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Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., disclosed Wednesday he has Parkinson’s disease, but said the diagnosis won’t deter him from seeking a new term next year or compromise his ability to serve if he wins.Fri, 12 Jun 2015 17:48:58 -0400 BOARD: 17 APS Seniors Named 2015 Gates Millennium Scholars seniors from Atlanta Public Schools (APS) are 2015 Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS).Fri, 01 May 2015 12:22:44 -0400 NEWS BRIEFS APR. 24-30-2015 Nathan Deal has signed a bill authorizing a state takeover of what he calls “chronically failing schools,’’ setting up a vote on a constitutional amendment needed to enact the new policy.Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:38:16 -0400 BOARD: New civil rights group plans for Freedom Riders trip to advocate criminal justice, a new human and civil rights group, announced its launch on Thursday at a press conference at the Atlanta Press Club. The organization’s launch included the revelation of its plan to implement a modern-day freedom ride excursion. 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Legislature bill to legalize cannabis oil to treat seizure disorders and seven other debilitating health problems passed a key committee in the Georgia House on Monday but faces an uphill battle in the state Senate, even in its latest, watered-down version.By Bill Hendrick Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:45:00 -0500 disaster hits, FEMA watches Waffle Houses for guidance When a big storm or tornado devastates a community, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) usually steps in to help state and local officials.By ELLY YU WABE RadioFri, 20 Feb 2015 16:38:59 -0500 BOARD Feb 13-19-2015-U.S. 5th Congressional Office and SBA hold business forum office of Congressman John Lewis along with the Small Business Administration is holding a small business forum for businesses in the metro Atlanta area, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 18, East Atlanta Branch Library, 400 Flat Shoals Ave., Atlanta 30316.Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:27:39 -0500 of Atlanta 2015 and the metro region are coming out of the Great Recession with the throttle fully open, according to Mayor Kasim Reed’s annual State of the City address given to an audience of business, civic and community people Wednesday (Feb. 4) at the Georgia World Congress CenterBy Stan Washington The Atlanta VoiceFri, 06 Feb 2015 12:25:29 -0500 NEWS BRIEFS Jan 30 - Feb 05-2015 Atlanta Hawks made a stop at the Georgia State Capitol Tuesday and were recognized for their sportsmanship, citizenship and significant economic impact to the City of Atlanta.Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:33:06 -0500


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Dog Smart: Exploring the Canine Mind
Researchers exploring the canine point of view

Canine Mind

Doesn’t it sound reasonable to study the behavior of cranes? After all, cranes are quite different from humans — they can f ly, spend lots of time on one leg and don’t need an external GPS to find their way to Florida.

But what if we replace “cranes” with “dogs”? Why study dog behavior? Unlike cranes, dogs are not a wild species with feathers, migratory patterns or conservation needs. Dogs have lived alongside humans for at least 15,000 years; are ubiquitous in human cultures; and regularly find their way into our literature, hearts and beds (also unassisted by GPS, it must be noted). We think we know dogs just fine. What’s the point of all this scrutiny?

Dogs aren’t new in the world of research.
Our shared mammalian physiology has given us reasons to open up dogs for inspection (literally) at least since the time of Descartes. In the previous century, dogs were the star subjects of Pavlov’s work on the “conditioned ref lex” (you remember: bell + food (then repeat) = dog salivates in anticipation of food after hearing bell).

In other academic arenas, Marc Bekoff, Ian Dunbar, Michael Fox and the late Frank Beach all conducted extensive investigations into canine social behavior, physiology and development. And of course, in 1965, Scott and Fuller produced their seminal text, Genetics and the Social Behavior of the Dog. Konrad Lorenz, Nobel Prize–winner and acclaimed ethologist, also had dogs on the brain; if you doubt that, pick up a copy of his book, Man Meets Dog.

Despite the thousands of years dogs and humans had spent in close proximity, scientists had never explored either the relationship or the factors that allowed dogs to become our social partners.

Dogs’ perspective as members of the human environment was missing from the equation. “It’s odd that this companion animal who has been at our side longer than any other is really not well understood,” observes Kristina Pattison, researcher at the University of Kentucky’s Comparative Cognition Laboratory.

“Dogs suffer from a failure of imagination by those asking the questions,” explains Mary Lee Nitschke, professor of psychology, Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist (CAAB) and founding member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT). “If you already ‘know’ a dog can’t think, you’re not going to ask whether it can think.”

In 1994, imagination and an open mind prompted the creation of the Family Dog Project at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, initially under the guidance of Vilmos Csányi, and now headed by Ádám Miklósi. Rather than taking the position that dogs’ place among humans was unworthy of scientific investigation, they put the dog, and the dog-human relationship, under the microscope.

While previous studies had investigated owners’ intimate feelings toward dogs, the dog’s perspective on this relationship had not received comparable attention (probably because canine penmanship is quite poor and they rarely complete questionnaires in a timely fashion).

To explore the dog’s perspective, the Budapest group placed companion dogs and their owners in a modified version of the Strange Situation Test, a behavioral experiment initially created to explore the mother-infant relationship from the infant’s perspective. The test is simple enough. In a novel environment, a dog experiences separations from and reunions with an owner and a stranger while a researcher records the dog’s behavioral changes. It turned out that dogs behaved much like human infants. The conclusion? The dogowner relationship, like the motherinfant relationship, fulfills the criteria for attachment.

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A&G Cafe Racers “Gert”

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Mostly the stories we get in the shed are in-depth tales of all the technical work that went into a build, but every now and then its just a darn good yarn about how the bike began its life.  In the case of  A&G Cafe Racer’s “Gert”, is definitely the latter.

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The starting point for this ‘Muscle bike’ project was a GPz1100.  They found one in Portsmouth on the south coast of the UK, and on a perfect winter’s day in late Jan the guys set off from Nantwich in Cheshire in a hired transit van.  With ‘Gert’ (named after a Great Aunt Gertrude) safely secured in the back of the van, the clear blue sky became dark and stormy, and within the hour a snow storm was upon them, blizzard conditions, thunder and lightning, zero visibility. The guys soldiered on valiantly into the night; but were eventually defeated by one particularly vicious incline, and they were forced to take refuge in a local pub. This is when all sympathy is lost as the hand-pulled ales and home cooking appear to have done a fine job of helping the guys get over the effects of the traumatic journey, and also gave them some ‘inspiration’ for the build itself.

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Back in the warmth of the workshop in Nantwich, complete with raging hangovers, the work started in earnest.  The bike was stripped back to the bone and the motor was removed.  One look at the top end revealed that this Zwaka had had an easy life up to now.  So the first job was to chop the frame and measure up for the alloy tank and tail. “Mick the Tank” handmade all the stunning alloy on the bike.  The front mudguard would look as much at home in a gallery as it does hugging the front tyre.  Unfortunately the wiring loom wasn’t in such good condition as the engine, so a complete new loom was required which was a major headache for Al (you sure that wasn’t the real ale?) . GPz1100 B1’s are fuel injected, but Gert had a Carb conversion so all the injection wiring had to be removed which was extremely complex. The carburettors were crying out for bell mouths, so George sourced them and machined up some beautiful aluminium adaptors. The Harris Race System needed some attention too, so they had it powder coated black and tracked down a racing baffle.  The result is visual and aural perfection. The rearsets are from a CBR1000 which were modified to suit, along with special adaptor plates.  A&G do all their own powder coating, and from what we can see in the photos, they’re a dab hand at it.

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From stormy beginnings to a shiny alloy work of art, Gert’s been on some journey.  The hours that have gone into this build are plain to see, but as is often the case it’s the stories behind these bikes, the things you can’t see that provide the ingredients for what this scene is all about – good old fashioned banter down the pub with like minded mates.  Thanks for the bike guys, and thanks for the story.

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Mary J. Blige has been through many trials and tribulations in her storied career, some of them documented and others well hid behind the scenes. The New York native draws upon such experiences to be the motivational force behind the song and video for ‘The Living Proof,’ which serves as the theme song to the dramatic comedy ‘The Help.’

Produced by the Underdogs, the bold R&B chanteuse channels her inner strength to sing about letting go and moving forward. “I am so glad the worst is over, I can start living now/ I feel like I can do anything, and finally I am not afraid to breath/ Anything you said to me and everything you do/ You can’t deny the truth, ’cause I am the living proof,” she belts out in her soulful tone.

