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The Old Testament is so boring and so is most of the sermons that I hear on it. “How to pray like Nehemiah” or “How to have the attitude of Joseph” or “Why not complain when you are in a desert situation” or “Why you have to get some friends out of your boat of promise” or “How adultery destroys your testimony” or “The leafs and onions of Egypt”….. I could continue but I digress.

Not to mention the yearly bible plans are cool if I could read something that I liked. Unlike Leviticus, Numbers, Chronicles, Nahum, Obadiah …….  which can become quite redundant and boring.

However, when the Old Testament is faithfully exposited through Christoloigcal lenses the Old Testament becomes just as exciting as the New Testament.  So here is yet another plug for a case for biblical theology. About a year and a half ago I was introduced to biblical theology by wrestling through New Covenant Theology and Covenantal Theology.

Men like Goldsworthy, Azurdia, Poythress, Clowney, Dale Ralph Davis and Vos not to mention sites like Beginning with Moses and Biblical Theology . If you are new there a few great introduction books and a host of articles and writings on the two links above. Listening to Azurdia and Keller is also a really good way to get acquainted to this type of biblical interpretation.

As you being your new bible reading plans keep the verse below in mind I believe it will help you gain an unquenchable passion for the Old Testament scriptures and help you understand the Theocentrcity (God Centeredness) and Christocentric (Christ Centered) nature of the Old Testament. Not to mention we find the Gospel written throughout all of the Old Testament in shadows and pictures:

44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”

Returning Biblical

Education to the Local

 David Alan Black

It has always intrigued me that the early Christians made such unstoppable progress despite their lack of a professionally-trained clergy. Perhaps there are some lessons we can learn from them today.

I think, for example, of a church in Hawaii that I was a part of many years ago. It offered classes designed for “laypersons,” and many of us eagerly attended them. I can still remember my lessons as well as my teacher, a Mr. Cook. He was a mentor and a model, and not merely a lecturer. The result? An unquenchable appetite to go even deeper in my studies of the Christian life.

Often I am invited to teach in church-related Bible schools, many of them in the Two-Thirds World. And I am delighted to do so. The local church in America seems to have forgotten its responsibility to disciple its members. “After all, we have our seminaries.” That is a dangerous attitude. The seminary classroom can be a place of magnificent learning, and often is. But every care must be made to avoid a learning experience that fails to give our students an idea of what it costs to follow Jesus. We must not forget that the early church had no formal educational institutions or professionally-trained academics, and yet it turned the world upside-down in a mere 30 years.

There were many good reasons for this. Someone once said that the three greatest dangers of a seminary education are extraction, expense, and elitism. A clerical culture develops. Writes Abbé Michonneau in his book Revolution in a City Parish (pp. 131-32):

Our seminary training … has put us in a class apart…. Usually it means that we feel compelled to surround ourselves with those who will understand our thought and our speech, and who have tastes like our own…. We are living in another world, a tidy clerical and philosophical world.

“Clergy” becomes a whole way of living, an ecclesiastical subculture. The church, however, predates the seminary and will outlast it. The book of Acts reminds us that the earliest church leaders were homegrown nobodies. They were not parachuted in from the outside with all of the proper credentials. They were already full participants in their congregations – they had homes, they had jobs, and they had solid reputations. If at all possible, I think we too would do well to train people for leadership in our local churches, equipping them for evangelism and other ministries, thus complementing the work of our seminaries and Bible colleges. The early church knew that leadership is best learned by on-the-job training, not by sending our most promising leaders off to sit behind a desk.

There is a real need today for ministry to become de-professionalized. Let us not forget the sufficiency of the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit to guide even the simplest believer into truth. Any church can, if it is willing, follow the pattern of the early church in this regard. It can begin by ensuring that its shepherd-teachers are steeped in the Word of God and able to teach its magnificent truths to others. Happy the church that, like the Berean congregation, can listen sensitively to the Holy Spirit as He speaks through the Scriptures! It is interesting to observe how many people have signed up for the Greek class I am offering in my local church. All are welcome, and I am expecting a broad array of students. I cannot help but think of the example set for me so many years ago by Mr. Cook. He had a true pastor’s heart, and he knew the Word. He was a mature Christian who walked daily and deeply with his Savior. And what of his students? They came from all walks of life, but each was prepared to listen and discuss and study and learn.

Let there be no pay for teacher and no fee for student! Equally, let us use ordinary language in our teaching and avoid the jargon of the academy. You have to get the right instructor, of course, otherwise the enterprise will be counter-productive. But I am not talking about someone with a doctorate in theology. And there is no need to professionalize or formalize the instruction either. I think it is fair to say that the tendency of American churches is to pay inordinate attention to matters of incorporating, financing, and staffing their new “Bible Institutes.” I am suggesting that it would be a waste of time and resources to hire a registrar, faculty, and administration. Let us look to those in our congregations who will volunteer their time and talents for the work. What a rare and attractive thing it would be to offer solid biblical instruction without the paraphernalia so often deemed indispensable by professional educators.

I would like to make it clear once more that I am not saying we should not have seminaries or Bible schools. What troubles me is that we so often equate a formal biblical education with true biblical understanding. It seems to me that it is time to say “Enough!” to the fallacious notion that a degree in theology makes one qualified for leadership in the church. Throughout the Scriptures the summons is given to forsake conformity to the world’s wisdom and to pursue the wisdom that is from above. Paul reminds us that in Christ “are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Col. 2:3), and that we “are complete in Him” (Col. 2:10). Call this the “sufficiency of Christ,” if you will, but it is insufficiently acknowledged. A major exception was the sixteenth-century Anabaptists in Europe. It was their devotion to the Scriptures that set the Anabaptists apart from their Reformation counterparts. They listened to the Word of God with humble reverence. They were anxious to obey it too, whatever the cost to them personally. Elsewhere I have noted that they believed in “the Bible as a book of the church instead of as a book for scholars,” and in “a hermeneutic of obedience instead of a hermeneutic of knowledge.” The Anabaptists well understood that we learn to apply the Word not in the abstract milieu of the classroom but in the world. And when we truly understand the truth of God’s Word, it shapes our entire life and worldview.

I believe one of the greatest needs of the contemporary church is conscientious obedience to the words and teachings of Jesus. Mature Christian discipleship is possible only where there is submission to the full biblical witness to Christ. And there is nothing in a formal education that guarantees such obedience. Indeed, there is much, I think, that impedes it. As an example, take a course in Acts I once taught at a Bible college in a developing country. The students were much more inclined to bring their notebooks to class than their Bibles. Their studies clearly were geared more toward a grade than toward life. When final exam time came, things took an interesting twist. In part one of the exam I intended the students to write out from memory certain verses with their Bibles closed, while in part two they were to answer questions with their Bibles open. The students strenuously objected to this policy, pleading with me not to expose them to the temptation of cheating on part one. My answer was gentle but unyielding: “If I cannot trust you not to cheat on this exam, you do not belong in this Bible school and certainly not in any form of Christian ministry.” In a similar incident that occurred while I was teaching Greek in another institution (again in the Two-Thirds World), my request to allow my students to write a take-home exam was met with the dean’s demurral: “Impossible. They can’t be trusted.” And this in the largest theological college in that country! In saying this, I have not forgotten the human tendency to cheat on exams. Yet these were Christian adults, not children. It is plain that if we cannot trust our brightest theological students to exercise self-control and honesty in exam-taking, we certainly cannot entrust them with pastoral oversight.

We in the church of Jesus Christ are always in danger of magnifying titles and degrees and forgetting that a formal theological education guarantees neither sound doctrine nor mature character. The essential mark of Christian leadership is love not ability, humility not arrogance, wisdom not knowledge. We must cease viewing knowledge as an end in itself, but must pursue the mind of Christ, remembering that “truth is in Jesus” (Eph. 4:21). I wonder if anything is more urgent today, for the building up of the Body of Christ, than that its leaders should be, and should be seen to be, men who have “been with Jesus” (Acts 4:13).

The crucial thing is that local churches take discipleship seriously. And it is neither biblical nor helpful to abdicate this responsibility to institutions of higher education, as valuable as they are. The seminary exists to serve the local church, not vice versa. So when opportunity occurs to return biblical education to your local church, I say grasp it with both of your hands!

January 8, 2009

David Alan Black is the editor of www.daveblackonline.com.

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3:1 The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.

