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Lord Randolph's Coming-OutPaul Addison
Vol. 3 No. 22 · 3 December 1981
Lord Randolph's Coming-Out
Lord Randolph Churchill: A Political Life
by R.F. Foster.
Oxford, 431 pp., £16, November 1981, 0 19 822679 9Show More
Lord Randolph Churchill has many claims to fame and some to notoriety. His marriage to Jennie Jerome pioneered a series of matches between British aristocrats and American heiresses: the beginning of a special relationship of significance in the next century, if not in his own. He entered politics and rose to power between 1880 and 1885 as a master of opposition tactics both inside and outside the House of Commons. Waging a spectacular war on two fronts, he attacked the Gladstone Government and his own Front Bench with equal vigour. His barnstorming tours of the country and constant manipulation of the press marked him out as a new species of demagogue appealing to the mass electorate created by successive Reform Acts, and his career as an agitator reached its climax with his call to the Protestants of Ulster to resist Home Rule by force: 'Ulster will fight; Ulster will be right.' The reward was office and power, but not for long. Like a sudden flame his ministerial career burnt itself out within eighteen months, extinguished by a rash miscalculation while he was still only 37. Given a normal life-span he might well have restored his fortunes, but his fate was to perish slowly and humiliatingly of a disease that was almost certainly syphilis.
Lord Randolph has, of course, been depicted before: once in a majestic Edwardian canvas by his son Winston, and once in a delicate line-drawing of the 1950s, by Robert Rhodes James. But all this time, as Roy Foster's book makes plain, another Lord Randolph has lain concealed by the conventions of portraiture. Winston, to whom his father was a divinity but also a stranger, wanted to prove that Lord Randolph possessed all the attributes of the ideal statesman: originality, far-sightedness, purpose and consistency. Robert Rhodes James, a historian then in his twenties, reworked the same theme with fresh correspondence from the archives and a romantic concentration on Lord Randolph's personal qualities. But writing at a time when the structure of Late Victorian politics was little explored or understood, he was unable to establish that precise context without which many of the manoeuvres of a politician are unintelligible. The talent and style of Lord Randolph were clearly displayed – but what exactly was he up to?
It is a truism to say that in studying a historical figure you study also a period and its problems. But in recent years political biographers have begun to apply the rule with technical rigour. The power of the Civil Service, the state of party organisation, the sociology of the constituencies, the tactical situation in the House of Commons from week to week, the functions of rhetoric in the competition for power, all have to be analysed and incorporated in the work. The new school of biographers to which Dr Foster belongs think more like political scientists than men of letters, and however well they write, the complexity of the analysis is bound to erode the charm which the lives of the great once held for the general reader. Gone, too, is the reassurance biographies used to provide of a nation managed by far-sighted statesmen rather than short-sighted politicians. When Lord Randolph Churchill first arrived at the House of Commons he was outraged to hear an uncouth voice in the crowd remark: 'There is a rum specimen.' Through Dr Foster's eyes he looks rummer than ever.
Winston Churchill and Robert Rhodes James had a common idea of Lord Randolph's significance. Both were Conservatives, and both regarded him as the fons et origo of modern, popularly-based Toryism. Up to 1880, the Conservatives relied mainly upon feudal and agricultural England. By 1890, the Party had come to terms with the industrial revolution and established itself as a vigorous popular movement in the cities. The transformation, it was thought, was pre-eminently the work of Lord Randolph. He it was who had taken the Party to the masses, and above all to the working classes, with his cries of 'Tory Democracy' and 'Trust the People.' He it was who championed the constituency activists of the boroughs against the neglect and disdain of the 'old guard' of the Party. Here was the cause with which he constantly identified himself.
According to Dr Foster, this flattering thesis rests on a fallacy. For Lord Randolph, the long term did not exist: he would have agreed wholeheartedly with Harold Wilson's dictum that a week in politics is a long time. His one serious purpose was to get to the top, and his method was to operate the political stock-exchange, buying and selling blocs of support and the policies that went with them. Speech by speech and letter by letter, Dr Foster traces a pattern of opportunism in which Lord Randolph is to be found arguing gleefully on both sides of every question. For and against the occupation of Egypt; for and against peace with Russia; for and against expenditure on the Armed Forces – all arguments were grist to the mill. No wonder, then, that Tory Democracy was another rank imposture. Lord Randolph did not originate the Tory Democratic movement, but conscripted it for his purposes. The solid work of reorganising the Party and rethinking its policies was carried out by others and at the appropriate time Lord Randolph sold out the Tory Democrats for a place in the Cabinet. Tory Democracy also meant winning votes for the Party and Lord Randolph was indeed a brilliant electioneer with a 'genius for vulgarisation'. But whether the voters concerned were Catholics or Protestants, middle-class or working-class, heavy drinkers or temperance reformers, depended entirely upon Lord Randolph's calculations. It would be a very funny story but for the book's quiet tone of moral indignation, which makes one think again.
Should one take a stern view of Lord Randolph's acrobatics, or sit back and enjoy a great entertainer? In the English context it is just possible to argue, though I would not argue it myself, that the falsity of the political game was a positive virtue, an enlightened alternative to real conflict. As an Irishman and biographer of Parnell, Dr Foster sees things differently, and of course writes with a special cutting edge of Lord Randolph's manipulation of the Orange and the Green. Ireland, as it happened, was one of the few subjects on which Lord Randolph Churchill spoke with authority. Having lived there for some years, and attached himself to an intelligent circle of Irish Unionists concerned with educational and land reform, he was ready with constructive ideas. In the House of Commons he struck up a tactical alliance with Parnell against Gladstone, and in private he would declare his support for Home Rule. If, therefore, anyone was in a position to swing the Conservative Party towards a settlement of the Irish question, it was Lord Randolph. But when the crucial moment came political advantage suggested that he should ditch Parnell and play the Orange card, which he proceeded to do with a vengeance. That the future of Ireland should have become a party question was by no means the fault of Lord Randolph alone: Gladstone was playing for advantage as well. But it was a tragedy for Ireland, and the short-term gains of politicians are still being paid for in the gruesome events of today.
The Home Rule crisis gave the Conservatives a new lease of life. It was the fear of Irish nationalism that revived their popularity, and Randolph, meanwhile, swarmed up the greasy pole as Secretary for India and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Neither of his previous biographers looked deeply into his official career, so Dr Foster is able to report the discovery that once in power Lord Randolph fell under the sway of his civil servants and quietly abandoned the policies he had announced in opposition. Considering his youth and inexperience, this was very prudent, but prudence in general was never his strong point. In a fatal misjudgment he decided to escalate the annual confrontation between the Treasury and the spending departments into a bid to overthrow the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury. The plot went wrong and his dreams of seizing the helm were shattered as a cheering crew pitched him overboard into heavy seas. It was a great irony that in this last unhappy phase of his career the only lifeboat he could find was Tory Democracy. For the first time he began to reflect seriously on labour questions, receiving miners' delegations at the House of Commons and speaking for the eight-hour day. But the Conservative Party continued to get on very well without him and at his death the obituaries were surprisingly harsh. 'It was probable that there was some deep taint in his blood,' said the Spectator, and that 'England escaped, in his failure to become Premier, very serious dangers.'
There may have been a hint here of a sinister disease, and it is a puzzle to know how far Lord Randolph's reckless behaviour can be explained on medical grounds. Even in his early thirties he suffered serious illnesses which drove him abroad in search of health. He was probably unfit for office, and already in the grip of syphilis, as Chancellor of the Excheqer. The mental strain must have been increased by the tribulations of his marriage, and Dr Foster suggests that he was driven to extremes by the fear that he had only a short time to live. But whatever the mitigating factors, he can only be assessed on his record. It is no part of Dr Foster's argument that Lord Randolph was stupid or limited: on the contrary, his talent and quick intellect, and the devastating humour he turned against Gladstone, are frequently underlined – but as qualities placed at the service of a purely cynical opportunism. In this sense, the verdict is wholly negative.
Having wrestled for some years with the previous accounts of Lord Randolph, I can testify more eloquently than most to the immense illumination Dr Foster has provided. Non-specialists may feel that too much knowledge is being taken for granted, but otherwise this is a marvellous book with a stylish narrative grounded in sheer professionalism. The questions it leaves open are questions of motive and character that can never be answered for certain. But one of these deserves a brief airing and concerns the bias of Lord Randolph's career.
From one point of view, Dr Foster's biography carries on where previous biographies left off. He agrees that Lord Randolph was an authentic bohemian and rebel. No gentleman would have dared as he did to blackmail the Prince of Wales by threatening to produce his love-letters, and Society retaliated by ostracising him and exiling the Churchill family to Dublin. Winston Churchill wrote that Lord Randolph absorbed during this period an abiding antagonism to rank and authority, a judgment endorsed by Dr Foster. Lord Randolph had no time for gentlemen, and as he confided to his sister, ladies bored him too: he preferred 'rough women who dance and sing and drink – the rougher the better'. But is it possible that a bohemian social life did not permeate his political views? It is very noticeable from this latest biography that all Lord Randolph's bosom cronies were radicals and reformers. The Tory rebels of the 'Fourth Party'; on the Liberal side, Chamberlain, Dilke and Labouchère; the eccentric anti-imperialist W.S. Blunt; the gentleman Marxist, H.M. Hyndman – these were an odd assortment of companions, to say the least. In the tally of all those Lord Randolph sold down the river Dr Foster might consider including Lord Randolph himself. Was he not, after all, a closet radical, true blue only for the purposes of getting on in the world. If so, the last phase of his career, when he was an outcast and had less and less to lose by coming out, represents in its radicalism a true bill of health.
Paul Addison is a lecturer in history at the University of Edinburgh, and author of The Road to 1945.
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PS3 sales better than expected, says Sony
Will hit 10 million by March next year.
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Updated on 2 Oct 2008
Sony boss Jack Tretton has said the company's shifting plenty of PS3s at the moment - and certainly enough to hit the 10 million mark in 2009.
"We are tracking at 100 per cent up over last year... About 30 per cent ahead of where we should be," he told Reuters. "So sales could slow down and we will still hit our number."
The company previously set a target of selling 10 million PS3 units by March 2009 - and Tretton reckons that's entirely feasible.
"We are in good shape for that number worldwide," he said.
They're still playing catch-up - Microsoft announced Xbox 360 sales had topped 20 million back in July, and analyst estimates suggest everyone in the world now owns at least four Wiis. 360 did have a year's head-start, however.
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"This is not a time for celebration but a time for analysis of the implication and ramifications of this framework. This is a foundational document and is not yet a verifiable deal.
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Walter Giersbach || Alankrita Amaya
Thirsty debated whether to open with the credits rolling over a slow crane shot of an apocalyptically devastated cityscape. Or, maybe the opening should be shot in black and white, like Jack Warner's Wizard of Oz was b&w till Dorothy stepped into Oz.
He'd written the script, or he would write it, but subconscious prompts made him suspicious something had already been written for him. Thirsty — he always referred to himself in the third person — sensed his life was orchestrated, that he was pulled from central casting to play the role of script writer. Seduced out of New York and Paris and assigned to Hollywood hack work. And why had Jilly appeared as his wife while Zelda was still in that hospital?
It must have been that Greek producer Mezinis. Mezinis had made so many script changes, trashed so many of Thirsty's rewrites. And now Jilly had been written into his life as a wife, mistress, watchdog, whatever. She was just some Hollywood floozy with a leftover life to kill. A bit part player acting as a foil to his character, never getting a mention unless you squinted at the fine print on the movie cards.
Did Thirsty create her or was Jilly creating him? Maybe constructing and destroying each other was an allegory for marriage, but he didn't think they were married. The only sure thing was his blockbuster novel hidden in the icebox under a pot of stewed eggplant. No one would touch that. His book would be a tour de force, blowing the top off Hollywood.
If only he could remember. He lit a cigarette, then forgot his hand until his knuckle burned.
Back to the script in the typewriter. Thirsty shifted his bare legs by the pool, moving the machine out of the sun. Okay, cut to newspapers blowing down Broadway. The Great White way where Thirsty's heart lay. Close-up of the Daily News head: "End of the World." That would be a location shot, with Orson Welles letting the paper flutter to the street. Orson could do that, temperamental bastard that he was.
God, he was tired. Needed another drink. Partly, the confusion lay in Mezinis overriding Von Lackmann. The hotshot director from Berlin demanded changes, then Mezinis shitcanned pages of script as soon as Thirsty typed them. The two were making him crazy!
