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A wonderfully remodeled house located on the corner of Kaya Kuarta and Kaya Viol in the quiet residential area of Nikiboko. This 4 bed, 2 bath home offers enough space to accommodate your family. The bedrooms and bathrooms are nicely devided in the house providing a lot of privacy. A covered porch at the back of the home makes sure you can relax in the soothing cross breezes.
There is a walk-in and spacious drive-in gate to give access to walled freehold lot.
Entrance into frontroom with to left kitchen(with authentic chimney) and to the right a bedroom, living room with the left a bedroom with en suite bathroom, from the living room access to hall (with door to the covered terrace at the back of the house) with to the right a bedroom with en suite bathroom and to the left a bedroom.


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Berners Pool to be razed less than five years after being completed
Hodder Associates' award-winning Berners Pool in Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, is to be demolished less than five years after it opened.
The abandoned swimming pool, which closed in 2006 after the community trust running it went bust, has now been earmarked for demolition under plans to revamp the wider area.
The news comes less than a year after the re-opening of Hodder's Clissold Leisure Centre in Hackney, East London which was closed for nearly four years following claims by Hackney Council that it had design flaws.
Last week, South Lakeland District Council (SLDC) chose developer Berners Vision Partnership and local architect Damson Design to overhaul the site, following a public vote that placed the developer's proposals ahead of four other bidders.
The proposals for Grange-over-Sands include plans to refurbish the ageing seafront lido and create a new medical centre, apartments, a retirement hotel and a public leisure centre – with a pool the same size as Hodder's 25m facility.
David Sykes, head of SLDC's regeneration and housing services, said: 'This scheme is in the best interest of the community and we can't let one building, even though it is a landmark, [hinder that].
'It would have been too constraining for us to demand [that the bidders] had to find some use for the existing building,' added Sykes.
Damson Design's Tony Hills added: 'Our clients looked at the existing swimming pool building and concluded that the building and its plant had deteriorated to such an extent that refurbishment was not an option.'
Described as a Miesian 'box-on-a-plinth' (AJ 22.04.04), Hodder's pool won a raft of plaudits, as well as an RIBA Award in 2004 and a Civic Trust commendation in the same year.
Practice director Stephen Hodder said: 'On one hand, I recognise the council's approach to look at the wider regeneration of the lido and car park, but inevitably I will mourn the loss of something people expended so much energy on.'
He added: 'As shown by the approach of two of the contest entrants [Aedas and MBLA], the building could have been imaginatively reused. I'm not being precious about my scheme, but it is a comment on our disposable society.'
Eddy Rhead of the Twentieth Century Society's North West Group said: 'One must feel great sympathy for Hodder in this instance, as it appears it was the management of the building and not the building itself that has been its downfall. It is an awful waste of what was, and still is, a beautiful building.'
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With the upcoming release of the new "Terminator" movie, I thought I would share some thoughts I had on a topic that had come to my attention recently: Autonomous Lethal Robots.
Now I don't mean to alarm anyone, but Google (you know, the company known for letting creativity fly and not restraining development);
1. Owns a company that has created some "spectacular and terrifying robots" !
2. Has one of the most developed "AI and Machine learning" research areas, and
3. Was just awarded a patent(!) for "allocating tasks to a plurality of robotic devices"….in other words, the ability to create a network to control a robot army!
Oh yeah, there is also a company in Japan that builds robotic exoskeleton suits. That company is called Cyberdyne Systems. Yes, really. But that's OK, the suits are used for good, not evil. Supposedly.*
In all seriousness, Google is possibly not the biggest worry right now, but the technology is real.
So, should we be concerned? Should we "Campaign to Stop the Killer Robots?" (http://www.stopkillerrobots.org/)
Here is some further reading for those interested;
I am also keen to get time to read;
Governing Lethal Behavior in Autonomous Robots (2009) (Ronald C. Arkin, 2009)
*Note my comment regarding Cyberdyne Inc, 'supposedly using these suits for good not evil' is in jest only, and I am not wanting to take anything away from Cyberdyne, it looks like a great company, headed by a true visionary, Dr. Sankai (CEO) - a company that is making a real difference for people with mobility disabilities. Well done to Dr Sankai and the whole Cyberdyne team -- just one thing guys, can you please rename your office WiFi to something other than "Skynet"? Thanks.