Shepherds take care of, tend to, nurture, protect, guard, provide and guide sheep. That is why they are called shepherds. I will be candid here. Much of what goes over as pastoring isn’t what the bible defines as pastoring. First lets make one thing clear. Pastoring is a “gift of the Holy Spirit”. It isn’t something you learn in school, it isn’t something you read in a book, it isn’t something you are “promoted” to by others. As Paul says in Ephesians “When He  ascended He led a host of captives free AND gave gifts unto men”. If you drop down a few more verses in Ephesians 4 you will see some of those gifts highlighted one being “pastor” (among many) which is given by the Spirit.

With that said, what I see today isn’t pastoring. If it is then pulpits, conferences, pews and buildings are sheep. Since the bible never calls them sheep then what goes over today as pastoring really ain’t pastoring. Don’t believe see if you can find what is perpetuated as pastoring today in the scriptures. Many pastors spend more time with their bibles than they do sheep. As Alan says  “when the bible talks about teaching it means much more than articulating doctrinal truth”.  Here is a quote:

So, first, sharing these stories is a method of teaching – a method that is sorely lacking in many churches today. We have replaced this holistic method of teaching and discipleship with a method that relies almost solely on words. In fact, many future leaders are taught not to get too close to the people they teach, making it impossible for them to teach with their conduct.

It is funny that man who can articulate truth better than others get a pass on pastoring and the real pastoring is passed on to other man. False dichotomies are erected to defend such a position such as: Teaching Pastor, Singles Pastor, Discipleship Pastor……. . We more Reformed folks love to point our doctrinal error but for some glaring reason we ignore these erroneous dichotomies in the name of receiving good “biblical preaching”.

So on to the title. What will follow will be brief but I think important for us to consider. Lets start off by Paul’s charge to Timothy. Paul says ” anyone who desires”. So the first qualification is a desire. I won’t get into much there. Then Paul goes into some qualifications for those who desire. Whats funny is the only way for someone to be meet those qualifications is if they are ALREADY walking in them. So the guy must BE  a good teacher, a good husband, a good father…. hospitable.

These aren’t things that they should do once they become and Elder but things they should be doing for being considered an elder. Let me rewind a bit. What made David a good leader for Israel is that He was already faithful at tending to sheep! He was found faithful at shepherding so it was just the overflow of this which made him a great king for Israel. I think one of the problems is that most pastors are transplanted from school (they have good theory). The other problem is the false dichotomy of elders/pastors. These functions in the local body go hand in hand but I will stop there with that argument.

So why hospitable? Great question. One of the primary functions of an elder is to provide oversight, guidance and direction by teaching. The problem is today teaching is synonymous with discipleship clasess and preaching, instead of examples by living! You see a once a week discipleship class for a 1.5 hours or a man’s book club or a 1 hour sermon suffices for what the bible calls teaching. The problem is the bible never says that, our pragmatic practices force us to interpret “teaching” that way.

You see being hospitable could be defined simply as “open lives and open homes”. You see teaching me to be a good husband by giving me “Shepherding a Child’s Heart” or teaching me how to be a good husband by giving me “An Exemplary Husband” or teaching me how to be a good teenager by giving me “Do Hard Things” or taking a woman through a “Titus 2” class has provided a smokescreen that allows other to sneak out of their responsibility. When Paul says “Older women teach younger women”. This isn’t a weekly class but a daily peek into my life by being hospitable. “Older men teach younger men” isn’t a weekly/bi-weekly discipleship class. It is an open life and an open home in where I SEE YOU live these things out. Thus teaching in both WORD and DEED are inseparable in the scriptures!

Allowing people to text message you, send you an email, or allowing people a one hour a month “appointment” is insufficient my friends! As a faithful church goer and tithe payer (it is funny how jokers can tell you how to be a faithful servant but aren’t faithful to their call) you should demand more! Discipleship is always life on life! As Lecrae says “after the music stops what’s next”. I ask “after the preaching and church stuff stops what’s next”.

If you feel God has call you to pastor, then start pastoring! Not by lording over and building nice expository sermons, but by being hospitable, so I can see you live it out. So I can see how you handle conflict as a mature believer, so I can see you managing your household well, so I can see how your neighbors speak highly of how you serve them, so I can see your reputation with outsiders, so I can see your example!

If you are too busy writing books (or trying to get your book published) then stop pastoring. If you are too busy going to and speaking at different conferences then stop pastoring, if you are too busy to take care of sheep, please, pretty please, stop calling yourself  a pastor! Why? Because there a bunch of minnie me’s in seminary following your lead and they too will only perpetuate what they see, because you are all over Itunes, all over the book store and all over the blogsphere. We need shepherdly pastors, ones who by being hospitable are an example to the flock (that is what Peter says right?). We don’t need more professionalized men, who spend their time isolated from the ones they are called to provide oversight to!

Many children are robbed every Sunday. How you might ask? By cute little stories derived (yes derived) from biblical accounts. I hate to say this, but I think those who disciple small children in churches (the primary responsibility lays at the foot of parents and particularly FATHERS), should take a biblical theology class, even if it is a crash course.

But I won’t stop there many Sunday goers are robbed of the truth and the weight of many old testament narratives. Jesus speaking to the disciples in Luke 24 took them through Moses and the Prophets showing them pictures, types and shadows of Himself. However, in the name of relevance sermons like “Casting Them From the Boat” (this was an actual sermon I listened to on how some people will bring you down and you must cast them out of the boat using the Jonah narrative) dominate the Sunday meeting.

So here is what I am going to do for you. Here is a sermon series by my favorite preacher on Jonah. Mr. Azurdia has blessed me tremendously every since Ced introduced me to his teachings.

Jonah 1: 1-3
Jonah 1: 4-16
Jonah 1:17 – 2:10
Jonah 3: 1-4
Jonah 3: 5-8
Jonah 3: 9
Jonah 3: 10
Jonah 4: 1-11

Anyone who follows this blog or any of the previous ones, understand that I don’t pick on Rick Warren. For the most part he seems to be nice guy who I differ with on some issues, but mostly on ecclesiology. I don’t think he is a false teacher/prophet. I think he understands and articulates the Gospel from a historic perspective, so for that he is my brother.

However, ecclesiology effects the way we as believers minister to one another and how we worship God. So for me ecclesiology plays a huge part in the believers life. With that said I will insert a link.

The Saddle Back One Card

Listen to the purpose of the Card and let me know what you think. I believe this is the epitome of Corporation style churches that plague the body of Christ today and instead of having genuine relationships with you and having to do life with you my shepherding of you is reduced to a card you swipe. Good technology? I think not.  Not to mention the card also is a “time, talent, treasure” monitor that can show your leadership and you how faithful you are to the corporation church!

Anyway listen to it let me know what you think.

It is funny in a sad way how systems of theology (especially erroneous ones) effect the way we live and minister to others.

I remember listening to Christian radio maybe 5-6 years ago and hearing “those who bless Israel will be blessed and those who curse Israel will be cursed”. I won’t saturate you with the scriptures that were used to defend such a case. But to put it frankly they are all Old Covenant texts. I remember hearing people cheer as Israel would strike their enemies (my good brother Daniel Cosby has a good post on facebook about that). So they would applaud the death of those wicked “Palestinians”.

I really didn’t know how to take that. I thought it wrong to cheer the death of an enemy given the fact that Jesus says “love your enemies” and Paul says “if your enemy is thirsty bring him something to drink”. I would wonder how we would applaud the death of someone who did not know Jesus thus they would spend an eternity away from God. I thought that we should mourn and tear our clothes at such an event, but many were endorsing and applauding all in the name of American Christians responsibility to “bless Israel”.

So I want to address a theological fallacy. That fallacy is the one that states Israel is God’s people! Now to be biblically faithful Israel is God’s chosen people, the problem is who is the “True” Israel. If you spend anytime in Romans or Galatians or Ephesians or even Peter that questioned is answered quite easily. The problem is when we apply the broken interpretive method of reading the New Testament through the lens of the Old. That is similar to a group of individuals who celebrate the first half of a football game when they were up 3 points at half but lost by 30!

If you want to faithfully handle your bible, the first thing you want to do is begin with the fulfillment of God’s plan. Paul says God gave Him the full revelation to that which was a mystery hidden from the writers of the Old Testament. They see shadows and types, however, the New Testament writers see the full picture. They don’t talk about a Messiah. John says “we touched Him”. Peter says the prophets “longed” and “speculated” on what God was revealing to them, however, they walked with Jesus and received the full revelation of God’s eternal plan of redemption.

So with that said, there is only ONE people of God. Paul says in Ephesians “that two people are made one new man”. The one new man is the Church or the true Israel of God in Christ! That leads to the point of this blog. The church is not to involve herself with the ethnocentric/nationalistic/self preserving conflict in the middle east, other than to pray for peace and to find a way to bring the Good News of Jesus Christ.

