Yahoo: Joely Richardson
Joely Richardson Picture Galleries
Joely Richardson
Joely Richardson picture from the movie - Joely Richardson movie ...
And of course MG's costuming for the movie:
Thursday, April 03, 2008
JR for Sarge
Yahoo: Joely Richardson
Joely Richardson Picture Galleries
Joely Richardson
Joely Richardson picture from the movie - Joely Richardson movie ...
And of course MG's costuming for the movie:
Support groups are important
See this s guest post at Dawn Eden's blog: 'I don't care anymore about living up to society's expectations' A no-longer-reluctant virgin tells his story
KTH's new CFs
[CF] olympus miu cf 01 - kim tae hee
[CF] olympus miu cf 02 - kim tae hee
[CF] corn silk tea cf 01 - kim tae hee
[Interview] CF Corn Silk Tea
[Making] CF Corn Silk Tea
[CF] corn silk tea cf 02 - kim tae hee
Kim Tae Hee Olympus CF
[CF] olympus cf digital smile - kim tae hee
Kim Tae Hee CF
[CF] cyon viewty pink cf 15sec
[CF] olympus miu cf 02 - kim tae hee
[CF] corn silk tea cf 01 - kim tae hee
[Interview] CF Corn Silk Tea
[Making] CF Corn Silk Tea
[CF] corn silk tea cf 02 - kim tae hee
Kim Tae Hee Olympus CF
[CF] olympus cf digital smile - kim tae hee
Kim Tae Hee CF
[CF] cyon viewty pink cf 15sec
Peter Morici, The Deepening Recession
Peter Morici
The Deepening Recession
Joe Bageant
The Audacity of Depression
Tomahawk
I think we saw that issue of Tactical Knives (or maybe it was Blade or Knife World?) featuring combat tomahawks at Barnes and Noble in Boston, Sarge?
Conrad Tool and Knife website (seems to be down at the moment?)
AMERICAN TOMAHAWK COMPANY
SOG Fusion Tactical Tomahawk
Defense Review - The Tactical Operator Newsletter: Reality-Based ...
GG&G Battle Hawk Tomahawk
Condor combat tomahawk/axe - Knifeforums.com - Intelligent ...
From the Knifecenter Store:
Condor Tool & Knife Combat Tomahawk Axe 13-3/8 Overall w/ Sheath
Part Number: CN4010BC
Manufacturer: Condor
more here
Tomahawk Throwing by Dan Beard
Axe Throwing by Peter McLaren
wiki: Tomahawk
Youtube: mel gibson the patriot tomahawk fight scenes
Combat Knife Throwing
Modern Knives Video Magazine
Combat Knives Magazine [Archive] - BladeForums.com
Conrad Tool and Knife website (seems to be down at the moment?)
AMERICAN TOMAHAWK COMPANY
SOG Fusion Tactical Tomahawk
Defense Review - The Tactical Operator Newsletter: Reality-Based ...
GG&G Battle Hawk Tomahawk
Condor combat tomahawk/axe - Knifeforums.com - Intelligent ...
From the Knifecenter Store:
Condor Tool & Knife Combat Tomahawk Axe 13-3/8 Overall w/ Sheath
Part Number: CN4010BC
Manufacturer: Condor
more here
Tomahawk Throwing by Dan Beard
Axe Throwing by Peter McLaren
wiki: Tomahawk
Youtube: mel gibson the patriot tomahawk fight scenes
Combat Knife Throwing
Modern Knives Video Magazine
Combat Knives Magazine [Archive] - BladeForums.com
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
So the winner of this season's Hell's Kitchen is supposed to become the executive chef at the Gordon Ramsay's new Los Angeles restaurant, the London West Hollywood. Are the contestants that good? Or are the two London restaurants (LA and NYC) overrated?
But according to the following article: Alain Ducasse regains crown as most-starred chef
So... how rigged is Hell's Kitchen? Or do they really carefully screen the contestants, so that the nannies and stay-at-home dads are more skilled than they might appear on TV?
'Hell's Kitchen': The dark lord of cooking reigns again!
And the 'dark lord of cooking'? I suppose Chef Ramsay had to sign off on that moniker, but I don't think it really fits him. The Drill Sergeant of the Culinary World, perhaps...
Chef Ramsay rules devilishly
Oops, just remembered the name of the show is Hell's Kitchen. So the moniker fits that...
