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“We’re gonna dumbfound them with Love.”
If something seems amiss, keep stepping back and listening for God and Jesus.  It’s never too late to rework an activity to get it going in tandem, as the Trinity, cultivating a state of Love and trust.

Practice distancing yourself from the feeling, thought, or situation if you are experiencing discomfort.  Try on the 3rd party perspective of God or Jesus.   Broadening the focus out of yourself to include the whole Trinity will provide the solution.  Recall how when you suddenly “restart” your mental framework you automatically extol and feel Love for God.  This is a much easier space to work within. The willingness to admit to mistakes and take corrections at any point during a hardship will turn it into a learning opportunity for spiritual growth.  Let yourself go, and know that God will pick up the pieces as you lovingly seek Him.

Practicing letting go (step 3), and giving up the helm to God and Jesus, is an art!  Please be patient with yourself and Us, as this is a learning experience, you are not expected to perform it perfectly, especially without assistance!  Piloting this craft takes constant effort and diligence, and it is not a solo effort.  Maybe try to stop thinking about it or trying to force it; rather, flow with it more intuitively, and let your intentions of Love and the desire for oneness with God guide you, as your intellect alone is of lesser value than these deeper gifts.  Pleasing God and Jesus by letting them help is a best-case scenario!  Show appreciation and make use of this good “Fortune!”
Take corrections happily, they will keep coming!  Persist in being positive and patient with yourself as you balance many instructions with your daily activities!  Please remain in a place of humility and gratitude for being given what you yourself could not provide, as this will bestow the motivation to be earnestly willing to keep persisting with spiritual progress.  Savor the resulting Awe, take Time to generate Love, and try to be positive through stumbling blocks!  This experience of growth is to be enjoyed, not perfected!  Try not to take your performance so seriously, and remember to step out of the way; be respectful of the spirit of rotation!

A real accomplishment could be the humility and strength to let go of your own downcast mood or frustration to laugh at someone’s joke!  Letting go of yourself opens you up to be filled by the solution.  Accepting help is difficult for our sense of self or pride, and is an achievement!  Have faith that the solution to any problem is Always here, if I am willing to receive it.  Humility means accepting that the answers are not of myself, but of God.

Experience life on life’s terms and enjoy the beauty of the mystery as it unfolds!  Practice the virtue of “Loving without knowing,” and resist the impulse to demand more satisfaction, knowledge or understanding than I can use at this Time!   Cultivating this unquestioning Faith in God’s unconditional Love, and then reciprocating it, feels deeply rewarding.

When you’re having emotional trouble, the answer starts with experiencing the mood.  Accept the difficult emotion💖.  Feel it to its full extent without denial or avoidance.  Try to be open and willing for greater ease in letting God step in to redirect it in a positive direction, when He decides it’s Time.  Be willing to turn 180 degrees at the drop of a dime.  They are in control… what a relief!  Take a deep breath in Awe!
“Here, blow this out.”🌬🔥

Try to keep in mind that feeling angry, sad, or hurt does not mean that you’re doing something wrong or that you have failed.  You may not be expected to feel a positive emotion at all times.  Persisting with life and actually feeling whichever emotion bubbles up is, in fact, the healthy way to deal with the feeling.  Simply making the “bad feeling” “go away” is not the way of healthy coping habits.  The habits or skills in your toolbox are meant to help you to bear the feeling, they are not meant to eliminate the feelings!  Feelings are a part of life, and experiencing the full spectrum of emotion is totally normal, and a part of being a human being.
It’s ok to feel melancholy or angry, the growth comes from diligence in progressing spiritually in the face of the discomfort.  Don’t beat yourself up or think you are being punished, We are here to help you through this!  Please let Us assist as soon as you feel willing to let us in.  Be patient with yourself, you are doing your best.  The result does not always produce an immediate change in emotion, so try not to judge your own efforts by your feelings. Wait it out, let go, and Leave the judging to Us!
Just focus on the task at hand and do as you’re told.  We know best!  Remember how you’ve only come this far by letting go of your own will and taking all suggestions.  The point may not be to succeed on your own, but to ask for help and produce together what could not be done alone.
“I Can of Mine Own Self Do Nothing. The Father That Dwelleth in Me, He Doeth the Works” (John 14:10).
“…The Whole is greater than the Sum of Its parts” (Aristotle).

Remember how faith in action is a “(We) can-do” attitude!  Reside in a sense of calm assurance that what needs to be done is already fulfilled as you abide.  “Be the nest to welcome home…”  Know that you are being directed to succeed on God’s terms; you are no longer expected to “take one for the team,” but to experience an inward sort of victory.  Quietly know that what you are instructed to do will have positive results as you diligently obey.  You are being shown how to live triumphantly through any of life’s challenges, as God and Jesus are with you always.
Take advantage of the reprieve of surety in following directives, as you know they are leading you in a humble path of spiritual progress and serenity.  Demonstrate your faith in Them by believing that They want the best for you, and that They want for you to make progress and do well!  Trusting the care of God is respectful and imperative to a stable and peaceful state of being.  This trust allows you the privilege to enjoy life’s blessings and opportunities as they come.  Loosen up and relax!
“Pain is the touchstone of spiritual progress,” but it is just a pit stop, not the “final resting place” or result (AA)!  Judge your efforts not by your feelings of the moment, but by your willingness to make corrections and forge ahead toward progress.  The answer?😜
Adopting the attitude that “…Still more spiritual development” is always our greater purpose in life opens the door to turn any obstacle into an opportunity: to grow, to learn, and to help others… and to enjoy the overall experience.
“The best method is the one that works.”

“…The serenity to be ok without needing to feel ok.”

Focus on being more than doing.  Start with calm faith and persist with activity in a state of love, knowing that discomfort subsides as We persevere past it.  Peacefulness is crafted by following through positive intentions with the necessary footwork, it is not simply granted.  Often it is this effort or footwork that brings the happiness, so I must try to resist discouragement if I don’t feel the positivity that I envision right away.  God always knows how hard you are trying, so trust that your best efforts are sufficient.  Trust that you are being called and helped to succeed when your goal is to perform the will of God.  “To please the Lord” is a reason that I can always get excited about!
One of the best gifts we can give back to God is faith in the best of Him, and that He is perfect love and wants the best for us too.  Our happiness and best interests are often manifested through paths that  transcend our human comprehension.  If our hearts are in the right place, the faith in an overall goodness and purpose to our lives comes naturally, and the pitfalls do not cause much distress.  God and a lifestyle oriented toward virtue provide the necessary foundation for an indestructible peace and a fundamental ease in living.
Check your motives for your actions–do they stem from virtue or self-centered fear of some sort (pride)?  Keep your motivations grounded in the selflessness of altruism or charity (caritas) as unconditional love.  Coming from this point, everything else will fall into place.  Realize that if you feel “out of sorts,” you may need to take a rest to commune with God and realign to His will.  The problem is likely just that you forgot how in love you are, lol!  Being a comforter for God and Jesus is where my fulfillment resides.  Being useful to my fellows provides me with a higher meaning to my life, thus bestowing fulfillment, purpose and joy.  Keep listening.  “Seek and ye shall find…” “Yes, I love you too.”😉

When the goal is growth, improvement, and progress, humility and teachability become our greatest assets.  When seen from this perspective, the “gift of desperation” from hitting rock bottom as humility and willingness to abide preclude the harboring of regrets or resentments.
The fallacy of esteeming self-confidence and a sense of self-sufficiency as meritorious must be guarded against and frequently re-realized to maintain knowledge of my own powerlessness.  In this constant working of steps 1 through 3, I may maintain “right-dependence,” which is upon God.  The desire to please Him and act with love is what lights the candle of my faith.

It is a virtue to recognize this life as a gift and to make use of this unique opportunity.  “Get busy living…!”  It requires effort to see the blessings and not the burdens, and to make a conscious effort to feel exuberance for The presence of God and Jesus here with me.  I might need to check my self periodically so that I do not show disrespect by acting like it’s just an ordinary thing or no big deal, but I also may need to check myself so that I don’t get carried away by the Divine feeling of awe and wonder that is oneness with God.
“The best method is the one that works.”  When I believe that the answer to life”s problems is “still more spiritual development,” I can view the experience from the perspective of “what can I learn from this,” rather than indulge in self-pity or feel bullied or defeated.  Belief that God wants me to grow and will show me the way through pulls the solution into actuality when I follow through with willingness and action.
Faith in theory is vastly different from faith in application, and it is this “faith with works” that makes the difference and brings me closer to God.  Adventuring through life’s obstacles together with God and Jesus is what makes my life meaningful.  It is first and foremost Their company and presence that I seek.  “… God does not make too hard terms with those who seek Him” (AA).
Of my own, I “freak out” or feel very internally stressed, and feel like I need to do everything all at once and immediately put into action the beautiful inspirations that God gives me.  With all this divine input, however, the reality of tangible existence only allows for one activity at a Time.  Faced with this collision of possibilities, I experience a stimulation overload and very quickly burn out.
I often forget that the point is to enjoy doing the activity and to use it as a means by which I may feel God and Jesus more closely, not so much to just “get it done.”
If I start out oriented to the activity instead of oriented to God and Jesus and what They want for me, I wind up dissatisfied (and so do They) and miss the point.  I already know that what I really want, intrinsically, is of a spiritual nature, and is basically to grow closer to Them.  I can feel the incongruence if I do not prioritize my connection to Them, so it is necessary that I attend to Them first.
When I do place Them first and fall into Their groove, the outcome, product, or performance is always breathtaking and miraculous to experience.
I Do it for Love.

