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Fame or Fortune? Which would you choose?

Fame or Fortune? Which would you choose?

by Terri Giuliano Long

Will Tyler

Fortune, no question about it. In high school and college, I played football.  When I was at Penn State, Beaver Stadium held 85,000 fans. You walk on the field, the noise is deafening. It feels like a million fans cheering for you, calling your name; you feel like you can do anything. You’re 1000 feet tall. Junior year, I dropped out of college and moved to California, with the half-baked idea I could make it as a folk singer. I’m not going to lie – I loved being the center of attention.  When you’re on fire, you’re invincible.

Then I met Zoe, we married and had kids. Being a father changes you. You realize it’s not all about you anymore. Your children depend on you. It’s up to you to be sure they’re cared for, they have a good life. Between my wife and me, we make enough to live in a good town. That’s important. Kids learn soon enough about all the crap that goes down in the outside world. They don’t need to witness it in their backyard. Fame just drags kids through the mud. With fortune you’ve got a chance to protect them.

Zoe Tyler

I’d have to say fame. I’ve never had a good head for money. Every other therapist in my office requires a twenty-four-hour notice of cancellation; if a patient fails to show, they charge for the hour. I’ve posted a cancellation policy in my office, but I rarely enforce it. Most of the families I work with live barely above sustenance level. I don’t have the heart to charge for missed appointments. It’s a constant source of tension between Will and me, especially with money so tight.

I barely break even on my workshops, “Success Skills for Women on the Move” – I make a lot more through my practice – but I love the work. If I could get the workshops to turn a profit, I’d quit my day job at the counseling center. Don’t get me wrong: I love the kids. The parents wear me down. They come not for advice but validation, letters attributing their child’s misbehavior to brilliance, drugs to give their child an edge. To them, I’m merely a service provider. With the workshops, I help women make important changes in their lives. At the end of the day, their eyes shine with new confidence. The women look up to me. After the workshops, they send cards and letters, describing the changes they’ve made. I feel like I’m accomplishing something, helping the women, doing something useful and important. That makes me feel good.

Leah Tyler

For real? Fame! We’re thinking about starting a rock band, Todd and me. He’s going to teach me to play the guitar. We’ll be like a boyfriend-girlfriend or a husband-wife team, you know, like Jack and Meg White or John and Christine McVie. Or, I don’t know, maybe I’ll go solo and he’ll just manage me. Did you know Ani DiFranco moved to New York—alone—when she was only my age? She’s this huge success, which just totally proves I could be successful too. I’ve been thinking I should try out for American Idol or The Voice. I mean, look at Jennifer Hudson, right? She was nobody before Idol. OMG, Adam Levine is SOOOO hot!! It would be awesome if picked me. I can totally see myself rocking it on the stage. That would be the coolest thing ever.

When you’re famous you can do whatever you want. You can mess up and totally get away with it. I’m not saying I want to mess up. That’s just weird to like plan to mess up. I’m just saying you can. People might criticize but they still look up to you. Fame makes you somebody.

Fame or fortune? Honestly? Neither. I just want to be a regular person. Obviously, we have to have money to buy the things we need. But we really don’t need all that much, you know? We just need enough to get by. I push myself to accomplish things – like entering the science fair, for example – because I like the challenge. It’s cool to see how far I can go, what I can achieve.

Fame is weird. It’s like the whole world takes part in building you up, making you famous; as soon as you get there, they want to tear you down. Look what they did to Britney Spears! I’m not famous or anything, but I skipped a grade in school, so people know who I am. I hate that, my reputation preceding me. I’d rather people just liked me – or didn’t like me – for me.  My sister’s soccer success made her famous around town; because they’re jealous, people always judge her. They want to see her fail. If she wasn’t a soccer star, they wouldn’t be so quick to jump in and talk trash about her.  Fame stinks. I don’t know why anybody would want it.

Jerry Johnson

A little of both, I guess. I don’t need to be Bill Gates – guys who make that kind of dough give up a lot, always traveling, away from their family. I wouldn’t mind having a little more, though. Me and Maura live in the sticks. It’s a pretty street, but the location’s as inconvenient as hell. We don’t even get cable. We wanted to stay in town and this was house we could afford. If we had the money, we could live in a development closer to town, in one of the neighborhoods with young mothers with kids. Maura would be a lot happier, I think, less isolated.

Like I say, I wouldn’t want to be Bill Gates – anybody famous, for that matter. Being known in town is a different story. When people recognize and respect you, they’re more likely to trust you. With a platform, you can do more; you can make a real difference in your community.

Todd Corbett

Fame? Fortune? Who cares?? I went on the road for a couple of years with a rock band. Let me tell you, it’s tough to make it today. Talent don’t mean squat. Record companies would rather invest a boatload of cash in some lame American Idol than risk a dime on an unproven band. In the sixties, my old man worked for an indie label in Boston. Back then, it was different. People cared about the music. Today it’s all about the denari. What they think they make off of you.

Fame, fortune—that’s what the consumerist pigs want you to want. You can spend your whole life working to accumulate things. And for what? So you can spend every second looking over your shoulder, pretending to be something you’re not? Not me, man. For me, it’s gotta be real.

Ritesh: So, what would you choose. Leave a comment with your choice between Fame or Fortune and why you would choose it.

For me, if it was a choice between fame and fortune, I’d choose fortune, as I have no desire to be famous. I am happy being unknown, just the way I am right now! Though I don’t know if it would work. A person of great fortune is bound to get noticed.

Who are the Tylers, Jerry and Todd? They are the main characters in Terri Giuliano Long’s best-selling novel, In Leah’s Wake.

Will Tyler sells projects for North American Construction, the largest commercial contractor on the East Coast. Project oversight requires frequent travel throughout the U.S. He lives in Cortland, Massachusetts, with his wife, Zoe, and their adolescent daughters, Justine and Leah.

Zoe Tyler holds a master’s degree in social work and is employed by Cortland Child Services. She is founder and executive director of “Success Skills for Women on the Move,” a motivational workshop for women seeking life changes. She lives in Cortland, Massachusetts, with her husband, Will, and teenage daughters, Justine, 12, and Leah, 16.

Leah Tyler was an All-Star soccer player, the MVP of her high school team, and a Boston Globe All-Scholastic Player of the Year. She’s 16 years old and lives in Cortland, Massachusetts, with her parents and younger sister, Justine.

Justine Tyler, 12, is an eighth grader at Cortland Middle School. A straight-A student, she has won town-wide awards in science and math. She’s currently working on a project on planetary movement for her school’s science fair.  She loves karate, vampire slaying, chocolate chip cookies and Dog, her yellow Labrador Retriever.

Jerry Johnson is a decorated officer in the Cortland Police Department. A lifelong resident, he lives in Cortland, Massachusetts, with his wife and two infant sons.

Todd Corbett dropped out of school in the tenth grade and spent two years on the road with a rock band, working as a roadie. He currently works as a clerk at a used record store and lives with his single mother in Cortland, Massachusetts. His girlfriend, Leah Tyler, makes his world go around.

About the author

Terri Giuliano Long is the bestselling author of the novel In Leah’s Wake. Her life outside of books is devoted to her family. In her free time, she enjoys walking, traveling, and listening to music. True to her Italian-American heritage, she’s an enthusiastic cook. In an alternate reality, she might be an international food writer. She lives with her family on the East Coast and teaches at Boston College. In Leah’s Wake is her debut novel.

Website: www.tglong.com
Blog: www.tglong.com/blog
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tglong

About In Leah’s Wake

Protecting their children comes naturally for Zoe and Will Tyler –

until their daughter Leah decides to actively destroy her own future.

