Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Beginning of the End by Paul Phipps The Insecure Cast Teases the Beginning of the End With New BTS Pics. On Thursday, May 20, stars from HBO's Insecure took to Instagram to share photos from the final table read. See the pics. Not immediately crying after seeing the photos from Insecure 's final table read? That's growth. On Thursday, May 20, several stars from the Issa Rae -created comedy took to Instagram to share pics from the read through for "Episode 510." As E! News readers well know, in January, it was announced that Insecure would be ending after its fifth season. And, from what we saw on social media, the beginning of the end is near for the series. First up, Yvonne Orji , who plays powerhouse attorney and Issa's BFF Molly Carter, posted a close-up photo of the last script. "The final episode," she wrote. "Deng. This really is good-bye. I'mo miss y'all. @insecurehbo" This Is Us star Susan Kelechi Watson clearly resonated with this upload as she commented, "Let me know how you got thru it. mine coming up." Like Insecure , This Is Us is coming to an end following its upcoming season. Of course, Yvonne wasn't the only cast member to commemorate the final table read. Next to a photo of his name placard and script, Jay Ellis shared, "That's all she wrote. and she wrote the s--t outta it! #insecurehbo" The Art of Novel Kintsugi. The nurse clips Ben’s notes onto the wall. ‘Hmm,’ he says as he draws the curtains. ‘I patch up a fair few lads your age, Ben. Kids who have been to hell and back and I’ll let you into a secret. I’ve seen in their eyes what I see in yours. We can mend broken bones and pack ‘em with pills, but often the real pain is up here.’ He taps his temple. ‘Only you can fix that, because only you know what needs fixing. You’re better qualified than any of us lot. Think about it. Talk about it if you want to. Just don’t bottle it up.’ He draws the curtain behind him as he leaves. Chapter Nineteen: The Memory of Time Spent Healing, draft one. Ben Stafford is a broken kid. I mean, properly broken, and the worst thing is he refuses to believe it. I haven’t updated this blog in six months. I haven’t completed a chapter of The Breath of Ages in three or four. The Novel is broken. Properly broken. I used to think Writer’s Block was a myth – that if you sat in front of your laptop for long enough you’d find inspiration and the words would type themselves. No. I don’t believe that any more. I used to think, if I just wrote The Bill and Ted Way I could fix plot holes and go back and mend things at a later stage. No. It doesn’t work all the time. This Summer I started to think differently. The joys of ‘pantsing’ a novel mean you can be completely surprised by the twists and turns of a story as you type it. But it also means you can find yourself down a random ally that turns into a dead end. The story was going nowhere. I’d introduced two new characters and one new – huge – villain who, whilst exceptionally fun to write, was diverting the story away from its roots. The story of one, broken, kid and his two friends. So, last week, I recognised what Ben cannot. It was hard, but I’ve ripped at least 5,000 words from the novel and started the middle of the book again. And, do you know what? It’s worked. By going back to basics, I’ve rediscovered the story I want to tell. I want Ben, Gemma and Tam to all complete the journeys I’ve laid out for them in my head. I want to tell their story. By stripping away what wasn’t necessary – and working out where the true heart of this book lies – I’m rediscovering what I enjoyed about it in the first place. In the antique shop at the beginning of the book, Ben spies an old dish that had once been shattered but repaired with gold. At the end of the book he discovers its nature. It is an example of Kintsukoroi, or Kintsugi – the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer. Like him, he is told, the bowl is more beautiful for having been broken. Perhaps, in order to achieve their true worth, sometimes novels need to get broken too. The End. In the Bible, what is known as “the last days” or “the end times” or what some call the Apocalypse are a period of the last 7 years on Earth. Jesus makes it abundantly clear that we cannot know the specific date that the end times will commence . But we can know the signs of the end times approaching. And there are plenty: The Moral Corruption of Society: 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; — Does this sound like society today? Of course it does. Turn on television for a few hours and it becomes quite obvious. Once again we see the culture has moved from one that revered God and strived to be righteous to modern day where sin, greed, sexual immorality and rebellion are once again celebrated. Wars and rumors of war keep increasing. Christian mass grave in Jos, Nigeria (March 8, 2010). These are just 5 of the signs the Bible provides, but there are many more. Beginning and End’s purpose is to show that the Bible is correctly prophesying