To applaud Israel’s method of controlling a land (that has been fulfilled in Christ) is to employ, as Boyd would say, the kingdom of man! As believers we don’t get people groups to comply by exercising power over, but power under. I remember when Dr. Black told me “I pray for the opportunity to wash Bin Laden’s feet“.

Peace in the Gaza Strip will not be accomplished with the sword. As Jesus says “he who lives by the sword will die by the sword”. Jesus did not gather a group of man to bring a militia against Rome! Jesus was not concerned with an earthly parcel of land, wrongly defined today as the “promised land”. No! Jesus’ kingdom was not and is not of this world and that means neither is ours. The kingdom we are servants of is the kingdom where our King currently reigns and will reign until God the Father makes all of His enemies His footstool. Those enemies aren’t Palestinians friend. Those enemies are those who did not do will of the Father.

I want to let you know I am not “anti-Semitic”. I am pro-Christ! And Christ’s heart is for the whole world and the remnant that will believe is who the bible calls Israel or as Paul says in Romans 2 “a true Jew”. I love Palestinians as much as I love the Jewish people. I love Iraqis as much as I love Americans who they are fighting with.

We should be alarmed when a minister of the Gospel spews hate speech from his mouth in the name of nationalism. The center of the Gospel is love displayed by a “joy” (as Hebrews says) to endure Calvary. Believe it or not, Jesus does not need the land we have defined as Israel today. Jesus is not coming to set up an earthly kingdom. Jesus is already reigning as the Son of David and when He returns He will return for His bride that He has made pure. Our job is prepare others for the King.

I close with this. Our hearts should be broken by the constant warfare and the loss of life that plagues this never ending conflict. We should be quick to rebuke anyone who applauds such demonic nationalism, especially if they name the name of Christ. We have the only answer to the problem. That answer is Jesus of whom both those of Israel and Palestine reject. As bullets fly in this earthly realm we are to move to the Spiritual. Lets beg our Lord of peace and reconciliation during these turbulent times. Both parties are equally wicked, both are fighting for a parcel of land that will be leveled at the second coming of our Lord. Neither are endorsed by God. Lets pray that the Gospel would infiltrate their hearts and they would drop the national ties and see each others as brothers and sisters, which only can be done by and through the Spirit!


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Dream Clothes: 3 [CP]

Originally posted: September 26, 2015

Another list of Clothes I would like to wear.

tralala 2 グレンＣＫドットジャンスカ

I like: Brown skirt with suspenders

tralala 2 千鳥ＡラインＪＳＫ

I like: Entire outfit

ageha [72064]ミディアム丈Ｗテーラジャケット L★D

I like: Entire outfit, mostly the pale colored jacket though.

tralala 2 ウール風プリーツコート

I like: the jacket

I like: These heels design but the height…it looks a bit high.

I like: The design of these heels

sobre [72001]キュートバルーンワンピース

I like: Just the black dress in this.

Dream Clothes 2: Dress I [CP]

originally posted: September 26, 2015

I’ve decided to do things in categories now. With each category having different parts to it. That way it’ll be more organized. To top that off, there’s also what number the post is in the series by the title of this series.

For example

Clothes I would like to Wear 2: Dress pt 1

Clothes I would like to wear <—Title of the series

2<—-Number it is in the series, from earliest to latest

pt 1<—the number it is in the category.

The clothes I actually wear is very different from the clothes I would like to wear. And so here’s: Clothes I would like to Wear 2: Dress pt 1

As with before if there’s an entire outfit in the post it’s very likely that I like the entire outfit. However, unlike in the first part of the series which was not as organized as this one, I will also state which parts of the outfit I don’t like along with maybe some comments about parts of the picture I like or additional information.

【2013 A/W】肌魅せ☆彡ゆったりVネックとブラックレースが大人SEXYなゆるピタセットアップ風ワンピース　[GR1309028]

I usually like heels like these. The ones that look like Mary Janes, just because I feel like my feet are secure and if I ever have the need to kick something or run really fast they won’t slip off.

【2013 A/W】肩魅せ抜け感で色気をプラス☆贅沢ボリューミーカットフレアーニット千鳥柄ワンピース [GR1308012]

I like the addition of the belt. There’s another picture at the link above that shows the mary jane heels paired up with this outfit.

(G3)【2013 A/W】クラシカルLadyを演出☆スモーキーカラー千鳥柄ニットドルマンワンピース [GR2027]

The belt looks plain from this angle but it isn’t! If I wore this I would wear a plain black sash or belt with it. Or I would turn the belt around so the plain back part of it would be in the front.

59th Street - Set: Lace-Top Chiffon Dress + Belt

Probably change the plain black belt to a colorful one.

I would love it if this dress was a different color. Like Champagne Pink

or Apricot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_orange#Apricot

Miss Hong - Peter-Pan Collar Knit Minidress

Just the dress. I really like this dress because it reminds me of the dress IU (solo Korean singer) wore in her song “You and I”. I loved the dress in that song. The only difference between that dress and this dress is the fact that this dress has lace for the pan collar and cuffs while “You and I” dress was just plain.

Envy Look - Scoop-Neck A-Line Knit Dress

Yes, I look at a lot of Asian clothing brands. Reason why is because they always have clothes in my size. I’ve mentioned in Clothes that I like to Wear: Casual? 1 {https://blackrosewhitelotus.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/clothes-i-would-like-to-wear-casual-1/} that I’m small and skinny. Not implying that everyone of Asian descent is small and skinny, (by everyone I mean everyone not just the celebrities people see on television, YouTube or online.) because that’s certainly not true. People of all ethnic backgrounds come in all sorts of shapes and sizes from top to bottom. (I really do mean TOP to bottom. As in from the faces, like eyes, nose, ears, etc. to legs and feet.) I believe that everyone should maintain a healthy body for themselves and not try to mold themselves to fit into the socially “accepted” form of beauty. Screw a good chunk of social rules, I feel they do nothing but limit ourselves and for certain people put them in a not so good mood.

XD I went from clothes I would like to wear to showing my strong views of society’s beauty and social rules. Not an entirely bad tangent, since I AM talking about fashion and fashion is related to beauty.

orginally posted: September 26, 2015

Dream Clothes aka Clothes I would like to wear.

The clothes I wear is very different from the clothes I would like to wear.

Clothes I wear is generally shoes, skinny jeans, leggings, tank tops and boots.

Clothes I would like to wear:

(If the picture contains a full outfit it is very likely that I like the full outfit)

Lane172 - Rib-Trim Lace-Up Boots

Knit Top and Mini Skirt <br>SET

Houndstooth Top and Mini Skirt

Crop Tops are the same:

In general when I look in clothes I try to imagine myself in them. So I can see myself wearing them and looking good. I try to avoid horizontal stripes for tops because of my broad shoulders and that from what I’ve seen produces an effect of making my shoulders wider along with collar cuts that are angular. I believe circle looking cuts are more good looking for me. I also like things that show off my legs because they are long.

Though I probably shouldn’t wear skinny jeans and jeggings (the stretchy kind), I like wearing them because I like clothes that fit close to my skin. Due to the fact that I’m skinny and small (it’s healthy for me due to my genetics but if another woman my age with different genetics with my size and weight she would probably be considered unhealthy or anorexic.) skinny jeans don’t fit as tightly as they do to other people their more like regular jeans, while jeggings are like skinny jeans and regular jeans are kind of baggy and baggy well that’s just uncomfortable to me. I mostly like tightly fitted clothes to prevent myself from getting caught on anything. Whenever I wear baggy bottoms they always get caught on something, the same kind of applies to shirts too.

I’m going to make more posts of clothes I would like to wear later. This is going to be a series~ Hopefully the next posts will be a bit cleaner, sorry for the mess. Maybe I’ll do dresses, skirts, shoes, jeans, outerwear for each individual post?

originally posted: July 5, 2015

It is suggested that you learn Hiragana as fast as possible and step away from romajii.

There is many different romajii systems. And they don’t all write words in the same way.

Tokyo <—As we know in U.S

Can be written as: Tokyo, Tookyoo, Toukyou, Tōkyō.

The lines above: Tōkyō indicate that it’s a long vowel sound.

Toukyou and Tookyoo: Already show that it’s a long vowel sound.

And Tokyo just doesn’t show it.

It’s written in Japanese like:

東京（とうきょう）toukyou. *

In Japanese class and Japanese natives they learn: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. In that exact order.

Learn Higrana but no Romajii

Hiragana learning with romajii. Along with the stroke order

The order of the syllbary** is a, i, u, e, o

From top to bottom then left to right

a, i, u, e, o.

Ka, ki, ku, ke, ko

sa, shi, su, se, so

ta, chi, tsu, te, to

na, ni, nu, ne, no

ha, hi, hu, he ho

etc, etc.

