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Lucky Stiff by Deborah Coonts
November 29, 2011 November 11, 2011 Mary Deborah Coonts, FSB Associates, Mystery, Romance
Title: Lucky Stiff
A Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure
Author: Deborah Coonts
Published: February 2011, Forge Books
About: (from the book flap) Lucky O'Toole – head of Customer Relations at premier megaresort the Babylon – thinks it's just another night in Las Vegas. A tractor-trailer has spilled its load of a million honeybees, blocking not only the Strip but the entrance to her hotel. . . . The district attorney for Clark County – apparently the odd man out of a threesome on the twelfth floor – is hiding in the buff in one of the hotel's laundry rooms. . . . And Numbers Neidermeyer – one of Vegas's less-than-savory oddsmakers – is throwing some major attitude at Las Vegas's ace private investigator, the beautiful Jeremy Whitlock.
The next day, Lucky discovers Ms. Neidermeyer has been tossed into the shark tank at the Mandalay Bay Resort as a snack for the tiger shark. When the police show up at the Babylon with a hastily prepared search warrant, applied for by the district attorney himself, and Jeremy lands in the hot seat, Lucky realizes her previous night was far from routine. . . .
My take: If you haven't read the first book in the series, Wanna Get Lucky?, I recommend you do just to get the full story on several characters. Many of them are back in action in Lucky Stiff and I was happy to see them again. This time there's a murder to solve, a wacky scheme for Lucky's mom to make money, the boxing match of the year at the Babylon as well as a convention of entomologists – Lucky's life is never dull.
Deborah Coonts described a vibrant Las Vegas. From the pulsing music in the clubs and the sounds of the slots in the casino to the sultry desert air – I felt immersed in the Vegas experience. I also had fun trying to figure out who fed Numbers Neidermeyer to the sharks and how it was done.
Lucky Stiff is an entertaining Vegas romp. Lucky O'Toole is a plucky girl who loves her job, her friends and family, and hopes she's found her true love in Teddie. I hope she has too and I can't wait to read more in the Lucky O'Toole Vegas Adventure series.
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Mailbox Monday – November 28
November 27, 2011 July 24, 2012 Mary Mailbox Monday
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Last week I used a credit at Audible.com to buy Trading Christmas by Debbie Macomber. The movie version is being shown on the Hallmark channel this season but I also wanted to read it. Macomber Christmas themed books are heartwarming. A few days later I received an email from Audible announcing a sale – 100 books priced at $4.95 each (it may still be going on). That was hard to pass up especially when one of the books offered was one I've always meant to read but never got around to: Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl (narrated by Simon Vance). I also picked up Debbie Macomber's Christmas Cookbook. My hubby recently won an iPad 2 at work and gave it to me. I've been tempted to buy this cookbook and thought I'd try it on the iPad. I'll let you know what I think in a few weeks. Hm, interesting mix of books, wouldn't you say? 😉
Then I ventured out for a little shopping on Small Business Saturday. The local indie bookstore was my destination. I picked up two copies of The Kitchen Counter Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn. Those are Christmas gifts – and they're signed! I also found a book for my Book Blogger Swap-ee (to remain a secret – I bought the same book for me). And I had to pick up The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt by Caroline Preston because of all the book blogger rave reviews. Merry Christmas to me 🙂
So what was in your mailbox last week?
Guest Post: by Deborah Coonts
November 25, 2011 November 11, 2011 Mary Deborah Coonts, FSB Associates, guest post
Today I welcome author Deborah Coonts to Bookfan. I read Deborah's book Wanna Get Lucky? a few months ago and really enjoyed it. Next week I'll review the second book in the series: Lucky Stiff. I asked Deborah to write about her inspiration for the Lucky series.
Inspiration for the Lucky Series: A Sinful Escape
By Deborah Coonts,
Author of Lucky Stiff
When my then fifteen-year-old son suggested a family relocation to Las Vegas, my then husband and I started packing. Okay, maybe we didn't think it through, but after five years in suburban Maryland we had yet to find our niche, so we were ready for a change. Little did I know, the story I had been looking for was lurking in Sin City. In retrospect, perhaps it should've been obvious, but back then I was pretty naive.
With bags packed and good wishes ringing in our ears (The one I remember the best was: You're going to finish raising a hormonal teenage male in Las Vegas? Are you on drugs? I'm still thankful those 'friends' didn't call Social Services), we packed two cars and a moving van and headed toward the bright lights.
A lot of people say Vegas is an acquired taste — not for me.
Where else outside of maybe New York City can you watch an everchanging cross-section of the world parade past and still go home and sleep in your own bed? Absolute heaven for a storyteller.
However, it is true that everyone sees something different in Vegas.
I see magic.
And this is the Vegas I wanted to write about. The fun stuff. Not bodies buried in the desert. Not mobsters. Not fools losing everything. But the real Vegas. The forty-five million visitors a year — each of whom are on a mission of mischief, the celebrities, the singers, the shows, the amazing shopping — that Vegas.
My Vegas.
Wanna Get Lucky? is the beginning of the story. Of course, the story had to be set in a huge strip casino/resort, and since I'm a storyteller, not a reporter, I created my own — The Babylon. And who better to tell the story than a woman in her early thirties (old enough to know better, but young enough to ignore it) who is the Head of Customer Relations?
On a roll, I wrote the first sentence of the story — I'm big on beginnings — then came to a screeching halt.
Great, forty-three words into the next Great American Novel and I had writer's block. This was going to be harder than I thought.
That's when I started hearing voices.
At first, I thought maybe this ought to worry me, but then I remembered an interview with P. D. James. When asked how she came up with her stories, she said something to the effect that she sat in a room with her characters, listened to what they had to say, then wrote it down. I was so there. And, by all accounts, Ms. James did all right. So, if it was good enough for her, it was fine for little ol' me.
Lucky, my protagonist, was the first character to speak to me. Apparently fed-up with my waffling, she spoke up loud and clear — she told me her name — while I was minding my own business sitting on the porch at the Grand Lake Lodge in Colorado. Vacation interrupts. Two women and one man (my then husband) do not make a great vacation. Of course, if we'd been in Vegas, that would've been just an interesting evening . . . or so I've been told.
But I digress. Being given my protagonist's name was a good start, but I was hoping for more. Lucky didn't disappoint — she introduced me to her friends: The Great Teddie Divine (Las Vegas' premier female impersonator who is straight and, understandably, has a tough time picking up women), Miss Patterson (Lucky's plucky assistant and a cougar), the Beautiful Jeremy Whitlock (a private investigator and prime cougar bait), The Big Boss, and Mona (Lucky's bordelloowning mother).
The whole female impersonator thing sort of opened the door for me. I mean, some of the impersonators in this town are amazing. And then I started wondering . . . well, anyway, I finally ended-up wondering what would a straight guy do if he spent his professional life sheathed in Oscar de la Renta? How would he do with women? Of course, this being my fantasy, I decided he might do all right. Think about it. A man who can speak Jimmy Choo? A man who can help me with make-up (I'm not a girly-girly.) A man who would not only know who Rodgers and Hammerstein were, but who could even hum a few bars of I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Outta My Hair. All this and sex too? Hey, a girl can dream, can't she? So, Teddie was born.
The cougar thing . . . well, I'm of a certain age — old enough to find that concept interesting. Enough said.
And who wouldn't wonder what it would be like to have a mother in 'the business'? This is Vegas after all.
The cast set, I actually had to come up with a story. Porn stars and spouse swappers?
The genesis for the porn star angle was a chapter of a book, Skin City by Jack Sheehan. Jack is a Vegas author and quite wonderful. The vignette he wrote that inspired me was a recitation of his attendance at the real adult film awards held in Vegas each January. I laughed so hard I had tears rolling down my face. So, of course, I had to have porn stars — of my own creation, of course.
And the spouse swappers — that idea came right out of Sixty Minutes.
Put the two together, along with a young woman who falls out of a tour helicopter, landing in the middle of the Pirate Show in front of Treasure Island, add some Vegas magic, and romance . . .
So, do you Wanna Get Lucky?
© 2011 Deborah Coonts, author of The Lucky O'Toole Vegas adventure series
Deborah Coonts, author of Lucky Stiff, says her mother tells her she was born in Texas a very long time ago, though she's not totally sure — her mother can't be trusted. But she was definitely raised in Texas on barbeque, Mexican food and beer. She currently resides in Las Vegas, where family and friends tell her she can't get into too much trouble. Silly people. Coonts has built her own business, practiced law, flown airplanes, written a humor column for a national magazine, and survived a teenager. She is the author of the Lucky O'Toole Las Vegas adventure series.
Her first book, Wanna Get Lucky?, was released in 2010.
For more information please visit http://www.deborahcoonts.com, and follow the author on Facebook and Twitter
Thank you, Deborah. I love that Lucky named herself 🙂 I hope she introduces you to many more characters! I can't wait for her next adventure.
Bonjour 40: A Paris Travel Log by Karen A. Chase
November 24, 2011 November 23, 2011 Mary Karen A. Chase, Memoir, Travel
Title: Bonjour 40: A Paris Travel Log (40 years. 40 days. 40 seconds)
Author: Karen A. Chase
Genre: Travel Memoir
My take: Karen A. Chase celebrated her 40th birthday by treating herself to a month in Paris. She immersed herself in all things French by living in a rented apartment, riding a bike or walking most of the time, shopping the markets, and enjoying the cafes. Well, really, much more than that!
Chase shares her experiences (mostly good) of living among Parisians. If you are looking for the courage to live in another country for an extended period look no further than Bonjour 40. Of course, her circumstances were perfect: a job that allowed her to take the time off; no childcare arrangements to make; and a partner who promised to meet her for the final week of her holiday. Even so, reading this short memoir made me feel it would be possible to do the same. Where there's a will. . . right?
One more thing. I loved all the photos scattered throughout. They made me feel like I was looking through a travel scrapbook.
Source: I bought it.
NOTE: This book is available as an eBook. I read it on a device using e-ink. A few weeks after I wrote this review I read Bonjour 40 again but this time on an iPad. The photos look clear and crisp – superior to the e-ink experience. That said, either version is recommended.
Liver Let Die by Liz Lipperman (thanks to Lori at Escape With Dollycas Into a Good Book blog)
Making Waves by Tawna Fenske
November 19, 2011 Mary Contemporary Romance, Tawna Fenske
Title: Making Waves
Author: Tawna Fenske
Published: August 2011 – Sourcebooks Casablanca
About: (Goodreads synopsis) When Alex Bradshaw's unscrupulous boss kicks him to the curb after 20 faithful years as an executive with the world's largest shipping company, he sets out to reclaim his dignity and his pension. Assembling a team of fellow corporate castoffs, he sails to the Caribbean to intercept an illegal diamond shipment. None of them counted on quirky blonde stowaway Juli Flynn, who has a perplexing array of talents, a few big secrets, and an intoxicating romantic chemistry with Alex…
My take: I first heard about Making Waves at The Debutant Ball. Tawna Fenske was one of the Debs of 2011. I like Romance and I like it funny. Fenske did not disappoint! Juli is a charming and quirky heroine. She becomes an unwitting stowaway on a ship that happens to be manned by first-time pirates. Let the hilarity begin. And it does. I read it quickly because the pages almost turned themselves – and I giggled a lot. It's a funny and sexy romp filled with memorable characters in wacky situations.
If you enjoy Contemporary Romance that makes you laugh you might like Making Waves. I really did and I look forward to reading Tawna Fenske's next book.
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Haunted Ground by Erin Hart
November 16, 2011 November 15, 2011 Mary Erin Hart, Mystery
Title: Haunted Ground
Author: Erin Hart
Published: April 2003 – Scribner
About: (back of the book) When farmers cutting turf in an Irish peat bog make a grisly discovery – the perfectly preserved head of a young woman with long red hair – Irish archaeologist Cormac Maguire and American pathologist Nora Gavin must use cutting-edge techniques to preserve ancient evidence. Because the bog's watery, acidic environment prevents decay, it's difficult to tell how long the red-haired girl has been buried – two years, two centuries, or even much longer. Who is she? The extraordinary find leads to even more disturbing puzzles. The red-haired girl is not the only enigma in this remote corner of Galway. Two years earlier, Mina Osborne, the wife of the local landowner, went for a walk with her young son and vanished without a trace. Could they too be hidden in the bog's treacherous depths, only to be discovered centuries from now? Or did Hugh Osborne murder his family, as some villagers suspect? Bracklyn House, Osborne's stately home, holds many secrets, and Nora and Cormac's inquiries threaten to expose them all.
My take: If you're a regular reader of this blog you know it's rare to find a mystery review. I met Erin Hart at my city's Irish festival in August and bought three of her books which she kindly signed for me. Haunted Ground is her first book. I loved that the setting is where my father's family is from – County Galway. I've visited twice and hope I can return someday.
From page one I was drawn in as Cormac and Nora discovered clues that led to solving the mysteries. The characters intrigued me and most were under suspicion. One character I hope to see in future books is Detective Devaney. He's the guy I'd want in my corner. He's a regular man with regular problems and even though he was taken off the case, he can't not see it through. As wrapped up in the case as he is, he also wants to be more involved in his family – especially his youngest daughter who has recently shown an interest in learning trad music, one of his passions.
I found the details about traditional music, archaeology and preservation, and Irish history really interesting. The importance of history and passing it on to the next generation is a theme that stood out for me.
If you enjoy a gothic mystery and an Ireland setting then you may enjoy Haunted Ground. I loved it and can't wait to read Erin Hart's next book.


