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Evaluating pediatric abdominal injuries." Stapp Car Crash Conference. 2004:479-494."
Evaluation of pediatric use patterns and performance of lap shoulder belt systems in the center rear." Annu Proc Assoc Adv Automot Med. 2004;48:57-72."
Evaluation of Restraint Type and Performance Tested with 3- and 6-Year-Old Hybrid III Dummies at a Range of Speeds. 2004 ed. Detroit, Michigan; 2004.
An evaluation of the effectiveness of forward facing child restraint systems." Accid Anal Prev. 2004;36(4):585-9."
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Incidence and clinical significance of abdominal wall bruising in restrained children involved in motor vehicle crashes." J. Pediatr. Surg.. 2004;39(6):972-5."
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Posttraumatic stress disorder and injury." Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine. 2003;4(2):148-155."
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Screening for risk of persistent posttraumatic stress in injured children and their parents." JAMA. 2003;290(5):643-9."


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In this short article, I would like to recap 4 popular mechanisms for implementing authentication. There will be comparison and consideration to choose the most appropriate method as well.
In a standard Java web application, there are two kinds of meta-data that normally included in request, session and authentication. The session information help to make HTTP protocol stateful while the authentication information help to identify user.
Usually, there is one header contains authentication information, another header contains session information or a single header contains both. It is also possible for a request to have only one of the two.
When HTTP is first introduced as a stateless protocol, the official authentication mechanism is basic access authentication. With this authentication method, every request must include a header that contains encrypted username and password. Apparently, basic authentication is only appropriate for a secured channel.
Still, many people would feel that basic authentication is too unsecured. Surprisingly, the basic authentication requests client to encrypt instead of hashing the password. Even worse, the encrypted password is included in every request. Therefore, if hackers manage to intercept a single request, the user password is revealed.
To strengthen the authentication mechanism, digest access authentication is introduced. With the new authentication method, client send the hashed value of combination of username, password, realm and server nonce. While realm is fixed, the nonce can be randomly generated value issued by server. Later modification of digest authentication allow client to add its nonce as well. Kindly notice that the digest authentication send the plain values of username, nonces and realm in the request. Here is one example
Authorization: Digest username="some_user", realm="Some Realm", nonce="MTQyNjE1MDE5Njc0MjoxZjdkYjIzZjI0YjZjNDExMzU2OTk3MWIyNWQzYmYwNg==", uri="/some_website/index.html", response="fcc3a3cd69c93c76e65c845263c3d4f4", qop=auth, nc=00000001, cnonce="c61b667053c03c31"
In the above request, the response value is the hashed value of username, password, realm, server nonce and client nonce combined. The server calculated its own response and authenticate user if the responses are matched.
Digest authentication make it almost impossible to figure-out the password by intercepting requests and it is also helps to prevent the replay-attack. For that to happen, the server nonce should be changed regularly. Therefore, re-sending a request after the server nonce expired will fail.
Most of readers may notice that these two methods are not that popular anymore. The HTTP based authentication mechanisms are supported by the browsers and may not provide user a beautiful login form. Worse, it provides no easy way to logout unless user close the browser or the tab. Therefore session-based login is the preferred authentication mechanism nowadays. Basic and digest authentication are still used but mostly for B2B communication where maintaining a session is not necessary.
Session-based login is applicable when HTTP is stateful. For this to happen, there is a session cookie that embedded into every request (normally, it is named JSESSIONID). The server will create a session storage for each session it created. When a request arrive, the server will try to locate user profile in user session. If the user profile is not available, a login form will be shown to user. Upon successful authentication, the server store user profile into session storage.
This method works well but it requires the stickiness load balancer if the web application is deployed in a cluster environment. Otherwise, a server will not recognize the session if it was generated by another server.
For the cloud application, it is better to build a client-side session with a cookie that contains user information. This session cookie is secured with a signature. To avoid reading database frequently, we can use a common key to sign all the sessions instead of using password.
After knowing each mechanism, let compare them:
|Basic Authentication
|Digest Authentication
|Server-side Session
|Client-Side Session
|Support Session
|Close Browser
|Close Browser
|Kill session
|Kill session
|Support Cluster
|Require stickiness LB
|Prevent Replay Attack
|Optional (session timeout)
|Optinal (include timestamp in session signature)
|Client Computation
|Server Computation
|Client Storage
|username & password
|username & password
|session cookie
|session cookie
|Server Storage
|session storage
|Not required
|at least 2 requests
|at least 2 requests
|at least 2 requests
|Network overhead
|short header
|long header
|short header
|long header
You can see the above comparison and make the choice yourself. For me, Basic Authentication and Digest Authentication seem to be the better choice to build B2B authentication. However, they do not fit customer facing application well.
Choosing between Basic and Digest Authentication is merely depend on how secured is your channel. Most of the time, it is worth safeguarding our application with Digest Authentication as the network, handshake and computation overhead is not very much.
For customer facing UI, I would prefer Client-side session over Server-side session because they scale better. You always can throw in new servers to share the workload. For server-side session, the additional server can only serve new sessions, not existing sessions, unless you can clone session storages.
The problem with client-side session is the expose of user information in the session cookie. Because of that, you can only put primitive and not confidential values in the session. If you can live with that limit then client-side session is surely the better choice.

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Those who quote this verse against the practice of calling a priest as Fr. M. V. George or Fr. John do not seem to understand the meaning of the verse. The same passage says that no one should be called a teacher or a master. The implication is that all the Christians are brothers and sisters. If the verse is taken literally, our own physical fathers also cannot be called father as they are also on earth, neither can our teachers be called teacher. The uniqueness of God the Father as the only Father who has no other father and of Jesus Christ as the only Teacher who had no other teacher (Mk. 6:2) and of the Holy Spirit as the only Master or Guide without another guide must be discerned in this passage with three questions. St. Paul himself says, "I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment" (Philem. 10). Similarly, those who baptize become fathers of the baptized for whom baptismal regeneration is given (Tit. 3: 5) and the priests of the Christian church must be called 'father.' God Almighty, the Eternal Father, is the proto-type of every family on earth. "For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named" (Eph. 3: 14). Hence, if God can be called 'Father' our earthly fathers who give us physical birth and spiritual fathers who give us spiritual birth must be called 'father.' The quest ion is a clear example of fundamentalist way of taking a proof-text from some passage, removing it from the context and giving it a dangerous and impracticable literal interpretation.


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Legendary sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar would receive the lifetime achievement Grammy award, organisers of the top music award announced today.
Shankar would receive the award posthumous on February 10 at the 55th Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, said the Recording Academy, which gives the prestigious Grammy Awards.
The sitar maestro, who popularised Indian classical music in the West and had a major influence on The Beatles' George Harrison and Yehudi Menuhin, died yesterday at the age of 92 after undergoing heart-valve replacement surgery at the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla, California.
