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Upon boot, almost all text is in Marlott
Just about all the text on the computer has been changed into Marlott font, thus rendering everything unreadable.
I've tried to system restore and also set the font back to the default form but it doesn't work at all. System restore always pop ups with a "failure to system restore" message and the text doesn't return so I assume the default font is Marlott now.
Is it possible I have a virus and need to reformat everything?
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|06 Sep 2011
8 Pro x64
Alternatively, do you recall uninstalling any apps around the same time? Some app uninstallations have been known to remove the default font physically.
and need to reformat everything?
Fonts - Change
option 3. > 3. To Restore the Default Fonts
Downloadthe .reg file.
If the system font has been physically removed, this won't work. However if it is still on the machine, hopefully it'll be a start towards fixing.
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|06 Sep 2011
Windows 7 Professional x64
I'm not seeing the exact problem thus a new thread, let me know if there are any currently running threads that I hould look at.
I have two pcs running win 7 pro...
Both of them all of a sudden have weird alien looking characters everywhere instead of regular characters.
Comodo tells me instantly that it is malware but won't help me.
This looks like a users pc after setting all the regional settings to japanese or something without installing the language packs can anyone help me please?
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|08 Sep 2011
Alternatively, do you recall uninstalling any apps around the same time? Some app uninstallations have been known to remove the default font physically.
and need to reformat everything?
Fonts - Change
option 3. > 3. To Restore the Default Fonts
Downloadthe .reg file.
If the system font has been physically removed, this won't work. However if it is still on the machine, hopefully it'll be a start towards fixing.
Also, I've even checked the fonts folder and there are only 3 font types...a "Fixedsys Regular", System Bold, and Terminal.
I also uninstalled Firefox and tried to reinstall it...just to see how my computer would react. Well, it won't install now. That's probably not a great sign either.
I'm thinking reformatting might be the best option at this point since I can't re-install any programs or fonts.
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|08 Sep 2011
Windows 7 Pro. 64/SP-1
From post #3
Comodo tells me instantly that it is malware but won't help me.
I wouldn't change anything until this problem is taken care of.
I recommend using Malwarebytes Anti Malware. Install, update, run.
If that doesn't repair the problem Comodo found get back to us.
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Lovely program. Have gone there for help with meals or diapers since 04. Also since moved back to Norwich have gotten help with Xmas gifts, back to school bags, and winter coats. I just wish they offered more personal touches as the program has changed so much and everyone is very busy. If you feeling very sad and go in there is no one who can sit with you. The phone ringrings off the hook and staff can hardy keep up with the phones. Lots of "other" outside programs offered through here but if you don't daytime hours available because of work or kids in school nothing is available it seems for regular working joes and Jane's. I know piles of folks take advantage of programs all the time but no one likes new way of things being done there.
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I sincerely believe that the services Madonna Place offer are extremely valuable. It helps new moms become aware of developmental milestones, find approaches to deal with those difficult times that come with raising a child, offers pointers for good nutrition, safety and so much more. It educates families and in doing so can help PREVENT issues such as neglect, abuse, obesity and accidents.
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Rep. Joseph argued that there should be a significant reduction of the price of petroleum in the country since the present price of petroleum is still been determined by the December 2014 price at US$60.00 per barrel of oil in the world market.
The Montserrado lawmaker disclosed that existing price per barrel of oil in the world market is presently at US$32.96, which is half of the 2014 world market price and as such must have a significant down wall shift on the current price of petroleum commodity.
Rep. Joseph noted that between January - December 2015, there has been comparatively stumpy price of the barrel of oil in the world market which should have supported the reduction of price in petroleum in the country, and thus blamed the Ministry of Commerce and the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC).
The Lawmaker also lamented on the appalling condition of the health system.
According to the astute Montserrado Lawmaker, health practitioners across the country lack proper capacities to adequately respond to the growing demand in the health sector.
He argues that most of the death cases reported are blamed on simple and curable tropical diseases.
The Lawmaker meanwhile challenged sector implementers to build the respective capacities of Health Practitioners and equip same for efficiency.


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My family member has been at this office for years. The past few years has been horrible. Be sure you pack a lunch before you go. You will be spending most of your time waiting. If you call in for a perscription dont expect it filled anytime soon. You always have to follow up for a couple of days before they find the time to call the pharmacy. Doesnt matter if you need the medicine to breath. His wife Betsy is always on the phone being argumentative with someone. Whether it be an insurance company, setting up tests, or another patient. I worked in the medical field and know it can be frustersting. I dont think it is professional to display this in front of the patients. The woman is always irritated. I do not recommend this office.
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I work for a medical supply company & needed some additional information regarding a mutual patient of this office & ours. I spoke with Nancy the "office manager" to request this information & she immediately sounded "bothered". she asked me if I had placed an earlier request & I told her that I had a couple of days ago. she sounded very irritated. I asked her when the info would be provided & she yelled, "IT WILL BE FAXED" & hung up on me. I called her back this time to get her name & finish my request since she hung up earlier. This time she YELLED, "I AM DONE WITH THIS CONVERSATION". I hung up on her at this time. It was only 8:00 in the morning. I can imagine what the rest of her day would be like or the poor patients that would be subjected to her abuse. I do not recommend using this Dr's office. I will speak to the Dr. To advise of his employees abuse. I'm sure Dr. is not aware of her & if he is, I would be ashamed of her & put her out!!! She will definitely drive away patients ect..
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I was initially referred to Sekar yrs ago for severe pneumonia. My care then was great. Got pneumo vac & hadn't had to return in 5 yrs...until recently when lung mass tripled in size. I am educated about my health conditions, & advocate for myself. Apparently, this is unacceptable to this office, as when called PV to ask why path report wasn't available for follow up appt yday (PV lab said all tests were in) & I called Sekar to inquire as to confusion, staff, "Betsy," said I had no right to do so (call PV), screamed at me, & then hung up on me...HUNG UP ON ME!!! Regardless, I know my rights, I advocate for myself, when needed, & refuse to be treated in this extremely poor manner...what a shame~Sekar was, in previous yrs, a kind man & very good doctor.
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Be sure that you've cleared your schedule for the day regardless of your appointment time. Of the times I've visited, 45 min was the shortest wait from check-in. 1 1/2 hours was the longest. Ridiculous!!The ladies in the front office are extremely rude and cold. Every single time!The man who helps check you out at the end of your visit doesn't seem to know his own name. I gave him a list of sleep study locations that are covered by my insurance and told him to be sure he scheduled my sleep study at a location that accepts my insurance. I didnt learn until after the fact (when I was sued for the entire amount) that, not only did he send me to a place that didn't accept my insurance, but the place is partially owned by Dr Sekar himself!!Dr Sekar is a great doctor and the nurses are always very friendly. It's a shame that the rest of his staff ruins the experience. I simply cannot recommend seeing him.