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Вакульские — дворянский род.

В Гербовник внесены две фамилии Вакульских:

 Петр Вакульский, вступивший в службу прапорщиком в 1809 году (Герб. Часть XI. № 83).
 Иван Вакульский, произведенный в прапорщики в 1812 году (Герб. Часть XI. № 117).

Петр Вакульский, произведен 06 декабря 1830 года в чин генерал-майор, пожалован дипломом 07 февраля 1836 г. в дворянское достоинство с потомством.

Иван Вакульский, пожалован (по чину полковника) потомственным дворянством 16 июля 1837 года.

Описание гербов

Герб. Часть XI. № 83
Герб Петра Вакульского внесён в Общий гербовник дворянских родов Всероссийской империи.

Щит полурассечён-пересечён. В первой, червлёной части, длинный золотой с полуперекладиною внизу костыльный крест. Во второй, золотой части, выходящий из правого бока, чёрный с червлёными глазами, клювом, языком и когтями орёл, держащий зелёный лавровый венок. В третьей, лазуревой части, серебряная гора, увенчанная на крест положенными золотою пальмовою ветвью и серебряным с золотою рукоятью мечом.

Щит увенчан дворянскими шлемом и короною. Нашлемник: в серебряных латах рука, держащая серебряный же с золотою рукоятью меч. Намёт: справа — червлёный, с золотом, слева — чёрный, с золотом.

Герб. Часть XI. № 117
Герб Ивана Вакульского внесён в Общий гербовник дворянских родов Всероссийской империи.

Щит полурассечён-пересечён. В первой, червлёной части, длинный золотой, с полуперекладиною внизу костыльный крест. Во второй, золотой части, выходящий из правого бока чёрный, с червлёными глазами, клювом, языком и когтями орёл, держащий зелёный лавровый венок. В третьей, лазоревой части, серебряные с двумя круглыми башнями ворота.

Щит увенчан дворянскими шлемом и короною. Нашлемник: в серебряных латах рука, держащая серебряный, с золотою рукоятью меч. Намёт: справа — червлёный, с золотом, слева — чёрный, с золотом.

Примечания

Литература

Дворянские роды, на гербах которых изображены орлы
Дворянские роды, на гербах которых изображён лавровый венок