"As one of the world's most renowned sitar players, three-time Grammy winner Ravi Shankar is a true ambassador for international music," said a statement issued by the Recording Academy.
"As a performer, composer, teacher and writer, he is considered a pioneer in bringing Indian music to the West. With a performance career spanning more than 80 years, he has influenced a variety of musicians, including the Beatles, John Coltrane, Philip Glass and his daughters, Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar," it said.
"A humanitarian and philanthropist, in 1971 Shankar, along with George Harrison, organised the Concert for Bangladesh, which paved the way for many other fundraising charity concerts," it said.
Other recipients of this year's lifetime achievement Grammy awards are Glenn Gould, Charlie Haden, Lightnin' Hopkins, Carole King, Patti Page and the Temptations.
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It's time for my first set of Picks of the Week. Normally I just choose the book I feel is the best from those that I pull that week. Sometimes I have ten books, others just two. I am trying something new, instead of picking just one book, I'm going to pick two. One will be for the book I feel is the best and the other for the book I feel is the worst. So without further ado…
Best of the Week
Superboy #1 by Jeff Lemire and Pier Gallo. Good introduction issue with strong art.
Brightest Day #13 byJohns, Tomasi, Reis Syaf, Prado. This my pick of the worst comic really because I could care less about Hawkman and Hawkgirl.
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The Vampire Diaries Review: Doom, Gloom and Personal GrowthMatt Richenthal at .
Damon Salvatore has a secret, Vampire Diaries viewers, and he just couldn't keep it at the conclusion of "The Descent."
It's not that he loves Elena and it's not that he's saddened by the demise of Rose. It's that he actually yearns to be the exact thing he has spent months claiming to despise: human. I didn't see that admission coming.
The 2011 premiere of The Vampire Diaries kicked off and concluded with a major body count: three campers (dead), one shirtless blood sucker (Stefan), one unfortunate female (dead? dying? Damon's new sex slave?)
In between, the plot didn't move forward very much, but plenty of information was passed between characters that planted the seeds for what should be an exciting second half of the season. To wit:Stefan is pulling a Katherine, trying to build up his tolerance to vervain. Not a bad strategy, but let's remember how close he came to the dark side when he did the same with human blood.
When Rose was not sucking down packets of blood like they were six packs at Charlie Sheen's house, she spent a lot of time selling Elena on the advantages of being human, even saying building a family with a vampire is "not compatible" for her kind. Is this more foreshadowing of a decision Elena will soon have to make?
We've seen countless love triangles before on television, but this has to be the first between a human, werewolf and vampire, right? Then again, with the intel Jules has passed along the Tyler, he may wanna yell at Caroline more than make out with her next week. (It's true.)
That was a very strange dream within which Damon and Rose hung out, wasn't it? It was a touching scene and all, but it seemed to be an example of the show making up a supernatural rule. Since when can Damon control another vampire's subconscious in such a manner?
Can't say I missed Bonnie or Jeremy very much. No offense, guys. But let's all welcome back John Gilbert. Hope your fingers are feeling better, buddy.
Overall, one might criticize the episode for focusing too much on Rose, a character we haven't known for very long. But I see it differently. The extended death scene and the pain she was in as a result of the werewolf bite was necessary in order to depict the stakes that are on the horizon during the impending werewolf/vampire war.
A bite from the former may leave you in the arms of Damon Salvatore, but not in the way most women dream about. It's a grueling way to go, and it's a fate our heroes will stare down over the next few weeks. I can't wait.
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Russian Men Go Shopping
If you think that grocery shopping is women's work, think again. In Russia, more than half (52%) of men are making shopping decisions for food, household and personal care products, and 43 percent are making shopping purchases, according to a recent Nielsen Global Survey of respondents with Internet access. In fact, the survey shows that Russian men are active, independent shoppers who pre-plan before arriving to the store (71%), collect related information and opinions for reference before shopping (60%) and shop around before making a purchase (63%).
Men Pay More
Men are not only making informed shopping decisions, they're also more willing than women to pay a higher price—especially for products that are designed specifically for them (47% men vs. 40% women). Men are also more brand conscious than women (51% vs. 43%), and they are earlier adopters of new products (40% vs. 34%).
"The male shopping craze in Russia is catching on," said Ekaterina Edelstein, client service director, Nielsen Russia. "Sales of products designed just for men are booming." Sales of male grooming products, such as deodorants, shampoos and shower gels, registered a 23 percent increase across all urban geographies between 2010 and 2012. And this trend is not limited to health and beauty products. Categories such as chocolates and yogurts are being actively marketed to men too.
"But there is a gap between desire and availability, which amounts to $153 million in untapped sales potential," said Edelstein. "In Russia, male products are typically 10–20 percent more expensive than the same female or unisex brand. But while more Russian men are taking a more active role in shopping than men in other developed and mid-developed countries, the share of male-oriented products in Russia is not as big as it is abroad. Better assortment, coupled with marketing strategies that speak directly to men across the platforms they pay attention to, are needed to bridge the gap."
Men Like Technology
When it comes to platforms that resonate with men, it's no surprise that both men and women like technology. But did you know that they use technology differently? While women look for deals and coupons online, men seek information. Forty-six percent of men browse products through their mobile or Web apps, and 19 percent compare prices for a grocery product online before they enter the store.
Now more than ever, the path to purchase is influenced by technology, a trend that has made our mobile phones the ideal shopping companion. Nielsen research shows that men tend to use their mobile phone more than women to browse for products, look for deals and compare prices. Women, on the other hand, are more likely to use their phone to look for coupons.
Men Are Invisible
There is still work to be done to effectively reach men. A U.S. study reveals that while 50 percent of men are influenced by the television commercials they watch, an overwhelming 80 percent don't recognize themselves in the ads. This disconnect is notable when you consider that the top three sources men go to for product-related information are the Internet, TV and through word of mouth communications.
As traditional roles between men and women continue to blur and evolve, there is an untapped market potential to better connect and resonate with the male audience. Specifically, Nielsen NeuroFocus research has found that men prize individuality and self-reliance. They are concrete thinkers who often categorize issues as black or white and are focused in their shopping-making decisions. So when developing strategies to reach them, develop campaigns that get to the point quickly, clearly and directly using active, declarative statements. Games are also a great way to engage men and appeal to their keen spatial awareness and abilities.


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earlier today on Monday, Google has announced that they have started auto-merging G+ social functionality into basic (upgraded) Dashboard listings. Here is the Google announcement (bold is mine):
Starting today, some pages managed in the new Google Places for Business dashboard will be automatically upgraded to have social features. We will send out emails to users whose pages are automatically upgraded letting them know. Users who have upgraded pages will see a link to Visit your Google+ page in their dashboards. A personal Google+ account is not necessary in order to utilize social features on local Google+ pages that are automatically upgraded.
