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I’m Grateful To Nigerians, Says President Buhari

By Ismaila Chafe

Abuja  –   President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked all Nigerians, “Christians and Muslims alike”, for their constant prayers and kind wishes for his health.

The President made his feelings known on his Twitter handle, @MBuhari, on Wednesday night, shortly after the Senate President Bukola Saraki; Speaker, House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara and the Senate leader Ahmed Lawan visited him in London.

He said: “Pleased to receive Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker Yakubu Dogara and Senate Ahmed Lawan, tonight.

“I thanked them for visiting. I’m also grateful to Nigerians, Christians and Muslims alike, for their prayers and kind wishes for my health.’’

Senate President Bukola Saraki, who led a team of National Assembly leaders to visit the President, said at the end of the visit: “there is no cause for alarm”

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Saraki’s statement was meant to douse apprehensions and speculations in Nigeria about President Buhari’s health.

“The president I saw today is healthy, witty and himself…he is doing well, was cheerful and in good spirits,” the Senate President said.

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Two New Fighters - Well, not really new.

I started playing two new fighting games, except they're only new to me. One of them has the number 4 in the title and a Greatest Hits label on it - Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution. The other one is a release from last summer, Tournament of Legends. Both of the games have a SEGA logo on them, but I would argue that it's of no importance in at least one case.

I had played the regular PS2 version of Virtua Fighter 4 many years ago and couldn't get into it at the time because I was playing a lot of Tekken and I seemed to have bad habits from Tekken that prevented me from really digging into VF4. It also didn't help that VF4Evo came out for PS2 just weeks after I finally bought a cheap copy of VF4. In disgust, I traded in my copy of VF4 the next time I unloaded some games. I had only traded in games a couple of times, mostly to thin out my collection to stuff that I'm still willing to play , and I was clearly not playing VF4. I have tried this series several times, and it doesn't seem to click in like Tekken or Soul Calibur or the Street Fighter games do. I suppose that it could be argued that since I haven't been playing Virtua Fighter since the first one, some of the standard conventions of the game are foreign to me and it would take me a while to get into them. This makes sense, I seem to have a similar problem with the King of Fighters games.

So, I suck at it. I can't do the moves where you have to press two buttons and let go of one of the two buttons after a single frame. I haven't found a character that makes sense yet enough that I can move past the button presses and just play the game. But, I can see that this is a great game with lots of depth and strategy because I am familiar enough with Tekken and Soul Calibur and Dead or Alive to see that Virtua Fighter does a lot of the things that those other games do. In several cases, they are more simply and cleanly done in VF, largely because of the 3-button interface. I have a harder time with the combos in VF because they don't match into the muscle memory of the other fighters I have played. I decided to start with Goh, since he is a new character in this version of the game. I have even fewer expectations about him than I might about the other characters, and a strange fondness for him because he reminds me (appearance-wise) of Brian Fury from Tekken a little bit. They have the same manic intensity in their eyes.

As a side note, during the time that I was writing this, I got to play a little Tekken 6. Bryan Fury plays mostly the same, but for some reason he doesn't look as good. Something is wrong, perhaps he fell down in the 'uncanny valley' a little. My favorite new character is the quick and versatile Alisa Bosconovitch. The yodeling music on the sheep board is a laugh riot.

The other game, Tournament of Legends, was originally just supposed to be a gladiator game, made especially for Wii in an attempt to get the Wiimote and Nunchuck controls acting like your sword and shield. The preview of the graphics were somewhat impressive for a Wii game, but as I recall all of the characters were human. Before they had a distributor, the game was just called 'Gladiator A.D. '. In finding a distributor, developer High Voltage went with Sega again, having distributed some of their other more recent games. Around the time of making that decision they ended up changing the game to have more mythological characters in it. I can only presume that Sega wanted them to broaden their audience and go for a 'T' rating. The weapons and the attacks that were shown in the original version of the game were not changed much, only the characters themselves seem to have changed. It probably made the story of each character a little more interesting than if they had just been random gladiators or barbarians. My older son likes the idea of the game, especially being able to switch the weapons and attributes among the characters. While he is perfectly happy using the Wiimote and Nunchuck to control Tatsunoko vs Capcom, he switched to using the Classic Controller for Tournament of Legends after just a few playthroughs. I warned him that we might have to switch, especially if he felt like the motion controls weren't doing what he wanted. My biggest problem with the game is that the camera is placed oddly for a fighting game. The original 'Gladiator A.D.' version of the game put the camera mostly behind your character for single player mode, making your character slightly transparent so that you can see the stance and the movement of your opponent easily. Its revision moves the camera off-axis a little more than that, but it's more like 35-40 degrees now instead of 15 or 20, and the foreground character isn't transparent. Also, you are not always the foreground character, so depending on who is ahead in a round, sometimes the viewing angle switches. If there is a massive swing in the direction of a match, there is a massive swing in the direction of the camera. It's odd enough to play a fighting game from a wacky diagonal perspective, it's even odder to have to play it with your character sort of facing you and not being able to see what move the computer controlled character is about to do because one of its hands are being shielded by their body.

Between the attempted implementation of motion controls and the odd visibility issues, the game is not as engaging to play as most fighting games. The background elements are interesting, as each one has its own quick-time event required to dodge away from various environmental hazards, but after a while you start rooting for the Kraken or the Giant Crab to just take out the two fighters and end the match. The armor system for the characters is also innovative and interesting, but it's hard to direct an attack to a specific area of your opponent when the controls are hard to deal with in the first place. It would have been nice if they had taken advantage of the Wii Motion Plus technology, or at least offered it as an option, but there is the concern that it would 'break' the game and confer too much of an advantage to a Wii Motion Plus player against an opponent with the standard controls. Ultimately, my problem with the game is that it's a step backwards in many respects and High Voltage could theoretically gotten some help in that regard. There's no particular reason that a fighting game for Wii has to look worse than the GameCube version of Soul Calibur. Granted, High Voltage is not NAMCO, but there's no reason they couldn't have gotten some help from Sega. The controls feel sluggish – again, Sega could certainly helped them out with this as well. How a fighting game plays has so much to do with the feel of the controls and the pacing of the action. I'm sure that Sega's AM2 team was busy with Virtua Something-or-another, and I'm sure that even if AM2 had given High Voltage some pointers, they wouldn't have seemed as important as ideas that came from within the team. I really wanted to like this game, and I will still hold out hope for new companies to make a good fighting game every once in a while. Maybe High Voltage Software can take what they learned in making Tournament of Legends and refine it into something that will get their partners at Sega to take notice.