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I Wrote This: Against Me! review, Metro Silicon Valley
Posted on December 30, 2009 by Jody
Last week, Against Me! came to town. My editor asked me if I wanted to go. I said yes.
It looked bleak at first. The opening bands were, uh, discouraging, to say the least. But Against Me! busted it out.
Big thanks to my friend Amy for being my plus-one. She was very polite to agree to chart these waters with me. Neither of us had any idea what to expect.
Anyway, here is the review as it appeared in this week's Metro. If you're in the South Bay, pick up a copy. I have a whole boatload of stuff in it this week.
http://www.metroactive.com/music-clubs/against-me-review.html
"IT'S BEEN seven years since Against Me! bubbled up from the Florida swamps with their debut, Reinventing Axl Rose. After some brushes with mainstream success when their last album, New Wave, found a home amid the Warped Tour masses, they've been laying pretty low.
That didn't deter hordes of fans from turning out in San Jose this past weekend. Against Me! was set to play a Dec. 20 gig at 924 Gilman in Berkeley on their recent tour. When it was canceled suddenly and without much explanation by the venue, intrepid San Jose promoter Eric Fanali struck while the iron was hot. After an excruciating 40-minute set change, Against Me! played to a sea of black T-shirts (and a few bare chests) at WORKS/San José gallery on First Street in downtown San Jose.
Against Me! are at a very common crossroads: they could easily continue to play for fervent crowds, or, with a little elbow grease and some sacrifices, go pro. Having released their last album on Sire Records, the age-old "what's punk, what's not" debate looms over their heads everywhere they go. The boys in Against Me! seem committed to keeping one foot firmly on the ground. Their sound is outgrowing their choice in venues—to hear their last record, the band sounds like they're shooting for stadiums instead of bars, 'concerts' instead of 'shows.' For their appearance at WORKS, their more polished tunes were converted into their earlier sound, the murky, militaristic stomp they originated in Gainesville. They still have the hardware for punk rock, it's just a little more user-friendly these days.
The band opened with "White Crosses," the title track of their incoming album, a cathartic, furious blast that illustrates why Tom Gabel's songwriting prowess is a force to be reckoned with. Though he recently defected to release a solo record, Gabel is still the beating, snarling heart of Against Me!, and the fans love him for it. "Take care of each other out there," he pleaded with the crowd after a wild pit broke open within the first few chords. "Fuckin' A, man." He didn't say much else, leading the band in a barrage of their radio hits sandwiched between more obscure songs. The crowd knew the words to all of them, shouting the choruses back at the band and demanding an encore within seconds of them leaving the stage.
Though they're probably too proud to do so, the folks over at Gilman should be kicking themselves."
Also, just for fun, here is my calendar blurb for Ray J, who is making an appearance at some skanky club tomorrow night. So far the one person who has read it was surprised at how funny I can be. I just said, uh, dude, it's Ray J. The jokes writes themselves.
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I need your opinion.
I'm pretty sure nobody is reading this (yet), but I'm going to throw this out there anyway.
I'm considering submitting one of my features from my last year of school to the SPJ Awards. I think there is prize money involved. At the very least, there is some sort of convention in Vegas where I will shake a lot of hands.
I have two features I think I did a pretty darn good job on, and that I think would give me a good shot at winning something.
The first is "Invasion of the Cadets", from the May/June 2009 issue, and it can be read here. 'Cadets' was a project that started in late January and is still going on. I got the idea when I decided to swing by a Phenomenauts show at Slim's a few days before school started, and a man in a helmet gave me a flyer about the upcoming Phenomenaut fan convention at Disneyland. I had always known their fans were pretty gung-ho, but I didn't know they were motivated enough to meet up for a day at a theme park nine hours away from the band's home base in Oakland. I got in contact with some people from their street team/fan club/whatever and the more people I talked to, the more complex the story became. The version that ran in [X]Press barely scratched the surface. There is a much bigger story here than just 'here are some goofy people that like to dress up in costume and sing songs about space'. There is so much psychology to the band and to the Cadet movement itself. I am dying to write a longer version of it. I still take notes every time I go see them.
Also, keep in mind that I will be sending in PDFs of the pages in the actual magazine, not links to our snoozer of a site. The art on the 'Cadets' looks pretty cool.
My other option is "Return of the Bellows". This one is about the accordion beginning to surface in independent music. It can be read here.
My gut reaction is to turn in 'Bellows'. I had a lot of fun writing 'Cadets', but often times I feel like the story is only interesting to me and people who already know about the band. 'Bellows' has a broader appeal, and I feel like the writing is much better. I know I'm never going to be able to write a better lede than 'Aaron Seeman still smells like propane'. However, I was also told by a lot of my sources that the story was kind of old news, and a whole bunch of journalists had come sniffin' around lately to write about it.
I've never worked on a story as hard as I worked on 'Cadets'. I've never done that much reporting. In the same word count as 'Bellows', I was able to squeeze in six sources, whereas Bellows only had three; two and a half at best. The writing in 'Cadets', for the sake of efficiency, is very newsy, but the story, I feel, is inherently more colorful. The characters are much clearer, and the details are very telling. For a contest called 'Mark of Excellence' awards, I want to make sure I show that not only can I write, I can report.
I'm too close to both of these stories, so I'm leaving it up to you. I'll leave this up for a week or two and ask some human beings before I make my decision.
Also, feel free to leave comments! Talk to me. This blog is pretty lonely right now.
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I Wrote This: The Man Behind The Music, [X]Press Magazine
My very last story for my student publication at San Francisco State University. Farewell, 3rd floor Humanities! It's been a good run.
If you're in the city, pick up the print version, or check out the digital edition at http://www.sopdigitaledition.com/xpressmag/. There are pictures and stuff.
http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/magazine/014251.html
It is lit like a desk: a reading light skims the top of the console. Daily, David Hegarty punches in and sits down to work, staring fixedly at the documents in front of him, just a cog in a big, big machine. He has been doing this job for the last thirty-one years. And he would not have it any other way.
Patrons of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco have come to expect one thing with their classic movies – a musical introduction by David Hegarty. He comes and goes quietly before almost every evening show. A few minutes before the movie begins, he emerges from behind a black curtain and takes his seat at The Mighty Wurlitzer, the theatre's in-house organ. He strikes a chord, and suddenly the entire building seems to turn on.
The Castro is closed today, so he is sitting in front of the organ in complete darkness. The only light is the one above the organ console, and the faint shadows of cars on Castro Street creeping through the open door at the back of the theatre. "I don't have the key to turn the lights on in the house," he says.
He is a small man – not tiny, but in comparison to the Wurlitzer, anyone can seem diminutive. He is quiet and humble. Everything he says is just barely above a whisper, almost as if he is afraid to disturb the sanctity of a silent, dark theatre.
"I find the organ works best with Broadway; show tunes," he says, flipping a few switches and drifting into a song. The organ in front of him has four steep tiers of keys, surrounded by a circular panel filled with a dizzying array of buttons and toggle switches. After receiving a degree in Organ Performance and a Master's in music, he knows his way around a theatre organ. Even when he is surrounded by pitch black that morning, he is snapping switches and pressing buttons like a NASA engineer.
The sound The Mighty Wurlitzer makes has a dreamy, ghostly quality to it, only made dreamier and ghostlier by the dark. The keyboards he plays are connected to a towering collection of pipes on either side of the theater by huge tubes that run under the stage. Hegarty is still captivated by the noise it produces after thirty-one years. Sometimes he will begin a song to demonstrate the settings on the machine, and disappear for minutes at a time.
There was a time when theatre organs were everywhere – before sound was introduced in the twenties, movie houses were built around them. Now, the Bay Area is the last organ outpost before hitting the Pacific. The Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto and both
The Paramount and The Grand Lake in Oakland still have working theatre organs that get regular use. Hegarty has played them all.
Known primarily as the man behind the music at the Castro Theatre, Hegarty has been the head organist since 1978. From his work at the Castro, he has emerged as the go-to guy for the theatre organ in San Francisco. His only job is to play and teach the organ. "I mostly play in churches, and theatres like this one," he says. "Sometimes I'm hired out for parties and whatnot."
Hegarty migrated from the Midwest thirty years ago. He was working full-time as a composer in his native Michigan when he decided to leave for California. "I came out here in 1976. It was a nice excuse to get away from those Michigan winters," he says, allowing himself to crack a smile. "Also, this is just such a colorful place to live."
He also considers himself a 'film music historian,' something that propelled him into the theatre organ world. "I greatly admire the film composers of the early twentieth century," he says. In Hollywood's infancy, composers from Eastern Europe began fleeing to the United States to escape Nazi terror. "Many of them settled in Hollywood, and began contributing scores to films."
Every night, Hegarty deals directly with the ghosts of these composers. It is his job to decide the pre-show playlist. "If it's a movie that has famous music, there are certain songs I need to play," he says. "I will rent the movie, listen to the music, and write it out." Sometimes it's not so clear. "Often times there are movies that have very little music, or music that isn't recognizable to people," he says. "I try to find a link between the movie and the music. If I can't, there are always great standards that I know people enjoy – Cole Porter and such."
As soon as he got to San Francisco, he began looking up "influential people" in the Bay Area organ community. Now, some say, he is one of them. He is the only organ instructor in Northern California. He currently teaches seven students, one of which comes all the way from Reno to work with him. "There are no real academic programs for the organ, you just listen to organists that you admire," he says. "You never really stop learning. It's a genre of its own – you learn it over time."
Hegarty is a very lucky man. He has found a way to spend his entire adult life getting paid to do something he loves. Hegarty is a fixture at The Castro–he has been there so long that some people take him for granted. "They come to expect me. Sometimes I get a crowd that isn't as appreciative, but when I get a good, lively audience, it's really quite a thrill."
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I Wrote This: A Four Star Affair, Metro Silicon Valley
From this week's Metro: http://www.sanjose.com/a-four-star-affair-e769791
"San Jose seems to have a surplus of broken-hearted boys ready to channel their angst into pop-punk. They were around when I was a high school kid making the all-ages scene, and they're still cropping up with bands like A Four Star Affair. I'm pretty sure the South Bay's emo boom is just a well-plotted scheme to get chicks. Cause you know there's a certain kind of teenage girl that totally digs it. They wear band tees with terry cloth wristbands and low-top Chuck Taylors, they drive red Jettas, and I may or may not have been one about ten years ago. I think these guys are onto something."
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Home » What are ions?
What are ions and where can they be found?
Ions are molecules, which have at least lost or gained one electron and are therewith either positively or negatively charged and thus polarized.
Relatively many negative ions can be found in mountain and sea air but also in the skies after a thunder storm caused by UV radiation, lightening and tiny water droplets that react with air molecules.
Ions always strive for a neutral position. Some will be neutralized immediately after they originate and others have a longer life-span depending on the circumstances.
Ions are capable of bonding to aerosols – those are solid or fluent substances in gases – as well as to dust particles. These will become heavier than the surrounding air and then descend. Ions will also bond to bacteria and germs of diseases and eliminate them by electrical charge.
What is the effect of ions on humans?
Biology scientists have been able to prove that negative oxygen ions in our respiratory air are of vital importance to the metabolism. With the help of oxygen the body burns food elements such as fat, carbohydrates and proteins and turns them into carbon dioxide and water. Inhaling ionized air will improve the oxygen levels in the blood, which will make the separate organs function better and the overall cellular metabolism will improve.
Mind you, oxygen is only biologically active when it is negatively charged.
The worst "ion-robbers" are electrically charged synthetic material surfaces, house dust and electrical appliances. When there is a shortage of negative oxygen ions many people suffer nervousness, feel depressed or tired, have a disrupted night's rest or have a lower physical or mental resistance.
The best way of keeping the air healthy is banishing the "ion-robbers", to regularly ventilate the space and use natural materials.