If the listing for your business is not automatically upgraded and you are interested in social features, you may be able to use the Google+ widget to upgrade the page manually. (You can read more about the Google+ widget in the update from April 11 on this post — scroll up.)
Please first make sure you follow these criteria:
You must have verified your business in your Places account.
Your Places for Business email address should also have a Google+ profile.
Your page must be in a category that is eligible for Google+.
If these apply to you, you will see a Google+ widget in your dashboard inviting you to upgrade. Simply click Get your Google+ page to upgrade. This will create a local Google+ page in Google+ that is tied to your Google+ account. You will be able to update this page from both Google Places for Business and Google+.
If you do not see the Google+ widget yet, or don't have the upgrade link in your widget, sit tight while we work on getting a smooth upgrade process in place for you.
To clarify Google's somewhat imprecise communication: Google is saying that if you wait and just have a generic Google email or corporate email BUT not a G+ account, your dashboard will be upgraded automatically to be able to have a social presence and video capabilities. My understanding is that if you don't not post any social content to your stream then your listing will continue to not show the posts tab and likewise with videos.
If you want to to have a social presence for your business before that new capability hits your account you can initiate the upgrade from within the new dashboard if your login email for the dashboard is already a G+ Plus account.
The bottom line is that if you sit and wait your new Places for Business Dashboard will bring all of the social and video features of Plus to your business without the need for an individual to have a Plus persona. You can continue to use a generic or corporate email address to manage the listings.
This is obviously a second, continuing step in creating an integrated system where all listing management can occur from within the Places Dashboard and where a business will have the ability to manage the whole system as a branded entity rather than as an individual, an obvious necessity for large businesses as well as small.
While the listing management picture is clearing up, there are still some questions around how the bulk upload feature set will be integrated into this picture and how a single brand with many locations will be accommodated so to not need to produce social streams per location. Hopefully the wait will not be interminable but this change dramatically simplifies management of listings for both agencies and a range of businesses that struggle with arbitrarily putting one individual face forward as a claimant of the brand.


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For fighting fans, Virtua Fighter has been an institution ever since it first hit the arcade scene in the 1990s - and now it's back on PlayStation®3. Virtua Fighter 5 raises the beat 'em up bar with incredible next generation visuals and a fighting system that's deep enough to keep you playing for months.
Two new characters join the line-up, adding new fighting styles to the game. El Blaze is a Mexican wrestling champion, while Eileen is a Chinese expert in Monkey Kung Fu. As with previous Virtua Fighter games, each character offers enough attack combinations and depth to make true mastery a rewarding, ongoing process - just like real martial arts, only not as painful. A new 'Offensive Move' technique adds even more strategy to encounters by allowing you to move around your opponent to dodge blows and launch new strikes.
Harnessing the graphical power of PlayStation®3, Virtua Fighter 5 delivers stunning arenas, detailed characters and amazingly lifelike, fluid animation, making bouts more spectacular than ever before. What's more, a huge amount of customisation options allow you to tailor your favourite character's appearance.
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This recipe was a proven winner from our archives!
1 (6-7 lbs) rib roast
4 large garlic cloves, chopped
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 cup fresh rosemary, chopped
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
3 Tablespoons dijon mustard
3 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
4 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Preheat oven to 450 degrees
Place roast bone side down in roaster.
Mash garlic and salt together, and then stir in all other ingredients.
Smear the mixture over the meaty part of the roast (not the bones).
Place in oven and roast for 20 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 for 1 hour and 15 minutes (10 minutes more for medium).
Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes. Carve with meaty side down. Expect two sliced from each rib- one with bone and one without.


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How ironic that Pompeo and the rest of the neocons in the Trump administration are ready to violate the US Constitution in order to attack Venezuela to "restore their constitution."
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New research is sparking fears that junk debt could trigger a repeat of the 2008 crash.
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Entrepreneurs are attempting to use new Uber-like technologies to lessen the deadly wait times and general lack of service that comes with Britain's sclerotic state health system.
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Why attack the most vulnerable in our society, who benefit enormously from inexpensive imported retail goods?
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If you missed out on Olympic tickets, or want to see some top events right now, then we've got some good news!
You will have a chance to see some of the biggest names in sports from archery to divingcompete in a series of test events, as they prepare for the oncoming Olympics.
The likes of Tom Daley, Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins and Rebecca Adlington should all be in action, plus loads more!
This follows the successful test events they ran in the summer and it looks like these will be just as popular so make sure you book soon.
Dates: 3rd to 4th December
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TotalLength +Antonia Petrova
TotalLength + is an extended version of the free Autodesk® AutoCAD® plug-in TotalLength. It is an Autolisp script calculating the total length of multiple objects of user-selected type(s) - lines, arcs, 2D and 3D polylines or combinations of them. There's also an option to check ALL LENGTH OBJECTS / ARCS which includes all objects that have got a 'Length' or 'Arc length' property when opened in the Properties Bar. Unchecking a type of objects while ALL LENGTH OBJECTS / ARCS is checked will subtract the objects of this type from the selection.
If the Insert labels box in the TotalLength dialog is checked, all the selected objects get associative labels with their lengths. The labels are updated automatically when the corresponding geometry is modified. There's a possibility for a table with the various lengths and the number of the selected objects of each length, to be inserted in the drawing.
TotalLength + is a universal plug-in and can be used in any field of design where such calculations are needed - for the total length of walls, fences, cables, pipes, pavements, etc. The dialog box makes the app intuitive to work with, so there will be no need to spend a lot of time studying it.
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1 1/2 pounds ground beef or ground turkey
2 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup dry Italian style flavored bread crumbs
1/4 cup tomato sauce or ketchup
1/4 grating cheese
1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried basil
1/2 teaspoon fennel seed (optional)
2 cloves of minced garlic
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 diced tomato
1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
2 bell peppers diced
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a large bowl, mix together ground beef or turkey, eggs, bread crumbs, grating cheese and sauce. Add oregano, basil, garlic powder, half the diced peppers and 1 diced tomato. Press into loaf pan or form individual ones in the shape of footballs, top with more add more grating cheese bake till crispy looking then 15 minutes before cooked add more fresh chopped garlic, mozzarella,( optional: peppers and tomato,) cover loosely with foil till cheese is melted and serve.
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MIAMI – Cyclists laced up and put their feet onto bike pedals Wednesday to raise awareness for safer streets.
The 7-mile ride honored Aaron Cohen, a father of two and athlete who was killed by a hit-and-run driver Feb. 15 while cycling on the Rickenbacker Causeway.