Whenever I feel a craving or neediness I know heart-rest with God is the answer, He and Jesus provide the “soul food”  or “right kind of sustenance” that I actually need.  It is this cultivation of love during our communion, or quiet times apart, that equips me to perform the day’s work joyfully and humbly… and never alone.  To “live usefully and walk humbly with the Lord” helps me as a directive.
Sacrificing my own selfish wants to be of better use and service to God and my fellows is vastly more rewarding, spiritually, than any material gain could ever be.  My desire to please God keeps me going, and it does please Him.  I know that I will always be shown the pathway of right action when I keep diligently willing and try my hardest to follow the spiritual principles and act according to higher virtues.  I can find comfort in knowing I am doing the right thing and that God’s care is the best care… as it is God’s.
Putting time into a relationship with God is always a good idea, as He is a real
person and it is a real relationship.  I have gotten out of it what I have put into it over the years, and I use Him as a bullseye for my cupid’s arrows during meditation.  This is the relationship that comes First and Foremost in importance, and it is Eternal.  Oh yeah, and Jesus is an alright guy too.  🤓Lol!  I wouldn’t sacrifice my quiet times with them for anything in the Universe.
“Love is an armor against fear.”😘💘💒
I receive direct guidance in proportion to my willingness to seek and perform God’s will for me, as it becomes more straightforward and explicit over Time as I abide.  It may start out as asking for signs, and a give and take of questions directed toward God, like “how are You,” or “what would You like for me to do for You?”  The practice of meditation can clear up a channel by which I may grow to listen to Their voices, as if by psychic earpieces.


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The Outer Sunset Has FREE Curbside Parking Right By The Beach.

25 03 2009

free parking at the beach

How beautiful is that?

I grew up in Hawaii and San Diego so I grew up around this happy-go-lucky, tropical, party beach culture and was kind turned-off and a little frightened by Ocean Beach when I first moved here. Most of the time it’s really foggy and overcast. Like if London and Russia combined forces to bioengineer the most depressing beach possible. Anyone touching the water had bodysuits, homeless people constantly swimming MUNI upstream to die alone, and Elliot Smith haunted that walkway.

Guys walking by themselves.
Wearing sunglasses and staring at the ground.
Thinking about all the mistakes in their life.
As they walked past tagged-up dead beached whales.
Before being jacked-up from behind.

It was kind of a downer beach.

But I discovered quickly that even on foggy summer days the beach was beautiful at night. I could open any window of my house and hear it all night. I could hear any car that drove by me from at least a few blocks away, but I could hear the ocean all night.

And on sunny weekdays this place is a beautifully eerie and deserted rust bucket. I love it.

This is The Great Highway.

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I was here when the Burning Man People had a free art opening for the first of their new bonfire pits last year.

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It was WINDY AS FUCK. I remember almost Burning Man dust storm conditions with this Crazy Turrets Homeless Dude drawn to the fire that would not shut up. Unsuspecting couples would be walking up to the fires from out of the dust storms and thinking that Crazy Turrets Homeless Dude was part of the local Burning Man charm without realizing that local rangers had told Crazy Turrets Homeless Dude to shut up while other people were giving speeches at least 3 times now and it wasn’t working. There was instant blind cooperation among strangers and the local Sunset beach cops busting DPW guys for drinking on the beach. Proof that The Universe really does have a sense of humor. I thought it was a nice effort on the Burning Man People’s part, but honestly I wondered how long the fire pits would survive before being tagged-up or destroyed. But check it out now that it’s completed in 2009 –

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Nowhere near the level of trash that used to collect around the old city bonfire pits and no tagging! That’s amazing.

I like this partially bloomed flower / acorn design the best.

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That 45-degree angle is a great design and is a hell of a lot more practical in blocking the wind, which is essential to starting and maintaining your fire under windy as fuck conditions. I was cruising by at 4:20 and there was already a fire going in the acorn fire pit with girls playing music and dancing nearby.

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Good times.

Also, by Burning Man People I mean a combination of The Black Rock Arts Foundation and Burners Without Borders. I just like referring to them as Burning Man People, which has a nice ring to it. Like Children of The Corn.

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31 03 2009

The beautiful partially bloomed flower is admirably designed. I love free, but I love free more than ever.

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“I think, Mr. Gray, there are tremors around us. Like the vibrations of a note of music. Hidden music. Some might be more attuned to them than others. What do those people do, those who have been chosen? They endure uniqueness.

To be alien. To be disenfranchised from those around you. Is that not a dreadful curse?

To be different. To be powerful. Is that not a divine gift?

To be alone. To be seeking. What?
Another. Like you. Who shares your rarity.

Then you are no longer unique. Nor are you alone.”

– Vanessa Ives, Penny Dreadful

“The world is filled with people who are no longer needed—and who try to make slaves of all of us—and they have their music and we have ours. Theirs, the wasted songs of a superstitious nightmare—and without their musical and ideological miscar-riages to compare our Song of freedom to, we’d not have any opposite to compare music with—and like the drifting wind, hitting against no obstacle, we’d never knows its speed, its power.”

– Woody Gurthie, Tiffanie DeBartolo, How to Kill a Rock Star

“Where the mind is without fear
and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been
broken up into fragments by
narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from
the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches
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A belated Happy New Year to my followers!

I apologise for the lack of posts but the holidays and new year have been keeping us all busy! I hope you all had a great holiday with loved ones and that you bid farewell to 2014 remembering the good memories of that year but also welcomed 2015 with the intention of continuing further in one’s self-discovery, spiritual nourishment and the many more new memories to come. Alhamdulillah (praise be to God) for having blessed us with another year no matter the struggles we may have encountered to reach 2015, in the end we reached it a different person from how we started off as in 2014 and for that we should remain thankful.

I will leave this post with a quote from On Keeping a Notebook in Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion:

“I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind’s door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.”

“A stirring warmth flowed from her, as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words.”

“If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough”

This quote has never felt so relate-able to me than now; I am at a point in my life where I am being truly tested, I am faced with making the first of many big decisions in life and the thought of stepping out of the boundaries, stepping out of my comfort zone seems scary but exciting. Its scary because you’ve never been in that new situation before so you don’t know how you will handle it but you put your trust in God because trusting in yourself in these types of situations can be shaky and unstable. It is in our instincts to go from one thing to another, our heart’s are so vulnerable that they can change at last notice, the heart places it love on different things from time to time and when your brain is going a million miles, its at that moment that you realise that putting your trust in God is the most stable ground you can take your first steps from. That is a believer’s unwavering platform.


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2016 Calendar

If you’re in the U.S., I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Our Thanksgiving was full of delicious food and great company.  I made this caramel cheesecake from Tartelette and it was so good!

My 2016 calendar is ready!  Below are the images I’ve chosen.

If you’re interested in ordering one of my calendars, please contact me at theprojectboard@gmail.com and I’d be happy to work with you!  Price depends on your preferred size and quality of the calendar.

A look back at my calendars for 2013, 2014, and 2015 is also available.

I also wanted to take some time to include a brief description of each picture. All were taken in 2015.

  1. January – this is a tree in our neighbor’s yard during a snow storm.
  2. February – this is a scene I came across while out for a walk as the snow was melting during a warmer winter day.
  3. March – taken in my garden with my macro lens.  I added a photo filter because the original turned out too pastel-looking.
  4. April – taken at my parents’ house with my macro lens.
  5. May – also taken at my parent’s house, but I used my high aperture lens for this one.
  6. June – picture of a luna moth in my yard.
  7. July – flower in my garden.
  8. August – from a flower garden where I work.
  9. September – trees outside of a building near where I work.
  10. October – a foggy morning at my house.
  11. November – a display outside one of the shops downtown.
  12. December – Christmas decoration on my mantel.

    Thank you for visiting!

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The Real Deal New York

Jeff Koons piece coming to Rockefeller Center

The sculpture weighs 150 tons and rises 37 feet
June 14, 2014 04:00PM

 After 14 years, Jeff Koons is once again bringing a massive new sculpture to Tishman Speyer’s Rockefeller Center.