It is best that as you learn Hiragana to try to learn some grammar and words. BASIC grammar and words.

Has greetings and some grammar. Plus audio clips

Broken up into lessons and quizzes. It teaches Kana (Hiragana and Katakana) along with grammar and vocabulary.

Is like nihongomaster except it turns learning more into a game since you earn EXP with every correct answer.

To be quizzed on words and such.

*Why the “u”? A “u” after a vowel indicated the sound is LONGER. So “a” becomes more like “aa”.

o becomes “oo”. Hence the purpose of Toukyou being written as Tookyoo. Tookyoo helps with pronouncing it that way. Toukyou is actually how it is written/typed in Japanese.

**Syllbary its like an alphabet but since most of it is ka, ki, ku, ke, ko instead of a, b,c, d its called a syllabary. The romanized characters match the pronunciation sound.

Refrain from learning Japanese from anime. There are a lot of words used that may not be used in everyday life. OR the words used can make you come of as a jerk…

Just think of learning Japanese from anime as learning English from The Simpsons (or South Park or Family Guy). You won’t see people going around saying “doh” like Homer from The Simpsons or people cursing out each other in a work place like South Park.

Japanese has a lot of different forms and you’d most likely find informal than formal forms in anime. It is NOT a good idea to be referring yourself as “ore” when introducing yourself to strangers. (Makes you come off as a narcisstic arrogant person)

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I Don’t Wait Anymore

Book Review and Giveaway

I Don't Wait AnymoreLife has a way of turning out differently than we expected, doesn’t it?  When God takes us in a direction we never thought we’d go, it’s easy to get confused and discouraged.  What do we do when God doesn’t come through the way we thought he would and we find ourselves on a path we never wanted to be on?

In her new book, I Don’t Wait Anymore, author Grace Thornton examines these questions about her own life.  She journals her discoveries as she let go of her own expectations of what her life should be and instead sought the adventure God had in mind for her.  She shares her honest and heartfelt seeking through engaging stories.

This book was inspired by a post Grace wrote a few years ago by the same title.  Although her journey of singleness is different from my life with a family of 10, I still relate to her struggles and questions.  I too have wrestled with God over how his plans for me often turn out so different from what I thought his plans for me were.

This hardcover book is beautiful both in content and design.  The pages are thick and glossy and there is a gift dedication page in the front.  This would make a lovely gift book for young ladies just starting out on their adventures and well as anyone whose life has taken unexpected turns that left them wondering where God is going.

I was given a free copy of this book by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.  The opinions expressed here are my own.

You can preview the first chapter for free here.

I am happy to be able to share the blessing of this book with you!  One blessed reader will receive a free copy of I Don’t Wait Anymore.  All you have to do is enter using the form below.  The more you join and share, the more entries you get.  Please share this giveaway with your friends.  The winner will be notified next week.
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Enjoy an amazing adventure with God!

I didn't want to wait anymore. I already had God. And he is everything.

What unexpected adventure has God taken you on?
Please share your adventure in the comments below.

Your comments make my day! What you do think about what you just read?

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  1. Hey!! We have quite a bit in common… My name is Elizabeth, I love MESSES, am a veteran and a MilSpouse! This sounds like a great book! Glad I dropped by from this morning’s #RaRaLinkUp! Blessings!


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Factom needs an energetic Director of Software Development to lead our teams in development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of Factom products. You will be responsible for ensuring code quality, definition and adherence to standards, consistent delivery of business value and product stability. You will participate in complex product development and cross departmental coordination where technical guidance and process is enormously important. If you have outstanding leadership communication skills, know how to manage development teams, and want to help us build innovative systems to make the world more honest, then we’d love to hear from you.

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From all of us at Aptify we would like to say a huge thank you to those who attended the 2016 Aptify Users Conference. Without the fantastic support of our community this event would not be possible.

AUC2016It was great to reconnect with some old faces and meet some new ones. I hope that over the course of the conference you made some new contacts and had an overall great time.

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Sims in Real Life

Sometimes the best way to learn is not out of a book, but by getting stuck in and getting your hands dirty.

In 2015, VET in schools students studying Certificate II in Health Support Services are enjoying a more practical course delivery.

The new model features simulated work environments at the Mount Lawley campus including simulated hospital wards and the REACH clinic.

Simulated work environments allow students to practice different Health Support Service roles on a rotating basis, facilitated by their lecturers.

Over the duration of the course each student will experience being Team Leader, Ward Clerk, Infection Control Officer, Hygiene Technician, Transport Officer, Laundry Technician and Stores Technician.

The roles rotate every two weeks so each student can develop skills and experience a variety of Health industry tasks.

Students must work together to ensure each task is completed while filling in the worksheet checklists so it runs like a real health clinic.

To supplement their learning, students take part in a number of excursions throughout the semester including, completing their sustainability training at the GreenSkills Training Centre in East Perth, tours of the other Central campuses to see the other courses on offer and a community project with St Bartholomew’s in East Perth.

After completing Certificate II, students can progress to Certificate III in Health Services Assistance, as part of the VET in schools program and then onto further health related study.

Simulated work environments give the next generation of Health professionals the experience they need to apply their skills and knowledge in the real world.

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TexMessage: Department of Transportation announces Houston will receive $15 million grant

Wednesday, June 20

Good morning, TexMessengers! Today in 1782,  Congress adopted the Great Seal of the United States.

Texas Congressman Ron Paul cruises on his ride.

Houston will receive a $15 million grant under the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery Grant program, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced yesterday.

The development from the grant will include 18 miles of hike and bike trails, sidewalk improvements, and on-street bikeways. Houston has the largest amount of bike commuters in Texas, and the city’s plans aim to improve safety measures for pedestrians and cyclists, answer demand for trails and bikeways, connect various destinations within the city and provide a method of alternate transportation.
Representatives Gene Green, Al Green and Sheila Jackson Lee all worked to support the city’s application, and each released statements praising the decision to award the grant to Houston.
“I am pleased that the Department of Transportation has chosen to make this important investment in our communities.  Improving our pedestrian and bike infrastructure will make it easier for our constituents to get to work and run errands.  It will mean they stay healthier and are able to use public transportation more often.  I appreciate the leadership of Secretary LaHood and I am proud of our Congressional Delegation members who pulled together to help make this happen,” Gene Green said,
“These federal funds will help create jobs and put Houstonians back to work.  Providing new or better transportation connections for residents and commuters is critical to livability,” Jackson Lee said.

Presidential Campaign:

Every morning, we share some headlines from the 2012 presidential campaigns.

Ron Paul endorses Randy Weber in race to replace him in Congress

Reader Comment of the Day

In response to our article “Texas delegation unanimous: Clemens case was ‘a waste’ of time and money” reader “dauntless1” wrote in the comments forum:

“How can Roger win his 8th Cy Young?

Play for the Astros.

Put a picture of Congressman Waxmans face on the catchers mitt.”

Texas Watch

TxPotomac lets you know what stories to look out for later this week.

★ Wednesday, June 20. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee- Attorney General Contempt Citation. Rayburn building, 10 a.m.

Tomorrow and beyond:

★ Tuesday, June 26. Utah primary

Today in Texas History

On this day in 1930, Randolph Air Force Base was dedicated as a flying training base, a mission it maintains to this day. More>>>

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12 of America’s Most Beautiful Campgrounds!

Sure, you could pull your RV off the road and sleep in a Walmart parking lot. Sometimes that’s the best option after a long day of driving. But what if you could camp, instead, in one of America’s most beautiful RV campgrounds? We headed out in search of those prime RV parks, and here’s what we found:

America’s Most Beautiful Campgrounds – Southwest

  • Austin Lone Star Resort – Austin, Texas: Right smack in the heart of Texas there’s a tree-shaded, family-friendly RV resort that’s earned the attention of Time Magazine, USA Today and the New York Times. Wake up to the quiet beauty of Texas Hill Country, and don’t miss the one-dollar breakfast special at the campground cafe!
  • Rose Valley RV Ranch – Silver City, New Mexico: This campground was created with an eye to preserving both the Old West heritage of the original ranch setting and the habitat for the area’s abundant wildlife.

America’s Most Beautiful Campgrounds – Northwest

  • Fidalgo Bay Resort – Anacortes, Washington: “Gateway to the San Juan Islands,” doesn’t that sound like somewhere you’d like to go RV camping? Spectacular Fidalgo Bay wraps around this RV park on Fidalgo Island, offering campers both serenity and countless vacation photo ops.
  • Last Resort Camp Store & Blue Mountain KOA – Pomeroy, Washington: Does the name of the campground give a clue to its gorgeously remote setting? Located very near Tucannon-Wenaha Wilderness Area and Umatilla National Forest in Eastern Washington, it’s perfectly situated for weeks of outdoor exploration.