Scientific research shows that revitalising the air with negative ions has a positive effect on humans. There is a distinct increase in resistance, an improvement of concentration and an increase of joy in life.
When the ion levels are disrupted – the air contains too many positive oxygen ions, e.g. when the weather is changing – health problems such as 'not feeling too good' regularly occur. These complaints can range from a dry throat, a stuffed up nose, an overall touch of flu, fatigue, sleeping problems, to headaches etc.
NNegative ions are constantly in motion. They fly all over the place, distribute their charges and with high speed collide with anything present in a space. If the skin is touched the effect compares to that of a massage. The saturation of the skin increases which means that the skin will look better, hair growth will increase, resistance will increase and allergic reactions will decrease.
Tiny hairs in the nose, the farthest part of the oral cavity and in the trachea must protect us from infections. Each hair grows from a single active cell. Air pollution and a shortage of negative ions will cause the epithelial cilia to stop moving and render them useless.
But if air with negative ions enters the bronchial tubes, the epithelial cilia will stand up at once and start moving as if they were tentacles. They seize the dust particles from the air that is inhaled and retain them. By means of saliva and exhaled damp air the contaminations are discharged. afgevoerd.
The positive effect negative ions have on the lung function has indisputably been verified. For negative ions it is easy to reach the alveoli. The negative charge of the oxygen atoms stimulates the purifying power of the lungs. Slime will dissolve and contaminations will be eliminated or coughed up via the top airways in the throat after they have been absorbed by the free macrophages and the alveoli have positioned them on the epithelial cilia.
The human body has about 600 million alveoli with a surface of about 100 m2. From the alveoli oxygen is absorbed with the help of red blood cells (haemoglobin) and will reach the cells through the blood circulation. There are blood platelets that produce thrombogenesis for clotting the blood. When the blood platelets are not charged properly they will curdle and clot tiny veins. Thanks to the negative charge clotting is prevented because they now reject one another. If the charging potential is missing there is danger of thromboses and embolism.
Each healthy body cell has a cell voltage of -50 to -70 Mill volts. When exhausted this value drops to 0 Mill volts and can even turn positive. Thanks to negative oxygen ions the cells can be 'recharged' time and time again. The cells needs oxygen for their metabolism because oxygen breaks down fat and carbohydrates. As a result carbon dioxide leaves the cell via the body's lungs. Newly adsorbed negative oxygen revitalises the blood and enters the cell. We can describe the metabolism simplified: Carbohydrates from food and oxygen reach the cell. Both will burn releasing carbon dioxide via the blood and through the lungs. For cancer cells this is different. These cells do not burn oxygen which means that carbon dioxide is accumulated. Moreover, negative oxygen stimulates the production of zytrochrom C, an important substance for several processes within the cell.
Hormones are created in the hypophysis, an organ of a mere 0,6 to 0,8 grams in the lower part of the brain. Despite its slight weight and size it is the supplier of vital hormones that make the adrenal glands, the thyroid gland and the reproduction system in both men and women work. Other hormones in the hypophysis take care of muscles, creating blood vessels, peristalsis, operating the gall bladder and kidneys, but also the light sensitivity and therewith the tanning of the skin. For producing these hormones the electrical biological processes are responsible and a direct relation can be acknowledged between these processes and the air that is inhaled.
The 'stress hormone' serotonin is created in abundance with actual stress and also with avoided stress and can then be found in the thrombocytes and neurons. It will very much stimulate man but it also has negative consequences. Arguing, great agitation, joint pains, depressions and headaches can be caused by high levels of serotonin in the body. Another substance, mono-amine-oxidases, breaks down serotonin. Negative oxygen will stimulate the creation of mono-amine-oxidases, a substance that is created by the body itself.
Chemicals, synthetic materials, fertilizer, pesticides, various exhaust fumes etc. have dramatically deteriorated both the indoor and outdoor air. By inhaling polluted air the body will be more heavily burdened and will experience more stress.
However, the influence we have on the quality of the air we breathe is minimal. Every day a person breathes about 10,000 litters of air. It will come as no surprise that many people suffer from respiratory allergies. But negative ions are capable of removing several substances that trigger allergic reactions from the air.
By using an ionizer it is possible to create a similar dynamic balance between negative and positive ions as can be found in unspoiled nature. That is why it is significant to constantly leave an ionizer on in a closed space. A surplus of negative ions is never harmful.
The air in homes and offices is full of tiny airborne particles. These particles are, amongst others, dust and tobacco smoke that carry bacteria, germs of diseases and viruses. Negative ions are capable of fusing these particles to larger parts which are too heavy to float and thus descend. By regularly cleaning the space using a vacuum cleaner or mop/ceiling-mop these fused particles are eliminated.
What is the effect of ions in nature?
In nature you will find 0 to 50,000 positive or negative oxygen ions per cm3. Because the relation between positive and negative ions is 1 : 1.4 there is a surplus of negative oxygen ions.
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A coordinated network of interpretive and educational facilities helps residents and visitors learn about the connection between their behavior and the sustainability of Lake Tahoe's environment. Having a visitor information facility and services in an area of concentrated public provides an unparalleled opportunity to orient visitors to the special features, requirements and opportunities that abound in the Tahoe Basin.
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Explore Tahoe welcomes, educates and transports its guests to outdoor recreational and cultural activities available around the south end of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Its unique glass paving, sculptures, murals and features entice urban visitors into the facility and shares information to encourage them out into Tahoe's outdoor amenities.
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The 10 Best Roller Coasters In America
by Daniel Lefferts
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In the last 10 to 15 years, a slate of new roller coasters has pushed at, pulled at, and sometimes entirely changed our conception of what a thrill ride can and should do. We've seen the erection of rides like Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio and Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey: spindly giants that project riders into the far less oxygen-rich reaches of our atmosphere (both rides top 400 feet) at speeds that would earn you a ticket in rush-hour traffic on the Autobahn. We've seen, too, the construction of "flying" roller coasters, on which riders are suspended with their backs parallel to the track, as well as 4D — no, 5D! — coasters, which hang riders out to dry on either side of the track, caged in cars that spin freely through hills, turns, and inversions.
But just how do these new-fangleds compare with the classic woodies, the Coney Island Cyclones that have managed, for decades, without all the NASA-engineered bells and whistles, to send riders into the kind of torpor that only witnesses to oblivion know?
Not surprisingly, most lists of the top roller coasters contain a mix of both. So does ours. Here are our picks for the most innovative, scariest, and beautiful roller coasters in the country.
10. Kingda Ka: Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, New Jersey
It is the tallest roller coaster on the planet, it is one of the fastest and, yes, it is one of the best. Though it only lasts for a few seconds, the experience it offers is one you'll never forget; and, unlike that stranger at the bar, Kingda really means it. The stats are enough to make any enthusiast jump in a car and head to Central NJ: height, 456 feet; speed, 128 mph; incline, 90 degrees. But, the addition of a new ride, Zumanjaro, attached to Kingda's track, makes for the kind of amusement-park absurdity that truly must be seen and ridden to be believed.
9. Outlaw Run: Silver Dollar City, Branson, Missouri
Wooden frames and inversions come together in Outlaw Run. Opened in 2013, this ride flips riders upside down three times over the course of its half-mile-long track, while reaching a top speed of 68 mph. And that's not to mention the fact that its drop (162 feet) is, at 81 degrees, the steepest of any wooden roller coasters in the world. Located in Branson, Missouri, amid the Ozarks, Silver Dollar City is a bit of a trek for most. But, while Outlaw reigns supreme as the most innovative wooden roller coaster on the planet, it deserves a visit from true enthusiasts.
8. X2: Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California
X2 was, upon its debut in 2002, the world's first "four-dimensional" roller coaster. What this means: Riders are suspended on either side of the track in seats that spin 360 degrees as they climb 200 feet and progress through a series of "raven turns" at speeds reaching 76 mph. Since X2's opening, other similar roller coasters have added to the genre, but this red beast remains a favorite.
7. The New Texas Giant: Six Flags Over Texas, Arlington, Texas
The New Texas Giant is one of many roller coasters that has survived large-scale transformations over its decades-long history, all the while keeping its hold over thrill seekers far and wide. It was first opened in 1990 as the Texas Giant: a classic, big-drop, big-speed woodie, sporting a peak of 153 feet and a top speed of 65 mph. In 2011, after increasing roughness led to a decline in its popularity, it was refurbished, redesigned, and rebranded. The reno worked: Amusement Today named it the best new ride of 2011, and the ride has since become a thrilling symbol, not only of Texas's penchant for showmanship, but also of the ability of roller coasters to endure and evolve over time.
6. The Voyage: Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, Santa Claus, Indiana
In addition to being, at 1.3 miles, one of the three longest roller coasters in the country, this woodie boasts a stunning 24.3 seconds of airtime. That's nearly half a minute of astronaut-in-space-style zero-gravity sensation. And don't underestimate just how much scarier a wooden coaster can be.
5. Nitro: Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, New Jersey
Nitro, like Apollo's Chariot in Busch Gardens Williamsburg, eschews loops and cheap thrills for the simplicity of height, speed, and elegance. Beginning with a 215-foot drop, the coaster reaches a speed of 80 mph and takes riders over a series of a "camelback" hills that give you that weightless, stomach-in-throat sensation. With more than 5,000 feet of track, it's also one of the longest roller coasters in the nation.
4. Bizarro: Six Flags New England, Agawam, Massachusetts
Bizarro's mile-long-plus track includes a 221-foot-drop (into a dark tunnel) and a series of "airtime" hills that, at speeds reaching nearly 80 mph, lift riders out of their seats. Built by the same company that erected the famed Millennium Force in Cedar Point in Ohio, Intamin, the vivid purple coaster has been consistently well-reviewed by critics, including Amusement Today, which has named the best steel roller coaster in the world five times since 2003.
3. Millennium Force: Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio
When Millennium Force opened in the year 2000, it became the world's first Giga coaster (the official name for any roller coaster with a peak height between 300 and 399 feet). Subsequent coasters such as Kingda Ka have made that achievement seem minor by comparison, but this blue beauty still maintains a hold over the hearts of enthusiasts. In 2013, well after taller and faster rides had come along, TIME ranked it the number one roller coaster in the country. Perched at the perimeter of roller coaster mecca Cedar Point, the ride drops riders from a height of 310 feet before sending them over hills and and around sweeping turns at speeds exceeding 90 mph.
2. Apollo's Chariot: Busch Gardens, Williamsburg, Virginia
Like all coasters at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, this purple stunner comes with an elaborate, if high-minded, thematic context: Antiquity! myth! (You may have guessed this from its name.) Valorous music plays as the car climbs the 170-foot peak, after which, the theme — well, at 73 mph, who cares about the theme? Chariot, which both TIME and Amusement Today have ranked among the best coasters in the country, is one of the few rides that executes thrills and horrors with grace. No rickety jangling, no ear contusions, no cheap tricks — just good, proper, terrifying fun.
1. El Toro: Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, New Jersey
If you're going to build a wooden roller coaster in the 21st century, it better worth all that eco-unconscious timber, meaning: it better be hellish enough to cause its snaky steel competitors to cower and put towels over their privates in fits of locker room envy. El Toro more than answers this challenge.
Built in 2006, the coaster starts things off with a 176 foot drop that, for numerical consistency's sake, is pitched at 76 degrees, making it one of the steepest slopes on any wooden roller coaster on the globe. Reaching 70 miles per hour, El Toro throws riders around haphazardly, pushing the limits, it would seem, of what angles and turns and zero-G hills a wood frame is capable of supporting. Easily one the scariest rides in existence — and one of the most frequently top-ranked — it makes up for in pure muscle what it lacks in new millennium gimmicks, making it the clearly thrilling and terrifying winner.
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Wolfgang Georg I. Graf und Herr zu Castell-Remlingen (* 27. Januar 1610 in Remlingen; † 4. Mai 1668 ebenda) war von 1631 bis 1668 ein Herrscher der geteilten Grafschaft Castell.