But according to the following article: Alain Ducasse regains crown as most-starred chef
Ramsay was briefly tied with Ducasse on 12 stars last month when his eponymous restaurant at the London NYC hotel in midtown Manhattan debuted with two stars in Michelin's New York 2008 guide.
So... how rigged is Hell's Kitchen? Or do they really carefully screen the contestants, so that the nannies and stay-at-home dads are more skilled than they might appear on TV?
'Hell's Kitchen': The dark lord of cooking reigns again!
And the 'dark lord of cooking'? I suppose Chef Ramsay had to sign off on that moniker, but I don't think it really fits him. The Drill Sergeant of the Culinary World, perhaps...
Chef Ramsay rules devilishly
Oops, just remembered the name of the show is Hell's Kitchen. So the moniker fits that...
"M taang wah."
Niece #1 claims I taught her this... did I? haha I forgot. She was on the phone telling me about the pope and her dancing class today. Hehe, so can I get her interested in ECD?
Ms. N- was friendly yesterday, smiling and doing some other Asian things after she thought her class cut in front of mine while going to the cafeteria. She even showed her hair. I thought perhaps she was hiding her head or something. (She did get chemo treatment a while back.) Today she was a bit more of what I think is her regular self--quiet in the morning, though after lunch was over she saw me put a mint in my mouth and she said "Still eating!"
This morning I think I got enough sleep--I was in a good mood and actually rather energetic, even though I didn't eat breakfast. I though I would be able to last the day, and was thinking of how after the third week I'd be looking forward to the end of the 30-day assignment. But by the end of the day I was back to thinking that it was a bad idea to accept the assignment.
And, the energy didn't last the afternoon, though I was able to stay on top of things. But I'm feeling a bit tired right now here at home.
As JP might think, I had to be 'mean.' Raising one's voice in the classroom seems inevitable, and often it was due to irritation. It also seems to me that yelling can lead one to become angry. But I think I'll have to stick to this policy (of warning about consequences early in the day and following through if necessary), since it was effective in getting them to quiet down and work and they really need that sort of heavy-handed direction. Unfortunately there is so much to do during the school day, especially checking their work, so sometimes I can't monitor the classroom as closely as I would like.
Some of the students in blonde schoolteacher Ms. R's class apparently were not following directions. I'm a bit surprised she let them go out to recess--I thought they might have to stay in, but sometimes you just let them go so they get their energy outside while you have a breather. One of the boys was crying though--not sure if he wasn't following directions and was reprimanded.
M-rat wanted me to jump rope and she got me during afternoon recess. The first time they tried to swing the rope over my head, it wasn't high enough and got caught on my hat. I had to laugh at that, because I've told them before the jump rope is a bit too short. (It's the appropriate length for primary school students.) They did it again though and it cleared my head the next time. I was able to jump the rope about 4 times, even though I was wearing sandals today. For some reason the girls think it's fun to have the teacher jump rope; they like to stand and watch... it's seems to be an engrossing sight, though it usually doesn't last long since I have yard duty. A couple of her classmates were acting like hangers-on again, but fortunately only briefly... I say, "Fortunately," because while it's harmless, it could cause other people to talk, and maybe that could lead to something nasty.
JM came by the classroom several times today. After school, her sister noticed her desire to be in the class. She told me once about things at home, and it seems that her father doesn't really spend much time with her or ignores her most of the time. So I am conscious that I need to be a good role model/ideal for her, even while I am being attentive to her. Perhaps she is too young for me to have an impact on her, and her decision-making in the future. But I remember when I had her class in December that she was going to marry only a "gentleman." I hope she remembers what she says and knows what one is, when the time comes. Maybe I should read through Meg Meeker's book.
Girls will be girls, no matter what the deconstructionists might believe.
Q&A: Dr. Meg Meeker on 'Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters' - HUMAN ....
Dr. Meg Meeker - Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters (part 1)
Dr. Meg Meeker - Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters (part 2)
parts 3, 4, 5, 6
Dr. Meg Meeker - The Rules Have Changed: pt 1, 2, 3
Dr. Meg Meeker - Teens & Sex, part 1, 2
Dr. Meg Meeker - Right To Sex
About Meg Meeker
This morning I think I got enough sleep--I was in a good mood and actually rather energetic, even though I didn't eat breakfast. I though I would be able to last the day, and was thinking of how after the third week I'd be looking forward to the end of the 30-day assignment. But by the end of the day I was back to thinking that it was a bad idea to accept the assignment.
And, the energy didn't last the afternoon, though I was able to stay on top of things. But I'm feeling a bit tired right now here at home.