Over a decade ago, Koons installed a 42-foot flowered “Puppy” at Rockefeller Center, and now he is unveiling “Split-Rocker,” a 150-ton, 37-foot flower-sculpture that’s half pony, half dinosaur, according to Untapped Cities.

Currently, flowers are being grafted onto the base to prepare for its June 27th unveiling. The piece has previous appeared at the cloister of the Palais des Papes in Avignon in 2000, in the gardens of Versailles in 2008, and lastly at Foundation Beyeler.

Koons is known to frequently work with the city’s real estate titans. Recently, he added a massive, 14-foot tall rabbit dubbed, “Balloon Rabbit” to the lobby of Edward Minskoff’s 51 Astor building. [Untapped Cities]Christopher Cameron


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Bet Premieres The Tiny & Toya Show

In Uncategorized on July 2, 2009 at 12:18 am

The Tiny and Toya show premiered tonight on BET and the show ended up snagging the #1 trending topic on twitter. In the first five minutes of the show, Tiny reminds the viewers that she was rich and famous before hooking up with T.I.P and she also talks about her first child’s father who was sentence to 10 years in prison. It seems as though her main dilemma is that T.I doesn’t want her to work and because of that, she had to choose between her career and her family/relationship.
Her friend Toya on the other hand, is raising a child by her first love Lil Wayne. She had Reginae at the age of 15 and married Wayne five years later. Vibe Magazine interviewed Toya a few years ago, and she stated that Wayne was seeing R&B singer Nivea before he married her. Ironically, Nivea was the reason the two eventually split and divorced. Toya is now on the hunt for a new man but it’s hard to find someone comparable to her ex-husband. She’s also dealing with her mother’s drug addiction…
Overall, the two girl’s issues (outside of their very famous fiances/ex-husbands) rival those of Keyshia Cole’s family. They are just a lot more civilized… (just my opinion)
So What Yall think about the Show yall love it or dont think you will be watching it again…

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I always enjoyed writing. I have a great liking for birds and animals, plants and flowers, oceans and forests — in short, Nature! Apart from writing, I also like reading, listening to music, cooking …. and all the forms of creative art. Small things like a write-up, a good read, learning a new art form or a young leaf unfurling on a house-plant, make my day:)

Around six-seven fiction as well as non-fiction books for children have been published. (Kunnu, the Cub; Lazy Mombee; Marvels of the Nature etc.) Also, many short stories (for children as well as women) have been published through well known magazines.

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Review: Three Point Vodka

Posted by Arctic Wolf on August 2, 2016

Vodka Daiquiri SAM_2699Eau Claire Distillery opened as Alberta’s first craft distillery in the summer of 2014. The facility is located 35 minutes southwest of downtown Calgary in the picturesque Hamlet of Turner Valley. The name ‘Eau Claire’ has historical significance in Alberta, meaning ‘clear water’, and is representative of the clear water from the nearby Rocky Mountains that is used as the water source of the distillery.

The folks at Eau Claire pride themselves in sourcing locally farmed ingredients, including grains and potatoes from neighbouring farms. Each ingredient is secured from suppliers who are known and respected in Alberta’s agriculture profession. In addition to the direct from the farm suppliers, Eau Claire has a special connection to the land through its own, unique stable of plough horses. Horse farmed grain is a part of the Eau Claire story and culture. It was founder David Farran’s weekend pursuit of traditional horse farming that led him to establish Eau Claire in the first place. A number of the distillery’s products will be made with ‘horse farmed grain’ using agricultural methods dating back to the settlement of Alberta.

Eau Claire’s Three Point Vodka was launched in June 2014 and was the first spirit to be commercially distributed by the distillery.

Here is a link to my latest Vodka Review:

Review: Three Point Vodka

“… The Three Point Vodka was slightly thickened at that cold temperature, and when I brought my shot glass to my nose I was very surprised by the firm aroma which had climbed into the breezes. My guests at the tasting noticed it too and we spent considerable time debating what we had encountered …”

Please enjoy my newest Vodka Review which includes a nice cocktail suggestion, the Vodka Daiquiri.

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UTA Drains 11 3’s to Earn 10th Win in 12 Tries

The story of the Mavs’ dream season has been well documented in the local and nation media…9 wins in 11 non-conference games thus far, victories against Ohio State, Memphis, UTEP, Rice and the OT defeat in Austin. Blowout wins over North Texas, Bradley, Grambling State. Kevin Hervey and Eric Neal averaging 17 points per game and 13 points per game respectively. A roster that is super-deep. Various rankings this season generally in the top 40 nationally. The Mavs lead the nation in rebounding at 44+ a game. Passing and assists that are becoming almost legendary, like something out of a video game.

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20151230_210136_800wBut conference play started tonight, so none of that first paragraph means much if you can’t duplicate that success versus the teams you play in the final 18 games or so. Those are the games that determine the true success of a season. Those victories in late December, January and February grant you the opportunity to play even more meaningful games in March and hopefully April.

First game, tough opponent. The Georgia State Panthers were holding teams to 59 points a game and had a record of 7-2, with an RPI of around 50 (UTA 38). This year, they are playing without their star R.J. Hunter who is a member of the Boston Celtics.

And for the first 10 minutes or so, it was beginning to look like the Mavs might be on the verge of having an off-night against a team that, as of earlier this week, was 11th-best in points allowed this season.

Erick Neal free throw

With GSU defending the paint well, Kevin Hervey on the bench after being called for 2 fouls in the first 5 minutes (a defensive foul and an offensive charging call), and the Mavs not able to work the ball inside or drive for layups…UTA was also missing from outside and found themselves down 21-14 at the 8:15 mark.

But 4 minutes later, the Mavs offense roared to life with a 14-0 run (including a posterizing Jorge Bilbao dunk) and go up by 7. GSU then got within 1, before the Mavs went on a 6-0 run to close the half (the final play featuring a defensive rebound by Bilbao, who then threw a perfect 70-foot laser beam pass to Faith Pope for a fast-break dunk just before the buzzer…it can be seen about at about 45-50 seconds in on the utamavs.com game highlight video). Mavs 36, GSU 29 at half. And remember, this was for the most part without Hervey on the floor. Gotta think the Mavs with Hervey and only 2 fouls for the second half could be really good.

After intermission, the Mav lead was down to 2 at 36-34 with 18:04 after a couple of free throws and a jumper and the building suddenly found itself eerily quiet, a rare thing tonight. Momentum shift to GSU.

…And then the Mavs offense comes to life again, and next thing you know it’s a 16-point lead for UTA with 11:02 left. The Mavs would lead by as many as 19 at 73-54 and the Mavs would eventually win by 15 at 85-70.

The Panthers offensive approach seemed to be this: look for the open 10-15 foot jumper, not shoot a ton of 3s, drive inside if possible. Dribble in from the arc a few steps, if the defender keeps backing down toward the basket and gives some space for a shot, take it. Fast break whenever possible. And their gameplan seemed to work pretty well for their good mid-range shooters. And they drove the ball inside and got some free throw attempts too. GSU’s big forward Jeff Thomas, a 6-5, 210 lb. redshirt freshman shot 6-11 from outside to keep the lead at 12-15 most of the second half. But overall UTA’s second half 25-15 rebounding advantage and 6-13 second half 3 point shooting was just too much for GSU to make a comeback. Without all those 3s by Thomas, it’s probably a 20-25 point win for UTA. I think GSU is a top-5 Sun Belt team in March. They defend pretty well and seemed to find open shooters all night.

Our guys played really hard. I felt like the first ten minutes we couldn’t get in a rhythm offensively because they match up zones really good. We finally started passing the ball and you could see how our system started to come to life again. I’m proud of our guys.
–UTA Coach Scott Cross

Kevin Hervey, who played just 3 minutes in the first half after committing 2 fouls in the first 3 minutes, had a very good second half. He played 15 minutes in the final 20:00, scored 10 points on 4-6 shooting in the half for 17 points and 8 rebounds and 3 assists on the night. Makes it look effortless despite being double-teamed much of the night. Jalen Jones scored 15 on 6-12 shooting (3-5 from 3), Wilson scored 11 points (3-7 shooting, 4-7 FT) and Erick Neal scored 10.

Good crowd of 3002 tonight…not too many empty seats in the lower level

The Mavs outrebounded GSU 45-29, which is consistent with their nation-leading 44+ a game.

In addition to being undefeated in conference play, the victory was also a big one for Coach Scott Cross: it was his 163rd win, setting the program’s all-time record for wins. He is 163-130 in 10 seasons.

A noisy crowd of 3002 was on hand to see the game. Great atmosphere to see one of the best mid-major teams in the country, a team that seems to be getting even better with each game almost.

It was 7th time the Mavs have scored 75 or more this year. If you want go one step further, it was the 10th time UTA has scored 73 or more in 12 games this season (73 in two wins and one loss)…a ton of points. It was also their 7th win by 14 or more points this season.

