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OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2013-- For the sixth consecutive year FORTUNE Magazine named Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) to its list of 100 Best Companies to Work For®. Chesapeake ranked #26, the highest listed Oklahoma-based employer for the third consecutive year, and the second highest ranked company in the energy industry. The full list and related stories will appear in the February 4 issue of FORTUNE.
Aubrey K. McClendon, Chesapeake's Chief Executive Officer, said, "Empowered and motivated employees continue to make Chesapeake a great place to work. Our employees are focused on creating and delivering value for our shareholders while also making our country more energy secure. Although we have made progress in achieving these goals, we are determined to do even better with our distinctive and attractive corporate culture and workplace being key elements in our drive for further success."
Martha A. Burger, Chesapeake's Senior Vice President – Human & Corporate Resources, noted, "We believe our workplace culture allows Chesapeake to recruit and retain some of the industry's best talent. We are extremely proud of our nearly 12,000 employees who consistently deliver outstanding performance, quality, innovation and collaboration, even when faced with the cyclical nature of our industry."
Archie W. Dunham, Chesapeake's Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, added, "In addition to our extraordinarily high quality assets below ground, Chesapeake has built an asset base of tremendous breadth, value and energy above ground – our employees. It is a tribute to our management team for their excellence and efforts that Chesapeake has now been recognized among the 100 Best Companies to Work For six years running."
More information about Chesapeake and its careers can be found at www.chk.com/careers.
To pick the 100 Best Companies to Work For, Fortune partners with the Great Place to Work Institute to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America: 259 firms participated in this year's survey. More than 277,000 employees at those companies responded to a survey created by the institute, a global research and consulting firm operating in 45 countries around the world. Two-thirds of a company's score is based on the results of the institute's Trust Index survey, which is sent to a random sample of employees from each company. The survey asks questions related to their attitudes about management's credibility, job satisfaction, and camaraderie. The other third is based on responses to the institute's Culture Audit, which includes detailed questions about pay and benefit programs and a series of open-ended questions about hiring practices, methods of internal communication, training, recognition programs, and diversity efforts. After evaluations are completed, if news about a company comes to light that may significantly damage employees' faith in management, we may exclude it from the list. Any company that is at least five years old and has more than 1,000 U.S. employees is eligible. For more information on how to apply, visit: http://bit.ly/n8bVJ3
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) is the second-largest producer of natural gas, a Top 15 producer of oil and natural gas liquids and the most active driller of new wells in the U.S. Headquartered in Oklahoma City, the company's operations are focused on discovering and developing unconventional natural gas and oil fields onshore in the U.S. Chesapeake owns leading positions in the Eagle Ford, Utica, Granite Wash, Cleveland, Tonkawa, Mississippi Lime and Niobrara unconventional liquids plays and in the Marcellus, Haynesville/Bossier and Barnett unconventional natural gas shale plays. The company also owns substantial marketing and oilfield services businesses through its subsidiaries Chesapeake Energy Marketing, Inc. and Chesapeake Oilfield Operating, L.L.C. Further information is available at www.chk.com where Chesapeake routinely posts announcements, updates, events, investor information, presentations and news releases.
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GARDEN CITY, NY -- Adelphi University recently unveiled a new recreation fitness center in its historic Woodruff Hall building. The renovation is part of a $117 million, 25-acre campus enhancement project.
The 5,000-square-foot fitness center includes a selectorized weight training circuit, 14 free weight stations, a stretching area and a four-lane, 25-yard swimming pool. Its 28 cardio machines have iPod connections, 17-inch personal TV screens, enhanced training with landscaped views, virtual trainers and USB data connections for tracking personal workouts.
Originally opened in 1929, Woodruff Hall is one of the campus's original three buildings. It was designed by McKim, Mead and White, the architectural firm responsible for the Morgan Library in New York and the Boston Public Library. Cannon Design, Grand Island, NY, was the renovation architect.
A new glass lobby attached to Woodruff Hall's south side is the primary entry for the university's Center for Recreation and Sports, which opened in the summer of 2008.

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Director Jason Reitman has previously released three films, two of which garnered him Oscar nominations and two of which we enjoyed immensely (not the same two), so when the guy drops a trailer he's got our attention.
"Young Adult" reunites Reitman with "Juno" scribe Diablo Cody, and stars Charlize Theron as a successful writer of young adult fiction who goes home for a high school reunion, intent on winning back her high school boyfriend (Patrick Wilson), who has since moved on to marriage and is expecting his first child.
The trailer looks pretty funny, with some definitely caustic undertones--about what you'd expect from Reitman and Cody, as well as co-star Patton Oswalt. A member of a focus group who saw the film earlier this year was so put off by the tone that she declared, "I don't know why Jason Reitman wants me to feel this way." Neither do we, but we're looking forward to it.
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* November 8 - 14
Second Chances
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT so much has happened so far in Jonah (and we've covered only two chapters and even did so somewhat sparingly). Of the many points brought out, perhaps one of the most important is this: The same God who was working in Jonah is the same God who is working in our lives today. Our trials, adventures, and experiences might not be as dramatic, our call might not be as intense, but God's concern and love for Jonah is no different from His concern and love for us. If only we had the faith to believe that! Look what the Lord did for Jonah, all in order to bring the reluctant prophet to where He wanted him to be. Will He not do as much for us, if that's what it takes (let's hope, though, that it doesn't take that much)?
What we see here, in Jonah, is a unique expression of what we see all through the ScripturesGod's amazing grace working upon hearts open to receive it, even if it takes a bit of prodding along the way.
THE WEEK AT A GLANCE: How did Jonah get out of the fish? Why did God give him a second chance? How do we see God's grace expressed in this story?
MEMORY TEXT: "O Lord, Thou hast searched me and known me! Thou knowest when I sit down and when I rise up; thou discernest my thoughts from afar. Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways" (Psalm 139:1, 2, RSV).
*Please study this weeks lesson to prepare for Sabbath, November 15.
Sunday November 9
"And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land" (Jon. 2:10).
Many translations of the above text miss a certain nuance in the language. Translated in a moral literal fashion, the verse reads, "And the Lord said to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah." The phrase "and the Lord [or God] said" is exceedingly common throughout the Bible.
All through the Genesis Creation account, for example, there is the phrase "and God said." "And God said, Let there be light...." "And God said, Let there be a firmament...." "And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass. . . ." and so forth (see Genesis 1). In Jonah, we have the same verbal form used in a manner that, again, shows the Lord's power over His creation. Indeed, if He could speak the world and nature into existence, there's no question He can control it, too, as we've seen all through the first few chapters of Jonah.
Read Jonah 3:1. What do we see in this text, that reflects what we've seen in Jonah 1:1?
Here, too, we see God's actions manifested through His "word." Look up these verses and see how the "word" of the Lord appears in the Bible: Psalms 33:6; 107:19, 20; Isaiah 55:10, 11. These texts show how God carries out His will on the earth. It is through His "word" that He gets things done on the earth.