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I have not been to his office - I have only seen him in the hospital and acute care facility. I think he is terrific! He is patient, explains things so that I understand him and never talks 'down' to me or makes me feel silly for asking the question. He has done wonders for my husband.
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The holidays can take a lot out of us and in the midst of all that joyful hustle and bustle, we can end up overspending. That's why Suntrust Bank want to help us be meaningful within our means. Any bank can talk to us about just money. They want to turn the conversation to a different currency and ask us to think differently this year. It's about depositing hope, instead of checks. And withdrawing stress, instead of cash. It's about indulging in the currency of kindness and giving more than we receive.
Because the things that mean the most to you, are well within your means.
Now that I am grown and have children of my own I often reflect on childhood memories during the holidays. Interesting enough, none of my memories necessarily include gifts. Instead, holiday traditions come to the forefront of my mind.. Since we don't live close to either one of our families, we've incorporated traditions from both of our families as well as created new ones of our own.
One of my favorite traditions is my mom's homemade Christmas breakfast. When I lived at home, she made the same breakfast every Christmas morning. After we opened up our presents with my immediate family both sets of grandparents would come over and we would all share breakfast together. I always loved having my entire extended family together sharing a meal together while making memories. It was also my absolute favorite breakfast. Now that I have my own family, I prepare the same breakfast on Christmas morning. Even though our families don't live close enough to join us, I always think of them while enjoying breakfast with my family.
One thing I have learned, if I'm not careful I can make a holiday meant for joy and peace to instead to be stressful all in the name of creating traditions for my families. In fact, I've been on a mission the past couple of years to simplify our holiday. With the added stresses of finances, traveling to see family, gift buying, and everything else that goes into the holiday season it's so easy to get off track. As adults we spend A LOT of time trying to recreate those feelings and memories we had as children. While we may succeed, we also tend to create a lot of stress while money is just sucked right out of us. Meaningful within Your Means is a challenge to try or do something differently this year so that we can avoid a case of the "overs-" and create lasting meaningful memories of the holidays.
There are 3 "areas" of this challenge. Try and do something from each area.
1. YOU – no one's holiday is going to be enjoyable if you are not able to enjoy it yourself. You need to make time for yourself daily/weekly.
a. Liberate – Skip that ritual that stresses you out!…newsletter style holiday cards, baking 50 dozen cookies, Griswold style Christmas lights…)
b. Let go of perfectionism.
c. While you may have an iron clad budget, do you have a holiday budget? Use the holiday planning guide to make sure you have accounted for all those expenses that sneak up through the holiday season…going to 6 holiday parties can get expensive! What is the going rate for a sitter these days? Going away? Need to board a dog or get a pet sitter? $$$
d. Manage expectations early on – this is one that can have the biggest impact to your budget. Gift giving…everyone, draw names, nothing…you need to soon so that everyone is on board
2. TOGETHER – Being with family and friends is what the holidays are all about.
a. Do something together as a family every week in Dec – something FREE. Drive around and look at lights, hot chocolate and holiday specials night, look for community activities to participate in, family tacky sweater day…
b. In lieu of gifts, you and your friends do something together as a group. Potluck at someone's house, reservations at that great new restaurant everyone has been wanting to try.
3. GIVE – there are many opportunities to give during the holidays. This is also a great time to teach children the importance of giving. This is something that also makes a great TOGETHER activity, giving your time to volunteer as a family.
a. Instead of gifts, make a donation to a charity that is important to you. You can make one large one in honor of all your friends and family or divide up into groups (family, different circles of friends –work, neighborhood, college etc) and make smaller donations to a few groups
b. Ask your church or a church in your community if they know of any families that need a little "extra" this season and put together a care package for them to be delivered anonymously.
My daughter and I volunteering at the "Magi Project."
Personally, I am accepting the Meaningful within our Means challenge for my family. With a brand new baby this year, I've got to be intentional, otherwise I'll end up stressed. I've included my personal commitments below:
YOU – It's all about simplification for me this year. I'm not stressing about mailing out the perfect Christmas card to friends and family. Honestly, the added expense is just not in our budget this year. It's smarter to stick to our budget and be intentional in all of our commitments to reduce stress. (Here's a link to a holiday budget planning spreadsheet to help ensure you stay within your means!) We will have a brand new baby this year, I can easily let go of perfectionism. I just want to create meaningful memories with my family.
TOGETHER – Since neither of our families live close by I want to be intentional to get together with friends during the holidays to celebrate the season. I'm committed to keeping it simple, and not creating added stress with fancy meals. With our families, I'd like to focus on creating memories and experiences together as a family instead of focusing on gift giving.
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Café 4 is Knoxville's Hotest Downtown dining and entertainment experience. Come enjoy our true urban retreat, featuring Traditional Southern Comfort Foods with a Twist. Create memories in our comfortable dining room or relax on our heated and cooled outdoor patio overlooking the bustling Historic Market Square. Savor an entrée from our always-changing "seasonal menu", featuring Chef inspired Southern House made favorites. Chill out in the "Mezzanine Loft" for a great cup of coffee or latté', a glass of Wine or one of 47 unique Beers. The "Mezzanine Loft" features a "Living Room" setting including free Wi-fi, making it the perfect place to just hang out with friends or family. Book the Square Room for your next special event or catch one of our many live concerts. Cafe' 4; a third place, neither home nor work, a place for nurturing community life and creative interaction, a place where strangers, neighbors, and friends gather to nourish the body and build relationships.
Knoxville, TN 37902
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Monday-Thursday 7:00 AM- 9:30 PM
Friday 7:00 AM-10:30 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM-10:30 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM-8:30 PM
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Union Avenue
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Free Parking in the Market Square Garage all evenings and weekends.
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I spent 10 days in the US, going from Brooklyn to Orlando to Knoxville and I can say without hesitation that the food I had at Cafe 4 was the best I had during my entire trip! We came here for a family get-together while I was in town and it could not have been a lovelier experience - the ambiance, the service were wonderful. But the food! I had the lobster crab benedict with cheese grits and I have to say I'm still telling people how amazing the meal was! Couldn't recommend this place more highly!
Cafe 4 is always a winner. Great food at a great price. Our family of 4 ate with appetizers and 2 adults drinking 2 alcoholic beverages each and it was under $85. The bartender was great. He made my kids a special drink just for them. Food is always fresh and cooked perfectly we has cup cakes too! I almost forgot. Super fresh, moist, delicious! Love Cafe 4!!
