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Apparently the leading cause of death for paras. but why? is it the UTIs?
Apparently the leading cause of death for paras. but why? is it the UTIs?
Is it really the leading cause of death? That's sort of surprising.
But there's way more than UTIs u can get infected with. Bed sores/ pressure ulcers come to mind. If you're getting debilitated for other reasons, we're way more likely to get a pressure ulcer to add icing to the cake (or insult to the injury?). Depending on how high you are if you lose abdominal function you're less able to cough and therefore clear respiratory infections, so there's another source.
Still, I'm rather surprised to hear that's the #1 cause. Like in the 1960s I could see it, but who dies from an infection these days? Where are your numbers coming from?
A total of 100 patients, with 38 and 62 surviving <10 and ≥10 years, respectively, were included. In patients surviving ≥10 years, paraplegia was associated with a higher life expectancy compared with tetraplegia, 34 and 25 years (p = 0.008), respectively, and the leading causes of death were septicemia (n = 14), ischemic heart disease (n = 10), neoplasms (n = 9), cerebrovascular diseases (n = 5), and other forms of heart diseases (n = 5). Septicemia, influenza/pneumonia, and suicide were the leading causes of death in tetraplegics, whereas ischemic heart disease, neoplasms, and septicemia were the leading causes of death in paraplegia
I wouldn't put you in this category as you're very incomplete. In that, I mean more mobile and therefore more viable with your immune system.
I remember a couple of years ago, though, Todd getting very ill and ending up in ICU within 24-48hrs from a uti that snuck up on him and went septic. Pretty scary how fast it can happen.
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Sepsis tunnels straight for the nearest artery or major blood flow. Once in the bloodstream a person can die within hours.
I had sepsis in a shearing wound; within hours it was tunneling towards my femeral artery. The plastic surgeon said I wouldn't have made it overnight. The eventual flap was not the problem. The challenge was to restructure the damage done by the tunneling
Sepsis can develop from an infection anyplace in the body. This could be a UTI, a respiratory infection, infected pressure ulcer, cellulitis, epididymitis, infected gall bladder, etc. (all of which occur more often in people with SCI). Sepsis is also more likely to occur if the pathogen is a drug resistant bacteria, which many people with SCI have colonized in their bodies.
From the National SCI Statistical Center (USA):https://www.nscisc.uab.edu/Public/Fa...20-%202017.pdf
Persons enrolled in the National SCI Database since its inception in 1973 have now been followed for 40 years after injury.
During that time, the causes of death that appear to have the greatest impact on reduced life expectancy for this population are pneumonia and septicemia. Mortality rates are declining for cancer, heart disease, stroke, arterial diseases, pulmonary embolus, urinary diseases, digestive diseases, and suicide. However, these gains are being offset by increasing mortality rates for endocrine, metabolic and nutritional diseases, accidents, nervous system diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, and mental disorders. There has been no change in the mortality rate for septicemia in the past 40 years, and only a slight decrease in mortality due to respiratory diseases.
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I believe about ~250K die in the US every year because of sepsis. I could easily see a measurable number of SCIs (several hundred or more perhaps) dying from it every year across the US. It's our weak spot as KLD suggested above.
i recently got very sick, high fever might have been a flu, but i typically take vitamins and drink water and fight it off naturally, ive been doing this since my AB days. I just dont like antibiotics, amoxicillin is still a heavy antibiotic to me. damn maybe I should stop playing this game. and go to the doctor when i get a high fever for more than 24.
from experience has it been mostly UTI or ulcers?
terrifying. im really not good with my bladder and bowel program. i can feel when i need to pee and i get lazy and just go natural instead of 'clearing' it with a cath, if im going out or going to sleep i do but during the day nah. sometimes i clear it all naturally and some days i dont (every night i go then cath to get the remaining and its a hit or miss sometimes only a few drops come out and sometimes i get about 200ml). this might be dangerous tho because i know for sure im colonized, its cloudy and smelly every couple of days, but what if one day it gets into my blood stream or kidney.


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Video Sermon by Tkach to Worldwide Church of God Members, January 1995
The transcript WCG posted on their website differed from this one, because they left out major statements of blame made by Joseph W. Tkach. Their transcript was from the January 10, 1995 (VOL. XXIII. NO 1) Worldwide News.1 In comparing the WN article with the audio portion of the video one can easily see the word changes they made and/or left out. This is just one more incident of their duplicity and history revision. The WCG has since removed from their website their transcript of this video after we made a notice of these discrepancies. This video has now been mysteriously "misplaced" from their church library. However, ESN retains a copy of the original 3-hour sermon.
It should be noted that when the changes were made, there were no tears of remorse from the leaders for all the exploitation and lies that had been perpetrated on members over the decades. The focus was simply on "doctrinal changes" which was merely a distraction.
The following transcript consists of excerpts from the three-hour sermon given by Joseph W. Tkach, Sr.2 to the members of the Worldwide Church of God to present "the changes." This is the sermon that Joseph W. Tkach, Jr. has called "the Christmas Eve sermon."3 The truth is that the video was delivered to all congregations on January 7, 1995. This transcript will show the manner in which the new changes were first delivered to the members, with confusion, double messages, shouting and blaming (which are mind control techniques). Also notice how many times the word "we" is used, instead of the leadership taking responsibility for what they had taught the members. There are many subtle messages in this sermon. (Note: Contradictory statements and inappropriate usage of grammar is the speaker's error. Bolding for emphasis is ours.)
More info is covered in:
Transformed by Truth or Transformed by Lies?? (covers the shock, trauma and confusion members were under after the changes)
I Tried to Speak Out About the WCG Duplicity and Paternalism (letter to ESN which covers more of what happened during the WCG changes)
The Day Joseph Tkach, Sr. Gave His New Covenant Sermon (What Really Happened?) (input from several former WCG members)
UPDATE: In April 2009 WCG changed their name in the United States to Grace Communion International. (Some local church areas and countries may still carry the former name or a different one.) They have since gone on to embrace New Age teachers and philosophies.
Part one of sermon:
Tkach, Sr. (reading):
God is granting us greater understanding to the Sabbath--we gain greater spiritual insight in this matter.
Greetings and a pleasant afternoon to everyone. Shabbat Shalom.
I'm sure most of you have heard about the recent trip to Atlanta Georgia [where Earl Williams was speaking], where I felt I was put between a rock and a hard place, because I have received, prior to going there a number of anonymous letters, now supposedly by people who consider themselves good Christians, solid Christians. I would like to have hoped they were, but by their actions something was considerably lacking, because they posed a threat to me. That is hardly the actions of someone who is deeply converted and who has internalized Jesus Christ in their character. Because they threatened that if I came to Atlanta Georgia and spoke about the Ten Commandments that they were going to stage a walk out. Then on the other hand I received other letters saying that if I spoke about grace the other 50% were going to walk out. So I was given a choice to take sides. I didn't take sides with either group. I took rather the choice of Jesus Christ. That is the side we should be on. These people got themselves all worked up emotionally due to a number of circumstances and it makes you wonder because God says out of the abundance of the heart the mouth does speak.
This is going to be a long afternoon...It's the Sabbath and contrary to any other rumor you might have heard about that we are going to do away with the Sabbath, pray tell what day are we here on today? Is this Monday? Friday? This is the Sabbath, the seventh day, the example that Christ established for us. We're not here to do away with the Sabbath, we're here to gain a better understanding of what God does require of us. Because today there is growing concern for many that want to know if we are an old covenant church or New Covenant church? Is our relationship with God based on the old covenant or the New Covenant? How long will we work in ignorance?
[Discusses ignorance and excuses]
Mr. Armstrong addressed it in 1978 in his article, "The Plain Truth About the Covenant." Much of what he wrote in that article was right. Mr. Armstrong wrote for example that the old covenant is ended. Finished! Mr. Armstrong wrote that Christians today, in that article, live according to the conditions of the New Covenant. Now we have often overlooked the implications of the New Covenant and that is what I wish to address today. Now some have said that is like reinventing the wheel all over again...