Die Grafschaft vor Wolfgang Georg I.
Einschneidendes Ereignis des 16. Jahrhunderts in der Grafschaft Castell war die einsetzende Reformation. Die Grafen führten die neue Konfession in ihrem gesamten Herrschaftsgebiet ein. Vorgänger des Grafen Wolfgang Georg, die Grafschaft war zeitweise unter drei Brüdern geteilt worden, hatten zunächst Pfründen in den katholischen Bistümern der Umgebung inne. Im Laufe der Zeit nahmen sie jedoch den neuen Glauben an und untermauerten diese Einstellung mit der Unterzeichnung der Konkordienformel im Jahr 1579.

Der direkte Vorgänger des Grafen, sein Vater Graf Wolfgang II., war der Begründer der Linie Castell-Remlingen. Die beiden Brüder Wolfgang und Gottfried wurden auf eine Linienspaltung verpflichtet. Sie sollte bis ins frühe 19. Jahrhundert Bestand haben. Während Gottfried nun in Rüdenhausen und Wiesenbronn residierte, saß Wolfgang in Castell und Remlingen. Er begann auch mit der Erneuerung des Casteller Oberschlosses, bevor der einsetzende Dreißigjährige Krieg die weiteren Arbeiten vereitelte.

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Wolfgang Georg I. wurde am 27. Januar 1610 in Remlingen als einziges Kind von Graf Wolfgang II. zu Castell-Remlingen und dessen zweiter Frau Juliana von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim geboren. Über die Jugend und Ausbildung des jungen Grafen schweigen die Quellen. Bereits acht Jahre nach der Geburt von Wolfgang Georg brach 1618 der Dreißigjährige Krieg aus, der jedoch die Grafschaft in Franken zunächst noch verschonte.

Als die Kriegshandlungen auch Castell erreichten, machte sich dies durch Truppendurchzüge und Kontributionen bemerkbar. Der junge Graf trat daraufhin einem schwedischen Kontingent bei und zog mit diesem durch das Heilige Römische Reich. Nach dem Tod des Vaters im Jahr 1631 übernahm Wolfgang Georg die Regierung in der Herrschaft. Während der Kriegszüge des Grafen wurde das Schloss in Castell durch schwedische Soldaten geschützt.

Nach dem Tod des Schwedenkönigs Gustav Adolf lösten die Schweden dieses Schutzbündnis. Künftig wurde auch Castell und die Grafschaft von den Durchzügen der vielen Kriegsgegner betroffen. Die gesamte Wirtschaft kam zum Erliegen, fast das gesamte Vieh der Bauern wurde vernichtet und die Äcker verödeten. Nach dem Ende des Krieges begann der Wiederaufbau der zerstörten Gebiete. Auch Wolfgang Georg I. tat sich hierin hervor.

Gleichzeitig engagierte sich der Graf auch in anderen Herrschaften. Hierzu nahm er ab dem Jahr 1650 eine Stelle am württembergischen Hof in Stuttgart an. Er wurde Landhofmeister, Geheimer Rat und Regierungspräsident, sowie Präsident des Rates unter Herzog Eberhard III. Der Graf entfernte sich hierdurch von seiner Bevölkerung, die nach dem Krieg nun weitgehend auf sich allein gestellt war. Wolfgang Georg starb am 4. Mai 1668 in Remlingen.

Nachkommen
Graf Wolfgang Georg heiratete am 20. November 1636 in Pfedelbach Gräfin Sophie Juliane zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg. Mit ihr hatte er insgesamt neun Kinder, von denen jedoch nicht alle das Erwachsenenalter erreichten. Die Söhne Wolfgang Dietrich und Friedrich Magnus wurden zu Nachfolgern aufgebaut.
 Georg Ludwig (* 27. Oktober 1638 in Remlingen; † 11. April 1639 in Remlingen)
 Juliane Dorothea (* 30. Januar 1640 in Remlingen; † 5. Mai 1705 in Ingelfingen)
 Wolfgang Dietrich (* 6. Januar 1641 in Remlingen; † 8. April 1709 in Castell)
 Georg Albrecht (* 19. Mai 1642; † 16. März 1643)
 Philipp Gottfried (* 29. Juni 1643; † 17. November 1643 in Remlingen)
 Sophie Luise (* 8. Juli 1645; † 19. Juli 1717 in Castell)
 Friedrich Magnus (* 6. Oktober 1646 in Remlingen; † 17. April 1717 in Augsburg)
 Johann Philipp (* 4. August 1648; † 23. November 1648)
 Eberhard Friedrich (* 26. August 1652 in Stuttgart; † 26. Dezember 1672 in Münster)

Literatur
 Wilhelm Engel: Haus u. Herrschaft Castell in der fränkischen Geschichte. In: Gesellschaft für fränkische Geschichte (Hrsg.): Castell. Beiträge zu Kultur und Geschichte von Haus und Herrschaft. Neujahrsblätter XXIV. Würzburg 1952, S. 1–19.
 Otto Meyer: Das Haus Castell. Landes- und Standesherrschaft im Wandel der Jahrhunderte. In: Otto Meyer, Hellmut Kunstmann (Hrsg.): Castell. Landesherrschaft-, Burgen- und Standesherrschaft. Castell 1979, S. 9–53.