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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Cablegate: No Secret Is One Forever

As Thumper's mom once said, if it's not nice,
Then say it not at all (I paraphrase
Of course). Would that this very good advice
Had just been heeded -- no need now to raise
The kind of fuss we've seen this week. Oh please!
Most schoolkids know it's better not to pass
Those catty notes lest any teacher seize
The evidence and read them for the class
To jeer at or get mad about. It's fools
Who think no one will ever know their deeds
In army life, in embassies or schools;
Likewise those whose dark plans or evil screeds
Depend on staying secret. Lesson learned?
I doubt it. Better just to look concerned.

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Wednesday, August 01, 2012

The Chief and his Superbike PT. 2

The Old Man commented: "In my defense, the bike was supposed to end up with a two-tone paint job. The darker color panels never got sprayed. The colors were from a Lincoln Continental two-tone paint job. They looked good on the Lincoln. We'll never know how they would have looked on the sidecar rig but it definitely won't be pink again. Looks like it will have to be something that goes well with the gold wheels."

I have no idea why the text above is highlighted. I can't fix it.
No defense necessary. I called it the pink bike because it was pink. So we've ruled that out for the paint scheme. Moving right along with the formula. Brakes. It needs them, lots of them. Two in front, one out back. Looks like we're two-thirds of the way there.

You can find all the info on this bike at BIKEEXIF. Click for link.
Holy crap that's a nice example right there. Those wheels are some kind of super exotic whatever...who cares. Picture it with gold Campy's. Yeah, I've kind of beat that horse to death. This gives us a nice example for following the formula, however. Brakes - check. With the stock forks they don't look too modern, nicely done. Four-into-one upswept pipe painted black - check. BIG braced swing arm - check. The Old Man's bike has a steel box section swing arm that he built. Certainly an upgrade to the stocker and I know he's made plenty like the one above. I had one on my RD350 that he built. My opinion - rework the swingarm a bit. Let's look at some more examples, shall we?

#34 and a Suzuki...must be Wes Cooley

Hmmm....steel box section swing arm with a lower brace. We can also get a nice view of the modified engine cover for more ground clearance. No question, gotta have those. The tuner built ones are cool and racy but boy do the ones from Moriwaki look sexy.

This one's a little later but still adheres to the formula. Outta time, gotta go. More comin.

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Sister Act

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 By Michael Logan

That dazzling, much-missed actress Susan Haskell - who won an Emmy as heroine Marty Saybrooke on ABC's One Life to Live - has rarely been seen [sic] since she and her OLTL costar Thorsten Kaye fell in love and left the soap together in 1997.  On April 18, the due, still romantic off-screen, will be reunited on-screen by ABC's Port Charles.  Kaye, who played Marty's swashbuckling beau Patrick, joined PC last year as Dr. Ian Thornhart, Patrick's odd, moody [sic] brother.  Haskell will play Granya, a sister of Patrick and Ian, who died several years ago while undergoing an abortion (Ian was away saving lives in Africa at the time of her death  and has been overwhelmed with guilt ever since).

"I won't be in a white robe and a halo," Haskell assures us.  "Nor is Granya a ghost.  [She] is played very real.  She's someone Ian keeps in his thoughts and relies on for advice.  There's a lot about his past that needs explaining. This is nicer than the alternative - having him talk to himself."  Haskell will be on-air for a month or so, then she departs for Canada to star oppositve David Caruso in the film "Black Point."  But she may return to the soap if her stint is well received.

The latest PC plot twist, while intriguing, does raise questions:  Won't OLTL fans - who've never heard of Granya - be wondering why Patrick never once said to Marty, "Jeez, you look just like my sister"? And won't this put a rather twisted taint on their saintly love story?  After all, this means the dude had a sexual attraction to his sister's dead ringer.  ABC had initially planned to avoid the "ick" factor by dramatically changing Haskell's appearance, then dropped the idea.


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Marty Is Raped

Soap Opera Digest

There are certain soap soaps in which stellar performances blend to produce moments that are simply…well, magical.  In this column, Digest takes a look back at these instant classics.

When It Aired:  May 1993
What Happened:  An intoxicated Marty showed up at the Kappa Alpha Delta Spring Fling and gave the brothers quite a show – dancing on tables and chugging liquor.  A concerned Kevin carried Marty up to his room to sleep it off, then returned to the party.  Meanwhile, football jock Todd, who was angry with Marty because, as his tutor, she failed to help him pass his class, rallied his cronies, Powell and Zack.  The trio then headed to Kevin’s room.  As the party raged on, Marty’s cries were muffled as the men viciously gang-raped her.

What Made It Memorable:  OLTL was known for its underground cities and time travel when it tackled this gritty storyline.  The plot, thoroughly researched, painted a vivid picture of the aftereffects of acquaintance rape.  In addition, Marty’s ordeal and the resulting trial showcased the talents of Susan Haskell (Marty) and Hillary B. Smith (Nora), who had both joined the cast a year earlier, and newcomer Roger Howarth (Todd).

Susan Haskell Recalls:  “Those were some of the best scenes I got to play.  The courtroom scene and working with [Robert] Krimmer [Andrew] and Hillary – those were amazing days.

What You Didn’t See On-Screen:  “For the actual rape, they brought us in on a Saturday and gave us the day to do all we needed to do.  We got to stay in character and that’s all that was going on.  Taping the courtroom scenes was like any other workday, but they were good about catering to the people who needed the most help, knowing it was physically and emotionally [draining].

The Aftermath:  “I remember being absolutely exhausted.  I was getting nosebleeds in the courtroom from stress.  Mentally, you know it has nothing to do with you personally, but you’re living it as a character, and it absolutely affects you.”


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Sunday, June 14, 2009

The Thing With Feathers

"Hope" is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
And sings the tune without words
And never stops - at all

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm

I've heard it in the chillest land
And on the strangest Sea
Yet, never, in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.

Emily Dickinson

When I read this poem Emily wrote about hope, I believe she is admonishing the person who would abash the hopeful with their feelings of negativity and anger. I think she is saying that negativity and anger destroys hope in ourselves and causes pain for those around us. Hope should be like a bird that flies freely yet perches on your windowsill to deliver the gift of song. It should be allowed to calm and console.

There are those who seemingly disagree:

Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man.
~Friedrich Neitzsche

He who has never hoped can never despair.
~Geroge Bernard Shaw

Where do you stand on the subject of hope. Do you agree with Emily, or do you agree with Neitzsche? If it were an easy question to answer, I wouldn't be asking. I'm undecided.

Happy Cactus Monday

Dee said...

Love it- the picture- the poem- a wonderful post! Happy Cactus Monday!

Teri C said...

It is all so perfect, the poem, the perfect photo and your commentary!

Lovelovelove your header!!!

Shadow said...

i can't agree with those critiques. without hope, life wouldn't be worth living. even if hope is in the form a dream being born. it's there. in everyone!

Outside In said...

Great photo! and love the poem too, thanks for visiting my blog it seems like a lot of people could not make comments so I placed a note in my post.

marianne said...

What a beautiful picture and food for thought.
I kind of like all 3 because they all have a different point of view....