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1/ Little Black Dress: As cliche as it may sound, the little black dress is one of the most important items in a woman's closet and worth the investment. Simple and chic is always the way to go when spending the money on your dream LBD—like this Rag & Bone open-back slip dress that can be styled year round.
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God was the first and best farmer and we should learn from Him. The techniques learned may be applied to both small and large scale operations.
OATS stands for Organics Agriculture Trainers Seminar.
Week 1
- Biblical worldview of agriculture and food security
- Biblical worldview of land
- The role of soil conservation throughout history
- The Science of soil
- Different types of organic farming
- Bio-intensive Agriculture (BIA) – history and overview
- Eight steps to BIA
1. Designing growing beds and plot design
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4. Using seeds that self-reproduce, reducing reliance on commercial seeds
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JPA Queries in XML files
We have a codebase where we use Spring Data JPA to leverage our database access code. And as of this we have queries in interface definitions — and these queries can become quite big.
That's why I wanted to have them stored in separate files.
Why would one have them in a separate file?
Good question.
Thats mainly because you have big native queries which sometimes don't work as you expect them. Or you have a big change in your codebase (or requirements) and have to modify these queries too. If you know how Spring Data JPA works then you may guess what my problem is.
If you do not know this library let me tell you some words about it: You create an interface definition which extends one of the already defined Spring Data interfaces, for example
JpaRepository. In this interface you declare a method which will be your query method. There are various ways with JPA — however let's stick with a basic native query for the sake of simplicity. In a real-world application you would add a mega native query with massive joins, filters, grouping and ordering. And this would look awfully in your Java class — and if you have a bug you want to copy it to your favorite SQL editor to fix the issues but you have to deal there with the problem that query values are Strings and eventually you format them into multiple lines…
I hope you get my problem. When you extract these queries into an external file you get the option to simply copy-paste it between your SQL editor of choice and the project source code.
How to achieve this?
I thought this will be a simple task because there will be many examples and tutorials on the internet. I was wrong. Of course there were some examples but they did not mention my special case where I want a structured set of files where I can put queries to make distinguishing and finding them easier. But let's go the step-by-step way and see how you can achieve your goal too.
It is time for the example. First of all let's define a simple entity:
import javax.persistence.Entity; import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue; import javax.persistence.Id; /** * The example entity for this article. * * @author GHajba * */ @Entity public class ExampleEntity { @Id @GeneratedValue private Long id; private String createdBy; /** * This empty constructor is because of hibernate. */ ExampleEntity() { } /** * Simple constructor * * @param createdBy * the name of the creator */ public ExampleEntity(String createdBy) { this.createdBy = createdBy; } // getters and setters omitted }
As you can see this is a very basic entity. Now let's define the Spring Data repository:
import java.util.List; import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository; import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Query; import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param; /** * A basic Spring Data JPA repository * * @author GHajba * */ public interface ExampleRepository extends JpaRepository { }
Very basic version too, you can use the default queries like finding one by ID, find all and so on. But let's add a "complex" query for the example:
@Query(nativeQuery = true, value = "SELECT id, createdBy FROM ExampleEntity where createdBy LIKE %:createdBy%") List findInformationBasedOnCreator(@Param("createdBy") String createdBy);
As you can see the example is simple but if you replace this query with a more complicated one then you will see why extracting into a separate file is a good idea.
What is the goal?
The goal is to remove the query from the
ExampleRepository Interface and have it in a defined XML file. We will achieve this with a named query so the result would look like this:
@Query(nativeQuery = true, name="ExampleRepository.findInformationBasedOnCreator") List findInformationBasedOnCreator(@Param("createdBy") String createdBy);
If you change the application now you will see that when you try to use the repository you get the following exception:
org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyReferenceException: No property findInformationBasedOnCreator found for type ExampleEntity!
This is because the mapping does not exist and in this case Spring Data looks for a property which has the same signature as the repository method (well, an implementation of the interface's method).
Extract to
First step is to extract the query into an
orm.xml file as it is in most examples. That's the easiest way because Hibernate loads
orm.xml files automagically.
Where to place the
orm.xml file? This is simple to answer: where you like. To have something more rational answer I would say place it into the project's
META-INF folder. This is what the file looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <entity-mappings xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/orm" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/orm http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/orm_2_0.xsd" version="2.0"> <description>Extracted queries for repositories</description> <named-native-query name="ExampleRepository.findInformationBasedOnCreator"> <query> SELECT id, createdBy FROM ExampleEntity where createdBy LIKE %:createdBy% </query> </named-native-query> </entity-mappings>
One problem with this approach
If you try to run the application with this version of the
orm.xml file you will get an exception:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Parameter with that name [createdBy] did not exist
This is because for Hibernate in a string literal named parameters are not resolved. This is quite bad, isn't it?
However there is a workaround for this which I do not like because it is a workaround but without this it won't work.
The idea is to move the wildcard of the query (
%) to the method call parameter. Sounds easy? Good.
First of all let's remove the
% signs from the query in the
orm.xml file:
SELECT id, createdBy FROM ExampleEntity where createdBy LIKE :createdBy
Now add these signs to the method call like this example:
this.repository.findInformationBasedOnCreator("%" + createdBy + "%")
Drawback: you have to do this every time when you call this method: at every place where you use this method in your repository. This is crap but we can live with it.
Extract to a different file
This is nice but what about you want to have multiple files to have some structure and differentiation in your repository files? Woodcutter approach is to create a folder structure under
META-INF and have a lot of
orm.xml files. Bad idea: you can have only one
orm.xml file in the base case for the automagic — and this file has to be under right
However there is a way to have multiple files containing query statements and you can tell it your JPA provider too. You could name all of them
orm.xml and place them into separate folders but this would be a bad idea for your future.
There are many approaches how you can structure these files: one file for each repository, one file for all repositories under a package, one file for each maven module… Choose one and write it up in your decision log why you have chosen this way.
Now you have your file. In this example we simply create a
jpql folder right under
META-INF, move the
orm.xml file to this folder and rename it to
If you start the application with this configuration you will get the same exception as previously:
org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyReferenceException: No property findInformationBasedOnCreator found for type ExampleEntity!
The cause is that now Hibernate does not load the
example.xml automatically because a) it is not located right under
META-INF and b) it is not called
To fix this we have to add an entry for a mapping file into the persistence.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <persistence version="2.0" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation=" http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_0.xsd"> <persistence-unit name="primary"> <jta-data-source>java:jboss/datasources/exampleDS</jta-data-source> <mapping-file>META-INF/jpql/example.xml</mapping-file> <properties> <!-- Properties for Hibernate --> <!-- use validate if you run the application for the first time, it will create your tables in the database --> <!-- <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="update" /> --> <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="validate" /> <property name="hibernate.show_sql" value="false" /> </properties> </persistence-unit> </persistence>
As you can see in line 10 we added a
mapping-file entry to the
persistence.xml. The order of the tags does matter: you cannot simply have the
mapping-files anywhere: for example if you put it after the
properties tag, you'll get an error because it is located at a wrong place.
The content of
mapping-file has to be the file inclusive the path which you want to use as a mapping file. The mapping files have to have the structure of an
orm.xml file (well, because it is in fact an
orm.xml file but with a different name). The full path can start with a
/ but this is optional. So in the example
META-INF/jpql/example.xml and
/META-INF/jpql/example.xml would result in the same file loading.
A pitfall
Take care that query names you use are unique. If they are not (meaning you have to query definitions with the same name) you will get the following exception for example:
org.hibernate.DuplicateMappingException: Duplicate query mapping ExampleRepository.findInformationBasedOnCreator
So take care to have uniquely named queries. Such an error can happen if you use method overloading for your queries where you differentiate by their parameters and you follow my approach for example: the name of the query is
The application running
If you run the application you can expect to see something like these screenshots:
Extracting queries into external mapping files while using Spring Data JPA (or any other solution where you can use named queries) comes quite handy: you can leverage the size of interfaces, avoid
//@formatter commands to keep indentation level of your formatted string-queries, and to easily copy-paste the native queries between your favorite SQL editor and your IDE.
The only drawback is with parameters combined with the
LIKE operator where you have to add the
% wildcard character manually to the parameters.
You can find the whole running example application at my GitHub account.