"I had a horrible tragedy involving a bike accident, lost my husband, worst thing ever," said his wife, Patty Cohen. "It's not just Aaron. This has happened to a lot of people, and we're all out here to say we don't want this to happen anymore."
"'Share the road' is not a slogan; it's actually a way of behaving that saves people's lives," said Edna Walsh, who was with Aaron Cohen that morning.
Walsh also was hit and fractured his ankle.
"(It) came out of nowhere. (We) never heard him. At the time, there was a bang, and next we were on the ground," said Walsh.
Jackson Health System teamed up with Aaron Cohen's family and friends. Despite the wet weather, they took to the Causeway on two wheels in the hope of raising awareness and preventing a death like his from happening again.
"While I'm not here to tell you a story about how amazing people are (or that Ryder Trauma Center) saved my husband, I'm here today to tell you how they made the worst experience in my life a little better," said Patty Cohen.


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Cheers for the help Ed. If I ever get the time I'll look into that.ednisley wrote:No shame there, because nobody starts out knowing this stuff ...Asadinator wrote:I'm not skilled enough to start from scratch
A cheap Chinese CNC machine kit (considerable assembly required) from Amazon (cheaper elsewhere, your choice):
https://www.amazon.com/Control-Engravin ... B07169D9JQ
You get about the same work area as the M2, a platform intended to hold down parts, a junk spindle you won't need, a crappy stepper controller with backlevel GRBL, and bag of "engraving bits", all for just over $200. Toss the crap you won't need in a drawer, assemble the rest, and verify that it more-or-less works.
Control the ultrasonic head with a solid-state relay attached to the spindle enable output, so you get easy G-Code control over the thing. If it has a PWM intensity input, the spindle speed control will do that for you, too.
Reflash the controller with current GRBL to get a solid G-Code parser & motion controller:
Now you have a low-end CNC machine with enough accuracy & speed for your purposes. The newer versions of GRBL include a "laser mode" that may be useful with an ultrasonic head.
If you're moving the head in geometric patterns or tracing shapes, then you can probably generate the G-Code algorithmically. Fetch the G-Code Meta Compiler:
Generate G-Code with a semi-high-level language and move on.
It'll take some learning, but doesn't require working around the limitations of Marlin, a 3D printer tool chain, and a hacked M2. The problems you solve will be directly related to doing what you want done, not battering software into doing something it's not designed to handle and figuring whether it's your design or battered code falling off the rails.
Bonus: this keeps the M2 operational so you can make the parts to bolt the ultrasonic head on the CNC spindle mount.
Well, 24 V times the 2-3 A you mentioned rounds off to 75 W, soooo ... [grin]funnily at 75W as you mentioned
I'm hacking the M2 as a proof of concept (which I'm not revealing now) but when it comes to making a real solution I would need to get expert help. It's not really for me to get too technically invested.
For your bonus suggestion, did I mention the transducer and support would be submerged? no cheap ABS plastic for me, already purchased in SS for M2 mounting


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DURANGO, CO — Spruce Goose Ale has once again returned as a holiday seasonal beer at Steamworks Brewing Co. Literally brewed with fresh spruce tips harvested in the San Juan Mountains, the beer has become a winter favorite for craft beer aficionados.
A modern-day version of the spruce beer once brewed and rationed to Colonial Troops by General George Washington during the Revolutionary War, Steamworks' Spruce Goose is a darker beer that offers complex earthy flavors.
Sporting an ABV of 9 percent, the Spruce Goose received a bronze medal in the 2009 Australian International Beer Competition, and will be poured at Sorrel Sky Gallery (828 Main Ave.) on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, during a special celebration of the arrival of the Capitol Christmas Tree as it passes through Durango on its way to Washington D.C. The theme for the tree's journey is "Celebrating Our Great Outdoors."
According to The Beer Enthusiast at Draft magazine, who rated the beer a 93, the Spruce Goose Ale "ÔǪis a wonderful introduction to the spiceÔǪ when you try Spruce Goose, don't be surprised if it doesn't seem much like beer. Your nose will be greeted by wafts of malt, followed closely by the unmistakable aroma of new growth spruce tipsÔǪ an enjoyable toffeelike malt flavor lingers on the tongue, finishing this beer off nicely."
Steamworks Co-Founder Kris Oyler credits Steamworks Brew Master and Certified Cicerone® Ken Martin with utilizing the young spruce tips and perfecting the time-honored recipe for contemporary palettes.
"We have found that, much like wine, the 'terroir' where we harvest the spruce tips and the current climate conditions matter in the beer, making the Spruce Goose varietal," said Martin. "A dry spring this year led to smaller, more delicate tips, making the beer more delicate and accentuating the dark caramel flavors from the premium malts."
The limited release Spruce Goose Ale is available only at Steamworks Brewing Co. in 750 ml. bottles, as well as on-tap.
Steamworks Brewing Co., open 11 a.m. to closing seven days a week, is located at 801 E. Second. Ave., Durango (970.259.9200). For further information, visit www.steamworksbrewing.com.
Learn more about the Capitol Christmas Tree and its journey from Meeker, Colo. to the lawn of the United States Capitol at www.chooseoutdoors.org or www.durango.org.


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Cars could engage in something like group discussions, exchanging facts about speed, direction and traffic conditions as fast as 10 times a second.
Cars of the future will know when they're about to get hit — and how to speak up about it.
U.S. auto safety regulators on Monday took the first steps toward mandating that automakers build cars that talk to one another. They would speak in short-range radio signals, trading messages that would prevent accidents on a broad scale, according to the Transportation Department.
The most advanced cars today can already spot trouble ahead. They use sensors to detect cars or fixed objects ahead, and alert drivers — or, in some cases, even slam on the brakes.
The radio system aims to push that concept much further, enabling vehicles to engage in two-way conversations. A stopped car, for instance, could theoretically send a signal to warn another car (and driver) that's speeding in its direction. Cars could also engage in something like group discussions, exchanging facts about speed, direction and traffic conditions as fast as 10 times a second.
"This is just the beginning of a revolution in roadway safety," U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Monday.
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Foxx characterized the decision as a watershed event that could prevent as much as 80 percent of the more than 30,000 traffic fatalities that occur each year in the U.S.
Making such systems a reality could take many years. The agency's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will issue the standards and rules for installing such systems before the end of the Obama administration. But it will be up to automakers to build the communications systems, GPS sensors and software into vehicles.
Vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems would give cars the ability to warn drivers of dangers as far as 300 yards away. The technology could be linked to safety systems that automatically trigger brakes or make steering adjustments.
The technology would provide a 360-degree view of what's happening around the vehicle. It could, for instance, sense what's happening beyond an obstacle, such as a large truck, while at the same time monitoring cross-traffic at the next intersection.