There is an ancient Jewish translation of the Bible into Aramaic called the Targums, which was highly influential in the synagogues. Look at how closely it relates the "word of the Lord" with the Lord Himself: The Bible says, "God created man" (Gen. 1:27); the Targums translates it, "And the Word of the Lord created man." The Bible says, "And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth" (Gen. 6:6, 7); the Targums translates it, "And it repented the Lord that through His Word He made man on the earth." The Bible says that Abraham "believed in the Lord" (Gen. 15:6); according to the Targums, Abraham "believed in the Word of the Lord." There are many other examples, as well.
|Concepts like "the word of God" are hard for us to understand completely. The important point is that God is at work in this world. He still manifests His power here, and the greatest manifestation of that was through Jesus, the Word What comfort do we get from the fact that we are not alone, not abandoned, not left to our own devices in this harsh, sinful planet?
Jonah is back where he started from. In the Hebrew, the first words of chapter 3 are almost an exact repetition of the opening words in chapter 1. Jonah is given a second chance, despite his initial disobedience. He deliberately and stubbornly rebelled against God. The marvel is that his actions are not enough to make God turn His back on him. It should cause great wonder in our thinking that, despite his rebellion, God still calls Jonah another time. The God of the Bible is the God of second chances. He doesn't just dismiss Jonah in his petulant disobedience. However, this aspect of God's grace is not rare or unusual.
Whom else has God offered a second chance to? Gen. 22:1-10.
"God had called Abraham to be the father of the faithful, and his life was to stand as an example of faith to succeeding generations. But his faith had not been perfect. He had shown distrust of God in concealing the fact that Sarah was his wife, and again in his marriage with Hagar. That he might reach the highest standard, God subjected him to another test."--Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 147.
Who else got another chance? Gen. 28:10-22.
"Threatened with death by the wrath of Esau, Jacob went out from his father's home a fugitive. .
"The evening of the second day found him far away from his father's tents. He felt that he was an outcast, and he knew that all this trouble had been brought upon him by his own wrong course. The darkness of despair pressed upon his soul, and he hardly dared to pray. But he was so utterly lonely that he felt the need of protection from God as he had never felt it before. With weeping and deep humiliation he confessed his sin, and entreated for some evidence that he was not utterly forsaken. .
"But God did not forsake Jacob. His mercy was still extended to His erring, distrustful servant. The Lord compassionately revealed just what Jacob neededa Saviour."Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 183. And thus God gave Jacob the vision of the heavenly ladder filled with angels.
|How many times in your own life has the Lord given you "second chances"? How is confession and repentance an expression of the second chances we've been given, again and again?
No question, this picture of God, as presented here in the Old Testament, reveals a great deal about His divine character. Our God is a forgiving God, a pardoning God, a God of love and mercy. The whole plan of salvation rests upon the idea of forgiveness, of us having done something terrible, deserving of death, and yet God, through Christ, offering us life.
Look up these texts. What are they all basically saying about us, about our nature, about our characters, and about our deeds? Isa. 53:6; 64:6; Jer. 17:9; Rom. 3:23; 5:12?
As we look around in the world, who can deny the truthfulness of these Bible texts? In fact, we don't have to look around; looking inside ourselves is more than enough.
Yet, what we see with Jonah, with God giving him another chance, is a small object lesson of what God has done for the whole human race because of Jesus on the cross. Through Him, we have all been given a second chance at life; we have all been given the opportunity to receive for ourselves the glorious redemption that Christ offers the world.
Read carefully and prayerfully Ephesians 2:1-10. How do these verses encapsulate the essence of what was written above? As you read, notice how the words sins, dead, trespasses, disobedience, lust, flesh, and wrath are used to describe us, our actions, and our character. In contrast, what words are used in those verses to describe the Lord, His actions, and His character?
|Take a look at your own life. In what ways can you see yourself mirrored in those verses written by Paul? Trace in your own mind where you once were and where the Lord has now taken you. Compare yourself with Jonah, at least as we see him so far. What parallels can you see?
Notice the title of this week's lesson. It's not called "Second Chance" but "Second Chances." And with good reason. Though the book of Jonah presents him as being given a second chance, in reality, who of us doesn't need more than a second chance? If all we had was a second chance, as opposed to many second chances, who would be saved?
Read 1 John 1:8-2:1. How do these verses exemplify the idea that we, even as followers of Christ, need more than one "second chance"? To whom are these words addressed? Believers or non-believers? What point does John make about the actions of those to whom he is writing? Focus carefully on verse 8 (the Greek verb have appears in the present tense).
Can any of us seriously claim that once we accepted Christ and were given a chance to start over, we never had to go back to the Cross and ask for forgiveness again? This doesn't mean that each time we sin we are lost; it means only that we need to be forgiven more than once.
Indeed, if we are honest with ourselves, we have to admit God has been even more gracious and forgiving with us than the two times we have seen in Jonah's life. And when we aren't so focused on the sins of others and the work God needs to do in their lives, we become more sensitive to just how many times God has given grace to us.
"Jesus knows the circumstances of every soul. You may say, I am sinful, very sinful. You may be; but the worse you are, the more you need Jesus. He turns no weeping, contrite one away. He does not tell to any all that He might reveal, but He bids every trembling soul take courage. Freely will He pardon all who come to Him for forgiveness and restoration."Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 568.
When we are honest enough with ourselves to recall how God has brought us up out of the pits we have dug for ourselves, we can better appreciate God's grace to His recalcitrant prophet Jonah.
Go back to 1 John, the verses we looked at today. Then read 1 John 2:3-6. How do you understand the relationship, the balance, between these two blocks of text, one stressing the reality of sin in our lives, the other stressing the need for obedience to the law?
The "word of the Lord" came to Jonah again. What did He say to him? Jon. 3:2.
The divine directive, "Up! Go to the great city of Nineveh," is identical with the first one God gave Jonah before his amazing adventure in the Mediterranean Sea. Nineveh is still the metropolis God wants him to reach. He will not be frustrated by the impudence of His prophet.
What is Jonah's response this time? Jon. 3:3.
As in chapter 1, Jonah went. But this time, instead of trying to "flee . . . from the presence of the Lord," he obeys "according to the word of the Lord." Notice how the text describes what happened to Jonah next (Jon. 3:3, 4). Jonah is told to go, and the next thing we know, he's there. No mention is made of the long journey Jonah would have had to make. This is in direct contrast to his initial travels in the first two chapters. Instead, our attention is now taken immediately to the city of Nineveh. There was a reason for the description of Jonah's first journey: It exposed the nature of Jonah's rebellion against God. But now that Jonah obeys, the journey is not important to detail.
How is Nineveh described? Jon. 3:3.
As in Jonah 1:2, Nineveh is again described as a great city. (The literal meaning of the phrase is: "a great city to God.") And indeed, it was large and important by the standards of the time. We can also be sure that Nineveh is "great" to God in light of all the trouble He takes to get Jonah there! The size of Nineveh is suggested by the final phrase in verse 3: "three days' journey." The words in the original language read more literally as "a walk of three days." Such a designation in ancient records can suggest a day's journey in from the suburbs, one day for business, and one day for the return. This interpretation fits well with verse 4.
God commissions a Hebrew prophet to go to the capital city of Assyria, taking a message of judgment. At a time when Israelites were no doubt praying that the Assyrians might be destroyed, God is extending a hand of mercy to them. What's the message for us? (See Matt. 5:44; Luke 6:27, 35.)
FURTHER STUDY: Ellen G. White, "Our Duty to the World," in Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6, pp. 273-280; "Our Work," vol. 8, pp. 9-12; "The Commission," pp. 14-18.