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The minerals in the specimen are calcite and chalcedony from Crawford, Nebraska.
The first image was taken under a short wave ultraviolet light. The calcite fluoresces a pink-red and the chalcedony fluoresces green under short wave ultraviolet light. Any blue to purple color under short wave is due to reflection of the light off the light colored minerals in the specimen.
The second image below was taken under normal light. No long wave light photo is available for this specimen. Under long wave light the specimen would appear similar to other specimens of this material. The purple to blue color under long wave light is due to reflection of the light off the light colored minerals in the specimen and not due to fluorescence. Occasionally there will be a white fluorescence from some of the calcite.
For other images of this mineral, go back to the main fluorescent page and click on the view specimen material from Nebraska link.
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Andres Oppenheimer: Hispanic groups wrong to ask SNL to dump Trump
I never thought I would ever write a column defending a xenophobic, racist, arrogant, dishonest, clownish and ignorant candidate like Donald Trump. But I'll do it today, in reference to his latest spat with Latino groups over his hosting NBC's Saturday Night Live.
As you probably know, the U.S. Congressional Hispanic Caucus — the group of Latino legislators in Congress — and some of the biggest U.S. Latino organizations last week asked NBC to "disinvite" the Republican presidential hopeful from his Nov. 7 Saturday Night Live appearance.
"Racism isn't funny," Hispanic Caucus chairman Xavier Becerra, D-California, said in a statement. "Trump's degrading comments about the Latino community have no place on national television. It's alarming to see NBC ignore Trump's record of hateful speech, from calling Mexican Americans rapists and murderers to vowing to build a wall on our southern border."
Simultaneously, a "Racism-isn't-funny" protest by a group of Latino organizations including the League of United Latin American Citizens and the National Council of La Raza delivered a similar petition to NBC on Wednesday. Organizers said it was signed by 522,000 people.
Hispanic groups were especially incensed — and rightly so — by the fact that Trump was not only invited to make a brief appearance at Saturday Night Live, but to host the entire 90-minute show. That will give him huge ratings and a unique platform to soften his public image and look simpático.
Protesters argue that they have the right to ask Saturday Night Live to dump Trump, or any other public figure who promotes massive deportations that would separate millions of families. Would the show have invited a Ku Klux Klan leader or an anti-African-American or homophobic candidate, they ask.
"We understand the free speech argument, but Saturday Night Live is not a news show," Frank Sharry, head of America's Voice, one of the groups supporting the protest, told me. "This is an iconic comedy show that makes its hosts look very good. It is bewildering why they would give Trump this huge public relations coup."
Free speech advocates, on the other hand, argue that the right to free speech supersedes the right to demand suppressing hateful speech, especially when it comes to comedy, satirical writings or political cartoons. That's done in Cuba, Ecuador and Egypt, not in the United States and most free countries, they argue.
Much like what happened when Muslim terrorists tried to silence the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, whose jokes are often tasteless (this week, it published cartoons making fun of the Russian aircraft that crashed in Egypt), we should reject efforts to silence a satirical program like Saturday Night Live, press freedom advocates say.
Ricardo Trotti, executive director of the Inter American Press Association, says that asking Saturday Night Live to "disinvite" Trump amounts to prior censorship. That poses a huge threat to freedom of expression, he adds.
"We should defend Trump's right to say whatever he wants to say," Trotti told me. "If somebody feels damaged by what he says, they should sue him afterward."
Other freedom of expression groups note that some countries prohibit their media from providing a platform to illegal organizations or their spokespeople, but that's not the case with Trump, regardless what we think of him. And even prohibiting interviews or TV appearances by convicted criminals would set a dangerous precedent for freedom of the press, they say.
My opinion: Both sides make good points, and Latino groups are right in that Saturday Night Live — which, by the way, has had very few Latino actors or guests — would most likely not have given a 90-minute platform to a candidate who bashed African-Americans or gays, the way Trump has bashed Mexicans.
But asking the show to "disinvite" Trump amounts to supporting prior censorship, which would set a dangerous precedent. Also, I'm afraid that the Latino groups' campaign has backfired by helping Saturday Night Live and Trump get higher ratings.
Instead of calling on Saturday Night Live to dump Trump, Latino groups should have launched a name-and-shame campaign against Trump, the show and its advertisers — everything but asking NBC to cancel Trump's appearance. Trump's thinly-veiled racism isn't funny, but censoring a comedy show isn't either.
Andrés Oppenheimer: Twitter: @oppenheimera; Watch "Oppenheimer Presenta" Sundays at 9 p.m. on CNN en Español
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
2009 Goals
1.) Lose all my baby weight. This means losing a good 30 pounds or more. I lost over 70 before so I know I can do it again. I want to fit back into my size 10s and I sure wouldn't complain if I went lower. ;)
2.) Drink less soda and more water. I only drink 2 diet sodas a day but I'd like to cut at least 1 out. Good thing is that since the cost has gone up so much I refuse to pay anything but a really good sale price for them.
3.) Purge, purge, purge. Dh wants to build a walk-in closet so I need to get rid of all that crap in front of our existing closet. Plus we want to finally fix the floor in our room.
4.) Volunteer in Ian's classroom when he starts pre-k next fall. I'd love to volunteer for Logan but his teacher always says she doesn't need anything.
5.) Get dh to finish the baseboards in the house, finish Bella's room (touch up painting, curtain rod), finish the boys' room (baseboards, new outlet covers, decorations) and paint the back of the house. We have almost everything to do it but it just never gets done!
6.) Hang out with my friends more often. We don't see each other nearly enough! Of course, I'll need their help with that too. ;)
7.) Take Bella and Ian to the park more often. We never go anywhere anymore.
8.) Use more coupons. I keep forgetting to cut them out!
3 comments:
- Andrea said...
Amen! Those are great goals & I totally agree with you...I think the whole idea of new year's resolutions is a set up for "most" people. I am sure there are those people who set them & meet them but the whole resolution thing eludes me. Goals...now, those I can handle. Love yours!
- Karen said...
Father Mike talked about Resolutions in church today. He said that the problem with resolutions for most people is that they don't set goals they set wishes. He said the difference between a resolution and a wish is that with a resolution you actually have an action plan and a wish is just someplace you want to be. I hope you succeed with yours and we'll see you at the park, lol.
- Melodie said...
Sounds like a good plan. Katie & I would love to meet you at the park sometime.


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A Chicago Transit Authority bus crash on south Lake Shore Drive sent 37 people to hospitals Saturday night.
The crash happened in the southbound lanes near Interstate 55. The No. 6 Jackson Park Express bus was carrying around 70 people when for some reason, it veered off the road onto a grassy patch at 2900 South Lake Shore Drive, near Cermak Road and McCormick Place, and collided with several trees.
Modupe Sodamande was on the bus when it happened.
"People were kind of toppling over each other, and that's the way we kind of buffered each other," Sodamande said.
Another passenger things the sheer number of people onboard kept the bus stable.
"Had those trees not been there, and had we not all been on that bus to distribute the weight, it would have flipped," passenger Rachel Henry said.
At the moment there is no indication that another vehicle was involved.
Twenty-one ambulances were on the scene within minutes, and traffic was shut down briefly on the southbound lanes.
Four passengers were taken to hospitals in critical condition.
CTA said it is too early in their investigation to determine what happened, but passengers have already started to speculate about how and why the driver lost control.
"We didn't know that up front someone was holding onto the wheel with her, to help her, but apparently it locked," Henry said.
"She was pressing the brakes, the bus driver, and the bus wouldn't stop," said passenger Sirseal Gibson, whose mother was hurt in the accident.
"Apparently, the pole and her didn't get along in the bus draft, so ... her leg went into the pole," Gibson said.