[Talks about balancing the wheel and getting into perfect alignment]
We are Christ's ambassadors; hopefully we can all take that to heart.
[Talks about definition of covenant--formal agreement]
The simple terms, as Mr. Armstrong liked to bring down to its most common denominator, the simple term is a formal agreement, or like a contract which is binding on the people who agreed to keep it and all of us made that agreement with God at the time when He brought us to the cross-roads of life and He said, "I set before you life and death, therefore choose life," and we agreed with all the terms that we understood at that time.
We are concerned with the relationship with God and His people. Hopefully, we'll put to rest a lot of the nonsense that is flying around with all the rumors that are going on.
[Talks about types of covenants God made in the past with others]
Three types of covenants. The first is what God made with Abraham, second made with Israel at Mount Sinai, and thirdly the New Covenant that is mediated with Jesus Christ. That is the most important one we are concerned about.
[Talks about the unconditional promise with the covenant of Abraham]
...I'd like to digress here for a minute and go to an article that appeared in the publication that was put out by Global. I think we're all familiar with Global.
[Holds up the magazine for Global Church of God, founder Roderick C. Meredith, 1992]
Now if we would put a cover like that on our magazine, we would be criticized to the third heavens. The point I want to bring out is because of Abraham's faith it was imputed or accounted or accredited to him for righteousness. It didn't make him righteous he was not righteous; there was only one who was righteous.
[Reads the Global article--points out the contradicting parts to the article relating to the commandments.]
They [Global Church of God] like to take pot shots at us for the very things we are teaching.
Abraham was counted righteous on the basis of faith and nothing else. Romans 4 and Galatians 3
God made some dramatic promises to Abraham, which were unconditional promises. He believed God and therefore counted as righteousness.
[Reads Genesis 16 and 17]
Here we see that the circumcision was the everlasting covenant between God and Abraham and his descendants. The covenant was renewed and expanded. Cutting the foreskin was a reminder that God had cut a covenant with the children of Abraham.... let's skip now to the book of Exodus and see God's covenant with the twelve tribes of Israel...Exodus 19 vs.5
Moses became mediator of the covenant of Mt. Sinai. Read Chapters 22-23. Notice Exodus 24.
[Reads these chapters and explained the obedience of the people in relationship to the covenant]
Exodus 31--the Sabbath was the sign of the covenant. Leviticus 24--in the NIV, the bread of presence.
[Continues Lev.26 and Duet 28, the renewing of the covenants and disobedience.]
Hebrews 8 vs.5 [Hebrew 13] I will never leave you or forsake you. That's God's promise. Do we have faith in that? Do we believe it? I don't care what we do, unless you commit the unpardonable sin. We're not preaching once saved, always saved, but I am saved, and, as a result of being saved. I'm walking with God as perfectly as I can. I'm striving to be obedient to God and all of the Commandments of Jesus Christ. We either believe that or we don't. In all the errors that were not manifested deliberately, God did not forsake us. He saw that it was in our hearts and it was our desire to walk with God as accurately as we could. But humanly it was impossible. God continued to bless the work, financially and otherwise. We continued to grow as we applied the principals that were given to us individually and collectively. So the New Covenant is going to be different than the old one and as different as night and day. Under the old covenant you could not be made righteous. Impossible! God established that system for the purpose of making them know how to respond; hit them in the pocketbook. Because every time they sinned they had to sacrifice an animal. That became an expensive proposition. But it didn't make them righteous. It just reminded them of their sins and that's all they could do, and under the New Covenant He can.
[Jeremiah 31--read the chapter]
Each person will have his own relationship with God that Jeremiah predicted. Each person will want to obey God, not because of some list of rules that were written down somewhere, but because he or she has an obedient attitude. God first conditioned us before we said, yes Lord, your will be done, and not mine. And we submitted as we made that agreement and covenant with God at Baptism. God calls it the circumcision of the heart. Laws will be internalized; people will keep the spirit of the law which goes infinitely beyond the letter of the Law as I will explain in more detail later on. Not only that the ritualistic sacrifices of the old covenant will no longer be needed. We imposed burdens on people which we the ministry were not part of ourselves, and did not feel that burden. God will forgive His people without the need for sacrifices. All He needs to see is a repentant attitude and spirit as He said in Isaiah, a humble and contrite spirit and one who trembles and has reverence for my word and my laws.
[SHOUTS the following:] And yet we're being accused that we're doing away with God's Laws! We keep God's Laws because we are saved! We see that in vs. 12 for I will forgive their wickedness and remember their sins no more. In vs. 13 it plainly tells us the old covenant is obsolete, or as Mr. Armstrong wrote it, is ended! It's history.....of course, not every law in the old covenant is done away. Here is where it requires some clarification. Many of the laws are repeated in the New Testament. The old covenant itself as a package is obsolete. The fault of the old covenant is with the people. The blood of bull and goats could not change their hearts. It could not improve their conscience to want to obey God; instead it made them bitter, because it cost them money. It took away from their livelihood, it took away from their profits; God knew how to deal with them. God knew what He was doing even if we don't. They had to keep sacrificing animals; they were never done. They could never do enough. So the profits predicted a New Covenant. Isaiah 42 vs. 6--Christ is the covenant that God makes to His people.
John 14 vs.6---the New Covenant involves the Holy Spirit. A down payment guaranteeing their future inheritance. The Holy Spirit changes their heart; they are transformed as the Apostle Paul makes reference to in Romans the 12th Chapter. [SHOUTS:] Be you not conformed to this world now that we have been enlightened and delivered from the bondage of sin but be you transformed by the renewing of the mind by a brainwashing program that God instituted in a spiritual sense, removing that ugly baggage that we carried around for years and years and then become more and more like Christ! Well are we? Are we striving to become more like Christ? The old saying I've emphasized, it's about time we stop emphasizing that we are followers of Christ. We are Christ-like individuals because He resides in us through His Spirit because we are a reflection of Him. We are an extension of Jesus Christ. Eph. 2vs.5--we all should have the same mind, in line, running true to form as what Christians are supposed to be, ambassadors of Christ. And so we are transformed and become more and more like Christ. The Messenger, the Mediator of the New Covenant. It is the spiritual relationship that we enjoy in Christ. The matter of the heart and conscious and faith. Jesus fulfilled all these prophecies, He brought the New Covenant. We are familiar with the words of the last supper. Some people would get all bent out of shape and their nose would be hooked off in the wrong direction if you use the word "Lord's supper." Lord's supper, the Passover, what is the difference? Christ died for our sins. He shed His blood for our remission of sin.
[Note: Joseph Tkach, Sr. also mentioned "brainwashing" at the 1993 FOT.]
The Lord's Supper is a reminder of that covenant... The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us.... Sets us aside for a holy purpose. We are called a kingdom of priests, doing God's Work in this world, that's part of the New Covenant and part of our relationship with God. How actively have we been involved in times past that would assuredly discourage God to the point that He would turn away from ancient Israel.
All that our Lord has said we ought to do. Baptize, make disciples, bring people to Christ. Teach others all things I taught you to observe. To bring people to Christ. Go make disciples of all nations, teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. Everything that Christ has commanded us is LAW. When we say Lord, Lord, we have duty to obey what the Lord says. We are going to want to obey Him, if we really believe. The promises we have are infinitely far greater then those given to Israel.
We will want to live for Him. Our conduct, our performance, our actions should be to His glory...
We are His people in His service willing to do His work. Before it was more or less, pray and pay. Don't worry about anything else. All you were required to do is send your tithes in, read the literature and shut up. It goes beyond that. Faith is also required. Belief entails action...