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What creates unrest in your life?
Worry? Fear? Relationships? Health? Your children's extra-curricular activities? Bills? Money? Violence?
We live in a world of unrest – of restlessness.
The search term that brings most people to my blog is restlessness, which leads them to "An Answer To a Restless Spirit," a post I wrote last year. We are people who struggle with unrest and want to know how to overcome it. As I was thinking about what causes unrest in our lives, I thought of the following.
ISIS creates unrest for people who will not convert. Planned Parenthood creates unrest for babies who were once living restfully in their mothers' wombs. A white racist created unrest for African-Americans worshipping in a church. Gangs create unrest in neighborhoods. The gossiper creates unrest for the gossiped about one.
Sin creates unrest in all of our lives. There are varying degrees of unrest, but it touches each of us because sin touches each of us.
In the United States, I believe, egocentricism and narcissism eats away at our rest like cancer in its last stage. The more we feed on ourselves the more unhappy and restless we become.
How do we find rest? How can we cultivate rest? Or, how can we overcome unrest?
To answer this question we must begin at the beginning – Genesis 1.
In the beginning God created. The creation account describes God making order out of chaos and thereby creating a good and perfect world (Genesis 1-2). At the end of each day "there was evening and there was morning," language to communicate the completion of a day. Whether or not this was a 24 hour day or a longer period isn't important for our discussion. But don't miss this! Guess what happens on Day 7?
The seventh day was never meant to end. It is the only day that did not have an evening and morning! The seventh day was not a 24 hour day; it was the reality or the space in time in which God was to live with his people forever.
The seventh day commemorated the fulfillment of his creating acts. His creation and creating was complete, perfect, and good. Each creation day ended with the same refrain, "and behold, it was very good." When God rested from his work he did so because his work was perfectly finished and completed.
On Day 7 we see God, the Creator, resting in a perfect and unbroken fellowship with his creation, most importantly with the man and woman. Rest is not equal to relaxation. Sometimes I feel worse after waking up from a two-hour nap than I did before the nap! The Hebrew word for rest means "to cease." God rested or ceased from creating work and rested in a good world in which he created. Therefore, biblical rest is the description of the state or reality where sin is not and everything is perfect and completed.
Notice how the work week doesn't start over for God. Again, it is complete. It is finished. Creation was meant to live in a state of rest with its Creator forever.
In Genesis 2:3 God does something that he does not do for any other day. He sanctifies the day as belonging to him. God sanctifies rest. God doesn't sanctify his other days of work; rather, he makes holy the reality (the day) in which he and his creation would live. Creation was meant to live in unbroken fellowship with God, and creation (including you and me) was created to take part in Day 7 with him. Rest was God's idea from the beginning – "divine rest in a perfect creation." (See quote below.) The original couple were invited, created with the intention, to enjoy and participate in that rest with God.
This reality did not mean that the original couple did not work nor did it mean that work was a rest-stealer. Work in a sinless, perfect world was good and not hard (Genesis 2:15).
What disturbs the rest that our Creator was enjoying with his creation in the perpetual seventh day?
Genesis 3 tell us it was sin – disobedience.
Sin disturbs this rest and creates unrest. Or, put another way, sin undoes rest and creation.
The perfect, unbroken fellowship with God is now messed up and broken. Good and restful work now turns into hard work with pain, thorn, and thistles. Adam and Eve are sent out of the place where they once dwelt with God. Their physical reality (moving away from God's presence) is indicative of their spiritual reality – being separated from God. Creation, which was also once at peace with one another because of it being at peace with God, now turns in on and against itself. The first example we see of this unrest within creation is Cain and Abel. Cain kills his brother because of jealousy. After the Fall, there are continuous patterns of sin taking the people further away from God and from one another into unrest.
We do not hear of the Sabbath after creation until Exodus 31 when Moses is on Mount Sinai.
"But sin ruined that rest in fellowship with the Creator, as well as God's rest in a creation unspoiled by sin." This made it impossible for God to impose the Sabbath on a fallen humankind, because the thing it memorialized -- divine rest in a perfect creation -- had been destroyed. ... The idea of the Sabbath, therefore, disappeared from Scripture until it was reinstitute at Mount Sinai for the people whom God redeemed."
At Mount Sinai, after God has rescued the Hebrew people out of Egypt, God makes a covenant with his redeemed in order to reestablish a new creation. This is known as the Mosaic covenant.
Because of what the Sabbath memorialized – peace with God – God does not reestablish the sanctification of the day until he makes a covenant with people whom he had redeemed (pictured perfectly in the Passover as God passed over every household that had blood of a lamb on its doorposts). We cannot enter into God's rest without first being redeemed. Redemption is necessary to experience rest.
The law of the Sabbath points back to the first Sabbath. In the celebration of the Sabbath the people are sharing in the intended reality of rest with their Creator and now their Redeemer. In God's redeeming act (as seen in the Passover and release from captivity in Egypt) is the idea of rebirth – God recreating a people for himself. And because God chose to redeem them, he invites them to share with him in his holy day. In return, those who keep the Sabbath will show themselves to be the faithful, true followers of God.
While this day had physical rest implications (garnering strength for a new work week), it was more than that. The day was a day of worship not for personal pursuits. Worship of God ushers us into rest. When we elevate and feast on ourselves, we become more and more restless. When we elevate and feast on God, we find more and more rest. The promise of rest is often given in conjunction with the promise of land. Think of the Israelites as they leave Egypt. God, through Moses, promises both rest and land. The idea of land and rest brings to mind the garden of Eden when the land also saw rest.
The celebration of the Sabbath also points to a future Sabbath – eternal, eschatological rest. Since the time of the Fall, God in salvation history has been working to bring back the seventh day. In Jesus Christ, God has been working to restore and recreate what was lost in the Fall, a time when what once was will be a present reality again.
Throughout the rest of the Old Testament, however, we read that the people of God fail to enter rest and the land because of rebellion and unbelief. The three commandments that the Israelites are most often accused of disobeying are: not worshipping idols, not intermarrying, and not keeping the Sabbath. Unbelief delayed the fulfillment of the promised rest.
As we turn to the New Testament, something changes after the Incarnation. The Sabbath is no longer commanded or imposed. Rather, the Sabbath is descriptive of the reality for those in Jesus Christ.
Jesus says he alone holds rest, and therefore he alone is able to gift rest. How is it that Jesus can promise rest, and, therefore, how can we trust that Jesus is able to give it?
First, because he is the lord of the Sabbath. As the incarnate Son of God, through whom the world was made (John 1), Jesus is rightful lord of the Sabbath (Matthew 12:8 and Mark 2:28). "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30). Jesus with the Father and the Spirit created the world. As Creator, Jesus with the Father and Spirit rested and sanctified rest.
Second, because of Jesus' salvific work on the cross and in the resurrection. God recreates us through Jesus' death and resurrection by reconciling us to himself. Listen to how Paul puts it in 2 Corinthians 5:17-19, 21.
Jesus puts us back into right relationship with God our Creator. As a result, when we are in a right relationship with our Creator we experience rest. Our proximity to God determines whether or not we will experience rest.
Our four-year-old son has always had difficulty with sleep. Ever since he moved out of a crib, we have struggled with him getting out of his bed in the night to come to our bed. Whether it is us lying by him in order for him to fall asleep or him climbing between us to fall back to sleep when he's woken up in the night, he can't seem to find rest unless he is as close to us as possible. Our presence brings comfort and rest to him.
The same is true with us and our Creator, our God, our Father. His presence alone brings true and lasting rest for our souls. The further away from him the more restless we are.
Through Jesus' death and resurrection, God also establishes a new covenant. Jesus tells us this when he institutes the Lord's Supper. The Lord's Supper or communion is the divine interpretation of the cross. We cannot understand the meaning of Jesus' death without the Lord's Supper.
At the institution of the Lord's Supper, Jesus says this is my body given for you and this is my blood poured out for you. Just like we could do absolutely nothing to bring about our own creation, we, too, can do nothing to bring about our redemption. Just like we were completely dependant upon God for our physical birth, we, too, are completely dependant upon God for our rebirth. Rest, therefore, cannot be earned, bought, or worked for. It is a gift of God that we receive through Jesus Christ, the lord of Sabbath.
What kind of rest does Jesus give us?
First, as just discussed, we rest from works of salvation, from any and all attempts to get to God. "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast" (Eph. 2:8-9). For those who come from other religions or perhaps from a misconstrued type of Christianity, this type of work is very wearisome and burdensome (just like it was for those trying to keep the Sabbath). Taking Jesus' yoke is to accept the work of salvation he has done on our behalf, and as a result find rest from works of salvation. Works attempted on our own are hard, but works that are a result of the Spirit of God are light and easy.
Second, we rest from sin and the guilt of sin. "To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood" (Rev. 1:5b). "For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" (Mt. 26:28). "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem" (Luke 24:46-47)."To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name" (Acts. 10:43).
Third, the rest we have is peace with God. We are at peace with God because we have been reconciled to God. "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid" (John 14:27). "Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:1).
So what do we do with the Sabbath commandment as Christians?
Since the Sabbath is no longer commanded or imposed, we must not confuse what we do on Sunday as the Sabbath. We come together on Sundays to worship Christ and to celebrate what he has done for us in ushering us into this eschatological rest, but we are no longer under the law of the Sabbath. Instead, in Christ every day is a Sabbath because we are reconciled to God. We are reminded of this reality through worship. And it's not only spiritual rest, but we also are given physical rest in worship because of who we are worshipping. Therefore, we are able to enter into God's rest even while still living in a world and a land of unrest that is still waiting for its final redemption because we are at peace with God. This is counterintuitive to what the world offers. The world says to exalt yourself and trust in yourself to find "your best life now." God says, Come to me all you who are weary and heavy-laden, those of you who are tired of running away, turning inward, rebelling, and I alone will give you rest.
It doesn't matter how much we declutter our lives and our homes, how many times we say "no" to good things, how organized we are, how many naps we take, or how many hours we sleep at night. These are good things to give our bodies rest. But we cannot create rest for ourselves. We might look restful or happy on the outside, but without Jesus, without a relationship with God through Jesus that is spent feasting on his Word and in prayer, any rest we have is only a mirage. It is a fake and so thin that the slightest thing will break it, undo it.
But in Christ, we have a foretaste of the seventh day. The not yet will one day be. There will be no more unrest or restlessness when the kingdom of God comes.
"And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.' And he who was seated on the throne said, 'Behold, I am making all things new.'"
This post was a session I taught at a woman's retreat last Spring (2015). These reflections came from my own study of Scripture, but as I later read Ross's book (see below) and other commentaries, they confirmed what I said in this post. For further reading, read Ross; J.A. Thompson, Deuteronomy (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries); Gordon J. Denham, Genesis 1-15 (World Biblical Commentary); and Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis Chapters 1-17 (The New International Commentary of the Old Testament).
 Allen Ross, Holiness to the Lord: A Guide to the Exposition of the Book of Leviticus (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006), p. 397-8.