America’s Most Beautiful Campgrounds – Central USA

  • Mountaindale Campground & Cabins – Colorado Springs, CO: Close enough to visit Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods and Royal Gorge, but remote enough to offer serene, mountain camping, this wonderfully wooded campground definitely wins our vote!
  • Paradise Camping Resort – Grand Prairie, Illinois: Hoping to stay in the Midwest this summer, but looking for a scenic park with abundant amenities? This resort sits on the shores of a private fishing lake and offers a wide range of outdoor adventures.

America’s Most Beautiful Campgrounds – East Coast

  • Pine Valley RV Park & Campground – Binghamton, NY: Each summer families flock to the Susquehanna River Valley for area festivities, and they make their temporary home at this beautiful RV campground. Come early and plan to stay awhile; it’s the perfect remedy for concreteitis!
  • Millbridge Village Camp Resort – Paradise, PA: What could be more beautiful than Lancaster Country, Pennsylvania, the heart of Amish Country? This campground in a village-style setting is the perfect place for couples, families or a group of friends on vacation.

America’s Most Beautiful Campgrounds – Western States

  • Flying Flags RV Resort – Buellton, California: This superbly-designed RV campground on California’s Central Coast is also in the heart of the Santa Ynez Valley wineries. Camp in lush, green surroundings and take advantage of their Wine Getaways for special rental rates and excursions to area vineyards.
  • Bear Paw Lakeview Fishing Resort – Panguitch Lake, Utah: If you’ve been yearning for a “Wow!” experience while RV camping, this is it. The sheer beauty of Panguitch Lake at dawn is enough to make a person speechless. This campground at above eight thousand feet may be remote but it’s also well-equipped, so plan to stay awhile.

America’s Most Beautiful Campgrounds – Southeast States

  • Sherling Lake Campground – Greenville, Alabama: Operated by the City of Greenville, AL, this tree-studded lakeside campground offers two lakes for fishing and woods you’re going to want to explore.
  • Ocean Grove RV Resort – Anastasia Island, Florida: Imagine an island setting on St. Augustine, Florida’s Intercoastal Waterway, only a block from the beach. That’s the idyllic location you’ll find at this northwest Florida coastal campground.

That finishes our “perfect dozen” of scenic RV campgrounds we suggest you visit on your next vacation. We invite our readers to let us know which RV parks you’ve found in your search for America’s Most Beautiful RV Campgrounds. We’re looking forward to expanding our list here on the blog as you share the beauty of America’s RV campgrounds!

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Sunday Times Magazine: SEX: The New Rules

I shot this in Decemeber 2017 before I took a well earned break for Christmas (which was lovely, thanks).

It was a Chrissy Iley feature at an actors workshop, run by an Inimacy Director.

Seeing a bunch of actors rutting like gorillas and going at it like alley cats was an amusing sight, but this was a serious look at the casting couch scandles that have hit Hollywood and how to “block” out sex scenes. After all there are stunt directors, choreographers and other specialised units..

My personal feeling it that this a good place to start especially as it could help people who are starting out to understand that no one can make you do things you don’t want to on camera. Directors who are looking for realism are going to baulk at the spotaniety being taken away, but that shouldn’t be in spite of  the actors welfare.

About Gray Hughes photographer

Gray Hughes grew up in southwest London but has always had strong connections to the USA. He has spent many summers on road trips, visiting family in California. In his early twenties he moved to New York and assisted various fashion photographers before returning to London to shoot editorial sports and lifestyle. He soon graduated into shooting commercially for brands including Coca-Cola, Asics, Nike, Adidas, Reebok and Powerade. Gray has always loved film and music – his mother exposed him to Hitchcock at an inappropriately young age. As a young teen he used to record music demos on a four track recorder. Then in 2001 he took a break from photography to pursue a career in music, remixing dance music for four years before returning to his first love, photography. Gray’s personal projects have taken him to cowboy country in Montana, USA as well as Rio de Janeiro and more recently, around the grassroots rugby clubs of Britain. His film, ‘Heartland’ was a finalist in the 2015 AOP awards, with the accompanying photographs featured in the Sunday Times Magazine. He directed his first commercial for Glamorgan Brewing Company in 2015 and then subsequently joined Ridley Scott Associates where he was added to the photgraphy and moving image roster, he is on an indenpendent arrangement while he grows his show-reel so is free to collaborate with other production companies. So far this year he has directed films for Reebok and Standard Life and has shot a global advertising campaign for Vodafone.

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hey!  just a friendly reminder to book your appointments through the holidays.  i totally ‘get’ that you’re ‘over’ me reminding you…  but what ends up happening is if you don’t book, new people end up taking the time slots that you want…. so i’m unable to work you in… and that’s not good.  can you believe the holidays are creeping upon us?  sheesh!

do you dry poo?

aren’t you sick of shampooing your hair and you color not lasting as long as you like? yup. me too. dry shampoos are all the rage these days and there are many reasons why. even if you’re as greasy as if you just received a jheri curl you can control it with dry shampoos. and if your hair is flat as a pancake… the dry shampoo will perk that up too! but many of you are telling me that you’re having trouble using them…. correctly. so here are a few tips to help you get the oomph and reduce the oil slick.

dry shampoos can not only save you time in the morning….. they can really save your hair. the detergents in standard shampoos and the overuse of styling tools are usually what really end up compromising the integrity of the  hair fiber in the first place…. so putting that off for an extra day or two can help reduce the amount of ‘work’ that gets into your locks. and if you’re one of those ladies that says, “well, i work out everyday and my hair gets too sweaty.”…all the more reason to give this a try. just simply blowdry out the moisture in your hair and follow the steps below.

first~ pick out an aerosol dry shampoo. i’ve used the high end stuff and i’ve used the stuff from sally’s beauty or the drugstore. i honestly haven’t noticed a huge difference among them.

next~ section your hair in about 1 1/4 inch sections and spray the dry shampoo in at the scalp. no need to spray right in your part and also no need to spray from the widest part of your head and lower. got that? stay away from your part, ears and nape.

finally~ massage the sprayed product into your scalp with your fingers. go on!  really rough it up!  this will make the ‘powdery’ consistency distribute through your hair more evenly. if you’ve really overdone it simply brush your hair out with a dense bristled brush.

i’ve saved time, my color, and my hair.  give it a shot and let go of the slicko AND the psycho.  :O)

are you hungry?

here’s a delicious little treat of some appetizing colors i’ve been working on these days. how about a spice rack of brunette? or maybe a butterscotch sundae of blonde? have you tasted a delicious rich caramel and washed it all down with the yummiest cherry cola? mmm… i’ve tried ’em all and whew! i’ve got a toothache. :O) enjoy!


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Fiona Cairns’ Little Monsters: All-In-One Orange Cake

Fiona Cairns’ Little Monsters: All-In-One Orange Cake

The more revolting and gruesome the better! The perfect Halloween activity to get children involved: just give them the icing, colours and a piping bag or two (and this photo to spark their imaginations) they will have hours of fun creating their very own little monsters!

Halloween Monsters Orange Cake

Serves 16

For the cakes:

  • 16 cupcake cases
  • 250g unsalted butter, softened. Diced, plus more for the tins
  • 250g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • Finely grated zest of 2 large oranges
  • Juice of ½ large orange
  • 250g golden caster sugar
  • 4 large eggs, lightly beaten

For the syrup:

  • juice of 1 orange
  • 5 tbsp caster sugar

For the icing:

  • 500g icing sugar, sifted
  • 5–6 tbsp orange or lemon juice

For the monsters:

  • 500g white sugarpaste (or ready mixed colours of your choice). The colours I used were:
  • pink food colour paste
  • green food colour paste
  • red food colour paste
  • yellow food colour paste
  • blue food colour paste
  • violet food colour paste
  • orange food colour paste
  • black food colour paste
  • 60g piping bag white royal icing,
  • no. 1 nozzle

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C/fan 170°C/350°F/gas mark 4 and line two cupcake tins with the paper cases. For the batter, I use an electric mixer and beater attachment, but do use a food processor, or a bowl and an electric whisk if you prefer.
  2. Sift the flour and baking powder into the bowl, then add the orange zest, sugar, butter and eggs. Beat together and lastly add the orange juice. Do not overmix. Divide the batter between the cases. Bake for 15–18 minutes, or until the cakes spring back to the touch.
  3. Meanwhile, for the syrup, mix the orange juice and sugar in a bowl. Immediately after the cakes come from the oven, prick holes all over each with a cocktail stick and douse with syrup. Leave to cool completely in the tins.
  4. When ready to ice, place the icing sugar in a bowl and gradually add just enough orange juice to make a pourable consistency which coats the back of a spoon. Pour a spoonful or so of the icing over each cake, gently easing it over the cake with a spoon so it spreads to the edges. Allow to set for an hour or so.
  5. To decorate divide the white sugarpaste into however many colours you wish to use (each of my monsters took 20–30g) and colour it by kneading colour paste in until even, keeping back a little white for the eyes and teeth. I have listed the colours and quantities of icing I used, but this is only a rough guide. Then, make your monsters!
  6. Stick the monster parts together with royal icing (You could use food colouring pens too – although the sugarpaste will need to have dried overnight first), and decorate each cake with a monster, adhering with a blob of royal icing, if necessary.