Leah grew up in a privileged upper-middle class world. Her parents spared no expense for her happiness; she had all-but secured an Ivy League scholarship and a future as a star athlete. Then she met Todd.

Leah’s parents watch helplessly as their daughter falls into a world of drugs, sex, and wild parties. While Will attempts to control his daughter’s every move to prevent her from falling deeper into this dangerous new life, Zoe prefers to give Leah slack in the hope that she may learn from her mistakes. Their divided approach drives their daughter out of their home and a wedge into their marriage.

Twelve-year-old Justine observes Leah’s rebellion from the shadows of their fragmented family. She desperately seeks her big sister’s approval and will do whatever it takes to obtain it. Meanwhile she is left to question whether her parents love her and whether God even knows she exists.

What happens when love just isn’t enough? Who will pay the consequences of Leah’s vagrant lifestyle? Can this broken family survive the destruction left in Leah’s wake?

Also take a look at the book’s video trailer!

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  1. Thank you so much for posting this today, Ritesh! The fame and fortune debate is always a thought-provoking one – I’ll definitely be interested to see how visitors reply to your question!

    Have a great week,

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A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada

Cedarbrook Forest, Alabama

Nearby Census Genealogy
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We have been working on our Gazetteer for a long time and while we have collected a lot of information, much of the detail is still missing. Keep in mind that whenever we find the mention of a community, we simply add it to our list so that we can go back and do further research. While this has proven a good way of finding communities, it has created more questions than answers. If you can, we would appreciate your help in answering these accumulating questions.

Where appropriate, please include the GPS coordinates. The easiest way to find the latitude and longitude is to visit our Interactive Map for Cedarbrook Forest.

We usually switch the map to 'Satellite' mode and zoom-in as needed. You can then move the Map Marker to the desired location (you'll see a cross-hair as you move the Marker). When you release the Marker, the Latitude/Longitude for the Marker will be found just below the map and to the right. Just copy/paste those numbers into your note.

The first point that we would like to make is that our data contains errors. Some of the errors result from our methodologies and others occur while entering our findings. That said, the majority of the errors come from our reference documents, even documents that should be definitive. The problem is identifying the errors. As you read through our pages about Cedarbrook Forest and find errors, please let us know - we want to be accurate.

The last point that we want to make is that we do our updates in blocks and with over 160,000 communities in our Gazetteer, it can be months between updates. We just wanted to warn you that if you sent us a note today, it may be days or months before the correction actually appears on our Gazetteer. While this seems to be a long time, please remember that it's just my wife and myself doing the work.

Our Wishlist For Cedarbrook Forest ...

In the case of Cedarbrook Forest, we are searching for the following information.

  • While we have added Cedarbrook Forest to our Gazetteer, we don't have any information about how large it might be or even if it still exists. Is it a cluster of houses and buildings or is the community scattered throughout the area. If it's gone, have all traces of Cedarbrook Forest been erased or is there some kind of indication of where it was located?
  • If gone, we use three broad categories to describe its status:
  • The community is Historic and there is little to no evidence that can be found at its location.
  • A Ghost Town has left some evidence that it existed, but is without residents. At a minimum, there should be foundations or a cemetery. We also use Ghost Town with Ruins to describe when things like buildings or artifacts such as abandoned equipment still remain - in other words, the classic movie Ghost Town.
  • We use Shadow Town to describe a community that still has residents, but which had a much larger presence in the past. Like the Ghost Town with Ruins, we use Shadow Town with Ruins when abandoned buildings and/or artifacts from the communities past can still be found.
  • Just a reminder: Ghost and Shadow Towns are frequently located on private property and the owner's rights need to be respected. Always be careful, ruins can have hidden dangers.
  • We don't have any estimates of current or past population information for Cedarbrook Forest. If you have it, we need the year with the estimated population (ie- 1870: 20 people; 1880: 68 people; etc).
  • How do the people of Cedarbrook Forest refer to themselves (also known as a Denomyn)?<1> For example, a person from Alabama is called a Alabamian. In the same way, how would a resident of Cedarbrook Forest be called?
  • Do you know when the community was founded or settled?
  • What is the story behind the name of Cedarbrook Forest (also known as a Toponym)?
  • Many communities are founded with one name and then eventually change to something else. Do you know any of these previous names, the approximate date and the reason for the change? If there was more than one name change, do you know those names and the order in which they occurred?
  • Are there alternate names for Cedarbrook Forest, variations in the spelling, etc?
  • Are there nicknames, slogans or sobriquets for Cedarbrook Forest? For example, Cedarbrook Forest might declare itself to be The Happiest Place in Jefferson County.
  • Do we have the correct time zone for Cedarbrook Forest?
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  • Do you know if there is an official website for Cedarbrook Forest?
  • Is there a Chamber of Commerce website for Cedarbrook Forest?
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  • We are looking for descriptions from old books (1800s thru early 1900s), such as Gazetteers and Shipping Guides, that describe Cedarbrook Forest. If you have such a description, please send it to us with the name and year of the book that it came from. If available, please include the author and publisher of the book.
  • We've created a list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cedarbrook Forest. Have we missed any? The list can be found on our page for Communities Neighboring Cedarbrook Forest in the 1890's.
  • Are there cemeteries in the area? Whether they are large or small, famous or forgotten, we would appreciate it if you would send us their name and GPS coordinates (the latitude/longitude). Even if you don't know the name of a cemetery, please send its coordinates - somebody, someplace, may know its name.

    If you're interested, we have a list of nearby cemeteries which are relatively close to Cedarbrook Forest and you can find this list on our Cemetery List for Cedarbrook Forest.

In closing, thank you for any help you can provide. While it might take time for everything to appear on our website, it will make it eventually.

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<1>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Cedarbrook Forest refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Cedarbrook Forest may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.

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Farewell Concepcion…

After several weeks of studying and photographing, Opportunity has drive away from Concepcion Crater, and is now heading south-west towards her next target – a “joined at the hip” pair of craters, several times larger than Concepcion.

This is the image that appeared on my screen this morning and told me that Oppy had left Concepcion behind:

Click on it and you can see Concepcion on the horizon behind Oppy. Here’s a 3D view…

So, that’s it. Farewell, Chocolate Hills, and all the other fascinating rocks of Concepcion. Here’s my “last view” colourisation of the crater… As usual, click on it to bring up a full size image.

So… where next? I can show you using the “Mars” option on Google Earth, and some other whistles and bells from my friends over on UMSF…

If you click on the image above to bring up the large version, you’ll see a little red mark at the top. That marks the location of Oppy’s next driving target – a pair of craters known to UMSF’s space enthusiasts as… um…  “Twin Craters”. Here’s a view of the craters using Google Earth…

That’s a bit vague, a bit blurry, so let’s take a closer look. The next image compares Concepcion Crater to the Twin Craters. On the top are two views of Concepcion Crater, and on the bottom are two views of Twin Craters. They are all screen grabs from the fantastic IAS Viewer which allows you to zoom in on the images taken by the HiRISE camera onboard the Mars Reconaissance Orbiter. On the left you can see Concepcion and Twin Craters compared at 1x and on the right zoomed in 4x. So, basically, these images let you compare Concepcion and Twin Craters at two different scales, allowing you to see their internal structure and surroundings… (oh, just click on the image, it’ll make sense when you see it!)

You can see that Twin Craters has some very interesting features inside it. Is that a ledge inside the left hand crater there? Is that a layer of exposed bedrock inside the crater on the right?  We’ll know after a few more drives – unless Oppy spots something interesting along the way… maybe another meteorite..?

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  1. Mirek says:

    That is so cool. I wonder what would those Twin Crater look like from up close. I don’t think there was ever anything like this observer by any of the space missions (any double craters during Apollo ???). The “border” between them should look interesting (higher elevation than crater walls perhaps)

    Anyway it is now one of my favorite blogs. Great 3D and info on Oppy. Thanks and keep it up.