Next up: Georgia Southern Saturday at College Park Center. Georgia Southern (4-7) lost to Texas State (7-3) 80-66 in San Marcos tonight.

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The sooner we accept our ineptitude, the sooner grace changes us.

The problem in the modern leadership paradigm that we’ve created with our modern “spectacular rock-show exhibition seeker obsessive church-plant megastar media whore-of-a-ministry” model (whew) is that even though we place an immensely weighted emphasis on the gospel (which is wholly good) we also place more and more onus on our abilities and others.

If you took away all the pretense and all the glamour of your church experience could you stand to be exposed to a small room of 20 people studying and discussing the bible on its own merits and personal revelation? There is NO ability in us that transforms others, no value in our expertise; it is grace alone that changes men! Anything else is a demi-idol that threatens the true work of the gospel in men’s hearts.

We cannot partially rely on grace.


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Match preview: London Welsh v Newcastle Falcons

Saturday 11 October 2014 – 2.30pm

Kassam Stadium, Oxford

Aviva Premiership #6

This is the one we’ve been waiting for – the first Big One of the season, and for some, a grudge match after the well-known events surrounding London Welsh’s promotion in 2012. The right decision was made, even if it was in controversial circumstances, and finally now we meet the Exiles in the Premiership.

The table already shows the importance of this game – Welsh are bottom just one point from their five games (a try bonus point at Bath), while the Falcons have five in eleventh, and it is a further five points to Leicester. So it looks like one of us will be ending the table twelfth, but a victory tomorrow to top off Sunday’s win over Exeter would put the Falcons in a good position on that score, considering our respective starts to the season.

While the Falcons have been competitive for the most part, Welsh have struggled. After a 0-52 defeat to Exeter in Oxford on the opening weekend, Justin Burnell’s side have conceded over forty points in each game, and over fifty twice more, including another 52-0 loss at Harlequins last weekend.

That result will have been particularly disappointing for the Exiles after they gained plaudits for the previous weekend’s home performance against Gloucester. 10-15 down to the Cherry and Whites after an hour. The visitors still pulled away though and triumphed 10-46.

On the third weekend, Welsh also conceded 46 at Sale, following on from a 53-26 defeat at Bath where the Exiles got their first and so far only point of the season, thanks to tries from Seb Jewell, Seb Stegmann, Lachlan McCaffrey and former Falcons forward Pete Browne.

Browne is one of two ex-Falcons in the Welsh squad, the other being club captain Tom May, a true KP legend who led the Exiles to the Championship title last term.

May is one of a number of household names at the Kassam Stadium, several of whom were among the twenty-five-odd players signed this summer following promotion. They include experienced Premiership campaigner Dean Schofield, ex-Harlequins centre Tim Molenaar, former England international Olly Barkley and biggest of all, All Black great and World Cup winner Piri Weepu.

It appears that Welsh are struggling to gel a team together so far, and the Gloucester defeat also suggests a fitness issue. Tomorrow will not be easy, but it is a big opportunity for the Falcons to get another win.

We have met London Welsh on five previous occasions, the biggest being a cup semi-final against an Exiles team featuring Wales international John Taylor. Gosforth won 18-12 and the game was featured on TV’s Rugby Special. However, this will be the first time we have played Welsh in the professional era.

Gosforth v London Welsh

02/04/1977 Old Deer Park           Cup SF           W18-12

17/09/1977 North Road                Club Match    W12-10

07/02/1987 Old Deer Park          Club Match    L9-10

23/04/1988 North Road              Division 2       L12-14

12/11/1988 North Road                Division 2       W34-26

Unsurprisingly, the Falcons have named an unchanged side for tomorrow’s game:

15 Alex Tait, 14 Sinoti Sinoti, 13 Gonzalo Tiesi, 12 Adam Powell, 11 Noah Cato, 10 Juan Pablo Socino, 9 Ruki Tipuna; 1 Kieran Brookes, 2 Scott Lawson, 3 Scott Wilson, 4 Calum Green, 5 Dom Barrow, 6 Mark Wilson, 7 Will Welch (c), 8 Ally Hogg.

Replacements 16 Rob Hawkins, 17 Alex Rogers, 18 Oliver Tomaszczyk, 19 Josh Furno, 20 Richard Mayhew, 21 Mike Blair, 22 Rory Clegg, 23 Tom Catterick

London Welsh team: 15 Seb Jewell, 14 Seb Stegmann, 13 Nic Reynolds, 12 Tom May* (c), 11 Nick Scott, 10 Olly Barkley*, 9 Piri Weepu*, 1 Pablo Henn*, 2 Nathan Morris, 3 Taione Vea*, 4 Matt Corker, 5 James Down, 6 Peter Browne 7 Richard Thorpe, 8 Chris Hala’ufia*.

Replacements: 16 Nathan Vella, 17 Shane Cahill, 18 Jack Gilding, 19 Dean Schofield*, 20 Ben Pienaar, 21 Rob Lewis, 22 Tristan Roberts, 23 Rhys Crane.

This game is certainly London Welsh’s best chance of a win this season, but if we can win then one might think that they shouldn’t win again before Christmas, having to encounter Wasps and Saracens away and Leicester and Northampton at home before Santa does his thing.

Eight points ahead, give or take a point, and the Falcons can kick on without always looking over their shoulder. On current form, we have to be favourites, and can hopefully celebrate again tomorrow night.

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Walter Mittyism, mental masturbation, and 100 yard head shots

I sure hope I haven’t given away my opinion with the wording of the title.

My friend Marcus Wynne recently took a break from his usual fare of Jerry Springer reruns to send me a link to an internet post about the need to practice 100 yard head shots…with a pistol.

You know, because terrorism.

There are certainly some instructors out there making good coin teaching this stuff to the kiddies, and true, the practice hardly needs debunking.  But I have a couple minutes before I need to resume real work and the debunking leads me to some more useful points that I’d like to hit.  So, in no particular order, here goes:

  1. Distance head shots – to be generous assume an 8-inch steel plate for practice — require a zeroed pistol at that distance or the ability to offset your POA to compensate.  Which further assumes you know where your gun shoots at various distances, can judge that distance under stress, and and make the compensation under stress. That’s four “nopes” for almost everyone.
  2. Past 20 yards on an 8-inch plate means fairly slow shooting for most even well-trained people, and by slow I mean slower than your adversary will be moving.  Oh, BTW, they will be moving.  When’s the last time you shot down zero scores on an erratic mover at 25, let alone 100, yards?
  3. How many active shooter events will allow you a clear shot at a BG at distance, even if they were stationary (which they won’t be)?  And by clear shot I mean you don’t shoot the nun or the child in front of them, assuming you could make the shot…under stress…to begin with, and further assuming there’s no innocent moving into your  line of fire, which you couldn’t see under stress or while aligning the sights in any case.
  4. Sure a MRDS can make this all easier…in theory.  But MRDS are not instinctive for many — possibly most — shooters, and their, say, 5MOA dot will obscure most of the target at 100 yards.  Your pistol has to shoot under 8-inches at 100 yards (that’s 2 at 25, and most don’t) for you to hit an 8-inch stationary plate, assuming that you can 1) align the sights perfectly in the center of the target and 2) are as rock-solid as a Ransom Rest…under stress.  Any deviation from these two standards demands a pistol so accurate that it can’t be made, or that you miss regardless of the gun you have.
  5. Lets assume you have a pistol zeroed for 100 yards. That means you now have to offset your POA for all your practice, and the real-world events, that happen much closer-in.  That’s a stupid trade-off.
  6. I’m sure that whatever Delta is called these days, and whatever 6 is called these days, and whatever their equivalent units in England and Germany are called these days, can pull off 100 yard shots — even head shots — reasonably well (but not all the time).  But I, and you, don’t shoot full time and don’t shoot thousands of rounds before lunch on a regular basis.  Plus, truth be told, we probably just aren’t good enough (I know I’m not).

OK, that was easy enough.  Now here’s the points I think might be worth making:

A)  Any talk about 100 yard head shots, or any other highly unlikely to be accomplished feat, is ignoring the Life 101 fact that sometimes you can’t win.  Sometimes, in all areas of life, there’s just nothing you can do given the resources you have.  Sorry.  So better to spend your time and energy on things that can make a difference than to have childish fantasies about turning into Superman.

B)  Many active shooter events will have so many people pressing against and disrupting you while trying to escape that anything but a very close shot will be impossible.  In a thinly populated mall maybe you could get a clear distance shot, in an crowded auditorium, no way.

C)  Therefore, your only chance of heroism, if you choose to play sheepdog, is likely to involve fighting the crowds running away from the shooter(s), working your way to them; very close to them in fact, so that you can get off a decent shot.  This is better theorized than done, however.  There’s a reason people get trampled in crowds: they aren’t easy to go against.  See point A) above.