Cafe 4 is a great restaurant with great food. Love the location in on Market Square downtown. The only complaint is the noise level in the restaurant. It is very loud and a little hard to hear from across the table. They need to install some sounds panels to help with the noise level. But, all in all, the food is great. I go here often myself. You can go for a walk around town afterwards and talk.
Excellent food, service, location. Unfortunately it was extremely difficult to carry on a conversation in our group of five. The acoustics for noise containment seemed non-existent. For that reason, if you're going here, I recommend eating outside. Unfortunately the weather was not conducive for outdoor dining the night we were there.
Very tasty food. I had shrimp and grits. We shared a flatbread and a fish taco small plate with our group.
The fish tacos I think I liked best.
My Chardonnay was a small pour and should have been nicer for the cost. That was disappointing. Waiter was good.
I would definitely return. Thank you.
Cafe 4 is a downtown market square staple for Knoxvillians during lunch. Great variety of food fare and friendly service, but be prepared to have to wait for food, or between courses if busy, or a sudden influx of hungry customers. Overall, a tasty place to relax and eat in an urban setting.
Was ok. Went for anniversary brunch with friends. Had a table of 5, but they sat us at a four-top despite confirming reservation for 5. Food was ok, not great. Server told me I couldn't have something "on the side" - which I only asked for after she said she didnt know what was in it (strong aversion to raw onion).
Probably not high on our list to return to.
I love the atmosphere there--you can sit outside and people watch or enjoy the warm decor inside. Our server was polite and attentive. The fried green tomatoes were excellent and I got my favorite comfort food, the grilled cheese dipper (comes with tomato bisque). It was a birthday brunch so we both received free cupcakes! Their cupcake choices are amazing, by the way.
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It's possible that former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir might be at the end of his career and, if so, it might not be the end that he was hoping for.
After UFC Fight Night 85, Mir was notified by USADA that he failed his initial drug test. Mir lost to Mark Hunt in a knockout.
On his Phone Booth Fighting podcast, Mir discussed getting the call from the USADA:
The individual identified themselves as USADA, they were in town and they need to see me. I had a couple shots, I was like, 'Ok, I'm assuming it's a drug test. Just warning you it's out of competition, but I'm a little lit. You're going to deal with me and the wife is driving now. I'm not really in full control of my facilities. I had a good time and had a couple shots.'
We go over to Cesar's (Palace), kind of a nearby place since they had just gotten to the strip. We went and ate at Carmine's and I was sitting there waiting for the phone call and when they called me, I was like, 'Ok, the bathroom is around the corner.' And they said, 'No, no. We're not here to drug test you.' I'm like, 'Oh, what are you here for?'
That's when Mir was told the news that might force him into an early retirement:
They were like, 'You had a substance in your urine.' Yeah, I'm sure I did. I probably had amphetamine because I take Adderall, I have a TUE on file.
They said, 'No, no. You had that in there, but you're right, that's on file. You had an AAS.' Like, an anabolic steroid. That's when I looked at him like, 'What? (Expletive) no.' I just shook my head.
Right now, Mir has been placed on a provisional suspension until the USADA finishes their investigation.
Should they find that he did indeed fail the drug test, he would be placed on a basic suspension which carries the term of two years. Given the two-time UFC heavyweight champ's age, that would essentially force him into hanging up the fighter's life.
Two year suspension.
And I was supposed to do FOX, the pre-fight and post-fight show this weekend. Once the USADA left my house, about an hour later I even told my wife, 'Do I go to FOX? What do I do?' The UFC answered that for me. I got the phone call letting me know that, as long as I'm suspended, I can't commentate or do any kind of work in that aspect. Basically now, for the next two years.
Mir claims he's innocent and it wouldn't make sense, at this point in his career, to even risk taking steroids:
Again going back to financial advantage, I made the same amount of money in the fight whether I won or lost or how I looked. But I took the risk, I guess is what they're saying, of trying to take this metabolite or take this substance and now I won't make any income through martial arts for the next two years. Which, I'm a pretty well-spoken guy, but I don't have a college education. Me making money in other avenues is not going to be as easy as walking into the octagon.
Fighters can appeal the USADA findings and request to have their "B" sample tested. That's exactly what Mir chose to do, but if his "B" sample comes back with the same results, Mir's career is pretty much over.
Mir is turning 37 next month and a 2 year suspension, at this point, would pretty much end everything for him.
Basically, if the 'B' sample comes back and I don't see any way that I'm going to explain. I know the lawyer and (manager Malki Kawa) are like, 'We've got to figure out everywhere you ate and everything you put in your body for the past six weeks.' Come on, man. Ask my wife, I'm lucky that I can figure out where the car is in the driveway half the time. There's no way. I don't remember. I don't log things down like that. Half the time I don't know where I'm going to eat five minutes before I eat. Or we just go back to the same place.
In hindsight maybe that's not the best idea to frequent the same place four or five times when I'm out of town and set up a pattern. If anybody is out to get you that would not be the way to avoid that problem. And, so, basically this is retirement for me. I don't see any other way around it.
If this does end Mir's career, he's not entirely sure what he'll be able to do. Options are limited when the only thing on your resume is "fighter."
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Redirecting Permalinks Challenge
I'm 70% there with my new project.
I was needing to redirect my old blog at wordpress.com to my new self hosted site.
I was given this code to do the redirects once I bought the domain mapping and redirect package at wordpress.com
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{2})/([0-9]{2})/(.*)$ http://domain.com/$4 [L,R=301]
It worked great except for the following:
1. some posts (about 30%) will not redirect and it seems it's because the slugs are not the same.
So my question here is do i do individual redirects which wordpress.com doesn't allow you to do inside it's interface.
Or do i just change the slugs and wait for google to recrawl?
2. My categories and pages won't redirect.
I believe the reason is because this redirect is for http://www.mynotetakignerd.com/blog and the challenge I WAS having there was that wordpress.com uses the year/month/date permalink which the code above handled.
The categories in old site are site:/category/
The pages in old blog are site:/
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Islamic invasion, Europe now scrambles for guns
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The Amsterdam Hermitage has seen the number of its visitors halved compared to last year.
Whereas 650,000 people visited the museum in 2010, that number dropped to 335,000 in 2011. Among its visitors were 15,000 schoolchildren compared to 'tens of thousands' in the year before.
At 100,000 visitors at last count, the Hermitage's current exhibition Rubens, van Dyck & Jordaens has proved to be a major crowd puller. The exhibition, which runs until mid March, features works by Flemish masters from the Hermitage in St Petersburg.