NHTSA's plan is based on research from an experiment with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute using about 3,000 vehicles already sharing information about their speed and location in Ann Arbor, Mich.
The insurance industry lauded the effort.
"The chief advantage is that this technology always pays attention, unlike drivers," said Adrian Lund, president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
Where federal regulation previously has focused on strengthening the structure of vehicles to protect occupants, this represents a shift toward technology to avoid crashes, Foxx said.
The Transportation Department did not provide any cost estimates.
"The safety benefits here will clearly outweigh any concerns about cost," Foxx said.
The agency is signaling its intentions now because it wants car companies to plan their research around common standards, Lund said. Moreover, it wants the Federal Communications Commission to reserve radio bandwidth for automotive use, and to understand any safety implications of allowing others to use portions of the same radio spectrum, he said.
But it will be years before drivers benefit, he said.
"The timeline for the safety benefits is unfortunately long because you need to have a lot of vehicles broadcasting their speed and direction before this is going to be useful," Lund said. "If only 1% of the cars have this technology, then you are not going to be warned about most of the threats on the road."
Automakers are already working on such systems.
Honda Motor Co. "is working on a variety of vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-pedestrian technologies," said Chris Martin, a company spokesman. "We're pretty deep into testing in Japan in conjunction with local governments there."
General Motors Co. is experimenting with a group of small electric vehicle prototypes in a city-like setting — without traffic lights.
Toyota Motor Corp. has demonstrated a cruise-control system that uses radio signals from one car to control the speed of other cars on the same road. It could, for instance, adjust the speed of a car following it to maintain a safe distance.
Despite these experiments, the auto industry expressed only cautious support.
"Many pieces of a large puzzle still need to fit together," the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers said in a statement.
Obstacles include security, privacy, consumer acceptance and affordability.
Analysts said the NHTSA announcement Monday is an important step forward for automotive technology.
"I am just hoping that it will not be watered down" or delayed, said Thilo Koslowski, an analyst at Gartner Inc.
Auto safety officials should push automakers to connect communications systems to active safety systems, which can control braking and steering, Koslowski said.
Developing one standard is key to building such a safety system, said Jeremy Anwyl, an automotive industry consultant with Marketec Systems. It ensures that all cars are speaking the same language, and it provides automakers following the standard with a legal "safe harbor" in the event of an accident, Anwyl said.
The AAA warned that the rules will need to include strict privacy and security regulations.
"Consumers have a right to clearly understand what information is being collected from their vehicle and how it is being used," the auto club said.
But the organization also applauded the move, saying it has the potential to "make America's road network a safer place for its millions of users nationwide."
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"What Recovery?" According to Davidowitz, "The US consumer is struggling." And keep in mind that what you measure in terms of sales matters. If sales are up .2% over a disastrous last year in terms of dollars, since the value of a dollar is DOWN approximately 15%, what does that tell you about what retail sales are really doing? In effect, people bought 15% FEWER goods and paid the same amount for them! Oooo, I've been fooled! Not.
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Awaken to Yoga
We all share this planet called Earth, and whether we live in Raleigh, NC or Bombay, India,
who among us is truly at peace in this world? Who among us does not wish to be?
True contentment is a rare state of being that we all aspire to whether we realize it or not.
All of us desire freedom from the many negative influences that surround us; physical, emotional, and spiritual difficulties can combine to overwhelm any of us, and many individuals here in Raleigh depend on the truly extraordinary benefits of yoga to enhance their physical health while lessening or eliminating the negative energies that detract from the quality of their life.
Yoga offers a stronger and more flexible body that is in balance with itself— a body that is pain free.
Yoga provides a clear pathway to the inner mind where the secret to true contentment resides.
Yoga promotes a spiritual awareness and joy for those who invite this extraordinary discipline into their life.
In the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit, the word yoga means union, which refers to the joining of the body, mind, and soul. This comprehensive, three- pronged approach to self-improvement offers a tried and true way to enhance physical health, achieve clarity and contentment of the mind, and experience true spiritual joy. Yoga offers exceptional benefits for those who embrace the ancient practice, and there are many devotees here in Raleigh who say that yoga has been an extraordinarily uplifting force in their life. Perhaps no other discipline pursued to enrich our existence can offer all that is attained through the learning of the timeless art of yoga.
For some Yoga may be considered a philosophy, a practice, a work out, a way of life or just yoga. We are born into this world with an inhale and we leave with an exhale. Life is a cycle. Everything comes to us in cycles. With yoga, one is able to enjoy these cycles of life with the use of breath, also known as Prana. Pranayama is the art of practicing your breath to control the obstacles created by your actions in this beautiful world.
Yoga helps your mental, physical, and spiritual being.
Yoga gives your mind a constant clarity by nourishing your physical being with the fresh flow of oxygen throughout your veins, organs, muscles, and mind. As you inhale your body takes in pure oxygen. On your exhale your body releases toxins and everything negative. This oxygen is carried throughout your body and mind which helps to purify all of your senses. You start to taste, feel, and smell things differently, hear and see more clearly.
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Politifact also confirms Rafael Edward Cruz's eligibility to run for President of the United States.....if we accept the loosely evolved definition of "natural born."
If you accept the current less historic definition (the "strict interpretation" Republicans so often evoke) the following will render the "Show me your birth certificate" game to an exercise for the GOP and sycophant followers of GOP dogma and dirty tricks.
Drum roll...... here it is!
In 2013, Politifact ran a piece on Cruz and his eligibility to run....
Is Ted Cruz, born in Canada, eligible to run for president?
Can Ted Cruz run for president if he was born in Canada?
The Republican senator from Texas says he can. And just to be sure, he's taking the extra step of renouncing the Canadian citizenship he says he didn't even know he had.
Cruz -- full name: Rafael Edward Cruz --was born in Canada in 1970 because his father was working for the oil industry there. The senator's recently released birth certificate shows his mother was born in Delaware and his father was born in Cuba. The Cruz family left Canada a few years later. Cruz grew up in Texas and graduated from high school there, later attending Princeton University and Harvard Law School.
By virtue of his American-born mother, Cruz, 42, considers himself a natural born citizen and eligible to run for president.
So is he eligible? The vast majority of legal thought and arguments indicate he is.
Is there the tiniest sliver of uncertainty? Yes, there's that, too.
Constitutional requirements
The Constitution says any candidate for president must be 35 years of age, a resident within the United States for 14 years and a "natural born citizen."
We've looked at the question of natural born citizenship before. Back in 2008, people raised questions about the "natural born" citizenship status of both major party candidates.
We've fact-checked several statements about President Barack Obama's place of birth and his birth certificate. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and his mother was a U.S. citizen. His father was Kenyan.
We also looked at the case of John McCain, who was born in the Panama Canal Zone because his American father served in the military. McCain, the 2008 GOP nominee, saw his standing briefly challenged in court.