D) This notion of having to be a sheepdog is one of the mainstays in the tactical community.  But why?  In the kinds of situations we’re discussing here your only realistic choices may well boil down to a) do nothing, b) get killed (trampled, etc.) trying to “help”, or c) do your best to get yourself and your family to safety.  If c), what about the people you did not try to save?  Well, why aren’t they armed and capable of fighting for themselves?  Isn’t that their responsibility?  Why should they mooch off of you?  (On this last point, see the article I wrote in American Handgunner some time ago.  Reasonable people can disagree on this issue, and in fact I can argue both sides.)

P.S.  I am not saying that practice at distance, by which I mean 25-50 yards with a handgun, is not useful.  In fact I subscribe to the traditional belief that such practice builds competence at all distances by ingraining fundamentals.  Even 100 yard shots can be fun, if less useful.  Our 100 yard range has some steel at the end; hitting the 2’x2′ plate is pretty easy, and the 12-inch plate is fun, too.  But unless your handgun is zeroed for 100 yards – and it shouldn’t be – one tends to walk those rounds in. Therefore so long as you are steering your gun fairly consistently for a few shots you’ll still hit the plate…while mis-managing the fundamentals that distance shooting should be building.

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  1. Well said. Your first duty is always to your family and yourself. If it happens right in front of you, do what you have to. Otherwise, you’re better getting away. If you get crushed by a fleeing mob or shot by responding police, you haven’t fulfilled your first duty.
    I once read a blog post by a respected instructor, whose identity I can’t remember. He had run his class through a mall-shooting scenario inspired by the shooting in Nairobi. You could either shoot your way out or engage the attackers and save the shoppers. One of his best shooters chose Door Number One and left the other shoppers to their fate. When asked why, he replied, “My gun is for me. Everyone in that mall had the same opportunity I did to get the equipment and the training they needed to save themselves. They chose to watch TV.” Cold, but maybe not wrong.

  2. I work in a mall that is often thinly populated. On a Wednesday in December I counted 21 people, in the way or blocking, a 100 yard shot. Granted it’s December but even June or July wouldn’t be ideal.

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11 Ships Arrive Lagos Ports With Petrol

Eleven ships laden with petrol have arrived at Lagos ports waiting to discharge, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on Tuesday.
The NPA said one other ship waiting to berth would discharge aviation fuel.
It noted that 29 other ships containing petroleum products, food items and other goods were being expected at the ports from June 7 to June 22, while 29 ships were expected on June 6.
NPA explained that other expected ships brought in general cargoes, bulk sugar, buck wheat, frozen fish, bulk fertiliser and diesel.
Other items the ships ferried into the country are petrol, bulk gypsum, bulk charcoal and containers.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 18 other ships are currently at the ports discharging wheat, bulk fertiliser, bulk pet coke, bulk gas, base oil and general cargoes.
Other commodities being discharged are petrol, sugar, bulk fertiliser and containers.

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In Stock Abundances (FOOD)

*updated May 23, 2017*
Here is a list of the foods we currently stock on a regular basis. Available through our three week orders (click on your city name on the menu to find your order form).

Also available in Moose Jaw at our open Markets

  • Eggs! Free ranged and pastured
  • Meats

             BEEF- ground, steaks, ribs, burger patties, roasts, kebab meat, stew, stir fry, jerky, sausage, shank, soup bones, liver, heart, oxtail, caul fat.

              PORK- bacon, cottage bacon (from the shoulder, less fatty), ground, roasts, chops, stew, stir fry, hams, sausage, hocks, liver, heart.

               CHICKEN- whole roasting chickens.

               LAMB- chops, roasts, ribs, ground, shank, sausage.

               BISON- out of stock

               ELK- coming soon!

  • Produce- seasonal veggies from our landscape.
  • Micro greens and mixes (pea shoots, cabbage, kale, radish, broccoli)
  • Fruits- frozen fruits in the winter like saskatoons, sask grown cherries, sea buckthorne, rhubarb.
  • Pantry items- oats, lentils, black beans, fresh milled flour, wild rice, split peas.
  • Raw honey, creamed honey, cherry honey, haskap honey, cinnamon honey
  • Vegetable preserves
  • Jams and jellies
  • Homemade soaps made with time old traditions and ingredients
  • Fresh roasted coffee
  • Natural sunscreen and bug spray
  • Charcoal toothpaste


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Monday, January 27, 2014

MY Parents #HappyBirthdayMa!

This is the only photo that I have of my parents when they were younger.  A lot of people from the place where I grew up always told me that I looked like my mother but I think that I look more like my late father. .
My father  died ten years ago when I was about to get married.  It was a very sad moment for me and my family.  He never got to see me walked down the aisle.  I wish that I could see my Mom more often.  I will talk to her again and see if I can convince her to come here.  He does not want to leave the country because she is afraid of flying.
The last photos were taken at  the airport  when I  left the Philippines, 9 years ago.  I was 7 month pregnant with my daughter  back then.  TODAY, Mama is celebrating her 61st  birthday.  Happy birthday Ma, sorry that it's been nine years that you are celebrating your birthday without me.  I miss you a lot!  May God bless you with good health and protect you from harm always!  We love you!

Thursday, January 16, 2014

My Sister's Students

My baby sister with her students.  I can't believe that my baby sister is now a fully grown woman hahaha.  She was just a kid when I left the Philippines. It's amazing how 9 years could make.

In few more months, my sister will be marching for her graduation.  I wish I could be there to witness it.

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

HVAC Tips You Can't Master The Topic Without

Your house will remain cozy using a HVAC program. Though most residences have HVAC structures, some demand replacing or mending. Comprehending how to correctly keep the body will assist you when it regards fixing. Take a look at the suggestions below.

Should you want to maintain your air-conditioning unit running economically, make sure that you replace or clean out the air filter monthly. Confirm the operator's guide on the a/c for directions on how to clean out the filter. Never operate the machine when the filter is eliminated and allow filter dry prior to reinstalling it.

Before you go for an HVAC contractor, get a notion in your head of what ought to be achieved. It's difficult to get estimation given that they haven't look at your body. They have to come go through the unit. Try to collect all info you will need before making the telephone call.

Clean your long-term air filters or change disposable types each month. For those who have got the selection, an electro-static is the best choice out there nowadays. Make sure to switch off your unit before changing the filter as it should not be run with a filter in position.

Outside condenser units must be cleaned often. You may not understand when things will pile up, like following its gusty or rainwater, which can destroy your system. It could get over-heated, that may cause issues with all system.

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The functioning of your HVAC program might maintain jeopardy when the tree leaves start to fall. The grill in the fan may get littered with rubble that may cause a significant using want. The enthusiast needs an unobstructed route for air to go into the system, and when it becomes obstructed, you will wind up with many headaches against the unit.

In case you want to really know where you should set an outside compressor, you need to set it someplace where there's lots of shadiness. When you get a unit requiring in air which is cooler, you won't must work so not easy to cool atmosphere it sends to the place where you live.

The right HVAC system must have sealed air passages to minimize heat or cooling reduction as atmosphere travels to various rooms. The heat or cooling demands of various rooms in your home ought to be taken into account. There's absolutely no rationale to raise energy use by commanding the temperature in chambers that are employed very little.

Occasionally, it could be tough to work out in case your HVAC program needs to be repaired or must be changed. If the body often breaks down, is constantly turning on or away on it’s, or in the event your statements are excessive, it can pay to get it replaced. Otherwise, small things can simply be repaired.

To conserve cash on your HVAC setup, turn the air conditioner down at nighttime and let your property warm up a little. To stay cool, work with a cooling water-stuffed pillow to cool-down your mind including your entire body consequently. This united using a lover will prevent you from overheating while conserving on your own utility invoices.

If you have not anybody at house, then there is absolutely no dependence on the AIR conditioner to be working and squandering electricity. Using the system away, your house will just heat to a particular temperature. If it's left on all-day, it's going to fight heat all day, which utilizes a lot of electricity.

Finding the correct HVAC unit is vital, and also a great one can give your whole household that pleasant cozy feeling. If you have to change out your body, keep the info found above in thoughts. This may help you earn a strong speculation as to things to purchase so that one may get a system you're content with.

Since 1888, Edward L. Kemp Co. has been serving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the surrounding cities. We are family-owned and-operated, which means our family is involved in all aspects of the business to ensure that the work we do for you always is our best. Contact us today to save $200 on air conditioner with the purchase of a furnace from an HVAC contractor you can trust.

Do Not Make The Pests Feel Welcomed - Get Rid Of Them

Do you want to start being able to handle the bugs in your home on your own? Wait until you hear the advice you're about to read about handling your pest control problems. There are so many options available to you that you can do to get rid of them. Keep reading!