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Giants notes: Bochy confirms Morse will DH in Kansas City
In 2012, the Giants' designated hitters in their two World Series games in Detroit were Hector Sanchez and Ryan Theriot. This time, they'll have a DH who better fits the mold.
Manager Bruce Bochy on Monday confirmed that Michael Morse will be the Giants' DH in Game 1 of the World Series against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday night. Morse has just four at-bats this postseason after returning from an abdominal strain, but in his most recent, he hit a game-tying home run off Cardinals reliever Pat Neshek in the clinching game of the National League Championship Series.
Bochy said he gave little consideration to using Travis Ishikawa at DH and starting Juan Perez in left field for defensive purposes in the large Kauffman Stadium outfield.
"Ishi's done a pretty good job out there," Bochy said. "He's done a real good job. So I don't see any changes right now with how we'll start the game."
Morse has some experience as a DH – a .220 average with no home runs in 123 at-bats. He said the key for him will be to avoid dwelling on his at-bats afterward.
"When you're playing in the field, you get a chance to go back on the field and focus on defense," Morse said. "My biggest goal is, when the inning's over, stay on my feet, go on the stationary bike, go hit in the cage – not look at my at-bats and see what I did or could have done."
Bochy did not say where he will insert the right-handed-batting Morse in the lineup, but a possible spot is seventh between Brandon Belt and Ishikawa, both left-handed hitters.
On the run – Much talk during Monday's World Series Media Day centered on Kansas City's running game, which figures to be a key in the series. The Royals have stolen 13 bases in 16 tries this postseason; the next-highest total is the Baltimore Orioles with four steals.
"We've obviously got so many guys on our team that can take a base," speedy outfielder Jarrod Dyson said. "I'm sure somebody's going to be stealing bases."
The Giants shouldn't be surprised. In the finale of their three-game series in Kansas City in August, the Royals stole seven bases, including five off the battery of Tim Lincecum and rookie catcher Andrew Susac.
"We'd like to keep them off the bases as much as we can to keep them from running," said catcher Buster Posey, who added it will be important for Giants pitchers to vary their times to the plate and looks to occupied bases.
Madison Bumgarner draws that task first as the Giants' Game 1 starter. While susceptible to the stolen base early in his career – runners were successful on 27 of 37 attempts off the left-hander in 2012 – Bumgarner addressed that the past two years. This season, he allowed just seven stolen bases in 17 attempts.
"He's gone to a quick slide-step that he can use, and he's got a better move over (to first base)," Bochy said. "He's taken it upon himself to do a better job of holding runners."
No roster changes – Bochy reaffirmed the Giants will keep the 25-man roster they had in the NLCS, when they used every player except Lincecum.
Lincecum, who last pitched on Sept. 28, threw a bullpen session Sunday after the Giants arrived in Kansas City. Lincecum said he threw 50 pitches with an emphasis on keeping "a sense of intense focus, locking in on every pitch."
Though he has not appeared yet this postseason, Lincecum maintained he has not become discouraged. "Right now, I'm just kind of all ears," the right-hander said, "kind of waiting for my chance."
Cain along for the ride – Though sidelined by surgeries to remove bone chips from his elbow and, subsequently, his right ankle, Matt Cain has accompanied the Giants throughout the playoffs, except for their first trip to Pittsburgh and Washington.
"Just trying to be a part of the team," Cain said. "If something were to happen, I try to be around if guys want support or to talk about things."
Cain said the ankle surgery, like the elbow, was "just something that needed to get taken care of," as the chips had bothered him for a while. He said it should not prolong his recovery time and he remains on track to begin throwing again in December.
Call The Bee's Matt Kawahara, (916) 321-1015. See his baseball coverage at sacbee.com/mlb. Follow him on Twitter at @matthewkawahara.


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Doubling Down on Double Up
By Nora Laidman
This past June, The University of Chicago's UrbanLabs released a startling report on the state of homelessness in Chicago. The number making headlines was a shock: more than 10,000 families currently experiencing homelessness- here. Where were they all? And how had our data been so wrong for so long? A similar study completed in 2017 accounted for just under 6,000 individuals. To reconcile these chasms, it takes a bit of education.
For Chicago Public Schools to identify a child as experiencing homelessness they must "lack a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time place of residence." Thus, CPS, and the Department of Education as a whole, recognize "doubling up with friends or family" as a form of experiencing homelessness. Previous studies only analyzed data gained by looking at individuals and families that accessed the CoC (Continuum of Care) for services such as food and shelter. The UrbanLabs report combined CoC findings with those of CPS to create a more complete sketch of the population. Also referenced was information provided by the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) on "at-risk" families, as well as families who obtained services not provided by the CoC.
Knowing the extent of students living in a doubled-up situation is critical. For the 2016-17 school year, new data revealed that 57.7% of families accessing CoC services, while experiencing literal homelessness, had reported or been identified by CPS as living doubled-up less than a year earlier. In part, this trend results from families frequently doubling up with an already low-income household. Therefore, a reexamination of the eligibility requirements for public assistance provided to households with unrelated dependent adults is a path that has been advocated by policy makers since the 1990s. Of course, this would also require reframing the general mindset surrounding doubling up.
There are so many different routes that can be taken when providing support systems to any given subset. Marin and Vaccha (1994) succinctly express the current institutional setbacks facing doubled up families and glimpse at future possibilities available when they write, "As long as public assistance programs exclude those people who share their homes with unrelated adults and reduce the allotments of families who share a home, public assistance will be a barrier to doubling up. Instead of considering the practice of living with unrelated adults while on public assistance as a kind of fraud, perhaps we should view it as a way to stretch severely limited resources as a strategy for easing the low-income housing shortage.
Cited Sources:
Marin, M. V., & Vacha, E. F. (1994). Self-help strategies and resources among people at risk of homelessness: empirical findings and social services policy. Social Work, 39(6), 649+. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.naperville-lib.org:2674/apps/doc/A16435546/AONE?u=napervillepl&sid=AONE&xid=60badfba
Nathalie P. Voorhees Center For Neighborhood and Community Improvement. (n.d.). 2017 Homeless Point in Time Count & Survey Report (Rep.). Retrieved https://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/fss/supp_info/Homeless/2017PITSummaryReportFinal.pdf
UChicago Urban Labs. (2018). Ending Family Homelessness Report: Understanding the scale and needs of families experiencing homelessness in Chicago (Rep.). Retrieved from http://www.csh.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/20180531_Ending-Family-Homelessness-Report_FINAL.pdf