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Entrance to the green world, Kikuchi Valley / Japan

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My Own Ontology Projects

April 24, 2010

Over the past few years I have been building a series of ontologies for fun and learning. Until recently, most of my ontology building has been vicarious as I’ve had no real means of building and looking at ontologies.

The last ontology that I’d actually built (until a year or so back), was using the Ontology Inference Layer (OIL). This forerunner of OWL had a nice human readable syntax; this style of syntax has now returned in the Manchester OWL Syntax (MOS). In fact, one of the original motivations for its development by Matt Horridge was to have something that I, as a blind person, could use.

For a few years I built ontologies using MOS, but having to give them to a sighted colleague to process and classify within Protege (which is not very accessible). Given that the reasoner should be used at the addition of almost every axiom, this process could be rather tedious. Anyway, Matt Horridge has now developed a little MOS based editor called Kudu and it has changed my ontology building life.

I have used this opportunity to build a series of ontologies that will test some modelling techniques; some OWL constructs or with some other goal in mind — usually one that stretches OWL in some way.

So,I will be describing these ontologies in a series of what will almost certainly be a set of very sporadic posts.


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Safety systems down at five nukes over weekend

A number of nukes were without one of their safety systems for a part of the weekend: 1. Limerick Unit 2 in Pennsylvania had to be scrammed Friday morning due to a trip of both recirculation pumps. This morning’s Reactor Status … Continue reading

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Drunken supervisor at Illinois nuke

LaSalle nuclear power plant reported today to the NRC that a contract supervisor had tested positive for alcohol on a random Fitness for Duty test. The employee’s access to the plant has been suspended.

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San Antonio may be back in STNP expansion….

Very depressing news from the San Antonio Express-News this afternoon: CPS Energy could end up buying additional nuclear power from the proposed plant expansion at the South Texas Project if the terms are favorable, CEODoyle Beneby told the Express-News editorial board … Continue reading

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Decommissioning Illinois nuke to cost $900 million

One more pricetag when figuring the lifetime costs of nuclear power — decommissioning.   The Lake County News-Sun carried a piece on decommissioning the Zion nuclear plant in Illinois today: Zion Solutions … expects to complete the project by 2021. A 2007 estimate … Continue reading

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Some more reactor problems

A couple of items from today’s NRC Event Reports: 1. Dresden Units 2 & 3 reported release of heated water bypassing the cooling lake yesterday. The intentuional discharge was the result of rising water levels due to the failure of … Continue reading

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A busy weekend for reactor problems

NRC Event Reports for the long Presidents Day weekend included a slew of reactor problems: 1. Early Friday morning, technicians at Calvert Cliffs Unit 2 discovered what they terms an ‘inactive’ boric acid leak on a heater pipe in the … Continue reading

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UN official talks about advantages of solar over nuclear power

The Khaleej Times Online is running an essay tomorrow by Achim Steiner, United Nations Under-Secretary General and UN Environmental Programme Director. Steiner says:  A nuclear power plant can take 10-15 years to build, and a coal-fired power station around five … Continue reading

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Tips For Tackling Common Home Improvement Projects

There is little that you can do that feels as good as home improvement projects. For many people, their home is their castle — investing your hard work and effort can bring you returns in many different ways. But how do you get started? The information you will learn here will give you a great idea of the things you can work on to improve the looks of your home.

Whenever your roof needs redoing, you should insert white tile. If not white, then ensure it is light colored. Light-colored tiles will reflect sun rays rather than absorbing them, which will decrease the amount of built-up heat in your attic. Therefore, your monthly utility bills can be drastically reduced.

TIP! If you are not able to get a designer, you can do it yourself. Pick up books, look through magazines and visits blogs to help you.

You can make your ceilings appear higher by following two simple tips. You can get a floor lamp that is tall, or paint strips on the wall. This will create a unique optical illusion. Your ceilings will look higher and your rooms will look bigger.

Sometimes a small room can seem very gloomy, but it doesn’t need to be that way. Light can be the answer! If there are windows, clean them and keep your blinds open. A room tends to look larger when there is ample natural light. Keep rooms free of clutter, and choose lighter, pastel colors for your walls. Follow these steps and your little room will seem much bigger.

Aluminum Foil

TIP! Solar panels can improve your home. Don’t be scared off by the initial cost.

Use aluminum foil to cover your wall outlets before painting. Aluminum foil is a lot easier to use than tape, and it will protect the covers from unintentional splatters. That makes cleanup much easier. Just make sure the paint is completely dry before you take the foil off for recycling.

The cost of getting a new roof is often one of the more costly things to fix on a house. Carefully check the references of your potential roofing company, and always get estimates from three different companies before committing to one. Tile, metal and wood shake are some options for roofing materials you can decide on. If you are not sure about these differences, you can also ask them to explain them to you so that you can make an informed decision.

Make sure you turn off the right power circuit whenever you work on anything electrical. If you don’t disconnect the electricity, someone can get electrocuted and die.

TIP! Use bleach to maintain a clean toilet bowl. Although bleaching toilets might smell bad, it lowers the risk of spreading germs and illnesses.

A pergola is an excellent way to add a little pizzazz to your outside space; so if the front yard of your home needs a little character, consider putting in a pergola. With its rich, natural wooden look, a pergola is perfect for adding shade, visual interest and texture to the exterior of your home. With a kit and a few helpers, you can install the pergola in just a weekend.

Your home is a very special place, so it’s important that you take the time necessary to appreciate it fully. This is one reason why it is important to keep it in tip-top shape. In this article, you have read some excellent suggestions for home improvement. Do the ones you feel comfortable with and take the time to do them.

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Dad’s cold reply, though not exactly out of character, took us both by surprise. Sitting across the table from my mother, I saw a look of pain pass briefly over her face, then vanish, leaving behind an unreadable mask set with two vacant, staring eyes. I could feel the tension in the air, like a string stretched taut between them. And there I was again, a tightrope walker, trembling on that string, weighed down by the awkward silence that ensued. Yet one couldn’t really call it silence. I could hear the unspoken words, sense the emotions that lay barely concealed behind their cold expressions. A fight just waiting to happen.

It did happen, later that night. It began in low, agitated whispers, then rose to a crescendo as those pent up feelings were finally released into the air. Lying in my bed, I couldn’t quite distinguish their words, but I could hear the outrage behind them, the hurt, the hopelessness, even the fear.

Weeks later, when my parents announced to me, in strangely calm voices, that they were separating, all I could think was, How can this be happening to me?

Another day in another year at another school. Another first day. I’m nervous, perhaps more than ought to be. It seems like everyone is sitting there gawking at me as I shuffle through the cafeteria, tray in hand; can just feel their stares pricking me like little needles. But I tell myself that I’m just being paranoid.

I pass by row after row of tables, searching, perhaps in vain, for some place to sit. There’s a sort of code among high school students, a set of unspoken rules that all must follow if they want to avoid conflict. That code applies especially to the cafeteria. Each group claims a territory, defends it fiercely, and anyone who invades their space places themselves in a very precarious situation. In this particular school, as I discovered on my first day, there is one cluster of students who always sit at the round table in the far corner, whispering to each other. And they don’t like company.

I guess I missed the memo.

She was my best friend, my sister, my most trusted confidant, all rolled into one. And then she changed, almost overnight it seemed. We used to laugh, gossip, poke fun at each other. Now, when she picks me up after school, we barely speak to one another. Sometimes we can’t even make it past “Hello.” There’s a wall between us. A Great Wall of China. And I can’t seem to find a way around it.

“How was school?” she asked me today as I slid into the passenger seat and closed the door with a loud thunk.