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The Village Quilt Rooftops – It's a T-Sweets day!
Published on August 9, 2016 August 9, 2016 by Tracy @ It's a T-Sweets Day!
Last summer my daughter and I spent two days at our cabin having a sewing retreat. It was so fun that we decided to make it an annual event:). We have been planning and looking forward to our sew-cation all summer, and the week finally arrived. Yea! We packed up our sewing machines, irons, projects, clothes, and food and headed up the mountain. It was so beautiful and cool! We unloaded everything, set up the machines, and started sewing. Fun! Fun!
I had to walk out to find cell service, call my SWEET hubby, pack everything back up, and head back down. Bummer!
I sewed over 100 flying geese.
A.few of them had a piece sewed in to make a chimney.
I used my handy dandy "Wing Trimmer" ruler to cut the geese to size. This ruler ROCKS! But even with the ruler, the cutting seemed to take all day.
Whew! Look at how pretty they look amidst the remnants of all of that work:) I love it!
What a bummer that the generator went out on you, and I'm so glad that you had a location that could serve as substitute for your retreat. 🙂 I'm looking forward to seeing this quilt finished, and want you to know that you are keeping me motivated to work down my long list of items for our home. Iris bedspread, first, and then a new quilt!
I'm so glad to have inspired your creativity! Bedspreads and quilts, SWEET!!


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Pastor Greg Robinson » Why Can't I Stop Eating!
Why Can't I Stop Eating!
You and I both know that God doesn't actually operate that way, but let's be honest, friends – the struggle is real. Just yesterday, even though I had fully planned on getting to the gym, I saw a sign at a local fast-food joint displaying their latest deep-fried temptation and it was like my car steered itself there. The only exercise I ended up getting was the repetitive motion my hand made as it went from my plate to my mouth, over and over again.
In moments like these I can quite easily relate to the Apostle Paul when he wrote in Romans 7:18, "For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out." Preach it, brother. We all struggle when it comes to doing the things we know we ought to do. As followers of Christ, we know that we should have enough commitment and discipline to do what it right and necessary even when it is neither easy nor convenient.
Before we go any further, I think it's extremely important to stop for moment and clarify something. There is a huge difference between our struggles with sin and our struggles with self-discipline. Overcoming habitual sins is not going to happen by simply learning to "just say no." Why? Because sin is a spiritual problem, not a self-discipline problem. If you want to break the chains of an oppressive sin in your life, it will only happen through a process of genuine repentance and Holy Spirit restoration.
While I don't want to gloss over the extremely important topic of breaking free from sin, I realize that many of us struggle just as much with self-discipline. For example, I know that God would have me take good care of this physical body He gave me, but I often neglect to do what's required of me in order to get in shape. Likewise, we all desire to have deeper prayer lives, stronger faith, and a greater knowledge of God's Word, and we know what actions we should take to achieve these things, but too often we fail with our follow through.
Let me ask you something. Why do you think we struggle in such ways? Why do we keep sneaking that midnight snack when we know it will only hurt us later on? Why do we keep quiet day after day when we see that friend who we know we should invite to church? Personally, I believe it has a lot to do with our extreme dislike of something called delayed gratification. Bit of an oxymoron, isn't it? How can something be gratifying if I'm not experiencing it right now?
We love when something is gratifying but our sinful nature tends to make us only think about instant gratification and to shun paying attention to delayed gratification. We'll eat that chocolate doughnut covered in sprinkles because it makes us happy now, and who cares about that heart attack that may or may not happen one day? We will walk right past that person who needs our prayers simply because it messes up our schedule or because we fear being rebuked. What does it matter that taking those five minutes to stop and pray might have sown the seed that later resulted in salvation? It's so easy to tell ourselves that we'll worry about the consequences tomorrow just so we can enjoy the momentary pleasure of doing what is easy today.
In case you've forgotten, Jesus warned against living this kind of life. In fact, the life and teachings of our Savior show us that God's plan for His children is one that includes embracing the practice of delayed gratification.
Learning to follow Christ is also about learning to say no to what is easy and convenient. This thought may turn a lot of people off from wanting to live a life for Jesus, but what we often overlook is the implied joy and gratification that will come from following the footsteps of our Savior. Even in simple things like trying to live a healthier lifestyle, our approach should be one that turns away from the instant gratification to await the gratification that God will bring in His time.
Still struggling, though? I know you are and so am I. This is one of these things that is much easier said than done. Therefore, let me leave you with a bit of advice to help you in your fight today.
Determine your direction before denying yourself. Those words from Jesus begin with, "If anyone would come after me." That means that you and I have to decide first whether or not we are going to pursue a Christ-like life. When you decide to do this, then you will begin to make decisions that are more in line with God's long term goals for your life. An easy way to do this is to make sure that you begin your day with just a couple of minute's quiet time with the Lord. Renew your commitment to live your life His way and ask Him to give you strength in the moments you face the temptation of instant gratification.
Don't try to do this alone. We are warned in Hebrews 10:25 to not get in the habit of forsaking the fellowship of the church family. Jesus was always seeking to bring His disciples into close relationship with one another for He knew that the struggle with sin and temptation would be all the greater if faced alone. We need to get back to the practice of finding ourselves at church every time the doors are open. More than that, we need to share our struggles and weaknesses with our brothers and sisters in Christ so that we might find encouragement and experience the joy of a burden made lighter when shared.
I needed this today. Awesome blog! Hits home with what I'm trying to do right now. It's an answer from God to my prayer I have lifted up to our Father. Thank you for bringing this message to me. May God Bless you always!
Thanks Jennifer. So glad God used this to speak to you today.


