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Monday, August 3

Works of God Monday (extended edition)

What a week it's been! Most of you have been able to see God at work in your family in ways big and in the little things - isn't it amazing to serve and love a God Who is always present, Who has the details of our lives already planned out, and Who gives us the grace we need for every moment? Let's praise Him together!!

Many of you know that I started my Pampered Chef business at the end of June. I had a very specific set of goals that I personally wanted to meet by the end of July - Pampered Chef wasn't pressuring me, I just wanted to get there. Wednesday of last week, it looked rather unlikely. Then I closed my last two shows and thanks to the provision of God through hard working friends and family, I made my monthly sales goal!

I cannot even tell you how thankful I am - the bonuses that meeting this goal earned will really help the business and hopefully will allow us as a family to do some of the things we've been hoping to do financially. Not to mention, I'm getting the best ever Pampered Chef goods stash. Really. I love it!!

Michael has plenty of work to meet our needs - don't get me wrong. And I am VERY thankful for that in a time when most construction workers are struggling to find work. But we are hoping to build our savings with the additional income, and this will help us (hopefully) stay out of debt and avoid "Jehovah Visa" traps. And I don't know if this happens with any of you in your family, but it seems like just when you feel like you're pulling ahead, something else goes wrong - case in point, last week our van needed a $300+ repair that rendered the air conditioning useless and yesterday the van window came off the track. Yeah, one thing after another.

OK rabbit trail! I'm thankful for God's provision through a new job for me. He has orchestrated the details in unimaginable ways, and it's neat to watch Him working.

Blessings also this weekend with the 3rd birthday of Aaron, and my 3rd decade birthday. We had a great time - pictures here. I didn't get to share this in the photo album, but my birthday was so great! We went to church, and Michael taught Sunday School, then we went to work in the 2 year old nursery. There were 14 toddlers in there, and it was fun to get to know Aaron's church friends a little bit. 2 year olds are hilarious. I'm just glad we don't have 14 at our house all at once. They are FULL of energy. I was blessed to be able to serve at our church on my birthday.

Then my parents watched the kiddos during naptime and Michael took me out to lunch for our favorite local Chinese food. It was so nice to be able to gaze mushily into each other's eyes over chopsticks and lo mein. *grin* And then we pretended like we were house shopping and hit an open house before coming home for ice cream coconut cake. YUMMY! A very nice day, to be sure. And don't forget to check out my online birthday party. There's still some cake left! And a week left to win a goody bag!

The missions team from our church is off - left early this morning on their way to Peru to work for 10 days with Tim & Cheryl Chapman. The teens did a little presentation at church last night and I'm thrilled that they get such a great opportunity. I'm certain that God will do a work in their lives, and I am praying that they would be able to see God working in a much different way than usual. Will you pray with me for them?

So, how has God been working in YOUR life this week? It can be something teeny or something gigantic, but please share. It is so encouraging to hear about your blessings, and to be reminded that God is working at all times in all places.

"Therefore encourage one another and build one another up..." 1 Thess. 5:11

In the Mister Linky widget below, simply type your name in the top box, or a short description of the work that God has done, and then in the second box, paste the link from your specific "Works of God Monday" post. If you don't have a blog, use the comment section! Feel free to use the image from the top of this post if you like.

Shelley said...

God is good

Diana said...

We were bummed about missing out on the family reunion in KY this past weekend, but God provided us with lovely weather so we were able to take Ava to the zoo for the first time and Sunday afternoon we took her to get her 6 mos pics that we hadn't had time to do all month. It turned out to be a perfectly wonderful weekend. God reminded us that sometimes we don't get what we want, but He still has plenty of blessings to share that sometimes end of better than what we originally planned.


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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Intrade Odds Above 50% for Reps to Control House

Intrade odds for the Republicans to control the House of Representatives after 2010 Congressional Elections: 50.3%.

At 4/22/2010 1:27 PM, Blogger Benjamin said...

Yes, we really had the deficit under control 2000-2006.

At 4/22/2010 2:26 PM, Blogger OA said...

So 1% to 4% of GDP was not under control and over 10% now would be ______ .

Bush didn't get to 20% or 30% approval by losing Democrats. That only gets to 60%. He got there by losing support of Republicans and Independents.

Republicans got out of control and they paid the price two elections in a row. But were people voting for wildly higher spending and deficits? That sure wasn't the sales pitch.

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Valentine Day Kiss Cookies (Royal Icing)

Happy Valentine's Day! For the boys class mates I saw a really cool Kiss/Lip Cookie on Instagram by a professional baker (Dapper). Now hers were amazing, and I must say I was pretty pleased with mine.

What you Need:
Sugar cookie Dough (recipe below, this is my most requested one)
Lip Cookie Cutter (I had this from last year so I used it again)
Royal Icing - Pink - Colored with AmeriColor  (see recipe below)

Piping Bag of  the colored Royal Icing Red Americolor

I used the dipping method with my royal icing. I started to do the dipping method about 6 months ago to speed up my decorating time. You can pipe each cookie which is a little cleaner but I find the dipping method to be the best. You get your royal icing to the outline consistency and put into a pie dish (I find this is not too deep). Once you dip the top of the cookie you tap off the extra icing! AFTER the icing dried I added the details. I took a piping bag of red royal icing and added the a zig zag pattern around the outside of lips.

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1 1/2 cups butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1.In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
2.Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3.Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

Julie Usher, she has a GREAT YouTube video on how to make, color and make consistency adjustments

Royal Icing what you need:
2 lbs Powdered Sugar
1/2 tsp Cream of Tartar
5 Large Egg Whites (or equivalent)
Flavor to Taste
Gel Icing Color

Mix powder sugar and cream of tartar in your mixer, just to make sure it is incorporated in. Slowly add egg whites, then whip start of slow then go to very high speed. She says around 2 minutes, my friend had an older mixer so it took almost 10 minutes. You want stiff peaks that hold on and won't fall off the spoon. Add in your flavor, I would suggest you use a clear flavoring.  This would be the glue texture great for ginger bread houses etc.

Take 1 cup of royal icing in a smaller bowl then add your coloring, lightly mix so you don't get air into the the icing. I'm like her and like the gel coloring.

For Top Coating - Add 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 tsp Water (This is if you don't want to outline and flood)
For Outlining - Add 1/2 to 3/4 tsp Water
For Flooding  - Add 2 to 3 tsp Water

WATCH her video on How to Top-Coat, Outline, and Flood Cookies. YES it is around 7 minutes BUT if you have never done this technique it's a MUST she explains it perfectly.