“Fine.” Yeah, sure it was fine. Until I got that test back. I’ve tried so hard to do well. But you don’t see that, do you? You think I’m lazy, incompetent. Don’t you?

“Yeah.” Enough to keep me in my room for the rest of the evening. Away from you.

“Hey, when you finish, do you want to, you know, get out of the house and do something?”

“Big project.” A project I already finished. I just don’t want to get into another argument. Like the one we had last week when we went to see that movie. I’m tired of fighting. It hurts me. More than you’ll ever know.

And that was the end of our conversation.

Disharmony is pervasive. Even if you’re not a political junkie, even if you’re not up-to-date on current events, if you can identify with one of the above situations…this philosophy of separation, of alienation, has become America’s new creed. It is a mindset so deeply engrained in the nation’s conscience that, instead of generating concern, it disappears into the noise in the background of everyday life. Our generation has grown up in a world in which healthy relationships are a rare commodity, in which hostility is the one unifying element of our society. We have grown up thinking, whether consciously or subconsciously, that nothing good will last, that peace is more transient than human life. Even the way we define peace has changed. What was once considered to be a full-blown fight between disagreeing parents is now merely an argument by today’s standards.

We are divided at work, at school, almost everywhere we go, between gender, race, religion, wealth. It’s not because we are compelled to do so by any act of government or law enforcement agency, but because such divisiveness has become the norm. And that is why it has gone unnoticed–it is now the accepted standard of our society. It seems ironic– paradoxical, almost–that a species so social by nature, so dependent on community, would choose to divide itself. Even our forefathers recognized unity as the most important ingredient of a successful nation. Our state motto, “United we stand, divided we fall,” was adopted in…more perfect union…

I suppose you might dismiss what I have written here as the product of an overly cynical teenage mind. And while I’ll admit my prose often leans toward the melodramatic, it is not my goal here to rant and rave about the world’s misery, but rather to make a point about the standards of today’s society. And my point is this: the attitudes we have embraced are not acceptable.

This is my philosophical crusade. If I can make one of my readers think twice, I will consider it a crusade won. I’m not trying to take on the world. That would be an impossible feat for one so young and with so little influence in this world as myself. But perhaps, by making this appeal to you, my fellow students, I can start a chain reaction of sorts. It may not go far (I am not so naïve as to expect it to), but perhaps it will create a little pocket of harmony, whether it be throughout the school, or even just among a little cluster of students, that will restore some small amount of civility to our lives.

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On the road with photographer and full-timer Mandy Lea

On the road with photographer and full-timer Mandy Lea

Some people take to the road simply to travel; to see previously unseen places. For many, life on the road goes beyond that. Photographer Mandy Lea has been traveling in her teardrop trailer for six months, and is on a journey of self-discovery, happiness and inspiration—and, of course, she's constantly amazed by the what she sees along the way.

How would you describe your full-time RV life in three words?

Adventurous, intentional, rewarding.

Where are you now?

I am six months, 28 states, and 30,000 miles into an indefinite adventure of discovery leading to unknown destinations.

What does home mean to you?

When I was first getting rid of all of my belongings I began gifting furniture to friends, emptying my apartment bit by bit. My apartment was always my home until one week before I departed, the day I gave away my bed. The last week in my apartment was spent sleeping on the bedroom floor where my bed used to be, and it never felt like home again.

Since then, I’ve thought a lot about the definition of my new home. Or more specifically “where I belong”. I have friends and family in various cities, but I grow anxious with too many days in a city. My heart pulls me to the road when I am idle, and I am instantly calmed with the open road in front of me. For now, my home is the open road, the empty forest, the quiet spaces in between.

What’s the main reason you wanted to live on the road? What do you hope to gain from it?

There are reasons beyond count for my nomadic life: live smaller for the world, live simpler for myself, change perspective, and grow as a human. But to be honest, if you find something that makes you happy, you should do more of that thing. Living on the road was the change I needed to bring myself to a place of contentment that I had not felt in years. If we do not first take care of our own happiness, how can we ever hope to be that influence on those around us?

I aim to build a life for myself where I can sustain a level of happiness within myself while still contributing in a positive way to the world around me. I want to show people things they do not normally get to see, to inspire them to do things they would not normally do.

You travel alone—what do you do to ward off loneliness?

I talk to myself. Out loud. A lot. If I’m feeling down, I’ll give myself a pep talk. If I did something awesome, I’ll congratulate myself. And if I’m feeling wise, I’ll give myself advice. I’ve even been known to crack myself up over my own joke.

For the most part this helps to keep the loneliness at bay, but every now and then it can be all-consuming. During these times I focus on a list of the things I am grateful for. Without a doubt this list outweighs every ounce of self-doubt or loneliness.

How difficult is it to full-time alone as a female?

Most of my difficulties do not stem from being a female, but simply from being human. As long as you have a reasonable amount of common sense, listen to your gut, and make generally smart decisions, there is very little you can’t overcome.

You say that you’ve fallen in love with yourself again since you hit the road. Why do you think that is?

Within the first week of travel I realized that I was going to be spending a whole lot more time with myself than I ever had before. My entire life I had been so focused on my relationships with other people, that I had never taken the time to get to know myself. As I began to spend more and more time inside the walls of my mind, I realized that no matter who I come across in life, I am the only one who I will always be stuck with. We are the only ones truly responsible for our own happiness. We may as well learn to love who we are, or become that which we can love.

What are the most important things for you to have with you?

My camera gear. Photography is not only my career—it is my passion in which I find purpose. I could have nothing left in the world but my camera and I would still find my way.

My journals. I record my adventures, my thoughts and feelings, and the things I’ve learned. I recall my daily highlights, lowlights, and the things I’m grateful for. Those who join me in adventure contribute with the experience they had. By reflecting upon who I’ve been, I am able to become who I want to be.

Good food. I am not on a road trip and I can’t treat my life as a vacation. Traveling can be difficult on the diet. Prioritizing a supply of healthy groceries and eating right is a necessity to sustaining life on the road.

You’re a photographer. Are there any regions of the US that really inspire you creatively?

Everyone has a certain place on this planet that inspires them—a place where they feel just a little more connected to the earth than in any other place. For me, this is the mountains. Any mountain that I stand before, underneath its powerful presence, takes my breath away. Inspires me to capture and share its majesty.

The benefit of traveling is that it brings out an awareness of finding the beauty in every day. No matter what part of this country you are in, there is beauty in expressing the character of that land. There is no area that is not on my bucket list.

Have you had any crazy/funny/scary experiences while on the road?

In the last few months I have experienced more than I ever thought possible! From getting lost on midnight hikes to spraying myself with bear spray, there are never two days alike, and not one of them is dull!

What advice would you give to someone who’s considering full-time RVing?

Trust yourself. You got this. There will always be fears when changing your life. There will be a million unknowns, mistakes you will make. This is not something you can avoid, but you can overcome. Make the most of every mistake by learning its lesson. Keep an open mind. Expect bumps in the road. Step over them with grace.

To connect with Mandy, see her photos and follow her awesome adventures, visit her website at www.mandyleaphoto.com, or get social on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Expect the unexpected

Expect the unexpected

A new generation of nomads

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She pouts.
Oh how she pouts.
He soothes her pouts with xmas cheer.
Santa brings the world to those who wait.
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Come closer.
I want to smell your vomit.
But all these bitches and boos and cock blocks in the way!
Oh little darling.
True love will not be stopped.
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April Väder

After our Norwegian experience, we flew from Bergen to Stockholm on Friday, April 7th. At the airport, we grabbed a bottle of champagne, as we had recently realized that Sweden would be my 50th country visited and we wanted to celebrate. We took the train into the city centre and found The Rival Hotel, located in the area of Sodermalm, that Dan had found for our 3 night stay. His selection did not disappoint as it is a really cool hotel which used to be an old movie theatre. It was pretty cold outside when we arrived, but we decided to brave the weather anyways and set out on foot over the bridge to Gamla Stan. After walking through the historical centre, we went up Dronningatan to Ahlens City, the famous department store and location of the recent lorry attack. We visited the memorial site for the victims filled with flowers and condolence notes. After wandering the streets and shops, we soon found a lovely park when it actually began to snow. As our hotel had mentioned, we should not be surprised if it snowed in April, something they call “April väder”. This signified it was about time to return back to our hotel to pop that champagne for the big 5-0.

