what kind of 'emergencies' you envisage on the horizon that would necessitate cracking into your emergency Kindle supplies - a book drought?!

    1. Well, if I ever get to the bottom of my NetGalley pile, I like to have random books on my Kindle if I need to go somewhere but can't realisticly take a big pile of books with me. So nice to have a selection on the Kindle - which I don't usually buy stuff for.

  9. I'm so pleased to see that you bought Rupture - I love that book! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

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Curtis believes that justice and liberty are the cornerstones of our American heritage. As a four-time elected prosecutor, he has devoted his public service career to keeping us safe and protecting our freedom.

He believes the Attorney General must have the courage to protect our freedom by standing up to the threats to our safety and security.

To Curtis, freedom is opportunity. Opportunity is the engine that drives ingenuity and it is ingenuity that will make Indiana thrive.

As Attorney General, Curtis will fight for truth and justice and continue the pursuit of freedom for all. He understands that we cannot truly be free until we are safe.

While much of today's focus is on global events, we must not forget that the greatness of our nation and of our state is our people. Americans are winners. So too are Hoosiers. To be happy and prosperous, we must be secure in our homes and principled in our beliefs.

As Indiana's Attorney General, Curtis will:

  • Stand for Freedom - recognize the proper balance between the interests of our state and the demands of the federal government with a dedicated unit established to assure that Indiana's interests are not trampled by an ever-growing Washington bureaucracy.
  • Fight for Families - utilize the authority of the office to fight for our families with projects protecting families from the ravages of drugs and violent crime.
  • Protect Hoosiers - defend the rights of property ownership while executing programs that work to protect the consumer, the young, the old, the weak and the less-fortunate from victimization of scams, fraud and online predatory attacks.
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Donate Life Month: In memory of 'Moose'

If you have driven by a large, beautiful, adobe-style building on the interstate at the Lincoln 27th Street exit, you've probably wondered what it was. It is the Kuck Motor-sport Collection. Gary and Susan Kuck, along with their son, Scott, have more than 35 years of collecting antique classic muscle cars and race cars, dating from 1906 to the present which they display in this beautiful building. Display is not the word for all the research and detail that have gone into their vignettes. This collection includes approximately 100 cars, a number that changes constantly. Some of the eye catchers include several Duesenbergs, movie and television cars like the bat mobile and Dukes of Hazard car, which were used in the shows, many extremely rare cars that you will not see anywhere else. The back drop for these vehicles are according to the time period of thevehicle. There is a drive-in movie, complete with car speakers and toys for the kids in front of the screen, just like the old days! There is a malt shop, store fronts for the Duesenbergs, a beautiful Victorian bar with pool and card tables, to name a few. You certainly don't have to be a car buff to enjoy this fabulous collection, which is a private collection and not open to the public. The Kucks are lifetime members of the Sandhills Open Road Challenge in Arnold, and have generously offered a tour of their collection in memory of Tiff (Moose). The Open House will be Saturday, April 19, from 1-5 p.m. One hundred of the donations will go to the Nebraska Organ Recovery System. Tiff checked the box on his driver's license to be an organ donor and when he passed five lifesaving organs, both cornea and bone and tissue were recovered for donation to recipients. “This is a wonderful opportunity and we hope that you will take advantage and join us on this special da,” says Barb Varney, Tiff’s mom. The address is 2251 Humphrey Avenue, Lincoln, NE. From 180-27th St. Exit (Exit 403) in Lincoln, head North to the dead end. Make the next four lefts to arrive at the gates of the Kuck Property. Donation per person is $25, adults and children 16 years and older.


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Business Ethics and Money

Some people believe that if they work very hard, they will be able to earn a lot of money, while others think that they can earn more with the use of their intelligence. If that were in fact true, labourers would have an abundance of wealth. Moreover, if we could earn money with the use of our intelligence then the chief accountant in a firm would be wealthier than the owner themselves. In reality, money is a result of merit karma.

Nature’s law says that if you have accumulated debt, you should keep a strong intention to pay it back before you die. This means that even in such circumstances, you will be able to experience inner peace. On the other hand, if you have lent money to someone, you should do so with the awareness that you have folded all that money in a bundle of black cloth and thrown it in the ocean. What hopes do you have of retrieving something once you throw it in the ocean? Therefore, give without any expectations of any kind, otherwise do not give. If they do not return your money, they do not escape from the court of nature. They will have to pay back the interest as per nature’s law, even after two or three hundred years.

Param Pujya Dadashri says that, “Religion must exist in business but business must never exist in religion”. One should conduct business honestly and ethically by applying ethical business practices because ethics are the essence of all worldly interactions.

