This is a novel that draws you in and invites you to become emotionally involved.
Shelby, in her mid-thirties, is a survivor. She and her brother survived their violent father and meek mother. Shelby's crafted a life for herself – a safe life. But her well crafted life begins to crumble when she find out she has been asked to be the guardian of a four year old girl. That crumbling of her safe life is the beginning of the healing she has needed, yet run away from, for too long.
The major theme that drew me into this novel deals with how much of an influence our childhood is on who we are as adults. Shelby is terrified that she will become violent like her father. She fears it is in her genes.
The author deftly combines the current life of Shelby with short vignettes of her childhood. We see how her current actions have grown out of childhood experiences.
As a reader, that really made me think about my own adult life, my childhood experiences, and how the two are related. In another book I read recently the author said our brains are generally hard wired by the age of six. The experiences we have in early childhood are very formative. As we see the adult Shelby act in response to childhood experiences, we have to ponder our own lives and actions.
Right along with the theme of childhood influence on adulthood is the theme of healing. How do we heal those broken places? God does the healing, of course, but how do we make ourselves available for Him to do it? What are the areas where we have not allowed those scars to be healed? Essential to that healing is forgiveness, another element of this novel.
This novel is very well written. It is so well written I was immediately drawn into the story. I was a captive reader from beginning to end. But I had to stop several times and think about what I had just read. This is a thought provoking novel as well as a captivating one. It is one I'll be thinking about for some time.
There is a discussion guide at the end of the book. This would make an excellent book for a reading group. There is a great deal of thoughtful material in it.
You can find out more about the novel, including a trailer, photos and an interview with the author at http://michelephoenix.com/.
Michele Phoenix is a graduate of Wheaton College and spent twenty years teaching at Black Forest Academy, a school in Germany for missionaries' children. Michele fought two kinds of cancer in 2008. Changing the direction of her life, she came back to the States to launch a new ministry for and about missionary kids. She lives in Illinois, serving with Global Outreach Mission as a missionary children's advocate. Her first novel was Tangled Ashes, released in 2012.
Sam writes that, "...our Sunday school lessons teach us to be good little boys and girls, and if we are, then God will love us and use us." That is just the opposite of the gospel. Rather, he argues, let's teach the wonder of the gospel. God loves us...because He loves us, even in out total unworthiness.
Sam wants us to make sure that the same message of gospel grace through which we got saved is the same message we preach today. Admit the shortcomings of the biblical heroes, he says, realizing they were sinful yet still loved and used of God.
Sam has a good understanding of the dangers in replacing the gospel with moral living. He also understands the depressive nature of being told how bad we are before God without being told how loved we are by God.
This book is really about our daily need to remember grace. Read this book and be reminded of the whole gospel.
Beliefs of the Heart Press, 102 pages.
I received a complimentary digital copy of this book from the author for the purpose of this review.
This novel covers a little over a year in the life of Pastor Josh Allen. He's been transferred to a town in the south after having been in Seattle for some time. We follow along as Josh makes the necessary adjustments as he gets to know his flock.
Life for the newly arrived pastor is not easy. It seems there is always someone unhappy with what he is doing or not doing. He is a man sensitive to the true needs of people, however, and is usually able to direct them to the right path.
His personal life is a challenge too. He finds out his college-attending daughter is having an affair – with a man he is counseling because of sexual addictions. He knows a confrontation is necessary. His wife is battling depression and has said some hurtful things to people. And then his bishop calls, wondering if Josh should be moved to a different church.
This novel reminded me a bit of Father Tim of the Mitford books. Josh is a nice fellow who feels called of God to minister to others. He is gentle and supportive of those in need yet firm with those who need correcting.
This is a pleasant novel to read. It was encouraging to see how a pastor dedicated to his ministry and his family dealt with all the issues that came to him.
Anne Sanders became a Christian while spending a year in Japan. She has written for newspapers, magazines and websites. Her website, www.hwlping-hearts.net, helps those looking for volunteer and charity opportunities. You can read her blog at www.blog.annesanders.net. Behind the Stage is her first novel.
This is the first release of what will be three volumes. This volume covers the church, spiritual growth, and the end times.
This is probably the most unusual book on theology I have ever read. As the authors themselves say, "This book provides central themes, essential passages, and a basic orientation to major Christian doctrines from a broadly orthodox protestant evangelical perspective." (119) And they do exactly that. A variety of viewpoints are given as are the essential truths. One comes away with a good understanding of why there are so many different beliefs on the subject but also with an understanding of the underlying truth that ties them all together.
There are a few factors that make this such an unusual book on theology. One is the odd inclusion of pages and pages of quotations from people and confessions through the centuries. The authors have written on these subjects, I think, at the level of new Christians. The information is basic, well laid out, and not technical. Then to have the pages of quotes just seems so out of place.
Another factor is the difference between the two authors in their writing style. Holsteen writes on the church and spiritual growth. He uses lots of stories from modern films (from Star Wars to Mrs. Doubtfire) and books (from Robert Ludlum to Dr. Seuss). He draws an analogy between the Dallas Cowboys under the Jerry Jones administration and developments in the patristic era of church history. (57) It seemed like Holsteen was trying desperately to be relevant to current culture. I just did not appreciate that style of writing about theology.
Contrasting to Holsteen's work is Svigel's on the end times. It was well presented and written without any references to modern culture. While I was put off by Holsteen's section, I really liked Svigel's. He did a great job of showing how various beliefs about the end times rose and fell over the centuries.
Another factor that makes this book unusual is that it includes principles to put into action. The authors don't just give you relevant information about the church, spiritual growth and the end times, they tell you how these truths affect your Christian walk – how you are to live your life in light of them.
The authors have included an extensive reading list for further study. They've added annotations to book references so this would be a good jumping off point for further study. There is also a great glossary included so new Christians won't be confused by the terms used.
So I have mixed feelings about this book. It would be good for new Christians as it provides a great overview of the topics included. There are just some odd aspects to it that make it less than perfect.
You can download an excerpt here, at the publisher's page.
Nathan D. Holsteen, ThM, PhD, is associate professor of Theological Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He and his wife have two children and live in Fort Worth, Texas.
Michael J. Svigel, ThM, PhD, is associate professor of Theological Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He and his wife have three children and live in Garland, Texas. See more at www.retrochristianity.com.
Bethany House Publishers, 256 pages.
Slawek was surprised when he was told that God had something to say about business. He began studying the Bible. He kept coming back to Matthew 25. There he found ten principles that provide insight to those in the marketplace. Those principles changed his life and the way he did business.
He shares those principles in this book, as well as how to apply them to life and work. I'll cover just one of the principles: Aim For Excellence, Not Perfection. I would have thought perfection would be the target. But, Slawek says, perfection gets us in trouble. It is unrealistic and leads to procrastination. The other options are failure, mediocrity, and excellence. Many aim for mediocrity and that is the biggest threat to excellence. Failure is preferred over mediocrity. At least failure shows us what not to do. He shows how pursuing excellence comes from Matthew 25 and how he has put that in practice in his own life and business.
This is an excellent book for anyone who wants to understand the principles God has revealed in Matthew 25, principles for life and work. Slawek is clear in his writing and gives plenty of examples showing how he has put the principles into practice. He has added the vision, mission, and values of FONA in an appendix so readers can read how the principles can be incorporated into a business statement.
Joseph Slawek, founder and CEO of FONA International, is a 2011 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year winner. He was inducted into the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame in recognition of the unique corporate culture he established and the dramatic year over year growth it was driving – five times the industry standard. FONA is the only full-service flavor company on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the United States, and has held a continuous spot on the National Association for Business Resources list of Chicago's 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For. In 2011, FONA received the competition's top honor, Best of the Best in Chicago. In 2013, FONA also received the Elite Award for Compensation, Benefits and Employee Solutions. Joe and his wife have been married for 34 years and have three grown children.
Kickstand, 120 pages. You can buy a copy of the book here.
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Handlebar Central for the purpose of this review.
This quick read contains a simple mystery and a fast moving romance.
Logan is new to the St. Augustine (Florida) police department, having been recently recruited from Chicago. Tess is a native, having worked her way up to detective. The two are a team assigned to solve a murder in the city – the latest from a serial killer.
I learned a little about St. Augustine, the oldest city in the country. I did feel that the mystery was a bit simple. The emphasis of the book was the romance, by far. Logan and Tess were so focused on their relationship it seems they missed clues staring them in the face. It took a civilian to give them the final obvious clue and even then they did not prepare properly to arrest the murderer and Tess is kidnapped (sort of). And at the end the motive for the serial killing is never fully revealed.
The romance between Logan and Tess really goes quickly. A romance usually contains some seemingly insurmountable obstacles to the relationship that the couple has to work through. This romance just breezed along. In other police mysteries I've read, romance between fellow workers is frowned upon but in this novel it was encouraged. I found that a bit unrealistic.
Cameron usually writes Amish novels. This is a different genre for her. This novel has more the flavor of an Amish work than it does a mystery, even a cozy mystery. The story is short. The novel itself is just 213 pages. The rest of the book contains discussion questions and previews of Cameron's upcoming books. It could have certainly benefited from an epilogue. We could have had further information about the serial killer and his motive and a sense of the future for Logan and Tess. Granted, I read an uncorrected proof. This is one novel I would have liked stretched out a bit, to the more common length of around 300 pages.
Barbara Cameron is the author of more than 35 fiction and nonfiction books and three nationally televised movies. She is the winner of the first Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award. She lives in Edgewater, Florida. Find out more at http://BarbaraCameron.com and www.Amishliving.com.
I received a complimentary and uncorrected egalley of this book from the publisher for the purpose of this review.
Reimer notes, "We have fewer people attending church now (percentage-wise) than ever before in the history of the United States. We need revival." (7) It is his desire that the church live in continuous revival, believers set ablaze by the Spirit, so that the world will be drawn to Jesus.
He knows there is a price to pay for revival and that is what this book is about. He writes of the eight kingdom pathways, the eight practices we need to internalize to live in continuous revival: personalizing our identity in Christ, pursuing God, purifying ourselves, praising, praying kingdom prayers, claiming promises, passing the tests, persisting.
His chapter on pursuing God makes the book worthwhile in itself. His ten minute retreats are a great idea. His chapter on the promises of God is very good too (as are, really, all of them). He explains experiencing delay and how to avoid the mistakes people frequently make when claiming promises. His section on passing the tests (trials) is full of insights.
Reimer shares many of his own encounters with God, such as dreams and sensing God speaking to him. These experiences are not common, happening maybe a dozen times in the twenty five years he has been chasing God.
This book is full of practical ideas and challenges. New Christians will find a rewarding explanation of living a life of spiritual renewal and power. Seasoned Christians will be challenged. Reimer writes of the cycle of renewal, explaining the need for repeated renewal. So wherever you are in your Christian life, this is a good book to challenge you to a renewed pursuit of God.
Reimer has added reflection questions at the end of the book so this would work well for group as well as individual use.
Find out more at www.PathwaysToTheKing.com.
Dr. Rob Reimer is the founder and lead pastor of South Shore Community Church in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It has grown to be the second largest CMA church in New England. Rob is also a Field Pastor for the Christian & Missionary Alliance Field in Senegal. In his role as Global Leadership Associate, Rob travels internationally to train and equip Christian leaders for the work of ministry. He is an Adjunct Professor at Alliance Theological Seminary in Nyack, NY. He has a bachelor's degree in English from King's College, a Master's of Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary, and a Doctorate in Preaching from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He and his family live in the Bridgewater, MA area.
Carpenter's Son Publishing, 205 pages.
I received a complimentary copy of this book through the Book Group Network for the purpose of this review.
What would you do if you found out the man you'd been married to for over a year is not who is said he was?
Thugs come to Summer's home looking for her husband David. They demand the laptop and flash drive he stole. David? Her husband was Kyle!
That is the beginning of this page turning suspenseful novel and nightmare for Summer and her husband. There is damaging video and written information that David has - information that will not only convict a mob boss but also incriminate a high up political official. Those men will stop at nothing to find David, including murder.
We find that David has been in the witness protection program. The mob wasn't looking for a married man so David married. Summer is crushed and angry. She has been betrayed once again. As the couple tries to stay alive they experience betrayal time and again.
Eason has created a novel with continuous suspense combined with intense character revelation. Throughout the novel David reveals who he really is, trying to win back the woman he genuinely loves. Christianity plays a vital part in both of them, David no longer being the man he once was.
This is a well crafted novel – a page turner. The plot is realistic. The suspense intense. The character development superb. I highly recommend this novel to suspense lovers.
Lynette Eason is an award-winning best-selling author of thirty-six books. She was a finalist for the ECPA Book Awards and is a member of ACFW and RWA. She has a master's degree in education from Converse College. She and her family live in Greenville, SC. Find out more about her and her books at www.lynetteeason.com.
What if you were told the very God of the universe requests the pleasure of your company?
God is seeking those who have a heart for Him. Sheets explores what that means. It takes time and effort. It must be a priority. He uses the story of Mary and Martha to distinguish the pleasure of His company and the pressure of His company. He explains waiting on God, writes about creating a place to meet with God, explores what it means to walk with God, explains what friendship means, undistracted devotion, and how knowing God leads to knowing ourselves, to restoration and revelation.
Sheets tells a bit of his own story. His father was an evangelist and sheets was born again at a young age. But, he writes, "Being a born-again Christian doesn't equate to knowing God in a personal way." (236) He knew who God was, he just did not know how to connect with God in a personal way and at any real depth. When things got tough he realized this faith did not sustain him. Using Jacob as an example, Sheets encourages us to seek a face-to-face relationship with our Father.
Sheets shares much needed insight into developing a personal relationship with the God Who created us. He explains that our hearts were created by God for the purpose of knowing and enjoying Him. Reading this book will help you fulfill your heart's desire. I highly recommend it.
Dutch Sheets is a teacher, conference speaker, pastor and author, having written over 20 books. He is the Executive Director of Christ For The Nations Institute . He and his wife have to daughters and live in the Dallas area. Find out more at www.dutchsheets.org.
Bethany House Publishers, 272 pages.
This historical novel takes us to World War II Italy. This is not your typical war novel. It concentrates on army personnel who did not fight yet were essential to the overall war effort.
Lieutenant Scott Lindstrom is a Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Division soldier. He helped locate and protect fine art, acting as a liaison with locals to save priceless works, some of it going back two millennia. He had been an Italian Medieval and Renaissance art expert back in a Philadelphia museum. Now his passion was to locate and save the great works in danger because of the war.
Rachel Justice was a photographer, a good one. Many of her photos had appeared on the front pages of the newspaper. She had managed to convince her editor she needed to go to Italy and photograph the war torn country. He had come through with the credentials and passage. Rachel had to go to Italy - to find her father, the man her mother had met the year she studied art there. The year she came back to the states, having been seduced by a charming Italian, Rachel in her womb. Now Rachel had to find the man because her mother was dying of tuberculosis. She hoped that now he was a famous artist and he could provide the money for her mother's expensive treatment.
It was very interesting to read about the two main characters and their role in the war. I had not really thought about these kinds of people who participated in the war effort. As Cara writes in her Author's Note, she has done a great deal of research to accurately portray the efforts of journalists and art protectors. I appreciated reading about how some of the priceless works were successfully hidden from the Germans.
It was interesting to read about Rachel's role too. She was not strictly part of the army but they gave her a uniform and provided her transportation and supplies. The impression came through loud and clear that women were not appreciated by the army men. My, how times have changed.
The emphasis of this novel is the work of the art preservation so there is generally no heart stopping action nor page turning romance. For those appreciating historical novels dealing with the second world war, this is a nice change from the typical concentration on battle scenes.
Watch a video of Cara telling how she came to write this novel here.
Watch a video about the facts behind the novel here.
Watch a video about the camera Rachel used here.
Cara C. Putman is the best-selling author of over a dozen books. She is active in women's ministry at her church and teaches graduate courses at Purdue University. She practices law and is a homeschooling mom. She and her family live in Indiana. You can find out more at http://caraputman.com.
I received a complimentary egalley of this book through the Litfuse Publicity Group for the purpose of this review.
Allison was sure she had heard from God. He had promised He would save their marriage. Yet here she was, alone in the Idaho mountains in the cabin she had inherited from her great aunt Emma. Her alcoholic husband gone after she had given him the ultimatum. She had been so sure and now it seemed God had not kept His promise.
This is a great novel, a combination of a contemporary story with a historical one. After Allison gets settles in the cabin, she begins to explore the attic.
She finds journals her great aunt had kept. As Allison's story develops, we periodically read from Emma's journals. This technique of reading about Allison's life and Emma's life is perfectly done.
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. It is so well written. I felt like I really knew Allison as she struggled with her faith in God's promises. While she never looses her strong faith, she certainly questions how she hears from God. Her experience is so familiar. And I really enjoyed Emma's story. It was very interesting to see how a troubled marriage was dealt with in the 1920s and 30s.
Well written, a great story, well presented characters, all revolving around a committed Christian faith, this is a superb novel. I highly recommend it.
I am taking part of a blog tour of this book. You can read other reviews here.
Robin Lee Hatcher is a best-selling author known for her heartwarming stories of faith, courage, and love. She has won the Christy Award for Excellence in Christian Fiction, the RITA Award for Best Inspirational Romance, to RT Career Achievement Awards, and the RWA Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the author of over 60 novels. You can find out more about her and her books at http://www.robinleehatcher.com.
Thomas Nelson, 304 pages. You can purchase a copy here.
This is the second in The Safe Lands series. See my review of Captives, the first in the series, here.
The year is 2088. America as we know it is gone. Many people are dying from a plague that traveled through the land. Such are the people in the enclosed territory of Safe Lands. The plague prevents women from giving live birth so the Safe Lands enforcers go out to villages and bring in clean people. The clean women are forced to be impregnated and give birth, assuring the future of the Safe Lands community.
That is what happened to Levi and his villagers, those who were not killed that is. Levi wants to free his fellow captive villagers and works on a plan, joining up with other underground people. Levi's brother Mason works as a medic and is trying to find a cure for the disease. Brother Omar decides to take matters in his own hands, becoming the Owl.
The action in this series continues to be intense, from the beginning of this novel to its end. The brothers face the possibility of betrayal as they plan for rescue and escape. Their actions are clever as they work to avoid the monitoring devices of the government. Mason's life is endangered as he discovers that the meds the Safe Lands dispense are not what they are supposed to be. And Omar, well Omar just manages to get into trouble by himself.
The subject matter dealt with in this novel is intense too. Teens, as young as fourteen, are being impregnated (medical procedure) to assure a future for the community. There are also references to Safe Lands couples frequently pairing up.
Omar has taken up the practice of using a drug device. He is the most troubled of the brothers and has his moments of not being the young man he could be. Brothers Mason and Levi try to be responsible men and while reading the book I have to remind myself they are still teens.
The relationships between the captives deepen in this novel. It was interesting to see more character development of some of the young women. Again, I have to remind my self that these are teens thrust into a world of intense pressure. It is also a godless world and the captives struggle to maintain their Christian belief.
This is a very good continuation of the series. Because of the subject matter, however, I would not recommend this series for young teens. For older teens, there is much to think about and discuss in this novel. Topics would include self image, prejudice, peer pressure, and much more. There are discussion questions added at the end of the novel so this would make a good choice for a teen reading group.
I am taking part in a Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy Blog Tour of this book. You can read the reviews of the other participants by clicking on their names.
Jill Williamson grew up in Alaska loving books. Her first novel won the Christy Award. She loves working with teens and giving writing workshops. She lives in Oregon with her husband and two children. You can find out more about her at www.jillwilliamson.com.
Blink (a division of Zondervan), 416 pages. You can buy the book here.
I received a complimentary galley of this book in conjunction with the CSFF Blog Tour for the purpose of this review.
Stafford has interviewed and tells the stories of scientists who are also Bible-believing Christians. They love the Bible and they love science. The scientists fall into three categories: young earth creationists, intelligent design creationists, evolutionary creationists. Stafford has a final chapter where he identifies what he considers to be the strengths and weaknesses of each position.
Stafford writes much more about the life stories of the scientists than he does on their understanding of the relationship between the Bible and the findings of science, particularly evolution. Some say evolution really isn't science since it is not observable, repeatable and testable. Some compartmentalize their lives. Some "think belief in God is congruent with what evolution reveals." (180) Many comment that there are unanswered questions and we are still learning.
I was disappointed in the book. I had hoped to read much more about how these scientists "held on to a strong faith while wrestling with the mystery of human origins" (subtitle). Having read the book, I know each scientist's life story but generally do not know how they reconcile their faith in God with the findings of science.
You can read a chapter of the book and watch a trailer at http://www.theadamquest.com/.
Tim Stafford is senior writer for Christianity Today and the author of more than thirty books. He and his wife have three children and live in Santa Rosa, California.
This is a slow moving and methodical novel.
Bethany lost her husband over two years ago. She has moved back to her hometown, to the home she inherited from her in-laws. It is full of ceramic creations from her mother-in-law, plus her own collections of knick knacks. Pushing 50, romance is the last thing on her mind.
Pete and Bethany were once an item. Now Pete has taken over his father's plumbing business and is bringing it to the point of success. He can't believe it when he sees Bethany back in town. He's a committed bachelor but something stirs inside him when he thinks of her.
The most exciting event in Bloomfield's future is a festival proposed by Bethany's mother. Bloomfield needs just a few more residents for that magic number of 10,000 – needed to get into the Best Small Towns of America book. It is hoped the festival will draw people to the town.
Various quirky characters come together to make the festival a reality. Bethany is encouraged to give up some of her knick knacks for festival prizes. Giving up her prized possessions is something she struggles to do.
There you have it. A rather calm story line. There is no heart stopping action or suspense. This is a good novel for those who like a gentle novel and don't mind the plot tension that does appear being repeated several times.
Debby Mayne has published more than 25 books and novellas, 400 short stories and articles, and devotions for women. She has worked as managing editor of a national health magazine, a product information writer for a TV retailer, a creative writing instructor,and a copy editor and proofreader for several book publishers. Find out more at http://www.debbymayne.com/.
Do you sometimes feel that prayer is just a spiritual exercise, not a means of communicating with God? Gina found that journaling helped her discover that God was answering her prayers – He was moving in her life and the lives of others.
We use organizers for other areas of our lives, so why not for prayer? Gina created this prayer organizer as a resource for disciplined prayer.
This book has about a hundred pages of instruction on prayer. The rest of the book consists of 52 weekly journaling pages. (See a sample below.) Gina reminds us that prayer should always begin with praise and thanksgiving and she shows us how to make it authentic. She then suggests bringing sin to the Lord and receiving forgiveness. Asking and receiving follows, then your calling (passion) and your ministry for the day. She provides space to record how God is working and the impressions you receive from God. She has included suggestions in the text to help us know how to record our entries in each of the sections.
I found the organizer to be very practical yet leaving place for reflection. It is designed to allow us to put our thoughts in order, take them to God, and see how He answers. I've journaled my prayers rather haphazardly and I can see the real benefit to using this journal system. It is going to take some time each day. But isn't it worth the effort? After all, you are interacting with the God of the universe!
Gina wants us to "pray smart." Using this journal will help us do exactly that.
Gina Duke is a popular speaker and Bible teacher. She has a degree in Organizational Leadership and 15 years of experience in leading women's conferences. She is the Director of Women's Ministry in her church and host for "A Moment of Clarity" radio feature. She frequently hosts prayer journaling workshops. She and her family live in Portland, Tennessee. To find out more about Gina, her ministry, and watch a video, go to http://ginaduke.com/.
I find it hard to describe this book. It is part personal memoir of the gospel in Bryant's life. It is part an exploration of the gospel with frequent penetrating insights. It is sometimes eloquent yet sometimes rambling. It is sometimes reality and sometimes imagination.
Bryant has taken the title from the experience of Peter on the night Jesus was arrested. He makes a distinction between the experience of Peter after the first crow and the second. That first crow found Peter warming himself. This, Bryant says, is the time we are in. It is a time of familiarity, worldliness, getting by, chores, and provision. When the second crow is heard, it becomes a time of shame, realization, loss, despair, and weeping.
Bryant takes us through an overview of the gospel. He writes about creation, the fall, various events from the Old Testament, the life and death of Jesus and what it has brought us.
Like Peter, we have fallen short but forgiveness, restoration and a new path is available. The rooster has crowed once. It is time for us to make a decision.
Bryant shares many of his own experiences and visions as well as his own understanding of the gospel. He quotes at length from a number of authors, such as Plantinga, Lewis, and Keller. He has placed text boxes of the relevant Scriptures on each page.
While this book is popular with many, I was not particularly moved by it. Perhaps because I am a seasoned Christian and have over the years worked out my own understanding of the gospel. I think this book might be better appreciated by a very new Christian or by someone who is not a Christian but is willing to read about one man's thoughts on it.
At times I felt Bryant was just a little too personal in his writing. An example from his writing about belief: "I've paved the road thus far, and honestly, I'm exhausted. I thought the end of this topic was just ahead, but now I realize..." (140) Was the fact that he was exhausted really something I, the reader, needed to know? What purpose did it serve?
So I have some mixed feelings about this book. The book came out of a Sunday School class Bryant taught. You can listen to the relevant session at www.fullporchpress.com. Listening to the recording will give you a taste of Bryant's rambling writing style too. You can also download a free sample of the book there.
Bryant Cornett is a commercial real estate broker. He and his wife have three children and live in Atlanta.
Carpenter's Son Publishing, 208 pages.
Tickle writes that there are two major reasons for us to understand the Holy Spirit – well, at least understand as much as we can. First, early Islam had roots, in part, in the furor over the Trinity and what it is. Second, the fastest growing segment of Christianity is Pentecostalism with its emphasis on the Holy Spirit.
It is important, she argues, for us to know how we Christians have envisioned, engaged, and too often tried to engineer the Holy Spirit over the millennia. She reviews history, what people have written, decisions councils have made, etc. She explores particular topics, such as modalism.
Hers is a very readable overview of the subject. She understands that the reality of the Holy Spirit makes us uneasy. He is a mystery that unnerves us – that has been the case for centuries.
She writes, "...the most profound change theologically and conceptually in Christianity in our era has been and is the shift toward emphasis on God, the Holy Spirit." (147) Considering Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians, about one quarter of all Christians today emphasize the Holy Spirit. This is the Age of the Spirit, Tickle says. She helps us struggle with the questions of Who the Holy Spirit is and how we live and worship in this era.
This is not an academic work. This is a very readable exploration of the Holy Spirit and how He has been understood and experienced. If you feel you have ignored the person of the Holy Spirit in your Christian life, this would be a good book to introduce you to writings about Him. If you want, there are plenty of footnotes and Appendixes for further study.
Phyllis Tickle is the founding editor of the religion department at Publishers Weekly. She has written over twenty four books and is a lector and lay eucharistic minister in the Episcopal Church. She is a senior fellow of the Cathedral College of Washington National Cathedral. You can find out more at www.phyllistickle.com.
This contemporary novel has its roots in the 1960s. Four year old Lisa's father James, an FBI agent, had been assigned to Dallas to help in the investigation of President Kennedy's assassination. About a year and a half later, James takes Lisa to a demonstration in Fort Worth. She sees a little African American girl about her age and sits by her. James takes a couple of snap shots. Just at that time shots ring out and a well known man leading the demonstration is killed.
In the present, Lisa is a federal prosecutor in Boston. She is surprised when she receives a request from her father, a man with whom she has a distant relationship. Now retired from the FBI, he wants her to help free the man convicted of that demonstrator's death over forty years ago and find the real killer.
That's the beginning of this low key novel. The plot involves trying to find out who actually killed the demonstrator and why another man was arrested and convicted. There is the possibility of a cover-up that may go all the way to the top.
There is not a great deal of action in this novel. It deals more with investigative procedure, such as using face recognition software in trying to find out the identity of the little African American girl. There is a tiny bit of suspense at the end but it resolves almost as fast as it arises.
If you like investigative procedural novels, solving a murder decades ago, you'll like this one. Personally, I would have liked a little more suspense.
The strength of this novel is that it is based on the actual experiences of the author and her father. He was, in fact, an FBI agent sent to Dallas to help in the Kennedy assassination. She and her dad did, in fact, go to a demonstration in Fort Worth where her photo was taken with a little African American girl. Recently being shown that snapshot, her creative thoughts began to flow and this novel is a result.
Lis Wiehl is a New York Times best-selling author, a Harvard Law graduate and former federal prosecutor. She is a legal analyst and commentator for the Fox News Channel.
We've heard the jokes about mothers-in-law. Mother-in-law daughter-in-law (MIL DIL) relationships are characteristically difficult. Two women love the same man.
Deb and her three daughters-in-law say the relationship doesn't have to be difficult. It will take work and a heavy dose of God's love.
Deb has done lots of research to understand the MIL DIL relationship. Fewer than half of the women polled said their relationship was good. But 70 percent said they were willing to make the effort to improve the relationship – if they knew how.
If you are part of that 70 percent, this book is for you. Deb shares the tools and skills needed to improve the in-law relationships. She includes many stories from her own life and the lives of others.
She looks at the biblical example of women-in-law and gleans insights from Scripture. She discusses some challenging situations and provides helpful suggestions for resolving the issue. I was impressed with her chapter on communication. She has excellent ideas for dealing with those touchy discussions, such as with which family to have Christmas. I really appreciated her chapter on leaving and cleaving, addressing the potential dependence of children on their parents. She has amazing wisdom and practical tips on that subject.
Each chapter includes an assessment so we can see where we are with respect to the concepts covered in the chapter. She includes a "plan of action" worksheet with questions and ends the chapter with a perceptive prayer.
I am impressed with this book. If you want to establish a loving and respectful relationship with your MIL or DIL but have no idea how to begin, this book is for you. If have a damaged relationship with your MIL or DIL and want to know how to repair it, this book is for you. If you don't have a DIL or MIL yet but are anticipating one in the future, this book is for you.
Deb DeArmond is an experienced speaker, writer, and cofounder of http://mypurposenow.org – an online community for Christian women 50+. She and her husband Ron have three married sons, three loved daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren. Find out more at http://debdearmond.com/.
teacher at Hidden Falls High School for more than thirty years and tonight the town is having a banquet in his honor. As the story begins, the mayor Sylvia picks him up for their regular Saturday morning coffee. They had once been an item,all those years ago.
As the day progresses we are introduced to people who will be coming to the banquet. Liam, financial consultant who has some serious problems with money. Ethan, a neurological surgeon who still thinks he's not good enough for his parents' approval. Jack, the lawyer for whom all is not going well. Lauren, family ministries director at the church, dismayed when she sees that he has showed up. Dani, avid fisherwoman and all around handy girl, doesn't like dresses or crowds or talking to people. So why did she say she's go? Nicole, whom Quinn had said could really write, was now an investigative reporter. She can't forget being jilted by Ethan.
There is small talk before the banquet as Quinn is reunited with so many of his beloved students from the past. The mayor gives her introductory remarks and introduces the guest of honor. Except that he is gone. Quinn is missing.
Just like that we are set up for the next installment in this serialized novel.
This novel is being offered in digital form. The first installment is free and you can download it here. There will be a total of thirteen episodes released, one each week starting January 24, 2014.
Olivia Newport and her family lives in Colorado at the foot of the Rockies. You can learn more about her at www.olivianewport.com, including her historical and Amish fiction.
Shiloh Run Studios (digital imprint of Barbour Publishing), around 58 pages.
I was encouraged by Handlebar to download the free digital copy of this book for the purpose of this review.