Wicky Woo said...

Your poem and post truly hit home with me. I can say from experience that without hope, I would have nothing. To have someone share in my hope helps me keep going on. Thank you for this.

soulbrush said...

oh how lovely, without hope we have nothing. happy cactus monday fellow cactuteer. can't wait to get my atcs from you. yay!

Julie said...

Wow...that is one cool cactus. It looks needlesess and has ultra groovy blooms! I want one!!! You are so lucky to live out west!
Happy CM!

Lisa at Greenbow said...

I am most hopeful. Where would I be if I didn't always have hope??

Lovely photo. What are the chances of finding such a treasure?? Great. I hope to see this very thing in person some time.

Gaston Studio said...

Love that photo and the poem. I stand with Emily and Shaw.

Thanks for visiting my blog yesterday; thru your visit, I found you!

Travis Erwin said...

I can't imagine being without hope.

Maggie May said...

Whatever happens, we must always hope. Sometimes though it is not easy on the rare occasions when we feel everything is *hopeless*! Good post!

Thanks for visiting me.
As regards your enquiry about foxes leaving eggs inthe garden..... they are leaving eggs in a neighbour's garden now! Have left mine alone!

Woman in a Window said...

Context totally matters.

But for myself, I'd rather live with hope and pain than none at all.

mrsnesbitt said...

One of my favourite quotes is "When hope is crushed the spirit dies" I think or something very similar.

Fireblossom said...

I'm with Emily all the way. She is my favorite poet, with whom I feel a special affinity. And anyway, Neitzche was testosterone-poisoned and therefore not able to think clearly. ;-)


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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

January 21. Day 21. Wet, wet, wet

Brisbane, please stop this. This humidity business is killing me. Feeling moist and smelly all the time is most unpleasant for all involved. Air conditioning has been my salvation - or it was until the power bill arrived. Fanning oneself with the Energex bill is a most unsatisfactory alternative just adding a little more fan to the giant fan forced oven that is the city. Even my fur friend is refusing a walk staging a sit down strike at the suggestion. He does manage to get just a bit excited when the humans return from any outside time. You remember the old ad about body odour where friends helpfully left bars of  Palmolive Gold around to drop the subtle hint that you stink? The reaction of a dog when you return from a walk is also a pretty safe indication not that I think anyone needs to be told. In fact you'd have to be a great big drip, bigger even than this water feature at South Bank pictured in big close up, not to know.

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Boat has been the most ancient and most initial means of water transport. When there was nothing, there was a boat. How it came to existence, it is difficult to say. Maybe somebody might have seen the wood pieces floating on the water and got the idea to use such wooden pieces to go around in the water, then he might have build a boat to go around. Many references of boat are found in our scriptures too.

Matsya Avataar and Boat
The very first reference of boat is of Bhagavaan's Vishnu Himself. Bhagavaan's 2nd Main Avataar or 11th of all Avataar is Matsya Avataar - the Fish Incarnation. In this Avataar the boat is prominent. After Brahmaa's a day (a span of 4320 million human years) is over, the whole Prithvi is covered with water. After the day is over Brahmaa Jee goes to sleep. As he goes to sleep, all Creation dissolves into his sleep, signifying the end of Creation, except the Ved as they are immutable or beyond destruction. Their habitat is inside Brahmaa. They contain the instructions for Creation, and are hence indispensable to resume the Divine Creational Process when Brahmaa Jee awakes next day.

Bhaagvat Puraan, reports, that once Brahmaa Jee yawned accidentally and the Ved came out of his mouth. Meanwhile, Hayagreev Daitya in making efforts to gain immortality, a prerogative of the Devtaa, was wandering nearby. He instantly stole the Ved and devoured them. This precipitated a crisis. Vishnu saw the entire event so He started thinking on how to retrieve the Ved. He located the pious King Satyavrat, offering prayers to Vishnu. He immediately assumed the shape of a tiny fish and swam into Satyavrat's hands. Seeing that that fish he tried to return it to the river, but that fish requested him to save it from being eaten by big fish in the river. The kind King brought the fish home and put it inside a vessel, full of water. Overnight, the fish outgrew on a surprising scale. Manu had to shift him from the vessel into a bigger tank. But the fish continued growing abnormally. It requested Manu for a larger space to live, and Manu accordingly kept it in a pond, then transferring it in a large lake and then he brought it to sea. But the fish urged the King not to leave him in the ocean otherwise, the gigantic ocean-beings would swallow him. The king Satyavrat, amazed by the extraordinary growth-speed of the magical fish, requested it to disclose its actual identity.

Vishnu made His identity and purpose of assuming the form of fish. He warned him about the forthcoming Pralaya or the Great Deluge - "I have manifested for the protection of this universe and for the destruction of the wicked. Just a week from now, the ocean will rise and inundate the entire Universe. At that time you will see a spacious boat approaching you. Do collect all the seeds , plants and animals required for the next spell of creation in the meantime and get into the boat and wait for me. Make Vaasuki Naag as the rope to tie it in my one horn. Sapt Rishi will also be with you." After having instructed like this the fish disappeared. As had been predicted by the Divine Fish, a flood came on the 7th day and the whole Earth was covered with water. Meanwhile, a boat appeared and the King Satyavrat boarded the boat with the seeds, plants and animals, and the Sapt Rishi, to take refuge in the boat. When everybody had boarded the boat, a fish with a horn appeared on the scene and the boat was fastened to the fish's horn with Vaasuki Naag as rope. They sailed in the turbulent water through Brahmaa's whole night.

Nishaad's Boat in Raamaayan
The second reference we find of Guha Nishaad who took Raam, Lakshman and Seetaa across the Sarayoo River when they were exiled by their father Raajaa Dasharath. Tulasee Daaas Jee has described this incident very beautifully in his Maanas - "When Raam requests Nishaad to take them across the Sarayoo River, Nishaad remembers Ahalyaa's incident and says politely - "First permit me to wash your feet, lest the dust of your feet turn my boat into a woman. I am a poor man, this is the only means of my livelihood. If it is gone how will I feed my family? And then from where I will maintain another woman too." Raam smiles and permits him to wash His feet. Nishaad takes them across Ganagaa River and Raam gives him Seetaa's ring as his fee, he politely refuses to accept it and says - "As I have taken you across Gangaa, when my turn comes, you also take me across this world, that will be my fee."

Satyavatee's Boat in Mahaabhaarat
(1) Daash Raaj's daughter Satyavatee also had a boat in Mahaabhaarat and she used to carry passenger across Yamunaa. This boat was a very important boat in turning the events in Mahaabhaarat times. The first time this boat became the means of meeting place of Satyavatee and Rishi Paraashar (grandson of Maharshi Vashishth). Paraashar was crossing Yamunaa River in Satyavatee's boat that he got attracted to Satyavatee and asked her to surrender to him. When Satyavatee told that she was scared of the society as she was a maiden, he created a mist around them both and had her. As a consequence she gave birth to Ved Vyaas Jee who fathered Raajaa Shaantanu's son Vichitraveerya's widows' sons - Dhritraashtra, Paandu and Vidur (by the widow's trick). This surrender gave her the ability to attract people to her by her fragrance which spread one Yojan around - this was sage Paraashar's blessing and thus she came to be known as Yojan-gandhaa.