Interestingly, both of McCain's potential Democratic opponents -- Obama and then-Sen. Hillary Clinton -- co-sponsored a Senate measure to settle McCain's eligibility. The April 2008 resolution said, "John Sidney McCain, III, is a 'natural born Citizen' under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States."
Defining "natural born"
So what is a "natural born" citizen? The Constitution doesn't specifically say.
In 2008, we reviewed research and polled several legal experts.
The consensus was that someone is a "natural born" citizen if they have citizenship at birth and don't have to go through a naturalization process to become a citizen.
If that's the definition, then Cruz is a natural born citizen by being born to an American mother and having her citizenship at birth. (This same logic would apply to Obama, even if he were born in another country, which he wasn't.)
The Congressional Research Service published a report on the issue after the 2008 election; the agency is tasked with providing authoritative research to all members of Congress. It, too, supported the thinking that "natural born" citizenship means citizenship held "at birth."
But the Supreme Court -- the ultimate arbiter of constitutional questions -- has never ruled on the matter. And that means a note of uncertainty remains.
Sarah H. Duggin, a professor of law at Catholic University, has written about and studied the issue extensively. She told us in 2008 that the question of natural born citizenship is "one of the most deceptively simple, complex issues."
We reached her again this week to ask about Cruz's eligibility. "It would be reasonable to interpret the Constitution's natural born citizenship provision to include children born abroad to U.S. citizens, including Senator Cruz, for a number of reasons," she said.
But is it 100 percent sure?
"Unfortunately, we cannot say for sure without either a definitive Supreme Court ruling, or an amendment to clarify the Constitution."


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EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from Riven by Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale).
Adamsville State Penitentiary
Death Row
With the man's first step, the others on the Row began a slow tapping on their cell doors.
The tiny procession reached the end of the pod, and the rest of the way through security and all the way to the death chamber was lined on either side with corrections officers shoulder to shoulder, feet spread, hands clasped behind their backs, heads lowered. As the condemned reached them, each raised his head, snapped to attention, arms at his sides, feet together.
What a tribute, he thought. Who would ever have predicted this for one who had, for so much of his life, been such a bad, bad man?
October, seventeen years earlier
Touhy Trailer Park
Brady Wayne Darby clapped his little brother on the rear. "Petey, time to get up, bud. We got no water pressure, so . . ."
"There's a trickle, so give yourself a sponge bath."
"Ma already gone?"
"Yeah. Now come on. Don't be late."
At sixteen, Brady was twice Peter's age and hated being the man of the house—or at least of the trailer. But if no one else was going to keep an eye on his little brother, he had to. It was bad enough Brady's bus came twenty minutes before Peter's and the kid had to be home alone.
Brady poured the boy a bowl of cereal and called through the bathroom door, "No dressing like a hoodlum today, hear?"
"Why's it all right for you and not for me?"
Brady closed his eyes and shook his head. "Just do what I say, okay?"
"Straight home after school. I got practice, so I'll see ya for dinner."
"Ma gonna be here?"
"She doesn't report to me. Just keep your distance till I get home."
Brady rummaged for cigarettes, finally finding five usable butts in one of the ashtrays. He quickly smoked two down to their filters, tearing open the remaining three and dumping the tobacco in his shirt pocket. Desperately trying to quit so he could stay on the football team, Brady couldn't be seen with the other smokers across the road from the school, so he had resorted to sniffing his pocket throughout the day. If he couldn't cop a smoke from a friend after last class and find a secluded place to light up, he was so jittery at practice he could hardly stand still.
Brady grabbed his books and slung his black leather jacket over his shoulder as he left the trailer, finding the asphalt already steaming in the sun. Others from the trailer park waiting for the bus made him feel as if he were seeing his own reflection. Guys and girls dressed virtually the same, black from head to toe except for white shirts and blouses. Guys had their hair slicked back, sideburns grown retro, high-collared shirts tucked into skintight pants over pointy-toed shoes. Oversize wallets, most likely as empty as Brady's, protruded from back pockets and were attached to belt loops by imitation silver or gold chains.
So they were decades behind the times, even for rebels. Brady—an obsessive movie watcher—was a James Dean fan and dressed how he wanted, and the rest copied him. One snob called them rebels without a clue.
Brady scowled and narrowed his eyes, nodding a greeting.
The fat girl with the bad face, whom Brady had unceremoniously dumped more than a year ago after he had gotten to know her better than he should have in the backseat of a friend's car, sneered as she cradled her gigantic purse to her chest. "Still trying to play jock?"
Brady looked away. "Leave it alone, Agatha."
"More like a preppy," one of the guys said, reaching to flick Brady's schoolbooks.
"You definitely don't want to start with me," Brady said, glaring and calling him the foulest name he could think of. The kid quickly backed off.
Brady knew he looked strange carrying schoolbooks. But the coach kept track.
The trailer park was the last stop on the route, and the yellow barge soon drifted in, crammed with suburbia's finest: jocks, preppies, and nerds—every last one younger than Brady. No other self-respecting kid with a driver's license rode the bus.
In a life of endless days of open-fly humiliation, this boarding ritual was the most painful. Brady took it upon himself to lead the group. They could hide behind him and each other, avoiding the squints and stares and held noses as they slowly made their way down the aisle looking, usually in vain, for someone to slide over far enough to allow one cheek on the seat for the ride to school.
". . . brewery . . ."
". . . smokehouse . . ."
Brady neither looked nor waited. His daily goal was to find the most resolute rich kid and make him move. Today he stared down at the short-cropped blond hair of a boy who had been trying to hide a smile while pretending to study. Brady pressed his knee against him and growled, "Move in, frosh."
"I'm a sophomore," the kid huffed as he made room.
On the way home, Brady would ride the activities bus. There he would for sure be the only one of his type, but football earned him his place among the jocks, cheerleaders, thespians, and assorted club members. Wide-eyed at first, they seemed to have grudgingly accepted him, though they still clearly saw the trailer park as a novelty. One evening as he trudged from the bus, Brady had been sure everyone was watching. He turned quickly, only to be proven right, and felt face-slapped. At least the trailer park was the first stop at the end of the day.
11 a.m.
First Community Church
Vidalia, Georgia
Reverend Thomas Carey knew he would not be getting the job when the head of the pastoral search committee—a youngish man with thick, dark hair—dismissed the others and asked Grace Carey if she wouldn't mind waiting for her husband in the car.
"Oh, not at all," she said, but Thomas interrupted.
"Anything you say to me, you can say to her."
The man put a hand on Thomas's shoulder and spoke softly. "Of course, you're free to share anything you wish with your spouse, Reverend, but why don't you decide after you hear me out?"
Grace assured Thomas it was all right and retreated from the sanctuary.