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Earth to Progressives: Grow Some Stones Will You?
After every outrage that has been brought about by the GOP and the political right over the last 2 years, where are we? We have let the rightwing propaganda machine define the issues and sat idly by. We have through our apathy put the President in an untenable position to have to negotiate with Agent Orange and Scarecrow (Boehner and McConnell). We should have been enthusiastically supporting the President and the progressives during the midterms last fall. I can understand the resistance of the Fred Flintstone and Ralph Kramden types, but as progressives, we should know better.
Our adversaries are counting on our being distracted and letting them distort the facts to the point to what was once crystal clear has been convoluted with rightwing nonsense. We have clearly, as a nation, made a decision to elect Barack Obama president. If you were opposed to this and were willing to have misgivings about the change that we needed at the time, why didn't you just vote for McCain?
This rightwing propaganda machine is of immense power and reach and can easily deceive the feeble minded into advocating positions clearly not in their best interests but in the interests of other unscrupulous people and entities. Our relative civility as progressives should not be confused as weakness. We must not be deceived; one should never bring a knife to a gunfight.
The adversary is dismantling the foundation of the entire middle class. Do we fiddle while Rome burns? If we do not have the courage of our convictions then we are the weak sniveling nerds they say we are. What else do you need to know? We have watched them attempt to unravel public employee unions in a grasp for raw power over its adversary. We knew from the beginning of President Obama's term that they have been obstructionist to a man within Congress. We watch them complain about Obama's health care program while Mr. Blow Dry (Romney) did the same thing in Massachussetts and something similar was embraced by rank and file GOP during the 1990's. Check out Gingrich's flip-flop. We see once they get into power that they move the focus from jobs to their ideological agenda. We see that they are not interested in the deficit as they want to continue endless subsidies to corporate America at the expense of all of the rest of us. Paul Ryan has no problem gutting Medicare for seniors as long as we save Thurston Howell and his scurvy crew. Should they not have skin in the game? So when a rightwinger throws out blatant insults and accusations are we going to go hide behind mama's skirts.? They must be made to support their incendiary, bomb throwing statements at every turn. When you confront most of them, they will run like rabbits as they rarely have anything substantive to support their statements. Be aware of that and stand firm. So, don't be a DINO, you are either part of the problem or part of the solution. Like Bill Mahr said a few weeks ago, the choice is between a friend that disappoints and an intractable enemy. So, what is your choice?
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I am just commenting to make you be aware of what a notlabe encounter my friend's daughter gained going through your web site. She picked up a wide variety of pieces, which included how it is like to possess a marvelous teaching heart to make many more really easily gain knowledge of a variety of impossible topics. You undoubtedly did more than our expectations. Thanks for rendering the valuable, healthy, explanatory and also easy thoughts on that topic to Kate.
Dear Credence2,
What a beautiful and motivating piece you have offered us! If we can not stand up, we may as well just give it up and let the GOP have our country. You are right! We have no excuses. The GOP must be fought every step of the way!
May I say, I read the comments before I post, and Mr. Happy has it wrong. Obama was blocked at every turn by the GOP, as to Guantanamo, financially and media-wise. The GOP is handling those purse strings and Obama is not a dictator. He has only so much power. The GOP effectively blocked the funding required to close Guanatnamo. As for media, they pushed the population to be so fearful, that no one has stood behind the President on this issue. Without the people standing behind him, he can do very little.
Any thing Obama does, the GOP hates it, even if they first proposed it. If he breathes, the GOP is quick to point out that he is doing it the wrong way and then they relate it to his 'Kenyan' birthplace or some other idiotic thing that their base eats for breakfast.
We just have to keep hitting them, over and over. As for Progressives, we better start being alot stronger and alot more vocal. We just must not back down. We should start taking some pages from their playbooks!
Thank you for this, Credence! Remember this and tell everyone:
If you repeat a lie over and over again, you are a Republican!
Dear Credence2, you are so right. We progressives think of ourselves as being too civil to even refute the garbage the GOP/TP are espousing, but the average citizen either does not have the intelligence to discern truth from the fabricated stories they hear, or they do not care that their freedoms are being swiped from them. So it is up to those of us who do care and do have the intelligence to do the research to put a halt to this move towards plutocracy, before it is too late, if it is not already.
Great hub.
Great Hub and I like to see Bill Mahr quoted - I think he is very insightful whatever the topic. He has a very rational mind, and it is a pity that such minds seem to be in such short supply since most of our present troubles would have been avoided if they were more plentiful.
Great Hub Credence2. The progressive left has been quiet for too long though I think it is changing now. The overreach of the new Republican Governors has mobilized them finally. The GOP in league with Corporate America is looking to take over all political speech in this country. They are going to destroy the middle class. It must end now and we are stepping up.
I would not say "Don't be a dino" - I'd rather say don't be a donkey. Is that not their mascot though, the incarnation of their spirit ... a donkey?
Mr. Dubya was the perfect candidate for the Donkey-in-Chief position - when he didn't win the election, the vote had to be fixed-up, just so he can make it in the oval office as the leader of all Donkeys - that's how good he was! (I still can't believe that Bush the Second even made the Republican nomination never mind his eight years in office ... then, I remember who his daddy is and his grand-daddy for that matter - the famous American who did business with the Nazis during WWII).
I am no fan of Mr. Obama either though. What happened to closing Guantanamo Bay? What has he done for Native Americans? And it looks like he loving those unmanned drones a little too much. He's making it rain bombs in northern Pakistan: kids are dying ...
Have you watched the Obama Deception? This is no conservative movie ... this documentary is quite straight to the point. It is very good; puts things into a better perspective than your regular corporate media outlets. here it is if you haven;t seen this it is really a must: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw