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Vacations are a great way to expose your children to the wonders of the world, whether it’s a trip to a magical theme park, a relaxing trip to the beach, or time unplugged in the fresh mountain air. To me, planning a vacation has a magical quality. It creates excitement even when the vacation is months away.

Family Vacation Tips

Family Vacation Tips

However, planning and executing a memorable vacation isn’t easy, especially when traveling with kids. This post features tips and tricks from our community members who have braved the world of vacationing with kids.

Researching Your Vacation

  • Amanda Ponzio Mouttaki from MarocMama, emphasizes the importance of researching for your vacations. Discover new vacation places with the click of a mouse and research the type of activities and entertainment offered for you and your family. Click here to check out her fabulous tips.
  • Michelle Kay, Domestic Executive Online, provides keen insight when discussing your trip with your children in terms that they understand. Click here to check it out.
  • Our final tip comes from Denise Hodgson of Mommy Musings. A family vacation is full of fun adventures on the beach or exploring the mountains but vacations can also be a time to teach your kids about the area you are vacationing in and its history. Click here to learn how to make history come alive.

Packing It All

How To Pack For Kids

  • Packing for a trip requires finesse and patience along with some skill. Darcy Zalewski of Tales from the Nursery provides excellent tips on how to pack for a flight.
  • Kelley Lasich Howell of Eight by Five shares an excellent tip for getting diapers and wipes to your destination without using luggage space.
  • And Taralyn Trost-Paker of Keep Moving Forward with Me keeps her family’s clothing separate yet organized thus maximizing space in her luggage without having individual bags for everyone.

Road Trip Guidance

  • Today’s world has technology at our beck-and-call. Jodi Grundig shares her top 5 road trip apps to use when traveling with kids. From directions to the nearest restroom or enjoying food at local restaurants.
  • Brett Martin of This Mama Loves uses a simple trick for ensuring good car behavior.

Road Trip Tips For Kids

  • Jill Shepard Anderson or Just Jilly, shares her tips for keeping your kids happy through easy road trip games.
  • Laurel Thomas of Let’s Go on a Picnic provides quick tips to break up the monotony of driving through mountains or plains.
  • Shari Lynnefrom Faith Filled Food for Moms knows how to travel with kids and how to keep them busy, thus avoiding the infinite "are we there yet?' questions.

Happy Traveling

  • Amy Weeks Huntley from The Idea Room, stresses the importance of mom and dad leaving work behind while on vacation. After all, a vacation is meant to bring you and your family together, not you and your email app.
  • Just like every mom and dad, Amber Chatterley Passey of Because Babies Grow Up, voices the importance of having flexibility when traveling with kids.
  • Getting a good night’s sleep before the start of a vacation can be extremely hard, especially for kids who are excited for the wonder and awe that the trip will bring. Erin Myers of My Mommy World shares why your kids should get a good night’s sleep prior to leaving.

Road Trip Snacks

  • Debra Fazio a.k.a. The Harried Mom, explains the importance of taking your kids and their personalities into account when planning how you will travel whether by highway or flying.
  • Many parents call into question their ability to take family vacations due to having children who have special needs. Lisa Lightner from A Day in Our Shoes writes about living life to the fullest with these amazing kids with Special Needs.

Capturing the Moments

  • Vacations are a great mechanism to create long-lasting family memories, as Stephanie Huang Porter from Queen Scarlett writes. She stresses the importance of taking the time for photo opportunities to memorialize moments.

Family Memories

  • Lani DeGuia from Rose Tinted Traveler explains the newest upgrade to Instagram and how to use it to capture family vacation moments that deserved to be heard as well as seen. Click here to read more about Instragram’s newest debut.

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April 5, 2012

Developmental Activities/Toys for 4-7 Month Olds

I am doing a series of videos on developmental activities/toys for infants and newborns. This video features activities for 4-7 month olds. I will do videos on 8-12 months, 12+ months, etc. so stay tuned for those videos as well.

Resources used:
- Huggies "Caring for Your Baby and Young Child: Birth to Age 5"
- "What to Expect the First Year"

Activities/Toys for Ages 4-7 Months:
- images or books with high-contract patterns (black/red/white)
- bright, varied mobile
- unbreakable mirror
- rattles
- sing and talk to your baby
- play music for your baby

Milestones by the end of this age period:
- "raking" hand motion
-may transfer items from one hand to the other
- sits up either with assistance or on their own
-rolls from front to back and back to front
- may support their weight while standing on legs
- social player
- recognizes familiar objects and people at a distance
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I recently asked my husband Mark what he saw as my worst financial mistake.

He thought about it for a second, and then said, “That time you bought $200 worth of nuts!”

Wait a second. I found raw almonds and cashews for $4.99 per pound – a freakin’ amazing deal!

So good that I bought every last nut the store had.

My four year old was entertained for ten minutes by scooping all the nuts into bags. And none have gone stale  – so take that, Mark!

But I wish that my nut addiction was my worst financial decision.

It wasn’t by a long shot.

And what I did cost me much more than money – I buried the second half of my twenties into the ground.

May they rest in peace.

I finished my Master’s degree in aerospace engineering in Canada at the age of 24.

Two weeks later, I started my biomedical engineering Ph.D. in the United States.

The field seemed interesting and I received a full stipend and paid living expenses.

But a couple of years or so into the Ph.D. program, I started to feel that something was wrong.

Seriously wrong.

How did I know that?

It could be the times Mark picked me up and I couldn’t speak or move. I was too numb to even cry.

Or it could be the times when I clutched onto a leaf while walking home from the lab just to feel something alive – because I felt that I wasn’t living.

I secretly envied people in prison because at least their minds were free.

And yet I kept grinding through for almost three more years.

I often worked 70 to 80 hour weeks, especially towards the end.

I did much of my work kneeling on the floor of a hospital storage closet due to the impracticality of transporting a large medical device back and forth from a lab elsewhere on campus. Oh, sweet luxury!

And I spent a number of weekends helping with my Ph.D. advisor’s research study where I did MRI scans of dog hearts – while veterinary researchers blocked the dogs’ heart vessels until they died.

Then I would scrub dog blood from an MRI machine at wee hours in the night.

Aren’t twenties fun?

So why the hell did I put up with this? Why didn’t I just leave, as multiple other students who joined the lab after me did?

The main reason was FEAR. Gut-wrenching anxiety.

I was afraid that quitting meant that I failed, and that I might as well tattoo the word “FAILURE” across my forehead for life.

In my mind, I saw fictitious job interviews where I was drilled about why I settled for a Master’s and failed to follow through on the Ph.D. The imaginary interviewers would say, “Is this the kind of person we want on our team?”

My twenty-some year old self really bought into this bullshit.

When we let fear guide us, we rarely end up where we want to be.