The Hermitage Amsterdam has an agreement with the Russian government to produce exhibitions together with the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.
The museum hopes that many of the visitors to the Flemish masters exhibition will come back for a second visit as the drawings which initially formed part of the exhibition have been replaced because of their sensitivity to prolonged exposure to light. Twenty drawings have been replaced, including eight works by Rubens.
The Hermitage Amsterdam opened its doors in 2009. Since then, it has been visited by more than 1.6 million people.
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Modular housing on 'anti-social' sites in Dublin could lead to 'mini ghettos' and 'shanty towns', councillor warns
A Dublin councillor says the location of modular housing units in communities where there is "social disadvantage" could lead to "mini-ghettos" and "shanty towns".
Cllr Daithi De Roiste (FF) said modular housing could work if located in more suitable sites and with the correct supports in place.
"When you look across the continent, you've got modular housing but with high levels of support from the likes of Dublin City Council. A high level of support from the likes of the HSE, the Department of Justice, the gardai, I've seen no evidence for any of these supports to go in," he told RTE Radio One programme 'Drivetime'.
"And what you see they're going to be put in there as a so-called temporary solution and they're going to just exist there and I suppose mini-ghettos and shanty towns etc will grow out of this."
Cllr De Roiste said he told Dublin City Council manager Owen Keegan that the suggestion that the five sites selected by the council for modular housing were subjected to "rigorous examination" was "laughable".
The sites are in predominantly disadvantaged areas of the capital - Ballyfermot and Crumlin on the south of the city, and Finglas, Darndale and Ballymun on the north side.
There are 637 families without a home in the Dublin city area at present.
Families housed in the modular units will not be considered as being housed on a permanent basis, and will remain on local authority waiting lists.
However, the sites for the modular housing has sparked great concern.
"[They are] all sites that would be, I suppose, having problems at the moment," Cllr De Roiste told RTE broadcaster Mary Wilson.
"There would be a lot of social disadvantage going on and to say that these sites were selected after rigorous examination I think is absolutely laughable."
If construction of these modular housing projects proceeds at these sites, Cllr De Roiste said it was highly unlikely they would be completed by Christmas.
"I don't think that they can [when asked if these sites can take modular housing by Christmas]. When we went to view the modular housing units, we were told it would take eight weeks to put them up.
"Now if they're only proposing starting the third week of November, how they will get them up for the 21st of December, I don't know.
"That's the plan apparently for the first 22 which appears to be going over to Poppintree in Ballymun.
"But what we need to say is when we're talking about site selection, it's amazing that the Council don't seem to own sites in Clontarf, or Sandymount, or Rathgar or Rathmines.
"Well they most certainly do, believe you me they do," he said.
"But for some reason, I don't know whether it's social cleansing or something going on, they seem to have picked the most disadvantaged sites," he added.
Referring to the Cherry Orchard site in his own area, he told Drivetime: "I said to the manager just there essentially if you set out to pick a more worse site they couldn't have done a better job.
"What's wrong with it? Well first of all it's slap bang in the middle of what is an anti-social, and has been referred to as a 'no go area' in recent times. In the past six months, there has been really really bad anti-social behaviour problems.
"It is a housing area. There's been robbed cars, there's been gardai injured, there's been [sic] a garda car rammed and taken off the streets. We have seen instances where young kids have been shot at at that site. We saw a 19-year-old only shot and seriously injured five or six weeks ago.
"The site that they're after picking there is so inappropriate. In the past couple of weeks, we have made some really good strides with the gardai in putting together a new policing plan. And simply putting in modular housing in on top of this? It's nonsensical. It absolutely makes no sense."
The local representative, who told listeners he was born in Ballyfermot and resides there, stressed that he was not worried about people in modular housing adding to the anti social behaviour in the area.
"There are two strands. One with the anti social behaviour, particularly the robbed cars and the rallying of stolen vehciles, I would have a real fear that with how close the site is to that road, that a car could just fly off the road very very easily and wipe out a number of these [modular units] if it is going at speed.
"And then secondly, when we look at modular housing and we got reports on modular housing, we were brought through best practice of what goes on across the continent.
"When you look across the continent, you've got modular housing but with high levels of support from the likes of Dublin City Council. A high level of support from the likes of the HSE, the Department of Justice, the gardai, I've seen no evidence for any of these supports to go in.
"And what you see they're going to be put in there as a so-called temporary solution and they're going to just exist there and I suppose mini-ghettos and shanty towns etc will grow out of this."
He said he would be in favour of the Drimnagh site, but only if the proper supports are in place.
Sinn Féin Dublin City Councillor Chris Andrews also called on RTE to make available some of its campus for the proposed modular housing units.
Responding to claims by RTE that its base in Donnybrook would not be suitable and that the units would be disruptive to filming, Cllr Andrews said:
"RTE's argument against utilising its vastly underused campus for this purpose is weak and smacks of not in my back yard mentality.
"By allocating some of its land towards these units and by taking steps towards alleviating the housing emergency in our city, RTE would demonstrate its commitment to making things better instead of just facilitating commentary on the issue."
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I guess we did not need Brown in the Senate anyway.
We have Senator Todd Akin and Senator Richard Mourdock to take his place anyway.
I thought that Ted Cruz and Deb Fischer took his place in the Senate?
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Medical practices are at a tipping point today when it comes to preparing for value-based payments. Most practices have a significant portion of their revenue tied to fee-for-service (FFS) arrangements and are struggling to navigate new risk-based contract methodologies. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is accelerating the percentage of payments tied to high-quality/low-cost metrics, and commercial payers are quickly following suit. The transformation in payment methodologies has created a heightened level of urgency for providers to understand how they can successfully migrate from a volume-driven business model to a value-driven platform.
To successfully transition to this value platform, practices must prepare to assume greater risk associated with payment for services and understand how this change will affect them financially and operationally. This is the core of the concept "risk capability," a term that refers to an organization's ability to be able to thrive and succeed in a risk-based environment.
To increase its risk capability, an organization must focus on three critical areas:
Risk capability can be assessed by understanding your practice's capabilities around enterprise intelligence (the ability to understand internal/external data and use it to identify opportunities for strategic development, effectively manage new payment models and influence the practice's value proposition), revenue transformation and clinical enterprise maturity. Once a practice assesses its capabilities in these areas, it can begin to align strategies and goals that optimize those capabilities and create a roadmap for future success. Here's how one medical practice became risk-capable.