If you are concerned that you have bed bugs, do not try to remove your mattress from your home. Dragging it through the house is likely to spread the infestation. Instead, keep everything stored in that one location. You can add a "bed bug cover" to the mattress to try and contain the problem, although you will need to be seen by a pest control specialist. Check to see if you have any centipedes around the house. Centipedes usually will prey on other bugs, so if you have a lot of them, you may be infested. In this case, the best thing that you can do is to hire a professional to help get rid of the issue in your home.

Start out at the beginning. If you are having pest problems, look to eliminate their source of sustenance. It is likely that pests are coming into your home due to food, water, or enough shelter. Get rid of anything the might be attracting the pests. Use outdoor sprays around your home to prevent insect entry. Make sure to spray the foundation along with areas around windows and doors. If you see suspicious cracks that could allow pests enter your home, spray them, too! It can be very effective if you fill these spaces with caulk.

If you live on a farm and have a problem with mice, or even rats, consider getting a couple outdoor cats to provide natural pest control. Make sure the cats have not been declawed, and have access to every part of the outdoor buildings. Make sure to provide food and water to the cats because they will still catch mice even if they are not hungry.

Do not leave any food out or unsealed and make sure that you clean up any crumbs or food scraps. Bugs, especially roaches love to get into food scraps that have been left out. Put used food in a tightly sealed container or in a baggie that bugs cannot break into.

When the weather gets cool in the fall, outdoor pests will seek out your home as a source of warmth. Specifically bedbugs, bats and mice all will try to get into your home during the colder months. Make sure the exterior of your home is sealed so these pests can't get inside. Make sure that there is proper ventilation in all areas of your home and also the attic. This is important as pests will feast on low quality air, which can be caused by poor ventilation. Make sure that your vents are working efficiently and get them checked frequently throughout the year.

Keep your home clean. Many pests can be kept from your home with some simple cleaning. Eliminate food sources by washing dishes promptly, keeping the trash empty and the counters clean. Eliminating clutter also eliminates potential hiding places for pests. A clean home is inhospitable to pests, preventing them from becoming a problem in the first place.

What you have just read should tell you that there is also so much more that you can do. This should give you a great start towards getting rid of the bugs in your home by yourself. Don't worry about it anymore. Keep the advice you've read, and continue to learn more about taking control of your pest situation.

We do not encourage do-it-yourself mouse removal from your home or business in Tidewater, Virginia. Rely on our technicians at Hug-A-Bug Pest Control & Termite to deal with rodent problems.  Contact us today for rodent removal that ensures rats and mice do not return.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

My husband  dislikes the word Hashtag so much so whenever he is emailing me from his work, I always put hahstag on my replies just to tease him lol.  This morning, he sent me an email and he said that  he was listening to a radio discussion on the way to his work and they were talking about the most hated words in 2013 that people are sick of hearing and he said that number one is Selfie.
And number three is #hashtag.  Of course I replied to his email and wrote "Hahahahashtag" lol.

Do you use hashtag?

Worldwide Translation Services from Rosetta

I  noticed that  online companies that are based in China are now reaching out for  customers around the world.  I was contacted recently by two companies to endorsed their  clothing at my blogs through product review.  The first one that I worked with  was smooth but this second one that I am working  with is giving me a lot of trouble.  It's a bit harder to communicate with my contact.

I think that a lot of companies now uses  translation company services in order to r widen up their customer based.  There is a world renowned  international translation agency that is based in London that provides this kind of services.  Rosetta is the  name of the company and they have been  rendering this kind of service for years now and they  have a compliments  from their customers.

Offering a wide range of language for your company is a great move  in order to   accommodate  prospective clients all around the globe.  I think that most of the  big  corporations have used this kind of service in order to further serve their clients effectively.  Gone are the days when you can't understand what a website is talking about because you can easily translate  into different languages  now by a simple click of your mouse.

A Surprise #BirthdayGift

I was doing some reports in the office when I received a package delivery from  LBC.  I was very surprised as I wasn't expecting anyt...


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Week 7 – 2016

Week 7!

  1. Software Updates:
    • DME Forensics updated DVR Examiner a couple weeks ago to 19.0 and I forgot to mention it. Then they released a minor update to 1.19.1 last week (that I also didn’t mentioned, apologies). The latest version adds a few more file systems (bn_MBR, SA_X and SA_x_264, ef_JPG and SSF0_P) and fixed a few bugs. The new update also has expanded the detection algorithm to assist in identifying the file systems used.
      DVR Examiner 1.19.1 – Support for Everfocus, Pelco, Bosch and many other DVRs [Updated]
    • Magnet Forensics updated IEF to version 6.7.5. This update added parsing of the iOS and Android TextMe app, Kik 9.2.1 on iOS and IEF will now expand and search compressed archives by default.
    • Eric Zimmerman has updated LECmd (which he released last week) to version This new version adds output to XML and HTML as well as a quiet switch to suppress screen output. There was also a bug fix for switching the TargetModified and TargetLastAccessed timestamp in output in the previous version.
      LECmd v0.6.0.0 released!

  2. Hexacorn has a blog post about a (most probably never used) persistence mechanism involving an easy launch menu found in some Toshiba laptop trackpad software. The interesting thing about this mechanism however is that it requires the user to launch the application, and I can’t imagine too many people would use the feature. Still, good to be aware of none-the-less.
    Beyond good ol’ Run key, Part 34

  3. Magnet Forensics has announced a webinar on Advanced SmartPhone Forensics on the 8th March. The talk will cover obtain a data extraction from the phone, and then parsing the resultant data with IEF.
    Advanced Smartphone Forensics, hosted in partnership with Teel Technologies
  4. There have been lots of blog posts relating to the FBI’s request for Apple to assist in unlocking the iPhone 5c in the San Bernadino shooting massacre so I thought I’d combine them all into one section.

    Jonathan Zdzairski has a good tldr post regarding the request made by the FBI and how it could be implemented. It doesn’t provide any opinion on whether or not Apple should comply, just the facts as to how they could achieve what the FBI is asking.

    TrewMTE has an interesting post regarding questioning your morals on the situation. The question raise is “as what point do you think Apple should help”; they have the means to do so, but the question is when should they say “this is for the greater good”. I’ve been on the fence about the situation; on one hand I don’t like the idea immediate unwarranted access to information; we’ve seen abuses of this in the past. On the other hand, in this instance the company has the means to provide an encrypted dump of the phone and allow the government to try and brute force the password.

    Vladimir Katalov has a blogpost regarding Elcomsoft’s capabilities should they be afforded a signed bootloader. If the passcode was 4 numeric characters the passcode could be obtained within an hour, or a few days if it was up to 6. I feel as though the question the public should be asking is “are we ok with the government brute forcing encryption”, since this is not a question of the information provider decrypting encrypted information for them. If we’re ok with the government attempting to access information (when it is warranted) then that should answer the question shouldn’t it? We as a society appear to be ok with law enforcement obtain access to locked boxes when it’s warranted, why are digital devices different?

    I do like TrewMTE’s list of stages; it really does make people question whether there is a way to preserve privacy for the masses whilst catching people smugglers or terrorists with nuclear capabilities.

    Similarly though, Zdzairski has a second post regarding the philosophy of privacy in code. He states that Apple shouldn’t even be able to comply with the order. This is actually where I see Apple moving to in the future. We’ve seen it with other companies in the past; they turn over the unintelligible mess to whomever requests it through the court and says good luck.

    Zdzairski has another post regarding his interpretation of the court document; he states that Apple would be required to create and ultimately validate and defend a forensic tool for breaking into their devices. I think I interpret the section regarding what the FBI was requesting from Apple slightly differently to Zdzairski. I may be wrong, but I feel like the FBI is just trying to find a way to utilise a technology like the IP-Box to break into the phone. The FBI just requires a temporary version of iOS to be loaded onto the phone by Apple that allows a user to send unlimited codes with no software delay (as mentioned in the Elcomsoft blogpost, the 5C has a software based delay rather than a hardware based delay). I don’t think Apple is required to create a validated forensic tool, and theoretically they could also comply by loading the software onto the device (specifically only for that serial and IMEI combination) and then when the phone resets the OS is gone – similar to how Zdzairski’s original method worked. Patrick Gray mentionned on the latest episode of Risky Business that the wording would suggest that Apple doesn’t need to hand anything over to the FBI afterwards but then agrees that in the future Apple will probably require user password for firmware updates/DFU mode which ultimately gets rid of their ability to comply.

    Zdzairski also posted his opinions on why the device probably doesn’t have anything of interest on it. Lastly he has also posted up about his thoughts on why the FBI didn’t compel Apple to take an iCloud backup of the device.