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I recently made my wife a gift using a couple of silk neckties, wooden dowels and plumbing hardware obtained from the local hardware store. The resulting necklace was a mere prototype, yet my wife has worn it more than three times, without my goading --which I'm told is a true sign that a gift is appreciated. After the jump there's a set of kid-friendly instructions for how to make the necktie necklace, as well as five more spectacular DIY gifts that dads and kids can make as a sweet and sentimental offering for mom on Mother's Day.
TIME: A few hours to 2 days depending on your skill set.
FOR THE KIDS: Stuffing and threading the necklace is a great activity for little fingers. It's a great small motor exercise, and it's loads of fun watching everything come together.
TIP: I found that the most difficult part of the project was resewing the neckties into a silken tube. In fact I had to outsource this portion to a neighborhood clothing designer who then was put in a spot when my wife visited the boutique to shop.
TIME: Minutes to a few hours if you have really young kids helping.
FOR THE KIDS: Punching the holes? Gluing the dots? This is a busywork project that couldn't be more perfect for the preschool set.
TIME: With kids, this project might take an entire day to complete.
FOR THE KIDS: They get to decide what stencil sends the right message and which color mom would like best. Plus, permanently making a mark on fabric is every kids' dream.
TIP: If you're working with kids under 6 years old, it might be best to go for a more abstract image using paint tape to create a negative image stencil.
TIME: This shouldn't take more than a few minutes if the kids are being cooperative.
FOR THE KIDS: Step away from the work area giving the kids the room to truly get creative.
TIP: Pre-cut the collage elements for kids under 12 or simply give the kids a hole punch and a bunch of colorful magazine pages. The smaller and less busy each collage element is, the better they will look when combined as a full piece.
The herbs sitting in the jar are just bursting with aroma, waiting for mom to pop the lid and take a whiff.
FOR THE KIDS: They get to play in dirt, creating a miniature ecosystem that they can watch germinate and grow.
TIPS: Keep the jar right-side-up, as you want mom to be able to open the lid. Also: It may sound like a silly note, but be sure to choose herbs that don't trigger an allergic reaction for mom (and not everyone likes the smell of lavender).
TIME: Being a two-part project with a bit of trial and error by the kids, I'd suggest spreading it over two days.
FOR THE KIDS: An important exercise for any child is the self portrait. This project sees kids creating a drawing of their favorite person (themselves) while dad reinterprets their creation with a new medium.
TIP: Kids should help select which block of color goes where in the collage.
Instructions for how to make a necktie necklace.
FOR THE KIDS: Stuffing and threading the necklace is a great activity for little fingers. It's a great small motor exercise, and it's loads of fun watching everything come together.
FOR THE KIDS: Punching the holes? Gluing the dots? This is a busywork project that couldn't be more perfect for the preschool set.
TIP: "Using just tiny dabs of hot glue, start arranging and gluing your dots together in a random, but linear fashion. You want them to look like they are falling." Instructions via Evie S.
FOR THE KIDS: They get to decide what stencil sends the right message and which color mom would like best. Plus, permanently making a mark on fabric is every kids' dream.
TIP: If you're working with kids under 6 years old, it might be best to go for a more abstract image using paint tape to create a negative image stencil.
TIME: This shouldn't take more than a few minutes if the kids are being cooperative.
5. AROMATHERAPY HERBERRARIUM The herbs sitting in the jar are just bursting with aroma, waiting for mom to pop the lid and take a whiff.
TIME: Being a two-part project with a bit of trial and error by the kids, I'd suggest spreading it over two days.