Blue Ridge Bone & Joint (BRBJ), Asheville, N.C., embraced risk after acknowledging changes in the marketplace. The independent orthopedic surgery practice has 21 fellowship-trained physicians in the following specialties: orthopedic surgery, physiatry, family practice, sports medicine, occupational therapy and physical therapy. Five locations accommodate approximately 85,000 visits annually. After passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, distinctive exclusion conversations with payers and self-insured employers about inclusion in narrow networks, and recent hospital integration and bundled payment activities, practice leaders wanted to assess the group's position and capabilities to prepare for the future.
BRBJ conducted a market assessment, assessed its data analytic capabilities and created a payer view scorecard to assess enterprise intelligence. Practice leaders reviewed clinical documentation and coding routines, care management capabilities and outcomes to address the clinical enterprise component. The revenue transformation step focused on provider compensation methodology and cost and efficiency from a collections cycle perspective.
An examination of population data and internal system information demonstrated that BRBJ had a strong position in terms of access and accolades but needed to become more transparent about sharing information with partners to illustrate its value proposition. The value proposition statement was developed with key marketing materials for payers, hospitals, accountable care organizations, independent physician associations and other existing and potential partners. This process confirmed that BRBJ did not have a deep understanding of its referral sources. The leadership began a comprehensive review of referral patterns so the practice could anticipate market shifts and meet patient expectations.
Next, practice leaders developed a deeper understanding of payer perspectives. BRBJ identified key managed care payers, obtained ratings by provider and organized the information in a matrix. The process uncovered several important findings, including a high-quality/efficiency rating from payers, but there were some inconsistencies. The immediate takeaway was to correct panel listings and initiate conversations with payers to better understand inconsistencies and, in some cases, appeal ratings. BRBJ then leveraged this information during managed care contract negotiations with a written, well-articulated value proposition — a document that outlined practice service offerings, outcome measures, quality ratings and patient satisfaction scores and then integrated the value proposition with the payer's goals. The exercise demonstrated the ways in which the practice aligned with payers and its interest in acting as a true partner, which proved to be a very successful strategy.
By showing that BRBJ is pursuing the Triple Aim, payers were more open to exploring how the two groups could work together and rewarding BRBJ with an increase in its FFS rates to share the savings that resulted from BRBJ's efforts. For example, one payer that denied any increases in the last renegotiation provided a 5% increase after BRBJ discussed its value proposition, which demonstrated high-quality healthcare at affordable prices and high patient satisfaction. BRBJ has also successfully explored performance-based contracts with payers instead of asking for percentage increases based on volume.
In January 2015, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina published 1,200 nonemergency and elective procedures to help consumers make more informed decisions about the cost of healthcare expenditures. BRBJ leaders recognized the importance of assessing how their group compared with peers and understanding the information that was available to patients. Table 1 summarizes some of the comparative information that was helpful to BRBJ. The Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina tiered network uses administrative claims data to identify high-quality, low-cost providers and help consumers make more informed choices for their medical care. Transparent methodology provides physicians with access to information on how their performance compares with their peers on nationally accepted quality measures as well as local cost efficiency benchmarks. Comparison is based on geographical region and across like specialty groups. Practices were aligned and segmented by their area of specialty, and were first measured against a quality rating and then subsequently against cost. Practices that exceed both the quality and cost thresholds were designated as Tier 1 practices, and all other practices were designated as Tier 2, as noted in Table 1.
BRBJ practice leaders then reviewed internal data analytics competencies and identified gaps in data mining capabilities that would be necessary for new payment methodologies. For example, a methodology to develop bundled pricing was developed and grounded in data analytics. BRBJ needed to understand its costs in order to provide prompt, accurate feedback internally and externally. This foundational competency is key for the group as it ramps up for the CMS Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) initiative.
Using the practice's technology platform, BRBJ leaders identified trend reporting opportunities to better integrate clinical and financial data, which allowed them to assess risk-taking ability at an episodic level and to establish a baseline for comparing future methodologies. For example, when it comes to bundled payment for hip and knee procedures, BRBJ needed to understand cost per episode of care, which included post-acute providers, to ensure profitability.
This assessment included an evaluation of governance and care management activities. The practice had an inclusive committee structure with finance, clinical excellence, marketing and operations committees that included the chief executive officer (CEO). These committees empowered selected physicians to work with the CEO to complete the assessment and determine next steps. During this phase of the assessment, leaders identified an opportunity to code co-morbid conditions, which is important in risk environments (contracts that reward value-based outcomes versus volume) because they could have a financial effect on dollar attribution. For example, Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) protocols are associated with payment methodologies that attribute additional dollars to providers for more complex patients based on diagnosis coding. Focusing on specificity in terms of coding is healthy preparation for ICD-10.
Care management and clinical capabilities were critical components of this portion of the assessment. BRBJ took a closer look at the PQRS and meaningful use measures it was reporting, and leadership identified existing and potential measurement opportunities based on service line significance. For example, the practice began to focus on patient satisfaction surveys and completed a patient satisfaction survey for its same-day clinic this year.
BRBJ also initiated discussions about standardizing and documenting protocols and care pathways relative to how the group works with its partners on these initiatives. Care management staff was hired to support efforts required for care coordination activities associated with the BPCI program as well as imminent pay-for-performance contracts with commercial payers. Physician champions identified a primary goal for the group to become the leader in musculoskeletal care in western North Carolina, which is when it became clear that focusing on care management was key. BRBJ is developing protocols to manage patients based on level of need, as outlined in Figure 1.
The primary focus in the outcomes assessment was patient satisfaction and those metrics that BRBJ constantly measures and monitors. BRBJ asked focused questions about how to describe its value proposition with data in ways that would be of interest. BRBJ asked its hospital and payer partners for the scorecard they use to assess BRBJ services with its peers in terms of cost and efficiency, readmission rates, infection rates and length of stay. Executives used this data to quantify the financial savings (e.g., readmissions) the practice provided.
Feedback from these partner scorecards confirmed that BRBJ was outperforming its peers on length of stay, infection rates and readmission rates. This finding has strengthened relationships with partners and has moved BRBJ forward in discussions about exploring volume-to-value initiatives. With the value proposition in hand, BRBJ executives sat down with payers to discuss attributes and ask for feedback. The dialogue was focused on how the two could work together since similar goals had been identified.
Defining the implications of changing revenue streams was a key focus in this assessment. The group confirmed that it is highly efficient based on operating cost as a percentage of medical revenue (42% at the time of publication), which compares favorably to MGMA results reported in MGMA Performance and Practices of Successful Medical Groups: 2014 Report Based on 2013 Data.