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[Sept 20 '06]
FAME Media Group Welcomes Industry Power House Kerrie Lee Brown to its Executive Team
Toronto, ON September 20, 2006 FAME Media Group, the world leader in all-natural Fitness Sports Competition, Media and Entertainment, is thrilled to welcome renowned fitness expert, journalist, author, radio personality, motivational speaker, and former editor-in-chief of Oxygen magazine Kerrie Lee Brown to the FAME team in the capacity of Vice President, Publishing and Communications. With over nine years executive-level experience, Browns unique and savvy perspective on the business of fitness has positioned her as a top spokesperson and expert on exercise and weight loss. Her in-depth industry knowledge, top-notch media skills, and extensive magazine talents will help take FAME Media Group to the next level in publishing, elite athlete management, and worldwide recognition.
Our organization has been 10 years in the making and we are ready to blast off to an unprecedented level in our industry, said Jeff Kippel, co-founder and co-CEO of FAME Media Group. Having Kerrie join our team is a major catalyst in making that happen.
We are passionate about making athletes and competitors the most important focus of everything we do at FAME, added FAME Media Group co-founder and co-CEO Mindy Blackstien. We are very excited to have Kerrie working closely with the athletes to make sure they get maximum exposure and promotion.
I am extremely excited to join FAME Media Group and look forward to helping transform the competitive world of fitness, figure, bodybuilding, and fitness modeling as we know it! I have always enjoyed working closely with the industrys most talented athletes and my new position with FAME will allow me to play a huge role in driving competitors names to the forefront of the media, sports and entertainment arenas, said Kerrie Lee Brown, newly appointed VP, Publishing and Communications, FAME Media Group. I am also thrilled to be able to share my magazine experience to help make FAME Magazine more athlete focused and recognized worldwide.
Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, FAME Media Group, sanctioned by the World Natural Sports Organization, has major expansion plans in the works for its 2007 season, including more than 250 exciting events on the FAME World Tour; Bigger Cash Prizes; New Earning Opportunities for Athletes; More Prestigious Pro Shows and Titles; Promotion Galore for FAME Professional Athletes; Exclusive Athlete Endorsement Contracts; a New Five-Tier Competition System (including FAME camps, workshops, practice competitions, and qualifier shows); and a New Logo!
Also, watch out for the next edition of FAME Magazine (available by subscription and to WNSO members this November) with its New Look, New Frequency (now bi-monthly), New Format (moving from a digest size to a full-size publication), and bi-annual Swimsuit Specials. With circulation of more than 200,000, FAME Magazine is completely athlete focused and offers a multitude of articles on training techniques, competition preparation, nutrition, supplementation, and inspiring FAME athlete success stories designed to motivate readers of all ages and fitness levels to reach their personal health and fitness goals.
FAME Media Group also looks forward to implementing its own FAME Personal Trainer Certification Programs, developing a new FAME Dance Championships series, publishing a FAME Diet and Lifestyle book, and launching a new and improved, easy-to-navigate, website with an amazing New Athlete Forum for sharing news, gossip and contest tips at www.wowFAME.com. Also coming soon: an all-access Athlete Resource Lounge, Photo Shoot Studio, Workshops and Seminar Centre at FAME Headquarters, the FAME Fitness Employment & Model Agency; and the most prestigious competition ever the 2008 FAME World Championships with over $500,000 in cash, endorsement contracts, trophies and prizes. (Bids will be generated to choose the best city to host the event in North America.)
FAME Media Group is very excited to open its doors to ALL natural athletes, models, and fitness enthusiasts! For more information on advertising in FAME Magazine, magazine subscriptions, sponsoring FAME events, organizing a FAME competition or expo, e-newsletters, or competing with FAME, visit www.wowFAME.com or call 877 WOW-FAME.
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[March 10 '05]
Welcome to my newly redesigned website; I'm quite excited to share with you my passion and dedication to the healthy lifestyle, nutrition and personal training. Feel free to look around and tell me what you think of it.
As we continue to expand this website, a key section that will further allow me to help you reach your fitness goals - Ian's Training Room - is currently underdevelopment. This section will give members full access to my ever increasing database of tips, recipes, training videos, etc. Join my mailing list so that we can let you know about when Training Room is launched.
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Become the next Star at Ian Walling's FAME Classic in Toronto, Ontario.
Details: Saturday March 31 2007 - Toronto, Ontario
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Theatre: Leah Poslun's Theatre 4588 Bathurst St., Toronto, ON
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September, 2006
Ian will be appearing at the television program The Art of Building Bodies
which will be airing this fall on Sun TV as well as Men TV
July 8 & 9, 2006
FAME CAMP - This camp is for everyone! At our last camp we had every level from the athlete who has never competed before and just wanted to know where to start, to FAME PRO athletes and everyone in-between
You do not need to be in shape to attend the camp; the camp is for leaning.
The camp will be lead by FAME PRO Lyzabeth Lopez and FAME Muscle Champ Ian Walling. We will be covering all categories (fitness/ fitness model/bodybuilding/figure).
FAME Camp takes place July 7 and 8 at Strictly Fitness (Dufferin and Finch) in Toronto, Ontario. Get more details now by contacting Ian Walling or call 647-209-WNSO (9676) to register.
June 17, 2006 - 7pm
FAME 2006 - International Centre - Main Hall - Ian will be handing out trophies
June 17 & 18, 2006 - at 12pm and at 3pm
FAME 2006 - International Centre - Ian will be available for Autographing the
new FAME Swimsuit Magazine at the FitVibe booth on both days at 12pm and at 3pm.
June 16, 2006 - 6pm
FAME 2006 - International Centre - Main Hall - Ian will be judging Figure & Fitness Models
June 16, 2006 - from 11am-12pm
FAME 2006 - International Centre (Hall 5) - Posing Workshop
June 13th, 2006 - 6:30am
Ian will be appearing in CityTV's Breakfast Television
November 13, 2005
Get ready for FAME World Events Seminar series at Venice Fitness - 393 King St. W (King & Spadina - Toronto)
June 10 - 12, 2005
Get ready for FAME 2005 World Championships International Event in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre - 255 Front St. W.
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March 13, 2005 - 10am-4pm
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March 11, 2005
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Second, we allow ourselves, as storytellers, to be vulnerable. The degree to which we are honest with ourselves in our own lives directly impacts our ability to write authentically about the experiences of those impacted by our missions.
Third, we initally free-write the story without censoring or editing ourselves. When we start editing too quickly? That's when we are in danger of fitting the story into a predefined marketing formula.
None of these suggestions really add much time to the process. Rather they point to the way we "show up" to the conversation with reverence and humility. Grounding ourselves and being intentional about how we approach those who are sharing their story is essential. In doing so I believe we honor our subjects and our readers.


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DEMO 09: Bookmark Sync, Site Sharing with XMarks
The makers of Foxmarks unveiled their newest project at this year's DEMO conference: Xmarks, a browser extension and Web service that allows you to synchronize your bookmarks and passwords across platforms, share favorite sites with other users, learn more about the sites you frequent, and how popular they are with other users.
Xmarks also offers a StumbleUpon-like service that helps you find new sites that may interest you based on the ones you already read.
Even though Xmarks is in beta, it looks as though the folks behind it are looking to roll Foxmarks into Xmarks in the future. Xmarks is available now in Firefox, but the developers claim that add-ons for Internet Explorer and Safari are coming soon. If you use your cell phone or smartphone to surf the Web and wish you had access to your bookmarks, Xmarks has a mobile page you can visit to get access to all of your saved bookmarks while you're on the go.
Xmarks has all of the features of Foxmarks and then some. The app still synchronizes your bookmarks and passwords seamlessly while you surf the Web, supports full backups, and restores of your bookmarks and bookmark folders.
For example, if you accidentally delete a bookmark but don't remember when you did it, you can log in to the Web version of Xmarks and see your most recent changes in chronological order. You can revert to any of these recent backups to see if your lost bookmark reappears, and Xmarks backs up your bookmarks with each change you make.
Additionally, Xmarks supports profile synchronization, so you can have one set of bookmarks for home and another for the office. This way you can keep all of your time-wasting games in your home profile, and keep your company intranet in your work profile.
All of these features are useful, but many of them are duplicated in Foxmarks, even if they're not integrated to the experience. Where Xmarks really shines is in its newest features: the ability to synchronize bookmarks across multiple browsers and platforms (including mobile devices), its site information tool, and its search enhancements.