The journey was not without problems. We encountered severe electrical storms, woke one morning to find our sandbar campsite disappearing under water, suffered personal injuries, endured days of isolation, and had to avoid 250,000-tonne ships as they made their way along our route to the sea.
But the most abiding memory we have is of the people. Complete strangers would take us to local shops to buy supplies, allow us to camp on their property, and then give us a meal. Some paid for our fees at organized campsites and some even gave us a bed for the night. Not one single person ever refused us help — even when we had been on the river for days on end without opportunity for showers. We must have looked terrible, but they weren't put off, especially when we explained what we were doing.
Rotarians played a big part as they rescued us from storms, hosted us when campsites were non-existent, arranged for the Louisiana Harbour Police to collect us at the end in Venice, and performed 101 other small acts of kindness. They even arranged a celebration night in New Orleans when we finished. I think we stayed awake for it.
Strangers are friends you haven't met yet.
Our website has information about the challenge, the charity, and us. As I tell children we meet along the way: Never let anyone tell you that you cannot do something because you are too young, old, fat, thin, or any other reason. If you really want to do it, get on with it!
Rotary is a Can Do organization. We just proved it.
About the Author: Ken Robertshaw is a member of the Rotary Club of Halifax, Yorkshire, and a past governor of District 1040. He served as a police inspector until his retirement in 2001, sustaining a serious injury to his left knee during a burglary arrest which was later compounded when he was run over by a man going the wrong way on a one-way street. He has been involved in a number of charitable events.
Tks for your mail Rte Briggs kurotamunoye.past president of Rotary club of ph Garden City.
Absolutely amazing. I camp in the S.E. corner of Minnesota all summer and I watch folks Kayak the Root River. I love to watch them. It would be dangerous for me to try with my limitations from Polio at a young age so I just enjoy them and wish them well. What an enormous journey you had. Thanks for the story. I love the part that one should never let anyone tell you that you cannot do anything. If you want to do it, Just do it. Right? I'll share that line when I give my story and talk to kids about bullying.