If we believe, it's because God has called us. God has called us because God has already begun to change our hearts. We are given the Holy Spirit and promise of eternal life in the Kingdom of God,. This is an eternal covenant guaranteed by Jesus Christ Himself... We do not believe once saved always saved. I believe that I am saved as long as I continue to strive to walk with God. We have confidence that He's interceding for us everyday...
Do we believe.... sometimes our actions belie us. Your faith, our faith can be computed as righteousness, just as Abraham was. Salvation is a gift and it means you cannot earn it in any way, shape or form. And that was one of the major discussions that came from Mr. Armstrong. When I began to share with him, and I don't know why God inspired those conversations going back into the fifties and how circumstances were and what was being taught, he said that didn't come from him. When I began to explain what a new convert would go through before he was invited to attend church for the first time. It was like an inquisition. Given the third degree and, you know, maybe it was sincere on the part of the ministry but also they were doing what they were informed to do from headquarters. Mr. Armstrong said, that is not his. He went on to prove to me that I [HWA] went on to baptize people that were still smoking, drunkards and everything you can think of, even teenagers. In other words you're saying that we were expecting people to perform and act like Christians before they could become a Christian. I said I guess that's it. He says, that the reason I baptized these people so that they will receive God's Spirit so that with it they will have the conviction, the desire and inspiration to accomplish and overcome the physical handicaps that we had. He says, I never espoused that. If you will read Acts 5 vs.32, you'll see in context that it's not talking about God giving His Spirit to those who obey Him. HOW DUMB CAN WE BE?!! God gives His Spirit to those who obey Him. Without that you cannot be a Christian, you cannot obey God. You can walk in the letter of the Law and that's about the extent of it. Mr. Armstrong made that very plain. I believe God inspired some of our conversations when I told him what was required or imposed, and to add insult to injury, after waiting a year, six months, I said, now when they requested to be baptized they had to wait for an already ordained evangelist.
Terms of the New Covenant. Romans 8-- Old covenant--It's history. What do you think I'm doing away with the Law? I'm trying to help us understand the covenant.
Hebrews 10 vs. 8---vs. 9.
We had been made holy by the body of Jesus Christ, once and for all. We have been sanctified and made holy. Now I'd like to notice some of the laws of the old covenant that are still enforced. Some are changed and some are obsolete, some continuity and some discontinuity.
[Talks about adultery.]
Do not take advantage of a widow or and orphan...[????]
Luke 12th Chapter. Parable of the fool....
Exodus 22 vs. 19-- Another law we can apply in a different way. Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal must be put to death. The principal of the Law is still enforced. The principal of the Law. We do not enforce the penalty that the Old Testament required, but what do we do today, pray tell. We disfellowship someone! We would remove such a person from our fellowship until there was real repentance. Or if the individual came to us on his own, strictly voluntarily, because no one else knew about the sin except he and God. And he came to us, in tears and in a repentant frame of mind and attitude, I have this weakness, this obsession, I don't know why, I need your help! Then maybe in that case we wouldn't disfellowship him. But we would work with him, we would be patient, we would extend love toward that individual. Boy, in times past we were--woo--quick to put people out of the church. And Mr. Armstrong said the main reasons only were for division and secondly for untold sex acts. But we put people out for every kind of thing imaginable under the heavens. It wasn't right. That's why I have been emphasizing for years that we become shepherds and not sheriffs. Too many were very fast, quick on the draw with their spiritual guns to shoot people down, instead of offering a helping hand. No we'd remove anyone like that, because anyone who does such a thing is obviously not in the right relationship with God. And sometimes it might have to be done to wake them up. They are violating the New Covenant. Now lets notice some laws that are completely obsolete.
Exodus 20 vs.20, for example [altar of the Earth] If God told us to do it, we'd do it. You know just like when I made reference to what the importance of personal evangelism, a lot of people got upset, because in their minds that meant to many this crazy Russian wants them to walk around with a placard. You know, we've seen them. "Are you saved? Accept Christ! Repent!" I always like to think, now if God required us to carry placards, would we do it? [This same statement was made by JWT at Feast of Tabernacles `94] You have to be the judge of that. We do not keep that law in any way, shape, or form. How about Ex. 29 vs.30, you must give me the first born of your sons...
[Talks about this verse being obsolete]
So you see that some of the laws are still good, and others are changed and others are done away with. We just need to have the spiritual sense and discernment and understanding to know how to apply all of these principals. The old covenant has a package of laws between God and His people that is obsolete. We can't assume that any part of the Law of the old covenant is binding on us simply on the basis of it being the old package of laws. We need additional biblical reasons. You see we inherit the promises of Aaron on the basis of faith. The laws given to Moses simply cannot take away those promises. Galatians 3 vs. 17. Legalistic heresy.
[Talks about Abraham and faith]
You see all we're doing is getting rid of unnecessary burdens but increasing the responsibility and placing it on the shoulders where it belongs, on each one of us. The responsibility is greater and if we're in it for personal salvation as Mr. Armstrong used to thunder out, it's not acceptable. It's a selfish motivation because it is a change that takes place in us through God and Christ residing in us by His Spirit. But if we rely on keeping the Law we will be condemned because we fall short every day of our lives. But Christ saves us from that, He died for us. Notice vs. 14. He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the gentiles from Jesus Christ. So that by faith we might receive the promises through the Spirit.
[Vs.15-16 is read. The point the Paul is making here is that the Galatians and Christians do also and we do today, if we have faith in Christ we are Abraham's children we inherit the promises through Jesus Christ who is the seed.
Vs. 17, the Law introduced 430 years later does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and do away with the promise. The Law given at Mount Sinai cannot set aside the Abraham covenant based on the faith in God's promise. That's the point that Paul is making that's the confidence we can have in the promise. Christians have a relationship with God, based on faith and not on Law. Because of the faith, our desire is to obey the Law, that's putting the cart before the horse otherwise. Paul explains that we have to be obedient in Chat 5 and 6. That's our desire. We are obedient because we are saved. It's our desire. We want to be obedient. His point here is that the Law of Moses, his old covenant was temporary. It was added only until Christ came. What was the purpose of the Law Paul says? It was added because of transgressions until the seed until the promise referred to had come. And Jesus Christ is the seed and the old covenant is now obsolete. The New Covenant has a new set of laws, we're no longer under those burdens, that doesn't allow out to sin in any shape, or form. Garbage! The New Covenant has a new set of laws, though many or the same and our relationship with God is on a different foundation now based on a different agreement. Vs. 24, the Law was put in charge to lead us to Christ....
These scriptures are very clear; I hope they are to you. We are not under the old covenant except of course those that are also a part of the New Covenant. Is that clear, is that plain. vs. 29 If you belong to Christ then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise. The point is that Christians are giving the Holy Spirit on the basis of faith that comes from God in the first place. We are justified by faith, we are declared right by faith, we are saved by faith. Not on law-keeping and on the bases of the old covenant.
If we believe God's promise through Jesus Christ, we have a right relationship with God, and if we have a right relationship with God our walk will be more accurate with God. That's the whole purpose for our growing in grace and in knowledge and why Mr. Armstrong emphasized the importance. I hope that the church does not stop growing upon my death like the Methodist church did when John Wesley died. And he brought up another interesting point, especially when we had the comment when we said there are Christians elsewhere in this world. Oh---but if they don't have the Sabbath as a sign how could they be Christians? Well we don't have the Sabbath as a sign either. Does that mean I'm minimizing the importance of the Sabbath? Absolutely not! Our sign is faith in Jesus Christ. Romans 8. [contradictory statement]
[Reviews the above]
All the Jews have the Sabbath for a sign. They are none of His, not yet. They will be, when they eat crow and are willing to accept Christ as their personal Savior.