Wake up, wake up, my brethren and sisters, and enter the fields in America that have never been worked. After you have given something for foreign fields, do not think your duty done. There is a work to be done in foreign fields, but there is a work to be done in America that is just as important. In the cities of America there are people of almost every language. These need the light that God has given to His church."Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 8, p. 36.
"While plans are being carried out to warn the inhabitants of various nations in distant lands, much must be done in behalf of the foreigners who have come to the shores of our own land. The souls in China are no more precious than the souls within the shadow of our doors. God's people are to labor faithfully in distant lands, as His providence may open the way; and they are also to fulfil their duty toward the foreigners of various nationalities in the cities and villages and country districts close by."Ellen G. White, Christian Service, p. 199.
SUMMARY: Jonah is given a much-needed second chance. Who, among us, can't relate?
Peter Sinagpulo
An epidemic of German measles struck the isolated Manobo village in the mountains of southern Philippines. Already two babies had died, and many more children were sick. These people are not vaccinated against childhood diseases, because their villages are too isolated, too dangerous and too difficult to hike to. The nearest hospital was a day's hike down the mountain, and my student-missionary partner and I had no medicines to help the sick ones.
We went from one hut to another, praying and offering what help we could. In one hut we found a baby lying on a mat, gasping for breath. The family had gathered to watch, weep, and wait for death.
We had no medicines, but we offered to pray. We wet a small towel and bathed the baby, then we asked God to heal the child. The father stared silently at us, his face crowded with worry and puzzlement. "How can a wet towel heal our baby?" he asked, agitated.
We explained that it could help bring down the baby's fever. We prepared to leave, sure that God would answer our prayer. We shook hands with the family members, but the father refused and stared at us coldly.
"What is wrong, sir?" I asked. But he said nothing. We felt sure that if the child died, the father would blame us.
We had barely reached our cottage when somebody ran toward us. "Sir! Sir! The father is very angry. He knows that the wet towel is not medicine, and he has threatened to kill you both!"
We entered our cottage and knelt to pray once more. "Lord, our Great Physician, there is nothing else we can do to save the baby. Please spare her life as well as ours. Amen." We claimed promises of God's protection, then we prepared for bed.
Through the spaces between the boards of our hut, we saw something move. Figures silhouetted in the moonlight walked toward our hut. It was the family of the sick baby. They walked past our cottage toward a relative's hut, but the father kept staring at our cottage. All was quiet again, and we fell asleep.
The next morning someone knocked at our door. It was the baby's father. This time his face wore a smile, and in his hand he carried some sweet potatoes. "Thank you, teacher," he said. "My baby is well now!"
We pray that the father and others in this village will learn to love and trust the Great Healer whom we worship.
Peter Sinagpulo is a student at Mountain View College in Mindanao, southern Philippines.
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Anderson Cooper wouldn't say he's kicking off the second season of his talk show with a clean slate--because his slate was never messy!
"So, you heard that?" the newsman joked with guest cohost Kristin Chenoweth today on the season premiere of Anderson Live when she asked what prompted him to publicly address over the summer the fact that he is gay. "Everybody in my life...Now I'm all blushing and getting nervous!"
"I came out in high school," Cooper said. "I told my friends, I told my family. I've always been out to my coworkers and stuff. It's just not something I talked about publicly, because as a reporter, I didn't think it was appropriate. It didn't seem like part of my job."
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Miss Anderson Cooper's "reveal" to Andrew Sullivan? Refresh your memory right here!
In an open letter to the Daily Beast's Andrew Sullivan, Cooper wrote that he indeed was gay, "always will be, and I couldn't be any more happy, comfortable with myself and proud."
Guess what? Society didn't miss a beat. But, Chenoweth wondered, why now (or then)?
"It just got to the point where, I've been torn for a long time between the desire as a reporter to just do my job and be known as a reporter," Cooper explained. "And, at the same time, I think visibility is important...The tide of history only moves forward when everybody is fully visible...I didn't want to send a message that it was anything I was ashamed about or unhappy about or not comfortable with. And that was the main thing for me. I mean, I appreciate all the support I got and all the encouragement."
Beyonc also visited Anderson Live today--what did she say about Blue Ivy?
"I'm the same person I always was," he added, "I do the job the same way." (CNN's coverage of Hurricane Isaac on the Gulf Coast would certainly attest to that.)
Figuring it might be a good time for her to clear the air, too, Chenoweth (looking fresh as a daisy after spending time in a neck brace following an accident on the set of The Good Wife) chimed in with her own announcement.
"I am not gay," she asserted matter-of-factly. "I'm hetero! I know there's been people who've been wondering, maybe some single men."


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The Saatchi gallery is most commonly known for its contemporary art. This is its first photography show since 2001.
There are a wide range of photographers on display ranging from the classical to the abstract, with enough variety to suit art fans of all tastes. Familiar names are present, such as John Stezaker who is famed for his collaged portraits (which had their own show at the Whitechapel Gallery last year). But Sohei Nishino's huge collages of Paris, Tokyo and New York are more likely to catch the eye. These are made from thousands of individual photo segments, yet the cities are easily recognisable.
The use of light to subvert is another highlight, as David Sherry is able to transform a scenic landscape into something otherworldly and apocalyptic by simply applying a coloured filter. Ryan McGinley also manipulates lighting to make a concert crowd appear as if they are witnessing an alien mothership landing.
Also of note are Mat Colishaw's haunting and mesmerising five metre tall mosaics and Noemie Goudal's scenic clashes of nature with the man-made.
Though only half of this exhibition is truly noteworthy, the sheer volume of artists on display means that all fans of photographic art will find something to like at Out of Focus.
Out of Focus: Photography is on display at the Saatchi gallery until 22 July. Admission is free.
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It can be as simple as forgetting to wipe a stethoscope with alcohol between heart-rate checks. Or it can be as complex as a resident exhibiting sexually inappropriate behavior toward her fellow patients.
It can be as simple as forgetting to wipe a stethoscope with alcohol between heart-rate checks.
Or it can be as complex as a resident exhibiting sexually inappropriate behavior toward her fellow patients.
But when it comes to issues of treatment and supervision within nursing care facilities, every detail is bared for discriminating eyes, including yours.
Inspection reports from surveys conducted by the state Department of Health at each of Pennsylvania's 711 long-term nursing care facilities are available online through the department's website.
Included in these reports are meticulous narratives written by state inspectors that explain exactly where the facility went wrong, sometimes in surprising ways. (Both of the examples cited above occurred in area facilities.)
A Pocono Record analysis of this publicly available data found that, over the past 30 months' worth of inspections, Monroe and Pike counties were both cited with more deficiencies per 100 beds than other, similarly populated counties, some of which house more nursing care facilities.
And while this may seem a cause for concern, you should first consider the context of the federal government's rating system for deficiencies.
Based on this system, none of the local facilities were cited for deficiencies that pose an actual, immediate threat to patients.
And, more importantly, the state confirmed that all six facilities in the two-county area have corrected their most recent deficiencies, meaning that their patients are in no present danger.
Under federal law, any nursing care facility that receives funding through Medicare or Medicaid has to operate under a specific set of standards and requirements as outlined in the Center for Medicare Services' Manual System for Long Term Care Facilities.
Like most bureaucratic documents, the manual is a dense guide and provides specific regulations for everything from mealtime nutrition to back-office record keeping by the facility's administration.
CMS farms out the responsibility of ensuring each facility is following its rules to state governments, who, in turn, conduct inspections on its behalf.