Ramon Ray badly busted his knee in a basketball game. This post is his reflections and lessons learned.
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However, at times, LIFE happens.
Things happen in all of our lives – that give us pause and time to reflect and think.
For some it's BIG things like Hurricane Sandy, Boston Bombings, Sandyhook or other major incidents. For others it's "small things" – things that don't make it to the news media but that are important to much smaller segments of our individual lives.
This is what this short post is all about.
On Friday, I was playing some basketball with my son and his friends. Well towards the end of one of our games, I busted my knee. My knee cap came out of joint, I crumpled to the floor screaming – and the rest is history. My knee swelled. My knee (and entire body) was in intense pain. And I have to "rest" for days and days in bed.
I've only been in bed for about 24 hours or so, and this 24 hours has given me a renewed appreciation for the disabled.
Sitting in bed, with my back aching a bit from just sitting in bed for so long, needing help to move to the bathroom and relying on others for my food – I thought (and continue to think) about the many folks in our country and around the world who live a life similar to mine or worse – every single day.
I think about the elderly folks in a local Brooklyn nursing home that my wife and I used to visit on a frequent basis.
I imagine the middle aged woman who can't scratch that itch in her leg. I imagine the little boy who will never see his parents. I imagine the strong former athlete who will never run to catch a ball. I could go on.
You can imagine with me. But we really don't have to imagine – those with disabilities are all around us – they are our family. For some reading this – it is you.
Ironically, I was reading the National Speaker's Association Speaker Magazine about W Mitchell, who in a motorcycle accident had 60% of his body burned, including his fingers being burned off and in a airplane accident (in a second accident) became paralyzed from the waste down.
What's my point? Well I have two points.
First – I'm eternally grateful that I have all my limbs and mental faculties in tact and working just fine.
Two – I have so much more compassion for those who, in my eyes, are not as "fortunate" as me. I have new respect for the disabled.
I'm also very thankful for my awesome family whose around to help me.
I could go on, but my "little boboo" has given me time to reflect, be grateful and be appreciative.