    A Message to Our Customers, Apple and FBI
    Moral Ethics of Backdoor iPhone 5C
    tl;dr Apple’s technical capabilities under FBI AWA order
    Code is law
    Apple, FBI, and the Burden of Forensic Methodology
    Risky Business #399 — Apple vs the Government of the United States
    10 Reasons Farook’s Work Phone Likely Won’t Have Any Evidence
    On FBI’s Interference with iCloud Backups

  5. Jared Atkinson has two new posts this week. The first post relates to installing his PowerForensics toolkit using either the PowerShell gallery or GitHub. The second post relates to the Invoke-ForensicDD cmdlet. This post explains a bit about the cmdlets similarities with the unix DD command.
    Installing PowerForensics
    Forensic Friday: Invoke-ForensicDD

  6. Thomas White at Tribal Chicken has a post up (last week, but it was updated again this week) with a new volatility plugin which attempts to extract Apple FileVault 2 Volume Master Keys. I like how he explains his methodology of locating the key and then shows the commands a user can use to test it out.
    Extracting filevault2 keys with Volatility

  7. Harlan Carvey has two posts up this week. The first post shares Mary Ellens toolist as well as a bit about Eric Zimmerman’s new LECmd tool. I think the main take away is this sentence: “information should be available to the analyst, but I also believe that it’s the responsibility of the analyst to (a) recognize what information can be derived from various data sources, and (b) be able to correctly interpret and utilize that data”. Lastly he finishes with a second “in the trenches” story about incompetent IT staff.

    The second post provided a plugin update for the appcompatcache regripper plugin to allow it to work with Windows 10.  He then continues onto comment on the use of the PECapture tool and its potential use and finishes with an “In the trenches” about computer networking.
    Tools, Links, From the Trenches, part deux

  8. WeAre4n6 have a new post up about thumbnail databases on Android. These databases usually have a name similar to imgcache* and contain JPEGs. As a result an examiner can carve out potential files of interest.
    Do not miss: new thumbnail databases in Android OS

  9. There were two posts up by the students at Champlain College this week. The first was an Introduction the teams project on data extractions from jailbroken iOS 9 devices. This research will cover a comparison of the data obtained from an iPhone before and after a jailbreak. This is quite useful research to have as occasionally there may be no option for an examiner other than to jailbreak the device, so it’s good to have some research to explain what is changed.

    The second was an introduction to Mac RAM Analysis. The team will be looking into an analysis of memory on a current Mac computer, with a report covering their analysis. I haven’t had to do much memory analysis on Mac computers but I do know that Macquisition by Blackbag is able to extract memory. While they’re at it, it would be good as an addendum to do some testing on the memory that can be obtained when a computer is rebooted into a tool like Macquisition; the tool uses up less than a gigabyte of memory, and on a 16GB system, that’s still a lot of information that could theoretically be obtained should the system maintain power during the reboot.

And that’s all for Week 7! If you think I’ve missed something, or want me to cover something specifically let me know at randomaccess3+thisweekin4n6 at gmail dot com.

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Dilution in absolute unity

Date of appearance: 2013
Artist: Alexis Olin
Series: Cold shining
Made in: Kiev, Ukraine
Dimensions: 1500 × 1500 mm
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Dilution in absolute unity is a painting of Alexis Olin, a Ukrainian artist from Kiev. Artwork belong to Cold shining series, which he describes as "Emotions caused by perception of dark, by something mysterious and unexplored. Internal experiences, search of answers and redefining of life moments, fear as a state of being. In the portraits of people I wrote, I wanted to capture this very emotional process. To emphasise its depth I plunged my characters in complete darkness, through the cold light of which faces of characters can be hit off."

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“Down From Dover” [Dark Country: Songs For October]

Series introduction and other entries.

Dolly Parton: “Down From Dover”

The one and only Dolly, with one of her most poignant songs, about a woman left pregnant and abandoned by her lover. Controversial in its time, she later recut it for her bluegrass album Little Sparrow. The later version is superior and adds a verse, but I can’t find it to embed.


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Bicycle Thieves

It’s a world of have-nots, but is it too much to ask that I get a little peace and quiet on this airplane?

The Film: The seminal work of Italian neorealism

The Potable: Four bloody marys, an airplane bottle of rum, and an airplane bottle of gin

Far from the viewing comfort of my living room, I spent Tuesday onboard a flight to Switzerland. Why, you ask? To attend an international conference of film critics? Conduct an interview with legendary Swiss filmmaker Dominique Othenin-Girard? In truth, my fiancé is in Geneva on business and I plan to mooch off her free hotel room. See the sights, tool around town.

Just not by bike, since that’s evidently a major problem in Europe. As all the other plebs of flight UA 974 sat down to in-flight screenings of The DaVinci Code and old episodes of Bones, I pulled out my laptop to watch Vittorio De Sica’s 1948 masterpiece, Bicycle Thieves. As I stirred vodka into my first cup of tomato juice, I couldn’t help but notice that my neighbor in seat 32B was watching Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Cute, I thought to myself. Very cute.

The Bicycle Thief begins with a down-and-out father who, struggling to survive in postwar Italy, lands a job. For pennies a day, he hangs prints of busty blonde movie stars around town. No judgements here. But it’s a big city, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and the gig requires a bicycle.

You can probably guess what happens next. The father doesn’t have one of those u-locks and some asshole runs off with his livelihood. The whole family is distressed, but some of the scene’s weight was ruined by my neighbor guffawing over Paul Blart falling down an escalator or something.

Father and son hunt the city for the thief, going from tenement to tenement. Don’t be fooled by any notions you have of fine wines and pasta bucatini; postwar Italy had a long way to go before there was a Papa John’s on every corner. The abject poverty on display is, by design, very depressing. I checked my watch. Seven-and-a-half hours until landing.

Meanwhile, while I had no access to the audio, my neighbor laughed at what visual clues indicated was a fart joke. I do, I confess, enjoy those. My curiosity was piqued, and honestly after looking at so many fixed-gear bicycles, Paul Blart on his segway was starting to look like a goddamn blade runner.

You see, Blart is also a man in dire straits. His job earns him no respect, he desperately wants to be a real cop, and he’s got eyes on a woman out of his league. Typical Kevin James problems, really. Thankfully, a gang of robbers plan a mall heist, giving Blart a chance to prove himself.

The movie has it all. Headbutting gags, drunk gags, Scooby-Doo pun gags. It’s a wonderful continuation of the themes explored in his hit TV show, The King of Queens. It’s Home Alone for adults. It’s a modern, clever retelling of The Man Who Shot Liberty Vance. When he plays Guitar Hero – on duty, no less! – I die. My neighbor’s name, I learned, was Gustav. We laughed and we formed a quick bond.

As the credits rolled, I tried to explain to my new friend Gustav that while such low-brow fare can be guiltily delightful, one must not deprive oneself of the classics. Cinema is as varied and complex as the human experience. It can reveal truths in a way completely unique to its medium. Bicycle Theft, for example, is a must. Would you be satisfied with a life lived on hamburgers, having never tasted steak? A life full of acquaintances but never any loves? To be content, but never moved, for Christ’s sake?

“Well, we’ve still got four hours,” he said, and nodded toward my DVD case. “Mind if I borrow that for two?”

“Go fuck yourself,” I said, ordering my fourth bloody mary and a shot of gin.

Verdict: need to rewatch, thanks a lot, Gustav.

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Throwboy Office Tour

Hey all,

Well, by popular demand we've put together a tour of our new office. We've been here since January 2015 and have spruced it up and made it home. It's located inside the startup incubator T-Rex located in bustling downtown St. Louis, Missouri.

We love it here because we're always bumping into interesting and helpful people who have their own companies in offices around us. The office has a floor to ceiling window wall which really lets us showcase our brand and products to anyone passing by. The acrylic window box we made is filled with Throwboy pillows and always catches people's eye.

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‘Tiny House Hotel’ opens in Alberta Arts District

alberta2PORTLAND, OREGON – July 22, 2013 – Kol Peterson and Deb Delman both fell in love with the idea of small space living. Then, they fell in love with each other. They are the owners of Caravan – The Tiny House Hotel, a pod of three tiny houses that they rent just off Northeast Alberta Street. The Rosebud, smallest of the three, has a cozy reading area bellow its loft. Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian (more)

Builder of tiny homes predicts pint-sized housing trend

When home builder Andy Vear shows off his latest project, which he clearly thinks is the coolest home on Cool Street, it doesn’t take much time. That’s because the house is only 624 square feet, a so-called micro-home that is bucking a national trend toward larger houses. Vear said the smaller housing options, common in the 1950s, are coming back now that a recession has taught many Americans to tighten their belts.

Last week, Vear and his partner, Caleb Albert, completed the tidy white house and set up sprinklers to water new grass seed under a layer of hay. They also put up a sign that sets the price of the home, about the size of a two-car garage, at $89,900. (More)

Sonoma County Fair showcases tiny-house movement

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DC Adventures and Deep Armageddon

I’ve been playing role-playing games since ’82, and sometimes that hobby intersects with my writing.