Copyright © Fiona Cairns, 2011. Photography by Laura Edwards. Extracted from THE BIRTHDAY CAKE BOOK by Fiona Cairns published by Quadrille Publishing Ltd.

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Beets Under Pressure

Bolstering the cheering section for pressure cookers, here’s a shriek and a sigh for pressure cooking beets.
Yes they are also outstanding when roasted, but for this judge the gold medal in flavor and texture  comes from utilizing the intense steam that builds inside the locked vessel of the pressure cooker.  This unique piece of cooking […]

Green Eggs (no ham)

(Steve does not like them in the fridge) Cynthia schools us on where to get the best eggs. And then shows us her tricky little wilt-first method of adding nutritious leafy greens to this super-healthy

A Pressure Cooker is “The Single Most Important Piece of Cookware You’ll Ever Own”

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“The Single Most Important Piece of Cookware You’ll Ever Own.” That’s what it says on the cover of the little instruction book that came with my pressure cooker. My purchase was inspired by the amazingly healthy, hearty Italian farming family I lived with in Sicily for three weeks. The family […]

Mexican Brown Rice

(Was that Joaquin?) Serving fish tacos, enchiladas, chicken in mole, homemade margaritas for Cinco de Mayo? Use cumin, chili powder and a touch of tomato paste to brown rice for a perfect side dish.

Handmade Button-Box Apron Giveaway!

Deirdre Africa collects buttons.  She also designs and sews whimsical aprons featuring some of the buttons from her collection and we are giving away a pretty purple one for Mother’s Day ! Each apron she makes is one of a kind.  Interested in ordering one? Contact Deirdre at

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Empty Bowl Fundraiser

Today I had the pleasure of attending North Helpline’s Empty Bowl Fundraiser at the Northgate Community Center.  North Helpline  was started in 1989 by a small group of volunteers who noticed that many of their neighbors were not able to pay their rent, cover their utility bills and put food on the table because their […]

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Book Report:
I just read a book that’s been out for a few years: “The No Asshole Rule” by Robert  I. Sutton.  Of course we all act like assholes every now and then, so he defines it: someone around  whom (forgive my paraphrasing)  one feels consistently yucky, due to how they act.  […]

Maple Syrup Makes Me Swoon

As the frost melts, the sap starts running in sugar, black or red maple trees.  The sap is collected and boiled down to make syrup.  Forty to fifty gallons of sap are required to make one gallon of syrup.
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Where did the “delivery stork” myth originate?

I grew up with straight-shooters for parents, so when I was old enough to ask my mom about babies and where they came from, storks didn’t figure into her explanation. Still, I’ve often wondered about the (seemingly) strange connection between these leggy, elegant birds and babies, so in honor of Mother’s Day, I decided to do some poking around on the all-knowing interwebs to find out some answers.

Here are a few of the more obvious reasons behind the bird-baby mythology:

In many cultures, storks represent fertility, springtime and good luck.

  • In Roman times, if a stork built a nest on your roof, it was seen as a blessing and a promise of never-ending love from Venus. (Aristotle went as far as to make killing storks a crime.)
  • Some believed that a stork could cause a woman to become pregnant just by looking at her. (!)
  • Storks are considered harbingers of good fortune. In Germany, they are known as “adebar,” meaning “luck-bringer.”
  • In the Netherlands, a stork nesting on one’s roof is viewed as a good omen for the family who lives there.

Storks have easy access to chimneys — the perfect passageway for both Santa and babies.

  • Although they originally nested in trees, storks easily adapted to human activity, and today call rooftops and chimneys their most common nesting sites.
  • When Scandinavian parents needed a convenient explanation for how babies arrived, they repeated the story of a stork delivering new bundles of joy down the chimney chute. Hans Christian Anderson wove this folklore into his 1838 fairy tale “The Storks.”

Also like Santa, storks cover a lot of ground.

  • Storks are migratory, which means they could technically be delivery babies from some far away, mystical land.
  • The souls of unborn children were once believed to live in marshes, wells, springs and ponds — all areas also coincidentally frequented by storks. The birds were said to fetch the babies’ souls during their migratory flights and deliver them to their expectant parents.

Storks make good parents.

  • The adult birds are known for their parental dedication; they continue to feed and care for their offspring well after they can fly.
  • This prolonged association led to the belief that it was actually the young birds that were taking care of their parents and is thought to explain why a law of ancient Greece that instructs children to look after their elderly parents is called the “pelargonia,” from pelargos, meaning “stork.”

Storks are BIG birds.

  • White storks measure 40 to 50 inches tall with a wingspan of 61 to 70 inches and weigh between 5 and 10 pounds — potentially large enough to at least imagine carrying an infant.
  • In Western culture, pictures of a stork carrying a baby in a sling dangling from its bill have become commonplace. Vlasic Pickles, capitalizing on a pregnant woman’s desire for pickles, immortalized this image in the 1960s when it chose a stork as its company mascot. Walt Disney’s Dumbo was also delivered by a stork in the animated film by the same name.

Storks are loyal.

  • Storks typically return to the same nest, adding new material each year so that some nests have grown as large as 97 inches in diameter, 6.5 feet high, and weigh between a whopping 1100 and 1980 pounds.
  • The annual return of the mated pair of storks made them a symbol of fidelity, although research has found that after migration the birds do sometimes change partners.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS – One of the last horses standing in the spring’s Triple Crown was the massive Mucho Macho Man. The colt, who is over 17 hands high, was one of three horses to run in all three legs of the classics, and the only one not to get a win.

Animal Kingdom (Kentucky Derby winner) and Shackleford (Preakness winner) were the other two horses to run in all three legs.

Mucho Macho Man checks things out on the Oklahoma Training Track Monday morning. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Right now, Shackleford is the only one of the three with a race in his immediate future – he is running in Sunday’s Haskell Invitiational. Animal Kingdom is out for the year with an injury.

That leaves Mucho Macho Man. He is here at Saratoga, but there is no race on his calendar, although trainer Kathy Ritvo said she would not rule out having him run here during the meet.

Mucho Macho Man was given a vacation after running in the Triple Crown. He was third in the Kentucky Derby, sixth in the Preakness and seventh in the Belmont.

“When he’s ready to come back, he will,’’ Ritvo said, watching Mucho Macho Man graze outside her barn on the Oklahoma Training Track Monday morning.  “We just gave him some time off because he needed a break. He put in three tough races.’’

Mucho Macho Man hasn’t had a timed workout since June 5, and Ritvo said that could come at the end of the month or early next month.

When asked if the colt could make it back by the Travers on Aug. 27, Ritvo would not commit. But, she didn’t say he couldn’t either.

“We’ll see if we can get him ready,’’ she said.  “I’m gonna let him tell us when it’s time.’’

As Ritvo talked, Mucho Macho Man, grazing about 25 yards away, stopped and looked back at his trainer. He knew her voice.

“Oh, my gosh, he’s so nosy,’’ Ritvo said. “He’s in everybody’s business.’’

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Mar 26

Announcing Metrico, a New PS Vita Pub Fund Exclusive

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Dear readers, we are Roy, Geert and Thijmen, soon to be known as Digital Dreams. As you’ve probably never heard of us, a short introduction might be in order. We’re from the Netherlands and we share a building with other game developers like Ronimo (Awesomenauts) and Vlambeer (Super Crate Box). We have a short history in AAA development but quickly found out that we wanted to start our own company and work on our own projects. As a small indie company we strive to create elegant and meaningful experiences in the form of downloadable console games. With that said, we are very proud and super excited to finally announce Metrico, a unique PS Vita exclusive!