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Well now, is it getting near xmas, already, jeeebus. how time flies in this industry. Well have we got some real good news for you. For you hard Core DIRE STRAITS Fans…..here's some interesting news on the latest release of The Album "BEAUTIFUL YOU" out October 13th, 2008 on Universal Music Ireland
*NATIONWIDE TOUR – NOVEMBER 2008* The legendary "John Illsley of Dire Straits", releases his latest album with Greg Pearle. (Featuring Paul Brady on the Flute and Guy Fletcher– original key board player with Dire Straits). Along with being a part of the band (Dire Straits) who pioneered the transition from vinyl to CD (selling over 120 million worldwide), John's album has Irish connections, and instrumentation (Paul Brady on the flute on the single ONE), taking a "laid back Seeger sessions" approach to it if you will. Beautiful You, is the result of a two year collaboration with Irish singer songwriter Greg Pearle. more info on http://www.johnillsley.com/
For you indie loving minded peeps out there the fabulous FLINDERS is releasing his debut album on OCT, the 3rd. Already the wonderful CONNECTED magazine have them as their featured artist on their website – which also happens to be rather cool. dAN HEGARTY HAD HIM in for stuio session not so long ago, check out the 2fm page! but be sure to check out Flinders gig listings on his website http://www.flinders.ie/
Ian Whitty & The Exchange are on top form with their debut "the lucky caller no.9" getting the Daily Star's "FEEL GOOD ALBUM OF THE AUTUMN". Go to www.myspace.com/ianwhitty and find out why!!! With A list of live shows in full swing form October, its time to lay back a enjoy the music! For chances to win free tickets email us here.
Now onto my favourite Lady of all time..NELL BRYDEN>
NELL BRYDEN www.nellbryden.com/ or www.myspace.com/nellbryden
With 350+ shows in the last two years- including four tours of the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Germany – this exciting modern-Dixie singer has "racked up quite the impressive following," according to Time Out New York. She even made it to the front cover of the entertainment section of THE SUN newspaper in July. Nell Bryden has shared the stage with International acts like KT Tunstall & The Counting Crows, performed on the number one radio show RTE Radio 1 in Ireland with Pat Kenny and Today FM's Ian Dempsey and has received glowing reviews from BBC Radio Presenters in the UK. Her residency gigs at Whelan's (Dublin) in August 2008 ENDED WITH STANDING OVATIONS BOTH NIGHTS IN A ROW!!! That's how impressed they were! Q Magazine, UNCUT and WORD Magazine have given this lady much adoration and it's no wonder.
Of late Nell has been in recording with world known producer David Kershenbaum (Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, Duran Duran, Joan Baez) with releases set for early 2009. The likes of Social & Personal, Choice Magazine, UNCUT, Q and WORD magazine are raving about this lady. With a trip to Ireland & the UK this month and then onto IRAQ & KUWAIT in OCT to perform a list of live shows for the soldiers, it's quite clear that Nell Bryden will travel to all crevices of the world to entertain. It's what she was born to do after all…From the age of 4 she took up the piano and by the age of 9 she was a cellist. With a classical singer for a Mother and an impressionist painter for a Father- "Quite a unique offspring was bound to form".
Her album, "Second Time Around" is currently getting radio play across the US, Canada (on 84 stations including channels on XM Satellite radio) the UK and Ireland. Returning for some solo shows in Sept she will also be doing a National Radio Tour in Ireland from the 24th to the 30th of Sept.( Including sessions with Today FM, BBC Radio Ulster, Clare FM, KCLRFM, VIBE, WLRFM and many more.
The release has been climbing the major industry trade charts for the Americana and AAA formats. "Second Time Around" is distributed by iTunes & CD Baby and is being licensed by MTV for their programming. "Second time around" is the leading single OUT NOW. Without further ado, we bring you New York City's most exciting export Nell Bryden. …
DONT FORGET TO CATCH NELL LIVE ON THE WIRE FOR HER NATIONWIDE RADIO TOUR IN SEPT FORM THE 24TH TO THE 30TH!!
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Incognito: Vanessa Davis as Rosalind and Sarah Kocz as Celia in As You Like It.
It's almost--but not quite--enough to make me rethink Championship Wrestling.
After all, a fighting match is where Rosalind first lays eyes upon sweetheart-to-be Orlando in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Orlando's on the card--and the endangered species list--since his fiendish brother Oliver has instructed Charles, the Duke's favorite, to kill him in the ring.
But by the end of the bout, it's clear that Charles isn't the only one who's down for the count. And the third TKO of the evening occurs when Ros presses her gold necklace upon Orlando afterward. Boom, boom; out go the lights.
You know, in some alternative universe--or a really ill-starred theater program--by now someone's bound to have re-scripted As You Like It as a 1950s organized crime/fight flick.
You can see it, right? On the eve of The Big Fight, a good-hearted, but not too bright, up-and-coming boxer runs afoul of the Mob. He takes it on the lam, but the rich society dame who's fallen for him is hot on his trail with her girl Friday, because she's worried about the big lug. Needless to say, the Mob isn't happy about either development.
Cross-dressing hijinks along the lines of an inverse Some Like It Hot ensue, while Joe Palooka slowly fights his way back from Cannery Row to the big time. Inevitably the role of Jaques, the famous melancholic and Greek chorus, is played by Howard Cosell.
Until we're forced to deal with that mutation, we'll have to be content with this charming StreetSigns production. You won't hear me complaining.
Not that director Derek Goldman is averse to pointed contemporary detours himself: Though most of the production seems content in some timeless zone, in Goldman's hands the big bout in Act One mocks the syndicated schadenfreude of the WWF--or whatever name the ringside soap operas go by these days.
As lights spin to hip-hop music, leggy production assistants display poster ads for an anime Web site alongside one for controversial Iraqi subcontractor Bechtel.
The none-too-subtle point: broadcast misery is what nails the Nielsens--and multinationals are more than willing to deliver the package. But when Touchstone, the Duke's fool, offers media criticism on the entertainment value of broken ribs, it gets derailed when Rosalind winds up the one who wants to see them. Be it the 16th century or the 21st, the promoters wouldn't put it out there if no one was interested in watching.
So stay they do, and we're grateful for it. If it is truly amusing to see Rosalind and Celia's first infatuation with Orlando rendered as a goony adolescent crush on a wrestling star, it's ultimately more rewarding to see what actors Vanessa Davis and Sarah Kocz achieve together as the female leads.
Their chemistry together is pretty much priceless. Kocz's empathy is perfect for Celia, and her gifts for physical comedy persuade. Granted, early on Davis always seems about to pop the musical question, "Why must I be a teenager in love," and she's directed to habituate to that foggy thousand-yard stare the truly smitten all have. Even so, she has all the wit required to make a fine Ganymeade when the two ultimately go underground.
Where their early scenes suggest the conspiratorial silliness of a 24/7 slumber party, the two cling ferociously together when the winds of fortune shift. With Chris Chiron's notable turn as Touchstone, the three milk the humor of reduced circumstances. In so doing, they render this production something of a buddy movie, chick-flick style. Think Thelma and Louise five centuries back thataway--but with a considerably happier ending.
It's gratifying to see Chiron continue to develop as a young actor. His fool hits a constellation of philosophical and comedic notes early on, fully justifying the melancholic Jaques' fascination. Though he and Hannah Blevins as Audrey manage to mine interesting comic notes together, we're still left to wonder what he sees in their incomplete chemistry. As a result, his take on Touchstone narrows somewhat by the end.
Lennardo DeLaine is fine when wise--but other times too cool--as Orlando, and Christopher Salazar finds one moment of comic savor when he briefly channels Brando's Stanley Kowalski turn in the role of Silvius. Of course, Georgia Martin ably animates the object of his affections as the fickle Phebe.
Meanwhile, John Murphy turns in a stock bad guy performance as Duke Frederick, and assistant director Joseph Megel overplays at times for laughs as Orlando's vaporous servant, Adam.
But Elisabeth Lewis Corley is anything but a downer here as the decidedly urbane Jaques. It's a shock to see so clear a mirror in a nearly 500-year-old character. Still, Corley's Jaques is an achievement, an Everyman and Everywoman for our time, and one who grasps and reflects the irony of this age. Her knit skullcap and sallow eye offers a visual reference to a Peter Lorre character, while her performance reflects a complex, robust and alienated contemporary feminism.
Throughout, we sense this Jaques seeks nothing more than one decent conversation with a kindred spirit. She seems mystified that wry wit, finely reasoned discourse and epicurean tastes combined are insufficient tools by which to conjure one. She appreciates far too well that the closest thing she finds to a comrade here is the fool who, by then, is otherwise engaged.
Though Rosalind notes well the price of Jaques' higher education, she still can offer no remedy for it. While others feast at the banquet of love, Jaques contemplates the shiny silverware, the cut-glass goblet, and the immaculate--and very empty--china plate.
Inexplicably, some still wonder why she doesn't stay afterward for the dance.