(2) Next time, because of this fragrance, Hastinaapur King Shaantanu got attracted to her and when he saw her, he got lost in her beauty. He wanted to marry her but Daash Raaj put a condition that he would marry Satyavatee to whom only who will give her children the kingdom. Unfortunately by then Shaantanu had already declared Gangaa's son Devadatt his heir. He could not do injustice with his first-born son, so he could not agree with Daash Raaj. As he was love stricken with Satyavatee's love, he became very sad. Devadatt noticed this and found out the reason of this sadness. As he knew it, he went to Daash Raaj's house and took a vow not to claim the kingdom for his whole life and requested him to marry Satyavatee to his father. But Daash Raaj was still satisfied, he said - "If your children asked for the kingdom then...?" At this Devavrat took another vow not to marry his whole life. Since that day he came to be known as Bheeshm. After this vow Daash Raaj married his daughter Satyavatee to King Shaantanu.

Vidur's Boat in Mahaabhaarat
Another time Vidur Jee provided a boat for Paandav to escape from Laakshaa Grih fire event. As they came out of the tunnel there was the River Gangaa which was to be crossed. A boatman sent by Vidur, was ready there to take them across the river. he took them across the river and dropped them there. From there they started their journey in secrecy.

Noah's Arc
This example is not from Hindu scriptures, it is from Christianity and Bible, but it is very famous. Noah built a vessel in the Genesis flood narrative (Genesis 6-9), by which he saves himself, his family and a remnant of all the world's animals when God decides to destroy the world because of its evil deeds. God gives Noah detailed instructions for building this ark: it is to be made of gopher wood, smeared inside and out with pitch, with three decks and internal compartments; it will be 300 cubits (1 cubit = 18") long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. It will have a roof "finished to a cubit upward", and an entrance on the side.

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Lotus Flower in Hindu Mythology
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Lotus flower - a kind of water lily. In Hindi it is commonly called Lotus. The lotus is the symbol of truth, auspiciousness and beauty (Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram). The God is also of that nature and therefore, His various aspects are compared to a lotus (ie lotus-eyes, lotus feet, lotus hands, the complexion of blue lotus etc). The lotus blooms with the rising Sun and closes at night. Similarly, our minds open up and expand with the light of knowledge. The lotus grows even in slushy areas. It remains beautiful and untainted despite its surroundings, reminding us that we too can and should strive to remain pure and beautiful within, under all circumstances. Besides the lotus leaf never gets wet even though it is always in water, and in spite of being born in the mud, it is beyond the mud. It symbolizes the man of wisdom (Gyaanee) who remains ever joyous, unaffected by the world of sorrow and change. This is revealed in a Shlok from the Bhagvad Geetaa -

Brahmanyaadhaaya karmaani Sangam tyaktwaa karoti yaha
Lipyate na sa paapen Padma patram ivaambhasaa
Meaning - He who does actions, offering them to Brahman (the Supreme), abandoning attachment, is not tainted by sin, just as a lotus leaf remains unaffected by the water on it.

Lotus the Cause of the Creation
Lotus is the cause of the Creation. A lotus flower emerged from the navel of Vishnu and Brahmaa Jee was sitting over it. Brahmaa Jee then created the world. Hence, the lotus symbolizes the link between the creator and the Supreme Cause.

Characteristics of Lotus
It is found in dirt (Keechad or Pank) but stays above the dirt. It lives in water but stays above the water. Thus in spite of born in dirt and living in water, it always stays above both of them. It is said that if the water level increases in the pond, the stalk of the Lotus (Lotus Naal) also grows upward to stay above the water; while if the water decreases, it does not decrease in its length. Even its leaf stays above water, never they are inside the water.

(2) With the above characteristic, the Indian poets have used the simile of lotus where ever the principle of "unaffected " or "unattached" had to be projected, for example :

(3) Thus it is unaffected by anything and unattached to anything.

Some Stories About Lotus

(1) Raam and Lotus Flowers
When Raam was trying to cross the sea to go to Lankaa to invade Raavan, He decided to establish a Shiv Ling before crossing it to please Shiv Jee. He then started worshipping it with 1,000 lotus flowers. But when Raam sat to worship, He found that one flower was short. In fact Shiv was very pleased with His idea, but he thought to test His Bnakti, so he stole one flower from among those 1,000 flowers. There were only 999 lotus flowers. He got worried, because He Himself kept the flowers there after counting them. They were 1,000, but now what? Where did one flower go? He searched everywhere but could not find it. At last He thought - "People say that my eyes are like lotus flowers (Kamal Nayan), so let me complete the number of flowers by giving my one eye to Shiv." So as He got ready to take His eye out, Shiv appeared before Him and blessed Him for His victory over Raavan.

(2) Lakshmee Jee and Lotus Flowers
Lakshmee Jee came out from Saagar Manthan. All Devtaa did her Abhishek. Then Samudra got ready to marry Her. According to one version She chose Vishnu over Brahmaa Jee and Shiv saying that - "Brahmaa was too old, and Shiv lived naked with lion skin, and no home, and his body was smeared with ashes, only Vishnu was handsome and rich." So Samudra married Her to Vishnu.

According to another version, Lakshmee Jee wanted to marry Shiv Jee but Shiv Jee refused to marry Her saying that he was already married. So She had to marry Vishnu, but still She did not leave loving Shiv. She daily used to worship Shiv with 1,000 lotus flowers. One day Shiv wanted to test Her love to him, so he stole two lotus flower from among those 1,000 flowers. When Lakshmee was worshipping Shiv, She found that two flowers were short from Her flowers. Now what to do? She thought that Her breasts were like bloomed lotus flowers, so She decided to offer them to Shiv. She cut one breast and offered to Shiv, but as She was going to cut the other breast, Shiv moved with Her love. He appeared before Her and stopped Her to do so. he converted the cut breast into Bel fruit (Aegle marmelos) and sent it with blessings to Earth to flourish near his temples. Her cut breast was replaced.

(3) Raavan and Lotus Flower
There is s popular story about Raavan, that he used to pluck Lotus flowers for his daily worship. One day when he went to pluck the flowers, he found a baby girl in a lotus flower. As he was very fond of children he brought her home. Read this story at How Could he Lift Lakshmee Jee?

(4) Lakshmee Sits on Lotus Flower
Lotus flower, especially the red one, belongs to Lakshmee Jee. She sits or stands on it.