"What's this trailer park setting?" Mezinis screamed.
"It's about everyday Joes facing the end of the world," Thirsty explained.
"Everyday? They're trailer park trash. Nobody pays to see losers!"
This was Thirsty's work, his life. Delete that: his new life as a script meister. No longer a novelist waiting for literary recognition. The bungalow in LA was his cage, complete with the circumscription of space to focus all his energies inwardly on the script.
Except, lately, he began to suspect Jilly wasn't his wife. He had no memory of meeting her, wooing her, lunches on Sunset Strip. Mezinis must've put her into his script life to keep him happy. Keep him focused. But focus didn't come from Jilly's body. It was the cocaine and weed she provided, the bottles of single malt — all in lieu of a paycheck. It had been weeks since he'd seen any money.
"Don't worry about the money," Von Lackmann advised. "This picture gets made, you'll get your credit back. You can name your own price."
There wasn't going to be a picture! He'd never get paid more than equity minimum. Jilly would dissolve and his life would cut to black. One day, a cinema archeologist would break down the bungalow door and find Thirsty's skeleton still clutching his typewriter. They'd even uncover the novel.
What scared the piss out him was yesterday when he walked into the studio. Von Lackmann was making a pitch and Mezinis was on the edge of his seat. "Then the much-vaunted novelist is destroyed by his own hubris." Von Lackmann gloated, stretching out his arms like he was Jesus on the cross.
"Wonderful!" Mezinis crowed. "The living get dead and the dead get to go on living. Box office!" He pointed at Thirsty. "I want life and death and pain and fear. You? You give me losers I can see outside my window, schmuck!"
But Thirsty had one last trick. He would write Von Lackmann and Mezinis out of the script. They'd die a horrible death so he could be free. Pre-apocalyptic, the asteroid would hit them. Isn't that what Nathanial West would've done? Kill 'em both, fade to black. That's a wrap.
Sweat poured into his eyes as he blindly reached for the bottle, knocking it to the pool deck.
"What the hell are you doing?" Jilly was screaming her irrational questions again. "Are you crazy?" No, all her questions were really statements.
He knew what he was doing. He was a writer who had created an entire age. His fingers began typing. Thirsty was the angelic writer incarnate, the deified hack able to leap entire dimensions of reality. He would punch out a script change that deleted Jilly. Smiling with satisfaction, he saw the woman disappear.
The Scotch bottle could be restored with a few more clicks. He wiped his eyes, grabbed a cigarette and took a long drag.
Now, to dramatically eliminate Mezinis and Von Lackmann. Have them pitch backward into a crevasse that opens in the middle of Times Square.
Click click click. They were gone.
He heard Jilly's voice say, "Thirsty's been like this all day." But she was obliterated, so it really couldn't be her.
What he felt were two pairs of strong hands grabbing his arms and hoisting him out of the pool chair.
"It's not happening," he said.
"Sorry, Thirsty." Von Lackmann's voice wafted over him. "Nothing personal, but I need that unpublished novel of yours Jilly showed me. They'll take good care of you at the hospital, like they're taking care of Zelda."
About Walter Giersbach
Walt Giersbach's fiction has appeared in Bewildering Stories, Big Pulp, Corner Club Press, Every Day Fiction, Gumshoe Review, OG Short Fiction, Over My Dead Body, Pif Magazine, Pill Hill Press, Pulp Fiction, r.kv.r.y, Short Fiction World, The Story Shack, The World of Myth, and other publications. He also writes on military history and social phenomena. Two volumes of short stories, Cruising the Green of Second Avenue, are available at Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. He has been the director of communications for Fortune 500 companies, publicized the Connecticut Film Festival, managed publicity and programs for Western Connecticut State University's Haas Library, and moderates a writing group in New Jersey.
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Write Tip: 7 Things I Learned About Working With Editors From Editing SPACE BATTLES
Published on April 23, 2012 March 9, 2020 by Bryan
In Spring 2010, I got the chance to pitch publisher David Rozansky of Flying Pen Press some anthology ideas I'd been developing and wound up hired to edit the next installment in the publisher's long running Full Throttle Space Tales anthology series, Space Battles, which release last week, April 18. After three years now of significant work editing books, stories and now an anthology with authors, I can tell you I have come to the conclusion every writer ought to get experience being an editor. There's so much helpful stuff to learn but this was particularly true from editing an anthology. Here's 7 things I learned:
1 ) Meet Deadlines — As an editor, there's nothing worse than sitting around waiting on writers. If you set a deadline, particularly as I did, many months out for your project, and hardly any stories come in by deadline, you start to worry. I had invited 37 people and needed 17-19 stories, and I had 6 come in by deadline. Unsurprisingly, two of those were by my headliners Mike Resnick & Brad R. Torgersen and Jean Johnson. There's a reason Mike Resnick gets so many awards and has such a body of work: he's a pleasure to work with. He's a professional. He's reliable. You never appreciate that more than when you're editing something like this.
2 ) Be Courteous — I invited you to submit to my anthology, in many cases because you're friends or I like your work. Some of you expressed an interest beforehand and I honored that. Okay, then how come I can name at least 10 "friends" I've never heard from since? They didn't thank me for the original invite. They didn't respond to the reminders as deadline approach. Not a word after the post-deadline pleas for more stories. I have heard nothing. How do you think that makes me feel about their professionalism and their friendship? How likely do you think I'll be to invite them to my next project? I leave it to you to figure that out but I'd bet it's pretty obvious after what I said about Resnick. Resnick's already invited to my next project.
3 ) Work With Me — Editors edit. It's what we're employed to do. My job is to help both your story and the anthology as a whole be the best it can be. I want us all to win. I don't want to ruin your story, so don't be difficult. Yeah, I'm not perfect. I don't know everything. But neither do you. When I ask for changes, I expect you to discuss it yes, but I also expect you to make the changes. If there's something you feel strongly about, I am fair. We can discuss it. But don't make me do it for you from stubbornness and don't nitpick every single minor change. I had some authors who asked to keep a couple things for various reasons and I agreed because they willingly made every other change I asked for. I didn't ask for a lot. I hate asking people to change their precious words. But sometimes it's necessary for good reasons. One of my authors wrote enough backstory to fill several novels and his story dragged and suffered for it. He refused to make changes, even after I went through and marked stuff out for him. Most editors would have just rejected it, but I went the extra mile. I wanted to help him make it work. Then this same author kept bragging about how this was "the most brilliant story" I'd gotten of all of them. I passed. And I won't be inviting him to future projects. I asked for a couple tweaks in Resnick & Torgersen's story and had it back in less than 24 hours. Who would you rather work with?
4 ) Editors Want Your Story To Be Good — Not only is hard to ask writers to change their precious words, but it's really hard to reject their stories. It broke my heart. The first story Jean
Johnson subbed, I rejected. It didn't have a core ship on ship battle in space. I did the same with trunk stories from Jay Lake, Kevin J. Anderson and Chuck Gannon. The stories were all brilliant. I'm sure they will find homes. They just didn't fit the guidelines for this. Yes, I couldn't believe I was rejecting stories from such talented people. But then I also rejected a couple off sub-par stories as well. And one of them was by a good friend. That was really hard. It hurt me to say it. I didn't want to be another rejection for any writer. We get enough. I wanted their stories to be good. I wanted them all to be ready and right for the anthology. They weren't. Thank God I chose not to do an open call. Imagine how many more painful rejections I'd have had to make? As it was, at least I could personalize and praise the good along with saying "no." And although I know I did the right thing by saying "no," I still wish I could have said "Yes!"
5 ) Editors Have Deadlines Too — Yeah, I set a deadline for story subs, but you know what, your missing that deadline creates issues with my deadlines for having stories picked and submitting a manuscript to the publisher. I actually had to push it back waiting for stories. How does that make me look professionally? Oh, the publisher was gracious. He understood. But if you continually put me in a spot where I can't meet deadlines, how likely am I to want to work with you in the future?
6 ) Editors Work Hard — I don't think you realize how much work it takes to edit until you do it. I'm not talking revision passes on your manuscript. I'm talking editing someone else's precious work so that it comes out shiny and make everyone get the praise they deserve. It needs to not just fit with the stories around it and flow well, but you need to polish it for typos, get their name right, format it, polish it. It takes a lot of passes reading the stories and it takes a lot of time nitpicking little details. Sadly, I just the other day found a typo in one story near the end of the anthology which I should have caught. I am going to be kicking myself about that forever. I let those writers down. It's a lot of pressure and work to not just sell the anthology to the publisher, but figure out the best story order, manage the budget wisely, recruit writers, control deadlines, meet deadlines of your own, etc. It takes work to keep fresh eyes rereading the same stories over and over because of all the details. You want to make sure they're as good as can be and yet you've read them so many times it becomes a bit like editing your own work. So writers, don't think editors have the easy job, because they don't. And they're reputations are dependent not just on picking great stories but lots of other factors too.
7) It Feels Just As Good — The sense of pride and accomplishment you get from seeing an anthology you edited published is not that different from that you feel when your novel comes out. It feels really good to help fellow writers achieving career goals even as you achieve your own. It feels really good to know someone finally made it into print with you. It feels good to see them published alongside respected colleagues like Mike Resnick, Jean Johnson, or David Lee Summers. It's not entirely your own work, gestated for years, pounded through many drafts, yes, because it's a community effort, but that doesn't make the success of that any less different. Especially when, having finished, you feel like the writers have become better friends and people you'd welcome working with in the future and who would welcome the opportunity to work with you. And when the publisher asks you 'what else have you got?' Boy, that's a great moment, too. I never looked down on editing as lesser–less of a craft, less significant than writing– but I also never realized how good it could feel to do it and see the end result published professionally. I've been proud of the books I edited which got published and were well received, but this pleased me more because I really played a more significant role in its creative design and overall final form by choosing stories, cover, writing intros, bios and the cover copy. It's a really good feeling and I doubt anyone who takes it on would disagree.
Well, there's 7 things I learned from editing Space Battles: Full Throttle Space Tales #6. What lessons have you learned from editing, working with writers, or editing others? I'd welcome comments. For what it's worth…
Bryan Thomas Schmidt is the author of the space opera novels The Worker Prince, a Barnes & Noble Book Clubs Year's Best SF Releases of 2011 Honorable Mention, and The Returning, the collection The North Star Serial, Part 1, the children's book 102 More Hilarious Dinosaur Jokes For Kids from Delabarre Publishing and editor of the anthology Space Battles: Full Throttle Space Tales #6 which he edited for Flying Pen Press, headlined by Mike Resnick. As a freelance editor, he's edited a novels and nonfiction. An affiliate SFWA member, he also hosts Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer's Chat every Wednesday at 9 pm EST on Twitter and is a frequent contributor to Adventures In SF Publishing, Grasping For The Wind and Hugo nominee SFSignal. He can be found online as @BryanThomasS on Twitter or via www.bryanthomasschmidt.net.
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12 thoughts on "Write Tip: 7 Things I Learned About Working With Editors From Editing SPACE BATTLES"
Chrisitna Vasilevski says:
Bryan, it's great to hear you talk about the value that editing brings, and I'd love to learn more about how editing an anthology is different from editing other types of work.
Is working on an anthology more of a curatorial role, or do you still review each story, provide suggestions on plot/pacing, and then copy edit the work yourself?
I am telling a story on a theme with an anthology. Many characters and settings contribute to the story but all must work together. And all must be the best they can be. I approach it just like editing a novel with the exception that I do not need the voice to match. It's still the authors who get final say but I can choose not to use their story if they refuse to agree to edits, as I did in at least one case per the blog post. SO yes, I comment on plot, pacing, characters, etc. as well as sentence structure, punctuation, etc.
Brad R. Torgersen says:
I think I can speak for Mike and say that it was a pleasure being part of this project. I am glad initial reviews are positive. Good work, Bryan!
Thanks, Brad. I look forward to working with you all more in the future.
Peter Snede says:
I applaud your honesty in the post. Actually, I am surprised how much you struggled with getting responses and material on time — this is a tough industry and I think this shows what separates the successful from the unsuccessful.
Deadlines should not be suggested due dates and lateness should be a special circumstance, not the norm.
L. S. King says:
Bryan, thank you. As a writer and an editor, I appreciate the forthrightness of your post.
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It's been said before but it bears repeating: Professionalism goes a long way. Meet your deadlines, be proactive, work with the editor. Simple rules–you'd think most people would understand them!
Yes, you would. Thanks for stopping by.
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Joanna Celeste says:
Hear, hear, thanks so much for putting it so well!!
As one anthology editor to another, I appreciate how you put this together.
I'm retweeeting it now.