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Following several tragedies in his personal life, New York rapper El Gant had a decision to make-face those losses head on or bury them deep within. Luckily for us, he chose the former. The result is O.S.L.O., the emcee's most gripping and personal project yet. It's also his most relatable, because it shows what we're all capable of when we're equipped with the right tools to cope and, in El Gant's case, transform that tragedy into something powerful. The album arrives nearly a decade after his previous solo effort, 2014's great Beast Academy, and after several years spent touring and recording with his group, Jamo Gang, with Ras Kass and J57. Despite the highs associated with that time, El Gant also experienced major personal losses. In particular, he lost three close friends-The Last Original, Bones, and Jim Misa-all of whom had a major impact on his life and career. In fact, the album's title, O.S.L.O., references the Last Original, because it's an acronym for "Our Sun the Last Original." But it wouldn't be an El Gant project without some straight-up dope hip-hop, too. Tracks like "Avirex (feat. Innocent? & King Magnetic)" and "Chromed Out (feat. Ras Kass & Planet Asia)" are absolute bangers filled with shape-shifting flows and crazy wordplay. There's a reason for these tonal shifts, too; El Gant didn't want to simply create a linear album. "I want to take the listener on a few ups and downs, just like life does for most of us," the emcee says. It's those qualities that make O.S.L.O. so immediately satisfying, and why it's his most accomplished work to date.
Label: Rule By Secrecy
O.s.l.o.
Artist: El Gant
1. Roar the Lions (Feat. DJ Grazzhoppa) [Prod. By Motif Alumni]
2. Pageants (Feat. Ras Kass) [Prod. By Marco Polo]
3. Leave It Alone (Prod. By DJ Premier)
4. Aladdin (Feat. H3Ro) [Prod. By Brainiac Beats]
5. Rubber Match [Prod. By J57]
6. Eagle Talents (Feat. Phase One ; Bobbyj from Rockaway) [Prod. By Ab the Audicrat]
7. Chromed Out (Feat. Ras Kass ; Planet Asia) [Prod. By J57 ; Rob Viktum]
8. Nothing to Lose (Feat. Killah Priest ; Lana Shea) [Prod. By Bizzythowed]
9. Avirex (Feat. Innocent? ; King Magnetic) [Prod. By DJ Jon Doe]
10. Beautiful Distaster (Feat. Georgette) [Prod. By J57]


Sovereign Hill's newest exhibit completes one of the great stories of Victoria's history.
The largest gold nugget ever found was a fluke: prospectors John Deason and Richard Oates literally stumbled over the 2280oz Welcome Stranger while driving a cart near Dunolly, west of Bendigo, in 1869.
That beat the record of a group of Cornish miners who dug out a 2217oz prize - the Welcome Nugget - in the Red Hill 'deep lead' mine in Ballarat 11 years earlier.
The Welcome Nugget find was no fluke. Conditions in the 'deep leads' - underground watercourses containing rich but near-impossible-to-reach deposits of gold - were not only dark, cramped and damp but dangerously unstable.
excavation began, and now the Red Hill Mine exhibit completes this golden story.
The Red Hill Mine experience - stringent safety measures and high-tech wizardry aside - is spookily like the real thing. The entrance is down a steep stairway into a narrow tunnel, which is plunged into darkness upon the visitor's arrival. Voices come at you and soon you are following them - in a crouch for part of the journey - to the chamber where you share the moment when these intrepid fortune-hunters make their find.
Sovereign Hill tickets are available at discounts to members at RACV Shops or by calling the HolidayLine 13 13 29. And ask about packages for Sovereign Hill's spectacular sound and light show Blood On The Southern Cross.


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UIC to consider liver transplant for illegal immigrant
Jose Landaverde, a religious leader and activist leading the Hunger Strike for Healthcare fundraising movement, met with UIC officials Monday to discuss two transplant cases.
In a news release, University of Illinois Hospital said it has agreed to begin the evaluation process for one of the undocumented immigrants in need of a liver transplant who has been previously treated at the hospital.
The hospital said currently there are 788 candidates on the waiting list to receive a transplant at the hospital.
A Hunger Strike for Healthcare news release says brothers Lorenzo and Efego Arroyo are dying of a genetic liver disorder entitled primary amyloidosis. Their other brother, Francisco, who is not undocumented, has the same terminal illness and received a liver transplant, the release said.
Friends, family and Landaverde, of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, have been on a hunger strike since June 10 to demand medical treatment for the two brothers, the news release said.
Rush University Medical Center recently placed Efego on a waitlist to receive treatment, the news release said. Lorenzo has been seen at University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center before.
"There is no doubt that money exists in the system to treat Lorenzo. Medical institutions are subsidized by tax breaks and funded by federal and state taxes generated by all US residents, documented or not," the release said.
The hospital's news release said it does not receive reimbursement or supplemental funding from the government when transplanting undocumented immigrants who are not eligible for health care entitlement funds.


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Деніс Алібек (,   5 січня 1991, Мангалія) — румунський футболіст кримськотатарського походження, нападник клубу «Астра» (Джурджу).

Виступав, зокрема, за клуб «Інтернаціонале», а також національну збірну Румунії.

Володар Суперкубка Італії з футболу. Володар Кубка Румунії.

Клубна кар'єра
У дорослому футболі дебютував 2008 року виступами за команду клубу «Фарул», в якій провів один сезон, взявши участь у 18 матчах чемпіонату.

Своєю грою за цю команду привернув увагу представників тренерського штабу клубу «Інтернаціонале», до складу якого приєднався 2010 року. Відіграв за «нераззуррі» наступний сезон своєї ігрової кар'єри.

Згодом з 2011 по 2014 рік грав у складі команд клубів «Мехелен», «Вііторул» та «Болонья».

До складу клубу «Астра» (Джурджу) приєднався 2014 року. Відтоді встиг відіграти за команду з Джурджу 49 матчів в національному чемпіонаті.

Виступи за збірні
У 2007 році дебютував у складі юнацької збірної Румунії, взяв участь у 15 іграх на юнацькому рівні, відзначившись 7 забитими голами.

Протягом 2009–2013 років залучався до складу молодіжної збірної Румунії. На молодіжному рівні зіграв у 5 офіційних матчах, забив 3 голи.

У 2015 році дебютував в офіційних матчах у складі національної збірної Румунії. Наразі провів у формі головної команди країни 1 матч, вийшовши на заміну на останніх хвиланах у матчі проти Фарерських островів.

Статистика виступів

Статистика клубних виступів

Статистика виступів за збірну

Титули і досягнення
  Володар Суперкубка Італії з футболу (1):
 «Інтернаціонале»: 2010
 Володар Кубка Румунії (1):
 «Астра» (Джурджу): 2013–14

Примітки

Посилання
 Статистика виступів у змаганнях під егідою ФІФА.

 Профіль на сайті archivio.inter.it

Румунські футболісти
Гравці молодіжної збірної Румунії з футболу
Гравці збірної Румунії з футболу
Футболісти «Фарула»
Футболісти «Інтернаціонале»
Футболісти «Мехелена»
Футболісти «Віїторула»
Футболісти «Болоньї»
Футболісти «Астри» (Плоєшті)
Румунські футбольні легіонери
Футбольні легіонери в Італії
Футбольні легіонери в Бельгії
Кримськотатарські футболісти

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Fruits And Calories | How Many Calories?
Fruit delivers a burst of vitamins as well as a naturally delicious taste and it's all low calorie. A serving is usually about 50 or 60 calories. An average-sized orange has only about 12 grams of natural sugar, and a cup of strawberries has only about 7. You'll also be getting 3 grams of fiber, vitamin C, healthy antioxidants, and a shot of folic acid and potassium.
Trying to lose weight, fruit is a good option as healthy snack and as a dessert for main meal. Ideally with snacks choose between fruit, protein and vegetable snacks ie not all fruit snacks. Avoid/limit the cab based snacks which cause swings in blood sugar levels. For a main course best to get a balanced meal including protein and vegetbables rather than just a bowl of fruit.
What Does 2000 Healthy Calories Look Like?
What's your appetizer calorie budget?
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"A year ago, Travis McKinley, an unknown golfing amateur, shocked the world by winning the PGA Senior Open at Pebble Beach. Now he's famous, he makes his living playing the game he loves, and everything should be perfect. Still Travis can't shake the feeling that he's a fraud, an imposter who doesn't deserve his success - and after a series of disappointments and, to be honest, personal screw-ups, he might just prove himself right.
"A shot at redemption arrives in an unexpected form: a teenage outcast with troubles of his own - and a natural golf swing. As this unlikely duo sets out to achieve the impossible on the world's most revered golf course, Travis is about to learn that sometimes the greatest miracles of all take place when no one is watching."
If you were watching ancillary coverage of the Masters Tournament on Golf Channel or ESPN this weekend, you may have seen the commercial for the latest golf-flavored novel by the author James Patterson, Miracle at Augusta. The book stands as a follow-up to the 1996 novel Miracle on the 17th Green, which was also a collaboration with Peter de Jonge.
If you have not read any of Patterson's other books, well... join the club. Miracle at Augusta is this writer's first time with any of Patterson's writing. The 68-year-old resident of Florida has become known for several series of books, perhaps most notably the Alex Cross oeuvre.
In this case, the protagonist is Travis McKinley, advertised on the book cover and in marketing as the "PGA Senior Open" winner, but in the story, Patterson explains that the character actually won the U.S. Senior Open which, as most of us know, is one of the USGA national championships. Obviously, the Little, Brown and Company marketing staff felt it necessary to insert "PGA" to clarify things for non-golfers.
At any rate, this breezy read is a fictional memoir and not intended to be anything deep, introspective, or serious, a la M. Scott Peck's Golf and the Spirit. Instead, Miracle at Augusta is set in 1998 and features not only some real-world tournaments, but also a blend of colorful fictional characters, such as Hank "Stump" Peters, who winds up defeating McKinley at the Azawa Open, a fictional senior tour event at the very real Waialae Country Club in Hawaii. After the tournament, the pretense for the story involves McKinley getting suspended after a fight at a Honolulu-area dive called the Ding Dong Lounge, followed by McKinley decided to caddie for another senior circuit player, Earl Fielder.
Patterson's grasp of reality here is so good that he even injects David Letterman making some of his usual lame jokes on television, referring to the "Ding Dong" brawl. A nice touch, indeed.
Throughout the text, Patterson and de Jonge pleasantly blend in other fictional characters with real-world personalities, such as Mark O'Meara, Lee Trevino, Hale Irwin, Gil Morgan, Gary McCord, PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem, and even then-Augusta National Golf Club chairman Hootie Johnson.
Interestingly, the chief protagonist is not McKinley, but instead a gangling teenage Polish-born immigrant, Jerzy Solarski, whom McKinley mentors and takes to Augusta, along with a crew of co-conspirators, with the aim of sneaking him onto Augusta National for a secret practice round.
We won't spoil the story, but Patterson and de Jonge seem to have done a nice job of mixing fairly realistic golf dialog (intended for readers not familiar with golf) with a golf scenario that is a bit too fantastic to be taken seriously, but nevertheless makes for some fun and interesting reading.
Your humble correspondent plans to re-read the book again for enjoyment. Just understand that this is meant to be fun and not nearly as detailed and realistic as, say, John Feinstein's 1996 tome A Good Walk Spoiled. On the other hand, this is not nearly as ridiculous as Ben Crane's rap videos.
One measure of a good book is not so much what we read, but rather what we re-read. Not only will we re-read Miracle at Augusta, but we also plan to dig through the bookshelves and try out Patterson and de Jonge's Miracle at the 17th Green.
Extremely classic article must read it and play one of the most popular video game free online happy wheels video game it is the multiplayer video game the challenges of the game is to get victory over your challenger.
I really appreciate him for writing the book about his game experiences. According to the rush essay review, it reveals many things about the game. I really want to buy this book.