I was also too burned out to lift my head above water and ask silly questions like, “What do I want out of life? Why am I doing this? Are there other options?”

When we’re exhausted and in the grind, whether that’s graduate school or an unfulfilling job, it’s easy to just keep drifting along.

Over the years, I have seen a number of people who badly wanted to change jobs or careers, but were too mentally exhausted to search for other options.

And an excuse would always crop up, such as “Now’s a bad time because I just bought a new house”.

The best excuse I’ve heard was – and this is real – “I’d love to update my resume, but I’m busy transferring my mom’s VHS tapes onto DVD”.

But life doesn’t stop and wait for us to find the “perfect moment”.

If we don’t make a conscious decision to make the time and space to explore, we may sacrifice many beautiful years of our lives – as I did.

When I eventually finished my Ph.D., I felt like the weight of a tanker had lifted from my chest.

I had built some savings even on my modest stipend, and was in no rush to get a job immediately.

It took me a few months to stop having nightmares and waking up in cold sweat – but after that, I experienced one of the most joyous periods of my life. I would wake up at 5:30 a.m. so I wouldn’t miss any of it.

I ran a half marathon, learned to paint, wrote daily, spent time with friends, and learned about finance and economics. I never turned on the TV.

Pursuing a Ph.D. – or any particular career – isn’t for everyone. Some people enjoy studying a singular research problem for years, becoming an expert on it and writing scientific papers about it – while others, like me, would rather chew our own leg off to get out of a bear trap because at least then we’d be free.

Financial Samurai did a great job of laying out the pros and cons of a Ph.D. degree while he was trying to decide whether to get one (spoiler alert: he didn’t go for it!).

The point is to know ourselves and be ourselves. We get into trouble when we act out of fear of failure or because we’re seeking approval and recognition.

I found that trading a part of my twenties to be called “Dr. Jekic” was a shitty bargain.

I’ve rarely made life decisions with money as the deciding factor, and that’s not likely to change. But I was curious about my opportunity cost – specifically, how much more money I’d have if I started working right after my Bachelor’s vs. spending two years getting my Master’s and an additional five years getting my Ph.D.

According to, the median salary of an entry-level aerospace engineer is $73,595. Getting this median entry-level salary should have been doable because I was near the top of my class.

If I did nothing to reduce my taxes, such as contributing to a 401k or a health savings account, I would have taken home $53,130. In contrast, my cost of living allowance during graduate school was about $21,500 – or $17,212 after tax.

Let’s make a few more assumptions:

  • That I got a 3% raise per year while working as an engineer.
  • That I lived the same way Mark did when he graduated college, with no lifestyle inflation. Mark’s annual expenses were about $18,000 for the first seven years after he started his engineering career – including lots of fun travel. Kicking some serious financial butt!
  • That I invested all the money with a 7% annual rate of return.

The result: having an extra $330,500 sitting around after 7 years! But an even bigger impact would be to leave the money invested during a “typical” 30-year working career. With no additional contributions after year 7, the amount would have grown to over $1.5 MILLION in 23 years!

Whoa! Graduate school was more expensive than I thought – and that’s on a full stipend, with tuition AND living expenses paid for.

But what about all that money I’d be making after I graduated?

A Ph.D. does provide a modest increase in lifetime earnings over a Master’s Degree – about 7% in Engineering. But we’re getting started late with saving and investing. The time value of money works powerfully against us.

I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I read this statement from an article in The Economist: “In some countries, such as Britain and America, poor pay and job prospects are reflected in the number of foreign-born PhD students. Foreign students tend to tolerate poorer working conditions, and the supply of cheap, brilliant, foreign labour also keeps wages down.”

What I do know is that I never want to be an indentured servant again. After graduating, I switched direction entirely and started doing what I wanted to do in life.

Once we’ve tasted the joy of freedom, we never want to go back.

I have no desire to rack up debt buying a bunch of possessions, and being stuck in a job to pay the bills long after that job has become unfulfilling.

The last thing I want is to trade indentured servitude to a Ph.D. adviser for indentured servitude to a bank.

My Ph.D. has taught me valuable lessons that would serve me for life – such as that putting fear in the driver’s seat is a recipe for a rough ride.

We may pretend that everything is okay for a while, but if we’re not being true to ourselves, dissatisfaction will build. Here are a few ideas for dealing with it:

  1. Wait for a midlife crisis and get a younger spouse and a convertible
  2. Prop up our self-worth with titles, status, possessions, and what others think of us
  3. Pile on tons of debt to look richer
  4. Look at mistakes as proof we should stick to our comfort zone

The Nobel Prize in Psychology, here we come! Okay… maybe not.

But how about clearing away distractions and making the time to explore what we’re drawn to.

Having the courage to ask the uncomfortable questions about who we are and what we want out of life.

Opening our hearts and minds to new ways of seeing the world.

And embracing the joys and the pains of the path less traveled – fully present and vibrantly alive.

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  1. Thanks for sharing your story and highlighting my post!

    I think it is incredible you get your PhD. It’s something you should be very proud of. Nothing can take that away from you!

    You may be richer now if you hadn’t pursued your PhD, but I’m not sure if you would be happier because money really doesn’t by happiness. I know, b/c my coffers are full right now and I’m no happier than when I was a starving study abroad college student in China in 1997.

    The more time passes, the more you will appreciate your PhD accomplishment IMO.

    Money be damned! 🙂

    • Sam,

      Thank you for the kind words. Glad to highlight your awesome post – it’s the most helpful one I’ve seen on the pros and cons of a Ph.D.

      I have found that our greatest personal growth often comes from our toughest moments.

      If I hadn’t gone through the Ph.D. and experienced what indentured servitude feels like, I may not be as passionate today about pursuing meaning in life and financial freedom. But I like to think that I could have reached that conclusion without walking through a desert without a camel and no water for years 🙂

      And I agree, we should do what makes us happy instead of just chasing money. After I finished my Ph.D., I took a job in a completely different field that did not pay an Engineering Ph.D. salary – but that I greatly enjoyed. When that job ran its course, I took a leap of faith to leave and do what mattered to me.

      I no longer stick to things out of fear of failure or what others will think, like I did when I was terrified of quitting my Ph.D.

      Those lessons the Ph.D. taught me were worth more than $1.5M 🙂

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Predictions: The 90th Academy Awards

Article By: Alice-Ginevra Micheli

Another year, another Oscars, and the excitement in the air is tangible. However, this year has to be one of the most exciting years yet. Not only are the nominees diverse in every way, but so are the films. All but gone are the typical Oscar-bait films that only get views during Awards season and then disappear from the public consciousness. This year, critical praise was just as important as cultural impact, proving that the Academy membership shakeup of the last few years has begun to make a dramatic difference.