(Q) How frequently should dogs be vaccinated? Is it neccessary for them to be done annually?
(A) Vet Roberta Baxter says: Some of the components of vaccines last more than one year and are generally given every three years, but some of the vaccine components only last around one year and a yearly booster is advisable.
In our practice area the one we recommend annually is leptospirosis, which is a real risk to dogs who come into contact with water contaminated with rat urine. The distemper, parvovirus, and hepatitis portions are normally given every three years, although following a local parvovirus outbreak we have been advising that dogs have this vaccine more frequently.
Bordetella and parainfluenza vaccination (in the kennel cough vaccine we use) need to be given yearly. This is another big risk locally, and not just in dogs who use boarding kennels, so we generally recommend this vaccine too.
Other vaccines such as those for rabies, herpes virus, and leishmania are used in specific instances.
My advice would be to go to a vet you feel you can trust and have a chat about which vaccinations your dog needs. Staying with the same vet and having a good relationship with them allows accurate records to be kept, allowing informed decisions to be made in the future.
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Eliminating the Dangerous 'Waze Left'
Vocal users of the wildly popular navigation app Waze have pushed the company's developers to look for a solution to its routing algorithm's tendency to send drivers turning left through crowded intersections.
September 25, 2015, 11am PDT | James Brasuell | @CasualBrasuell
"The navigation app Waze is beloved for exploiting shortcuts, avoiding traffic, and proving that the shortest distance between two points is not always a straight line," according to a post by David Yanofsky. "But its sinuous directions can also be a source of annoyance for drivers, who are often asked to make treacherous left turns through oncoming traffic at dicey intersections."
Yanofsky reports, however, that the company is studying ways to remove the so-called "Waze left" from its routing algorithm. The company is responding to user feedback and media pushback, given the much greater dangers associated with turning left. The article goes on to survey some of the user feedback available online, as well as some specific examples of "Waze lefts" as provided by streets found in the city of Los Angeles.
The End of the 'Waze Left'
Published on Monday, September 21, 2015 in The Atlantic
Left Turns