The inspections are conducted both annually and any time a complaint is received from a resident or his or her family.
These multi-day inspections are unannounced and can occur at any time of the day, an element of surprise that ensures the inspectors are getting an accurate, unvarnished look into how the facility operates.
During the inspection, surveyors — a team usually including a registered nurse and a social worker — gain an assessment of how the facility is operating through interviews with patients and employees, guided tours and simple observation.
"It's our responsibility to address anything that involves harm to a resident," said Susan Willamson, director of the state's Division of Nursing Care Facilities. "This could range from accident hazards within the home, clear to the dietary issues with food storage.
"As regulators of the industry, it's hard for us to say what's more harmful than others. To us, a deficiency is a deficiency. We're going to look for a correction, and when we find one, we're going to write a corrective report."
Regardless of what went wrong, each deficiency is assigned a letter grade for its severity (see the sidebar for more on the rating system), ranging from no actual harm present ("A") to widespread, immediate jeopardy to the residents' safety ("L").
In Monroe and Pike, none of the facilities have had deficiencies higher than "G"— an isolated deficiency that will cause actual harm to a patient if left unaddressed, but one that isn't a source of "immediate jeopardy."
After these reports are issued, Willamson said the facility is given a specific amount of time to develop a "corrective plan of action" that outlines how the highlighted problems will be fixed and provides a deadline for improvements to be made.
Once that's done, the inspectors come back and double-check the staff's work.
If everything's copacetic, the facility is in the clear until the next survey. If not, or if the plan isn't completed, further disciplinary actions can be taken, all the way up to the facility losing its license for federal funding.
In Pennsylvania, that's only happened once in the past decade, according to state data.
Speaking locally, all of the facilities of Monroe and Pike had been cleared of all deficiencies found during their last inspections, the latest of which occurred in September.
So, then, what does that mean for consumers looking to get an objective view on how well a facility cares for its residents?
"What I would walk away with is that this is one snapshot in time, and it is representative of only that snapshot in time," said Kathleen Morrell, the nursing home administrator for Pleasant Valley Manor in Stroudsburg. "It doesn't, and can't, represent what we do every day necessarily."
In the reports examined by the Pocono Record related to facilities in Monroe and Pike counties, the deficiencies cited seemed to stem from errors caused by individual employees and improperly filed documentation.
For Pleasant Valley Manor, the latter was an issue in its most recent report, in which a document in a randomly selected patient's file was incomplete.
"The inspectors are looking to see if we implement the system, a process that meets the end result, which is that regulation," Morrell said. "There may be gaps between what actually happened and their expectations, but that doesn't mean we're failing in some area.
"Did that error in documentation affect the care? Absolutely not. The patient still received what he or she needed, even if it wasn't marked down in the file."
Morrell said that, in some instances, deficiencies stem from a conflict of interpretation between the inspectors and the facility.
"There is a set of very strict guidelines, and if the inspectors feel that we're not meeting them, even if the residents are being cared for properly and we've received no complaints, they'll cite us," Morrell said. "We're all working toward same goal, which is getting care for residents. Sometimes we disagree, but always professionally."
Regardless of whether or not the facilities and inspectors disagree, the fact remains that Pocono-area facilities are being cited, on average, more often than facilities in other, more populated areas of Pennsylvania.
Russ McDaid has experience with this disparity, thanks to the time he's spent working with LeadingAge PA, an advocacy group that speaks out on behalf of nonprofit nursing care facilities throughout Pennsylvania.
"The surveys provide a good minimum standard, but they're not a comprehensive indicator," said McDaid, LeadingAge PA's vice president of public policy. "If there really is a problem where a home has deficiencies that happen repeatedly, residents will vote with their feet: The home will lose patients, fall out of favor and lose its financial stability."
McDaid instead believes that the high number of deficiencies found at Pocono facilities stem from flaws within the inspection process.
"The real travesty in the system is that a zero-deficiency survey causes as much scrutiny as one filled with them," he said. "Federal inspectors start to question whether the state inspectors looked hard enough." That scrutiny then trickles down to the state inspectors, who McDaid said, feel "pressured" to find any and all flaws that exist, no matter how minor.
This pressure is, in turn, passed on to the facilities themselves, which have to pore over the CMS manual to ensure total compliance.
"For larger homes, the process isn't quite so bad," McDaid said. "They have staff in place who can work more closely with auditing day-to-day practices, or can ensure, from a corporate level, that they can provide services that will meet standards.
"Small places like Pleasant Valley may feel overwhelmed by the process, or feel that they have to go at it alone."
Pleasant Valley Manor employs 250 people, a fraction of the staff found at some of the larger facilities in the state's metropolitan areas, facilities that still manage to receive deficiency citations.
"You can have all the policies and procedures in place and can educate your staff as well as you can, said Vince Urban, the nursing home administrator at Brookmont Healthcare Center in Effort, "but the bottom line is that humans are doing the work, and human error is bound to happen."
Errors like leaving a medicated patch on a patient for too long, something Brookmont was cited for— an "E"-level deficiency— in a state inspection on Aug. 31, but later cleared of during a follow-up visit.
"Obviously, not every error is a severe deficiency where the patient was in danger, or else we would face more severe citations and stricter penalties," Urban said. "Our goal with every inspection is to have no errors, and we've found success in eliminating any that do crop up through auditing and mentoring programs."
Urban also takes the stance that some deficiencies result from the sheer workload the inspectors face during their short-term visits.
"The inspectors are looking out for best interest of residents, and want the facility to be the best that it can be," he said. "They have to call it as they see it in the time they have to look at information.
"If a document is listed as not being found, it's sometimes the case that the documents weren't found at that time, not that they don't exist altogether; these errors may be a matter of the inspectors not having enough time."
The administrators at Golden LivingCenter Stroud, a competitor of Brookmont's located in East Stroudsburg, seem to agree with Urban that the inspection process, while challenging, is a necessary facet of the health care industry.
"We are people caring for people, and we're dealing with a constantly changing spectrum of complexities that range from residents looking for short-term rehabilitation to people going through end stages of life," said Michael Ewing, a senior director of operations for Golden LivingCenters, which operates 38 nursing care facilities in Pennsylvania, Stroud included.
"We support the federal system as it stands: There should be thousands of regulations, there should be a rigorous review process, and it should be difficult to be deficiency-free. Right now, we know we can do better, and we're working with the state and federal governments to reach that goal."
But experts in the industry believe that the facilities aren't the only ones that need to "do better."
"The survey process is designed to catch people doing something wrong, with the intention that they won't do it again," McDaid said. "While we think it's a good system, it's essentially backwards."
McDaid and his colleagues at LeadingAge PA believe that the currently reactive system should instead be proactive, highlighting certain processes that facilities are performing incorrectly and working to develop targeted education plans that address these specific issues.
"Why would we want to wait until an error is made and catch it on the back end?" he said. "We should work from the front end and prevent these deficiencies from happening if we're aware that other homes are having problems with them."
In the meantime, however, even state authorities admit that there's only one, sure-fire way for consumers to determine the quality of care being provided at a specific facility: hitting the pavement.
"We always recommend visiting the actual facilities and making your own personal conclusion about a home," Susan Willamson said. "These reports and their deficiencies should be used as a tool, but not the only tool when people are looking into what home is right for their family members."