As JP might think, I had to be 'mean.' Raising one's voice in the classroom seems inevitable, and often it was due to irritation. It also seems to me that yelling can lead one to become angry. But I think I'll have to stick to this policy (of warning about consequences early in the day and following through if necessary), since it was effective in getting them to quiet down and work and they really need that sort of heavy-handed direction. Unfortunately there is so much to do during the school day, especially checking their work, so sometimes I can't monitor the classroom as closely as I would like.
Some of the students in blonde schoolteacher Ms. R's class apparently were not following directions. I'm a bit surprised she let them go out to recess--I thought they might have to stay in, but sometimes you just let them go so they get their energy outside while you have a breather. One of the boys was crying though--not sure if he wasn't following directions and was reprimanded.
M-rat wanted me to jump rope and she got me during afternoon recess. The first time they tried to swing the rope over my head, it wasn't high enough and got caught on my hat. I had to laugh at that, because I've told them before the jump rope is a bit too short. (It's the appropriate length for primary school students.) They did it again though and it cleared my head the next time. I was able to jump the rope about 4 times, even though I was wearing sandals today. For some reason the girls think it's fun to have the teacher jump rope; they like to stand and watch... it's seems to be an engrossing sight, though it usually doesn't last long since I have yard duty. A couple of her classmates were acting like hangers-on again, but fortunately only briefly... I say, "Fortunately," because while it's harmless, it could cause other people to talk, and maybe that could lead to something nasty.
JM came by the classroom several times today. After school, her sister noticed her desire to be in the class. She told me once about things at home, and it seems that her father doesn't really spend much time with her or ignores her most of the time. So I am conscious that I need to be a good role model/ideal for her, even while I am being attentive to her. Perhaps she is too young for me to have an impact on her, and her decision-making in the future. But I remember when I had her class in December that she was going to marry only a "gentleman." I hope she remembers what she says and knows what one is, when the time comes. Maybe I should read through Meg Meeker's book.
Girls will be girls, no matter what the deconstructionists might believe.
Q&A: Dr. Meg Meeker on 'Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters' - HUMAN ....
Dr. Meg Meeker - Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters (part 1)
Dr. Meg Meeker - Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters (part 2)
parts 3, 4, 5, 6
Dr. Meg Meeker - The Rules Have Changed: pt 1, 2, 3
Dr. Meg Meeker - Teens & Sex, part 1, 2
Dr. Meg Meeker - Right To Sex
About Meg Meeker
Zenit: Cardinal Zen Cites Reason to Retire
Cardinal Zen Cites Reason to Retire
HONG KONG, APRIL 2, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Cardinal Joseph Zen had an artificial heart pacemaker implanted this month, citing this as one more reason to step down as the bishop of Hong Kong.
Cardinal Zen, 76, told a local newspaper Apple Daily on March 30 that the pacemaker was placed sometime during the weekend of Easter. He has not made any official announcement of his retirement.
On Good Friday, the cardinal's Stations of the Cross meditations were read at a ceremony at the Roman Colosseum, presided over by Benedict XVI.
The Pontiff had invited the cardinal to compose the meditations for the annual Via Crucis. Cardinal Zen told ZENIT, "With his invitation, the Holy Father wanted me to bring to the Colosseum the voice of the faithful in China."
Bishop John Tong Hon, 68, was appointed coadjutor bishop in January, meaning he will automatically become the head of the Diocese of Hong Kong upon the death or retirement of Cardinal Zen.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Another reason to love Wyoming
via Conservative Heritage Times: Wyoming sheriffs put feds in their place
The post is from 2007; let's hope that it's true and that not much has changed since then.
From the comments:
The Paragon Foundation
I don't know much about it, and how it relates to the Southern republican tradition.
Constitutional Law Enforcement Association
The post is from 2007; let's hope that it's true and that not much has changed since then.
From the comments:
The Paragon Foundation
I don't know much about it, and how it relates to the Southern republican tradition.
Constitutional Law Enforcement Association
What Dr. Luckey wants from an encyclical
Starting Over: The Rebuilding of Catholic Social Teaching on Economics
by William R. Luckey
But will Pope Benedict XVI's next encyclical be what he wants?