你为什么不懂, 你的爱情问题, 我不想听! 你为什么不明白, 因为你是我的朋友, 所以我就会听, 但老实说, 你应该知道, 我受不了了! 你为什么看不见....我喜欢你.
Questions arising from 어떻게 하죠?
What is the difference between 따라가다 and 따르다?
这个句子对不对?你知道吗?在生命中我们都有某朋友就是太失去的珍貴那个!(you know? in life we all have that certain friend who is just too precious to lose!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gdiEDwGDN8 너무 완벽해!! 김동완은 너무 잘생기다! 그는 확실히 신화에서 최고의 가수입니다!
How to say someone is an adjective in Korean, ie: she is very pretty.


Whitney House, in Castine, built in 1810 by Henry Whitney for his bride Lucy Perkins on original Perkins land. The house remained in the same family until 1982, when the current owner acquired the property from the family. The house has been gradually updated, while maintaining the original charm.
The House is located by the historic town Common, two blocks from the Castine Harbor and the Castine Yacht Club and also from the 1st Tee of the Castine Golf Course. The back of the property borders the 5th hole of the golf course and looks out over woods and fairways. The back and side yards are large and quite private.
The house is a traditional colonial with two parlors, den and large dining room on the fist floor, and with the kitchen and laundry also on the first floor.
There is also a half bath off the kitchen.
Four bedrooms (three double beds, and one queen) are on the second floor.
2 bathrooms are located, in the Ell above the kitchen.