In the visuals, Mary, dressed in a coral blouse and white blazer, is featured singing the song — written for the movie’s character Aibileen Clark, a maid living in Jackson, Miss., in the ’60s — in front of a microphone while a man gingerly taps away at the piano keys behind her. Throughout the clip, scenes from the film, which stars Viola Davis as Aibileen, are also showcased.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Generation X Inheriting American Buddhism.

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From, "The Buddhist Channel": Buddhism in America is at a crossroads. The best-known Buddhist leaders, mostly white converts who emerged from the counterculture and protest movements of the Vietnam era, are nearing retirement or dying. Charlotte Joko Beck, a pioneer of Zen practice in America, passed away in June.

The next generation of teachers is pushing in new directions, shaped by the do-it-yourself ethos of the Internet age and a desire to make Buddhism more accessible. Unsettled elders worry that the changes could go too far and lose touch with tradition.

James: I understand the concern of the elders, but I had to chuckle a bit at the irony of their concerns, considering one of the core teachings of Buddhism is that change is inevitable, even drastic change. Younger Buddhists might have tattoos and spend more time meeting up with other Buddhists online, but the core teachings remain fairly unchanged. It's not like the "Hippie Generation" that many elders of Buddhism in America today emerged from wasn't considered radical and perhaps even dangerous by some of their Asian teachers. Yet, the "Hippie Buddhists" didn't cause the downfall of Buddhism in America. So, if Buddhism in America could survive the "hippie generation's" experiments with the Dharma and sex, drugs and rock n' roll, then it can surely survive the Internet Age.

Monkhood is a timeless calling. So long as suffering endures, there will always be those who seek to relieve it by deepening their Dharma practice through monasticism, regardless of their generation's predilections. Karma has a pull that is stronger than the internet, and when a person is called to take up monasticism, no amount of change will stop them. When I look upon the monastics of my tradition, Zen as taught by Thich Nhat Hanh, I am inspired to see so many faces from my generation. And, with Buddhism growing in America, there are likely to be plenty of teachers to come. It's an exciting time, so rather than fear change, let us embrace it and learn to adapt that change for another generation of Buddhists on this marvelous planet.

~I bow to the Buddha within all beings in the Universe~

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Vajramate said...

Well put, James.
As an older person (Hoping to become an Elder), I find that when talking to young people wishing to explore Buddhism, they are keen to learn how to ensure the teachings are authentic, so in just that approach, the desire is there to preserve the Buddha's teachings

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Every post is very well. I am from Bangladesh. I have a Buddhism site a a Bangali Buddhist Online Radio please visit and

Sarah Flood said...

Of course, in the true spirit of Buddhism, embracing impermanence and change, means embracing new mediums for the dharma to be shared and progressed. The West has, I'm sure, progressed Buddhism in ways previously thought impossible and no doubt new generations will take it in myriad directions.

Drosseldaisy said... the age of the media, internet and information flow that keep capturing our attention, I don't think the way we grasp and understand reality will change, but I do believe that learning buddha-teaching through internet will not replace the old way of learning it, but become a supplement to the new way of learning it. For example, the cinema still exists even though we can watch movies at home. MAny thought that the cinema was going to dissapear as soon as television made movie-watching possible...but no, they are enjoyable on their own terms without conquering eachother ...

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Top 10 Led Zeppelin Songs

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Can you choose ONLY 10 Led Zeppelin songs?

Led Zeppelin forever changed and redefined the sound of rock in the 70s.

It seems impossible to say that a band was as influential as the Beatles, but for their decade, Led Zeppelin packed just as much of a punch.

With the vocal styling of Robert Plant, guitar god Jimmy Page, John Bonham on drums and bassist/keyboarder John Paul Jones, Led Zeppelin came together and continued to go down in history as rock legends.

From the ashes of a band called Yardbird, rose Led Zeppelin in 1968. The English rock band molded heavy metal, blues, rock and folk rock into one—creating a sound that’s never been done before. They signed with Atlantic Records, and from there they were free to express their musical freedom in any way they desired.

Keith Moon, drummer of The Who, declared that the band would go over like a "lead zeppelin," hence the name change to Led Zeppelin. Boy, was he wrong.

In both earlier and current times, Led Zeppelin still manages to transcend boundaries in the rock music genre and influence bands both new and old.

Drummer John Bonham passed away in September of 1980 of asphyxiation, leaving fans shocked, devastated and inquisitive about the possible and inevitable end of Led Zeppelin.

One of the best selling and most influential bands of all time, Led Zeppelin were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and considered the “heaviest band of all time,” by Rolling Stone.

Discussing a band with a surplus of hit songs, it’ll be difficult to choose just ten, but let’s give it a shot. No matter what ten make the list, there are sure to be at least twenty more deserving of a spot.

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Harry Potter spinoff 'Fantastic Beasts' to hit theaters November 2016

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Warner Bros. announced on Tuesday that the studio set a release date for the Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

The first film in the planned trilogy is scheduled to hit theaters on Nov. 18, 2016, reports Entertainment Weekly. Fantastic Beasts is based off a short guidebook 'written' by Newt Scamander that J.K. Rowling put out while still working on the Harry Potter series.

Work on the film is still in early days yet as Rowling is currently writing the script and a Fantastic Beasts film was only announced last September.

Warner Bros. has also not tapped a director to helm the film or even put a cast together. No producers are on board yet either, according to Variety.

Warner Bros. head Kevin Tsujihara managed to convince Rowling to do a new story set in the Harry Potter universe. The story starts out 70 years before Potter, but isn't a prequel to his tale.

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Justin Bieber got himself in trouble aboard a flight in Australia Sunday afternoon. The 17-year-old pop singer got reproached by the Qantas cabin staff for "acting like a child."

One of the air hostesses on the flight from Sydney to Melbourne wasn’t a bit amused by Bieber and his bodyguard, who kept running from business class to economy class while the airplane began taxiing at Sydney airport.

The flight attendant told the singer that his behavior was "a security risk," according to SkyNews.com.au. She continued by saying that he had been acting like a child and would therefore be treated like one.

This is the second incident for Bieber since his arrival in Australia. While performing in Sydney, six eggs flew from the crowd towards the performer. In a web video, you see the eggs land right in front of his feet.

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Former Bloomberg Ally Says ‘Mayors’ Group’s Goal Is Gun Confiscation

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Rich liberals want to confiscate guns, because they understand what is going to happen once the middle class is smashed and people are suffering. Just check out the crime stats in Venezuela for an idea what I am talking about.

‘Rich liberals’ will be targeted for robberies and kidnappings since there will be great resentment against them.

John Tkazyik, the mayor of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., said he quit the former New York City mayor’s group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, after he realized its objective was outright confiscation of firearms from law-abiding citizens.


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Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says his office has received more than 25 complaints in the last two years from consumers who said they paid for a dog or other pet they found online but never received. DeWine says the average loss of such scams is more than $1,000.

The attorney general says warning signs include a low cost for a dog of a popular or expensive breed and sellers who seek additional fees beyond the agreed-upon price. Consumers also should be wary of breeders communicating only online or via text message and of pets offered “free” to a good home.

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Spring Inspired Decorated Cookies Featuring Roses and Monogrammed Cookies

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Happy spring! I feel like I need to shout that from every single rooftop in the world, because I'm so extraordinarily excited that winter is officially over (although winter weather is still lingering around New England with low 30 degree weather). I'm an optimist by nature, but even I was getting down by the cold, clouds, and snow. To help kick off a season with warmer weather, sunshine, and being outdoors, I'm posting a set of decorated cookies inspired by spring featuring roses and monograms.

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These cookies are for some good friends of ours in Boston. You know when you meet someone and you become instant friends. You feel like you've known them for forever, and your kids also become best friends. You can stop by each other's houses without freaking out when it's a little (or a lot) messy. And you can count on them when you get stuck at an appointment and your daughter needs to be picked up from school. When I moved to Boston two years ago, I was lucky enough to meet a friend exactly like that. I made these cookies for our friends' youngest daughter, Cara's, birthday.

At first I worried that maybe these cookies were too sophisticated or stuffy for a little girl. But my five-year old couldn't keep her little hands off of them. She was enamored by them. So much so that I found her staring at them as she munched on one of the bouquet of flower cookies. She loved them so much that she requested that I make them for her own birthday. I told her I definitely would, and she reminded me that she'd also like rainbow, strawberry, and crayon cookies as well.

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My inspiration for these spring inspired decorated cookies comes from a few of Sugar Belle's rose tutorials that you can find here and here. I've had my eye on making royal icing roses for forever, and I finally decided to give it a go with these cookies.