Eugenie Peterson was born in Riga, Latvia in 1899. She fell in love with India and moved there in the late 1920's, changing her name to Indra Devi. Intrigued with yoga she approached Krishnamacharya to teach her the practice.
He refused. Not only was she a westerner but she was also a woman. The Maharaja and Maharini of Mysore who had founded Krisnamacharya's school stepped in and convinced the teacher to take her on as his student. Indra took whatever he dished out; change of diet and long hours of strenuous asana practice and pranayama. He took note of her determination and tutored her privately. She had a year long apprenticeship.
Krishnamacharya encouraged Indra Devi to teach yoga, which she did – in China, U.S.A., Soviet Union, Mexico and Argentina. It probably helped that she spoke English, Spanish, Russian, French and German. She is credited as being the first yogi that was not Indian to bring yoga to the west.
Ms. Devi wrote the first best selling Hatha yoga book in 1953, 'Forever Young, Forever Healthy'.
I heard the Indra Devi story some time ago and just loved the tale. This chick takes on a new country and culture and is drawn to yoga, and takes it on too. At the time yoga was practiced by males. These guys practiced for hours. Not just the physical practice- asana, but also pranayama- extending the breath. Indra Devi, once Krisnamacharya agreed to teach her, was surrounded by men who were physically, and culturally more suited to the practice of yoga. She was fierce and determined. And then she took her show on the road, bringing yoga attention to the west.
In 1982 she travelled to Argentina, and settled there. She created the Fundacion Indra Devi in 1988, and it still exists today. Indra passed away in 2002 at 102 years young.


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Q: Why do I receive a segmentation fault on opening a file with path received as a parameter with -O3 optimization in C++ I have a main function which calls a function func, with a valid file path as a parameter. I use std::ifstream to open the file. Here's my code:
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>

int func(std::string filepath)
{
    std::ifstream file(filepath);
    file.close();
    return 0;
}

int main()
{
    std::string filepath = "file.txt";
    func(filepath);
    return 0;
}

On compiling the program with -O3 flag enabled and running it, I receive signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. I use MinGW gcc version 9.2.0
g++ main.cpp -O3
./a

Here's the stack trace I get from gdb
(gdb) bt
#0  0x6fc03a47 in ?? () from C:\Program Files\Git\mingw32\bin\libstdc++-6.dll
#1  0x6fc1b4b2 in ?? () from C:\Program Files\Git\mingw32\bin\libstdc++-6.dll
#2  0x6fc1cb60 in ?? () from C:\Program Files\Git\mingw32\bin\libstdc++-6.dll
#3  0x004014c7 in basic_ifstream (__mode=std::_S_in, __s=..., this=0x22fdd4,
    __in_chrg=<optimized out>, __vtt_parm=<optimized out>)
    at c:/mingw/lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/include/c++/istream:606
#4  _fu4___ZTVSt14basic_ifstreamIcSt11char_traitsIcEE () at main.cpp:7
#5  0x00404317 in main ()
    at c:/mingw/lib/gcc/mingw32/9.2.0/include/c++/bits/char_traits.h:300
#6  0x00401233 in ?? ()
#7  0x004012e5 in mainCRTStartup ()

But it works fine if I compile it with -O3 flag disabled
It also works fine, If open the file from the main function itself
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>

int main()
{
    std::string filepath = "file.txt";
    std::ifstream file(filepath);
    file.close();
    return 0;
}

The above code works fine even with -O3 flag enabled
How can I make the first program work with -O3 flag enabled?

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Guest Editorial: The Motivation Is Political
by Mayor Edward B. Murray • Apr 14, 2017 at 9:00 am
Mayor Ed Murray Kelly O
Last Wednesday night, I received the shock of my life when I learned what all of Seattle would read about the next day: an anonymous person is accusing me of terrible acts that allegedly occurred thirty years ago.
I have denied this accusation, and will continue to do so. It is simply not true.
To be clear, I will remain focused on running the city and will continue building upon the many accomplishments we have achieved together during my time as mayor, including reforming the police department, building more affordable housing, raising the minimum wage, closing racial disparities in our public schools, addressing homelessness, and so much more.
I will not let any unfounded accusation upend my administration.
But I think it's important for the public to understand how this unfounded accusation was given a public airing in the first place. The Seattle Times wonders in an editorial how much voters must continue to endure. But what the Times refers to as "sordid theater" all could have been avoided, not coincidentally, by the Seattle Times itself.
Assume for the sake of argument that the accuser is not telling the truth. Under this assumption, I have been deeply wronged – and that matters to me. But how we got to this point, where a sitting mayor must now publicly defend himself against something so reprehensible but untrue and prove his innocence – that matters to our democracy.
By way of background, the Seattle Times called me the night before it was set to publish. The Times shared some details of the accusation – although not the filing itself – only hours before the story was printed online. To this day, the identity of the accuser is unknown to me. I had no opportunity to present the Seattle Times with any information or evidence that might refute the accusation made against me, or to demonstrate that the story was verifiably false and that is should not, could not be printed.
I have a deep respect for the press, and understand the pressures to break the news when an explosive claim like this is made – but in this case, this imperative was not sufficiently balanced with the truth. Troublingly, the Seattle Times made the editorial decision to lower the standard of proof. Instead of seeking to verify – with evidence – the unsubstantiated accusation, it was enough only that the accusation was made.
The Seattle Times notes that it investigated an earlier accusation against me made in 2008 and found it without merit, but changed its mind in light of the new accusation.
Let's explore that for a moment.
The first accuser attempted to take his accusation public only after he sought payment from me. He has a history of making false allegations against other guardian figures. And, most importantly, law enforcement had long ago investigated and declined to prosecute.
Additionally, his extensive criminal history is very relevant. I would never suggest that those with criminal histories cannot be victims of abuse. Rather, his criminal history proves he cannot be trusted. He has been convicted of numerous crimes of dishonesty, including identity theft, fraud, false emergency reporting and forgery, in addition to numerous convictions related to robbery, theft, unlawful use of weapons, delivery of controlled substances, criminal conspiracy and even attempted kidnapping.
The Seattle Times rightly rejected his accusation at the time.
In 2012, the accuser tried to bring his claims forward again as I was leading the fight for marriage equality – an important detail, for reasons which will become clear shortly. The Seattle Times and other media outlets rejected these claims then too.
So why is all this important? Because the Seattle Times reports that the new and old accuser claim not to be associated with each other. This is a crucial point. Because if they are associated with each other, then there are not actually two independent accusations being made, but rather one already discredited accusation being reiterated.
Salaciously, both accusers provided the same description about distinguishing marks related to my private anatomy. Their accusations against me rest upon their being correct about this description, because unlike my phone number or address, these details are not readily publicly available.
This week, I proved this description categorically false.
It brought me no great joy to do so in a public forum, but the Seattle Times did not grant me the opportunity to provide such a critical piece of evidence before it printed its story. Not only does this evidence show that the accusers have fabricated their claims against me, but I believe it shows they have coordinated with each other.
Coordination implies motivation, and I believe the motivation is political. This accusation, after all, is a hateful, homophobic stereotype brought to life.
Here's what I know:
Since 2008, the virulently bigoted Faith & Freedom Network has actively opposed my work to champion LGBTQ rights, and has openly resented my successful effort to pass the civil rights bill in 2008 and marriage equality in 2012. Since 2008, Gary Randall, its president and founder, has written about me on his blog (paid for by the Faith & Freedom Network PAC) more than 120 times. Just this week Randall admitted that he personally pitched the previous accusations against me to the Seattle Times and other legislators in 2008. He attacked me relentlessly during the marriage equality debate in 2012, and wrote about the accusations against me then.
Fast forward to 2017. Another civil rights effort that I am championing – this one regarding equal rights for transgender individuals – is under assault from the far right. An individual named Jack Connelly and his wife have contributed $50,000 to the "Just Want Privacy" campaign opposing basic restroom rights for transgender people. And Connelly's law firm is the very same firm that has now brought forward the lawsuit against me. Indeed, the accuser's primary attorney has admitted in the press that his partner holds firm anti-LGTBQ positions – positions which led me as a senator and chair of the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee to refuse to support Connelly when ran for the state Senate in 2012.
These are not coincidences. Given the involvement of right wing organizations, the LGBTQ community should be extremely concerned, and I will continue to explore the connections between my accusers, anti-LGBTQ groups and each other. It is also not a coincidence that the lawsuit was timed to be filed just weeks before the campaign filing deadline, with the opposing counsel attempting to rush to depose me before the deadline as well. In the legal filing, the accuser admits that he seeks to remove me as mayor.
This is the agenda that the Seattle Times' eagerness to break a story has furthered.
But not only did The Seattle Times rush to publish a damaging but untrue and unsubstantiated story, it rushed to judgement only six days later by calling on me not to run for re-election based on its own damaging but untrue and unsubstantiated story. This effort of self-fulfilling prophesy sets a reckless precedent. Not a single community leader has made a similar statement, electing instead to let the democratic and judicial process work. It is extremely unorthodox for a newspaper to get out in front of the community and the process in an attempt to influence an outcome like this.
Again, assume for the sake of argument that my accuser is not telling the truth.
What has been the cost to our city?
Ed Murray is the 53rd Mayor of Seattle.
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Guest Editorial: The Motivation Doesn't Matter. It's Time to Step Down.
by Danni Askini