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Lawmakers praise bill with money for port
U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-1st GA, voted for the act, saying the funding to expand the Port of Savannah and deepening of the river to it is long overdue. - photo by File photo
Two area legislators praised a bill that brought the deepening of the Savannah harbor one step closer to reality.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act. The bill authorizes $662 million for the dredging project, which includes both the state and federal portions.
U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., has long favored deepening the harbor and was a sponsor when the bill was first brought to Congress in 1999.
Kingston said the Savannah port expansion project has been studied at a cost of $41 million and he billed it as the "most extensive study of the Savannah River estuary in history."
"In the time the federal government has spent studying this project, China has taken a larger and deeper port from start to finish," he said. "We cannot allow this to continue if we want to remain competitive."
State Sen. Buddy Carter, R-Pooler, who represents a portion of Liberty County, also issued a statement regarding the vote, which still has to clear the Senate and be signed by President Obama.
"In 2015, the Panama Canal will begin allowing for larger container ships to pass with imports and exports," Carter said. "Without the deepening project, the Savannah Harbor would otherwise be unable to handle these larger craft, leading them to be routed elsewhere and thus greatly harming our local economy. We will now be able to continue to compete on a global scale."
Kingston said Georgia's ports support more than 350,000 jobs at home but 75 percent of the 21,000 companies they service are based in other states.
He said the finished project will, "free up $231 million in private capital annually that can be invested in business and job creation."


Writing from his prison cell in Nazi Germany in 1945 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a young German theologian, sketched a vision of what he called "Religionless Christianity." In this book, John Shelby Spong puts flesh onto the bare bones of Bonhoeffer's radical thought. The result is a strikingly new and different portrait of Jesus of Nazareth, a Jesus for the non-religious.
Spong challenges much of the traditional understanding, from the tale of Jesus' miraculous birth to the account of his cosmic ascension into the sky. He questions the historicity of the ideas that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, that he had twelve disciples, or that the miracle stories were ever meant to be descriptions of supernatural events. He also speaks directly to those critics of Christianity who call God a "delusion" and who describe how Christianity has become evil and destructive.
Spong invites his readers to look at Jesus through the lens of both the Jewish scriptures and the liturgical life of the first century synagogue. He proposes a new way of understanding the divinity of Christ as the ultimate dimension of a fulfilled humanity. Jesus for the Non-Religious may be the book that finally brings the pious and the secular into a meaningful dialogue, opening the door to a living Christianity in the post-Christian world.


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Q: Display custom registered posts in the custom query new WP_Query I'm building a custom plugin for WordPress to display some custom posts.
So far so good, it worked (I had to re-save the permalinks), and now I'm able to see it in my archive page and, since I added the slug in the array for the register_post_type function, I can see them adding the slug in the url (for example: mywebsite.com/coolposts:
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'coolposts' ),

So far so good but I have a problem and I don't know how to solve it.
I want to display my custom posts "coolposts" in my custom query:
$the_query = new WP_Query('orderby=title&order=asc&posts_per_page=50');
while ($the_query->have_posts()) :
$the_query->the_post();

if ((($the_query->current_post+1) % 3 == 0) && ($the_query->current_post+1 !== count($the_query->posts))):
echo "

";

endif;
endwhile;

Because, for some reason, my custom posts are excluded from the main query.
Am I doing something wrong?
Just to be clear, I don't want to display ONLY my customs posts, I want to display all of my posts.

A: I assume you registered custom post type with the name coolposts when registered with register_post_type function. If so then just add another param post_type=coolposts. To avoid unexpected situation you can add one more param post_status=publish, this param will ensure only published posts are displayed.
$the_query = new WP_Query('orderby=title&order=asc&posts_per_page=50&post_type=coolposts');

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Q: get query string url in sharepoint report how can I get query string in a report url and use it in my report?
I try these ways and no one works right!
Method (1)
http://<your server>/ReportServer?/<folder>/<reportname>&STUDENT_ID=5

Method (2)
http://<server>/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?%2f<path>%2f<ReportName>&rs:Command=Render&UserID='fred'

A: You can specify the query string parameters like given below
//myrshost/ReportServer?/AdventureWorks 2008R2/Employee_Sales_Summary_2008R2&ReportMonth=3&ReportYear=2008
and if your're working in SharePoint integrated Report server it should be referenced through /_vti_bin path like below
//myspsite/subsite/_vti_bin/reportserver?http://myspsite/subsite/AdventureWorks 2008R2/Employee_Sales_Summary_2008R2.rdl&ReportMonth=3&ReportYear=2008
Please refer this article for more info:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms155391.aspx

A: Try to remove the single quotation ' from the parameter value to be like the following :
http://<server>/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?
%2f<path>%2f<ReportName>&rs:Command=Render&UserID=fred

Note :

*

*Make sure that the parameter name in report URL is the same name of the parameter that defined in the report.

*To get the correct report URL , navigate to http://<server>/ReportServer/ then open your report .

*To add the parameter correctly at the end of your report URL add & followed by parameter name(UserID) as defined in report followed by your value (fred) without single quotation '
Example :
By applying the above-mentioned notes , If you have a report called Qassas that have a defined parameter called UserID that placed inside a Folder called Qassas Folder and you need to filter UserID with the value fred so the Report Url Should be
 http://<server>/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?
 %2fQassas+Folder%2fQassas&rs:Command=Render&UserID=fred

For integrated Mode try to add rp:  before the parameter name , so your Url should like
http://portal/sites/BICenter/_layouts/15/ReportServer/RSViewerPage.aspx?
rv:RelativeReportUrl=/sites/BICenter/ReportLibrary/NewReport.rdl&rs:Command=Render&rp:UserID=fred

A: I find out correct addressing
http://{site address}/_vti_bin/reportserver?{report address}&reportparamater=1

this addressing works for me like:
http://portal/_vti_bin/reportserver?http://BICenter/ReportLibrary/NewReport.rdl&Id=355


This is the 21st rendition of our MLB valuations. That is also the same number of times the New York Yankees have been baseball's most valuable team ($4.0 billion). Short explanation: The Bronx Bombers generated $619 million last season, by far the most in baseball. (Full disclosure: I am Managing Editor and co-host (with Bob Lorenz) of the Forbes SportsMoney television show that airs on the YES Network, FS1 and several Fox regional sports networks).
The average MLB team is worth $1.645 billion, 7% more than last year.
Team values are enterprise values (equity plus net debt) that include the economics of the ballpark but exclude the value of real estate itself. We also do not include the value of team-owned regional sports networks. The league's ownership in MLBAM (100%) and the MLB Network (67%) are included in our valuations, as is the value of the league's investment fund.
Revenue and operating income (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) measure cash in versus cash out (not accrual accounting) for the 2017 season. Our figures include the postseason and are net of revenue sharing and stadium debt payments. Revenues include the pro-rated upfront bonuses networks pay teams as well as proceeds from non-MLB events at the ballpark. The $18 million each team received in 2017 from the sale of a stake in BamTech to Walt Disney was excluded, as were profits or losses from team-owned RSNs.


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He Yong (; * 12. Oktober 1940 in Qianxi, Hebei) ist ein chinesischer Politiker der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas (KPCh), der unter anderem von 1998 bis 2003 Minister für Disziplinaraufsicht im Staatsrat der Volksrepublik China war. Er war außerdem zwischen 2002 und 2012 Mitglied des Zentralkomitees der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas (ZK der KPCh) gewählt, nach dem Ständigen Ausschuss des Politbüros und dem Politbüro der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas eines der drei zentralen Führungsgremien der KPCh.