As with the previous two, I have scoured through the nominees, and watched every single feature, short and documentary and have become one with the Academy itself, in order to deliver for you all an accurate set of predictions.

Who will win? Who should win? Who has no chance? All will be revealed this Sunday night, so without further ado, let’s get started on our picks!

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Mary J. Blige – Mudbound
• Allison Janney – I, Tonya
• Lesley Manvile – Phantom Thread
• Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
• Octavia Spencer – The Shape of Water

Our Pick: Alison Janney – I, Tonya

While the nominees and films chosen might be more eclectic than has been present in previous years, that doesn’t mean there aren’t some categories that are almost 100% locked in from the start. This is one of those. While there are other commendable and deserving performances, such as Laurie Metcalf as a put upon mother and Octavia Spencer as a feisty yet formidable friend, there is little question that Janney’s powerhouse performance as a monster of a mother is the most spectacular of the lot. Never too loud in its vulgarity, and bitingly witty in her timing, she manages to steal the show from a relatively star studded and performance fuelled film. Not to mention her wins at the SAGs, Golden Globes and BAFTA’s, it’s hers to lose.

Achievement in Costume Design

• Jacqueline Durran – Beauty and the Beast
• Jacqueline Durran – Darkest Hour
• Mark Bridges – Phantom Thread
• Luis Sequeira – The Shape of Water
• Consolata Boyle – Victoria & Abdul

Our Pick: Mark Bridges – Phantom Thread

In a year full of spectacular outfits, transformative dresses and magical sartorial design, this has become a quite difficult category to predict. With all the films being period ones, there isn’t a default to fall back on. However, the choice seems to be with the elegant and breathtaking designs that Bridges brought to life, representing pieces that are meant to be made by the legendary and perfectionist designer within the film. While Sequeira is the dark horse, with his brilliant stylisation of a 60’s world, along with his excellent prosthetic work, it seems like the Academy is more likely to go with beauty over beast.

Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

• Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick – Darkest Hour
• Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard – Victoria & Abdul
• Arjen Tuiten – Wonder

Our Pick: Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick – Darkest Hour

This one seems pretty certain. While Tuiten’s transformation of Jacob Tremblay into a boy with a disorder is fascinating, there’s no denying that the complete overhaul of Gary Oldman, turning him from actor to legendary politician, has almost no competition in the long run.

Foreign Language Film

• A Fantastic Woman
• The Insult
• Loveless
• On Body and Soul
• The Square

Our Pick: A Fantastic Woman

For once it seems like the Foreign Language category will be a competitive one, where there are a number of films that could easily and deservedly take home the golden statue. Whether it’s one about the fragility of human sensibility (The Insult), an absurdist black comedy about human nature (The Square) or a progressive look at grieving in a modern relationship (A Fantastic Woman), it’s a tight race, with none clearly running in front of the others. Based on my own opinion, however, I’m going to go out on a limb and give it to Chile’s entry, A Fantastic Woman that not only evoked strong feelings of loss, love and grief from its audience, but also introduced the world to stunning trans actress Daniela Vega in a powerhouse role.

Live Action Short Film

• DeKalb Elementary
• The Eleven O’Clocl
• My Nephew Emmett
• The Silent Child
• Watu Wote/All of Us

Our Pick: DeKalb Elementary

From my own research, as well as the timely nature of the nominations, this seems like the clear winner. A short film about a botched school shooting, that was thrust into the public eye right after the very real Parkland massacre, has caused this one to quickly rise to the top of voters minds, leading them to vote both with their hearts and with their sensibilities on this one.

Documentary: Short Subject

• Edith+Eddie
• Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
• Heroin(e)
• Knife Skills
• Traffic Stop

Our Pick: Heroin(e)

Combining strong female women and their strong willed fight against the drug culture devastating their small town, this film about a fire chief, a judge and a missionary delivers both a powerful message and an uplifting tone that is made in a way that would easily sway even the most hardened voter.

Achievement in Sound Mixing

• Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis – Baby Driver
• Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth – Blade Runner 2049
• Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo and Mark Weingarten – Dunkirk
• Christian Cooke, Brad Xoern and Glen Gauthier – The Shape of Water
• David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Our Pick: Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo and Mark Weingarten – Dunkirk

A close competition between the teams of Baby Driver and Dunkirk, the latter edges forward through the way all the soundscapes fully immerse any audience member into the world of the film. When you’re watching something and you can feel the action in your chest and feel as rattled as the character on screen purely because of the tension delivered aurally, you know you have a winner.

Achievement in Sound Editing

• Julian Slater – Baby Driver
• Mark Mangini and Theo Green – Blade Runner 2049
• Richard King and Alex Gibson – Dunkirk
• Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferriera – The Shape of Water
• Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce – Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Our Pick: Julian Slater – Baby Driver

Any fan of Edgar Wright would know that when it comes to the editing of his films, there’s a signature present that makes his stand out from all the rest. Visceral in its delivery and exciting in the perfect pairing to its visuals means its finally time to award one of his films for this exact technique. Not to mention the fact that all of the editing was done by one person, that alone means that he should be the one going up on the stage on Oscar night.

Actor in a Supporting Role
• Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
• Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Richard Jenkins – The Shape of Water
• Christopher Plummer – All the Money in the World
• Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Our Pick: Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Another competitive category (a phrase I’ll be using quite a lot it seems), the fact that only one of the nominees has won an Oscar before is interesting. Not only, but the other nominees would largely be considered to be ‘character actors’, the people that audiences see in many films throughout their career and will recognise their faces but never quite remember their names. What this means is that those who have been on the sidelines literally supporting the more flashy parts are getting their chance to shine here, and, this year, none is more deserving than Sam Rockwell. Delivering a nuanced and controversial performance as a racist, bigoted yet maturing sheriff of a Missourian police department, the fact that he’s already swept most of the other awards this season puts him way ahead of any of the other competitors.

Achievement in Visual Effects

• John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover – Blade Runner 2049
• Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus – Kong: Skull Island
• Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist – War for the Planet of the Apes

Our Pick: Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist – War for the Planet of the Apes

If you’ve seen this movie, there is absolutely no contest. The fact that when I was in the cinema I genuinely kept forgetting the characters in front of me were computer generated and not trained apes is everything you need to know as to why this will win the Oscar.

Animated Short Film

• Dear Basketball
• Garden Party
• Lou
• Negative Space
• Revolting Rhymes

Our Pick: Dear Basketball

This is always the trickiest category to predict. All unique in the story they tell and how they tell it, the chosen winner tends to come down to a number of subjective factors. While Pixar is represented as per usual with a heart-warming tale about a lost property box, it seems like the favourite this year is Kobe Bryant’s ode to the sport he loves and to his own career. Animated by hand by veteran Glen Keane, and scored by John Williams, it has all the elements to make it a triumphant.