Romans 4, physical circumcision is not required for Christians today. Paul said that circumcision is now a matter of the heart in Roman 2 vs.29. Getting back to the statement made that there are Christians out in this world, Mr. Armstrong didn't agree with that. You know he went on to tell a story...there is a moral to this whole thing. Talking about this very point, he was saying at the time, he used John Wesley as the whole moral of the issue. When he died, God allowed him to first go down to hell so that he could observe to see what was going down there. He was shocked.
[tells a joke about other denominations]
Part two of sermon:
The moral of the story is "Christians" means those who have accepted Christ through faith as their personal Savior. But oh, we're so quick to condemn anyone that breathes. Yet God said we shouldn't be judging one another. How do we know what's in their hearts? Most cases they are better Christians then we are. That's a travesty. We think that since we send our tithes in it makes us perfect with God. I'll show you that God expects more than a tithe, and if you think you've been doing so good, and that's what God expects of all of us as Christians based on what He has blessed us with and our natural talents and gifts we have received...
Romans 4: The Law cannot give us salvation. It can help us to see what our needs are. It cannot emancipate us from sin. All it can do is condemn us. Helps us to see our righteousness must be a gift and not something we have earned.
When the judgment day comes and the judge asks us why He should let us into His kingdom, how do you thing we're going to answer? "Oh, I have a perfect Sabbath attendance record. I have kept all of the laws flawlessly." You say that, you made one big blunder, because you didn't. And He will be quick to point it our to you. "I've interceded for you every day, you DUMMY!!" ...
We can't say we are good enough to keep the Law. All we can do is plead for mercy. We have faith in Christ that He died to redeem us from all sin. He died to rescue us from the penalty of the Law and that's our only basis for salvation. Our course our faith does not do away with obedience. Faith leads us to obedience. The New Covenant has many laws of its own. Jesus made many demands on our time, our hearts, and our money. We know that Jesus did away with many laws but He also reaffirmed many laws and made them more demanding. Just as we read in His Sermon on the Mount, the greatest sermon that was preached by anybody.
If a man looks at a women with lust in his eyes, he's already guilty. There's not a man in here that can say he's not guilty of one of those laws, that we've kept and observed them perfectly. He's made them more demanding since they have to be kept in the spirit and not just superficially. You must look to Jesus' teaching and His entire apostles to see the way Christian faith is expected to work in our lives in the New Covenant. Christ died for us so we might live for Him.
We probably have another hour, so hopefully your backside will endure!
Anyway, we are saved from the slavery of sin so we might become the slaves of righteousness. That's what He expects from us. Not just praying and paying. Christ demands everything we have--everything we are. We are expected to obey, but we are also saved by faith. Romans 3--Paul points out the plan of salvation. vs.20 No man will be declared righteous in His sight by observing the Law. Is that plain enough? Through the Law we become conscious of sin.
[Reads vs.22--23--24]
Because Christ died for us we can be declared righteous and because of that, our desire is to walk with God. It's to draw closer to God--to get inside Him if we could. vs. 28.
[talks about Paul's word on faith]
We have works because we are saved. [Reads vs.22.] We are the friends of God, not enemies...
Romans 8.
[Reviews the above about faith in Jesus Christ.]
We are going to gain the victory. Christ is the one to give us the victory.
2nd Cor.3 vs.6-7 [reads]
The old covenant was good but the New Covenant is so much better. The old one doesn't compare. We are privileged to have a relationship with God based on the New Covenant. Hebrews 8.
Hebrew 9-10, 14.... So all those rituals were temporary works, not the new order, now that the new order has come the old one is obsolete. The rituals could make people outwardly clean, we are told but the New Covenant is better. vs. 14 How much more then will the blood of Christ who through the Spirit offered Himself unblemished before God. Cleanses our conscious from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God--So that we may serve the living God--So that we may serve the living God! That doesn't entail just having a perfect Sabbath attendance record. Our desire should be to be here. Our desire should be to have fellowship with one another, fellowship with God on the Sabbath. WE should be that way everyday of our lives with emphasis on the Sabbath.
Chapter 10 vs. 1-14 Because one sacrifice He has made perfect forever are those who are being made holy. This is already being to us out of the New Covenant. To those who have responded, this is already being done.. We have been declared righteous. We are being made perfect and being made holy. We have been forgiven. Does it make any difference in how we live? You bet it does. It ought to; we have an obligation to serve our Lord and master. We were called to serve and not to be served. We have an obligation toward Him and toward one another. We are no longer the servants of sin. We have a new master and are to give all of out allegiance to Him. vs.19-23. Because we were forgiven we should have a better relationship with God. We should draw near to Him knowing that He accepts us as righteous because we are the children of Abraham and the heirs of promise given to Him.
Vs. 24 Let us consider how we can spur one another on toward love and good deeds. vs. 25 Let us not give up meeting together as some are in the habit of doing. Does it sound like I'm trying to discourage anyone from attending Sabbath services? Rather let us encourage one another, as we see the day approaching, as we see the circumstances of this word and our society. We are to encourage one another in faith--in works of service.
It's high time we took Christ out of the Church, into the community, our place of employment, our schools. We are called to worship and glorify God and Jesus Christ. Nothing could be more important and we can't do it when we're all accusing and back biting one another. One Spirit, one attitude and that is the Spirit of Christ. Even if we don't see or understand these things, there's a positive attitude and negative attitude. That negative comes from the influence of Satan.
[SHOUTS loudly:] BECAUSE YOU WANT TO DIG YOUR HEALS IN AND THAT'S IT!! I DON'T AGREE WITH IT AND THAT'S IT! THAT'S A WRONG ATTITUDE AND SPIRIT AND DOESN'T BELONG IN HERE! AND IT WON'T LAST IN HERE!!
[SHOUTS about what a real Christian is regarding a positive attitude:]
NOW TO THOSE WHO WANT TO DIG IN THEIR HEELS AND SAY, I DON'T AGREE WITH IT! [Enter commercial for Global Church of God] WELL, YOU CAN DO THAT WITH THE GLOBAL IF YOU WANT!! WANT TO GO BACK TO LEGALISM?? FINE!! I WOULD WISH THAT YOU DIDN'T. BUT IF THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU NEED TO LEARN AND GET YOUR NOSE REALLY RUBBED INTO IT AND YOU'VE NOT REALLY LEARNED ABOUT LEGALISM, THAT YOU WANT TO PUT IT OUT OF YOUR LIFE, THEN---GO AHEAD!!!
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Irvine Welsh is in a class of his own. Whatever the flaws of his books, they have a seething life in them that rivets attention and an inventiveness with story and language that continually amuses and amazes. The elaborate choreography of his predators and victims as they circle each other through the bars, offices and "fitba" terraces of Edinburgh seems powered by inexhaustibly rich reserves of desire, rage, guilt and scabrous humor.
The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs may not be his best novel (parts of it are not very good at all), but it shares the same roiling chorus of hard men, wee hoors, old jakeys and biddies as its predecessors, builds with the same logic of escalating perversity, and leaves one with the same reeling sensation of having got quite a bit more than one's money's worth.
The hero is Danny Skinner, a restaurant inspector for the Edinburgh council. Good-looking, ambitious, cleverer than anyone around him (he reads Schopenhauer between drink and drug binges with his mates), he's a type at which Welsh excels: the slick chancer whose prospects are imperiled only by his own self-destructive appetites and impulses.
The explanation offered for the latter is his mother's refusal to tell him who his father is; a mystery that propels half the action of the book. The other, more interesting, half is set in motion by the appearance of a teetotal virgin, Brian Kibby, who attends Star Trek conferences and plays childish videogames. Kibby gets a job at the restaurant inspectorate, entering Skinner's derisive orbit in the unfortunate possession of a toy train, purchased on his way into work. Almost immediately he awakens a demonic hatred in Skinner. The two find themselves in competition for the same office promotion, and the old dance begins.