April Vader in the Park

Celebrating country #50

The next morning, Dan had decided we should check out Fotographiska, a place for contemporary photography and something a bit more up my alley museum-wise. After viewing the exhibits, we grabbed a coffee in the top floor café that had a great view overlooking the water. That afternoon we wandered around some art shops in Gamla Stan and then joined an afternoon bus tour around the city. We were soon headed back to the hotel before freshening up for our BBQ dinner we had been invited to by a friend. We enjoyed the delicious BBQ and homey atmosphere. We also got to try a traditional Swedish carbonated beverage that is very popular during Christmas and Easter called påskmust. After further investigation, we discovered this popular beverage outsells Coca Cola during festive periods.

View of Stockholm

Our last day in the capital included wandering through Krongsingata, Vasatan and Hay Market. In the late afternoon, we bundled up as best we could and started to make our way over to the Tele 2 Arena to catch a local football match Dan had got tickets for. We arrived, grabbed a couple of beers and found our seats. Even though the arena wasn’t full, we enjoyed the atmosphere and the fans signing their team songs. During the open-aired match it suddenly started to once again snow. The home team of Djurgården beat the visiting Elfsborg 3-0 and the game ended around 7:00 pm. We already knew where we were headed for dinner, The Pelikan, for their famous Swedish meatballs. We didn’t realize it would be so busy so we failed to make a reservation but they were able to squeeze us in at the bar. In the end, we should have split the meal as the meatballs were ginormous but absolutely delicious. We enjoyed one last cocktail at The Rival Bar before tucking in for the evening.

Snowy football match

Swedish meatballs

The next morning, we enjoyed another delicious breakfast buffet and a quick stroll before taking a taxi (which was somehow cheaper than the train) to the airport where both Dan and I flew to Berlin. It was his first visit back to Berlin since December 2016. We landed in Tegel, got settled in the apartment, and headed out to enjoy the last bit of sunshine and a cold one at Ampelmann Bar along the Spree River. The sun started to set and we decided to head to Edeka, the only nearby supermarket open on a public holiday. We grabbed a ham, potatoes, and spargel (aka white asparagus) to prepare our Easter Monday dinner. We baked the ham and made one of my mom’s specialities, scalloped potatoes. It was a great way to end our 2017 Easter Vacation.

Dan enjoying a pretzel in Amplemann bar

Easter dinner in Berlin

About rrettenmier

In September 2010, Dan and I received working visas for the United Kingdom. We sold our condo, quit our jobs and packed our bags to move to London. This blog (though a few months late) is designed to update our friends and family back home about where we are and what we are up to.
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2 Responses to April Väder

  1. Judy Erickson says:

    OH that did look a little cold but you were dressed for it! Food I recognize. And 50 countries!

  2. Uncle Dale says:

    Way to go Rebecca. 50 countries is terrific. The meatballs look terrific; before reindeer?

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The Love of God Versus the Love of the World

By John Thiel

1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

We are in a contrasting conflict. Which one will we love? The Lord or the world? We are gathered here to worship God at the shrine of heavenly love. We are to here marvel over his indescribable love. Love and the chase of its internal satisfaction is mankind’s preoccupation. People are chasing for love. They yearn an internal fulfillment of love. Indeed there are many shrines of worship that are established where souls plunge themselves to indulge their craving of the elixir of love. There is not a human being that doesn’t want to drink that elixir, that love. Where and what is your shrine? What is your shrine? While we worship here, while we are in the presence of God’s love, is your heart, elsewhere? Many children and youth, long for the closing of the Sabbath. To be able to rush back to engage in the pleasures that the Sabbath forbids. Indeed there is many a heart that while worshipping God, is also preoccupied with another shrine at variance with the worship of God. There are many shrines.

The great sin of God’s people at the present time is, we do not appreciate the value of the blessings God has bestowed upon us. We serve God with a divided heart. We cherish some idol and worship at its shrine. The truth of God is elevated and holy, sanctifying the soul, if brought into the life and interwoven with the character. God is seeking with His truth to make us a separate and peculiar people. This is the influence of the truth. Our obedience and devotion are not equal to our light and privileges, and the sacred obligations resting upon us to walk as children of the light are not fulfilled by us. As Christians we fail to come up to our high calling.. {TDG 50.2}

The word devoting is an important word in regards to worship. This is why I asked the question, according to these words of inspiration the great sin of Gods people at this time is they serve God with a divided heart. In the human heart we can be serving God and worshipping him at his shrine and simultaneously worshiping at some other shrine. That is the problem. When we think about worshipping at a shrine, we read that it does not necessarily mean a visible shrine.

And for us, “upon whom the ends of the world are come” (1 Corinthians 10:11), it has special significance. History is being repeated. The world today has its Ahabs and its Jezebels. The present age is one of idolatry, as verily as was that in which Elijah lived. No outward shrine may be visible; there may be no image for the eye to rest upon; yet thousands are following after the Gods of this world–after riches, fame, pleasure, and the pleasing fables that permit man to follow the inclinations of the unregenerate heart. Multitude have a wrong conception of God and His attributes, and are as truly serving a false God as were the worshipers of Baal. {PK 177.1}

Elijah said how long halt ye between two opinions? He knew that the Israel of God was worshipping two Gods. There are many shrines in the heart. The shrine of fashion, the shrine of perverted appetite. The shrine of my children. The shrine of personal interests. It is because of this that my purpose today is to ask you, look with me upon the enrapturing love of God and then to ask you to open your heart to him and close your heart to all opposing forces. There was a young man to whom Jesus came. He was a young energetic, very powerfully minded young man. He was ambitious. He had a thunderous disposition. He was very tempestuous in nature, very ardent. As Jesus came to him and called him, he had high aspirations of continuing with his father’s business and here was Jesus saying to him, come away from this and come and be with me. As this young man continued to indeed make his choice to indeed follow Jesus he began to be moulded by a love that completely transformed this impetuous ambitious passionate being into a gentle loving person. We read of this young man in the book Acts of the Apostles.

The confiding love and unselfish devotion manifested in the life and character of John present lessons of untold value to the Christian church. John did not naturally possess the loveliness of character that his later experience revealed. By nature he had serious defects. He was not only proud, self-assertive, and ambitious for honor, but impetuous, and resentful under injury. He and his brother were called “sons of thunder.” Evil temper, the desire for revenge, the spirit of criticism, were all in the beloved disciple. But beneath all this the divine Teacher discerned the ardent, sincere, loving heart. Jesus rebuked this self-seeking, disappointed his ambitions, tested his faith. But He revealed to him that for which his soul longed–the beauty of holiness, the transforming power of love. {AA 539.3}

Indeed this is what our purpose is. To come into the presence of God like John to behold a love that is matchless.

As John beholds the height, the depth, and the breadth of the Father’s love toward our perishing race, he is filled with admiration and reverence. He cannot find suitable language to express this love, but he calls upon the world to behold it: “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.” {4T 563.2}

Behold this that we, these sons of thunder should be called the sons of God.