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The toddlers and the children are most sensitive towards the food given to them. This is why only allergy bacteria free and fresh food should be given to the toddlers. Some most common type of allergies from food is given below. Cereal allergy, coconut allergy, coeliac disease, egg allergy. Fish allergy, fruit and vegetable allergy, Maize allergy and the Milk allergy are the most common food allergies occurring to the infants and toddlers.
Generally it is found that any of the little infective food can cause allergy but some of them are still found to be more prone to cause allergies. They are only the reasons of allergy in toddlers in almost 90 % of cases. These common foods have been listed above. So you should always be aware of the above fact before taking or giving any of the above food to your toddler. Milk, eggs, peanuts and wheat are the major allergens of all.
In order to avoid some of the common food allergies like the fruit and vegetable allergies you can cook them because it is cooking due to which the most of the allergens present in them are destroyed completely. The other types of common food allergy are Pine nut allergy, Rice Allergy, Sesame Allergy, Shellfish Allergy and the Soya allergy.
Is there a chance of allergy from chocolate also?
You might get surprised by hearing the word chocolate allergy. So if you want to know that when you eat chocolate does it also causes allergy or not. You can continue reading in order to to know the answer to this question. The cacao beans are the major ingredients of chocolate. And yes it is true that these beans may cause you the allergies on eating in much amount. But it is very rare. It is also rarely found in the recent medical literature. Hence if you are experiencing the symptoms of allergies after you frequently ate the chocolates then you should check yourself that whether you are suffering from the chocolate allergy.
To the susceptible people the chocolate allergy can cause the asthma like symptoms. Dyes, nuts, soy lecithin, gluten, caffeine, milk and the cocoa are the major products that can sometime cause to get the symptoms of the chocolate allergy. The symptoms resulted from it usually includes, heartburn, coughing, wheezing, sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes, itching, eczema, nausea, irritability, headache, confusion and anxiety. A blood test or a skin test is required to get the symptoms of chocolate allergy diagnosed.
The treatment of the chocolate allergy is done to remove its symptoms.


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Posted by Laura Mattin on December 18, 2015
Last week we had one of our quarterly 'Team Days' where we get everyone in the company off their client projects and into our office – or some other venue – to work on our own business planning, knowledge sharing and development activities. It's usually a mixture of work and fun, and an enjoyable opportunity to catch up with colleagues who we may not get to see all that often, with a focus on both reviewing what we've done in the recent past and looking to the projects and services that we're likely to be working on in the near future. Although it's hard to tear people away from their projects, we think it's a really important thing for a consulting business like ours to do.
This time around, as it's the end of the year, we wanted to reflect on some of the great work we've done as a company during 2015, but also to celebrate some fantastic personal successes that our team have had. Despite some slightly sore heads from our Christmas party the night before, we heard some inspiring stories – some big achievements; some smaller, but equally motivated accomplishments – but all with a common theme, that in some way, they'd improved life for our clients, our staff or other people and organisations around them.
At work, we're mostly in the business of helping our clients, so we often move on quickly once we know that they are satisfied, and forget to share this information with our colleagues – the Team Day presented a perfect opportunity to do just that. Amongst other things, we heard about:
1. A team who had developed a brand new training programme for a client and successfully delivered it in 4 different countries with fantastic feedback from the delegate
2. Someone who, new to the company, had gone to a client's site in the first few days and immediately got involved in helping the organisation understand how it could improve its operations
3. The design and shaping of a £4m+ programme that will transform the client's workforce operations
4. A team who had worked day and night to ensure that a client's workforce management system upgrade went live on time
5. The £63m pound savings that our Healthcheck service had identified across just a few of our clients in 2015
All pretty impressive….
But it was nothing compared to what our team have been getting up to outside of work! There were:
6. Not one, but two, first-time half-marathon completions
7. A commission to photograph an important public event
8. Lots of achievements-by-proxy from some of our team members' children, including raving school reports, creative costumes and exciting new jobs
9. The completion of weekly 'Strong Woman' training
10. The production of some home-grown, home-pressed (and, by the way, very delicious) apple juice
11. The birth of three Leadent babies (though in two cases it was our consultants' lovely wives that we really had to thank for this)
12. Some big 'life' decisions made
13. Participation in a pipe-band competition, with an eye on next year's World Championships
14. The completion of two separate, seriously challenging cycling events
15. The gaining of a personal training and nutrition qualification, with subsequent body and fitness transformations
All in all, it's been a busy year here at Leadent – of course, we knew that our people were bright and capable, but it was still worthwhile to stop and think about all the great stuff they've done this year, both within and alongside their challenging jobs.
We hope you had an equally fun and productive 2015; we're already looking forward to what achievements 2016 will bring. In the meantime, everyone at Leadent wishes you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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In his Orthogonality Thesis, Nick Bostrom proposes that "intelligence and final goals are orthogonal: more or less any level of intelligence could in principle be combined with more or less any final goal." However, there's a problem hinted at by the combination of "orthogonality" and "more or less". Nick acknowledges that intelligent purpose actually does have some constraints. And arguably those constraints are actually quite strong, which would mean the Orthogonality Thesis is rather weak. But the weakness may not be fatal. We can formulate a Semi-Orthogonality Thesis that actually accounts better for Nick's own observations and reasoning without overstating their ramifications, which remain momentous.
I often position Mormon theology in terms of "superintelligent posthumanity". This provides a bridge of understanding between Transhumanism and Mormonism. It can also provide a bridge of understanding between Transhumanism and broader Christianity, insofar as Mormonism illustrates an interpretive approach to Christian authoritative tradition. Recently, after reading one of my references to God as superintelligent posthumanity, a Transhumanist friend wondered if I might further demonstrate the connection. I can. In fact, Mormon scripture and founder Joseph Smith make the connection pretty much explicit.
Richard Dawkins is at it again, misapplying his extraordinary biological brilliance to religion with altogether sophomoric results. He's worried that we're saddling children with religious labels, like "Christian", when the children aren't even old enough to understand, let alone assert informed agreement with, the beliefs of their parents. It's such a tragedy, of course, so someone had better do something about it. Thank goodness for Richard.
A Mormon Ontology of God and Its Synthesis in Superintelligent Posthumanity
Stop a Mormon on the street, and ask her to describe God. She might say something like, "God is our Heavenly Father, an embodied glorified being, who created our world and loves us immeasurably." That's an accurate account of Mormon theology, so far as it goes. And yet there's more she could say, reflecting the rich theology of Mormon scripture and authoritative tradition, from ancient Jewish and Christian origins through modern Mormon texts. Here's a taste.