text: Ancient civilizations gave us the names of planets in our solar system. But as modern scientists have zoomed in on these bodies and their moons, they have needed to find names for ever more features on their surfaces. Following the tradition of naming planets after Greek and Roman deities, most place names in the solar system are derived from mythology. Thus, mountains, craters, valleys, and other geologic features on Venus come from names for sky goddesses, water goddesses, desert goddesses, war goddesses, or goddesses of love, fate, fortune, and fertility. But sometimes it seems that astronomers get a little tired of always asking their mythology friends for new pantheons to mine for names. Scientists are, after all, just as geeky as any other nerd subculture and they like to stamp the solar system with lesser-known minutiae from their favorite books or devote a crater to a scientific hero. For instance, on Nov. 13 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) approved the name Mount Doom for a peak on Saturn's moon Titan. According to the Lord of the Rings series, this mountain lies at the heart of Mordor and is the only site where the One Ring can be unmade. Titan is like a geek heaven, with place names coming from both J. R. R. Tolkien's mythos and Frank Herbert's Dune series. To come up with such names, members of an IAU task group agree on a theme — let's say, naming all the craters on Jupiter's moon Europa after Celtic gods and heroes – and label any known features. As better maps are made of a planet or moon, other people may suggest a name for newly resolved features. The names are reviewed, objected to, debated, and eventually approved and published online. The process isn't just for scientists; members of the public can submit suggestions as well. Maybe it's time to start stamping the solar system with places like Westeros and Oz? While we can't visit these features in person, many have been mapped by our robotic probes. Here we take a look at some images of the geekiest places in the solar system. Above: Titan, King of the Geeks The themes for most of Titan's features follow the standard mythological criterion. Above you can see the enormous Xanadu region, the bright area just below and to the right of center. Xanadu is named after a legendary palace in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem Kubla Khan. But all mountains on Titan are named for fictional mountains in the Lord of the Rings series, while all plains and labyrinth-like features are named for planets in the Dune series. Image: NASA/JPL/Space Science InstituteMount Doom All mountains on Titan are named for fictional peaks in Tolkien's books. In addition to Mount Doom, there is Mount Erebor, the Lonely Mountain, where Bilbo and company travel to fight the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit. Classic rock geeks will also recognize Titan's Misty Mountains (where the spirits go) which house the Dwarven city of Khazad-dum and the mines of Moria, where the dwarves dug too deep, unleashing the Balrog that — spoiler alert — kills Gandalf. Planets in Frank Herbert's Dune series provides names for plains on Titan, such as Arrakis Planitia, named for the planet where Paul Atreides becomes Muad'Dib and learns to ride the mighty sandworms. The Chusuk plain and Sikun labyrinth are also named for planets in the Dune series. Images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteScientists in the Solar System Uber-geek Albert Einstein scores his own crater on the moon for his world-changing Theory of Relativity. Plenty of other revolutionary men and women are honored in this way, including Galileo Galilei, champion Renaissance scientist who uncovered evidence that the Earth goes around the sun among other breakthroughs, and Charles Babbage, who invented the first programmable computer back in 1822. Several female scientists lend their names to craters on Venus, including Irene Joliot-Curie, daughter of Marie Curie, and a Nobel laureate herself. Image: LROC/NASALunar Explorers Our closest companion is the moon, whose features people have gazed upon since the dawn of time. It is only recently that scientists have provided some nerdy names to these places; in particular, lunar craters, which are named for scientists, explorers, and astronauts. Just north from the touchdown spot of Apollo 11 are three small craters, named for the first lunar crew, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. The first man in space, Yuri Gagarin, has also been honored with his own crater. Images: LROC/NASAEngineers on the Moon The internet's favorite underdog engineer and mad scientist, Nikola Tesla, lends his name to a crater on the moon. His arch-rival (again, according to the internet) Thomas Edison, gets the same, though their craters are kept far from one another. Nerdy viewers may spot H.G. Wells' crater near Tesla's. The British father of science fiction also had a French rival, Jules Verne, who gets a crater, too. Image: LROC/NASAArtists and Authors Plenty of cultured nerds will find all they need on Mercury, whose craters are named after famous artists, painters, musicians, and authors. There are craters named for Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven as well as Charles Dickens and William Faulkner craters. But a true geek will be most thrilled to see the literary luminaries of science-fiction and fantasy get their due, with J. R. R. Tolkien crater on Mercury and Edgar Rice Burroughs crater on Mars. Image: NASAValleys of Discovery Astronomical nerds will recognize that all valleys on Mercury are named for radio telescope facilities. But even if you're not a stargazer, you will know the Arecibo telescope. This spectacular facility, which lends its name to Arecibo Vallis, is a pop-culture staple, featured in the movie Contact, the James Bond film and videogame GoldenEye 007, and even an episode of The X-Files. Image: MESSENGER/NASAExploration on Mercury Scarps on Mercury are all named for ships of discovery. So Christopher Columbus' Santa Maria can be found along with Captain James Cook's Endeavour. Perhaps the nerdiest place name on Mercury comes from Charles Darwin's ship The Beagle, which was used to collect evidence for evolution. Image: MESSENGER/NASADa Vinci on Mars Defying all categories is one of history's greatest nerds, Leonardo da Vinci. An Italian painter, sculptor, mathematician, scientist, writer, inventor, and geologist, the man probably sped up human progress by a century all on his own. Much better than getting wrapped up into every conspiracy theory and annoying best-selling novel is the honor of lending his name to a beautiful crater on Mars. Image: NASA


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The Leicester Chronicle Saturday, July 21st 1888, p2
Some time during Friday evening the Post Office at Clarendon Park was broken into and a sum approaching £20 taken from the till. The matter is in the hands of the police.
The Chronicle doesn't report whether the thief was caught in the weeks after the robbery, but I did find out a few interesting things. The post office in 1888 was on Queens Road. It was run by Henry Scorror, "stationer and agent" (Wright's 1888 Directory of Leicestershire) and his wife Catherine. Letters and parcels were collected on weekdays at 9.50am, 2.10pm, 3.30pm, 7pm and 8.20pm. By 1891, as the population of Clarendon Park increased, collections were also made on Sundays. The address was now 83 Queens Road – where the current post office also stands. It's amazing how much longevity of service these Clarendon Park shops and businesses have seen!
In 1891 Henry Scorror lived at 39 Montague Road in 1891 with wife Catherine Burnet née Bethell, his children and servant. He died in Queens Road on 1st January 1893 aged just 39.
Catherine kept up the post office at 83 Queens Road, with the assistance of daughters Annie Burnet Scorror and Edith Dorothy Bethell Scorror, living in rooms above the shop. She was still sub-postmistress in 1916, but retired some time before 1925, when daughter Annie was in post (now as Mrs O'Connor). Catherine died 9th January 1936.
I'll be visiting Leicestershire Records Office on Thursday to find out how long the Scorror/O'Connor family were in charge of Clarendon Park Post Office. The British Postal Archive will also be a port of call one of these days. And I must speak to the lovely chaps who run the post office today to see if they can tell me anything about its history. As always, half an hour of research brings up many more questions than answers! regards, Elizabeth.


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The 6-9 forward will be eligible to play immediately
TOWSON, Md. – Towson head men's basketball coach Pat Skerry announced the addition of Alex Gavrilovic (Gahv-RIL-ah-vich), a transfer student-athlete who played on the University of Dayton's Elite 8 team during the 2013-14 season. Gavrilovic, a 6-foot-9 forward, is set to graduate from Dayton and will be eligible for the Tigers during the 2014-15 season.