My favorite cookie design in the set is the rose bouquet. I used the bristle end of a broom cookie cutter, just like the broom cutter in this set of Halloween cookie cutters. I just chopped off the long handle. It worked very nicely.

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I made the monogram for the cookies by tracing a cardboard template on to the cookie using an edible marker. After tracing, I just filled the letter in with white royal icing.

Spring Inspired Monogram Cookies | The Crafting Foodie

The birthday cakes are a testament to how I need to work on writing on sugar cookies. I do my text free hand, and uh, let's just say it's a work in progress.

Spring Inspired Cookies

Spring Inspired Decorated Cookies Featuring Roses and Monograms

The recipe for the sugar cookies and the royal icing can be found at the end of this post.

Royal Icing Colors for the Monogram Cookies

White - Piping and flood consistencies

Pink - 20 second, piping, and flood consistencies

Green - Piping consistency

Magenta - Piping consistency

Instructions for the Monogram Cookies

For basic instructions on how to make monogram cookies, see Sweet Sugar Belle's post on perfect monogram cookies.

To decorate the cookie once the monogram was done, I first piped circles of various sizes on the corners of the cookie using 20 second icing. After waiting a minute or two, I went back and piped the swirls in the middle of each rose using piping icing in the same color.

After allowing the roses to dry for about 1/2 an hour, I piped the leaves using green piping icing and a 67 leaf tip.

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Aida, These are lovely. I too have wanted to try Sugar Belle's roses and now you've inspired me to give it a try. I just love the colors in this set and so nice to see spring flowers.

Aida, I've never seen such intricate work such as yours. Your creations are masterpieces - plain and simple!

I love these!! The flowers are beautiful!!!

will you come to my birthday and bring some of these?! They are the fanciest cookies I've ever seen and I want them! Before you even said it, I said to myself - I bet she used a broom cookie cutter. lol. Thank you for sharing on Foodie Friday

These are beautiful, really beautiful. And just as a "by the way", I love that your writing isn't perfect as just a for a second it makes me believe maybe I could have a go at making lovely cookies like these!

Thanks so much Joan! Sugar Belle has another tutorial for roses that I'm also dying to try. They're on my to-do list. I can't wait to see how your roses turn out. I'm sure they'll be beautiful just like the rest of your amazing work!

Thanks so much Robyn! You are the best bloggy friend ever ;) Your kind comments and support are so appreciated.

Thanks so much Morgan! I have a flower-theme planned for mother's day as well. I hope those cookies turn out well :) Thanks for stopping by, and I hope to see you around The Crafting Foodie soon!

Thanks so much Adelina! I'd love to make a set of these for your birthday :) Thanks so much for the kind words!

Thanks so much for the kind comment Julie :) You definitely can make these exact cookies. Here's the dirty secret about cookie decorating: It's actually really easy! Hope you have a great week!

Those are absolutely gorgeous! Great job!

thanks for linking to Take-A-Look Tuesday over at Sugar Bee Crafts - you were featured yesterday! - -

Your Tip Me Tuesday link is incredible this week! In fact, my readers would love to bookmark it in their craft rooms. Did you know that if you upload this blog post into your Tip Junkie craft room using at least 2 images, 2 steps, and blog post URL then Tip Junkie readers can favorite it which instantly bookmarks it so they can find it later. {Whoohoo!} ~ Laurie {a.k.a. the Tip Junkie}

Thanks so much for the feature Mandy!

These cookies are absolutely GORGEOUS! I love the colors, the design...I love everything about them!

Thanks so much Sue! That means a lot to me, coming from such a creative cookie artist like you :)

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Why Seminary? Exhibit B: Charles Spurgeon

by Clint Archer

Our discussion on why a seminary education may or may not be necessary started with “Exhibit A: Joel Osteen.” Rev Osteen leads America’s largest church without the benefit of formal theological training. After his crucifixion interview by Larry King, our case may seem solidly set against those venturing into ministry without studies. But to be thorough, another specimen needs to be slid under our microscope. Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) is often hailed as a prime example of God’s ability to use untrained men for the ministry. But is Spurgeon really the poster boy of the theologically uneducated?spurgeon

Allow me to state for the record that formal education is NOT a biblical requirement for pastors. I have personally met dozens of pastors in Africa and Asia who have not even matriculated from their public school system, but who are powerful preachers, with undeniable theological acumen, and an impressive command of all things doctrinal. Conversely, I have met seminary graduates with more degrees than Celsius, yet who don’t live out the gospel or love the church, and some don’t even know the Lord!

So it would be foolhardy to use seminary as a litmus test of one’s aptness for ministry. God uses character as the primary qualification (1 Tim 3:1-7). In the skill category, only two major abilities must be evident, namely the ability to manage his household, and the ability to teach (1 Tim 3:2).

But I submit to you that although no formal training is necessary for the ministry, rigorous education must occur at some point prior to deemed “able to teach.”

That biblical qualification assumes not only the skill of communicating knowledge, but that there is an accurate body of doctrine that is being shared. “Able to teach” refers to the preacher’s doctrine as much as it does to his homiletic prowess.

Charles Spurgeon boasted no university degrees. But is it true that he was theologically untrained?

Allow me to produce the trump card in my opening gambit: Spurgeon possessed the rare and enviable gift of a perfectly photographic memory. His mind was like a steel trap, nothing that got caught in the grip of his attention ever escaped.

Can you imagine what it must be like to have every factoid you have ever read  chomping at the bit like an eager horse in the racing gates, just waiting to charge out your mouth on command? Spurgeon was able to quote, verbatim, large passages from books he had read only once several years previously.

photographic memoryHis grandmother was the one to discover this prodigious superpower at great loss to her change purse. In an attempt to encourage piety, she offered to pay him in coin for every hymn he could memorize. Little did she know that Charlie could pick up knowledge faster than he could pieces of litter, or perhaps she would have offered the reward for the latter exercise.

Spurgeon’s memory was supported by his towering intellect and his insatiable curiosity. He read every book he could get his chubby paws on, and devoured tomes with the ease and ecstasy most kids reserve for candy.

By the time Charlie reached the age most seminoids are entering seminary to begin their Greek and Hebrew tour-of-duty, the 20 year-old Spurgeon, having already mastered the biblical languages, was pastoring his second church, the New Park Street Chapel in London!

Far from being a boyish, garish country bumpkin (as some critics described him in his early years) Charlie’s wisdom, knowledge, discernment, and insight were the four wheels that carried his oratory acumen. His preaching was unsurpassed in power and eloquence. He spawned 3,600 sermons and about 50 books, every single one of which reads like a masterpiece of literary and rhetorical genius.

He also had the work ethic of a sweatshop sowing machine, drilling away at projects with little respite until his relatively early death at 57 years old. He started schools, orphanages, seminaries, and literally dozens of societies that proliferated his output for the kingdom. He stood against the liberalism of his day in the infamous Downgrade Controversy because he valued doctrinal accuracy with unwavering courage.

One has difficulty picturing Spurgeon replying, “I don’t know” when asked who goes to heaven, why Muslims are wrong, or why God allows suffering.

Incidentally, Spurgeon suffered greatly throughout his ministry emotionally (betrayal), spiritually (depression), socially (incessant public criticism), and physically (gout).

From Spurgeon's Sermons Fifth Series; Sheldon ...

And through it all Spurgeon grasped deep theology, and applied it to his own condition. He loved to show biblically and practically that trials prove and improve our faith, adorn the gospel, and magnify God’s glory.

So if you are an aspiring seminoid who is still unsure if you’ll ever make it into the hallowed halls of an accredited seminary, take heart. God doesn’t require a graduation ceremony or mounted parchment. What He does expect is that you do the best you have with what He gives you. And who knows, if you are faithful with what He provides, perhaps He will give you more with which to be faithful?

If you ever do get the chance to further your studies, grab it with gusto. And learn to substitute “I don’t know” with “I’ll find out and get back to you.”

Clint Archer

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Clint is the pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church. He and his expanding troop of Archers live near Durban, South Africa (and pity anyone who doesn't). When he is off duty from CGate, his alter ego blogs at Café Seminoid, clintarcher.com
  • Petroc Kernow

    Very helpful article. I learnt more about correctly handling the
    word of God and its practical application from Mr Thomas, my “untrained” Sunday
    school teacher, than anything I ever learnt at seminary. Thankfully, he knew the
    importance of applying Proverbs 22:6.

    • http://www.clintarcher.com/ Clint

      That’s a great testimony. Thanks for sharing.