I’ve always loved superhero games, and when DC Adventures came out this year I was ecstatic: it combined Mutants and Masterminds‘ D20 rules with the classic DC Heroes system. It’s the perfect fill-in game for my group, since we can do quick pick-up games with familiar characters and histories without rules or background overload.

I designed their current adventures based on an Academy of Super-Heroes arc. ASH is a shared-world superhero fic in the same vein as Wild Cards, only published free on rec.arts.comics.creative. I learned the craft partly through writing issues of Conclave of Super-Villains starting in 1997 (though at the time I didn’t think I’d go into writing professionally).

ConflictoConflicto, fan art by Joe Singleton

I co-wrote the Deep Armageddon arc with Matt Rossi, Marc Singer and Dave Van Domelen, and always wanted to play through that plotline with a gaming group. So I statted up the characters and gave my players a choice of Justice League heroes to fight the CSV. For some reason they picked Green Arrow, Black Canary, and Zatanna–not exactly the powerhouses of the League, but against the odds they made it through the first adventure (CSV #3). We switched it up for the next adventure (Warden #8), with the team being Superboy, Aquaman, Batman, Nightwing, and the Flash, adding Gorilla Grodd and the Cheetah to boost the power level. They’re in the midst of ASH #13 right now.

Though we wrote Deep Armageddon in 1998, the arc still holds up pretty well. I’ve included relevant story links below.

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If you’re playing DC Adventures, give me a shout. I’d love to hear about your games.

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Etisalat Flash Fiction 2016|Win $1000 with 300 Words

etisalat-flashfiction-topmuseThe Etisalat Flash Fiction Award was created in order to cater to the large amount of interest received from unpublished writers across the Continent. To garner some publicity for the art of flash fiction writing and the writers themselves, this category of the Prize will be open to the general public to review and contribute to the ultimately selection of a winner. The Flash fiction award seeks to provide added value to mobile device users across Africa with information on-the-go and in bite sized chunks.

The Prize is open to all writers of unpublished short stories (of African citizenship but can be resident anywhere in the world)
All entries will be submitted online via the website and short stories submitted should not exceed 300 words

The winning author will receive $1000 and a high end device
The 2 Runner-ups will receive $500 (each) and a high end device.

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Top 50 Announced – December 2
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So we are finally here!! YAY!! I can’t tell you how excited and happy I am to finally be in New Orleans. Since the first day I have been blown away by the information I’ve been learning and the things I have been seeing and hearing about. Going out on the Katrina tour Tanya took us on our first day was just so unbelievable, I think that after doing all the readings and watching all the films we can understand but it is so so different when we are seeing right in front of us. Seeing the empty lots of land where houses once were and they were there, one after the other it blew my mind because I just kept thinking that its been 6 years. But it seems that slowly but surely the people of New Orleans are rebuilding and it doesn’t matter how long it takes they are going to do whatever they can to keep rebuilding.

My experiences so far have been pretty interesting, I am working with the St.Bernard Project this week and it has been so amazing learning about how they started and how determined they are to keep helping the people in St.Bernard Parish to bring people back. We have been working on a woman’s house in the parish who has been displaced since Katrina in Mississippi, she is the sole provider of her family and works extremely hard. On our first day I really felt so motivated and excited to really make a difference in this rebuilding project that I think I really tired myself out. But it was worth it, seeing the finished product at the end of the day with the 10 other girls I was working with was extremely rewarding.

Besides working with St.Bernard Project I have had the great opportunity to hang out, work with and get to know most of the people in this course with me, and I have to say I am really excited about spending the next week and a half with everyone. We are slowly starting to mesh together well and get to know one another and that was something I was worried about because everyone must feel out of their element. But I have gotten the chance to really get to know most of the girls, especially the 10 other girls that I am sharing our dorm room with, its been great a little loud and creaky ( we need WD40) but great.

I am really excited to work with The New Orleans Mission next week and getting to get out in New Orleans and explore. The one thing I really want to do is go to a few restaurants and eat! LOL I really want to try some different food, especially beignets!! I hear they are delish. I will be sure to include an awesome food review next week.


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One of the Best Messages I’ve Heard This Year! – “The Fact and the Fool’s Gold”

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Hey TD!

It was great to see a lot of you at the TD Banquet! Amidst many highlights, one that really stands out was the incredible message Daniel gave.  Have you ever watched a movie and wished it wasn’t going to end?  That’s how I feel every so often when I listen to Ravi Zacharias, RC Sproul, or Francis Chan, or someone similar.  That’s how I felt when Daniel was speaking – I was learning so much and my faith was so challenged that I didn’t want it to end.  It was gold.  It was also humbling, as I said to myself, “Wow, that was better than any message I ever preached.”

So, I commend this rich and challenging message for the working out of your salvation this summer. If we can all wrestle with it and prayerfully resolve to make appropriate adjustments in our lives, we’ll all be the better for it –

“The Fact and the Fool’s Gold” (mp3) – Daniel Hsieh

God bless you, TD! We’ll see you on Friday! – Arthur

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Czech Communists may get share of power after snap election

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Czech Communists may get share of power after snap election

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PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech parliament voted on Tuesday to dissolve itself, triggering an early election that could hand the Communist Party a share in power for the first time since a bloodless revolution ended the party's totalitarian rule two decades ago.

Opinion polls show that the center-left Social Democrats will be the biggest party, but they will need support from other groups to govern and the leader of the party said he would talk to the Communists about forming a partnership.

In the eyes of many people in the country of 10 million people, the Communists are linked to 41 years of repression. But by being out of power for so long, the party has escaped the taint of sleaze that has tarnished the governments that took over from it.

Tuesday's vote to dissolve parliament came about after the previous government folded under charges from prosecutors that an aide to the prime minister, who was also his lover, had his wife put under surveillance.

The dissolution was supported by 140 members of the 200-seat lower house of parliament. The president, Milos Zeman, must now schedule an election, likely to be at the end of October.

Zeman's chief of staff Vratislav Mynar said late on Tuesday the president would meet party leaders on Friday to discuss the date of the election.

In an interview with Reuters before the dissolution vote, Social Democrat leader Bohuslav Sobotka said he hoped his party would form a minority government backed by other groups.

"It is definitely possible to expect negotiations with KSCM (the Communist Party,)" Sobotka said. "The Communists are in a number of town halls and in regional leaderships, and I do not see it causing problems."

But he said his party would not accommodate the Communists' program or bring them into a governing coalition.

That was a nod to the toxic reputation the Communists still have for many Czechs, and to worries about back-tracking on market reforms in the Czech Republic, one of the more stable emerging markets that has attracted heavy foreign investment.

Sobotka signaled though that if his party forms a government, its economic policy would be more leftist than the previous center-right coalition government, with plans to raise taxes for the biggest corporations and for high earners.

Before Vaclav Havel, who was nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, led the 1989 Velvet Revolution to force it out, the Communist party held on to power through its feared secret police and with backing from Red Army tanks which put down the 1968 Prague Spring uprising.

Jiri Stransky, a dissident writer imprisoned under Communist rule and a friend of the late Havel's, said he believed today's Communists were dangerous populists.

"I am saddened that after nearly 24 years the country has ended this way, when we started out so amazingly," he said.

An opinion poll conducted this month by Czech pollster SANEP gave Sobotka's Social Democrats a 27.0 percent share of the vote, followed by the Communists on 16.7 percent, and the conservative TOP09 party with 13.1 percent.

Sobotka could try to win support for a government from other leftist parties, but they are likely to be so small that it will be tough to establish stable rule. That makes a partnership with the Communists the more likely scenario.

The party has apologized for Communist-era repression, and its domestic policies are not very far from those of the Social Democrats. They both want corporations to pay more tax, and to ramp up government investment.

But Communist lawmakers still call one another "comrade" and the party's deputy chairman has a portrait of Karl Marx in his office. In foreign policy, the Communists are more hardline. They want to withdraw from the NATO military alliance.

The Czech Republic has been in a state of political turmoil since June 13 when police, some wearing balaclavas, raided government offices.

Prime Minister Petr Necas resigned after prosecutors charged the head of his office, Jana Nagyova, with ordering intelligence agents to put Necas's wife under surveillance. Necas, who is divorcing his wife, later said Nagyova was his lover.

A caretaker government that took over from Necas failed to win parliament's support, leading to Tuesday's vote on dissolving parliament - the only way to break the stalemate.

Markets have been largely unfazed by the political turmoil because fiscal rigor under previous governments has given Prague the lowest borrowing costs among central European peers and a debt load which is half the European Union average.

But the gridlock has delayed the drafting of the 2014 budget and caused anxiety that, without firm political leadership, the economy will stumble just as it is starting to emerge from nearly two years of recession.

(This story has been refiled to fix spelling of chief of staff in paragraph 6 to Vratislav Mynar)

(Additional reporting by Jan Korselt; Writing by Christian Lowe and Jana Mlcochova; Editing by Alison Williams)