Animated Feature Film
• The Boss Baby
• The Breadwinner
• Coco
• Ferdinand
• Loving Vincent

Our Pick: Coco

Is it really surprising that Pixar has once again delivered a champion of a film? Taking a magical and ostensibly colourful look at the Mexican holiday, Dios de los Muertos, the animated feature manages to pull on heart strings, deliver fantastical music and a story that can connect to any viewer swept up in its joviality. Even if I’m wrong, as long as it’s not The Boss Baby we will all be winners anyway.

Achievement in Production Design

• Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer – Beauty and the Beast
• Dennis Gassner and Alessandra Querzola – Blade Runner 2049
• Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer – Darkest Hour
• Nathan Crowley and Gary Fettis – Dunkirk
• Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau and Jeffrey A. Melvin – The Shape of Water

Our Pick: Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau and Jeffrey A. Melvin – The Shape of Water

Whether it’s the dreary look of a dystopic future or the wide reaches of magical castle grounds, there were a lot of impressive designs and sets that appeared on screen this year. However it seems like the stem punk/fairy tale mixture in an out of the box period love story is the one that is more likely to walk away a winner this year.

Achievement in Cinematography

• Roger A Deakins – Blade Runner 2049
• Bruno Delbonnel – Darkest Hour
• Hoyte van Hoytema – Dunkirk
• Rachel Morrison – Mudbound
• Dan Lausten – The Shape of Water

Our Pick: Roger A Deakins – Blade Runner 2049

I mean, it’s finally his year isn’t it. A win in part because of some of the most breathtaking shots ever shown in cinema, and in part because he’s already been nominated unsuccessfully 13 times before, there is literally no reason for Deakins to not walk away with an Oscar this year. Just give it to him guys, come on.

Achievement in Film Editing

• Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos – Baby Driver
• Lee Smith – Dunkirk
• Tatiana S. Riegel – I, Tonya
• Sidney Wolinsky – The Shape of Water
• Jon Gregory – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Our Pick: Lee Smith – Dunkirk

While there was an influx of creative editing present, it’s hard to argue with the experience that Dunkirk delivered. Told in three timelines, the audience is thrust into a period of war that was visceral in its historical significance and its tense nature, the brilliant way in which the film is stringed together leaves little room for any other of the nominees to take the prize.

Documentary Feature

• Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
• Faces Places
• Last Men in Aleppo
• Strong Island

Our Pick: Icarus

Although it’s an incredibly competitive year for this category, my money is on the Netflix picture that uncovered the now infamous Russian doping scandal during the Olympics. Full of intrigue, investigative journalism and the fact that the Winter Olympics have just come to a close, the voters will be very aware of this movie, and therefore will probably end up voting for it.

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)

• “Mighty River” – Mudbound
• “Mystery of Love” – Call Me By Your Name
• “Remember Me” – Coco
• “Stand Up for Something” – Marshall
• “This is Me” – The Greatest Showman

Our Pick: “Remember Me” – Coco

While The Greatest Showman has gotten an insane spike in popularity and coverage over these past few weeks, I’m hedging my bets towards the soon to be Pixar classic that brings forth emotion and memory all through the talent and love of a small Mexican boy. That for me is more affecting than a big show stopping number within a quite mediocre musical.

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)

• Hans Zimmer – Dunkirk
• Jonny Greenwood – Phantom Thread
• Alexandre Desplat – The Shape of Water
• John Williams – Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Carter Burwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Our Pick: Alexandre Desplat – The Shape of Water

Ever the poster child of the Oscars, it seems like Desplat is always present in the nominees list, sometimes even more than once. While there are some big names present this year for some big movies, here’s looking at you Zimmer and Williams, the delightfully subtle score behind the modern fish fable is designed to both enchant audiences as well as perfectly pair with its delightful characters and beautiful story.

Writing (Original Screenplay)
• Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani – The Big Sick
• Jordan Peele – Get Out
• Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
• Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor – The Shape of Water
• Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Our Pick: Jordan Peele – Get Out

It seems that the odds on favourite is McDonagh’s witty yet exciting Southern Black Comedy, what with its chances of it being something both a movie audiences and Academy members can enjoy. However, I have a sneaky suspicion that the actual winner of this particular category will be Peele, with his allegorical look at race relations and ode to 70s horror. A film that managed to stay in the cultural conscience for a year following its release, not to mention the fact that this horror movie has won over most of the viewing public gives this story a sense of originality that puts it ahead of the others in this category.

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• James Ivory – Call Me By Your Name
• Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber – The Disaster Artist
• Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green – Logan
• Aaron Sorkin – Molly’s Game
• Virgil Williams and Dee Rees – Mudbound

Our Pick: James Ivory – Call Me By Your Name

While the nominees this year are from some of the most unlikely films, I feel like the Academy will go for a more traditional route, choosing the romantic story between a young man discovering his sexuality and an alluring older foreigner. It’s delicately told, full of love, loss and exploring what it means to be human, making it an easy pick for the voters.

Achievement in Directing

• Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
• Jordan Peele – Get Out
• Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
• Paul Thomas Anderson – Phantom Thread
• Guilliermo del Toro – The Shape of Water

Our Pick: Guilliermo del Toro – The Shape of Water

I’ll be honest, this one’s difficult. All of the nominees have more than one reason as to why they should win this year. Whether it’s their excellence in their debut, their strong control of all the elements, or the imagination that they delivered in a fantastical new way, it took quite a lot of thought for me to finally come to a final decision, which I imagine the Academy voters struggled with as well. However, based on his sweeping of the other awards, as well as the general positive reputation he has throughout Hollywood, it seems like it’s finally Del Toro’s year to make his big speech. Having given a film full of wonder, magic and hope his amazing technical achievements within are more than likely to put him on top this year.

Actress in a Leading Role

• Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
• Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
• Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
• Meryl Streep – The Post

Our Pick: Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Another category with each nominee being more than deserving than the last, it’s a shock that there is a clear front-runner in such a strong category. McDormand’s turn as a no-nonsense, bad mouthing mother trying to get justice for her fallen child is one of the most thought-provoking performances to come out of the Oscars this year. She manages to be menacing and vulnerable all at once, with her superficial strength present only to hide a broken woman underneath. Her performance easily captures the audience and manages to stay with you long after the credits have rolled, cementing her win at the ceremony.

Actor in a Leading Role
• Timothée Chalamet – Call Me By Your Name
• Daniel Day- Lewis – Phantom Thread
• Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
• Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
• Denzel Washington – Roman J. Israel Esq.