  • http://threecalvinists.wordpress.com/ Dave Johnson

    Thank you Clint Was looking forward to Exhibit B. Right knowledge rightly used leads to right answers. God ordains the means as well as the end. Ours is to add to our faith virtue, knowledge, self control, etc., whatever be the means (seminar or not) to end that we “know” Him intimately, and thus become (more and more) fit vessels for the Master’s use. Spurgeon was a sterling example of godly ministry as evidence by his meekness, integrity and stamina through out his tenure.

    • http://www.clintarcher.com/ Clint

      Well said.

    Clint, no discussion of Spurgeon and higher education would be complete without his story of how God directed him otherwise. Here is the story from sermon number 187, “Providence”

    I shall always regard the fact of my being here to-day as a remarkable instance of providence. I should not have occupied this hall probably, and been blessed of God in preaching to multitudes if it had not been for what I considered an untoward accident. I should have been at this time studying in College, instead of preaching here, but for a singular circumstance which happened. I had agreed to go to College: the tutor had come to see me, and I went to see him at the house of a mutual friend, I was shown by the servant into one drawing-room in the house, he was shown into another. He sat and waited for me two hours, I sat and waited for him two hours. He could wait no longer, and went away thinking I had not treated him
    well; I went away and thought that he had not treated me well As I went away this text came into my mind, “Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not.” So I wrote to say that I must positively decline, I was happy enough amongst my own country people, and got on very well in preaching, and I did not care to go to College. I have now had four years of labour. But, speaking after the manner of men, those who have been saved during that time would not have been saved, by my instrumentality at any rate, if it had not been for the remarkable providence turning the whole tenour of my thoughts, and putting things into a new track. You have often had strange accidents like that. When you have resolved to do a thing, you
    could not do it any how; it was quite impossible. God turned you another way, and proved that providence is indeed the master of all human events.

    • http://michaelcoughlin.net/ Michael Coughlin

      FYI – that’s no the real Spurgeon. That is just a guy with CHS as his profile picture and name.

      • http://veritasdomain.wordpress.com/ SLIMJIM

        Would have thought at first Spurgeon rose from the grave when I skimmed this and saw the “I” and “my”!

    • http://www.clintarcher.com/ Clint

      Thanks for sharing this info. Very pertinent.

  • Dan Phillips

    Mm; Kerry Allen could correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think CHS ever learned Hebrew, and I don’t think he was very good at Greek, if he knew it at all. He should have, but I don’t think he did/was.

    • Dave

      What I think we hae to watch for Dan, is that we don’t put too much importance on the knowledge of biblical languages. Yes, it has helped the Church to have men capable of understanding the biblical languages, like yourself. GWIP is a valued book in my library which obviously benefited greatly from your knowledge of the biblical languages. But my issue is that, we should not get to the stage were we believe you have to know these languages well in order to fully understand the word of God or even be able to teach it well. Every Christian aided by the Holy Spirit can know and understand the Bible. Men are gifted to teach and through Gods providence we have the word of God translated in our own language thanks to the Lords working in the life’s of many able men.

  • http://www.searchandtrace.net/ Stan

    Thanks for this inspiring article Clint.
    One thing we definitely learn from Mr Spurgeon is that whether one goes to college or not,
    an aspiring “seminoid” needs to be reading good books all the time. As
    we all know, CHS had a library somewhere in the region of 12000 books,
    and these were not amassed merely to impress the visitors to his study.

    are a number of Spurgeon’s books available for free download at
    http://www.searchandtrace.net ~ e.g.: “Lectures to my Students”,
    “Morning and Evening Devotions”, “The Soul Winner”, “The Treasury of
    David”, “Till He Come: Communion Meditations”, etc.

    Your readers
    can also request any of Spurgeon’s works and http://www.SearchandTrace.net
    will endeavour to source and deliver these books to your readers for
    free, wherever possible, or, at a greatly discounted price.

    • http://michaelcoughlin.net/ Michael Coughlin

      Do you mean 12,000 books? 120,000 books, at a nice steady pace of 3 per day would take a man over 100 years.

      12,000 books could be read at a pace of only 240 per year for 50 years. (which is still impressive!)

      • http://www.searchandtrace.net/ Stan

        Thanks Michael, yes I meant and said 12000 books 😉

        • http://michaelcoughlin.net/ Michael Coughlin

          My bad….I read it wrong!

    • http://www.clintarcher.com/ Clint

      I love SearchAndTrace’s ministry. Spurgeon would be proud of and thankful for you guys.

    When did Joel Osteen begin leaving comments under the nom de plume “Michael Coughlin?” (Cough, cough.)

  • Dave Dunbar

    Thank you, Clint, for this good article.

    I’m one who is uneducated and untrained by the official schools (Acts 4:13), The apostles got an education, of course, but no official degree. I greatly appreciate excellent seminaries and the men they produce, but why do so many churches insist on “the piece of paper” hanging on the wall?

    I, too, have seen horrendous behavior from guys that went to a superb seminary, and non-MDiv guys that don’t know Greek but know their English Bibles and have the heart of a true shepherd.

    We would all do well, I believe, to quit differentiating between elders/pastors that have a Masters, and those that don’t. We may have differing skills, different areas of strengths and weaknesses, but we’re all to shepherd the flock, together, in unity.

    • http://www.clintarcher.com/ Clint

      I think many churches assume that the paper diploma is evidence of education. Pity, but understandable.

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A Fascinating Introduction To The Bhumisparsha Mudra

The Bhumisparsha Mudra is one of the most important mudras in Buddhism.

The Buddha is seen using the Bhumisparsha Mudra is many Buddha statues and in Buddhist art. In the Bhumisparsha Mudra position, we see the left hand held in the Buddha’s lap with the palm upwards, while the right hand is lowered to touch the earth

. The Buddha is said to have used the Bhumisparsha Mudra right before attaining enlightenment.

 The History of the mudra is really interesting…

Before the Buddha achieved enlightenment he was attacked by the demon Mara along with monsters. The attackers hoped to frighten Siddhartha Guatama (Buddha) from his place under the Bodhi tree. Buddha remained unmoved. Mara claimed his spiritual successes to be greater than Buddha’s and took his place under the tree. “I am his witness” cried Mara’s monsters. “Who will speak for you?” said Mara to Siddhartha, reaching his right hand down to touch the earth.  The earth roared “I bear you witness.” Mara disappeared. It was then Siddhartha Guatama realised enlightenment.

Of course, the mudra offers some excellent health benefits…

  1. Sit down in a comfortable position with good posture.
  2. Place the right hand on the knee with the finger curled over the leg to as to touch the ground.
  3. Hold the left hand in your lap palm up.
  4. Meditate in this position for ten minutes

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2 longtime Carson City residents interview for city administrator job

By Darrin Clark • Last Updated 12:31 pm on Wednesday, August 27, 2014

At right, Carson City Councilman Tom McCrackin asks a question during city administrator interviews Tuesday evening at Carson City Hall as Councilman Chad Parmenter, center, and Mayor Bruce Tasker, left, listen. — Daily News/Cory Smith

CARSON CITY — In its search for the next city administrator, the Carson City Council won’t have to look but a few blocks away from City Hall in choosing between two final candidates.

On Tuesday evening, members of the council interviewed two finalists for the position of city administrator, which has been vacant since May 30 after the resignation of former city administrator Mark Borden.

According to Mayor Bruce Tasker, a total of 21 resumes were received by the city for the position, which was narrowed down to five candidates who were interviewed by the city’s search committee.

The committee, consisting of council members Neil Kapustka, Tom McCrackin and Pam Pelz, narrowed the search down to Jean Southward and James Newman, both of Carson City.

Southward and Newman were asked a series of questions by council members for approximately 25 minutes each, ranging from how one would work on solutions with citizens to strategies on effectively balancing the city’s budget.

Jean Southward

Jean Southward of Carson City, one of two finalists for the position of Carson City administrator, answers questions from Carson City Council members Tuesday evening. — Daily News/Cory Smith

Southward, 57, who has worked at the local Chemical Bank since 1982, was interviewed first. She has worked in management at the bank for the past 29 years and was born and raised in Carson City.

She is a 1975 graduate of Carson City-Crystal High School, received her banking certification through the Perry School of Banking and has taken MBA sponsored classes in Principles of Banking and Law in Banking.

“I’ve always felt like this is home, this is where I belong,” she said. “Part of what makes Carson City quaint is that it’s still the same town that I remember growing up in. We still have our one-block main street that is the core of our town. I want to see us developing what we already have and selling that to the new generation.”

Southward said one of her main priorities would be to focus on “attracting the youth” to Carson City, believing heavily in the philosophy that the future of the city is within younger generations.