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Q: Proof of separability of $L^p$ spaces The following is a proof in Brezis book. It shows the separability of $L^{p}$ spaces:

I have a  few questions regarding the proof:

*

*It says 'it is easy to construct a function $f_{2} \in \varepsilon...$" and it also says  " it suffices to split $R$ into small cubes...'. Would it work to choose $f_{2}$ in the following way:
Assume we split $R$ as suggested. Let $R_{i}$ denote each small cube of $R$, consider $f_{2_{i}} := C_{i}\chi_{R_{i}}$ where $C_{i}$ is a constant chosen from $[0, \delta - (\text{sup} f|_{R_{i}} - \text{inf} f|_{R_{i}})$, then let $f_{2}(x) := \sum_{i}f_{2_{i}}(x)$. It would then follow that $\Vert f_{1} - f_{2} \Vert_{\infty} < \epsilon$. Is this fine?

*Can anyone see how the inequality $\Vert f_{1} -f_{2} \Vert_{p} \leq \Vert f_{1}-f_{2} \Vert_{\infty}|R|^{\frac{1}{p}}$ is obtained?

*Where exactly is the separability of $\Omega = \mathbb{R}^{N}$ used?
Note that $\chi$ denotes the characteristic function.
Thanks a lot for any assistance. Let me know if something is unclear.

A: *

*As you mentioned in a comment, you should choose $C_i \in \Big[ \inf f_1 \restriction R_i, \sup f_1 \restriction R_i \Big]$. This way you get $\big\|f_1 -f_2\big\|_\infty < \delta$. An adequate choice of $\delta > 0$ (that is $\delta |R|^{\frac{1}{p}} < \varepsilon$) would then give you $\big\| f_1 - f_2\big\|_p \leq \varepsilon$.

*$$ \big\| f_1 - f_2\big\|_p = \left(\int_R |f_1 - f_2|^p \right)^{\frac{1}{p}} \\ \leq \left( \int_R \big\| f_1 - f_2\big\|_\infty^p \right)^{\frac{1}{p}} \\  \left(|R|\cdot \big\| f_1 - f_2\big\|_p \right)^{\frac{1}{p}} \\ |R|^{\frac{1}{p}} \cdot \big\| f_1 - f_2\big\|_\infty.$$

*A metrizable space is separable if and only if it is second-countable. This means that the euclidean topology on $\mathbb{R}^n$ has a countable basis. This countable basis is explicitely described in the first paragraph of the proof and is put to use in the second paragraph.

A: As you tell:
As you mentioned in a comment, you should choose $C_i \in \left[ \inf (f_1|_{R_i}), \sup(f_1|_{R_i})\right]$. This way you get $\| f_1 − f_2 \|_{\infty} < \delta$.
An adequate choice of $\delta > 0$ (that is $\delta | R |^{\frac{1}{p} } < \varepsilon$) would then give you $\| f_1 − f_2 \|_{p} \le \varepsilon$.
Can Anyone tell me how I can obtain this inequality $\| f_1 − f_2 \|_{\infty} < \delta$.
I understand the proof but I dont know how to get this inequality.
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Mum and Dad, what you did for me I cannot measure.
My Lord, make Jannah for them Your decree.
This is the story of a Muslim named Mo.
It's a symbolic story that many of us may know.
He was born in a Muslim family but they were weak in the deen.
He was a lovely child, he was more precious then anything you've seen.
He grew up so quick; it was just a flash before his parent's eyes.
They didn't get to teach him about Islam. You know how the time just flies.
Before they knew it, they were sending him off to school.
They were so happy; he shined like a precious little jewel.
He was taught that he was a Muslim, but that's about all he knew.
He wanted to know more but his dad had way too many things to do.
He had cute little cheeks; they turned rosy as he got tired.
He was a handsome little guy, he was always admired.
But with his parents so busy, he never got to learn about Allah.
The days past by and his parents never taught him how to do Salah.
Some more years past by, and by now his voice began to change.
He felt new emotions, and he liked them, even though they felt strange.
His dad finally took him one day to some Islamic Sunday school.
But he had already learned from his friends that religion just wasn't cool.
Time passed by and the little man grew older.
With the passage of time his temper became bolder.
His mother was getting worried, he was found to be ditching school.
But she didn't say anything, or else his temper would flare up like fuel.
He would go to parties and come home all drunk.
And in some of his classes he was now beginning to flunk.
Her cute little rosy-cheeked child had become a wild young man.
She cried every night because teaching him Islam was never in her plan.
He meet a pretty girl named Rose, he thought he loved her for sure.
She noticed how he felt, so she asked him to go out with her.
He thought it was love at first sight, she kissed him on the first date.
But she just wanted to sleep with him, yet to that he had no debate.
He would go out all night with her, sometimes without even saying good-bye.
"Why didn't I show him the deen?" His father could only cry.
He kept on partying while his family kept on weeping.
And he meet other girls, and with them too he was also sleeping.
He started to look sick, and he wasn't really felling so good.
His mother just had to cry, he didn't look like the way he should.
He went to the doctor for what he thought was a cold.
"Young man, you got AIDS," is what he was told.
When his mom found out she just couldn't take the pain.
For not teaching him his deen, she knew she was to blame.
Mo got sicker and you could see him getting weaker day by day.
And he didn't know Allah, so to Him he never prayed.
What could she do now for her once precious little guy?
She knew he needed the deen, but now she could only cry.
His time came one day so the Angel came for his spirit.
His dad told him to say la ilaha illalah, but Mo didn't hear it.
But before Mo ever heard it, the Angel was off with his soul.
His father fell to his knees and cried like he never did before.
He knew he should have taught him the deen, so he felt guilty to the core.
and we must show it to them from our action inshaAllah.
May Allah azza wa jaal guide us all to The Truth Of Al-Islam, protect us from all evils and make us the carriers of Islam to the next generation and the rest of humanity Ameen.
is it attention he craves?
Who has produced one so errant?
surely it is the hopeless parent!
the mother buying another shapely top!


Preceded in death by wife of 56 years, Margaret E. (Carman) Shuman; son, Harold Jon Shuman. Survived by daughters: Valerie Chin (Jon), Mary Running (Gary), Elaine Halverson, and Tracy Shuman; 9 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, May 10th from 4pm to 7pm at the West Center Chapel, followed by VIGIL SERVICE at 7pm. MASS OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL on Friday, May 11th at 11am at St. Gerald Catholic Church, 9602 "Q" St. Interment, Hillcrest Memorial Park. Memorials will be directed by the family.
Rene and I are very sorry to hear the news. Our Condolences.
I remember spending lots of time at the Shuman house…..sorry for your loss!!!


Mission First Tactical (MFT) has gained popularity, especially with their Battlelink Minimalist stock – the odd-looking, L-shaped, stripped down carbine stock that has become all the rage with lightweight AR builders. MFT has since pushed out more products to the AR accessory market such as pistol grips, vertical foregrips with integral weaponlight housing, and a small little light dubbed the Torch Backup White Light (TBWL) or its counterparts the Torch Backup Light White/Red (TBLWR) Torch Backup Light Infrared (TBLIR). The model I had a chance to look at was the TBWL, which features two white LED lights with an output of approximately 20 lumens.
When I first picked up the MFT TBWL, my inner skeptic kicked in as usual. Why would I want to take up precious rail space and add weight to the nose of my rifle (albeit minimal as the TBWL weighs in at a scant 22 grams) for a light that wouldn't adequately help me with proper target identification?
Keeping this information in mind, the little TORCH made a lot more sense. The TORCH is compact, streamlined, and has a positive, low-profile on/off pad. I mounted the TBWL onto the 3 o'clock rail of my Faxon Firearms ARAK-21. It was a tight fit over the picatinny rail and solidly locked down. Off to the races. I did an outdoor dusk/nighttime shoot with Tracerx Photography a few days ago, and got to use the TBWL out in the woods as we went from location to location. Now as a simple navigation light, the TBWL is great. It provided a small amount of light; enough to watch my footing through the vegetation without completely destroying my night vision, and was just enough light to illuminate outdoor structures for me to be able to make out good-enough details for me to see without crashing into things at dusk.
I could see how this little light would be useful exiting a dark building after a successful clearing search, or for short nighttime treks where threats were not imminent and I wanted to approach an area without broadcasting my presence to the entire world – but where complete, strict light discipline was unnecessary. The TBWL is a great intermediate light option between a typical handheld tactical light and the dedicated weaponlight on my work gun, and might fill a need for room illumination for small houses.
I would definitely like to give the TBLWR (White/Red) model a go for further nighttime testing; with a red light option as well as a reduced light output of only 10 lumens, I think the TBLWR would be even more discrete, but effective for low-light/no-light navigation with a small signature.
The TBWL is rated at approximately 20 lumens, weighs in at 22 grams, and boasts a 10 year storage life, and a 12 hours burn time.
The TBLWR (White/Red) and the TBLIR are similar; rated at 10 lumens, high/low settings, a 10 year storage life, and a 24 hour burn time.
All three models are IPX7 rated (waterproof up to max 1 meter), are made in the USA, with an MSRP of about $60.
If the end user is looking for a discrete, reduced signature light source, the Torch will fit the bill.