(5) Gajendra Offers Lotus Flower
Gajendra offered a Lotus flower to Hari to save him from Graah (crocodile) and prayed Him. Read this story in Bhaagvat Puraan, 8/2.

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Lotus Flower and the World
Lotus flower blooms with the sunrise, and closes its petals as the Sun sets. Bhramar (bumble bee) loves Lotus flowers. When it opens its petals in the morning, Bhramar start coming to collect honey from them. But when their time comes to close their petals, Bhramar does not know, so when the Sun sets and the lotus flower closes its petals, he is also imprisoned in them. When, in the morning, the lotus opens its petals again, Bhramar is dead by then; thus he loses his life in the love of lotus flower.

Lotus Flower Used as Simile in Literature
Lotus flower is used as simile for several body parts of the human being in Hindi literature
--For feet - Charan Kamal (Padaambuj, Padaarvind) - the feet which are as soft as lotus flower
--For eyes - Kamal Nayan (Ambuj Lochan, Padm Lochan, Raajeev Lochan, Raajeev Nayan, Pundareekaaksh) - Eyes are also given the simile of lotus - "His eyes are like Lotus"
----Its another meaning is "the one with eyes like lotus that see everything but are affected by nothing"
--For arms - Kamal Naal - Arms are given the simile of lotus's stalk (Naal means stalk)
--For feet - Padaambuja - the feet that support the whole universe, but are unaffected by the universe

Lotus Flower Used in Hindu Philosophy
In Hindu philosophy one is advised to live like a Lotus in this world - live in the world, still live without any attachment with world, as Lotus lives in the dirt and water still it stays above the dirt and water. That is why, regarding living in this world, two similes are given - one of tortoise and another of Lotus. As a tortoise takes in its hands and feet from outside world and sit quietly, in the same way a person should also live in this world by taking his interest in the outside world in. As a Lotus stays in the water and dirt being born from them but still stays above the water and dirt, in the same way a person should live separate from this world in spite of being born here and living in this world.

Lakshmee and Saraswatee sitting in a lotus: The one who is affected by nothing......

Lotus Flower Used in Yog
One of the Yog Aasan - the lotus posture (Padmaasan) is recommended when one sits for meditation.

Lotus Flower Related to Chakra in the Body?
Our bodies have certain energy centers described in the Yog Shaastra as Chakra. Each one is associated with lotus that has a certain number of petals. For example, a lotus with a thousand petals represents the Sahastra Chakra at the top of the head, which opens when the Yogee attains Godhood or Realization.

Lotus: a Flower of Deities
One of the favorite flowers of all gods - no need to think twice if one gets Lotus flower to offer to god.
--Vishnu, Ganesh, Lakshmee, Saraswatee, Gayatri hold it in their hand.
--It is Lakshmee Jee's favorite flower and She is seen sometimes in sitting position and sometimes in standing position on it.
--Many other Devee Devtaa either carry this flower or sit on it or love its offering, for example Shiv loves its offering.

Synonyms of Kamal
Ambuj, Aravind,
Indeevar (blue lotus),
Jalaj (born from water), Jalajaat (born from water),
Nalin, Neeraj (born from water),
Padm, Pankaj, Pundareek, Pushkar,
Raajeev, Saroj, Saroruha, Utpal

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The Art of Sustainability

Lecture by Ken Hickson to National University of Singapore (NUS) January 2016.

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Effectively Communicating Brand & Image. Presentation by Ken Hickson (first presented in January 2016)

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Feature article entitled “Sense and Sustainability” written for the 2012 issue five of Social Space, produced by the Lien Centre for Social Innovation, Singapore Management University.

Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency by IEA at SIEW 2012 –

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Office of Advocacy and Outreach Launches New Website!

January 27, 2012

This week, USDA’s Office of Advocacy and Outreach launched their website located at www.outreach.usda.gov.

The Office of Advocacy and Outreach (OAO) was established in the 2008 Farm Bill in order to increase access to USDA programs and to improve the viability and profitability of small farms and ranches, beginning farmers and ranchers, and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers.  The office is intended to serve as a focal point for the development of improved policies to foster increased farming opportunities and as a conduit between USDA agencies and the Secretary of Agriculture to aid in the better alignment of programs and rules and regulations with the goal of advancing farming opportunities and viability.

NSAC helped develop the original proposal for the office, and was successful in working with congressional champions to get the office included in the last farm bill.

The Office has five key program areas, the first three of which were included in the last farm bill with the other two added administratively:

  • Socially Disadvantaged Farmers, which coordinates with USDA agencies to enhance access to USDA programs by minority farmers and ranchers, and also administers the Outreach and Technical Assistance to Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers (OASDFR), also known as “Section 2501 Program.”  The Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers is housed within OAO and makes recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture on how USDA can better meet the needs of minority farmers.
  • Small and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers, which coordinates and collaborates across USDA to enhance services to small and beginning farmers and ranchers, and manages the activities of the Advisory Committee on Beginning Farmers and Ranchers.  The Committee advises the Secretary on ways to develop programs to provide coordinated assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers while maximizing new farming and ranching opportunities.
  • Farm Worker Coordination, which administers two grant programs to assist low-income and migrant seasonal farm worker, works to improve agricultural education opportunities for low-income and migrant seasonal farm workers, and houses a Farm Worker Coordinator who is charged with integrating farm worker interests into USDA programs.
  • Higher Education Institutions Program, which administers a nationwide network of USDA liaisons to the various institutions of higher learning including 1890 land-grant institutions, 1994 tribal land-grant institutions, and Hispanic-serving institutions.
  • Community Engagement, which seeks to engage community members and stakeholders in the outreach and advocacy work of the Office.

OAO’s website features several important resources for small, beginning, women, minority, and limited resource farmers and farmworkers.  Their financial resources page includes helpful links to USDA credit programs managed by the Farm Service Agency, for both individual farmers and groups, cooperatives, and non-profit organizations or local government.  The new website also helps connect producers with their local USDA offices in order to sign up for federal programs, such as FSA loan programs or conservation programs offered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

There are also links to online resources where farmers who believe they were treated unfairly by USDA while applying for federal farm programs, can appeal or file a discrimination claim with the Department of Justice.

This website is a work in progress, and we hope will serve as a valuable resource to connect farmers and ranchers with federal programs and funding opportunities offered through the Department of Agriculture.  If you have any feedback on how to improve the site, we encourage you to contact the Office of Advocacy and Outreach.

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When you open a purchased app for the first time, the Android Market generates and stores a license for the specific device (assuming it’s not a pirated copy). Unless we tell the Market something unique about the device (e.g. a serial number) all of the licenses would be identical! If the licenses are identical, there would be nothing stopping someone from pirating the app. So we scrambled your device’s serial number and used it to generate the license.