“You want young people who will commit to Carson, who will have the attributes to help make this an appealing place to not only live, but to work and put their kids in the schools here,” she said. “To me, (you have to) attract young individuals to help continue to grow the city.”

In her first 90 days on the job, Southward said she would spend her time doing research and also make an effort to personally meet each individual who works for the city.

“I would go through what your expectations are, and ask for any guidance and enlightenment you can give me, seeing how this would be a new position for me,” she said. “I would see how I can bring my skills to the table to best suit your needs.”

Southward said her best skill-set is her rapport with her current staff members.

“I know that my staff has a high regard for me and my abilities to lead a team, and that’s how I look at myself, as a team leader rather than somebody’s boss or supervisor,” she said. “I have a background in finances and I’m used to reading financial reports and I believe my skills in that area are well versed.”

Southward added that if hired, this would be a position she would like to keep until she retires.

“I don’t foresee myself doing anything else or walking away from this job, I don’t take this type of commitment lightly.”

James Newman

Newman, 62, is a retired resident who has lived in Carson City since 1973. He previously served as a Carson City councilman from 1987 to 2006 and also worked as a health care manager at Carson City Hospital.

James Newman of Carson City, one of two finalists for the position of Carson City administrator, answers questions from Carson City Council members Tuesday evening. — Daily News/Cory Smith

Newman holds an associates degree in applied science from Ferris State University.

“I moved to Carson City back in the early 1970s, built a home here, raised my family here and became a part of this community,” he said. “The reason we are all here is because this community is dear to us and we want to see it grow and succeed.”

Newman said one of his main goals would be to focus on the city’s budget, which he said has changed significantly since his time on the city council nearly 10 years ago.

“I think the budget really has to be looked at and accounted for,” he said. “When I was on the council, we had a great deal of money set back (in reserves), but I understand that times have changed and we don’t have that cushion anymore.”

Newman said that he would work to “try to build that cushion back up” and create a reserve of funds in the event of an emergency.

Newman added that he also would place an importance on finding the city’s next police chief.

“The other big concern is finding a police chief to be a part of this community, like we all should be,” he said. “There’s got to be somebody out there that can fill that need.”

Newman suggested that the city may possibly need to search for a full-time police chief as opposed to the city’s current format of hiring a part-time police chief.

In his first 90 days on the job, Newman said he would work to establish good relationships with the city’s department heads.

“I would find out what issues they are dealing with, and spend those first 90 days learning the processes of the city administrator,” he said. “I truly think that doing that, sitting down with people outside of the office, going out to where they are doing their job and spending time with them, that’s what’s needed to find out what their concerns and issues are. I’ve never been a micromanager. I trusted people with their job responsibilities and I think that’s still a good way to do business.”

Newman said his previous time as a council member, also serving as the head of the finance committee for a time, make him an ideal candidate for city administrator.

“I’ve dealt with budgets, large sums of money, and I enjoy working with people to put together budgets,” he said. “I certainly would rely on the input of department heads when working with the budget. I’d like to develop a three-year plan when putting together the city’s budget.”

Newman said he has not been satisfied with retirement and is eager to get back to work, adding that he wouldn’t be looking for any other position if he were hired.

Both Southward and Newman said they would also place a concentration on improving the downtown and working to improve the current business atmosphere to bring people into town, as opposed to simply driving through to another destination.

After both candidates interviews were concluded, the public meeting ended.

Tasker said council will reconvene for a special meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday when members of the council will make a recommendation between the two candidates. That recommendation will be delivered to Tasker, who will then appoint the city’s next administrator.

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Port sees consistent revenue in 2013

Port of Grays Harbor Commissioners approved a preliminary 2013 budget on Tuesday that projects overall revenues of $34.8 million and expenses of $33.9 million, including $23.3 million in operating costs.

It reflects $2.1 million in debt service (principal and interest) payments on more than $19 million of outstanding bonds, with more than $13 million maintained in Port reserves at the end of 2013, according to a draft of the document presented to commissioners by Mary Nelson, the Port’s director of finance and administration.

The budget, however, does not yet include operations at the Satsop Business Park, which commissioners on Tuesday also agreed to take on by accepting a formal tender offer from the business park’s Public Development Authority.

Port Executive Director Gary Nelson told the PDA last week that the Port would add the business park’s budget to its operations once the consolidation is completed. The action taken Tuesday essentially transfers the business park’s assets and liabilities to the Port “subject to reasonable due diligence,” said Port attorney Art Blauvelt, also the attorney for the PDA.

The PDA operates the business park with an operating budget of $2.3 million for 2012, with $6 million in cash and investments, total debt of $805,940, and a total value of $56 million for combined assets after depreciation.

For the overall 2013 Port spending plan, Mary Nelson said the top priorities in the preliminary budget center on the Port’s customers and tenants.

The outstanding bonds — $11.6 million issued in 2011 to finance the Marine Terminal rail project and refinanced 1999 bonds — took advantage of low interest rates “and saved the Port quite a bit of money on future payments,” Mary Nelson said.

“So the debt service needs to be paid right out of our operations,” Mary Nelson said.

The budget includes an estimated property tax collection of $2.25 million, based on the 2011 property tax levy collected this year.

“As property valuation and new construction values become available from Grays Harbor County, the property tax budget amount will be updated,” the preliminary budget states.

“We will follow the Port Commission’s directive that the property taxes shall only be used for capital investments that support the generation of jobs by our customers and tenants,” Mary Nelson said.

The Port’s capital improvement plan for 2012 is about $8.4 million, and it includes money for a remodeled 28th Street Boat Launch, Terminal 4 cargo yard paving and pile cap replacement, jet array renovation, bankline reconstruction at the Westport Marina and improvements at Bowerman Airport, among other items.

“We have a lot of assets that need to be kept up,” Mary Nelson said.

On the plus side, operating revenue is projected to continue to grow next year, largely driven by activity at the marine terminals.

Marine terminal revenue is projected to be $22.7 million, up from the $19.6 million projected for this year and the $12.2 million in revenue for 2011. Most of that will be driven by increasing exports of grains and autos. Operating income is expected to double from $1.8 million this year to a project $3.7 million for 2013.

“The greatest accomplishment that the staff all feels is the diversification now of the marine terminals with many different types of commodities, including our old friend log exports,” Nelson said. She noted that last year included the addition of new grain silos for Ag Processing Inc.

Trade volumes grew 75 percent in 2012 and are expected to increase 19 percent during 2013 “with a diversified mix of cargo and customers,” the budget projects.

“Global trade conditions and development opportunities have been strong for Port customers,” states the budget’s financial goals and market conditions report. “This trend is expected to continue through 2013.”

Nelson said industrial properties, including those in Hoquiam and Westport, include more than 100 leases, with operating revenue projected to be $2.36 million, compared to a projected $2.47 million this year.

“Over the past four years, we have had moderate growth and very stable business for our tenants in this area,” she said.

Revenues from the Westport Marina also are up slightly, from a projected $888,727 this year to $908,052 for 2013.

“The marina has been very busy during the summer months and actually filling to capacity,” Mary Nelson said, noting the Port also revised tariffs that helped provide more revenue.

The commissioners will set a formal budget hearing for their next regular meeting on Nov. 13.

Nelson noted it was important to get the general fund balance up to provide more operating capital.

“As we’re growing, we need to ease into a better cash position,” she said.


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The Deliberate Agrarian Blogazine
May 2011

Dateline: 31 May 2011

Marlene and I made a compost pile early in May. It became "Active" very quickly. And we have had an active month ourselves!

This last day of May marks the end of the first month of my five-month sabbatical from blogging. But I am here to give a brief report.....

The big news within our family is that our oldest son is now married. His new wife, Sammy, (Samantha), is from Ohio. They met online and corresponded most of last year when he was stationed in Korea. Congratulations Chaz & Sammy!

In other news, our middle son, Robert, completed a 8-month Auto Technology class at a local vocational school. At the end of the class he had a two-week internship, after which the auto dealership offered him a job as a mechanic. He has his own bay, and has been working now for a few weeks, and it's all very good.
It is worth noting that Robert's $6,000 tuition to the vocational school was paid with chicken plucker fingers. Some of you long-time readers may recall that back in 2007 I posted an essay about Robert getting into the business of selling rubber poultry plucker fingers (you can Read it Here). Well, Robert sold a LOT of plucker fingers and was easily able to pay for his own schooling. Plucker fingers have been a real blessing to this family.