Economic choices are nonetheless still moral choices; moreover, teachings about economics flow from the Natural Law. So CST is applicable not only to Catholics, but all societies.
by William R. Luckey
When dealing with revealed truths, truths which can be known only through God’s revealing them, it is admitted that there can be some development. John Henry Cardinal Newman, in his famous Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, responded to Protestant accusations that the Catholic Church actually invents doctrines. He showed that the Church can have new insights into revealed doctrines while the doctrines remain unchanged. He gave a number of rules which should be used to tell if a development of a doctrine is authentic. Newman’s theology of development was accepted by Vatican II. While Catholic Social Teaching surely has some of the elements of consistency that are similar to that in the doctrinal statements, the fact of the changing circumstances and the changing insights of the social sciences, not to mention the very real possibility of seeing social, political and economic problems through ideological glasses, make the development of a "corpus’ of Catholic Social Thought problematic.
What is needed to resolve these dilemmas is an encyclical which bases its teaching on the foundational principles of Catholic moral theology, the 10 commandments and the Beatitudes, while abstaining from the acceptance of any (especially) economic theory per se.
The main elements of such an encyclical can now be suggested:
A brief theological and philosophical treatise of the nature of the human person. This treatise will take into account the developments over the last hundred years or so in Phenomenology and Personalism as developed by John Paul II and the Lublin School of Thomism. It would show man as a creature having reason and free will. He can discern the good with his reason and his will is truly free so that he can freely choose the good. It would recognize that his knowledge and choice of the good are tainted by Original Sin, which darkened his intellect and weakened his will, but also that many choices in life are not clear, and more often than is supposed, are not simplistic choices between good and evil, but between two competing goods of varying and possibly hidden values.
Man is created with certain drives or impulses the satisfaction of which is supposed to produce human flourishing and are arranged in a hierarchy – the lower meant to serve the higher. If the hierarchy is violated, the human being is lead away from happiness and flourishing. So, the instincts of self-preservation, feeding, shelter, etc., are not valued for themselves but allow men to pursue higher-level ones, such as the desire for family, the respect of others, the need for a well-ordered relation with God, and happiness and admittance into the inner life of the trinity.
But many of the choices we make are economic. These choices are the responsibility of the adult, who makes them ostensibly for his own flourishing. The Vatican II Decree on Religious Freedom, Dignitatis Humanae, is an appropriate guidepost for this and is based on the dignity of the human person. The core of Dignitatis Humanae has never been thoroughly unpacked by anyone, and can be extended theologically to defend a free economy. The document states:
Further, in dealing with this question of liberty the sacred Council intends to develop the teaching of recent popes on the inviolable rights of the human person and on the constitutional order of society. (Dig. Hum., # 1)
While the document discussed this subject in relation to religious liberty, which obviously is man’s greatest freedom, it never got around to the discussion of human rights in general and the constitutional order of society as it seemed to promise. The implication is that man must be allowed to discover religious truth without coercion; if man must be allowed to believe and practice the faith of their conscience without hindrance from anyone, whether public or private except as a matter of public order, he ought to be free to decide, again within the limits of public order, the other, lesser, things, which he believes lead to human flourishing, even if it is to his own detriment. This does not exclude the right of the church and others to guide, persuade and even morally condemn some choices, nor does it imply a moral approval of all choices. But just as in man’s search for religious truth, it must not be coerced choice.
Having said this, the Church has a duty and a right to give moral guidance to man’s choices, where morality is in question. Here is where this new document must take into account the developments in moral theology of the last hundred years or so, and are seen in the encyclical of Pope John Paul II, Veritatis Splendor. In this latter document, the Pope states that "the morality of acts is defined by the relationship of man’s freedom with the authentic good." This good is established in man by Divine wisdom. (Ver. Spl., # 72, italics in original) In other words, the moral law is meant to bring man to the fulfillment of the hierarchy of existential ends which God placed in him for his flourishing and ultimate happiness. There is no carping in this encyclical about how the world is going down the drain as we see in so many past encyclicals, which are so worded, not because of eternal truths, but because the events of the times were so harrowing.
Lastly, this new encyclical should focus on specifically moral aspects of social, political and moral actions in the same style of Evangelium Vitae, and avoid painting with too broad strokes. Popes need to remember, that painting with broad strokes opens the door to the enemies of true liberty, friends of statism, and anti-capitalism that many of us Catholic Austrian economists have had to bear with all these years.
But will Pope Benedict XVI's next encyclical be what he wants?
Economic choices are nonetheless still moral choices; moreover, teachings about economics flow from the Natural Law. So CST is applicable not only to Catholics, but all societies.
Martin Hutchinson, Only the money is cheap
THE BEAR'S LAIR
Only the money is cheap
By Martin Hutchinson
Only the money is cheap
By Martin Hutchinson
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