"We are very excited to add Alex to our program," said Skerry. "He brings high level playing experience with him as he competed for an Elite Eight team while at Dayton and was part of the French National team. Alex has learned from great coaches in Archie Miller (Dayton), Dan Barto (IMG Academy) and Aime Toupane with the French National team. He's a skilled and versatile front-court player, who will make an immediate impact on the court and provide veteran leadership in our locker room. Alex is a dedicated student-athlete who will fit in great with our program."
In three seasons at Dayton, Gavrilovic played in 67 games and averaged 3.0 points and 1.9 rebounds. He saw action in 15 games last season when the Flyers reached the regional final of the NCAA tournament.
Gavrilovic, a native of Strasbourg, France, won a gold medal in 2010 with the French U-20 National Basketball Team at the European championships in Zadar, Croatia. He also attended the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida where he played against some of the best prep school and junior college competition in the country.
Gavrilovic joins a Towson program that is coming off consecutive winning seasons, including a 25-11 campaign in 2013-14. The graduate student will bolster a front line for Towson that loses two-time Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year Jerrelle Benimon to graduation but returns the remainder of its front-court contributors.


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Up until a short time ago, I had never heard of Wadi Rum. It wasn't until travel blogger Gary Ardnt mentioned it in one of his posts a year ago that I was introduced to it.
Wadi Rum sounded extremely remote and exotic and not knowing much about the Middle East, I knew I had to get there one day.
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When the Jordan Tourism Board invited us to come and see their incredible country, we finally had our chance.
Wadi Means Valley in Arabic
We started our day off with a 4X4 adventure through the desert beginning at the Wadi Rum Visitors Centre.
It overlooks the Seven Pillars of Wisdom: an imposing rock formation named after the autobiography by T.E Lawrence of the same name.
As the main jumping off point for tours out to the desert, the visitors centre is a bustling place.
Jordanians are a very Welcoming People
A group of men invited us over to have our picture taken and one of them even offered to be our photographer.
We enjoyed talking with them and unlike many other places in our travels, they never expected anything in return.
They simply said, "would you like to have a photo with us?" We happily replied, "yes."
Once we had everything in order and said our goodbyes we joined our guide for our very own 4X4 tour of Wadi Rum. It's not only a scenic tour of the desert but a fun adventure riding in the back of a truck over bumpy terrain.
Want to visit another popular sight in Jordan? Check out Jerash, The Ancient Roman City
As it was everywhere in Jordan, the landscape of Wadi Rum was astounding.
Our driver told us to rap on the truck's roof whenever we wanted to stop for a photograph and we ended giving our knuckles quite the workout. We constantly wanted to take a closer look or picture at every turn.
It was the famous Rock Bridge of Wadi Rum that was our first "official stop" of the tour.
This is the photograph that everyone wants to get. Overrun with tourists when we first arrived, we patiently waited for the clamorous group to finish up before making a run for our own shots. We had exactly 10 minutes to grab our pictures before the next wave of tourists came through.
And we are happy to say that we accomplished our mission.
It was now time to move onto our next stop, the Khazali Canyon. This is a small but fascinating canyon filled with Nabatean inscriptions dating back to the 4th century BC.
Khazali Canyon – Wadi Rum
Our guide Ali explained to us that he can read these inscriptions as they are an ancient form of the Arabic language. I thought that was pretty cool, but then again, he never did explain what the inscriptions said.
I am captivated by ancient carvings and structures. How can these inscriptions last for thousands of years when the entire landscape has changed over time?
Erosion and wind should have wiped them away and yet here they are.
While the inscriptions are impressive, it is the walk farther back into the cave that is jaw-dropping.
We couldn't believe when another group coming in asking us how long of a walk it was to the back of the canyon. When we replied about a minute, they decided to turn around and head back out. Curious.
After our glimpse into history and our walk into the spectacular display of nature at its finest, we needed a refreshment.
Acting like true Bedouins, we walked through the sand to a nearby camp where we sipped on sweet and spicy tea. The Bedouins drink their tea with a lot of sugar and we followed suit.
They explained that they do not have a lot of sweets in their diet and the tea satisfies that craving.
Tea in Jordan
Known as Bedouin Whiskey you will be served tea wherever you go in Jordan and we developed quite a taste for it.
We love this tea so much that we bought two packs to bring home to keep a little bit of Jordan with us.
It was one final quick stop at the red sand dune before heading back to the Visitors Centre.
This is where we finally caught up with the rest of the crowds and where we opted out of hiking up to the top to join the throngs of people.
Instead, we were captivated by the guys trying to fix their jeep. Sometimes it's the oddities in life that are more enthralling than the stunning landscape in front of us.
It seemed so surreal to have these men dressed in traditional garb working on a carburetor in the middle of the mystical Arabian Desert.
Wadi Rum is worth the Visit
Wadi Rum may be overrun with tourists but it is worth visiting. If you have more time, I would suggest going on a longer jeep safari or camel trek. Like everywhere on earth, it is becoming more difficult to get off the beaten path. But if you work a bit harder and travel a bit farther, you will travel away from the crowd and quite possibly will find yourself among the true Bedouin of Wadi Rum.
For a different Experience, try seeing Wadi Rum from above by Ultralight or Hot Air Balloon.
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The group SNAP -- the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests -- wants a meeting with the newly-elected pontiff.
The group's midwest director in Chicago on Friday called for a new rule mandating abusive priests be turned over to the police.
"We want to begin a new dialogue with him, and with the church we want to begin a real dialogue about prevention of child sexual abuse," Peter Isely said outside the Chicago archdiocesan headquarters.
He was flanked by a small number of men and women abused as children asking for action to be taken against priests who have mistreated children.
"Right now if you're a priest in most parts of the world, and you have been known by your bishop to have raped or sexually assaulted a child, you get to remain in the priesthood and in most of these cases you're remaining in ministry working with children and families," Isely said.
Isely stated that the majority of priests within the church are working on behalf of children, but there is still a need to "turn a new page" and set rules for those who aren't.
The group is also calling on Chicago's Cardinal Francis George to aid them in setting up a meeting with the pope.
"There has probably been more progress in 15 years than there has been in 15 centuries," Isely said.
Group members said they're encouraged by the pope's choice of "Francis" as his namesake because St. Francis was one of the greatest reformers in church history and stood for justice.
Victim Advocacy Group Wants Meeting with Pope Francis
SNAP's midwest director calls on Chicago's Cardinal Francis George to held facilitate dialogue
The group SNAP -- the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests -- wants a meeting with the newly-elected pontiff.


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WEATHER: Two straight days of gloriousness!
MILES THIS WEEK: Oy. I don't even know.
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It has come to my attention that a significant portion of The Running Log's readership is not, in fact, made up of runners, but rather of non-runners who want a window into the crazy. They want answers to pressing questions: Does running really cost you toenails? Do runners ever get sick of having absolutely kickin' gams? Is running right for me? Is the oxford comma indeed correct usage? (Answers: Yes, Fantastic, Only if you want to be awesome, and Yes.)
Well, we're getting another big sweaty chest-bump from Mother Nature this weekend, so it's time to answer a few more questions: does one even bother running in the oppressive, soul-crushing, walk-around-the-office-in-a-beater-and-mesh-shorts-and-no-one-cares heat? How does it affect a runner? Are there side effects?