Our youngest son, James, has a job working at a popular local diner. He washes dishes, cleans, serves, and even cooks. It's a good job for him. And when not doing that, he continues to help a local farmer part time.

James bought himself a chain saw this month. A Husqvarna. I asked him how he settled on the particular model that he bought. His answer: "It was the biggest one they had."

Then Robert bought a Stihl chainsaw. He e-mailed me this picture a couple days ago......

Robert & his new chainsaw. The tree was next to a church we used to attend. He climbed up and limbed his way down, then dropped the trunk without hitting the church or nearby power lines. He told me about this the next day. It's just as well I didn't know about it when it was happening.

This is James with a turkey he shot in May. He has also been hunting frogs with a pellet gun. I was surprised to learn there is a frog hunting season here in New York. James says the frog legs are delicious (they taste like a "fishy chicken"), but I have yet to try them.

As for Marlene and I, we are adjusting to an "empty nest." Although Robert and James still live at home, they are gone most of the time doing their own "thing." It is different around here.

Our garden is a big focus these days. Marlene started our tomato and pepper plants, as she usually does. I am impressed with how well she does without any heat mat, lights or hoop house. She starts the plants inside, puts them on the windowsill and then gets them outside into a cold frame, which is nothing more than a garden cart with a sheet of clear plastic over it...

Marlene's tomatoes in May
I am continuing to develop my own approach to growing tomatoes. All of our tomatoes this year will be grown on trellis supports and all of them will be mulched with grass clippings...

Tommy Toe tomatoes are great for trellising. The ones we transplanted into a plastic-covered "hoop-house" (like the one shown here) have done exceptionally well. The hoops have now been removed and trellis strings are in place.

This is my busy season with the Planet Whizbang business. I continue to work a 28-hour week at my factory job, but am thinking more and more that it is time to leave. It is increasingly difficult for me to work both jobs... and tend to my garden.

Speaking of Planet Whizbang and gardening, if you have been holding off on getting yourself a Planet Whizbang wheel hoe, now is the time. I have dropped the price on metal parts kits to $99. That is a significant discount. I have maybe 100 more of the kits to sell at that price. Then I will have more parts fabricated and I'm sure my costs will be much higher. Everything is increasing in price.

A completed Planet Whizbang wheel hoe. It's not just beautiful and affordable, it's a remarkably efficient tool for destroying weeds!
And while I'm marketing things.... if you are a reader of this blog and you have not yet read my book, Writings of a Deliberate Agrarian, I can't think of a better summer reading recommendation. Here's the link: Writings of a Deliberate Agrarian
Not only is the book available at Amazon, you can also purchase a copy directly from me at This Link (it's on sale through the summer).

Men with Mangel Wurzels (or maybe they're sugar beets). Read all about it at Agrarian Nation.

I have been posting regularly (every Monday and Friday) to my Agrarian Nation web site. Here are excerpts from this past month:

#10— A Farmer's Creed (1881)
#11— May Farmer's Calendar Excerpts (1840-1858)
#12— The Milch Cow (1825-1849)
#13— Maxims For The Farmer (1866)
#14— Hot-Beds (1880)
#15— Corn (1835-1889)
#16— May Farmer's Calendar Excerpts (1859-1874)

#17— Sweet or Carolina Potatoes (1830)
#18— Culture of Roots (1871)

At any one time I am reading half a dozen books. Some are better than others. The one pictured above, Healthy at 100, is

a very good book, though I have only read Part 1 (the first 85 pages) which is titled, "The World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples."

I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the Abkhasia people of Russia, the Vilcabamba people of Ecuador's Andes Mountains, the Hunza people of Pakistan, and the Okinawan people of Japan. All of these cultures have unusually long life spans. But they don't just live long, they are healthy for longer.

Reading about the Abkhasians brought to mind an old Dannon Yogurt commercial I remembered from the 1970s, and I found it on YouTube....

We hear claims that modern medicine is helping people in industrialized nations live longer lives, but many of them are not living healthy long lives. I'm not impressed with medicine that prolongs life but not health. There is a big difference.

There are common denominators with cultures that live longer and are far more healthy into their old age. One common denominator is that they do not eat the typical industrialized food that is so common in America. Another common denominator is that they live simple, agrarian-based lifestyles.

I'll probably have more to say about this book when I return from my blogging sabbatical. In the meantime, if you have an interest in this subject, I recommend the book.

Now for something completely different. I'll bet you have never heard of Alben W. Barkley. He was Harry Truman's Vice President. His last words were spoken in 1956 when he was 78 years old and giving a speech at Washington & Lee University. It is worth listening to.

And here is a picture of something that some of my female readers may want to consider....

"Homemade pie crust, enclosing a filling of Minnesota Haralson apples. The steam vents in a fern design is a family tradition, passed from mother to daughter for several generations, from what is now the Czech Republic to the United States."  Have you ever heard of such a family tradition? What a great idea! Perhaps you baking mothers and future mothers out there would want to develop a family heirloom steam vent pie design. And if you do, I'd love to know about it.

That's it for this month. I'll be back for another quick blogging-sabbatical update on June 30th........


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French Polynesia Battles for Independence
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French Polynesia Battles for Independence

RAROTONGA – In a far flung corner of the South Pacific a secessionist movement is stirring with its protagonists preparing for a major battle looming half a world away. And if Oscar Manutahi Temaru gets his way French Polynesia could one day become the world’s newest country.

Temaru has fought a 35-year campaign for independence and indigenous control of his country in a quiet, non-violent but calculated manner that has been largely ignored by the rest of the world.

However, the world is starting to take notice. Temaru is taking his fight to New York and staking his country’s claim in the United Nations General Assembly where he is drumming up support from the world leaders for recognition of French Polynesia’s right to self-government.

Paris is bristling at the thought of bidding farewell to the last vestiges of its colonial past, in particular to a group of idyllic, tropical islands that have served France well as an up-market retirement home for its citizens hoping to make ends meet on a state-pension.

French missionaries began arriving in these islands during the 1830′s, sparking a series of rebellions and decades of gunboat diplomacy that ended in 1880 with France annexing French Polynesia as a colony.

France labeled French Polynesia an “overseas country inside the Republic,” endowing it with some autonomy including authority over health, town planning and the environment, while Paris continues to control its justice, education, security, public order, currency, defense and foreign policy.

An unassuming Temaru has been careful not to position himself and his campaign against the French and has been supportive of French President Francois Hollande, calling him a “friend” and a “democrat in the best possible way.”

Hollande is seen as the lesser of two difficulties.

Earlier this year, then President Nicolas Sarkozy irked the Polynesian leader with five terms as president under his belt by telling reporters that Temaru’s plea for sovereignty was “no urgent matter.”

But for Temaru the immediate priority is getting French Polynesia back on the UN List of Non Self Governing Territories, which for islanders is effectively telling the world that politically, places like Tahiti are effectively a remnant of an antiquated neo-imperial empire.

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Man says he 'blacked out' during murder

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A Humble man charged with murdering his aunt in Port Arthur is set to appear for trial later this month.

Lawrence James Jr., 44, was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury May 17, 2012 for murder, a first-degree felony.

According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by The Examiner, police discovered the body of Bettye Loretta Davis in a state of decomposition on March 30, 2012.

Large amounts of dried blood were found throughout the home at 2213 Shirley Street in Port Arthur where Davis was found face down on the kitchen floor with numerous stab wounds.

An autopsy was conducted and, according to the attending physician, the preliminary cause of death was stabbing, and her death was ruled a homicide.

James was arrested for possession of a controlled substance in Harris County on Feb. 28 about 1:28 a.m. while driving his murdered aunt’s grey 2007 Toyota Camry, the affidavit said. A few days later, police interviewed James who — according to the affidavit — waived his rights and gave police a voluntary statement saying that on Feb. 27, he came to his aunt’s home to clean her car in exchange for money.

The affidavit said James told police he and his aunt were the only two people at the home when a fight broke out between the two in the garage.

“The accused said he recalled holding a knife during this time,” the affidavit said. “It was a knife he said he picked up in the garage.”

The two continued arguing in the kitchen, but James denied any direct knowledge of his aunt’s death.

“The accused said he ‘blacked out’ and when he came to, the victim was lying on the kitchen floor,” the affidavit said. Police say James got in his aunt’s car and simply drove off.

The affidavit says, “The accused said he went and bought some crack cocaine and then traveled to Houston in the victim’s vehicle. The accused said in his statement that he has had time to think about the entire incident and that it was not his intentions to kill the victim. The accused also told (police) he thinks he killed her because he was the only one there.”