As in earlier books (the intestinal parasite in Filth, for instance), a fantastical zoomorphic conceit is introduced, raising the stakes from mere bullying to a more apocalyptic persecution. By sheer power of loathing, Skinner puts a hex on Kibby, whereby the heavy toll of his bingeing is exacted not on his own body, but Kibby's. Skinner goes out on the town, but Kibby gets the hangover; Skinner gets beaten up, but Kibby wakes up with the bruises; Skinner attends an orgy where he's drugged and sodomized, but Kibby ... et cetera.
In his thoroughgoing way, Welsh pummels the conceit to yield the maximum possible narrative and metaphorical mileage. As poor Kibby grows mysteriously fatter and iller while Skinner bounces merrily from bar to bar and bed to bed, the device serves as a kind of Nietzschean glorying in the vigor of pagan indulgence over the sickness of puritan repression. Then, as it dawns on Skinner that if he actually drinks Kibby to death, he'll have killed the goose with the golden liver, the metaphor shifts to one of symbiosis: the subterranean bonds between predator and prey. The two become steadily obsessed with each other to the point where they begin to converge.
And then as Kibby, half-dead, grasps that his only hope of salvation lies in unleashing his own dark side, the contrivance becomes the vehicle for a characteristically melodramatic act of revenge.
This kind of baroque high concept can be both a stimulus and a burden for a writer. There are moments when you feel Welsh struggling to hide its inherent hokiness: an intermittent attempt to elevate Skinner's abuse-by-proxy into a symbol for [US President George W.] Bush and [British Prime Minister Tony] Blair's war in Iraq — "they get other people to deal with the shit they make through their own twisted vanity" — seems especially forced. And then, too, Kibby is a bit too much of a sap to arouse serious concern in the reader about his fate. But Skinner himself remains fascinating throughout, a study in seismically lurching urges, and his part in the danse macabre is compelling to observe.


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Essential Resources for Clean Energy Task Forces
- Annual Energy Efficiency Board Legislative Report 2016
- U.S. Department of Energy: A Guide to Local Energy Strategic Planning
- New England Local Energy Network's collaborative website with an action tool kit
- MicrogridKnowledge.com, "Community Microgrids: A Guide for Mayors and City Leaders Seeking Clean, Reliable and Locally Controlled Energy"
- CT Governor's Council on Climate Change - portal into current policy making with helpful webinar series for municipalities
- Association of Energy Engineers, CT Chapter
- CT Green Building Council
- National Association of Energy Service Companies, portal into energy performance contracts
- Renewable Energy and Efficiency Business Association - with helpful conference proceedings and resources
CT Climate & Clean Energy Programs
Governance & Knowledge Sharing
High Performance Districts
Resilient Communities
- Ecocity Builders – www.ecocitybuilders.org Architect/planner Richard Register has been at this for 30 years, built a huge network, and pioneered both technology and policies for sustainable urban living.
- 2030 Districts – www.2030districts.org An architect-led, private sector driven set of standards and tools for cutting fossil fuel and water use by up to 90% by 2050 and getting halfway there by 2030, while promoting vibrant, resilient communities.
- Ecodistricts – www.ecodistricts.org A fast growing network of communities and facilitators creating innovative neighborhoods that make intensive use of sustainable infrastructure and amenities
- One Hundred Resilient Cities – a challenge and support program originated by the Rockefeller Foundation with many partners - http://www.100resilientcities.org
- American Planning Association Sustainable Communities Division https://www.planning.org/divisions/sustainable Hub for peer-reviewed insight and best practices for sustainable community policy and planning guidance
- Project for Public Spaces – www.pps.org Out of the box planning organization that fosters people-driven solutions that begin with reclaiming public space
- Sustainable Sites Initiative of the American Society of Landscape Architects and the US Botanic Garden and Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center developed SITES rating tool for water and habitat conservation in the land around buildings. www.sustainablesites.org.
- The Water Council – water technology innovation hub www.thewatercouncil.com
Materials Management
- Waste to Wealth initiative of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance https://ilsr.org/initiatives/waste-to-wealth/
- Toxics Use Reduction Institute http://www.turi.org
- Coalition for a Safe and Healthy CT http://www.safehealthyct.org
- DEEP Recycling / Reuse Program - http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2714&q=324884&deepNav_GID=1645
Land Use & the Built Environment
- Smart Growth America http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org
- Alliance for Biking and Walking http://www.bikewalkalliance.org
- Biodiversity Project of the Farmington River Watershed Association http://frwa.org/what-we-do/research-stewardship/natural-resource-info-maps/biodiversity-project/
Large Landscape Ecosystem Conservation
- National and Northeast models http://www.wildlandsnetwork.org and http://www.wildlandsandwoodlands.org
Integrative Ideas
- Biomimicry Institute http://www.biomimicry.org and http://www.asknature.org
- Climate Interactive - simulations and decision tools to increase benefits and leverage in climate action planning www.climateinteractive.org
- Human Impacts Institute - breakthrough participation strategies www.humanimpactsinstitute.org


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I saw that Keenan Allen gave the Bears a C+ for their performance against Southern Utah.
That's a tad high, methinks.
Southern Utah lost 34-3 the previous week at Utah State, and that game was NOT close entering the fourth quarter.
I'm thinking Cal deserves something below a C and above an F (tough to fail a team for winning). Perhaps the letter that starts the word . . . dreadful?
Result: Beat Southern Utah 50-31.
Grade: D.
Comment: If all you knew was that Cal scored 50 points, won by almost three touchdowns and gained 518 yards, well — you might think the game unfolded as expected at home against an FCS opponent.
Oh, how wrong you would be.
For now, we'll assume the explanation was 1).
The penalties and turnovers were inexcusable and, if repeated in the next two weeks, will result in humiliating defeats.
It's not like the Bears were facing an opponent whose size and speed pressured Cal into the endless series of first-half gaffes.
Again: Utah State 34, Southern Utah 3.
(Not that Utah State is a bad team, but Cal should not be struggling with an opponent that the Aggies dispatched handily. This was Southern Utah's first-ever game against a Pac-12 school.)
Tedford's postgame assessment — "There is quite a bit of improvement to be made" — is an early contender for Pac-12 understatement of the season.
(In all, Southern Utah started seven of its 15 possessions at its 35-yard line or better.)
Allen's unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, his touchdown-negating illegal block and his general demeanor and lack of big plays for three quarters all strike me as odd.
And it's probably safe to assume that Maynard cannot be 100 percent right mentally after the first-quarter suspension in Week 1.
They are brothers. More than that, they are brothers who have designs on the NFL. Odds are, they will move in near-lockstep when it comes to happiness, confidence, focus, being accountable, providing leadership . . . and frustration.
So much of Cal's success depends on them being right mentally every possession of every game.
We'll have a pretty good idea of Cal's collective state of mind in the first few minutes in Columbus.
Next up: at Ohio State.
The matchup: Ohio State isn't an elite team at this point. But if the Bears play the way they did against Nevada and Southern Utah, they will get hammered.
The setting won't be — or shouldn't be — a problem: I've been to The Shoe; it's not all that loud or intimidating.
Braxton Miller is an entirely different matter. The dual-threat sophomore quarterback is well suited for Urban Meyer's spread offense.
The Bears' outside linebackers will have to be far more disciplined than they were against Nevada's spread (two weeks ago and two years ago). They cannot lose containment or Miller will score from anywhere on the field.
There is also the not-insignificant matter of Cal holding its own up front against the Buckeyes — and not getting so beaten up physically that it affects the Bears' ability to succeed in conference play.
The injury list is already mounting, and Cal hasn't faced the big boys yet.
For more on college sports, see Jon Wilner's College Hotline at blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports. Contact him at email@example.com or 408-920-5716.