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Sony is getting ready for PS Plus Launch in June when PS Now will be merged into PS Plus. Free games every month will be cut down to 2 from the usual 3. This means May is going to be the last month when PS Plus May 2022 Free Games can be enjoyed in their original form.
1 PS Plus May 2022 Games Leaks
2 Games leaving PS Plus in May 2022
3 PS5 Games For Free
4 When will PS Plus May 2022 free games for PS4 and PS5 be officially announced?
5 How can I get PS Plus games 2022 for free
May is only a couple of weeks away and PlayStation Plus subscribers are desperate to hear about what surprises are planned for PS Plus May 2022 Free Games. Players are waiting for an official announcement on PlayStation monthly free games arriving in May 2022. And there will be few like Star Wars leaving. But that doesn't stop people from speculating and sharing leaks. To give a farewell to PS' run of monthly three games for free tradition, what will be part of the PS Plus May 2022 free games? Let's have a look at them!
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Sony has been offering freebies mostly games from across genres for the past few months. May will not be different with two PS4 games and one PS5 game.
Some are predicting these 3 to make it to the May list of free games. Subnautica Below Zero for PS5 and PS4, Othercide and Trials Rising for PS4 only.
As we already know that Sniper Elite 5 is scheduled for May. It is speculated that one of the Sniper Elite games might make it to the list of PS Plus May 2022 Games. Apart from this, it is rumoured that an indie game and even a totally new title may be part of May PS Plus games 2022.
Apart from the above, Dungeon Defenders Awakened is one such title that will be added to the catalog of PlayStation games on 3rd May 2022. The reason behind arriving the name is that the title is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and Steam. Since it is the day when Sony doles out freebies, one can expect the title to be part of Playstation Plus free games list 2022.
Lawn Mowing Simulator can be added to the collection of simulators, something closer to Goat Simulator or any other simulator for a while.
We know that Marvel's Avengers will be part of the PS Plus games one day. Let us hope that it gets added to May PS Plus games 2022.
Any official news and leaks will be updated right here as and when they come.
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It's also worth noting that Persona 5 is all set to leave the PS Plus Collection on Wednesday, 11th May. Ensure that you add the game to your collections that you continue to enjoy till you have an active PlayStation Plus subscription.
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Exclusive to PS5 owners, the following titles, are free to play and claim:
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When will PS Plus May 2022 free games for PS4 and PS5 be officially announced?
PlayStation Now announces the list of free games released every month on its PlayStation Blog. The reveal usually happens on the last Wednesday of a month. Sony has been consistent with the time of announcement also. It is last Wednesday of month at 8:30 AM PST / 11:30 AM EST / 4:30 PM BST / 5:30 PM CEST.
On the basis of this, PlayStation Now should make an announcement on Wednesday, April 27 at the time shared above.
The next question is when the announced games are available to play. You can add these PS Plus 2022 games every first Tuesday of the next month. Hence expect May PS Plus games 2022 to be available from Tuesday, 3rd May 2022.
How can I get PS Plus games 2022 for free
The following listed simple steps will help you to add May PS Plus games 2022 to your catalog:
Got to the home screen of PS4 or PS5
Tap on the PlayStation Plus symbol in the top left
Search for the free game titles in the search bar
Download all the active and free games for the current month of PS Plus
The added free titles PS Plus Games list gets added to the library!
If you have not subscribed already, it is advisable to do so to get the updates.
If you had been waiting for any of these rumoured titles and do not have an active PlayStation Plus subscription, then this is the right time to get one. One can sign up for PS Plus membership either through the console, the PlayStation Store official site, or vouchers from retailers.
Monthly PS Plus membership charges are £6.99 / $9.99 / €8.99Rs/ Rs 499, Quarterly it is £19.99 / $24.99 / €24.99/ Rs.1,199 and £49.99 / $59.99 / €59.99/Rs. 2,999 annually.
Sony has revealed an impending launch of PlayStation Plus Premium without an official date. However, it is expected to launch not before June. PS Plus subscribers are desperately waiting for the new subscription tier to get launched since it will include several popular and exclusive PS2 and PS One games.
Sony will be introducing PS Plus Extra from June in which players are entitled to 400 PS4 and PS5 games at no extra cost. It will be priced slightly higher than the normal PS Plus membership charges. It will cost you £10.99 / $14.99 / €13.99 per month, £31.99 / $39.99 / €39.99 for a quarter subscription, or £83.99 / $99.99 / €99.99 for a year.
PS Plus April 2022 lineup of free games had left many disappointed. Players did not show much interest in Hood: Outlaws & Legends and Battle for Bikini Bottom remake. It is hoped that PS Plus May 2022 Games will be interesting.
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It is amusing how it was made possible to box in one place almost everything. From afar we saw a young lady on a carriage. And as we trailed along, we thought we have been transported to a rural area in the Philippines. A rich plantation before our eyes when we least expected it.
Then, there is the refreshing water play area.
We wished that we have brought a picnic mat, like the other visitors did. Must be an interesting way to rest tired feet while waiting for the sun to set.
The exotic, the tribal, and zoological alike.
These are just among the many ice breakers that you will find inside the really huge Singapore zoo. There is a fan in me saying that it is definitely worth the visit.
My little boy was in water heaven when we went to Rainforest Kidzworld in SG Zoo last year. 😀 I can't wait till we visit Singapore again.
this was part of the zoo? wow, so there's more than meets the eye at the singapore zoo. a real pity that we skipped that attraction.
btw, love this tweaking you did on the images. are you using photoshop?
Wow, really great photos! I like your settings on the camera. Like it's made for history books. Like they tell of a civilization, a life in the past, a couple of decades from now.
ang ganda ganda nga! definitely must see!
uy meron ganyan sa zoo. one stop shop talaga. sulit na sulit talaga ang pagpunta dyan.
ganda naman ng sg zoo. we definitely must go there next time we're in sg. i'm sure mage-enjoy si ej sa water play!
ganda, jo! love looking at the pics. what did you do sa pictures? really nice.
love the first and last photo. the carriage is so cool! the wood in the last is phenomenal! ang ganda!
Looking at that picture of the lake doesn't at all conjure images of a very bustling Singapore – the buildings of which are probably just a few minutes away by car. No wonder visitors come here a lot, it seems like a thousand miles away from the city.
wow! ang ganda naman. mukhang sulit na sulit ang trip mo jan ah.
ganda!!! and the way you treated the colors to your photos make the place lost in time.
Thank you for sharing….i wish they can make Al Ain Safari more like this but that would be really expensive haha.
Happy Monday and enjoy the rest of the week!
To everyone, thanks for liking the photos. No, I do not know (yet) how to use the Photoshop. Seriously. I tweaked these by making the colors extra vibrant before turning them into a little sepia.


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'My dreams aren't this crazy'
Donoho's Hughston plays the round of his life, shoots 65, closes with a flourish to win County medalist for second straight year
Harrison Hughston reaches into the hole to pull out his chip-in birdie on 18 that sealed the 7-under 65 that brought him a second straight Calhoun County individual title. (Photo by B.J. Franklin)
It's crazy sometimes the range of thought that swings through a golfer's mind during the course of a tournament round. No matter how much a player professes to keep a sharp focus on the task at hand you're not human if a shot, lie or situation doesn't occasionally take your mind to a different place.
As hard as he tried to keep the outside influences to a minimum, Donoho senior Harrison Hughston couldn't help it – especially coming home in a "near perfect" back nine that carried him to the Calhoun County Tournament medalist for the second year in a row.
Harrison Hughston (R) and Jacob LeCroy can still cut up after an intense round that saw Hughston overtake his Donoho teammate for the win. (Photo by B.J. Franklin)
The Montevallo signee shot a lifetime best 7-under-par 65 in Saturday's final round of the County at Pine Hill Country Club to race past teammate Jacob LeCroy and White Plains' Wesley Jenkins to become a rare back-to-back boys individual county champ.
That as impressive in itself, but it's the way he finished that will have people talking for years.
Hughston shot a bogey-free 6-under 30 on the back nine, birdied six of his last eight holes – three of his last four – and closed it out with a hole-out reminiscent of Larry Mize's playoff chip-in to beat Greg Norman in the 1987 Masters. He made nine birdies total in the round and won by four shots.
He certainly won't forget it.
"Six birdies out of nine holes, that's near perfect; you can't ask for better than that," Hughston said. "It's so funny. The big difference between (Friday and Saturday) was, I hit the ball about the same, but today I made the putts. I had the same opportunities today I just made the putts. All that matters is putting. If you make the putts, you can do anything."
No one had to tell that to LeCroy. The first-round leader (67) was frustrated by several three-putts, including three in a row down the stretch. He wound up finishing third, losing to Jenkins on the fifth extra hole of a playoff for second.
"I played really good today, but didn't play good enough, clearly," LeCroy said. "I didn't putt bad, I just didn't make any. I'm disappointed; I'm aggravated. I played good enough to win, I know that, but things don't always go your way and that's OK and I understand. We'll just go on and keep playing golf. … He played really good, too. I'm proud of him."
Hughston had plenty of chance to let his mind wander. There was that long delay for a ruling for the group in front of his on 15. Between finding a rules official and looking for a lost ball, he just laid down in the fairway for a nap that could have interrupted his rhythm and slowed his growing momentum.
Instead, it rejuvenated him. When they finally got to playing again, he hit it on in 2 and had a tap-in for birdie to, unbeknownst to him, take the lead.
"I had really no thought of winning (laying down in the fairway), I was just trying to stay focused," he said. "All those guys started messing with me and I was laying there trying to focus. I wasn't thinking about winning or anything. I just knew I had a good round going and I just had to finish it."
But to finish it he had to fight that mental dragon. He made par on 16 after bombing his tee shot over the green. But it was nothing like the gymnastics he faced playing 18.
Two years ago he made a mess of the hole in the team playoff and as fate would test him he had the same second shot Saturday he had that day – same yardage, same club. He knew it as soon as the range finder rang up the number.
Harrison Hughston takes a break during a back up on the 15th hole Saturday.
This time, instead of dumping it into the right greenside bunker, he overcooked it and landed near the ninth green. His options were to play a hero shot under the tree limb, over/through the bunker and get it to stop on the green or punch it down in front of the green and make par the hard way.
He thought about all of that as he paced between the green and his ball, finally deciding on the safe play.
"Last (year) I kind of knew where Jacob was (on the leaderboard); this time I had no idea," he said. "I really wanted to go straight under the tree around the left side of the bunker and roll it on the top of the green, but, man, it could anywhere. I really had to think. I didn't really know. I just had to make a decision. I just chose the safe way and it paid off."
What happened next was nothing short of miraculous. He pitched the ball with his 55-degree wedge and it tracked straight to the hole for an exclamation point on a memorable finish.
"You could say that may have been one of the highlights of my golf career," Hughston said. "I wouldn't say life because I've had a lot of things in my life that are awesome, but golf career wise this is the pinnacle, man. This is the peak. Awesome. My dreams aren't this crazy.
"It really is a dream. It's one of those things you're in the shower thinking about the county tournament, thinking how low could you go. It's just a dream come true, really."
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est le premier album de Delta Goodrem.

Il s'est vendu à près de 3 millions d'exemplaires dans le monde.

Édition Standard
"Born to Try" (Goodrem, Audius Mtawarira) – 4:13
"Innocent Eyes" (Goodrem, Vince Pizzinga) – 3:53
"Not Me, Not I" (Goodrem, Kara DioGuardi, Gary Barlow, Eliot Kennedy, Jarrad Rogers) – 4:25
"Throw It Away" (Barlow, Kennedy, Cathy Dennis) – 3:52
"Lost Without You" (Gerrard, Bridget Benenate) – 4:10
"Predictable" (Goodrem, DioGuardi, Rogers) – 3:40
"Butterfly" (Barlow, Kennedy, Tim Woodcock) – 4:00
"In My Own Time" (Goodrem) – 4:06
"My Big Mistake" (Goodrem, Barlow, Kennedy, Woodcock) – 3:44
"This Is Not Me" (Goodrem, Pizzinga) – 4:29
"Running Away" (Goodrem, Barlow, Kennedy, Woodcock) – 3:21
"A Year Ago Today" (Goodrem, Mark Holden, Paul Wiltshire) – 4:13
"Longer" (Goodrem, Barlow, Kennedy, Woodcock) – 3:53
"Will You Fall for Me" (Goodrem) – 3:59

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Notes et références

Album de Delta Goodrem
Premier album musical sorti en 2003
Album publié par Epic Records