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He Yong trat 1958 als Mitglied der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas (KPCh) bei und begann nach dem Schulbesuch 1960 ein Studium an der Ingenieurabteilung für Präzisionsinstrumente und Messgeräte der Tianjin-Universität, das er im Juli 1968 beendete. Im Anschluss begann er seine berufliche Laufbahn in der Fabrik Nr. 238, einer Panzerfabrik, und war zunächst zwischen 1968 und 1970 Techniker der Messstelle, von 1970 bis 1975 Produktionssekretär der Zentrale sowie zwischen 1975 und 1978 sowohl Direktor der Politischen Abteilung als auch Mitglied des Ständigen Ausschusses des Parteikomitees der Fabrik. Im Anschluss fungierte er von 1978 bis 1983 als Direktor der Fabrik Nr. 238 sowie in Personalunion auch als stellvertretender Sekretär des Parteikomitees dieser Fabrik. Im Anschluss war er zwischen 1983 und 1985 stellvertretender Direktor des Amtes für Wissenschaft, Technologie und Industrie für die Landesverteidigung der Provinz Hubei.

1985 ging He nach Peking und war zuerst zwischen 1985 und 1986 Generaldirektor der Personalabteilung des Ministeriums für Waffenproduktion sowie im Anschluss von 1986 bis 1987 sowohl Chef der Sektion für Partei- und Regierungspersonal für auswärtige Angelegenheiten der Organisationsabteilung des Zentralkomitees der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas (ZK der KPCh) als auch stellvertretender Leiter der Organisationsabteilung des ZK. Im Anschluss wurde er 1987 Vize-Minister für Disziplinaraufsicht und bekleidete dieses Amt bis 1998. Er war zugleich zwischen 1987 und 1992 Mitglied der Parteiführungsgruppe dieses Ministeriums. Auf dem XIV. Parteitag der KPCh (12. bis 19. Oktober 1992) wurde er erstmals Mitglied der Zentralen Disziplinarkommission der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas und gehörte dieser nach seiner Bestätigung auf dem XV. Parteitag (12. bis 19. September 1997) bis zum XVI. Parteitag (8. bis 14. November 2002) an. Er war ferner zwischen dem XIV. Parteitag 1992 und dem XVII. Parteitag (15. bis 21. Oktober 2007) zugleich Mitglied des Ständigen Ausschusses der Zentralen Disziplinarkommission der KPCh sowie zwischen dem XV. Parteitag 1997 und dem XVIII. Parteitag (8. bis 14. November 2012) des Weiteren stellvertretender Sekretär der Zentralen Disziplinarkommission der KPCh.

Auf dem XV. Parteitag 1997 wurde He Yong außerdem erstmals Mitglied des ZK der KPCh und gehörte diesem Führungsgremium der Partei nach seinen Bestätigungen auf dem XVI. Parteitag 2002 sowie dem XVII. Parteitag 2007 ebenfalls bis zum XVIII. Parteitag 2012 an. Im März 1998 übernahm er als Nachfolger von Cao Qingze zudem Minister für Disziplinaraufsicht im Staatsrat der Volksrepublik China und hatte dieses Ministeramt bis März 2003 inne, woraufhin Li Zhilun ihn ablöste. Auf dem XVI. Parteitag (8. bis 14. November 2002) wurde er zum Mitglied des Sekretariats des ZK der KPCh gewählt, nach dem Ständigen Ausschuss des Politbüros und dem Politbüro der Kommunistischen Partei Chinas eines der drei zentralen Führungsgremien der KPCh. Er wurde auch auf dem XVII. Parteitag (15. bis 21. Oktober 2007) wieder zum Mitglied des ZK-Sekretariats gewählt, so dass er auch diesem Gremium bis zum XVIII. Parteitag (8. bis 14. November 2012) angehörte.