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Apple's new "Mastered for iTunes" has been causing quite a buzz recently – and causing lots of confusion.
I'm going to try and explain it all as clearly as I can.
There are four ways that the term "Mastered for iTunes" can be interpreted.
1. Mastered for iTunes is a set of utilities and guidelines
The easiest to understand and least controversial definition of "Mastered for iTunes" is described on this page on Apple's site, here:
Mastered for iTunes – the guidelines
Basically it's a set of guidelines for people to follow, to ensure you get the best quality versions of you music files available in the iTunes Music Store. Apple also include free utilities that allow you to preview how your files will sound once they're encoded.
The guidelines are great – they encourage you to submit the highest quality files, and suggest how avoid falling into common traps that affect the quality – for example avoiding clipping and not over-cooking the music's level because of the so-called "Loudness Wars".
At the moment, the final files are still 44.1 KHz, 256 Kbps AAC files – so, they're perceptually encoded files, using lossy compression – basically like high-class mp3s.
Whether you'll hear a real difference from submitting a 24/96 version of your music is debatable – my quick tests suggest the answer is "not much" – but Apple also hint that in future they will use the high-quality masters to offer better downloadable versions in future, which can only be a good thing.
So far, so good.
2. Mastered for iTunes is a section of the iTunes Store
Here's where things get a bit messier. Apple have also created a specific section of the iTunes store for files that have been mastered according to the "Mastered for iTunes" concept.
Mastered for iTunes – in the iTunes store
BUT this section includes examples that clearly don't follow the guidlelines!
So for example, titles like Metallica's "Beyond Magnetic" and the Red Hot Chili Pepper's "I'm With You" are both clear "loudness war" casulties – mastered at a ridiculously high levels and lifeless and full of distortion as a result.
They may have been supplied as hi-res files, but when the vinyl sounds better, you know something's gone wrong.
3. Mastered for iTunes is also an opportunity
Imagine if the "Mastered for iTunes" version of "I'm With You" had followed Apple's guidelines, and sounded more like the vinyl !
In that case, I'd have no reservations in declaring the process a huge success. The disadvantages of the lossy encode would be completely outweighed by the improvement in sound.
This would be a little to do with high sample rates and bit depths at the source, but far more to do with great mastering. It could sound better than the current CD – because it would have more dynamics, more depth, more space, more punch – just better.
Maybe there are already "Mastered for iTunes" titles out there that already achieve this goal – if so, I'd love to hear them.
4. STOP PRESS – Update: Mastered for iTunes will use a new lossless format
Since I wrote this post, Tom Davenport has unearthed some very interesting new information over on Gizmodo:
Apple is secretly upgrading your iTunes library
In a nutshell, Tom believes Apple are going to use the new HD-AAC format to allow us fully lossless access to files that have been "Mastered for iTunes" at some point in the future.
You should read the full article for all the details, but this is huge – and it makes it all the more critical that musicians, labels and mastering engineers take advantage of this future format upgrade.
What's the point of lossless 24/96 masters if they don't sound great ?
The good news is that according to this post, Dynamic Range Day supporter Bob Ludwig has already done this, with Coldplay's "Mylo Xloto", for example.
This is what we need – engineers making new, better-sounding masters for future higher-quality formats.
Tell the world you want this
So is "Mastered for iTunes" the saviour of great sound after all ?
Not yet.
Apple have given us the opportunity, but it's still up to us to make the most of the new guidelines and future format upgrade to get great sound.
I'd love this to become a reality – for the "Mastered for iTunes" label to come synonymous with Great Sound – and even better sound when Apple eventually increase the quality of their download format.
If you agree – spread the word !
Post social media updates, start forum threads, support Dynamic Range Day – let people know we want "Mastered for iTunes" to really mean something.
Update – video demo
So many people were asking me about MFiT that I've made video, demonstrating how to make sure your music complies with the guidelines – feel free to take a look:
Mastered for iTunes – video demonstration using the free Apple RoundTripAAC plugin


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Three Steps to Add More Intensity to Your Workouts
Do you want to create a more intense workout session? If the answer is 'yes', you need to know about these three quick steps that you can take to get the job done. Always remember that the more intense your workout sessions are, the faster the results you will tend to see and the quicker you will find yourself at top levels of fitness.
Here are three steps to take to boost the overall intensity of any workout session.
1. Superset Exercises
First, consider 'supersetting' your exercises together rather than doing one after another. A superset is a very intense training technique and can also reduce the total amount of time that you need to spend in the gym. To execute it, perform one exercise and then immediately perform another set of another exercise. Once both sets are completed, then you can stop to rest again before carrying on.
It will work best with full body workouts doing an upper body exercise 'supersetted' with a lower body movement.
2. Decrease Rest
Next, also focus on decreasing the total amount of rest time you have during that workout session as well. Rather than taking 2 minutes to rest, bump this down to 60 or 90 seconds. The less time you have to rest, the harder your body is going to have to work to keep up.
Just be sure that you never sacrifice good form in the process – keeping proper lifting technique is always a must.
3. Do Reps for Time
Finally, if you really want to bump up the intensity, aim for a 'reps for time' set. With this approach, rather than performing a target number of reps, aim to lift for one minute straight. Use the same weight as you normally would however and if you need to stop and rest at any point, allow yourself to do so.
Then just pick back up again as soon as you can.
So there you have three great techniques to boost the intensity of any workout session. Don't use all three together – rather add one at a time as you go about your protocol.


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Documentation and Equipment
What do you need for a self-guided cycling or hiking tour?
You will receive a roadbook with all necessary documentation as route descriptions, cultural information, recommendations for lunch and dinner, what to visit and when, tips where to go for good flamenco, etc. We use mostly original maps with the route marked on it. You will also get a voucher for each hotel.
All our routes are designed and checked with care and GPS tracks of many tours are available for your personal use.
Rental bike
We will hand over our rental bikes according to your size, cleaned and revised by a professional bike shop. The bike has a pannier rack, so you can bring your own panniers or rent ours, and it will be delivered with a handle bar bag, a km counter, and an extra inner tube and repair kit. We can also provide helmets. Feel free to bring your own helmet, seat, pedals if you feel more comfortable with them!
We will give you tips what to bring with you for your cycling or hiking tour according the time of the year.


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Honda BF200AK3LA 200 HP Four Stroke Outboard Motor
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Honda BF200AK3LA 200 HP Four Stroke SOHC 60° V6 24 Valve Outboard Motor
A great day on the water begins with Honda.
Whether you're driving a bass boat, center console, or a pontoon, you'll appreciate the powerful possibilities you get with the award winning Honda BF225 and BF200.
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Like VTEC technology, for smoother acceleration and power throughout the engine's operating range. A 90 AMP "On Demand" belt driven alternator, providing the highest capacity available for your accessory power needs. Honda's automotive derived large displacement, 3.5 liter V6 delivers the perfect balance of power, torque and fuel economy. Not to mention legendary quiet and reliability.
Model: 200 HP Four Stroke
Model Number: BF200AK3LA
Series: Four Stroke
Engine Type: 4-Stroke, SOHC, 60° V6, 24 Valve
Displacement: 3,471 cc (212 cubic inches)
Bore Stroke: 89 mm x 93 mm (3.5 x 3.7 inches)
Full Throttle RPM Range: 5,000-6,000 RPM
HP Rating Propshaft: 200 HP @ 5,500 RPM
Induction Scavenging: SOHC
Valvesper Cylinder: 6
Fuel Delivery: Programmed Fuel Injection
Starting System: Electric
Lubrication: Wet Sump
Cooling System: Water Cooled
Gear Ratio: 1.86
Power Trim and Tilt: Yes
Gear Shift: F-N-R
Ignition System: MicroComputer Programmed
Gear Case Rotation: Right
Alternator: 90-Amp (1118 watt)
Recommended Transom Height: (L) 508 mm/20 inches
Dry Weight: (L) 267 kg/588 lbs.