Metrico centers around infographics, as you might have noticed from the teaser above. It’s an atmospheric puzzle action game that strives to create a unique mindset of its own. The idea has been in our heads for a few years, and was born out of noticing how beautiful infographics can look as an art form. It was reinforced by seeing that infographics have become increasingly important in contemporary pop-culture. While they haven’t made their way to videogames yet, we think it’s a place where they can work exceptionally well. This is not just because of their pretty aesthetics as much as it is about actively changing data and how that can be visualized.

Metrico has been in development for a while; we created several unreleased prototypes for ourselves to flesh out the design. Our last prototype won the Indiepub propeller Award in 2012 in the category of “Best Design”, after which we got into contact with Sony to develop the full game for PS Vita through the help of the Pub Fund program – and we are thrilled with the opportunity to do so! Especially because the gameplay mechanics of Metrico work particularly well in combination with the unique hardware features the PS Vita has to offer.

Stay stuned for screenshots, gameplay and other announcements surrounding Metrico. You can also find us on Twitter @MetricoGame and keep up with us via Facebook. In the meanwhile we are working as hard as we can to make it as awesome as possible! Let us know what you think!

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punkmusic2009 said:

March 26th, 11:36 am

i just bought rocketbirds hbc its the best vita game ive played so far

snakeeyes211 said:

March 26th, 11:37 am

I like it

lisatsunami said:

March 26th, 11:43 am

Huh? Infograpgics? But, yay, more Vita games!

KidCommando said:

March 26th, 11:43 am

Looks really interesting.

Would be cool if there were real time statistics of how people play the game, inside the game itself.

killersense said:

March 26th, 11:43 am

looks cool. need to see more though

DaMann22 said:

March 26th, 11:44 am

This games looks quite interesting. Will have to see more to better understand it but looks promising.

@1, RB:HBC is good but there are a lot other great games for the system.

LS_Lodofan said:

March 26th, 11:45 am

Interesting. Waiting for more info!

ItsNymo said:

March 26th, 11:47 am

Love the concept: Sometimes looking at infographs, I would see them as platforming levels. Seeing a game actually basing off that premise sounds pretty cool!
Can’t wait to see more of what Metrico’s all about & nice to see more Vita-exclusive titles!

Shin-Ra said:

March 26th, 11:49 am

The music stood out for me just as much as the music. It hints at platforming and I wouldn’t be surprised if touch was used to manipulate the environment.

A teaser trailer done right!

DirjelJunshin said:

March 26th, 11:54 am

A game about… infographics?

You guys are crazy. Here, take my money. I’ll see you when you release it ;)

NinjaMicWZ said:

March 26th, 11:55 am

Looks cool. Seems like it will be a really unique platformer or puzzle/platformer. If that’s the target visuals, then it’s going to look great and probably play smooth.

Nice to play something different.

FriedConsole said:

March 26th, 11:55 am

I am going to guess this is a puzzle platformer since …well… it is an indie game.

Still looks cool and I love puzzle platformers but I wish indie games were a little more creative.

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    Roy van de Mortel said:

    March 26th, 1:44 pm

    We deliberately avoid the term puzzle platformer.
    There is still a lot of possibilities for innovation within platformers. Stay tuned and I hope we can convince you :)

Kattatonic said:

March 26th, 11:55 am

Looks cool, I can’t wait to see more and I agree with #4, something like what they did in Catheine with the voting so it would change the statistics/levels in the game would be interesting.

MatheusRuggeri said:

March 26th, 12:03 pm

Very weird.

whatisdelicious said:

March 26th, 12:03 pm

This looks awesome. Seriously, really cool style.

Small thing: I think it should be mandatory that all blog posts about specific games include price and date at the end in bullet-point form. If those haven’t been decided yet, that’s fine, but at least acknowledge it. I don’t like reading about a game, wanting to know when and for how much I can get it, then having to reread the post a couple times to see if I’ve missed it, decide that it just wasn’t included, then have to go to Google to look it up.

Really pointless waste of time when you could just include at the end of each post:
“Release date: TBD
Price: TBD”

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    Roy van de Mortel said:

    March 26th, 1:38 pm

    Thanks and duly noted.
    Release date: TBD
    Price: TBD

Chems1919 said:

March 26th, 12:08 pm

The music is incredible. I hope the full game has music like that. I’ll keep my eye on this title for sure.

langdon said:

March 26th, 12:16 pm

<3 Pub Fund

@15 Such a great suggestion. Add a "Platforms: [PSP, PSV,PS3,PS4]" to that… it'll save so many needless comments.

Dinsouza said:

March 26th, 12:24 pm

@14 Very weird, indeed. Love it! :D

Kchow23 said:

March 26th, 12:42 pm

gus_xl said:

March 26th, 12:44 pm

I honestly don’t know if it looks good or not. I don’t know what it was I just watched..

GeoDarky said:

March 26th, 12:47 pm

This game is oddly interesting

GhostMachine1 said:

March 26th, 1:36 pm

Is that how the actual game play will look like? If so, I’m in.

Kaddyshacks said:

March 26th, 1:49 pm

Diggin’ that music!

Neil said:

March 26th, 2:07 pm

Reminds me of the Mad Men intro.

BioSpock said:

March 26th, 2:27 pm

Its funny how that teaser and the promise of a game focused on infographics has made me a day one purchase.
As someone else stated, the music is awesome. That dark spiral at the end in particular was interesting and hope its a hint at a darker tone underneath the game. If not, still can’t wait!

avluis said:

March 26th, 2:58 pm

OK Digital Dreams, add another day one purchase from me! Looking forward to what you bring us to the PSVita, note: we are hungry for more games that are different from the pack!

Bicgoozgetten-69 said:

March 26th, 3:08 pm

sound pretty cool! On my way to work I wish i could look at the video post on this site

sent from my PS Vita System.

Elvick_ said:

March 26th, 3:43 pm

So is that how the game will look, because, awesomesauce. Nice animation.

whatisdelicious said:

March 26th, 4:38 pm

@Roy van de Mortel: Thanks!

tusunami said:

March 26th, 6:03 pm

This makes me happy to see more games for the PS Vita, if developers put there minds to it they can create incredible games for the PS Vita.

erico316ecw said:

March 26th, 7:04 pm

i love this vita game!!!!!!! question why is so many indie turning to the vita???

HanGlacy said:

March 26th, 8:46 pm

BioSpock said:

March 26th, 8:54 pm

Money thrown into a game does not equal quality.

Rafi7234 said:

March 27th, 8:53 am

As a person who works with data visualization in his day job, I’m totally intrigued. I love KidCommando’s suggestion about having the game be explicitly data-driven.

pokota03 said:

March 27th, 11:24 am

Hullo, Digital Dreams. Can’t wait to see how your game turns out. The idea of visualizations based on actively changing data is interesting. AudioSurf is one of my favorite games this generation, after all. Write me down as officially intrigued.

Sorandkairi said:

March 27th, 4:52 pm

ummm… i just want to know where is the PS Vita Hulu app that was promised 6 months ago….

TUNA-EGG said:

March 28th, 1:14 am

Game using infographics!? You have my attention :)

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PAC has been busy talking with students, planning 2013-14 programming and events, and working to increase our visibility both on campus and within the alumni community, starting with our homepage. Check out our new layout, including photos. We have also started planning for a Pride Summit for students, staff and alumni next spring.

We are expanding the number of regional connections and student events planned for this fall and next year. In addition to Chicago and Bloomington, alumni and students may be gathering in Washington DC, Boston and beyond. Also, stay tuned for a very special announcement on July 17.  You will be hearing from me with some fun ways for you to participate in something very important for the university.

Our quarterly conference calls are open to all members of the Pride community. Our next conference call is scheduled for August 15 at 2:00pm Central Time. As you can imagine, there are plenty of opportunities for YOU to participate and contribute, and we would love to hear your suggestions.
We kick off our summer with our PAC Chicago connection on July 27 at 3:00 at Inspiration Kitchen in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Please join us in welcoming 2013 graduates, our newest PAC members, as well as Pride Alliance Students and Darcy Greder and Matt Damschroeder from the Office of Residential Life. RSVP to join us and get details and directions here.

And while you have you calendar out, please note that Homecoming is the weekend of October 11-13. PAC will host our annual homecoming brunch on Sunday, October 13 at 11:00. Chad Maxwell ’02, Senior Vice President of Integrated Insights, is our invited speaker and will share his thoughts “Curing “less than”: Sharing Your Authentic Self in Micromoments to Create Change”.

We will also announce the PAC Scholarship winner at Homecoming, and this year will be no different. Or will it? The Pride Giving Circle has awarded one $2500 scholarship each year for the last three years. Wouldn’t it be awesome to be able to fund two or three scholarships this year. Your support of our Giving Circle, in any amount, can help make that possible. Do you want to see how much has been pledged so far this year?  Are you interested in learning more about our Giving Circle?  Would you like to help support a second or third Pride student scholarship? Visit our Giving Circle page, or contact Van Miller.