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News and Info - General News and Announcements | The United Church of Canada
AOTS Biennial/Roundup Message from the President
Plans are moving forward for the combined AOTS Biennial/Roundup and I am delighted to report that our featured speaker, Michael Blair, will be able to join us for the entire weekend. Michael serves as Executive Minister of the Communities in Mission Unit of The United Church of Canada. He is the former Executive Director of the Toronto Christian Resource Center which is a ministry of the Toronto Southeast Presbytery serving the homeless and marginalized housed in Toronto's eastern downtown area. Previously, Michael served as a congregational minister of a number of Baptist churches in Toronto and St. Catherine's. As a community chaplain with the Ontario Multifaith Council's Reintegration Program, he worked with individuals leaving the provincial jail system.
Harold Lorenz reports that we have received 21 registrations to date for the Biennial/Roundup. As many of you know the early bird cut-off date is March 31st so it is time to send those registrations in and plan to be with us for an exciting weekend of men's fellowship and spiritual renewal.
An excellent workshop program is planned and our chaplain for the weekend is Brigadier David Estey (ret'd). Our Saturday evening program will feature the Cruisin Accapella Quartet and John Groeneveld will lead our sing-along's.
All that will take place in the wonderful surroundings of the Jackson's Point Conference Centre with the great cuisine provided by kitchen chefs. Don't miss it!
As this is a combined national convention and biennial our agenda is packed. Please plan to be there for the National Convention where the AOTS national council will present our proposed new constitution. The l Convention begins at 2:00 pm on Friday, April 15.
For More Information Check out the AOTS Biennial/Roundup Website
Get Your Registration Form
Contact the Round-up Registrar Keeling Little
Or call him at (705) 476-1126 for more information
President's Report For March, 2011
Throughout the past two years I have attempted (with a modicum of success) to write a monthly report for our website. This will be my second last report as I am now in the final six weeks of my presidency.
Last week I received an email from Bay of Quinte Conference president Jim Waterfall that one of our clubs in Picton has decided to close up shop due to a lack of members. At the same time last month I had some correspondence with Richard Friedrich of our Duncan club which was reviewing whether they should stay on as members of AOTS. I am happy to report that they have decided to stay the course.
These are challenging times for AOTSers. We age. Our members become too old to carry on and our clubs pass away into non-existence. But non-existence is not really an appropriate phrase. Our clubs have left their mark on our society, in our communities, and on behalf of our church. I know that with president –elect Dave Morris taking over the reins of the presidency that we will be in good hands.
Hopefully our membership will see fit to adopt the new proposed constitution which has been so ably and carefully constructed by national council member John Cooke. It will allow the incoming executive to do some of our work without the encumbrances of a constitution belonging to another time, when we were bigger and much less top heavy.
While we are going through these challenges to our existence, so is our church. Yet another staff cut took place at our national church office and that is a reflection of how we are changing. Quite simply we are not the church we once were and we have to become the church that the future demands, if we are to have any relevance in Canadian society at all.
Next week, as president of AOTS I have been asked to sit in on a focus group about a new church initiative called United Cares. The long and short of United Cares is that is it a program designed for those members of our communities who do not see themselves as church goers but would still like to participate in valid social justice and compassionate programs through a solid organization that they can trust and know that their money is being spent wisely and with care. We know how important that is from our charitable work on projects like the Dondi drum circles and Drumathon.
And speaking of the Drumathon please allow me to pass onto you why our work will never go into that state on non-existence. Simply because we did it.
Yesterday I received a note from Chris Cullen who many of you know as a focal point contact for the Drumathon itself. Chris is in Kingston attending to her elderly mother. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. Chris passed on to the following email she received about the Dondi project itself.
It is funny how things turn out and how in one way of another we are all connected. The note speaks for itself and it mentions the videos that were produced by Men's Ministry Network folks who visited Angola to touch base with those at IECA, our church's partner, who were struggling to rebuild the Lutamo School.
It brought a tear to my eye. That may happen to you as well. All I can say to all of you is thank you for your support in this. I have called Janice Johnson to give her an update on the Dondi Project.
Until next month... Jim
Yesterday I came across the videos for the Dondi Project through Nancy Henderson's web page ( www.nancyhendersonjames.com ). They were tremendously moving. The first video, as you are aware, shows the grave of Amelia DeMorais Wilson. Amelia was my grandmother. Our family had assumed that her grave was destroyed during the revolution, and were shocked to find it still intact. We have a picture of my grandfather placing flowers on my grandmother's grave taken in 1957, the year of her death. It is the only time we have seen the grave--until yesterday on the video.
Two of my grandmother's three children are still living: my mother and my aunt. These videos have had a tremendous effect on our family, as you can well imagine. My grandfather drew the plans for the Currie Institute and oversaw its construction. He and my grandmother taught there (teacher training) for about thirty years. Several years ago, my mother wrote a history of her parents' lives and the work at the Dondi mission, particularly their involvement at the Institute, the printing press, and chapel. I believe you would be most interested in reading it.
I am most interested in receiving current information regarding this very ambitious and worthwhile goal to rebuild the school.
AOTS (As One That Serves)
AOTS is a men's service club that is affiliated with the United Church of Canada, but is open to all men on a broad ecumenical basis. AOTS aims to promote fellowship, deepen the spiritual life of men, and develop an effective program of Christian service. In fact, AOTS stands for "As One That Serves", which is taken from the statement by Christ: "I am among you as One that serves." (Luke 22.27).
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Friends at the Table
Friends at the Table is an actual play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends. Find us (and a listener guide) @Friends_Table on Twitter.
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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h47m. Bisher sind 408 Folge(n) erschienen. Dies ist ein wöchentlich erscheinender Podcast.
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 33 days 8 hours 51 minutes
Bonus Episode: Standoff NNAF Fundraiser Livestream
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Bluff City: America's Playground Pt. 05
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(If you'd like to follow along to everyone watching Mr. Ed Plays Baseball at 1:22:24, here's the link: ) Three Out of Five It Ain't Bad During the late 1880s and early 1890s, the Bluff City Boardwalk saw a surge (and then sudden decline) in the...
Bluff City 39: America's Playground Pt. 03
What A Big Building, I Can't See The Top By 1898, construction had begun on several boardwalk-side buildings that so exceeded the previous maximum building height that they caused a city-wide stir. Of course, early skyscrapers had been constructed...
I Can't Find My Way Off Atlantic During the winter of 1895, the main thoroughfare of Atlantic Avenue was set upon by work crews from City Hall, who - in preparation for the approaching 20th Century - sought to improve the quality of the road...
Bonus Episode: GenCon Liveshow Marielda
Here's our GenCon liveshow set in Marielda, playing Blades in the Dark! While this game of Blades in the Dark takes place in our Marielda setting, it's totally listenable even without that background (at least, that's what some totally new fans told...
Bonus Episode: Random Article
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Old Mister, Old Mister In 1897, the "Twin-Pan" barrel organ was introduced to Bluff City by the Callahan Corporation and took the boardwalk by storm. The ease of use, the smoothness of operation, and purity of tone were a significant step forward...


I am at B Street and Somerset, headed for Zombie City. Or La Boca del Diablo—the Devil's Mouth—as the Latinos in the surrounding barrio call it.
Neither name shows up on GPS, of course, because maps are pure fantasy. What is real doesn't fit on a grid. And Zombie City/La Boca del Diablo is real.
The zombies, los vivos, the ghosts who live there—all real. Their hunger—real.
Short story at Tor.com, 2014. Click to read.


I have lived in the largest percent Muslim country. I currently live in the largest communist country. One of the most common things I hear from speakers that come to our local fellowship is the desire to bring refreshing to us. While I appreciate the concern, I am tired of people thinking I'm tired because of where I live.
I understand. Without God many places are hard. When we focus on our own power, we are limited and things become very hard. However, what if it was all meant to be easy? What if God wanted to help you in the process?
People looking for a place to plug in.
So many Christians living overseas have had a wonderful support system back in their home countries that loved them and encouraged them to follow God. They believed God for the impossible and followed His calling to go to seemingly dark places. Unfortunately many of these Christians do become tired and weary once they moved away from their support system.
When they were plugged into their fellowship back home, they had life, love, and joy freely flowing into them. Now the general atmosphere is different, and they are having a difficult time finding a place to draw life. For most the home fellowship taught us how draw life from those around us but not how to draw life from within us.
How to change our environment.
Jesus said He would give us water so we would never be thirsty again (John 4:13-14). He said this water would overflow within us (John 7:38). No matter where we go, no matter what we do, we are carriers of life. As we abide in Christ, we are full. If we feel drained, we need to check our connection (John 15:4-8).
Still there are places that are easier to be connected. If you are the only candle within a dark place, you may generate light, but how far will you see? Even if you gather enough others around you and create a bonfire, there is warmth and light close to you, but outside the reach is darkness. How do you keep your flame burning with all the darkness?
You create a place darkness can't stay.
Jesus said that He came that we may have life to the full. At the same time, He said the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10). Can we become so full of life that the enemy can't take anything away from us? Can we give enough life to others that the enemy has no foothold within them? Can we really displace evil with good (Romans 12:21)?
I was checking out at Wal-Mart the other day, and a man cut in front of me and woman holding her baby. I don't know enough of the common language to speak out for myself, not to mention the woman. Anger rose within me. I wanted to hurt the guy.
Do you see what happened? The enemy came in a spread more darkness. I didn't act out, but the light within me grew dimmer. Jesus said for us to bless those that curse us (Luke 6:28). If we do this, we overpower darkness with the light of life within us.
The challenge for all of us.
This is the challenge for all of us… that we will be so full of the love of Christ that anyone who interacts with us will get our love spilled on them. No matter in what manner they come at us, we will pour out our love on them. Can our hearts be so full of blessings for others that they naturally flow out of our conversations and actions?
The only way we will succeed in this is to be connected to Jesus. The reason the second commanded is like onto the first is that God loves everyone (Matthew 22:37-39). If you really love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, then you cannot help but to love others.
Ask God what He loves about specific people around you. Listen to what He says. If God loves that about a person, then it must be amazing. Focus on that aspect about them. Tell them that characteristic that God thinks is amazing and that you appreciate that about them too.
Christmas is a wonderful time. People are full of good cheer. They think more about doing good to others. Allow this season propel you into a lifetime quest of increasing love to those around you. Let's give darkness no foothold in our lives or the lives of those around us.
I am actually in a very hard place, doing an odd job. I need to travel back home, in a matter of weeks, due to an emergency. I am seeking prayer guides and intercession, for God to give me a breakthrough.
May the God of peace give you comfort and wisdom during this time. He is for you and wants what is best for you.