Our Pick: Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour

I mean, just look at the poster, watch the movie and then think about the fact that this legendary actor has only been nominated once before. He deserves it more than anyone else in the business, let alone the other nominees. It’s time he wins, and it’ll finally happen this year.

Best Picture

• Call Me By Your Name
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• Get Out
• Lady Bird
• Phantom Thread
• The Post
• The Shape of Water
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Our Pick: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

I’ll be honest; trying to determine which one of these would take out the final prize caused a strong discussion in my household. One person backing Dunkirk, another thinking The Shape of Water was the most amazing film ever to come out of the film industry, it took a lot of research and putting aside the emotional qualms to finally come down to one decision. While it may seem that Del Toro’s fish tale is the favourite this year, I genuinely believe that the mixture of its strong performances, fantastic writing and expert directing, will bring McDonagh’s tale of loss and retribution to victory. It might be the darkest horse in the race but it’s the one I’m backing. So, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri for the win!

And here we are at the end of my third annual prediction list. As I went through the categories the trends present amongst the nominees, or rather the lack of them, really astounded me. Normally it always seemed like the same sort of movies would constantly be nominated, even if their true quality would likely be questioned once the mysticism of the awards time had finally faded. However, it seems that 2018 is the year of those who are normally in the shadows. All the favourites in the acting categories are seminal character actors, normally only present in the outskirts of cinema. The same goes with the topics at the heart of many of the nominated films. Themes of gender diversity, racial divide, difference in relationship and the exploration of sexuality would have until recently been considered taboo or out there within the ceremony and now are just as present as even the most typical biopic.

Now the big night is almost upon us, a night where memories are made, dreams are fulfilled and moments will occur that will never be forgotten. Don’t forget to fill out your ballots, get some snacks ready and strap yourselves in on March 4th at 8pm for a night that will certainly be something to remember!

Alice Ginevra Micheli
Her love of film, novels and all things media led her to study Screen and Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne. Fascinated with the culture of entertainment today she keeps up to date on all the news and going-ons within the industry. When not traversing the internet and cinemas, she spends her time catching up on whatever TV or book series she's currently obsessed with.

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Plaque commemorates the units of Ordnance Field Park which served from 1966 to 1972 at Nui Dat during the Vietnam War.

Australia's military involvement in the Vietnam War was the longest in duration of any war in Australia's history before the conflict in Afghanistan. The arrival of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam (AATTV) in South Vietnam during July and August 1962 was the beginning of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War. Australia's participation in the war was formally declared at an end when the Governor-General issued a proclamation on 11 January 1973.

However, the end-date of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War has officially been amended to 29 April 1975 to reflect Australia’s further involvement in the war during the fall of Saigon in 1975.  The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Australian War Memorial, in Canberra now recognise this new date.

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Actual Event STart Date:1966
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1 Ordnance Field Park (Detachment) 1966-67
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Still Alive!!

Do not worry, my Dear Blogging Friends. I am still alive.

I do apologize for the disappearance over the month of August. Extended family vacations out of state, among other things have severely limited my time and access to the Internet. The good news: I am back, and Lunar Passing is well on its way to meet it deadline this winter!!!

I'm very excited. ;)

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

looking forward to the weekend.

hmm let's start with a little gift for you ;)

checking out jealously the quakers products available in the U.s.

 (we just have the very simple oats :( no larabars,1 brand

nut-butters,no cliff bars,no TJ,no flav.oikos,only 1 cottcheese.....

(i should move!)

well i found this on their website:

big gallery AND you can create your own crazy oatmeal haha :)

so now from the virtual food to the ehm...slightly more real food :

breakfast :

actually i had prepared a very nice bowl of "overnight.oats.bircherstyle. "

but this morning,i decided to be spontaneous,so i walk over to the fridge,

took one egg-white,mixed it in my oats and chased them to the oven :)

> flavorful amazing oatmeal ,the texture is very different if you let the

oats soak before heating them.

(oats & flaxseed & 1apple(shr.) & 0.5banana(mash) & nut+driedfruitmedley

& soymilk(+h2o) & cinvan & eggw)

right after the picture: switched the GIANT pancake into a bowl,i don't

know why,but i always prefer to eat out of bowls rather then on plates,

i even cut my sandwiches in pieces and put them in a bowl to eat them

with a spoon haha :)

dinner last night,made in a rush as i was very hungry...

fastvegchilly(can.tomatoes,black beans,ypepperchills,CHILLLLI,carrot&feta )

+ "breadchips" + carrot,raisin,cashew,cinnamon,ojuice,iceberg salad

and last but not least : todays lunch

aka. grainbread+laugh.cowchees+beans+ypepper+tomatoes >oven baked

&     carrot+ginger+cinnamon+raisins+soymilk+almonds  > "puree"

all top with tons of white pepper :)

again i m having such a bad headache,and i am awake since 3...:/

but my morning was very nice AS i took a class in a new yogaclub

so far i might have done yoga like 3 times in my life,but i though

it would be a good idea to take some lessons,this might help to

feel better ,to be more aware of my body,his needs,

to "distress" ,find an inner balance..less sleep troubles,

more zen...blablabla ;)

in fact it was really nice,i was impressed by the passion the

instructor had for his work

it was really contagious !

nice thing 2 : there were no mirrors...i remember my old ballet

lessons,seeing myself wherever i looked...

it's so much better/healthier to listen to your body from the inside,

instead of  judging it by a fake reflection.

so i m gonna return to this course and hope that i will find my inner

balance haha :)

what about you?

yoga?when yes,has it helped you?

facing the same bowlphenomen aka. platephobia? ;)

  1. love your baked oats! and love your recipe and how you wrote out the ingredients i totally got it 100% lol..shr=shredded apple.. ;) and soymilk(+h2o) & cinvan & eggw)= soymilk, water and cinnamon and vanilla and egg white ;P love it...makin this soon!
    love your pics by the way, so gorgeous! and yoga, love yoga so relaxing...have a great day!

  2. Hey girlie! Wow everything looks and sounds heavenly :D I LOVE the grain bread. Yoga is such a great part of my life--it has helped me appreciate my body for what it CAN DO vs. what it looks like. I love feeling strong, challenged, and at peace after a class.

    p.s. thank you for the romance advice hehe :D

    p.s.s. the tomatillo doesn't taste like the typical tomato. It's actually not in the tomato family--it's related to the gooseberry. Hmm.. I'd say the flavor is tart :)

  3. love your food pics! and i esp love that you do heart shaped foods...i'm kinda obsessed with that haha.

    and definitely not too late to celebrate natl popcorn day, go for it!