what is taking place in our society today. We do not know when the last period of the Earth will commence, but the signs of it approaching become more and more apparent all over the world. And Jesus Christ made it clear that just as it was in the days of Noah, the same signs will take place. And most of the world will ignore the warnings and not be concerned about their spiritual state. This site is here to point the reader to God’s Word and realize, there is nothing more important than the state of your soul. Many people are starting to see where society is headed and are sharing knowledge. While this is laudable, it’s not the ultimate answer. Spiritual forces are at work and it is crucial that we all make sure that we are right with God before the days of His judgment on the world. And just like God provided the ark to protect Noah and his family from the flood, today we have salvation in Jesus Christ to make sure that we are safe from all harm. The End. So what is the end of all this, the destruction of the Earth? Everyone getting lost in global catastrophes? No. The End of these things is Jesus Christ ruling right here on a restored Earth. Just as things were in the beginning, so shall they will be in the end. God, in His love for all of us, has provided a way for us to be redeemed and be a part of His beloved family again, despite all of the sin and rebellion of humanity. As society becomes even more advanced and more convinced that they can “be as Gods” there will be one final attempt to unify and usurp The Lord under the leadership of a False “Messiah”. And this ultimate rebellion will be met with ultimate judgment. And this is why everyone ultimately has to choose to accept God’s free invitation of forgiveness and eternal life or take the world’s seductive offer of believing in yourself as “having it all figured out” and not worrying about God or your soul. Do not be deceived. Heaven awaits those who believe and pass away in the interim, but once the years of judgment are complete, God is ready to make everything all over and bring this world back to its original pristine, peaceful state with humanity living in loving harmony with Him. Knowing history from start to finish, He sent His own Son to provide a way back home, to paradise as God originally intended. And the time we have between now and judgment is a sign of His patience as He waits for us to wake up and make the right decision and believe in Him. Read through the site and consider with an open mind what The Word of God is saying and what society is showing us. Yes a judgment is coming but the bigger and better news is that God is planning a true restoration of this world and rewards for those who believe in Him. God’s Ultimate Plan: To restore peace and order to this world. “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9. “ I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end..” — Jesus Christ, Revelation 22:13. $550 million busted deal trial between private equity funds kicks off in Chancery Court. (Reuters) - Testifying Tuesday in a Delaware Chancery Court Zoom trial, a partner from the private equity fund Snow Phipps accused counterparts at Kohlberg & Company of telling him “a lie” last April, when Kohlberg said that its funders were no longer willing to back Kohlberg’s $550 million acquisition of the Snow Phipps portfolio company DecoPac, a cake decorating wholesaler. Snow Phipps’ Alan Mantel told Vice Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick that the funders, most of whom were already providing financing to the cake decorating company, were in fact willing to move forward on the terms they had negotiated with Kohlberg in March – but that Kohlberg was using the escalating coronavirus pandemic to push for more favorable terms. “They had no right to walk,” Mantel said Tuesday morning. Want more On the Case? Listen to the On the Case podcast. Kohlberg ditched the DecoPac deal in April, a couple of weeks before the scheduled May closing, asserting that COVID-19 had triggered the material adverse event clause of its deal contract with Snow Phipps. Snow Phipps sued the Kohlberg entities involved in the acquisition to force the deal to close. And though the closing date has long passed and commitment letters from the original funders have expired, Snow Phipps still wants Kohlberg to complete the $550 million deal. In just the last week, Mantel testified, the investment firm Benefit Street told Snow Phipps that it would provide $285 million in financing to close the Kohlberg deal. Kohlberg counsel Andrew Gordon of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison tried during cross examination to cast doubt on the viability of the Benefit Street offer – and on Mantel’s credibility. Gordon pressed Mantel to concede that the new financing offer would “provide less debt … at higher interest rates” than the agreement from last spring. He also pushed the Snow Phipps partner to acknowledge that he had misled Kohlberg about other bidders’ interest in DecoPac during the sale process last February. The