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«Автопортрет з Ізабеллою Брант»  () — відома картина фламандського живописця Пітера Пауля Рубенса, що зберігається в Старій пінакотеці у Мюнхені.

Передумови

Це був надзвичайний період в житті відомого художника. Він вимушенно покинув Італію і пишний двір герцога Гонзага в Мантуї, де обіймав посаду придворного живописця. Причиною була хвороба і смерть його матері в Антверпені у 1608 році. Клопоти з похованням та справи зі спадком і були головними причинами повернення на батьківщину.

Але Рубенс вже не належав тільки собі. Спробу утримати у Фландрії уславленого майстра зробили і тодішні іспанські володарі провінції — дочка іспанського короля і її чоловік. Про настрої художника тієї пори відомо з його листа : « Тут всіляко бажають утримати мене Ерцгерцог та Її Величність Інфанта, що надіслали листа з пропозицією служби у них та надзвичайно багатими обіцянками. Але у мене дуже мало бажання знову стати царедворцем. Мені було б досить і Антверпена…». Але скоро Рубенс закохався в 18-річну Ізабеллу Брант, залишиться в Антверпені і прийняв пропозицію іспанських володарів Фландрії бути у них на службі. У 1609 році Рубенс узяв шлюб з  Ізабеллою. У 1611 родину приголомшила рання смерть його брата Філіпа. Саме в цей період між двома смертями рідних для Рубенса людей і був написаний автопортрет з Ізабеллою Брант.

Картина
Рубенс написав себе і дружину в садку біля розквітлого куща жимолості. Про високе місце в суспільній ієрархії пари свідчать розкішні шати подружжя і дворянська, золочена зброя господаря. Тільки коштовне брабанське мереживо на Ізабеллі коштувало великого статку. Рубенс сидить на лаві в дуже вільній, майже нешляхетній позі. Так не дозволялось сидіти особам на парадних портретах. Ще більше сваволі в негармонійному костюмі Ізабелли, що присіла на розкинутий плащ. Але Рубенса поки що мало хвилював осуд прихильників церемоній і мораль заборон. Адже він малював портрет для себе.

Література
 Боргези С. Старая пинакотека: Мюнхен: Альбом. 2003.
 Т. А. Седова. Старая пинакотека в Мюнхене. М.: Искусство, 1990

Див. також

 Фламандське бароко
 Живопис бароко
 Автопортрет
  Будинок Рубенса
 Антверпенська школа
 Малюнки Пітера Пауля Рубенса
 Рубенс. Штудія до портрета священика
 Одіссей і Цирцея
 Автопортрет з мантуанськими друзями

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Картини за алфавітом
Картини 1609
Картини Пітера Пауля Рубенса
Автопортрети
Музейні експонати
Картини Старої пінакотеки (Мюнхен)
Портрети жінок


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The transformation of this little cottage by the creek was a work of love. The community in which it sits is where this family, a dad and his 2 sons spend their summer. The original structure built in c.1898 consisted of one main room and a porch built on nothing more than an old tent platform. When we set out to reconfigure, remodel and restore this charming space, we quickly figured out that not much had changed in about 100 years. The timeframe was tight, the budget was flexible but small, yet the journey from rotting boards, sagging floors and squishy walls was astounding.
This project was about summer living in a cottage snuggled up next the woods. We had to make it functional and easy to live in. The most significant enhancement was the redo and opening up of the kitchen to the original one room cottage. What was previously a small door leading to the kitchen became a giant opening that matches the opening to the porch directly across the room. One huge living space that extends from the front porch to the rear of the kitchen was created. We painted the dark wood walls a welcoming cream and added shiplap to the kitchen to maintain a cottage-in-the-woods feel. With the kitchen so open to the rest of the living space (and the budget restrictions), we left the kitchen void of wall cabinets. Having no wall cabinets visible from the living room makes the two rooms feel more connected. We added huge oversized lights and open shelving as the focal points of the kitchen. Keeping in mind the occupants were all male, the design theme throughout was more industrial. To cozy up the masculine, we added hints of antiques and textiles uniting all the eclectic elements while mixing the past with the present.


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represents a significant loss in what has been a $70 billion business for the banking industry.
He was introduced by Jill Biden, the vice president's wife, who teaches English at the college.


Thanks to the high coaming and windscreen, the voluminous centre cockpit offers plenty of space, well protected from splashing water. A double steering system in the aft cockpit area, which is used by Hallberg-Rassy for the first time on a yacht with a centre cockpit, is used to control the self-adjusting double rudder system, which is already used in the 44 and 340 and makes the yacht easy to handle in any position. In general, the new Hallberg-Rassy is designed for sailing with a small crew. Hydraulic roller mast, electric foresail furling system, electric sheet winches and bow thrusters, which are already fitted as standard, allow the simplest button-operated sailing of this 18.44 metre long yacht.
Below deck, the Hallberg-Rassy 57 offers a bright and friendly interior and offers plenty of freedom of movement and storage space. It is available in two different layouts, both offering three spacious double cabins, two bathrooms, a fully equipped galley and a spacious saloon with a navigation corner, they mainly differ in the layout of the saloon and cooking area below deck. A large galley offers ample space for a high quality induction stove, dishwasher, microwave and up to four fridges and freezers. The spacious saloon has a large dining area, a rest area and a separate navigation corner.
The owner's suite of the HR 57 is located at the aft of the HR 57 and is available with either a large double bed or two single beds. It offers an extreme amount of storage space and has additional seating and an en-suite bathroom with separate shower. A further spacious double cabin can be found in the foreship. Here the owner can choose between a double bed or single beds arranged in a v-shape. The bathroom on port side between forward cabin and saloon is shared with another double cabin with double bed, which is opposite the bathroom on starboard side.


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Interview: Shannon Purser of Stranger Things on life after Barb
Her breakout character became a pop-culture phenomenon. But can she ever escape TV's favourite teenager?
Louisa McGillicuddy
Sunday September 16 2018, 12.01am, The Sunday Times
Slip dress, £277; kesnyc.com. Faux-fur coat, £2,895, Givenchy; mytheresa.com. Earrings, £304, Sophie Buhai
BEC LORRIMER
It's just gone midday in the lobby of a too-quiet hotel on Sunset Boulevard and I am on the lookout for Shannon Purser. We were supposed to meet for lunch, but there's no one in the lobby, or the restaurant, or the infinity pool. I'm on the brink of asking the concierge if he could make some sort of Tannoy announcement, when all of a sudden the 21-year-old actress materialises from behind a sliding door. Looking slightly disorientated in jeans and a Breton top, no make-up and just-out-of-the-shower hair, there's no mistaking her: it's Barb.
If you were one of the millions of people who binge-watched Netflix's Stranger Things (and is there anyone who hasn't at least picked it up by osmosis?), you'll know that


Piece of pale green semi-translucent quartzite with some nice banding and my signature spiral wireform in silver plated copper wire.
Piece measures 56mm tall approx.
Pendant is mounted on an 18" cord or chain as per pic. If you would like a different size cord (or chain) - 16" 18" 20" 24" just leave a note at checkout.
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Аннагарі (, також ; ) — село в Ірландії, знаходиться в графстві Донегол (провінція Ольстер). Є частиною Гелтахту.

Демографія
Населення — 223 людини (за даними перепису 2006 року). В 2002 році населення складало 247 людей.

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