"You tell her everything?" the man said.
"Of course. She's my—"
"She knows we saw you at your request, not ours, and that we didn't feel you warranted a visit to hear you preach?"
Thomas Carey pressed his lips together. Then, "I appreciate your meeting with us today."
The committee chairman pointed to a pew and leaned against another as Thomas sat. "I need to do you a favor and be frank with you, Reverend. I can tell you right now this is not going to go your way. In fact, we're not going to bother with a vote."
"That doesn't sound fair."
"Please," Dark Hair said. "I know these people, and if I may be blunt, you rank last on the list of six we've already interviewed."
"Shouldn't you poll the others on their—?"
"I'm sorry, but you have a three-year Bible college diploma, no real degree, no seminary training. You're, what, in your midforties?"
"I'm forty-six, yes."
"Sir, I've got to tell you, I'm not surprised that your résumé consists of eight churches in twenty-two years—the largest fewer than 150 members. Have you ever asked yourself why?"
"Why what?"
"Why you've never been successful, never advanced, never landed a church like ours . . ."
"Surely you don't equate success with numbers."
"Reverend Carey, I'm just trying to help. You and your sweet wife come in here, I assume trying to put your best foot forward, yet you look and dress ten years older than you are, and your hair is styled like a 1940s matinee idol."
Dark Hair extended his hand. "I want to sincerely thank you for your time today. Please pass along my best wishes to your wife. And be assured I meant no disrespect. If it's of any help, I'm aware of several small churches looking for pastors."
Thomas stood slowly and buttoned his sport jacket. "I appreciate your frankness; I really do. Any idea how I might qualify for a bigger work? I don't want to leave the ministry, but our only child is in her second year of law school at Emory, and—"
"When there are many Christian colleges that would give a minister huge discounts?"
"I'm afraid she would be neither interested in nor qualified for a Christian school just now."
"I see. Well, I'm sorry. But the fact is, you are what you are. None of your references called you a gifted preacher, despite assuring us you're a wonderful man of God. If you cannot abide your current station, perhaps the secular marketplace is an option."
5 p.m.
Head Football Coach's Office
Forest View High School
Brady hadn't even thoroughly dried after his shower. Now he sat in Coach Roberts's cramped space with his stuff on his lap, waiting for the beefy man. Every player was listed on a poster on the wall, his place on the depth chart and his grade in every class there for all to see. Brady knew what was coming. He should have just skulked out to the bus and, by ignoring the coach's summons, announced his quitting before being cut. But he knew the drill. Never give up. Never say die. Keep your head up. Look eager, willing.
Finally Roberts barreled in, dropping heavily into a squeaky chair. "I gotta ask you, Darby: what're you doing here?"
"You asked me to come see you—"
"I mean what're you doing trying to play football? You're a shop kid, ain't ya? You didn't come out as a frosh or a soph. I smell smoke all over you."
"I quit, Coach! I know the rules."
"We're barely a month into the year, and you're makin' Ds in every class. You're fourth-string quarterback, and entertaining as it is for everybody else to watch you racing all over the practice field on every play, we both know you're never gonna see game time. Now, really, what're you doing?"
"Just trying to learn, to make it."
Brady couldn't tell him he was looking for something, anything, to get him out of the trailer park and closer to the kids he had despised for so long. They seemed to have everything handed to them: clothes, cars, girls, college, futures. No, he wasn't ready to dress differently; he took enough heat from his friends just for carrying books and playing football.
"Listen, your teachers, even the ones outside of industrial arts, tell me you're not stupid. You're a good reader, sometimes have something to say. But you don't test well, rarely do your homework. What's the deal?"
Brady shrugged. "It's just my ma and my brother and me."
"Hey, we've all got problems, Darby."
Do we? Really? "Like I said, I quit smoking, and I'm trying to get my grades up."
"Look, I want to see you succeed, but frankly you're a distraction here. I rarely cut anybody willing to practice and ride the bench—"
"Which I am."
"Yeah, but this isn't working, and I don't want to waste any more of your time."
"Don't worry about wasting my—"
"Or mine. Or my coaches'. If you're determined to get involved in some extracurricular stuff, there's all kinds of other—"
"Like what?"
Coach Roberts looked at his watch. "Well, what do you like to do?"
"Watch movies."
"Don't we all? But is it a passion for you?"
"You have no idea."
"You want to be an actor someday? study theater?"
Brady hesitated. "Never thought of that, but yeah, that would be too good to be true."
"Now see, with that attitude, you'll never get anywhere. If you want to try that, try it! Talk to Nabertowitz, the theater guy. See if there's a club or a play or something."
"There's rumors about him."
"Do yourself a favor and keep your mouth shut about that. Those artsy people can be a little flamboyant, but the guy's got a wife and kids, so don't be jumping to conclusions, and you'll stay out of trouble."
Brady shrugged. "I'd be as new there as I was here."
"Oh, I expect you'd be a sight among that crowd, though there's all kinds of behind-the-scenes stuff I'll bet you could do. But I need to tell you, football is not your thing."
5:30 p.m.
Ravinia Carey, named after a beautiful suburban Chicago park her parents had enjoyed while in Bible college, had sounded none too thrilled that they would be "dropping by" that evening.
"We're on our way through Atlanta to look into ministry opportunities," Thomas had told her from a pay phone, as cheerily as he could muster.
"You're leaving Foley? What happened?"
"We'll talk about it when we see you."
"Oh, Dad . . ."
"Listen, hon, is there anywhere we can stay on campus? In a dorm, or—"
"Dad, this isn't some church camp. No. The Emory Inn is within walking distance, and you'll find the campus too complicated for parking anyway. Just have someone point you to Gambrell Hall, and I'll meet you there."
"All right," he had said slowly, writing it down. "Any idea how much a room might—?"
"It's owned by the university; just tell them you're a parent."
And so there Thomas stood after slowly pulling a U-Haul trailer more than 150 miles behind the eight-year-old Impala. Gas mileage was abominable with the extra weight, so he had tried to offset an expensive fill-up against a cheap fast-food meal. Grace hadn't complained. She never did.
Even with the discount, the room rate made him blanch. "Might you know of any place more reasonably priced?"
The young black girl behind the counter leaned close and whispered with a smile, "Nowhere you'd want to stay, sir, really."
He and Grace carted in a few items, and she stretched out on the bed. "This feels so good after sitting all day."
"What are we going to tell Rav?" he said.
"That the Lord will provide."
Thomas sighed. "You know how she hates clichés."
"That cliché is true, sweetheart."
Thomas found a hand towel and gave his black oxfords a once-over, tucking away a tiny hole that had appeared in one of his socks.
He ran a comb through his hair and massaged his chin, debating getting rid of his late afternoon shadow.