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This new version of compression sock, already endowed with technological features, comes along with more innovative benefits that will take care of your feet like no other socks: more comfort, more aeration and more protection.
3d dots are fitted at the rear of and in the socks to protect the achilles tendon and the malleolus area respectively.
These socks cushion your ankle in such a way that no friction and pressure is allowed.
The 3d dots also prevent slipping in the shoes.
In the seamless toe box, the toes are neither creased nor smothered.
These socks do not retain water and wick out moisture, leaving the feet fresh and dry.
The fibre, in which the socks are designed, has a massaging effect on the sole area of the feet.
Each sock respects the anatomy of the each foot.
The cushioning effect of the 3D.DOTS at the rear of the sock protect the Achilles tendon from friction and pressure.
Seamless and without elastic, the upper part of the sock does not compress the leg, thus relieving the pressure in that area.
The 360° compression dampens the "shock wave" effect on the muscles, veins and joints.
Air enters the garment which prevents overheating during effort.
Targeted layout of ventilation mesh makes it more breathable and helps wick humidity, whatever the outside temperature, the level and duration of your effort.
The 3D.dots do not retain water (rain, hydration, perpiration) and facilitate its discharge. Feet stay dry.
The 3D.dots on the inner part of the malleolus help with the prevention of shocks.
"The massaging acupressure" is designed to activate blood circulation by multipoint massaging of the sole area.
Optimum support in technical and demanding runs, long descents and technical trails for greater stability.
Ankle strap for additional support to reduce shocks on the Achilles tendon and the back of the foot.
We've tried to give you as much information as possible but if there's something missing that you need to know, you can get in touch with us below.
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All bikes are fully checked and serviced before they leave the store. We do our best to make the bikes as ready to ride as possible. They will arrive in a large sized box and once unpacked the bike will require the user to turn the handlebars and tighten the stem bolts. Don't worry if you're unsure abut how to do this as you find directions on how to do this within box along with a "new bike guide" detailing information on how to look after your new bike.
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Our Click & Collect service offers all the benefits of shopping online combined with specialist personal retail experience in one of our stores. Simply order your items, select Click & Collect and pick up your item at a time that's convenient for you. Best of all the service is completely FREE!
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Use our website to browse our catalogue of products with stock availability. When you find the item you want simply add it to your basket like you usually would.
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For items in stock at the chosen collection store, we will normally have your item ready to collect within 1-2 working days.
For items which are at the warehouse your order will be ready to collect in the time indicated on the website; or if at another store approximately 3 working days – please call in advance if you are making a long journey, just in case!
If you order a bike we will contact you and arrange a collection appointment. All bikes go through a PDI (Pre Delivery Inspection) delivered by one of our accredited mechanics, this means that getting your bike ready for collection may take a little longer.
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Please bring with you your confirmation e-mail, a photo proof of ID (i.e. passport, driving licence), and proof of address.
We will hold your order in store for 10 days, if you have any problems with getting to the store to collect your order please feel free to contact the collection store and we will happily extend this time where possible.
Can Someone Else Collect My Order?
Please contact the store you have chosen to collect from in advance and we will do our best to accommodate any changes relating to collection.
How do I cancel/change my order?
If you wish to cancel your order or make any changes please contact the store directly, contact information can be found here. Please note, full refunds will be made via the original transaction made with our online team.
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Our normal returns policy applies to all Click & Collect orders, for more information see our returns policy. You can also return directly to the store.
With Pre-Order, you can purchase the latest items added to our store in advance of them arriving with us.
You Pre-Order is prioritised (at no additional charge); meaning that, as soon as the product arrives with us, we can wrap it straight back up and get it sent out to you - it often never even hits the stock room shelves!
With Pre-Launch, the date when we expect to receive the product ourselves is still a little too hazy to be confident in accepting Pre-Orders.
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1 Billion Unique Visitors Go to Google Every Month
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) revealed more than a year ago that it has more than 1 billion searches a day and averages 1 billion searchers a week.
Now it can add 1 billion unique visitors per month to that storied stat club. comScore revealed that Google's Websites, including its search engine, YouTube video-sharing site and Gmail, lured more than a billion unique visitors in May. That's up 8.4 percent from a year ago.
It is the first time an Internet company has hit that benchmark, according to the researcher. See the report here or this snapshot on Search Engine Land.
That would be nice if it weren't for the fact that Google's rivals are growing their online traffic, too. Microsoft, whose Bing search engine came on strong last year, followed with 905 million unique visitors in May, good for growth of 15 percent.
Facebook, meanwhile, saw its visitor count balloon to 714 million visitors, perhaps an accurate reflection of its current user base. Facebook's year-to-year growth was a remarkable 30 percent.
More impressive (and scary, for Google) is Facebook's user engagement stat: comScore said the social network's users logged 250 billion minutes worldwide in May, up 66 percent from May 2010.
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I'm new to the site, at first I joined only to correct someone about Christian morality but I think I'll stay to see what some (not all) atheist think about everything. So yeah, I'm here to see the "culture" I guess and what are the trends in thought among at-least some atheist and when I decide I can, correct misunderstandings in Christian principle and I like the chat-room, so you might see me use it. Alright cool, thanks for reading and if you have any questions about the Christian faith, I'd be happy to answer em if I can.
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I don't know about it, I'll look it up and get back to you tho
I'll hold you to that, and look forward to it.
Okay, Israel, here's your chance to explain Christianity to me. Let's play 20 questions.
question #1: Exactly how is your "Magic Man in the Sky" different from Santa Claus, given that they both perform superhuman feats? Neither is supported by even a modicum of empirical evidence (except maybe for those presents under the tree, Xmas morning). Both are the manifestations of childlike wishful thinking (either toys or eternal life).
question #s 2 through 7: How tall is God? How male? How old? What color? What language does He speak? Where is He, right now?
question #s 8 through 10: How many prayers does he hear in a day? How many of those does He answer? How come He refuses to grant the prayers of so many sufferers, worldwide?
question #s11 through 15: Is God omnipotent? Is He omniscient? Is he omnibenevolent? Can He be all three? HOW is that even possible, unless the enormous amount of terrible suffering in the world is a result of God's peculiar conception of benevolence?
question #s 16 though 19: Does God eat? Does He pee and poop? Does He float? Does He sleep?
question 20: Is the Bible literally inerrant? If you try to convince me it is, be prepared for a 100 question assault, next time.
caveat: if you are planning to explain Christianity purely in terms of "faith" as implied in your comment, I would like to introduce you to Jumbo - an elephant sitting in an easy chair in my living room, sipping a mint julip and watching "The Big Bang Theory." He and I both think Jim Parsons is a scream. Oh, yes, I know Jumbo can't be seen, heard, smelled, tasted, or touched; but I know he's there because I have FAITH. And if I have faith that Jumbo is real, so must you. Sure, maybe I'm joking, but my joke is no funnier than yours.
I sincerely hope you respond to each of these questions, in turn. It should supply me with many hours of rhetorical delight.
Here's what you said "I sincerely hope you respond to each of these questions, in turn. It should supply me with many hours of rhetorical delight."
Based off that, your last sentences, I don't think I'm going to answer your questions. You just want to make a joke out of me.
God Bless you tho and I forgive you
Hey Israel, answer what you want to answer. You can choose.