He has given the right understanding on how to deal with money and how to conduct an ethical business in the book “The Science of Money”, which will be helpful to readers in solving their puzzles.

Spiritual Quotes

  1. People live for two reasons. Only a rare person lives for the Soul. All the rest live for money.
  2. Dishonesty is the Best Foolishness. There has to be a limit to foolishness, do you not think so?
  3. Ethical practice! The flow of money may increase or decrease. Never become unethical.
  4. Money will not remain where there is contempt and gossip. When people are contemptuous or engaged in bad mouthing others, wealth will not come their way
  5. Obstacles to money will remain as long as you harbor the desire to earn it. When you become inattentive to money, it will come to you in abundance.
  6. Do not obstruct money if it comes your way and do not go digging for it if it does not.
  7. What is the natural law of money ? It says "Do no detain and hoard me. Circulate me. Give away as much as comes your way."
  8. Wealth comes your way when you give help to others, not otherwise. Wealth comes to those who have the desire to give.
  9. If the money is pure and right, then you will be always at peace and your life will be good.
  10. This human life is meant for liberation from anxieties; it is not just for making money.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It has been an extraordinary 11 months for P.K. Subban.

The defenseman moved from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference. Left his native Canada to live in the American South. Blended in with new teammates, created a new home and learned a new system of money, too.

Oh, and along the way the former star for the Montreal Canadiens played a key role in Nashville's stirring run to the Stanley Cup Final.

The best way to sum up Subban's approach? C'est la vie.

"I just tried to have the right attitude when change comes my way," Subban said. "I think when you have an open mind, an open mind is like a gold mine. You just have an open mind, you can only go up from there regardless of what comes your way and just always try to approach things in a positive way."

The Canadiens and Predators shocked the NHL last June 29 when Nashville swapped captain Shea Weber for Subban in a rare one-for-one trade of All-Star defensemen. Adding Subban's offensive skills immediately made the Predators a popular pick to be right where they are now as the Western Conference champions.

The stylish Subban has as much flair on the ice with his goal celebrations as off with his hats and stylish suits. The Predators and their fans have embraced all of it.

"When it happened, I came in here with the right attitude and just wanted to be a part of this team and do whatever I can do to help a team win," Subban said.

The 28-year-old Subban has done that and more. The former Norris Trophy winner was voted the All-Star captain for the Central Division, and he scored 40 points in 66 games during the regular season.

Paired with Mattias Ekholm this postseason, Subban has helped suffocate some of the NHL's most potent scorers. Chicago captain Jonathan Toews scored only one goal against Nashville in a first round sweep that caught the league's attention that Nashville was for real. Vladimir Tarasenko had three points for St. Louis in the second round, but his two goals came in Game 2 of a six-game loss to the Predators.

In the conference finals, Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf came in with eight goals and 15 points. He never scored a goal against Nashville and managed only four assists.

Next up for Subban? Defending the likes of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and the rest of the Penguins. Game 1 is Monday night in Pittsburgh.

"He and Mattias Ekholm have really formed a chemistry together, and that takes time," Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said. "But they've formed a chemistry together that makes them just a real difficult pair to play against."

General manager David Poile praised Subban with being very coachable and fitting in, which some critics said could never happen. Poile said Subban probably has given up a little bit of his offensive tendencies to play the role Nashville needs him to right now.

"Everybody wants to see what they think they want to see, rushing the puck up the ice or getting a big goal, which he's certainly got some big goals," Poile said. "But nobody wants to talk about his defense. It's probably not as exciting, probably not as sexy. ... He is tremendous from a defensive standpoint."

Only Ottawa's Erik Karlsson (16) and teammate Ryan Ellis (11) have more points this postseason among defensemen than Subban, who is tied with another teammate Roman Josi with 10. Subban is averaging 25 minutes, 52 seconds of ice time and trails team-leader Josi by only four seconds.

Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne said Subban is an easy defenseman to work with, always wanting the puck. He also thinks Subban has adjusted well with the Predators after taking some time to mesh at the beginning of the season.

Canadian media and his fans from Montreal have made trips to Nashville to talk with and see the charming defenseman this season. Subban said his parents have seen Predators' flags hanging in his hometown of Toronto.

And it turns out Subban was right last summer saying he believed he would have a big opportunity to win the Stanley Cup with Nashville. That confidence solidified once he talked with Poile and Laviolette and how they embraced him as a big key for the Predators.

"But we're in this position because of everybody," Subban said. "It's unbelievable. I've never been on a team that works as hard for each other as these guys do. And it shows.