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While reading through the comments on a reddit thread, I had an epiphany. I went back to the drawing board this week and engineered a solution that allows me to satisfy the Android Market requirements, without using a single bit of your personal information. I no longer need to know your serial number, and have removed that permission from all apps that were using it.

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Friday, March 9, 2012

The Pakhawaj: Bramha’s handiwork

The Pakhawaj (originally known as Mridang) is a venerated instrument. The Mridangam of Carnatic music belongs to the same family. The instrument was originally made of clay. In recent years, however, it has been crafted from wood.

Mythology attributes the Mridang’s origination to Brahma, the Creator of the universe. According to legend, Lord Shiva was once dancing totally out of synch with rhythm. Bramha  was worried that Shiva’s wayward footwork might disturb the balance of the universe. So, he instructed Vishwakarma to craft a drum, and ordered Ganesha to start playing it in order to discipline Shiva’s dance. Thus the Mirdang/ Pakhawaj was born. Several other Indian instruments are associated with such legends, suggesting their antiquity and untraceable origins.

Up to 18th century AD, the Mridang/ Pakhawaj was the dominant rhythmic accompaniment for art music and even Kathak dance. Today, its presence is largely limited to the Dhrupad genre. The Hindustani mainstream now prefers the Tabla across all modern genres of music. The Pakhawaj, no doubt, still enjoys immense prestige as the originator, developer, and preserver of the rhythmic science and percussion art.

The most widely cited derivation of its name is from Sanskrit: Paksha = side + Vadya = instrument. The Pakhawaj is a horizontal wooden barrel-drum, asymmetrical on one side. Its forearm-powered open-palm playing technique gives its sound a booming resonance and sonorous dignity. In addition to accompaniment, the Pakhawaj also has a solo tradition for connoisseurs of rhythm.

Having been a resident of the Vaishnava temples along with Dhrupad, the Pakhawaj cultivated its art most assiduously in the Mathura/ Vrindavan region. From there, it travelled to the Mughal court with Dhrupad, and continued its forward march. The landmark figure in Pakhawaj history was Lala Bhagwandas, a product of the Mathura/Vrindavan tradition, and an esteemed musician at Akbar’s court (16th century). His disciples spearheaded Pakhawaj traditions in several parts of the country – Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Bengal.

When Dhrupad was declared a “museum piece” in the early years after independence, this description did not apply to the Pakhawaj. After European and US markets warmed up to Dhrupad, starting from the 1960s, gathering steam in the 1980s, the Pakhawaj scene also got a shot of adrenalin. The instrument now shares the fruits of the Dhrupad revival.

The Pakhawaj now also appears to be on the threshold of the global market for Indian and cross-cultural ensembles. Several Hindustani and Carnatic percussion instruments have entered this segment since the 1980s. The entry of the Pakhawaj, though late, is hardly surprising. Any instrument which speaks the language of rhythm with such grace and authority had to, one day, find a global audience.

Amongst segments of the Dhrupad legacy, the world of the Pakhawaj continues to be more vibrant than either Dhrupad vocalism or the Rudra Veena. Historians attribute the comfortable supply of Pakhawaj players to the additional talent available outside art music – in the devotional music traditions, where the instrument is well-entrenched and relatively insulated from market forces.

Note: For a detailed report on the Pakhawaj and the Tabla, please read "Hindustani Music Today", by Deepak Raja, DK Printworld, New Delhi.


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Monday, August 29, 2011

Post-it Holders...

We held our Stamp Camp yesterday and it was great seeing everyone having so much fun doing what they love... crafting! I will share the projects that they did later this week, but for now I wanted to share these post-it holders that I made to sell at our camp. It is only now that I am noticing that I took these pictures before I added the mini pens... sorry. These were made with some stamp sets/punches that are both retired and current. Wishing you all a great work week!

  1. Beautiful!! still need to try that style... Great to hear you all had fun! hope you sold out on all your goodies!

  2. These are so awesome Brenda! I luv when you make them . . . I'm sure they were a hit at Stamp Camp! :)

  3. These are wonderful, Brenda! Great idea!


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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Kindergarten Daily 5 Book Study - Chapter 1

Hey Everybody! If you haven’t joined the Daily 5 book study, it’s not too late. This week Tammy from Live Laugh Love Kindergarten posted about chapter one. Each Thursday the host for the next chapter will post questions for you before reading and also allow for you to ask questions in the comments. The following Wednesday, that blogger will post answers to that week’s questions and a reflection of that chapter. You will have an opportunity to link up each week too so the learning will continue to spread online. This is very exciting! So, let’s get to chapter one’s questions.

1. How do I teach new behaviors?
Come August I try to remember that my little kindergartners know next to nothing about me, or my classroom. Some have never been in school before and those who have, were in other classrooms with different rules. I spend the first month (more if needed) modeling and practicing the desired  behaviors OVER and OVER to make sure everyone understands what the behaviors look and sound like, and that everyone can successfully demonstrate them.
2. How do I teach expectations?
This goes along with teaching behaviors, but modeling and practicing is key. First I make sure I am setting realistic expectations based on the kids. Some groups of students can handle more than others. Then I make sure the kids know what my expectations are. I TELL them, over and over. I SHOW them, over and over. And I hang up visual reminders as well. (because most can't read at that point - pictures are key!)
3. How do I monitor student behavior? whole group? Small groups? Individual?
Right now, I do the monitoring. I know the book is saying that students should be self-monitoring, but I haven't found a workable way to do that in my classroom yet. I'm hoping the rest of the book will help show me how to do that!
4. What do I do when a student is not exhibiting desired behavior?
I use a clip chart in my classroom to provide immediate consequences when students are not behaving the way they have been taught. There are consequences that go with each clip change including time outs, missed recess and notes/phone calls home.  What I like about the clip chart is that it allows you to reward good behaviors as well since kids can move their clips up too.

5. Whose classroom is it?
It's my classroom. I know it should be OUR classroom, but I have such a hard time giving up control. This year I want to work more on establishing the classroom as OUR home, and install in my students more responsibility for taking care of our class.
6. Locus of control?
I have a treasure box, and I give stars in their agendas when they reach the top level of my behavior chart. We also mark their colors in their agendas daily.
7. Where are supplies stored?
The students keep their supplies in their pencil boxes at their seat. They have what they need (pencils, crayons, scissors, glue, erasers) and I keep community baskets around the room with sharpened pencils, crayons, and markers in case they lose one or need a new one.

You can check out some great pins that our KD5 team has already pinned for you. It has some great things to help you get started with Daily 5!

Next up will be Caitlin from Kindergarten Smiles. She will be hosting Chapter 2. If you are not following her blog yet, then head on over right now!!!
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Make sure you head over to Tammy’s blog to link up for chapter one and read all of her great thoughts on chapter one!!

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  1. I see you're a fellow Floridian! I look forward to learning more from you! I'm a new follower of your blog!