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News From
Thirty years ago, Anishinaabe teacher, Maryellen Baker, had a dream in which she was called to help to spread the Anishinaabe teachings with others. Her work began with creating a center for wellness, and has become more urgent as all of us have witnessed the pollution of the waters. Water is life, and it is the role of women to protect and bless the water, and the role of men to support women in that work. This site is where you can find all of the 2018 and 2019 programs and videos from the Women and Water Symposium and related events.
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On October 13th from 10AM to 5PM a silent auction will be live streamed to help fundraise for the 2019 Women And Water Symposium.


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Kahaani 2 movie cast: Vidya Balan, Arjun Rampal, Jugal Hansraj, Naisha Singh, Tota Roychoudhary, Amba Sanyal
Kahaani 2 movie director: Sujoy Ghosh
Vidya Balan is back. As Durga Rani Singh, the protagonist of Kahaani 2, which is not a sequel to the first part, but a stand-alone second instalment of a series that director Sujoy Ghosh is interested in fashioning. The first Kahaani had Balan play a heavily pregnant woman in search of a missing husband. It was set in Kolkata, and that was a win. Sated with the too-familiar by-ways of Dilli-Mumbai, Kolkata was refreshing.
So was Balan's playing of Vidya (pronounced, quite properly, Bidya, in good Bangla) Bagchi who quests and finds: what we got was a mostly-compelling thriller, more why-done-it than whodunit, powered by a fully rounded performance by its leading lady.
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Kahaani 2 has one of the best first halves I've seen in a while. Not one frame is wasted as the set-up is introduced and teased out: a woman with a painful past encounters a young girl with whom she senses a strange bond.
What happens next is a seamless building up of dread and tension as the woman, Durga Rani Singh (Vidya Balan) tries getting close to the unnaturally silent Mini (Naisha Singh), and finds herself drawn into an ugly situation featuring the latter's unctuous uncle (Jugal Hansraj) and creepy grandmother (Amba Sanyal).
Up until this point, we are spell-bound. There is a clear sense of the trauma Durga, whom we see struggling to sustain a romantic relationship, must have faced when she herself was a child; to be little and defenceless and in the clutches of all-powerful, abusive adults is a horror that is tough to imagine, let alone to live through.
Post-interval, Kahaani 2, which ranges from Kalimpong to Chandan Nagar to Kolkata, becomes a different film, reminding you in bits of the Bollywood Teen, and the Hollywood Kill Bill. There's an alleged kidnapping and murder, and dapper cop Inderjit Singh (Arjun Rampal) finds himself hot-footing after the elusive-but-familiar Durga, who seems to have changed names and towns. Is she is a sinner or a saint?
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The pace slackens. The action becomes clunky, and some glaring contrivances crop up, and the meant-to-be-humorous bits between Rampal and his rotund boss become less and less funny.
A stealthy female harridan shows up, brandishing a razor blade. The subtle notes are dispensed with, and things start getting underlined. And then the film starts telegraphing its punches: you know, well before it is a wrap, how it will end. There can be nothing worse for a thriller.
The one who keeps you watching is Balan. She puts behind her over-wrought turn in Hamari Adhuri Kahani and gets back to doing what's she's done well in the past — giving us a solid, fleshed-out character with motivations she makes us see, and feel.
After Kahaani, which took us into a fresh space, this one disappoints. If Ghosh does plan on making a third, he'll have to up his game considerably.
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A stunning building on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh
This building stands on the Royal Mile, at the top of Cockburn Street and is home to The Woollen Mill. For as long I have been walking up and down the High Street there has been a Woollen Mill there, but can anyone tell me what it was before that?
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When trying to use the Hestan Cue app to cook, you may occasionally get a "can't find burner/pan/pot/device" type of error. This error can be triggered for several reasons. Below is a list of solutions you can try on your own:
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Black Saturday victims still seeking compensation
Thousands of residents affected by Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires are still seeking compensation for their losses.
Today is the fourth anniversary of the fires, which left 173 people dead.
Law firm Maurice Blackburn is leading a class action for the Murrindindi fires and it expects about 800 people will be part of the claim.
The five defendants include the state, on behalf of Victoria Police, and SPI Electricity.
They have until April to file their pleas in the Victorian Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, more than 7,500 people have registered for the Kilmore East - Kinglake bushfire class action and up to 10,000 are eligible to make a claim.
Residents from the Beechworth and Mudgegona area secured more than $70 million in compensation after an out of court settlement last year.
But the compensation will not be processed until April.
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After installing the filter boxes and elbows shown in my previous post, it is now time to fabricate the next set of duct and transitions that will run up the wall. There are three total units and each will need a 90" drop. Below are the in-progress fittings lined up in a pretty little row.
Our next task is to cut and install the Ductmate Flange System on each section of duct for easy installation when we get to the jobsite.
We finished up a few 90 elbows with turning vanes for the job as well. Probably could have managed a better photo but I had to assist my helper uncle with that tub of screws :)...JK


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Chicago Tribune – Gehry's pleasantly quirky tower
August 31, 2011
From the mind of Chicago's Pritzker Pavilion architect, a sensuous first skyscraper
Frank Gehry's new 8 Spruce Street apartment tower may be the most delicious piece of eye candy to hit the Manhattan skyline since the Chrysler Building. It is also a very expensive place to live. A 450-square-foot studio rents for at least $2,600 a month, and the asking price for a three-bedroom penthouse apartment is expected to be somewhere around $25,000 a month.
The 76-story high-rise, Gehry's first skyscraper, is wrapped in a sensuous exterior of stainless steel that ripples like folds of drapery and brilliantly catches the light. There is nothing else quite like it, though the building bears similarities to Jeanne Gang's spectacularly undulating, 81-story Aqua residential and hotel tower in Chicago.
But to linger solely on 8 Spruce Street's strikingly crumpled skin is to miss this skyscraper's deeper appeal. Based on a recent tour I took, it also appears to be a welcoming, pleasantly quirky place to live. Gehry, in other words, has given us the total package, not a slick facade job where the architecture only runs a few inches deep.
Located on the east side of lower Manhattan and being marketed under the rather silly name of "New York by Gehry," 8 Spruce Street has 903 apartments and a smattering of other uses. They include a public school that forms a five-story podium on which the rest of the building sits.
It's an unusual arrangement, one that resulted from political deal-making, and it added to the challenge the Los Angeles architect faced in adapting to a skyscraper the neo-Baroque aesthetic he has used in his acclaimed cultural commissions — among them, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago's Millennium Park.
He also had to redesign the building, which originally was to have condos on its upper floors, after it became apparent in 2006 that too many homes were coming onto the market in Manhattan.
"When you have a horizontal building, you can cut it in segments and make it like a train," Gehry said in a telephone interview. "When you have a tower, it's difficult to segment. It's one kind of structure, thrusting upwards."
He found his way with a tower that steps back in the wedding-cake style of classic New York skyscrapers, such as the nearby neo-Gothic Woolworth Building. But there is no attempt to mimic them with pyramid-shaped tops or other facile gestures prevalent among the postmodern towers of the 1980s.
Instead, Gehry added bay windows to the standard New York apartment layout, then arranged the bays in boldly curving stacks that will make it seem, to some eyes, as if he had one too many drinks at lunch.
The bays create the impression of sharply defined drapery folds, which the architect calls "Bernini folds," a reference to the 17th century Italian sculptor, Gianlorenzo Bernini, a master at capturing human movement in marble. Yet building Gehry's design required today's most advanced computer modeling software. The facade, after all, curves both vertically and horizontally.
Only on the straight-walled, south side of the T-shaped tower did Gehry use a flat vertical plane — not as a cost-cutting measure, he insists, but to create a cleaved versus curved look inspired by a geode.