What a value this places upon man! Through transgression the sons of men became subjects of Satan. Through the infinite sacrifice of Christ, and faith in His name, the sons of Adam become the sons of God. {4T 563.2}

To gaze upon this love that John is trying to excite the mind to behold, let us do this. Let us gaze upon this love that transformed this ambitious and impetuous son of thunder. Look at the present conditions of the world. We’ve become accustomed to living in it haven’t we but every now and then something shocks us. Australia regards itself a lucky country but even here in Australia there is horror around us isn’t there? Continually there are young people taking their lives. Why? Because they launched out thinking they were going to have a fantastic time and in their fantastic time they have seen the futility of indulging their pursuits of love from a wrong perspective and it all crashes down around them. Every young person that hears this message needs to understand, that if they think there is something to enshrine the heart in love around them, it will leave them dry. The world is not the place to find love. Everywhere around us the hearts are empty and the world is moving along in a downward path of continuous hopelessness. Whether it be looking for love in the family. How sad it is today that every family has experiences of hopeless yearnings for love. Today’s experience is no different to the following;

The deception of sin had reached its height. All the agencies for depraving the souls of men had been put in operation. The Son of God, looking upon the world, beheld suffering and misery. With pity He saw how men had become victims of satanic cruelty. He looked with compassion upon those who were being corrupted, murdered, and lost. They had chosen a ruler who chained them to his car as captives. Bewildered and deceived, they were moving on in gloomy procession toward eternal ruin,–to death in which is no hope of life, toward night to which comes no morning. Satanic agencies were incorporated with men. The bodies of human beings, made for the dwelling place of God, had become the habitation of demons. The senses, the nerves, the passions, the organs of men, were worked by supernatural agencies in the indulgence of the vilest lust. The very stamp of demons was impressed upon the countenances of men. {DA 36.3}

You see youth today that don’t have majestic glory. The more they indulge in the drug world the worse it looks.

Human faces reflected the expression of the legions of evil with which they were possessed. Such was the prospect upon which the world’s Redeemer looked. What a spectacle for Infinite Purity to behold! {DA 36.3}

Looking for love and deep inside every soul there is gloom and processional marching to every ruin. This depraved ugly gloomy scene here described which we know full well is a description of our time, notice;

With intense interest the unfallen worlds had watched to see Jehovah arise, and sweep away the inhabitants of the earth. And if God should do this, Satan was ready to carry out his plan for securing to himself the allegiance of heavenly beings. Had the world been destroyed, he would have claimed that his accusations were proved true. He was ready to cast blame upon God, and to spread his rebellion to the worlds above. But instead of destroying the world, God sent His Son to save it. {DA 37.2}

Doesn’t God have the right to get rid of this slovenly people who lack love?

Though corruption and defiance might be seen in every part of the alien province, a way for its recovery was provided. {DA 37.2}

People talk about aliens from other planets, this is the alien planet.

At the very crisis, when Satan seemed about to triumph, the Son of God came with the embassage of divine grace. Through every age, through every hour, the love of God had been exercised toward the fallen race. Notwithstanding the perversity of men, the signals of mercy had been continually exhibited. And when the fullness of the time had come, the Deity was glorified by pouring upon the world a flood of healing grace that was never to be obstructed or withdrawn till the plan of salvation should be fulfilled. {DA 37.2}

You are here to worship. Take to heart the detail of what I have described here. What a ghastly world this province is and look at this Gods love. Into this ugly terrible gloomy scene that is in a position because man is deciding to what God wants them to do, he sends his only begotten son. Behold the love. Why has God today not let man destroy himself yet? He could have done it in the First World War, and the Second World War. He could have done it all the way along ever since the beginning of his work in the most holy place. But why did he not yet destroy the planet? Here indeed, the angels were ready to let go of the destructive forces.

He gazed in pity on the remnant, then raised His hands, and with a voice of deep pity cried, “My blood, Father, My blood, My blood, My blood!” {EW 38.1}

Here is the reason why God has not destroyed the planet yet. Can you behold a love as you behold the corruptions and the perversity of your own heart and God looks up on the remnant? We here are a little remnant and are we still of a double heart on certain issues of life? The rest of the world has concluded its damnation and rejected this wonderful love and even in these last days Jesus is delaying the destructive forces. The angels are holding back because of the remnant that Jesus doesn’t want to be destroyed. He cries, my blood father and he repeats it three more times. Knowing what the means, that Jesus came to this planet, this alien province and shed his blood in appeal to warm the hearts of these derelicts. He stands there as our high priest to keep on reaching the hearts and he delays the destruction. Jesus was sent to partake of our temptations, to partake of our guilt in our woe and his heart wrenching work is still going on now. He still feels the same sufferings that he felt while he was here on earth. That is why he is crying with agony of spirit. Why is he doing this? Why is he prolonging his agony? Why? He see’s these double hearted people and he knows that if the angels were to let go there would be death and destruction without hope. What does he do? Why is he delaying it?

2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Why? Because you are going to perish. I’m going to perish. We are going to perish unless we repent. He has given us the incentive to repent. He has given us the incentive to do the right thing that I know I should be doing. To be like Jesus. He sees our weariness. Our sleepiness. Our spiritual slackness. Instead of saying go to sleep, keep going, he doesn’t, he looks down in compassion on our spiritual lethargies and says give me your heart and make the worship you are entering into everything in your life. Indeed, he saw us the way we are and in such a condition of sin and unrepentance he commends his love. What is his kind of love? While I’m carelessly going on and doing my own thing and only now and then referring to my love to God fluctuation between conviction and indulgence, even before this is going on, God commends his love to us.

Romans 5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

5:7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

I am spending time with you to behold this love. You know we have read these texts many time before and people glibly go over the material and say yes, but we sleep on. The Laodicean condition is very heavy upon the people of God of this age. Let us shake ourselves out of our sleepy condition. Let us arouse ourselves out of this sense upon us and wake up to this amazing characteristic of God. It describes here a beautiful picture of God uniting with us. Meditate at the shrine.

As a member of the human family, He was mortal; but as a God, He was the fountain of life to the world. He bore the sins of the world, and endured the penalty, which rolled like a mountain upon His divine soul. He yielded up His life a sacrifice, that man should not eternally die. He died, not through being compelled to die, but by His own free will. This was humility. The whole treasure of heaven was poured out in one gift to save fallen man. He brought into His human nature all the life-giving energies that human beings will need and must receive. {5BC 1127.1}

Open your heart to this. Why did he do that? So that anyone who looks at Jesus will come to the conclusion I am going to make a decision that I’m going to pursue the love of God. Here is the key.

Wondrous combination of man and God! He might have helped His human nature to withstand the inroads of disease by pouring from His divine nature vitality and undecaying vigor to the human. But He humbled Himself to man’s nature. He did this that the Scripture might be fulfilled; and the plan was entered into by the Son of God, knowing all the steps in His humiliation, that He must descend to make an expiation for the sins of a condemned, groaning world. {5BC 1127.2}

He descended the gloomy path that every human is in.

But He stepped still lower; the man must humble Himself as a man to bear insult, reproach, shameful accusations, and abuse. There seemed to be no safe place for Him in His own territory. He had to flee from place to place for His life. He was betrayed by one of His disciples; He was denied by one of His most zealous followers. He was mocked. He was crowned with a crown of thorns. He was scourged. He was forced to bear the burden of the cross. He was not insensible to this contempt and ignominy. {5BC 1127.3}

How do you feel when you are treated like this? So many people come to me and complain they can’t bear it, it’s so wrong. What did Jesus bear? Much worse.

He submitted, but, oh! He felt the bitterness as no other being could feel it. He was pure, holy, and undefiled, yet arraigned as a criminal! {5BC 1127.3}

Was that fair? Was Jesus treated unfairly? Remember this when you are mistreated.