DecoPac busted deal case appears to be the second Delaware Chancery Court trial over an acquisition upended by COVID-19, following a fiery case last fall over Mirae’s abandonment of a $5.8 billion deal to acquire luxury hotels from a successor to China’s Anbang Insurance. The Anbang case, you may recall, featured a wild tale of faked deeds to some of the hotel properties, as well as intense scrutiny of the conduct of some big-name lawyers involved in the deal. Based on Tuesday’s testimony – as well as pre-trial briefs from Snow Phipps and Kohlberg – the DecoPac trial probably won’t be equally spicy. But the case raises some important questions about whether the impact of the pandemic constitutes a material adverse event for a company that’s already struggling. There’s no doubt, according to Mantel’s testimony, that DecoPac was not in great shape at the beginning of 2020. Snow Phipps had only owned the business since 2017 but had concluded that the growth it envisioned when it acquired the company was impossible without a big shakeup. The private equity fund’s bankers shopped the cake business widely but Kohlberg was the only bidder to make a formal offer last February. By then, COVID-19 was already looming. As deal lawyers for Snow Phipps and Kohlberg finalized the M&A agreement, Snow Phipps tried to add a carveout for “any epidemics (or) pandemics” from the contract’s MAE clause. Kohlberg refused. Snow Phipps partner Mantel testified Tuesday, during direct examination by Snow Phipps counsel Andrew Rossman of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan , that he regarded the pandemic carveout as “belts and suspenders” because, in his view, Kohlberg already bore all of the COVID-19 risk in the contract. Kohlberg counsel Gordon, however, suggested during cross examination that Mantel sought to add the pandemic carveout after seeing a Kirkland & Ellis client alert advising sellers to consider COVID risk. At the beginning of March, just before the contract was to be signed, Kohlberg demanded a $50 million haircut from the agreed-upon $600 million purchase price. Kohlberg’s demand letter mentioned COVID in only one place, referring to the “complete exclusion of coronavirus impact” from an insurance policy on representations and warranties in the deal agreement. Mantel testified that he nevertheless regarded the haircut demand as a reflection of the debt market’s deepening concerns about the pandemic and uncertainty about how COVID might affect DecoPac’s supply chain and customer base. (On cross-examination, Kohlberg counsel Gordon sought to undercut that testimony, implying that Kohlberg demanded the discounted price after conducting due diligence on the cake company’s expected earnings.) Concerned about restarting the sale process, Snow Phipps agreed to the haircut. The two private equity firms signed the acquisition agreement on March 6. As the pandemic worsened in March, DecoPac drew down $15 million from its revolving credit facility. Mantel testified that the draw- down was typical for Snow Phipps portfolio companies and that DecoPac was never short of cash. He said Snow Phipps was in regular contact with DecoPac’s lenders and with management, and that the Kohlberg deal was on track despite COVID. Then, on April 1, Mantel heard from a Kohlberg partner that the lenders were balking. Mantel testified that he was “surprised,” since three of the four lenders were already providing financing to DecoPac and hadn’t told Snow Phipps about any problems. Snow Phipps counsel Rossman asked Mantel in Tuesday’s trial if Kohlberg was telling the truth about the lenders. “No,” Mantel said. “That was a lie.” What Kohlberg wanted, according to Snow Phipps, was better terms from the lenders in light of DecoPac’s sliding revenue. The lenders wouldn’t give the requested addbacks without reopening negotiation of their commitments to Kohlberg on the deal. Mantel said Kohlberg wanted to look around for alternative funding. But Snow Phipps, he said, believed that Kohlberg would have to complete the acquisition, which was not contingent on outside financing, regardless of who the funders were. But a month after signing the acquisition agreement, Kohlberg told Snow Phipps that it couldn’t find alternative financing and planned to terminate the deal. According to Mantel, Kohlberg told him on April 5 that it believed DecoPac had experienced an MAE and, moreover, that the cake company had breached contract covenants. “They were insistent there would be no closing,” Mantel said. “Our only redress was to go to court.” Gordon’s strategy in cross-examining Mantel was to emphasize DecoPac’s disappointing financials, implying both that Snow Phipps had offered unwarranted revenue projections during the sale process and that the cake company had been decimated by COVID-19, since fewer group gatherings means fewer orders for decorated cakes. The Kohlberg lawyer spent a lot of time establishing that Snow Phipps was jubilant when it believed it had dumped DecoPac by signing the March 6 deal. Kohlberg has said in