Recognizing that the professional side of the cost question is only part of what is necessary to gauge and influence cost and efficiency, BRBJ began to develop a better understanding of total cost for place of service (hospital compared to an ambulatory surgery center), provider (BRBJ providers compared with peers) and ancillary services (pharmacy costs compared with peers) to manage cost and risk. After reviewing the data, BRBJ learned that the practice is efficient from an operational perspective and recognized areas for improvement with time of service collections. Ever-increasing deductibles create a higher cost to collect and necessitate an elevated skill set at the front end of the collections process. Optimizing these routines will increase the likelihood of collections, which helps maintain the financial health of the practice. Figure 2 demonstrates BRBJ's adjusted/net collections performance, which is directly affected by the amount collected at the time of service. The group is focusing on improving adjusted collections by implementing more rigorous insurance verification processes and instituting more formal time of service collections protocols.
It makes sense that incentives must evolve with revenue streams. However, only 7.3% of compensation for specialists is tied to quality metrics (including accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes), according to the MGMA DataDive™ Provider Compensation 2015.
Productivity is a primary driver for compensation in an FFS environment. But as the shift from volume to value continues, it will be necessary to restructure incentives to maintain alignment in market shifts and compensation. For BRBJ and its peers, this might be one of the more challenging areas to address, but it is critical in order to survive and thrive in a risk-based environment.
Table 2 summarizes the data gathered during these assessments, which BRBJ has used to develop a strategy to move from FFS to risk-based payments.
As a result of this experience, practice leaders have learned to compare the group to others and to consider how it is perceived by payers, employers, hospitals, patients and referring providers. They are more interested in healthy discussions about collaboration and ways to provide the practice with timely information for its strategic plan. Understanding what is required to get from here to there will allow organizations to determine what they need to focus on to become risk-capable.
BRBJ's experience illustrates a call to action for medical practices to examine their current state and determine where they want to be positioned. Walk through each category and identify strengths and weaknesses as your team begins to craft a strategy for progressing along the risk capability continuum. The key is to understand what steps are required to become or remain a leader in your market.
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Science fiction movies have a long history of political themes. In these sometimes fantastical, often dystopian futures, questions of individual agency, power and oppression are as common as laser guns and time warps. But for the most part, these themes have been explored in a very limited palette. The future, according to most mainstream science fiction films and books, is overwhelmingly white, and though these vehicles push overtly political messages, they neatly sidestep issues of race by near-total omission. But a growing band of writers, directors and fans are challenging this norm.
A groundswell of creatives is pushing the genre, reimagining ages of invention and exploration through fully realized black characters and generating crowd-funded support for projects like Invisible Universe, a documentary film on black contributors in science fiction, and Atlanta's annual Steamfunk ball. Locally, the Charlotte Black Film Festival will debut PolySolo: Double Minded Friday, Feb. 28, at the UNC Charlotte uptown building.
Micah Lorick, who has been producing films since 2008, wrote, shot and edited PolySolo in just over a month. He also co-stars as the male lead. The cinematic short, which runs a little over 15 minutes, centers around a female government agent who is tasked with tracking down a terrorist who has discovered a way to travel between alternate worlds. Trouble is, he also happens to be her lover, and in these alternate worlds, nothing is ever exactly what it seems.
Lorick calls it a cross between Fringe and Scandal, which may sound strange, but then again, "I'm just a weird person," says Lorick. While the action and setting are futuristic, "It's like in The Walking Dead: Zombies aren't the main focus of the show, but instead how the characters are surviving the apocalypse, issues of trust and security. Here [in PolySolo], you are exploring the other side of yourself; that moment where if you made a different decision, your life would have gone in a different direction."
Accounting for feeding everyone, renting locations, special effects editing and props, including the high-end BB guns used to simulate real firearms, the film's budget came in around $600, not counting the very real blood, sweat and tears - Lorick caught a hard blow to the mouth during one of the action sequences. Regardless, he doesn't regret the fight choreography or his choice of female lead, Charlotte actress Chastity Johnson.
"With a dark-skinned black woman [in the lead role of a sci-fi film], that's two things you don't see. Plus, it's fun to watch women with guns, fighting. It's not like watching the WNBA. Not to be sexist, but people go to male games because it's more exciting. But in movies, the reverse is true; men like to see women get down, just like women do."
Lorick plans to grow PolySolo into a 10-episode web series, tentatively set to launch in the fall. There's more to the story than can be told in one short, he says: "There are some strange people behind the scenes, and another earth with the same technology, but the man is the agent, and here they're married. There are some little twists and turns, playing doubles, split personality-type complications where the alternate character is more aggressive, more dominant."
The Charlotte Black Film Festival is screening approximately two dozen films this Friday and Saturday, including documentaries, comedies and dramas, that present more layered ways for African Americans to see and be seen. For more information, go here.
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My name is Erin. I am 24 years old and I have been a proud name nerd since I was 10.
Ladies: Juliet Elaine, Madeleine Audrey, Emilia Noelle, Lydia Caris, Elodie Katherine, Carys Emily, Victoria Elise
Gentlemen: Jonathan Rhys, Wesley Jay, Roman/Rowan Gabriel, Evan Parker, Elliott Jude, Dawson Cole, Jude/Judah Nathaniel, Rhys Nehemiah, Everett Jacob


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Two women were taken into custody after a police chase across north Miami-Dade Wednesday afternoon. NBC 6's Steve Litz reported on the chase that began in Opa-locka and ended Northwest 44th Street and Northwest 16th Avenue in Miami.
Published at 12:09 AM EST on Nov 8, 2013 | Updated at 12:51 AM EST on Nov 8, 2013


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I ran across this article while digging deeper into a topic in a book I'm reading. Krista Tippett, the author of the book, who had been living in Berlin for quite some time and whose job it was to keep her finger on the pulse of relationships on both sides of the wall, observed: "…it was possible to have freedom and plenty in the West and craft an empty life, it was possible to 'have nothing' in the East and create a life of intimacy and dignity and beauty." While the politicians and bureaucrats had some influence, it was ultimately the people who assumed and acted upon their freedom that brought down the Iron Curtain. Giving politicians power is akin to turning a 3 year old loose with power tools. It is ultimately people assuming and claiming the lives of "intimacy, dignity and beauty" for which they had been created that brought down the wall. I fear we give the political process entirely too much credit. To believe the rhetoric and live our lives by it is foolish at best. It is toxic for us to allow the narrative by which we live our lives to be defined by 3 year olds fighting over the power tools. It paints everything in a dualistic way that creates division and discord. We were created for so much more than that.
Us, Them & the Boogeyman
"…Whenever dissent is scattered and unfocused, and whenever mutual suspicion and hostility rule, the only way forward or back to communal solidarity…is to pick a joint enemy and to unite forces in an act of joint atrocity aimed at a common target. It is solely the community of accomplices which provides (as long as it lasts) a guarantee against the crime being named a crime and being punished accordingly. What the community will therefore not suffer lightly are such people as refuse to join the hue and cry, who by their refusal cast doubt on the righteousness of the act."