The results can be entrancing, particularly on days when bright sunlight accentuates 8 Spruce Street's undulating, stainless steel skin. Its powerfully sculpted curves seem to swoop in and out, up and down, as though Gehry had taken a sheet of tinfoil, crumpled it and turned it into a skyscraper. The building seems especially luminous when glimpsed from the dark canyons of lower Manhattan. Even the tower's stark south side comes off well, if only because it serves to contain — and contrast with — the building's riotous energy.
Like the Art Deco Chrysler Building, which opened in 1930 and features such visual flourishes as gargoyles modeled on hood ornaments, 8 Spruce manages to be playful without being foolish. Yet if the Chrysler Building symbolizes the machine age, this skyscraper exemplifies the digital age. Here, aided by the computer, Gehry endows the tall residential building with the same emphasis on movement and feeling that characterizes his great cultural commissions.
Even so, there are faults. From certain angles, 8 Spruce Street's silhouette appears more muscular than lyrical. Its blocky edges lack the graceful curves that race so fluidly around Aqua's corners, weaving that tower's different facades into a captivating whole. On cloudy days, when 8 Spruce is seen from a distance, its curves seem to flatten and it appears little different from a conventional high-rise.
One can also question Gehry's decision to give the organic tower and its rectangular podium entirely different aesthetic expressions. In doing so, he sidestepped a major challenge of skyscraper architecture, which is to resolve a tower's large-scale urban presence with the more intimate scale of the street.
Responding to this criticism, Gehry said he felt that covering the school in brick and giving it a more conventional geometry than the tower would offer a certain comfort to students. In any event, the school, which opens in September, does no harm to its surroundings, and two street-level plazas that flank it may compensate for its lack of architectural delight.
8 Spruce Street is equally appealing as a place to live, and that is largely because Gehry had control over the interior. At Aqua, which opened in 2009, Gang did little to shape the apartments, which were handled by the building's architect-of-record and turned out to be rather conventional living spaces. In contrast, Gehry has designed everything from door handles to window seats.
His touch is evident in the lobby, with its vertically grained Douglas fir walls and a concrete reception desk that brings the warpy curves of the exterior inside. Even the elevator lobbies reflect Gehry's hand, the off-kilter rows of lights on their ceilings evoking a sense of motion.
I visited several apartments, from a studio to a three-bedroom. While the units are small compared with Manhattan's great prewar apartment houses, the apartments benefit from open floor plans, views of such landmarks as the Brooklyn Bridge and a delightful quirkiness created by Gehry's bay windows, with their nooks and window seats. These, above all, break down the building to a human scale.
Wisely, Gehry kept most of his architectural moves to the perimeter, realizing that prospective tenants might balk if they couldn't fit straight-lined couches and other conventional furniture into the apartments. And while his hand is evident throughout, it is not a heavy hand that forces inhabitants to adapt their lifestyle to his aesthetic, in the manner of certain houses by Frank Lloyd Wright.
"I'd never be able to live like that," Gehry said. Indeed, he has ridden the building's elevators during visits to 8 Spruce Street and says tenants have given him positive feedback. "The only negative I got was from a guy who said there were too many rules — things to do with security, things imposed on buildings since 9/11," Gehry said.
It's disappointing that the developers chose not to pursue Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design status, which is widely viewed as the green building movement's equivalent of the Good Housekeeping seal of approval. But 8 Spruce Street still has many energy-saving features, such as low-emitting paints that improve indoor air quality. Though not officially green, it's at least green in spirit.
Of the 600 units now on the market, 450 have been rented, according to Susi Yu, a senior vice president for the developer, Forest City Ratner Cos. Overall, she estimated, it cost about 10 percent more to build Gehry's design than a conventional apartment building with a steel and glass curtain wall. Yet the developer could profit handsomely if the building continues to command high rents. Among those living at 8 Spruce Street, Yu said, are people who work on Wall Street, internationals, entrepreneurs and celebrities, whom she declined to name.
In the end, though, what matters most about 8 Spruce Street is the magic it works on New York's celebrated skyline. Perhaps, in light of the high rents that form the project's economic underpinnings, it could only have been built here. Yet as cities around the country, including Chicago, experience a new surge of apartment building, Gehry's skyscraper sets a towering yet playfully humanistic standard.


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...get more from your hairspray? I have cans and cans of spray but I only use them a few times a year. Here's how I make those cans work double duty:
* Spray the reinforced toes of nylons and tights to help prevent runs. I've even sprayed my legs very lightly once the nylons are on.
* Get gum out of carpet by freezing it with a blast of hair spray before scraping.
* Spray a light coating over my son's artwork to keep the paint and glued on materials last longer.
* Keep cut flowers for a bit longer by giving them a distant quick spritz underneath petals and flowers.
* Make your shoe polish last a bit longer with a light spray. I've very rarely polish my shoes but this does help to keep the shine from fading as fast.
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In late August, I road tripped across the desert with my parents and 1-year old boy. Coming off a spiritual high from time in Albuquerque, New Mexico for The Living School through the Center for Action and Contemplation, a road trip quickly reminded me how far I have to travel on my own inner journey. But that aside, we packed up the rental car and made our way to California for a family wedding.
We had a week open to explore, so we took it slow and enjoyed the incredible geography of the region. After sitting through incredible spiritual teachings the week before, the geography of the desert was a welcomed landscape. Each stop, and even the drives in between, provided plenty of opportunities for wonder and amazement. My mind was stretched each day as I stared at marvels beyond my comprehension.
Our first stop was the Petrified Forest National Park, where the Arizona desert is at its most spectacular. We drove through the park and stood over the painted desert - a wild expanse of color juxtaposed against the endless blue sky - and we touched stones that used to stand as trees in a tropical forest with the dinosaurs roaming among them. With wonder as a cherished feeling, this is a place that filled me.


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What does God look like? Liberals and conservatives have different ideas, NC study finds
We now know what God might look like, or at least what a group of extremely brave psychologists are suggesting, based on research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Among the team's many conclusions: Liberals and conservatives see God differently...a lot differently.
The researchers came to that realization after asking 551 American Christians what they think God looks like, so a composite mugshot could be created from the many responses.
The end result is a mugshot that shows God is white, young and clean cut, not unlike someone from an 80s boy band.
As for his expression, Mona Lisa's vague smile comes to mind.
All 551 of the Christians involved came to the study with some kind of bias, the researchers said.
Liberals imagined God as "more feminine, younger, and more loving," while conservatives have a white guy in mind who was "more powerful," said the researchers.
"These biases might have stemmed from the type of societies that liberals and conservatives want," said the study's lead author Joshua Conrad Jackson, in a synopsis posted on UNC Chapel Hill's website.
"Past research shows that conservatives are more motivated than liberals to live in a well-ordered society, one that would be best regulated by a powerful God. On the other hand, liberals are more motivated to live in a tolerant society, which would be better regulated by a loving God."
The final image crafted by the study is basically just a big guess, since the Bible doesn't spell out what God looks like.
"Genesis 1:27 describes man as created in God's image," says the report, "but other verses portray God as embodied as non-human (Exodus 3:2), or as not embodied at all (John 4:24)."
The study also found demographics often came into play with our image of God: Caucasians tended to see a white God; African Americans imagined a black God; younger people saw a younger God and attractive people imagined a more attractive God.
A process called reverse correlation was used to create the final image, said the report. The 551 test subjects were shown hundreds of randomly varying pairs of faces, and asked which of the two looked more like "the face of God."
Psychology Professor Kurt Gray, the study's senior author, said the study revealed people tend to believe in a God that looks like them, except in one curious instance.
"Men and women believed in an equally masculine-looking God," said the report.
The study was paid for with grants from the Templeton Foundation and National Science Foundation, said a UNC Chapel Hill press release.


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