court filings that even if Snow Phipps prevails on its claim that the acquirer did not have a right to ditch the deal, it’s liable only for a $33 million breakup fee – not obliged to complete the transactions. On the rare occasions when Vice Chancellor McCormick spoke on Tuesday morning, it was to ask Mantel to elaborate on some of his answers. (The judge was presiding from her home, where she said she is sequestered after exposure to someone with COVID-19.) With additional trial days scheduled for this week and for the end of January, it’s going to be a while before we find out what the vice chancellor has to say about the DecoPac deal. But it’s notable that COVID-19 has prompted two full-blown MAE trials in Chancery Court, where such cases have previously been few and far between. Who could have predicted that MAE trials would be a symptom of the pandemic? The Legend of Mike Phipps. In 1970, the Browns used the Miami Dolphins 3rd pick in the draft, obtained in exchange for future HoFer Paul , on Mike Phipps, a QB out of Purdue. At the time Purdue had been on a bit of a roll producing QBs, from Len Dawson to Bob Griese to Mike Phipps. Phipps was deemed an excellent prospect having playbig in big games beating ND. We know that Phipps didn’t pan out in 5 seasons in Cleveland. That’s not why I called. I’d like to relay what I’ve heard as hearsay about Phipps over the years and ask anyyin the know to confirm or refute or add. Ive heard that Phipps was the classic last in first out player; often aloof from his teammates. I also heard he was smart. Heard he took his signing bonus and invested in real estate near DeLand, FL just before the southern migration boom. A coyyears into his career he knew he was financially secure for life. I also hear from one old timer that Phipps was a lonely drinker. He didn’t drink like Manziel to see & be seen. Not a Short Vincent or Swingo’s guy. He’d be in the suburban cheesey dive bards that were an inner ring suburb staple in the 70’s & just knock em down. Dude was sad. He’d talk to people who’d dit at the bar and drink with them and tell them how much he hated football. Phipps was traded to Chicago in 1975 & I doubt he ever set foot in Cuyahoga County ever again. If the old timers an those-in-the-know told me true, here’s the moral of Mike Phipps: choose a QB who loves the game and plays for that love. Don’t pick a QB only in it for the money. Jan 5th, 2018, 3:49 PM 237 months Posts. The trade of Paul Warfield, while good for him (he went to the Dolphins while they were a great team) was a disaster for Cleveland. Typical fArt Modell. If you want to hear some funny stuff, listen to Dieken talk about Paul McDonald. Jan 5th, 2018, 4:02 PM 227 months Posts. BoiDawg said. (original post) The trade of Paul Warfield, while good for him (he went to the Dolphins while they were a great team) was a disaster for Cleveland. Typical fArt Modell. If you want to hear some funny stuff, listen to Dieken talk about Paul McDonald. California QB stuff? Jan 5th, 2018, 4:34 PM 236 months Posts. Phipps was traded in 1977 for a 1978 1st round pick from the Bears. (Who the hell authorized that trade for the Bears. Phipps was already riding the pine behind Sipe, but the Bears gave-up a 1st rounder for him. Teams just didn't value draft picks back then they way to they do today, but still that was an awful trade.) That 1978 1st rounder turned-out to be Ozzie Newsome. So, the Browns lost a Hall of Famer to get Phipps, but recouped one when they got rid of him. Who says the Browns are always unlucky? There's a host of youtube clips of the Phipps' era Browns. In 1970, he couldn't even beat-out fellow rookie, Don Gault from Hofstra, for the back- up position behind Nelson. Yet, in the 1972 playoff season there's a clip of Phipps being carried from the field by Browns fans. But in 1974, he's benched after throwing a bad INT against the Broncos. Sipe comes in to the accolades (and relief) of the fans and leads to the team to victory. The Warfield trade still stands as a major turning point in Browns history. Things were never the same for the once "NY Yankees of pro football" after that trade. The Browns lost years hoping that the light would come on for Phipps. Meanwhile, Sipe spent two years on the 70's equivalent of the practice squad and then on the bench because Phipps had all the tangibles- the big arm, the size, and the big school/conference pedigree and Browns "brain-trust" just refused to admit they had made a mistake. Yet, Phipps sucked as an NFL QB and his stats even by pre-1978 standards are atrocious. For someone who does loom so large in Browns history, Phipps is a mystery man. I cannot recall one "where are they now?" story by the Cleveland media. In contrast, Terry Pluto recently did a couple of very nice stories about Tim Couch and Brady Quinn, both of whom are labeled as busts, but also still consider themselves Browns fans with a great deal of affection for the team and its city. I've never seen such a story about Phipps. He just disappeared once his playing days were over.