  4. Beautiful blog you have! Can't wait to continue to read more!

  5. wow love the sound of the yoga class, hmm maybe that will help me sleep! :) and omg now i dont feel as alone, i hate eating on plates lol...i alway eat in a bowl, evry chance i get, although sanwiches i have never ate in a bowl, suprisingly ;P i would think i would have tried that, considering how odd i am..not that that is "odd" haha ;)

    love ur blog and the eats and the pics and ur too cute and lovely :)

  6. Your foods look delish! I love the heart on the oats :)

    I started yoga since beginning my recovery and found it really helped. I love how it makes my body feel and how much stronger I feel, and more in tune with my body. Plus it's really helped me with relaxation, and it keeps me grounded. I hope it does all these things for you as well :)

  7. Hi there - just found your blog and love it!!!
    I just started yoga and love it - it makes me feel so relaxed!!! I especially love all of the stretching - definately give it a try - it has definately helped me in my recovery!!!!! Look forward to reading more posts!!!!!! xoxo aimee


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Lawler, IA moving out cleaningLawler home owners can avoid this laborious job entirely by working with a professional cleaning service company that specializes in move out cleaning services. Move out cleaning is specially designed to have homes ready for those moving in to settle in as soon as possible. Having your home cleaned extensively before you move out is a matter of common courtesy if nothing else, however occasionally it is an obligatory requirement, particularly if you’re a former occupant.

That there are numerous factors why it is imminent for Lawler occupants to employ an expert home cleaning service provider when they are moving in or moving out. There is nothing easy about a move. The scope of the cleaning requirements that need to be done can be overwhelming certainly, specifically if the tenant is strained with work and other obligations.

Planning for move out cleaning.

The agreement signed by the homeowner and the tenant normally consists of a provision that obliges the latter to leave the home as they had found it-empty, excellent, and undamaged. In addition, for occupants who have actually decided to move out, the landlord may add service charges against deposit dollars if certain areas are not cleaned out.

Cleaning is absolutely not the top priority for someone who is confronted with the powerful difficulties of settling into a new location and starting a new life. There are so many things that need to be achieved in so little time, not the least of which is finishing work and other requirements prior to the move. In order to meet their end of the contract, the more practical alternative for the occupant is to hire Lawler professional cleaning service provider, rather than do the cleaning themselves.

The primary advantage of employing Lawler expert cleaning service provider is that they can do the job more thoroughly and more effectively. This depends upon the caliber of the cleaning crew, however nowadays it is easy to find a provider that is guaranteed to do an excellent task. A cleaning company can work miracles, and recover a location that has actually been resided in for quite some time into an area that is nearly brand new. To prepared the place for its next resident, an expert company must remove grease, grime, cakes of dirt, and dust spheres from hard to reach areas. They know how to carry out these tasks successfully. An individual without appropriate experience in using cleaning equipment and cleaning solutions would not know what type of material to utilize to get rid of a certain type of stain.

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Moving into a new place in Lawler can be stressful. More than likely, the new arrivals do not know anyone in the area, and there is nobody to provide an extra hand in preparing the location for the furnishings and personal impacts of the renter. Property owners or managers usually require the last owner to leave the facilities in pristine condition, it is still essential for the new owner to ensure that the area is undoubtedly a wholesome, safe, and pleasant place to live in. Expert cleaning providers provide not just end-of-tenancy cleaning services. They might also be called upon to carry out a comprehensive cleaning and maintenance, take care of the property, check out the little information, and establish that the new house is undoubtedly prepared for tenancy.
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Prior to you leave your house, look for broken issues and make certain you replace all of them. In case you forget to change such issues like lights or missing screws, it is likely that your property owner would take a big piece off your preliminary deposit for these minor issues.

If your house has wall to wall carpeting, you will certainly need to decide between employing a professional to clean it or turning to cleaning it on your own. If you look at the current condition of the carpeting and match it to the initial state, this choice would be easy. Bringing it to the initial condition ought to be your objective when you make this decision.

You should also examine the walls to see if there are stains on them. Walls with spots can be a big issue due to direct visibility. Ensure you eliminate wall-stains with a moderate hand to prevent wearing down the paint because if that happens, you will certainly lose a huge portion of your deposit money.

After you have done all the cleaning, make sure that you check the ovens and refrigerators. The seals of the fridges need to be in appropriate condition, and the ovens ought to be clean enough for use. When vacating in Lawler, these checks will certainly increase the probabilities of getting the deposit amount in full.

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I was coming home one late afternoon right before Christmas  and saw all of these birds in a field a little way down the street.  I don’t think that I  have ever seen so many migrating birds in one place before.  Of course I had to run home grab my camera and try to capture a few images.

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I think I found a new hobby - collecting vintage Pyrex! After looking at random things on etsy, I came across some vintage Pyrex and absolutely fell in love! I don't understand why Pyrex stopped making fun and colorful products - clear is just too boring! This is a picture of the bowl I have to have...

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  • Oscar is installing a trash can lid closer on his home. Bob helps him, pleased that Oscar is trying to cut down on the noise of his trash can, but as soon Oscar realizes he's doing something "nice" for the neighborhood, he removes the trash can lid closer.
  • Big Bird presents the lower-case letter "n" and provides some "n" words.
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  • Cartoon: "N" - Nancy the nanny goat nibbles her nails and notices noodles. (First: Episode 0240)
  • Bob tells the story of the Three Unicorns in the garden. Using art cards, he asks the kids to find the hidden unicorns, camouflaged in the garden pictures.
  • Kermit's Lectures: Kermit and Cookie Monster demonstrate the idea of "some, more and most" using three piles of cookies, each one bigger than the one before. Cookie Monster gets his choice of the piles, but he doesn't want "some", "more", or even "most". He wants them all!
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Charles Freeman, Holy Bones, Holy Dust: How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2011), 306 pp.

In a tone sometimes condescending and judgmental, sometimes arch and breezy, Freeman chronicles the history of the Middle Ages with a focus on relics—parts of the bodies of holy people or objects in contact with them that were revered by European Christians from the fourth century on. Blurbs praise Freeman's intriguing stories, but they are mostly borrowed from the works of other authors, whose accounts are followed quite closely for pages at a time. Although the trappings of footnotes are present, passages are quoted with the most general of references or none; often we are simply told that a treatise is "easily available online" (with no URL given, and no credit to the scholar who labored to produce the translation being cited). Clichés and facile generalizations abound. The Greeks were rational; Christians were not. Freeman dismisses Augustine of Hippo, author of a work of self-exploration that is a landmark in the history of human consciousness, as a bitter and destructive old man who inflicted a fear of hell on a thousand years of European history; Martin Luther was, in Freeman's view, even worse. Bernard of Clairvaux, whose lush and elegant discussions of the biblical [End Page 362] love poem, the Song of Songs, were among the most influential texts of the Middle Ages, is characterized as "cold" and "polemical," a hater of beauty. Some of the material and many of the illustrations are connected only loosely to relic cult, if at all. It is hard to tell what audience is intended: the book is too dismissive of many aspects of Christianity to be attractive to the religious, too derivative to be acceptable to scholars, and too detailed to be an accessible popular read.