James was arrested Sept. 21, 2012, and booked into the Jefferson County Jail where he still sits with a $100,000 bond.

He is set to appear for trial March 24 in Judge Lindsey Scott’s 252nd Criminal District Court.


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July 16, 2001, 06:21 PM
I still have my first gun. I...think....it is the 512. It is a tube mag bolt .22 and old enough that they didn't even serial number em.

Well, I never abused it and it is still near mint. I...did...refinish the stock with hand rubbed oil and added sling swivels and it looks so fine as a "pretty" old gun.

But, it hangs up feeding cartridges from the tube. Only SOMETIMES.....aaargh. I see no galling or nicks on the carrier thingies that scissor up and down and have cleaned them and they seem to work just fine.

Any suggestions of where to look next?

Would like to give it to a grandson but really would like to get it working like new.

It seems to pick up the shell and then jam the nose back down and stick. Other times it works just fine.

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July 17, 2001, 06:27 AM
Lavan, it just sounds like a worn part to me. I would try replacing the lifter/carrier. Numrich, www.e-gunparts.com, carries parts for this model. George

July 18, 2001, 12:19 AM
I have been working on some brethren:
Rem 510 and 511.

I bought them at gun shows. I like to fix them up.

My best group is .2", 5 shots at 50 yards [typical 1" with that ammo].

I have had a real challange doing trigger jobs on them. They are easy to reblue. I have cast and re worked the butt plates.

July 19, 2001, 08:48 AM
There is a screw adjustment on the port side of the weapon which will affect the feeding. IIRC, there are either 2 or 3 screws, and the one you'll want to adjust has stake marks on it. As old as it is, you may want to make the adjustment to where it functions correctly, then restake the screw so it doesn't back out on you.

July 20, 2001, 01:44 PM
...and probably in the gun too. Thanks all who responded.
David, I found the screw and adjusted it. Never knew what that screw was for. Could feel the changes and tried a few positions. But it suddenly changed its problem. Now it started not allowing the bolt to come all the way back. I could force it and override whatever was holding it.
I noticed a groove in the mag follower was empty and took the outer tube off to see if maybe a friction spring was jammed in there. Nope.
Finally, I looked into the action, saw nothing amiss and just out of frustration DRENCHED the action and the bolt in Liquid Wrench.

Presto.....gun fixed. Like new.

And I'm the guy who bought a Luger that was so jammed with old oil that the barrel had to be hammered with a wood block to free it up.

Never thought one of MY precious guns could gunk up. DUH!

Thanks all again.


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your not going to break a me.

they will take down a deer, easy....and the 180grain is going to shoot just fine out of a mosin.
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Seeker, the point I tried to make is generally understood by those who use the shotgun section...

I was also trying to steer the thread back on track which I am doing again now.

And for HD, I cannot think of a time when I would grab a .410 over a 12 if able bodied enough to handle the larger...

But I do consider the .410 adequate in the hands of a person who knows the gun well and has the round capacity to overcome any less than stellar results with the first shots...

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You said "...The problem is ,They are never enforced."

Can you explain what you mean by this? I'm trying to figure out what gun law there is that law enforcement know is being violated, but ignore. At least that's what I'm assuming you are saying here.
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If we're talking 36 cal Navy I'd start with a 15gr load by volume (use a 15gr BP spout). A 18-20 gr load would be a good all around shooting load and 23-25gr by volume will be a nice thumper.
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Glock 26 Gen4 came with three magazines.

Just bought a Glock 26 Gen4.
It came with three (3) magazines.
Before it arrived I called Glock for grins and asked.
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He had like 5 kinds of IMR powders, CFE223 and a couple of Alliant powders. They even had large pistol primers..., but the primers were $50/1000! Powder was only Agee dollars high and not out of range for this shop!
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# STUDENTS /// Royal Cabinets/Re-Formation by Paul Nicholls

It became almost an habit on the Funambulist to publish projects created within the frame of the Unit 15 at Bartlett. This unit is lead by Nic Clear (see his manifesto) and the concerned project here has been created by the video virtuoso Paul Nicholls.

His project, Royal Cabinets introduces a building of the British Royal Mail that stands like a wart on a Canary Wharf (London) office building. Two ideas of labor are therefore existing in parallel. The capitalist driven one that we experience everywhere in the West, and the accomplishment of public service in a building that recounts its essence by its architecture.

The Royal Cabinets are associated with a film -as it is required in the Unit 15- entitled Royal Re-Formation. I don’t know if Paul has ever watched Zabriskie Point by Michelangelo Antonioni in which the explosion of a house in the desert allows the Italian director to film the luxurious products originally contained in this house while they are in the air.
Paul Nicholls, here, accomplishes the opposite by filming the  chaotic Post’s elements of construction and labor in the air that eventually creates the structure of the Cabinets. This process could maybe appear too abstract or even useless but I think that, by allowing us to see the ensemble of pieces composing the Cabinets, he very strongly reinforces the subversiveness of the architecture that seems to be built only by cheap industrial peaces found here or there and assembled as a celebration of emancipated labor.

Here are the two texts written by Paul to introduce his project:

In an age of progressively automated manufacturing and fabrication processes, the Royal Cabinets are an aggressive expression of labour. Assembled from a contractor led design approach, the cabinets draw on highly skilled local craftsmen and artists to produce the fantastical. Staged within the proposed baron ‘facadescape’ of a financially fragile Canary Wharf, the Cabinets are programmatically charged with the loss of yet another great British labour force, Royal Mail.

ROYAL RE-FORMATION The film attempts in part to graphically abstract the construction of the Royal Cabinets, In a dream-like labour of love. This abstracted reformation is a metaphor for this labour as well as representing the ‘architecture of pieces’ nature to the project. With the obsession for the object the film focuses on an assemblage of immense intricacy as the material slowly clusters to form the sculptural mail markets. Once formed the focus stays with the object, now in the form of the ornamentally re-branded building parts, before the nocturnal mail markets come to life, transforming into red jewels in the urban cityscape, becoming misplaced curious objects in themselves which have a strange visual balance of fragility and aggression.

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  1. Léopold, I loved the Royal Re-Formation project ! It made me think of some of Adriana Varejao’s works. The Brazilian artist focused several series of paintings on cannibalism, which became a reference to the Brazilian identity after the Manifesto of Brazilian Modernism written by the poet Oswaldo de Andrade, in the 1920s.
    In a series called “Folds” (see link below), Adriana Varejao represented “azulejos”, the typical Potuguese ceramic tileworks, ripped up internal organs. The surface of the paintings brings up to human skin, and one can imagine that the viscera are a metaphor for the natives that were decimated by Portuguese colonizers.

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Is Every Human Truly Connected?

People have always talked about the theory of �six degrees of separation� -- the notion that we are all somehow connected -- but is it really true? The second broadcast from ABC News� limited series �Primetime: Basic Instincts� looks at how small the world can really be. The hour takes on an intellectual experiment that had previously only been tried with letters and emails, and for the first time tries it with cameras and in real time with real people. Jay Schadler reports on �Primetime: Basic Instincts,� WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

It�s one thing to say it�s a small world but quite another to prove it. A socialite, a businessman, a boxer from the inner city and a Broadway dancer � four people with completely different lives connected by nothing � accept �Primetime�s� six degrees of separation challenge. The program explores whether these total strangers can be linked to one another through a human chain of friends and acquaintances across the biggest social, racial and geographic barriers. Will everyone complete the mission in six degrees or less? Who will connect in the fewest steps? What will they learn along the way?

Columbia University professor Duncan Watts helped design the �Primetime� experiment. As director of Columbia�s �Small World Project,� he has researched people trying to connect with mystery targets around the world via email. But he says �Primetime�s� experiment represents the first time anyone has tried to prove �six degrees� by actually following people as they create a human to human chain.... and do it across the great divides in society: race and class.

The strange, sweeping connections made and the remarkable human chain that is created are stunning for everyone involved.

Throughout the hour there will be an interactive component, where viewers will get a chance to go live to ABCNEWS.com and participate in their own six degrees challenge.

David Sloan is the executive producer of �Primetime: Basic Instincts.�

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Academy Award and Grammy Award Winning Artist Lionel Richie Performs

Dance Center Returns

The Macy's Stars of Dance Design-a-Dance Winner is Revealed

"Episode 707A" - After tallying the judges' and viewers' votes, the eighth couple to be eliminated from the competition is revealed on "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show," on a special day and time, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5 (8:00-9:02 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

Legendary singer Lionel Richie will take to the stage performing his hit, "Dancing on the Ceiling," accompanied by professional dancers Cheryl Burke, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Kym Johnson and Tony Dovolani, as well as his first single, "Good Morning," from his new album "Just Go," coming out February 17, 2009 on Island Records. This is Richie's first studio album in two years. "Good Morning" will be danced to by professional dancers Edyta Sliwinska and Alec Mazo.