  2. I am so glad you are honest about it being YOUR classroom. I too have a lot of trouble giving up control! :) I am thinking about using the clip chart this year. I have a few questions....once they are at the bottom, can they move up? I have a hard time once they receive a "red card" that it is taken away if they decide to be good. Also, do you have an example of your agenda that you send home? Thanks so much!

    Kindergarten Korner

  3. Yes, students can move back up - IF they truly earn it. Sometimes if the student had a really bad morning, but an excellent afternoon and really turned their behavior around then I will write that in their agenda. "had a rough morning, but got it together and had a good afternoon." etc. Our agendas are ordered by the school and all the grades use them. They are kind of like a planner- with room for notes and assignments each day. Also next to each day are three faces - happy, straight face, sad. That is what I circle to note their behavior, or I put a gold star sticker over the faces if they had a great day and moved up. I will try to take a picture of an agenda when we go back in August since I don't think I have one. Hope that helps!

  4. I believe we have been taught from college.... that we must be in control and able to "manage" our classrooms - I think this is why it's so hard to give u that control...And of course those are the classrooms we were taught in.... I can't remember every being in a classroom in which I thought it was anything but my teacher's......

    I definitely have a problem giving up control, but I look forward to working through that to be able to push my kids beyond.......

    I'm a new follower :0)
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  5. I agree with Jeannie. I think we had that control=good management drilled into us and now we have to reprogram. It seems like having control of the class was the most important part of college.

  6. I am your newest follower! I often say that the beginning of the school year is sort of like child birth...good thing we forget what it feels like! LOL! :-) We forget how far they come in a year! It is amazing. Thank you so much for linking up!
    Live Love Laugh Everyday In Kindergarten

  7. Just became your newest follower. Love your blog!

    ✰ Kimberley ✰
    First in Maine


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The road to economic recovery is a long one. Obviously, families are tightening their budgets while trying to find entertainment for the upcoming season. They’re looking at day camps and activities to get things rolling. But, it’s all about keeping costs down. Here in Los Angeles, there’s been a bit of an uproar about the recent announcement from Disney that the price of a premium annual pass would rise by 25%. Other park increases are explained in this article that originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.

If your wallet it light, I found a way to get around the cost of concessions, princess apparel, parking and admission. There’s a YouTube video that appeared on The Huffington Post that takes you through a year in Disney properties. Enjoy the attractions from the comfort of your house in five minutes.

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Christ, Sacrifice of Atonement {Matthew 27}

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By Lisa Thayer

Romans 3:25 says, “God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood – to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished.”

According to the NIV Study Bible, “Christ is our sacrifice of atonement. In other words, he died in our place, for our sins. God is justifiably angry at sinners. They have rebelled against him and cut themselves off from his life-giving power. But God declares Christ’s death to be the appropriate, designated sacrifice for our sins. Christ then stands in our place, having paid the penalty of death for our sin, and he completely satisfies God’s demands. His sacrifice brings pardon, deliverance, and freedom.”

So who did Christ die for? You? Me? Ultimately, Christ died for God. The glory of God drove Jesus to the cross. Jesus said in John 12:27-28, “Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour?’ No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name!”

We are so quick to say Jesus died for our sins, but it is God’s holiness for which Christ died. “…by becoming obedient to death – even death on a cross!” (Philippians 2:8b)

Jesus is our substitution for the death we deserve. Scripture is very clear – the payment of sin is death. Jesus is the Passover lamb who saves us with His blood. When God comes in His wrath and judgment on you and me, if we hide under the blood of the substitute sacrifice – Jesus the Lamb of God – we are saved. He is the Passover lamb who saves us with His blood and He is the covenant keeper (Exodus 26) who seals us with His blood.

Jesus said in Matthew 26:39, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” What is this cup? It’s not just the physical suffering, it’s mostly the spiritually suffering. Jesus’ sorrow and suffering in the garden, the cup He knew was about to take place, was the divine wrath – your sin and my sin, poured out upon God’s Son. Jesus endured your condemnation and my condemnation. At the cross, God expresses His full judgment of sin. Jesus endured the wrath of God so that we might experience the love of God.

At the moment that Jesus cries out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus is not confused or doubting God the Father, instead this is a cry of physical agony, spiritual anguish and being alienated. If we turn to Psalm 22, we will see this prayer is a prayer of great suffering leading to great joy. Jesus is experiencing God’s wrath and separation from the Father. 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”

Before the cross, we were cast out of God’s presence, in the sense of being cut off from God’s favorable presence, separated from His love and His mercy and His goodness, the Bible says that in our sin we were alienated from God, but now, because of the cross, we are no longer cast out of God’s presence, we are now invited into God’s presence.

At the cross there were four miracles that occurred. “From about noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land.” (27:45) Darkness is often a symbol of judgment. Back in Exodus, the ninth plague was pitch darkness. But what occurred afterwards? The salvation of God’s people. You can’t have salvation without judgment. Jesus was under God’s judgment as He bore our sins in His body. He died in our place. He took the judgment we deserve and the wrath of God poured out on Him.

“And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.” (27:50)
“At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.” (27:51-53)

These things happened one after the other in succession. We have seen that the tearing of a garment expressed intense grief. As we see the curtain in the temple being torn, it’s as if the temple itself was tearing its garment in grief over the murder of Jesus – the One whose presence invaded the temple. Remember, this curtain separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. I have read that the curtain was 30 feet wide, 60 feet high and 4 inches thick, and horses tied on each side could not pull it apart. The tearing of the curtain was supernatural – only the hand of God could have done this. The Ark of the Covenant was in the Most Holy Place. The curtain served as a barrier between sinful people and a holy God. Only one man, the High Priest could have gone into the Most Holy Place.

Remember Caiaphas was the high priest at this time and he would have been in the Most Holy Place offering the sacrifice. And now the curtain in torn in two! There is no longer this barrier between us and God. Instead there is a gate. Jesus is that gate (Matthew 7:13). We now have access to the very presence of God.

The third and fourth miracles are also a sign of God’s presence. “…The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.” (27:51-53)

I wish we could know who these holy people were who were raised from the dead. Can you imagine being alive at this time and experiencing this darkness, the curtain being torn in two and the earthquake which split tombs open and holy people rising from the dead?! Even the centurion was amazed, “Surely he was the Son of God!” (v.54) Jesus’ death could not have gone unnoticed! Everyone had to have known something significant had happened.

The end of this chapter is so important to me. Joseph of Arimathea was a secret disciple of Jesus. He was a religious leader, you know, the group who had persecuted Jesus and had him killed, an honored member of the Sanhedrin. But Joseph courageously asked to take Jesus’ body from the cross to bury it. The disciples who publicly followed Jesus had fled, but this Jewish leader, who followed Jesus in secret, came forward and did what was right.