The adorable Redeemer stepped down from the highest exaltation. Step by step He humbled Himself to die–but what a death! It was the most shameful, the most cruel the death upon the cross as a malefactor. He did not die as a hero in the eyes of the world, loaded with honors, as men in battle. He died as a condemned criminal, suspended between the heavens and the earth–died a lingering death of shame, exposed to the tauntings and revilings of a debased, crime-loaded, profligate multitude! {5BC 1127.3}

Think about it. This ghastly lot, who were profligate who were enshrined with Satan, they looked upon him as a malefactor. They denounced him as a criminal. Does it compute in your brain? This is the love of God.

Christ was to die as man’s substitute. Man was a criminal under the sentence of death for transgression of the law of God, as a traitor{5BC 1127.4}

How closely do you consider this?

In consideration of this, can men have one particle of exaltation? As they trace down the life and sufferings and humiliation of Christ, can they lift their proud heads as if they were to bear no trials no shame, no humiliation? I say to the followers of Christ, Look to Calvary, and blush for shame at your self-important ideas. All this humiliation of the Majesty of heaven was for guilty, condemned man. He went lower and lower in His humiliation, until there were no lower depths that He could reach, in order to lift man up from his moral defilement. {5BC 1127.5}

We are looking here at the shrine of love and permitting it to enlarge before our mind in worship. As we do so, we are lingering on a shore of love that will satisfy the craving of every man’s heart if they will only look.

In the contemplation of Christ we linger on the shore of a love that is measureless. We endeavor to tell of this love, and language fails us. {AA 333.3}

I can’t find the best descriptive ways to communicate with you what is in front of my face, so that I hope by inspiration the Holy Spirit will put it in front of your face.

We consider His life on earth, His sacrifice for us, His work in heaven as our advocate, and the mansions He is preparing for those who love Him, and we can only exclaim, O the height and depth of the love of Christ! “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.” 1 John 4:10; 3:1. {AA 333.3}

Behold. So few people behold and long enough until it penetrates the soul. Behold what love that we should be the sons of God. That we should become the sons of God. We? This profligate people? These half-hearted lazy people that were re identified as being. Notice our scripture reading as we contemplate this love and open our hearts to it, what does John say?

1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

The world has so many shrines that it does not know him. He is among him but they do not know him. But those who do look and respond, they know him, and if they know him, how will the world be regarded by them? The purpose of this message is to hear the voice of Jesus in Lamentations. He says with everything I have described and many words can tell.

Lamentations 1:12 [Is it] nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.

God has anger to sin. Those who are attached to it, he could have wiped them off the planet. Is it nothing to you who are passing by what my sorrow is? The world is occupied. To them their love is on their idols. Will we walk on? Our love still divided? A little bit of the world? And a little bit of God? Is this our response? Jesus says is it nothing to you I’m still pleading for you the remnant. Or shall we instead of walking past decide I’m going to keep on looking and I’m going to yield to this strong power of love and suffer as Jesus suffered, doesn’t’ matter. Because I want to respond to this love and go all the way with him. John’s brother was James. Both of these men who have experienced the contrast of their thunderous nature and the amazing love have spoken. Here are John’s words who made a decision as a young man to stand in the presence of Jesus and be transformed.

1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

If I choose to continue to lean in some shrine of idol, whatever it be, the love of the father is not in me. Remember fashions are not just clothing;

And as soon as any have a desire to imitate the fashions of the world, that they do not immediately subdue, just so soon God ceases to acknowledge them as His children. {1T 136.1}

Ouch. In other words, God is telling us, if I am double minded in my love, the love of the father is not in me.

1 John 2:16 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

If you want love to abide in you as we are in an age where the love of many grows cold because of iniquity abounding, turn your back on the world. Now James, the son of thunder who become a loving son. What is this double heartedness? You love God and something else that God is not part of? What happens in a marriage, how do you feel ladies if your husband shows you love then shows another woman love, how do you feel? Take it in. That is what God feels like when we say we love you God but then love something of the world;

James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Your friendship of the world is enmity with God. There is no between. Which love will we pursue unto the end? Which one?

After the human agent has spent his life in following his own impulses, placing his talents on the shrine of Satan, choosing his own interests, what has he gained? Cheap worldly applause. And what has he lost? An eternity of blessedness. . . . {HP 170.5}

Intelligent worship wakes you up doesn’t it? How many times are our emotions tugging for some other love. There is nothing sensible out there. The things of this world will pass away. Isn’t our brain in a dreadful state?

Many of our most promising young men and women have offered their best ability at the shrine of idols, and have given themselves as a sacrifice to the prince of evil. {FE 231.3}

If only our young people will awake while they are playing around on the edges if they testified to the love of God previous, the most promising young people to use their talents to the glory of God. Their ability is placed on the shrine of idols and they have given themself as a sacrifice to the prince of evil. Let us heed the words of James. Because the adulteress behaviour is there, does it mean God is going to throw you off for good?

James 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye] double minded.

4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Don’t say you love God one moment and then turn your back. Don’t indulge in the light hearted ways of the world and enjoy it. Let that be turned into weeping. Discover the true condition you are in and because you see your depravity, I destroy my pride. His grace is beyond all computation. God so loves us, he yearns for us. He gave his son for us so that we can be lifted out with him. He wants us with him, he loves us. Isn’t that love? He wants us to be with him as much as he wants his own begotten son to be with him. Can you reject that? Will you? This is our challenge, this is our calling. May God grant us a willingness to yield every aspect that he reveals to us as being of the world.

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Forrester layoffs in Europe – round 2 or round 1 continued?

SageCircle has received credible intelligence from AR professionals on both sides of the Atlantic that  Forrester Research  initiated a job action resulting in analyst lay offs. We will continue to provide updates as we learn new information.

  • Update – 2/18/09 6:53 am PT – Initial post. Sent request for confirmation to Forrester’s press office
  • Update – 2/19/09 7:12 am PT – Two analysts added to list

These layoffs could simply be a continuation of the layoffs that we identified on February 9th (see Forrester experiences analyst layoffs). Because European countries have different labor laws than the US, job actions there frequently lag what happens in the US. On the other hand, these layoffs could be a start of a round two because management has determined even after a few days that the original layoffs were insufficient. While Forrester has over $240m in cash and marketable securities (see Forrester Research Q4 and FY08 earnings – 2008 revenues up, 2009 guidance down)  and can obviously weather even a severe recession, that does not mean it should not manage it business more tightly or ignore Wall Street (FORR is down approximately 13% since the earnings announcement).

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This is becoming an all-too-common post these days with weekly announcements by one analyst firm or another. A SageFlash has been sent to clients with recommendations on next steps AR should do. It is further recommended that you set up an inquiry to discuss how to apply these steps to your particular situation. We can do individual calls as well as a teleconference for your entire team.
Non-clients can quickly and easily sign up for a two-hour Advisory Hour Block. Please give SageCircle a call at 503-636-1500 if you want to discuss the implications of this layoff.

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Property manager Eben Kleynhans of Eastern Region Properties says he uses third-party payments provider Sage Pay to pay creditors on behalf of his clients, rather than a bank, because Sage Pay offers greater ease of use and more personal service at lower cost.

“Eastern Region Properties manages about 1,500 units in 32 complexes, for which we collect levies,” says Eben. “Each complex also has a number of creditors such as plumbers, builders and city councils whom we pay on our clients’ behalf.” Eben uses custom-developed property management software, which is fully integrated with the Sage Pay payments system. “It’s incredibly easy — if we create a payment, the rest happens automatically,” he says. “There is no need to create duplicate transactions on multiple banking platforms, so there are fewer errors and it takes a lot less time. No bank offers that service – and the payments cost us less than any bank would charge.”