In a special Macy's Stars of Dance performance, the Macy's Design-a-Dance winning elements, including song, type of dance, male & female lead dancers and costume design selected by the public, will be revealed. Since the beginning of the season, viewers have been logging onto abc.com to submit their own costume designs as well as vote for their favorite song, type of dance and dancers to create the public's ideal vision and performance. The five final costume designs were selected and voted on by the public, leaving one lucky winner with the most votes to have his or her costume created by the show designer and worn by the winning professional dancer in the performance.

Dance Center is back with another hilarious segment, starring Season Two competitors Kenny Mayne and Jerry Rice, with head judge Len Goodman.

By evening's end one more couple will be eliminated, as determined by a combination of the judges' scores and viewers' votes. Who among the following six teams will leave the ballroom floor?

Lance Bass & Lacey Schwimmer
Brooke Burke & Derek Hough
Maurice Greene & Cheryl Burke
Cody Linley & Edyta Sliwinska
Susan Lucci & Tony Dovolani
Warren Sapp & Kym Johnson

Viewers may cast their votes for their favorite teams via phone on Monday and Tuesday night during and up to 30 minutes after the "Dancing with the Stars" performance shows. AT&T subscribers may also text message their votes by texting the word "VOTE" and entering the number that corresponds to the team they want to support (standard text message rates apply). Viewers may also vote online at www.abc.com starting from the opening of each episode on the East Coast and until 12:00 Noon, ET the following day.

Hosted by Tom Bergeron ("America's Funniest Home Videos") and Samantha Harris ("E! Entertainment"), the celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by renowned Ballroom judge Len Goodman and dancer/choreographers Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba.

"Dancing with the Stars" is the U.S. version of the international smash hit series, "Strictly Come Dancing." This version is produced by BBC Worldwide Americas. Conrad Green serves as executive producer and Rob Wade and Matilda Zoltowski are co-executive producers. Alex Rudzinski directs. "Dancing with the Stars" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1 channel surround sound and Spanish audio via SAP.

About BBC Worldwide Americas:

BBC Worldwide is the main commercial arm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). BBC Worldwide Americas, with headquarters in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto and Miami, brings together all of BBC Worldwide's businesses in the North and South America region. The company exists to maximize the value of the BBC's assets for the benefit of the UK license payer and invests in public service programming in return for rights. The company has six core businesses: Channels, Sales and Distribution, Content and Production, Home Entertainment, Digital Media and Magazines. Under these businesses fall two key brands in the U.S. - digital cable channel BBC America and a bi-coastal production arm responsible for the smash hit Dancing with the Stars for ABC.

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"She’s different, in every way" — those are the words used in the second trailer for 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' (which is arguably less frenetic than the first) to describe Rooney Mara's mohawk-sporting titular character.

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Canucks General Manager Search Progressing

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Now that the Vancouver Canucks have begun a new era with a new President, and hopefully, a new focus on what this team needs to be successful in the future, the search begins for the GM, the engine that will drive this team forward.

This person is going to be vital in establishing a culture that lends itself to winning, finding the players that best fit the system that will be designed to get those wins, and in renewing enthusiasm in the fan base. The Canucks have deteriorated in all those areas, and in a few short years have gone from an established power that only needed a couple pieces, to a team in total disarray. And for these reasons, it is critical that they find the right person right now, or risk forever being a fringe team who’s only goal is to make the playoffs.

There are many candidates out there, some more suitable than others, but here are a few that are apparently going to get a long look from the upper management group.

Paul Fenton, The Quiet One

Paul Fenton is destined to run a team at some point, and one of the reasons is his work ethic. He played over 400 games in the NHL, primarily as a checker, even scoring 32 for the Jets in 89-90. He retired in ’92 and became a scout with the Anaheim Ducks, eventually becoming their head professional scout. Nashville originally hired him as their director of player personnel, and now he is the Predators Assistant GM.

There are a couple of reasons why Paul Fenton is so highly regarded, one being Nashville’s ability to draft talent. They continually find players who fit their system, and above all else, make an impact on their roster. Seth Jones, Roman Josi, Anders Lindback, Colin Wilson, Craig Smith, Gabriel Bourque, Cody Franson, Patric Hornquvist, Ryan Suter, Shea Weber, and Kevin Klien are all draft picks. That’s a fairly impressive list of players, especially when you factor in that Nashville consistently draft out of the top 10.

And Nashville is one of the best in the league at developing their talent, particularly defencemen. In 2012-13, the Predators used 17 players drafted and developed by the team – which included 10 of the team’s top 12 point getters. Few teams can match that output, and that’s awfully attractive.

The only possible issue is that he likes to build from the back out, which may contradict the style Linden wants to employ.

Jim Benning, The Former Canuck

Jim Benning has long had ties to the West Coast, having played his junior hockey for the Portland Winter Hawks before being drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs. His direct connection to the Canucks began when he was traded to them in the 86-87 season and stayed until 1990, spending 2 of those seasons playing with Trevor Linden.

After retiring he became a scout for the Anaheim ducks in 1993 and then joined Buffalo as a scout in 1994, who moved him up the ladder to Director of Amateur Scouting in 1998. Boston acquired his talents in 2006 and made him Assistant GM, and he won a cup with them in 2011.

Benning’s strength is his ability to evaluate players at all levels, which was directly responsible for Buffalo’s drafting prowess under his command. During the later rounds they managed to find Ryan Miller, Max Afinogenov, Paul Gaustad, Jason Pominville, Andrej Sekera, Derek Roy, Jan Hejda, Dennis Wideman, Henrik Tallinder, and Clarke MacArthur, along with Brian Campbell and Ales Kotalik. It’s the late rounds that build a team, and that list shows how good a scouting system he can establish, a key area for the Canucks to improve upon.

There are other upsides, as he’s easy going and respected by the league. The downside is he has a reputation of not wanting to suffer coaches who are prone to outbursts at the podium and in the media, which may be an obstacle if the Canucks chose to keep Tortorella.

Ron Hextall, The Wild Card

Ron Hextall’s hockey background is well known, from his standout days as a goaltender for the Brandon Wheat Kings to his Calder Cup and Conn Smythe play for the Philadelphia Flyers. And of course, his impact on how goaltenders play the puck today is undisputed and significantly changed how the game is played.

When he retired in 1999 he joined the Flyers as a pro scout, and was promoted to Director of Professional Player Personnel in 2002. In 2006 he left Philly for the Los Angeles Kings and the position of Vice President and Assistant General Manager, under the tutelage of Dean Lombardi.

Hextall is one of the more recent additions to the NHL’s list of rising front office talent, increasing his presence on the radar with the Kings cup win in 2012. It appears Hextall can assemble a scouting team and evaluate talent, as there have been some notable picks beyond the 1st round while Hextall has been in L.A., including Jeff Zatkoff, Wayne Simmonds, Oscar Moller, Slava Voynov, Andrei Loktionov, Jordan Nolan and Valentin Zykov.

But his best attribute may be at the developmental level. While Assistant GM for the Kings, he oversaw their AHL farm team in Manchester, and the Monarchs not only made the playoffs every season but also appeared in 2 conference finals.

He is currently with the Flyers as their Assistant GM and Director of Hockey Operations. It was thought he may have joined the Flyers to replace Paul Holmgren, but Paul has not indicated a desire to leave his job as Philly’s GM.

Hextall’s familiarity with the Western Conference could be an asset if he were to become interested in the Vancouver job. Helping the L.A. franchise win its first ever Stanley Cup certainly looks good on his Resume, and he has family near Vancouver, as his Mom lives in Victoria. The only thing holding him back may be the feeling that he has the quality, but not the quantity in his body of work.

Regardless of how the search goes, one thing is certain. The Canucks hockey club have to get this right, because the franchise is a victim of its own success, and a descent to the realms of the average teams is wholly unacceptable.

Darrin Hayes

  • Darrin Hayes

    I like the idea of a Paul Fenton/Barry Trotz combo.

  • Shane Sander

    Very interesting in who your three choices are.

    Of the three I believe Benning is the best choice, but I have my hat resting on someone who may or may not have stepped down from Hockey Canada.