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Nicotine replacement (NRT), bupropion (Zyban), and varenicline (Chantix) each work in different ways, but they all lessen the severity of cravings and withdrawal symptoms, and can make it two to three times more likely that you'll successfully quit smoking. These medications make your day-to-day life more manageable, so you can handle things better while you're quitting.
Medical review: Nathan Cobb, MD, November 6, 2017


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I enjoy capturing the moments and emotion throughout your wedding day.
My work has been described as "fun", "artistic", "unique", "candid", "emotional", "spontaneous" and "story-telling".
My photography background has spanned numerous fields; from the commercial sector, to leading non-profit organizations, to the editorial desks at several large newspapers and publications. Through these experiences, I have crafted a unique style and have become highly adaptable to any situation.
Simply put, I like to make nice images and have fun doing it.
I am available for assignments worldwide [and love to travel].


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In the warm and welcoming weather of Sacramento, Cody Moat finished an astonishing 10 minutes before the second-place finisher, Chad Trammell. Read more about Cody's amazing finish on the Spartan Race report blog.Read More
by Cody Moat, Spartan 2012 World Champion and Spartan Pro Team member The Road to becoming a Spartan Champion Part 1 –Before Spartan Racing After a lifetime of being involved in competitive sports, I decided to take a break after my fifth and final year of college running. I was burned out and ready to conquer goals other than running. I got a teaching job and...Read More
Spartan World Championship: Cody Moat Race Report by Cody Moat First off I would like to thank Spartan for a great race this past weekend and inov-8 for supplying me with the best shoes on the market, the X-Talon 190. These light-weight racing shoes supplied me with both comfort and traction. Overall I was very pleased with how my race turned out Saturday. It wasn't...Read More


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Sony to unveil new HD viewfinder
Sony's model HDVF-C30WR HD viewfinder delivers higher levels of color accuracy and reproduction than previous models.
The new viewfinder is designed for use with many of Sony's professional HD cameras and camcorders, including the CineAlta F23 and F35 digital cinematography cameras; XDCAM HD422 optical camcorders and HDCAM camcorders; the HDC-1500/1000/1550/1400/1450 series of multiformat studio and field cameras; and the HDC-3300 Super Slow Motion camera.
The new viewfinder has a 2.7in LCD screen, a pixel resolution of 960 x 540 and a new image processor — the same processor used in Sony's BVM-L230 LCD master monitor. A flexible mechanical design minimizes interference between the lens and the viewfinder, especially when attached to the F23 and F35 cameras.
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Priests and Brothers
Our vows bind us together in community. We commit ourselves to share with one another who we are, what we have and what we do. Thereby we form a community as did those who first believed in Christ's resurrection and were possessed by His Spirit. The whole group of believers was united, heart and soul.
— Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross, 5:46
Within the Congregation of Holy Cross, Blessed Basil Moreau dedicated our religious brothers to the patronage of St. Joseph. Just as St. Joseph was an integral part of the Holy Family, so too, our brothers have an essential presence in the Holy Cross family.
Brothers profess the vows of poverty, celibacy, and obedience and in doing so commit themselves to the common work, prayer, and life in Holy Cross. In service to the Church, our brothers answer Christ's call to go out to all the nations and make the Gospel known. They do this primarily as teachers, administrators, or directors in the schools, parishes and missions of Holy Cross around the world. In their commitment to the communal prayer of Holy Cross they strive to grow in holiness and draw the world into deeper holiness.
Their participation in the common life unites our community and provides support and encouragement for their confreres. In their "yes" to Christ's invitation to follow him, they make themselves radically open to serving the needs of the Church and the world.
In their own words . . .
What is a religious brother?
"He is a man of prayer," responds the late Br. John J. Platte, C.S.C. "A man dedicated to God and to his vows. A man who makes himself at service to his community, to the Church and its people. A man whose example will lead others to Christ. 'Brother' really isn't a title-it's a relationship."
What type of man would make a good religious brother?
"If you're a man who doesn't mind doing the little things and the big things, doing them well, and doing them all for the love of God . . . consider being a brother," says the late Br. Clarence Breitenbach, C.S.C. "A vocation to religious life is not just a job, it's a way of life that requires faithfulness. Trust in God in all things, and he will not lead you astray."
To learn more about the vocation of a brother in Holy Cross:
- Read posts on our vocations blog from Holy Cross religious reflecting on the brotherhood.
- Learn more about Saint André Bessette, a humble Holy Cross brother who became the Congregation's first canonized saint.
- Watch this video of Br. Paul Bednarczyk, C.S.C., explaining how being a religious brother is not about a particular ministry, but a particular way of life.


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(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) plans to cut about 200 jobs at unit ABC and other cable networks, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The largest number of layoffs will be in operational areas, but there would be no job cuts at ESPN, the source told Reuters.
The New York Times had reported in September that Disney had cut 250 jobs at its animation unit. (nyti.ms/2cv9Zti)
Disney had around 195,000 employees, according to its latest annual filing.
Additional reporting by Laharee Chatterjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta


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Top 10 Tweets from the US Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel continued his 'dominance' with an easy victory from pole position in Austin. The German driver finished six seconds ahead of Lotus' Romain Grosjean and teammate Mark Webber to take his 12th victory of the season and eighth in a row. Lewis Hamilton finished in fourth place after struggling to manage his tyres for much of the race while Fernando Alonso and Nico Hulkenberg had a decent scrap in the closing stages of the race with the experienced Spaniard eventually finishing ahead when the Chequered Flag was waved on lap 56.
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If outdoor adventure is what you've been craving, then Oregon is the place for you! It is a great place to embark on a travel therapy job. It is filled with amazing scenery and exciting activities, it would be a great place for a travel therapy job. Oregon certainly doesn't fall short on natural beauty because 75-80% of the state is covered in green for most of the year. Enjoy pristine beaches and beautiful mountains that cover the coastline. For the outdoor adventure seekers, this state offers some of best white water rafting in the country. The Columbia River Gorge is considered to be the best place for windsurfing. Also, while you're in the Beaver State, you'll never have to pump your own gas. Oregon and New Jersey are the only states without self-serve gas. Don't just sit there! Check out Allied Travel Careers to find job opportunities in Oregon today!
Top Attractions
- Multnomah Falls
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival
- Seaside,Oregon
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
- Oktoberfest in Mt. Angel
- Crater Lake National Park
- Oregon Zoo
- Oregon Coast Aquarium
- Portland Classical Chinese Garden
- Timberline Lodge
Top Hospitals
- Oregon Health and Science University
- Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Health Center
- Providence Portland Medical Center
- St. Charles Medical Center-Bend
- Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
- Rogue Valley Medical Center
- Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center
- Peace Health Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend
- Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center
- Salem Hospital
State License Information
Physical Therapist Licensing Board
800 NE Oregon St., Suite 407
Portland, OR 97232 – 2187
Phone: 971-673-0200
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Portland, Oregon 97232
Phone: 971-673-0198
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800 NE Oregon St.
Suite 407
Portland 97232-2162
Phone: 971-673-0220