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El Sol Y La Luna has been around forever. Its old location, on South Congress in front of the Austin Motel, was a typical Mexican restaurant: nothing fancy and straightforward service. I went there every now and then, but never really cared for the food, or the fact that they charged for chips and salsa.

Free chips and salsa at a sitdown restaurant is a God-given right. If I pay $3 (THREE DOLLARS!) for chips, they better be homemade and warm. They should probably also do my homework. El Sol Y La Luna's chips are of the subpar, cold, crunchy, probably-store-bought variety. I was very disappointed. The salsa, at least, is decent; but it doesn't make up for the chips or the cost.

At the new location, some things have changed, but, unfortunately, not the important stuff. The new locale is definitely more attractive than the old one (and more attractive than "Emo's Lounge" as well.) The new interior is well put together and has a bit of an upscale air about it (think: Manuel's). Unfortunately, they still charge for chips and salsa. Oh ... and the food is of the same quality and taste as always.

I went on two occasions (paying a total of $6 for chips and salsa!) The first time I sampled Nilda's Taco Plate. It was a respectable chicken taco with a pleasant mesquite flavor, topped by some actual leafy green vegetable (as opposed to shredded iceberg lettuce). The refried beans and the rice were undistinguished.

On my second visit I tried the Guisada plate. The corn tortillas were limp and moist, like they'd been steamed. There were also too few of them and I ended up with more meat than tortilla. The meat itself was nice and tender, but was lacking any kick. It reminded me of a pot roast my 50-year-old mother from Indiana would make. That is not what I'm looking for at a Mexican restaurant.

The location is well-placed to serve the downtown lunch crowd that would otherwise have few good walking-distance taco options. If you like to pay too much for tacos, too much for chips, and too much for iced tea ($2), this is your place.

El Sol Y La Luna - 2.5 stars - The Commish
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Thomas said...

I know this is the *Taco* Journalism blog, but seriously... going to El Sol Y la Luna and ordering a taco plate is like going to steakhouse and ordering a hamburger. I mean, seriously now... this is just wrong.

Granted it's been a long while since I've been there (it's a long drive from Portland), but I still crave their Enchiladas Verdes pretty much constantly. As I recall, their mole is pretty tasty, too.

The Commish said...

I welcome your contributions to our new blog: enchilada journalism.

El Mundo De Mando said...

I was just there & it looks like they are back to business as usual - crappy service & not so good food!

Doug said...

Well, as much as I liked the staff.. The service was slow. After sitting and ordering my drinks, it took 25 minutes (with server repeatedly saying he'll be right back with the drinks). The chips were just like bagged store-brand chips, and cost $3. And the margarita's were overpriced. Come'on - a Sangria Margarita in a small margarita glass for $9.00? And I don't get to keep the glass? And to add salt & lime to a beer is $1.00? Well, the place is nice and location is awesome. I just wish I could afford to go there again.

Melissa said...

I'm slightly partial because I play there, BUT I do believe chips and salsa are now free! Their ceviche is GREAT and their enchiladas are the thing to order when you go. I can't say I've ever been tempted to try the tacos. Yes I know... this is "taco" journalism. Not enchilada or ceviche journalism. but that's just my two cents. If anything, go for the mariachis on Friday nights! Shameless self-promotion, sorry. :)


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Paul Gruber Drafted during the low days of Buccaneers history, he suffered on many poor Bucs teams, and never received the adulation he would have had he been on a better team or bigger market. But Gruber stood up tall against some of the best Defensive Ends in the business, and time and time again performed at an exceptional level. Gruber started 183 Bucs games in a row, surpassed only by Derrick Brooks. Gruber got to taste a bit of winning, being on the 1997 and 99 playoff squads, but broke his leg in the season finale in ’99, he appeared as Captain in crutches on the floor of the NFC Championship game, his farewell appearance in either Orange or Pewter.

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Priest Urges Catholics who Voted for Obama to go to Confession

A California priest has garnered international attention and strong praise for pointing out the moral peril of Catholics who voted for President-elect Barack Obama despite being aware of his agenda to aggressively promote abortion.

"If you are one of the 54 percent of Catholics who voted for a pro-abortion candidate, you were clear on his position, and you knew the gravity of the question, I urge you to go to confession before receiving communion," wrote Fr. Joseph Illo, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in the Stockton diocese, in a letter to his parishioners. "Don't risk losing your state of grace by receiving sacrilegiously."

Anonymous said...

I am Catholic. I am also a conservative. I do not understand why so many Catholics vote for the Democrats. The Democrats are against the teaching of the Catholic Church. Pro-Abortion, Pro-gay, they are the ones who want to take religion out of everything. I just dont get it!

Anonymous said...

I do not understand why so many Catholics vote for the Democrats.

The same reason that other whites voted for Obama - he's black and it's "cool" and "multicultural" to vote for a black guy, especially one whose followers drone vacuous slogans about "change".

- CM

Anonymous said...

This is the official position of the Catholic Church.

Priests are warned not to give Holy Communion to Catholic politicians who are pro-abortion.

How Ted Kennedy--and Jimmy Carter, who is Baptist--can think of facing their Maker, in light of their pro-abortion stance, is beyond me.

Under the Obama position on this, five minutes prior to birth the child is not a human being (and thus may be killed), and five minutes after birth it is a human person with a soul whose life is recognized and protected under the Law.

This is insanity, since there is no evidence for this sudden miracle that transforms life into human life as soon as it is born--apparently just for the convenience of the abortion mills!

Anonymous said...

Change to what? Nobody wants to answer that question. I agree with the priest as a Catholic how can you vote for someone who wants to take a fully grown fetus and suck out its brain? How can anyone say this is ok. This is satanic. Maybe Balack Ocommie thinks this is a voodoo ritual??

Anonymous said...

The Catholic Church does not want homosexual priests. When a young man seeks to enter the priesthood, he is asked if he has a healthy sexual interest in women. If he says "No," he is not eligible for the priesthood. The Church wants this to be a supreme sacrifice.

I suspect that the chief reason some priests have done evil to children is that they LIED when they 'applied to' the priesthood. They were homosexual from the start and entered the priesthood, hoping and praying that God would cure them.

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Change to what?

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Saturated Fat 10.24g 972.75%
Trans Fat 0.64g %
Cholesterol 43.12mg 273.11%
Sodium 83.61mg 66.19%
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Sugars 21.41 g %
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Vitamin A 506.41IU% Vitamin C 0.0mg%
Calcium 41.62mg% Iron 0.97mg%
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Cholesterol Less Than 300mg 300mg
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Sodium Less Than 2,400mg 2,400mg
Total Carb   300g 375g
Dietary Fiber   25g 30g
Potassium   3,500 mg
Protein   50 g
Calories Per Gram
Fat 9•Carbohydrate 4•Protein 4
*Nutrition information was calculated excluding the following ingredients:
bulk pork sausage, medium onion, minced parsley, hot cooked noodles

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