Soon Grace rose and smoothed her dress. "We'd better go. I can't wait to see her."
6:30 p.m.
Touhy Trailer Park
Brady arrived home to find a familiar car on the apron next to the single-wide. He smelled dinner before he opened the door.
"Hey, Aunt Lois," he said, tossing his stuff.
The short, freckled dishwater blonde rushed from the stove to hug him tight. "Oh, Brady!" she said. "Where's your mama?"
"Probably stopped off somewhere," he said. "You'll be able to tell where from her breath."
"You ought to speak of her with more respect."
"Yeah, she deserves it. Petey here?"
She nodded toward the back. "Tell him ten minutes before corn bread, beans, and rice."
"He'll want iced tea, too."
Brady picked through the ashtray.
His aunt poked her head around the corner. "Oh, Brady! No!"
He shrugged. "I just quit football, so give me a break."
"Football or not, those things'll kill you."
"I can only hope. What're you doing here, anyway?"
"You're not happy to see me?"
"Sure I am. I always am. But—"
"I come with bad news, if you must know, but I can't tell you without tellin' your mom and Petey, so don't ask."
Brady found his brother in the back, riveted to a video game.
"Wanna play?" Peter said without looking up.
"It's rude to be back here when Aunt Lois is visiting."
Peter sighed and paused the game. "She's just gonna tell us about Jesus again."
"Just nod and smile and tell her you'll get to church again sometime soon."
Gambrell Hall
Emory University
Ravinia looked stiff when her mother embraced her, and she barely seemed to return the touch. Thomas shook her hand, and they sat in the student lounge.
"You look well," Grace said. "I wish you'd let your hair grow out a little."
"I wish I had time to take care of more hair, Mom. Regardless, I'm straight, if that's what you're worried about."
race squinted at Thomas.
"She's not a lesbian," he said.
"Oh, my, Ravinia! I wasn't even suggesting—"
"To prove it, one of these days I'll introduce you to Dirk."
"Dirk Blanc. Works at MacMillan next door, the law library."
"He's a librarian?" Grace said.Ravinia laughed. "He's a student too, but most of us work, you know."
"I know," Grace said, "and we're sorry you have to."
"Even most students with normal parents have to work, Mom."
"Normal parents?"
"Those not dependent on congregations for their income."
"Well, one doesn't go into the ministry for the money, sweetheart. But God's people have been good to us over the years."
"Oh, please. No-body's been good to you, and you know it. You give and give and give, and what do you get? Ushered out. So, what happened at Foley?"
"I'd rather talk about what you're doing, Rav," Thomas said.
"You promised to tell me."
"Well, I said I'd rather talk about it in person, yes, but there's time. . . ."
"No, there isn't. I have no time, Dad. I study and I work and, if I'm lucky, I eat and sleep. And if you're telling me that once again—surprise, surprise—you're between churches, sleep may have to go too. So just tell me."
"Where are you attending services, honey?" Grace said.
"Can we stop this, Mom? Even if I had the time, I don't have the interest right now. And I have the feeling that whatever it is you're about to tell me about the faithful at Foley just might close the church chapter of my life."
"Oh, don't say that, Ravinia," Grace said. "We're certainly not going to blame this on the people. The Lord just made it clear to us that it was time—"
"To move on, sure. I've heard that before. So what was it this time, Dad? You pick the wrong color carpet for the sanctuary? Spend too much time preaching through the Old Testament? What?"
"Actually, we're pretty proud of what your dad brought to that little lighthouse. Sorry, cliché. But he got a visitation program going and even replaced their old children's night with one that had updated curriculum. The kids loved it."
Ravinia stood and rubbed her eyes. She moved to a window and gazed out. Appearing resolute, she returned. "All right, you're not driving all the way up through here looking for 'opportunities' if everything's peachy in Foley. Now out with it."
"You're going to make a fine lawyer," Thomas said, forcing a smile.
"I'm going to start by suing those people if they did to you what the previous bunch did."
"Oh, no; you know we don't solve church problems in court."
"Maybe you should. You certainly have grounds. Honestly, Dad, I know as well as anybody that you're no Billy Graham. And, Mom, your piano playing and puppet thing are never going to make you famous. But how can people watch you work yourselves to death—on their behalf—and still treat you like garbage?"
Thomas chuckled too loudly. "Thought you hated clichés."
"Don't change the subject, Dad. You know I'm not letting you go until you tell me what happened."
"Can't we take you to dinner?" Grace said.
"C'mon! We both know you can't afford it. Follow me through the cafeteria line, and you can share my meal."
"That wouldn't be right," Grace said. "It'd be like stealing."
"The place is full of lawyers! I'd find you counsel."
Thomas was warmed to see even Grace smile at that. "Rav," he said, "we just wanted to see you because we were passing through. And we thought it only fair to tell you that we won't be able to help with your schooling anymore. At least for a while."
"It's all right, Dad. I'm grateful for what you've done already, and I know you couldn't really afford that and certainly didn't owe me anything after the way I've disappointed you."
"I wouldn't say you've disappointed us."
"Well, I hope I have, Mom! I've tried to!"
Ravinia said it with a smile, but Grace looked pained.
"I'm just saying, I appreciate knowing, and I will make this work somehow. I'll start my career the way everyone else does: in debt. I'm not aiming for some high-paying corporate job, but I'll be able to dig out eventually."
"You know you could go to our denominational school and—"
"Mom! I'm way past that. Anyway, if I was honest on the admissions forms, they wouldn't take me. Now I need to go eat within the next half hour, and then I'm studying till midnight. But I'm not leaving you until you tell me what happened, so unless you want me to starve . . ."
7 p.m.
The Darby Trailer
"I'll keep your mom's plate warm," Aunt Lois said as she and Peter and Brady crowded around the tiny kitchen table. "Brady, you want to pray for us?"
"No, ma'am. You, please."
Peter shook his head. "All I know is, 'God is great, God is good, now we thank Thee for our food.'"
"Well," Aunt Lois said, "that's not half bad, but let me. Dear Lord, thank You for these precious boys and for my sister-in-law, wherever she is. Protect her and bring her back to Yourself. Give her strength when she finally hears what I have to tell her.
"Now, Lord, never let these boys forget all that I've taught them about You, that You died on the cross for their sins so they don't have to go to hell but can live in heaven with You. And thanks for our food. In Jesus' name, amen."
Peter was smirking when Brady opened his eyes, so Brady shot him a scowl before Aunt Lois noticed.
The woman had good intentions, Brady knew. It was hard not to love Aunt Lois.
A minute later Brady noticed a tear running down his aunt's cheek. "What's wrong?" he said.
"I'm just thinking about your mama and the news I have for her."
From Riven. Copyright © 2008 by Jerry B. Jenkins. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.


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