In just about every context I find myself of late, when the issue of politics comes up, my friends and I are for once in a long while united. For the most part, people in my circles, be they conservatives or liberals, Democrats or Republicans, are decrying the rise of Donald Trump. However, looking at his numbers and at the delegates he has apparently "won", chances are many of my friends and acquaintances are choosing Trump as their mode of choice to "make America great again." Somebody, somewhere, is in fact voting for "The Donald".
What was darkly humorous just a few short months ago has become a dawning awareness. A vulgar reality television personality whose accomplishments are nothing more than turning his name into a brand representing gaudy irresponsible opulence is about to be the Republican nominee for President of the United States of America. How can this be?
This question sent me to my book shelf to retrieve Zygmunt Bauman's In Search of Politics—a book I purchased several years ago as assigned reading for a course I was taking at Fuller Theological Seminary. It has been a challenging read but also timely and helpful. In a section of chapter one entitled, A Prowler Around the House, Bauman recounts the story of Sidney Cooke, a paedophile, who had been released from prison and was returning home. He quotes a reporter from The Guardian who perceptively writes:
"If there's one thing guaranteed to get people out on the streets today, it is the whispered arrival of a paedophile. The helpfulness of such protests is increasingly being questioned. What we haven't asked, however, is whether these protests actually have anything to do with paedophiles."
Bauman says that the reporter focuses on one particular town in which "the variegated crowd of grandmothers, teenagers, and businesswoman who had seldom, if ever, expressed any previous wish to engage in a public action had now laid protracted siege to the local police station, being not even sure that Cooke did indeed hide in the besieged building. Their ignorance concerning the facts of the matter took second place only to their determination to do something about them and to be seen doing it; and their determination gained enormously from the haziness of the facts."
While there is no paedophile in this particular election, there is a strong perception by many, if not most, of the electorate that their government and the political process has failed them. And while, in my humble opinion, most of what Trump throws up against the walls of public opinion is simply false, unworkable testosterone fueled bravado, he has tapped into this "unfocused and scattered" dissent and channeled it into a wave he is about to surf right down the center aisle of the Republican National Convention.
As I process what Bauman has written, I recognize that our biggest enemy in this election isn't Donald Trump. And it isn't Bernie Sanders. Or Ted Cruse. Or Hillary Clinton. And it isn't congress. Or Barack Obama. Yes, those ARE the enemies we all perceive to be "hiding in the besieged building". Those are the ones we have all labeled as the prowlers around our neighborhoods. These political figures have all of us, regardless of party affiliation, riled up and angry and active. And, to paraphrase Bauman, our "ignorance concerning the facts of the matter [take] second place only to [our] determination to do something about them and to be seen doing it [mostly on our social media feeds]; and [our] determination [has] gained enormously from the haziness of the facts."
I'm starting to suspect that what's hiding in the buildings we have all besieged is actually a figment of our imaginations. What's actually hiding in the building is our caricatures of the people we deem to represent all of our fears. We've reduced ourselves to labeling "the other" as "the problem" rather than placing the actual problem on the table between us and examining it with all of the tools we have available. Rather than solving anything, we have resorted to creating a boogeyman, and then we take to the streets (or our social media feeds) to call it names. I'm just beginning to read what I'm finding to be a profound book by Dr. David Dark, a professor at Belmont University in Nashville. Of labels, he says:
"When I label people, I no longer have to deal with them thoughtfully. …Calling someone liberal, conservative, fundamentalist, atheist or extremist is to largely deal in curse words. It puts a person in what we take to be their place, but it speaks in shorthand. When I go no further in my consideration of my fellow human, I betray my preference for caricature over perception, a shrug as opposed to a vision of the lived fact of somebody in a body. In the face of a perhaps beautifully complicated life, I've opted for oversimplification." —David Dark, from Life's Too Short to Pretend You're Not Religious
Some of the most useful and powerful tools at our disposal to tackle the huge problems we face in our world today might very well be the perspective of someone other than ourselves. The tools at our disposal include all of us. All of our values. All of our beliefs. All of our perspectives. All of our creativity. I'm reminded of a great line from an Indigo Girls song: "The less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I am to fine." A little collective humility might be just what the doctor ordered.
Would some of these tools be more effective in solving our problem than others? Absolutely. Do I disagree with some of the propositions being proposed? Adamantly! I'm NOT simplistically saying, "It's all good." But what I am saying is that we're all human beings. And the God I attempt to follow values all of these human beings — in fact my understanding of God holds they are ALL created in God's image.
As I continue into the dark and cynical hole that is this election season, I'm going to attempt to ask a couple of things of myself:
- To recognize that I'm not a cold, objective (and correct) observer. I have a bias.
- To give myself and others a break. For the most part, we're all trying to make sense of something extremely complicated that no one really understands. We're all doing the best we can.
- To, with the best of my ability, lean into the space between myself and others with grace and peace…with love.
Can I be so bold as to ask the same of you? I don't mean to preach. I just happen to think the boogeyman is actually a collective "us". While there are a lot of things out of our control, we actually do have choices. We can decide how we respond to our neighbors. We can decide the words we use. We can decide that a label doesn't define anyone any more that it defines me. And ultimately, WE can solve these problems we're facing. We have before. I'm confident we will again. Seems to be a better way to live than being afraid of the boogeyman. Especially when the boogeyman has probably been me the whole time.
Suggestions for Riding a Bus
The picture below is of an amazing document. It is "Integrated Bus Suggestions" provided by the Montgomery Improvement Association which was an organization established to help guide the Montgomery Bus Boycott in December of 1956 in the wake of the arrest of Rosa Parks. It is an amazing document to read.
My pastor posted the picture on his Facebook page this morning with the comment, "We have no idea." And we truly do not. But on this Martin Luther King day, I would like for you to place yourself on that bus. Pick a role. You can be the African American entering the bus. Be the bus driver, just wanting punch the clock and make it through the day to return home to your family. Be one of the other passengers, recognizing or maybe not recognizing, the sea change that is occurring right before your eyes. If you are in a city with public transportation, take a bus ride and bring a copy of these suggestions and be transported back to a time not to distant when a document such as this was necessary.
As you read this document, imagine stepping onto a bus with these "suggestions" seared into your memory. The jolt of adrenaline and fear and nervousness that wells up as the door opens and you mount the first step. As you reach the top step, what does it feel like to see the seat you are to occupy and feel the all the eyes on the bus wielding looks that communicate the full gamut of possible emotions. There is hate in some of those eyes…but there is also hope in others. There is anger but there are others illuminated with the dawning recognition of what is right. There is fear but also determination.