At a time when it is increasingly difficult for authors to find outlets for serious scholarship or for big and genuinely new ideas, I find it puzzling that an academic press would spend precious resources on such an unnecessary book. Relics are a somewhat trendy topic at the moment, in part because of the gorgeous exhibit, "Treasures of Heaven," that opened at the British Museum in late June 2011, after traveling to Cleveland and Baltimore. Serious and imaginative scholars such as Julia Smith, Cynthia Hahn, and Holger Klein are all at work on major studies of the phenomenon of saint and relic veneration. It is a shame that Yale University Press did not wait to publish on this topic until a first-rate book came along.

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Elzinga & Volkers (E&V), a leading provider of construction management services, announced today the firm has completed a $3.2 million renovation of Hope Church located at 77 W 11th St. in Holland. The project included a 10,000-square-foot renovation of the youth area, nursery, gathering area, meeting rooms and administrative offices, and a 3,900-square-foot chapel addition provides an alternate worship area for parishioners.

The project, which began in April 2016, will be revealed to the community on Saturday, April 29 at 2 p.m. The celebration will begin with a dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony and conclude with an open house featuring group tours.

“Our relationship with Hope Church goes back more than 80 years,” said Mike Novakoski, president and CEO of Elzinga & Volkers. “We are always honored to be part of community projects and this renovation was no different. Our team was able to preserve many of the historic features of the building while expanding the space, which allows the church to accommodate its growing community.”

The project also included Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility with ramps and a drop-off canopy. E&V has provided services for multiple projects at Hope Church throughout the years, including the church’s extensive structural and historical renovation that occurred in 2002.

“These renovations support the continuing mission of our pioneering church, and we were thrilled to be able to partner with E&V on another project,” said Lois Maassen, project manager for Hope Church.. “We are looking forward to unveiling the improvements to the community during our open house and thanking our members, donors, volunteers, and skilled tradespeople who all played a part in this beautiful transformation.”

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Sunday, November 18, 2007

Red, Red Wine*

one of the best things about having my CI for so long (it will be THREE years on Feb. 7th!) is that i recognize songs more often. at the beginning, i didn't trust my instincts much because i wasn't used to actually experiencing it. something like, "ooh, turn up the radio... i love that song! Hey There Delilah by Plain White T's is great..." never happened to me. unless i heard something OBVIOUS like Madonna or Bon Jovi, i wouldn't have a clue what was playing.

but now? it's totally different.

these days, when i recognize a song, i'm not afraid to speak out and say what i think it is or that i enjoy it. saying, "i can't lip-read the radio" is not my mantra anymore. i can actually enjoy songs and feel confident about knowing what i'm listening to.

this is not an earth-shattering revelation, i know... but it's something i've had a chance to appreciate more often. i notice that hearing people take it for granted when they can sing along to songs on the radio like it's the most normal thing to do. for me it's a lot cooler than that!

*the title is in reference to the song by UB40 that i just heard tonight. i could tell what it was literally within seconds... and it was AWESOME!

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  1. I love that song! Congratulations to you getting to this point :)


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Resuming now normal program, after almost two weeks out travelling.
We continue with the Martlet campaign as it was a national holiday in Spain; you may remember we decided to pull out in the second game after losing a significant number of units in the mist. In the third game the mist lifted so no more hassle, but the initiative was now German and they declared a counter-attack.
The truth is that at least on paper this was an option that may favour the British, being an opportunity to force the attrition of the German units. The truth is that the game´s outcome was totally the opposite: the British had to give ground again when the Force Moral fell to a dangerous level of 4.

And this happened without significant casualties (a support Sherman and a 2-inch mortar team), but the moral dice rolls were truly bad.
I must say the game was boring, with a cautious German players who did not attack aggressively but confronted by an over-cautious British players, who refused to take the initiative and waited for too long to deploy their units.
The little action saw this morning was a fire duel between a Sherman and German ATG and an artillery barrage falling on the only position defended by some strength by the British.
As for the first, the German ATG was caught in the open while moving, and having the British two consecutive initiatives, we thought it was going to be an easy prey... unfortunately most the casualties were absorbed by the gun commander, so when the German fired in their own turn, the Sherman received three net hits and blowed away.

The loss of the support cost 2 Force Moral points to the British (who had started the game with a low 8 Force Moral level). A few phases later, the German FOO called and accurately put a mortar barrage on a house fill with British troops under cover... unfortunately we decided to place the 2-inch mortar team behind the house. The barrage broke the unit (1 moral point lost) and when the turn ended, the unit broke out of the table, meaning another moral point lost.

Having reached the Force Moral level 4 and with only 4 dice to command the troops, we decided that it was better to fight another day and pull out from the table.
Independently of the very bad dice rolls, the way I conducted the game was terrible. I waited for too long to deploy any troops (looking to confirm the axis of attack of the Germans before committing my own troops...) and I let slip away the opportunity to take the initiative at the beginning of the game. No excuses, a well deserved defeat for me.

We expect to play the four game on Sunday. Again the Germans will hold the initiative. The terrible truth is that they have been using the three games to fortify most of the houses to level of bunker, so each game passed the more difficult to win.

  1. Thanks for the write-up. One question, why did you roll a second time for the unit routing off table?
    My understanding is that you only roll when the unit breaks. When it routs off table at end of turn, you only roll if an attached leader routs with them.

    kind regards

    1. The unit (the 2" mortar team) broke under the mortar barrage, you have to roll for that.
      When the turn finished, the unit left the table routed, we understand it is the same as it being wiped out, and theregfore a second Moral roll is needed.

  2. Nope, you only roll for leaders routing. Teams and sections have already caused loss of morale when they broke.

  3. "The terrible truth is that they have been using the three games to fortify most of the houses to level of bunker, so each game passed the more difficult to win."

    For me, this is one of the downsides of skirmish games, including CoC. In my experience, he who controls a building, has quite an advantage to start with. I keep meaning to play games without buildings, but we seem to like them too much as they look so good. One day maybe...

  4. Nice write up, table, figures, etc - thank you for sharing!

  5. Interesting!
    Buildings are a double edged sword; good protection but (in CoC at least) limited fields of fire.
    Lovely models and terrain too.


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