Which "christian principles", baptist, methodist, presbyterian, catholic, mormon, branch davdian, people's temple, lutheran, anglican, pentacostal? What about pre-tribulation/post-tribulation, eternal security, the elect, predestination, the 144,000 from the tribes of israel, the trinity, young earth/old earth, heaven/hell/purgatoty. Do you have the CORRECT explanations?
God's principles, I'm not part of a denomination but if you want to somewhat get an idea on how I believe.. I'm a pentecostal that doesn't see as the gift of tongues as necessary for salvation. I know some groups of Pentecostals believe that.
I just want to correct what I know, mostly simple things like forgiveness and anything else I know.
Oh I see. You're not a baptist, methodist, presbyterian, catholic, etc. You've made up your own religion that is sort of pentacostal-lite. So why is your religion the best one?
On a related note, if the bible is the perfect, divinely inspired word of god, why are there not any two theists who agree on what it says?
Hi, Israel - I would like to know, why three of the bigger religions are basically the same, and are all fighting over the same piece of land - bloodshed for hundreds of years -when all three religions spout love and joy and happy days - is that just a coincidence because they just pilfered stories from each other - brawn is mightier than brain - and in christianity, when people read the same book, they get differing views of it, and if they don't like what they read, they change it, or start their own brand. If it is the word of god, how do christians decide what they will follow, and not follow.
What religion are your parents? Why did they call you Israel.
Why do all religions, when it all boils down, rule by fear.
Yeah, and what Tim said :)
2 years later. LOL I'm sorry
Anyways, I don't think I made up a religion.
Why won't thiests agree. Think about how vague that word is. (the word thiest) And think about Free-will, with all its glory and errors.
Also, think about "if" God and the Devil existed, wouldn't it make sense that the the devil could make false religions against the one true God.
Your last question was really bad. I'd advise you to look over it closely.
I can tell the questions won't die down anytime soon, I'll be back tomorrow or another time. Thanks for asking but I'm gonna take a break. A lot of typing and thinking and I have an essay to do too, so ttyl people.
I sometimes feel like we're (TA members) vultures circling in the hot air of religion and waiting for a victim to expose themselves on the desert of logic and reason.
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JACKSONVILLE, FL – Side effects- they are usually associated with medicine,written in tiny font, and about a mile-long description of scary and bizarre things that come as a result of a certain medication. Well, these side effects aren't as scary- but some of them are bizarre! Side effects of a mild January range from confused flowers to a buggier-than-usual summer.
Temperatures this January in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia have run well above our average temperatures for us for this time of the year. We've spent over ten days in the 80's for afternoon highs, while our temperatures typically only top out in the low 60's. We've only gotten down below freezing once so far in 2013, while we average about 4 freezes by this time.
With such a mild January so far- we've seen some bizarre side effects. Our azaleas are confused! Those beautiful pink, abundant blooms are everywhere right now- but they are a tad early! The typical blooming months for the average middle blooming azalea are April, May & June. Other flowers are also beginning to bloom with this early spring-like weather.
If you suffer from allergies- particularly to tree pollens- you may have been surprised by an early arrival of the sneezing & sniffling! The trees are already producing pollen, coating our cars and stuffing some folks up. Typical pollen season is early Spring.
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This page is monitored by the OLPC team.XO-1 Laptop Beta test model BTest-2, also known as B2.
Approximately 2500 BTest-2 laptops were built by Quanta in February, 2007, and distributed to software developers and learning trials. These were fully functional machines with CaFE ASICs, and reflect some, but not all of the learning and improvements from testing of BTest-1. More information about the BTest-2 systems can be found in the BTest-2 Release Notes.
BTest-2 laptops are almost identical visually with BTest-1 laptops. An easy way to tell the difference between BTest-1 and BTest-2 is that BTest-1 keyboards have white lettering, and BTest-2 has black lettering.
There are two flavors of B2:
- Beta Test 2-1 (B2-1) systems, which only have 128 MB of memory, have a label under the battery that says B2-TEST-SAMPLE and a label that says B2-#, where # is one to 16.
- Beta Test 2-2 (B2-2) systems, which have 256MB of memory, have a label under the battery that says B2-7-ext.
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- firmware tested up to Q2C27 only, do not upgrade beyond this version of firmware unless specific support for model is mentioned, per olpc-devel mail 2007-September/006767.
- B2-1 laptops have insufficient RAM for builds after 406. (The automatic firmware upgrade will cause problems on later builds!)
- There may be occasional crashes (possibly made worse by suspend/resume) when the battery is running low. Above 25% of capacity, or plugged into a power adapter, you should be OK (Trac #1835)
- There may be times when the WLAN (USB) hangs (possibly made worse by suspend/resume) (Trac #1752, #4476)
- Power cycling the DCON is liable to crash the laptop. This power cycling will occasionally happen in response to a DCON bug triggered by suspend/resume (#4479);
- Rare crashes may be caused by other sources during suspend/resume (Camera, SD card, clock settling time), some units may be more sensitive than others (#1835)
- The keyboard/touchpad may not be used to wakeup from a suspend/resume (#895)
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Good Morning!
Last night I perused the web for the best, simplest solar shower devices on the market. I was looking for something affordable and convenient. The COMET doesn't have room for a shower inside, so she will have a solar shower outside, with some sort of portable, collapsible, privacy shower set up that I can pop up behind the camper (I like the idea of a little teak platform with a circular curtain rod made of metal piping that can break down easily when I'm on the move, and some sort of hook to hang the solar shower on once it is heated up).
Here are my favorite finds from the my solar shower research!
Summer Shower 5, $25 on Amazon.com
This 5 gallon solar shower is a new spin on the traditional black bag camp shower that you hang from a tree. It absorbs tons of radiant heat from the sun, and has a nifty little simple thermometer to let you know how hot the water is. This little added technology makes this the best cheap solar shower. It got great reviews, as well.
Pump-Up Solar Shower, $40 + $15 shipping, Duckworks Boat Builders Supply
I love this idea for a solar shower. Because it pumps up, it has more water pressure than the gravity fed bag shower. I saw DIY instructions for a solar shower like this, using a garden sprayer painted black and a shower nozzle of your choice, but when I priced it out, the individual parts to make my own were more expensive than this one! This one is meant to be more like a real shower than the camp bag shower. It's a nice option for a solar shower, and perhaps the one I'll end up with!
DIY Gravity-Fed Hose Coil Solar Shower, price varies, DIY
This solar shower is the most permanent and labor intensive on this list. You can use either black garden hose or flexible black piping, coil it into whatever shape fits your space, and voila! The advantage of this coil solar shower is the increased surface area (as compared to the ones above), which means that the water will heat up much faster (20 minutes as opposed to 2-3 hours for the bag/tank systems). I am hoping to eventually build one of these for The COMET, and either have it be able to break down and be portable, or have it attached to a frame on the back side of the camper, which can flip down when I'm mobile, and flip up into a shower stall when I'm parked!
Also, I built a vacuum form yesterday! I built the vacuum form so that I can vacuum mold my own custom urine diverter for my small-space composting toilet (which is also turning into a squatting toilet!). The vacuum form is totally portable, so that I can bring it to workshops, do demos, and show people how easy it is to make your own urine diverter for cheap! I'll post pictures and a full DIY step by step guide later, but for now it's out to the driveway to work on The COMET. I have lots to do in the next few weeks!