Are you interested in what is happening on campus? Check out this student perspective on tolerance in the Argus , check out the Pride Alliance Page, or see the calendar of events included on the sidebar.

We hope you are having a great summer and enjoyed your own Pride celebration, wherever you are. We hope that you will join us to celebrate Wesleyan Pride soon, and look forward to seeing you.

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Welcome to the first edition of this year’s SAP Portal news blog. We have lots of news for you in the following topic areas:

  • SAP Fiori / SAP Fiori Launchpad on Enterprise Portal
  • HANA Cloud Portal News
  • Enterprise Portal News
  • Partner News

SAP Fiori / SAP Fiori Launchpad on Enterprise Portal

SAP Fiori, Demo Cloud Edition

The SAP Fiori, Demo Cloud Edition, is a unique opportunity for you to discover SAP Fiori experience. Explore the new experience, read this blog and watch this demo video:

How to Renovate your BI Portal with SAP Fiori Launchpad

For SAP NW 7.31 SPS15 (or higher) and SAP NW 7.4 SPS10 (or higher) SAP Portal provides a new visual design, based on SAP Fiori launchpad, which enables a modern, intuitive user experience for integrated reporting scenarios with multi-channel access to reports. This offer is available as part of the standard Portal delivery on premise, as well as in SAP managed cloud (HANA Enterprise Cloud), for customers aiming to simplifying the handling of big data with intuitive analytic dashboards and BW scenarios. Have also a look at this product demo:

How to Develop, Deploy, Configure and Consume SAP Fiori Apps

The availability of SAP Fiori launchpad running on SAP HANA Cloud Platform was announced in November 2014. This is a big milestone in aligning SAP’s user experience with the Fiori user experience, while focusing on fast, easy and secured implementation, delivered via Cloud deployment. How can you get SAP Fiori launchpad running on SAP HANA Cloud Platform? Read this blog and get the details.

SAP Fiori launchpad on Enterprise Portal: Update of SCN page

We updated the SCN page on SAP Fiori launchpad on Enterprise Portal. Among other updates we added a table showing a SAP Fiori launchpad feature comparison in SAP NetWeaver 7.4 releases (+ SAP NW 7.31 releases).

User Interface Add-On SPS11 for SAP NetWeaver

Check out the new and changed features of SAP Fiori launchpad in User Interface Add-On SPS11 for SAP NetWeaver.

All about SAP Fiori
You can read all about SAP Fiori in the new SCN community.

Cloud Portal News

Release Notes Overview

We have created a new SCN page for Cloud Portal release notes. You can bookmark the page to be updated on our release information.

Development Hands-On Tutorial

Read this development tutorial to learn how to develop business applications for SAP HANA Cloud Portal sites, leveraging on premise and cloud solutions.

Danone movie

Watch in this testimonial how our customer Danone is running SAP HANA Cloud Portal:

Trial version Update

SAP Fiori launchpad is now available for all HANA Cloud Platform trial users. The launchpad is available as a site in Cloud Portal, and provides a range of services, including navigation, application configuration, and embedded support.

Enterprise Portal

SAP Maintains its Leadership Position in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Horizontal Portals

Gartner recently updated its Magic Quadrant report for Horizontal Portals. In the new report, SAP maintains its status in the Leader Quadrant with a strong rating on the ability to execute and an increase in its completeness of vision.

New SAP Portal Roadmap

Check out new edition of SAP Portal roadmap. The document covers the two product lines: SAP Enterprise Portal (deployed on premise or via managed cloud) and SAP HANA Cloud Portal (public cloud, Portal Platform as a Service)

Highlights of SAP Portal in SAP NetWeaver 7.4

This presentation provides an overview on “SAP Enterprise Portal 7.4” and the benefits, key capabilities, deployment options (on premise | managed cloud) and recent innovations such as the integration with SAP Fiori.

Updated Enterprise Portal Sizing Guide

An updated sizing guide is available including information on Enterprise Portal running on SAP HANA: Sizing Guide -> Sizing Guidelines -> Database and Technology -> SAP NetWeaver -> SAP Enterprise Portal (SMP user for login necessary).

How to Configure Federated Portal Network

A new blog describes the way to configure FPN connections, considering the different possible landscapes.

How To prevent PcdInconsistentUpdateException

This blog explains all about PcdInconsistentUpdateException and also helps Enterprise Portal developers, who are already familiar with the Portal Content Directory concept and APIs, how to prevent it.

Using the URL-iView in SAP Enterprise Portal

In this blog some of the abilities and limitations of the URL-iView are discussed, it is aimed at developers and users, who have a basic understanding and knowledge of Portal navigation.

Setting the iView Language in the Portal

In this blog, you find information how to set the iView (application) language in the Portal, and how the language (locale) is determined by the Portal mechanism.

Partner News

SAP Portal on Smartwatch

As part of an innovation project at our partner BTEXX they implemented a couple of Smartwatch prototypes based on SAP Portal backend data. It is planned to share the BTEXX experience in a “Portal on Smartwatch” blog series. Read the first part which is “Introduction and Portal Scenarios on Pebble Smartwatch“.

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  1. Zain Naser

    Hello Vera,

    Thanks for this informative blog. With the BI on Fiori Launchpad on EP, I would see my BOBJ reports (that I select to be shown on the EP) in addition to the Fiori analytical & transactional apps (enabled for the particular user) will be available ? This is my understanding and needed some confirmation. As this would enable a one stop shop for all my reporting needs and the user will not have to look into multiple systems for their reports. Looking forward to your response.

    Best Regards,

    1. Aviad Rivlin

      Hi Zain,

      In this scenario you will see:

      – BOBJ reports consumed to the portal via the BOBJ PIK (Portal Integration Kit)

      – Transnational apps (see SAP note: 2103156; we are planning to support the consumption of additional transaction apps by Q3/2015)

      We do not support yet the consumption (to the portal) of Fiori analytical apps, but we are working to support this scenario as well.

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If you are going to SAPPHIRE this year, make sure to check out the SAP Service and Support Center on the SAPPHIRE show floor! We offer many informative and interactive sessions in our demo theaters, and have many experts available at our demo stations to answer your questions and showcase our tools and methodologies. Read HERE to see the full schedules on all support sessions!

What if you can’t get enough information from a 20-minute demo theater presentation? Let’s face it – they are just too high-level and short and sometimes there are just too many people in the audience asking questions! We understand that and that’s exactly why we also offer you something extra off the menu: 1-hour workshop sessions right after three of our special demo theater sessions! While demo theater sessions will serve to whet your appetite, full one hour workshops will take you into more detail, specialized level just for you!

Here is the workshop schedule (click the picture below to enlarge):

For detail description on the workshop Reduce project cost and risk leveraging a model company approach, read blog here. Click here to learn more on the workshop Re-Platforming – The Basis for Fast Innovations.

Now impress your SAPPHIRE peers by telling them our secret menu. Believe us, they will thank you for being a SAPPHIRE guru and introducing them to these fantastic workshops!

If you have any additional questions or would like to pre-register for the workshops, please email us at

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Hyper-V Security Guide goes Beta

Well, I told everyone last year on my Virtualization Security Tour that this thing was coming out soon! Well, we released a Beta of the document on our Beta site, which you should join if you haven’t already. One of my jobs is to help do technical review of documents/slides internally for our Security Content Review Board. I just got the request today and have started looking it over…and now you can review it as well! Sweetness. I’d love to hear your comments!

You should also take a look at the TechNet article entitled Planning for Hyper-V Security which was just updated on 2/4/2009.

The Hyper-V Security Architecture..love it!

Also, don’t forget to check out the wonderfully and amazing article on virtualization security titled Security in a Virtual World, written by some guy with Hemingway type writing skillz. It talks about things to consider in your VM deployments.  It’s not about how to obtain the next set of epic gear in World of Warcraft (which is a whole ‘nother type of “virtual security”).

I’m currently out speaking at some internal Microsoft conferences, but I’ll be back next week!

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Teddybears ft. Baby Trish – Whats Your Problem

A cool electronic dance track from the Swedish act Teddybears. Thankfully it’s not an over-the-top dance track – there are so many electronic/dance songs that just throw every sound and instrument in a track, hoping it will work, and it can sometimes be painful to listen to after so many times but Whats Your Problem sounds fresh, has a catchy chorus, works well with the hip-hop almost vocal parts to the electronic sound, and it gets better and better every time you hear it.  Oh and FYI, Baby Trish is 12 years old. Check Teddybears out on Facebook here.

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