The integration of Sage Pay into Eastern Region Properties’ own software was seamless, adds Eben. “Our developers found it easy; Sage Pay’s services are very well documented and their support is excellent.”

Sage Pay also handles some debit order collections for Eastern Region Properties, and Eben says the company intends to add Sage Pay debit and credit card payment facilities to its website as well.

“Everything is very quick and easy,” he says. “It would take huge effort to do the same 300-400 transactions a month via traditional EFT.

“My team also loves the fact that Sage Pay is so helpful and available,” he adds.”They all like the fact that you can pick up the phone, ask a question and get a reply right away. The traditional banks will never be able to match that.”


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Defence Salesfolks Are Damned Good at Their Job

Yesterday, during the coffee break at the Atlantic Council of Canada event on Afghanistan, I was chatting with someone and somehow raised the question of whether the Canadian government should spend more for ships built in Canada (after a 20 year or so lapse in any shipbuilding, which means raising shipyards from the dead) or buy ships from abroad.  And, what do you know, this guy turns out to be a former naval officer and currently employed by a major defence contractor.  Kind of like last year when I got braced by an F-35 salesman.

The good news is these guys are good at their jobs--they are damned persuasive.  However, I also know that they are not impartial dispensers of the facts about defence procurement, so I talk everything they say with a huge dose of salt.  It simply has to be cheaper to buy ships abroad than starting up long-dead shipyards.  Canada simply does not have the expertise.  In a time of austerity and as each defence procurement project spirals upwards in costs, choosing to build in Canada seems to be a bridge too far.  Perhaps when things are flush, this would make sense.  But they are not flush right now.

Soon, the Canadian Navy and the Canadian government will face the same choice here as with planes--getting less with more or not.  The F35 is very expensive, so it means Canada will have to buy fewer (unless it ignores basic math and denies reality).  Buying expensive ships means buying fewer ultimately.

The problem is that I am not an expert on defence procurement or on the specific weapons programs.  I am just a scholar of politics and have seen this show before.  So, I cannot debate well with the expert salespeople on this.  I know that what they are saying contains a dose of b.s. but I cannot articulate the specifics of alternative programs.  I do think the media has been doing a pretty good job on conveying the problematic choices that have been made and the alternatives that have been left behind.

Building ships in Canada makes sense for politics--it means jobs in places where folks might vote for the Conservatives.  It does not make sense for the timely and cost efficient replacement of the current batch of old ships.  I tend to be a realist and a free trader when it comes to defence procurement--that I want my tax dollars to go to the shipyards that could best do the job, even if it means employing Danes or South Koreans.  I don't like to see defence policy become industrial policy--where the government subsidizes the private sector.  I don't like it when the US does that with Boeing, and I don't like it in Canada when very scarce dollars are being spent on shipyards that have not proven they can do the job.  But I understand it.

Will this make me more careful about speaking up when chatting with retired military folks who are likely to be working for a defence contractor?  No, careful about speaking up is not in my nature, just as it is not in the nature of defence salesfolks to admit that their company's products may be too expensive.

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Weight loss success means losing weight and keeping it off. You might be able to imagine somebody who seems to drop weight quickly there’s a good chance which they pile it on in the same way easily. As you set out to seek a leaner figure, it is essential to know that a real improvement in lifestyle is necessary, including physical exercises and diet plans. The following article contains information that will make the transition easier.

In order to shed some pounds, you should get someone to choose you. It can be easier to lose weight if you have company. Whether you are working together or competing, it makes shedding pounds more pleasurable.

Cardio is a wonderful way to shed those excess weight quickly. This will increase you heartrate and allow you to burn more calories than weight lifting and also other resistance exercises. Anytime your pulse rate is increased and stays increased for a time period of time is considered cardio exercise. This is beneficial because any activity which you enjoy can be viewed as exercise provided that your heartbeat is increased.

Try to get a salad prior to dinner meals. Salads have a lot of fiber with them and therefore enable you to feel full without consuming too many calories. Don’t douse your salad with cheese or fatty dressings. This can negate the helpful benefits of the salad itself.

Once you do well by shedding weight, you should give yourself an award for this. Get a massage, consider the night off to rent a movie, or shop. You can buy clothes that report off your great new body all while rewarding yourself and reiterating positive mental health by taking a look at your perseverance repay in the mirror.

When you are attempting to cut calories, you may leave your plate unfinished. A lot of people have it ingrained within them that they have to clean their plate. When you have leftovers, there’s nothing wrong with taking them home. Don’t force yourself to eat the food. If you feel as if you might be full, give up eating.

Work on eating meals at approximately the same hour every day. By knowing whenever you will eat your upcoming meal, you’re unlikely to in excess of-snack. Also, plan a time for snacks. Developing a schedule makes it much simpler to avoid consuming too much.

Keep a log of foods that are detrimental to shedding weight. Write your food intake, serving sizes and also other reasons for your entire day. You determine what causes you to overeat and you can evaluate which must be changed.

Eat approximately the same time daily. As a result, you realize when it’s time for your forthcoming meal, which means you won’t be thinking just as much about snacking if you know it’s almost mealtime. Get snacks on the schedule at the same time. Setting the body over a schedule is the best way to prevent impulse overeating.

To help yourself slim down, stop late night food binges. Eating late makes you gain pounds when your body can’t burn the calories properly. Not eating after dinner will help you slim down faster as well.

When going food shopping, walk round the perimeter of the store. Fruits, vegetables, dairy items and meats are generally on the away from the grocery aisles. The vast majority of foods and beverages found on shelves and also in the aisles is essentially devoid of nutrition think salty chips, preservative-laden canned goods and also other processed goods. By refraining from walking down these aisles, you are going to reduce a chance to purchase them.

Even if you are small, it can be still possible to shed weight by paying attention to body building. More muscle means a healthier and stronger you. The previously mentioned tips should help you to become healthier.

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Expression is important a pleasant facial expression is vital. It’s a matter of looking like someone others will want to work with, A pleasant, confident not too serious look is best. People also prefer looking at colour rather than black and white shots. By having a professional profile photograph you will be perfectly lit, nothing screams amateur more loudly than a poor quality profile picture.
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On Tengu: Some Musings

In July, when my parents visited me, we visited Mt. Kurama (鞍馬山) in Kyoto. As I predicted, they were impressed by the huge tengu (天狗) face just outside the station, as I was when I first visited here three years … Continue reading

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The Lamprey River Nomination Committee sought the assistance of the Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) to complete an extensive and detailed information package to nominate the Lamprey River and its major tributaries to the NH Rivers Management and Protection Program. The nomination package was due at DES on June 1, 2010, was reviewed and accepted by the State Rivers Management Committee in September and forwarded to the Commissioner of DES. The nomination is now working through the NH legislature with hearings anticipated during the spring 2011 session. If passed, the bill should be signed by Governor Lynch in July of 2011.

Assistance from PREP was essential for the completion of a major outreach effort to landowners along the rivers under consideration, communication with each town selec tboard, planning board and conservation commission, and with many partners and organizations throughout the watershed

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Multiple intelligence theory is a relatively new way at looking at and measuring one’s intelligence. It places more emphasis on individual differences than general cognitive ability tests and due to this it has been implemented as a teaching method in many schools. While school systems and educators have begun using this new theory as one to improve learning of students, the research that has been conducted has many limitations and invalid conclusions. This research looked at the way professors within Grand Valley State University’s College of Education view and use multiple intelligence theory within their teaching. This study found that multiple intelligence theory does have a role within the education department. Of the 19 professors that were interviewed, 11 of them use multiple intelligence theory within their own teaching and would recommend its use to other professors and teachers.


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