I discovered a quote by Dr. King yesterday:
Courage is an inner resolution to go forward despite obstacles.
Cowardice is submissive surrender to circumstances.
Courage breeds creativity; Cowardice represses fear and is mastered by it.
Cowardice asks the question, is it safe?
Expediency ask the question, is it politic?
Vanity asks the question, is it popular?
But, conscience ask the question, is it right? And there comes a time when we must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right."
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
I would encourage and challenge you to think about what metaphorical bus you need to step into. What difference could you make if you allowed courage to spawn creativity and change? Allow your conscience to ask the question, "What is right?" and then step on that bus armed with these suggestions. They are still just as valid as they were in 1955.
Integrated Bus Suggestions Provided by the Montgomery Improvement Association for the bus boycotts.
Peace On Earth
It's been a difficult Advent to try and speak about peace. Every where one looks the evidence of its absence is overwhelming. I would write a few sentences here summing up the news headlines of late but I'd rather not. We all know them far too well.
If I turn from the headlines toward my expanded neighborhood of friends and acquaintances on social media, it seems there is an election looming. In fact, there seems to be one looming 365 days a year. And a cursory look at the posts on my feed seem to imply that one particular brand of politics or the other has the solution[s] and/or "leader[s]" to remedy this chronic lack of peace we've all been experiencing for quite some time. Call me cynical but, I'm not really buying what they're selling. Seems as though this has been the claim by all sides of every issue for as long as I've been alert enough to pay attention.
So, what to do? Do I give in to the cynicism of the age?
I don't have an answer. But I do have my faith. The faith I have is rooted in a God who loves. Call me naive. Call me idealistic. But, the older I get, my cynicism toward the powers of this world only grows and my faith in this loving God is continually confirmed. Even when someone throws the turmoil of this world at my "loving God" saying the chaos is proof that my faith is in vain, I realize that I would rather live my faith in this loving God than in the false hopes and unfulfilled promises of the powers that be in our world. It's simply a better way to live my life. I would rather live in that love of God than in the fear and frustration offered by the alternative.
One of my favorite quotes about peace is by Nicholas Wolsterstorff:
"The state of shalom is the state of flourishing in all dimensions of one's existence: in one's relation to God, in one's relation to one's fellow human beings, in one's relation to nature, and none's relation to oneself…An ever-beckoning temptation for the [American] evangelical is to assume that all God really cares about for human beings here on earth is that they be born again and thus destined for salvation… [However], what God desires for human beings is that comprehensive mode of flourishing which the Bible calls shalom…God's love of justice is grounded in God's longing for the shalom of God's creatures and in God's sorrow over its absence."
—Nicholas Wolsterstorff
If the system you subscribe to isn't offering this type of peace…this shalom…then, well, it might not be worthy of your faith. And it just might be contributing to the absence of peace we're all enduring in our world.
I think my favorite Christmas song is Christmas Bells and my favorite rendition is by John Gorka. Check it out here. (Here is a live version of the song.)
It Might Have Been Otherwise
I got out of bed
on two strong legs
It might have been
—Jane Kenion, Otherwise
It's a rainy Tuesday and I've been awake listening to the soggy morning that awaits, dreading getting out in it. But, I picked up Garrison Keillor's compilation, Good Poems, turned to page 25 and read Jane Kenion's Otherwise. It's a poem that is at once true, familiar and inspiring. It lives up to Keillor's criterion of "good poem". I get a warm feeling and decide I'll write a little blog post about it and then leap into the morning.
And then…all of a sudden…it bludgeons me with it's truth. It's sort of like turning on the TV expecting to see "Love It Or List It" or " Fixer Upper" and instead there are malnourished children or refugees huddled around a burning barrel. I walk away from Otherwise feeling guilty to actually be walking on those two strong legs, to be drinking hot coffee, to
be sitting in a dry and warm single family dwelling. It might have been otherwise you know! (I've recently been told this is the guilt of a Democrat.)
So, the matter at hand is that I have a new
day in front of me. Another day to live life. It'll be made up of decisions large and/or small, thoughtful and/or thoughtlessly reflexive. The sum of these decisions will bring me to the end of this day some 16 or 17 hours from now. I'll be proud of some. possible regret some others. And still more of these decisions will be totally forgotten in
the blur of the routine busyness this day will bring.
My spiritual practice today will be to be more deliberate with my time. To be more grateful, more conscious of my decisions and the sum of their results. It could be otherwise.
We praise you with joy, loving god, for your grace is better than life itself. You have sustained us through the darkness, and you have blessed us with life in this new day.
—The Psalm Prayer at Morning Prayers, The Upper Room Worship Book
"Scared for health, afraid of death, bored, dissatisfied, vengeful, greedy, ignorant, and gullible—these are the qualities of the ideal consumer.
—Wendell Berry, from Our Only World
My wife and I spent much of a recent weekend going through boxes with the goal of reducing the pile down to a point we can actually use our garage for our cars rather than storing stuff. We had really good intentions to have this done before we moved. But you know about that particular road to hell and the intentions with which it's paved. So the boxes were stacked high. They are filled with things we at some time or another felt we would need or use again. To be fair, much of the contents are sentimental…things to remind us of days gone by when children were babies and family members were still living.
However, if I dig a bit deeper into the archeology of our little garage excavation project, I come to the striking realization that there was a point in time that someone was faced with a decision: Do I buy this particular item or not? Every single item now cluttering my brand new garage and now taking up my precious day off…EVERY ITEM…was the result of someone answering that question with a "YES".
Wendell Berry's sobering description of the "ideal consumer" is a mirror that provides clear and precise reflection of our affliction. We, western consumers, are easily manipulated. That, and we're addicted to the purchase.
I'd like to challenge you to a little experiment. Take the Wendell Berry quote with you and go pick up something you've purchased recently. Touch it. Handle it. What was the motivation for buying that? Does it spark joy? How long before this item finds itself in a box in your garage? Go to your garage and look at the things you have stored there. Do you remember why you bought them?
I realize I'm getting a bit preachy. So I'll stop. However, today is "Black Friday Eve." Black Friday to me is the most vulgar of our American Holidays. It's unbridled and unapologetic consumption. The picture above was taken at our local Kmart. Two weeks before Thanksgiving, taking up huge amounts of valuable shelf space in the "holiday section" are rows and stacks of storage bins. The irony is obvious. Lets buy some bins to store the crap we bought before so we can make room for some new crap that we'll need to store next year to make room for still more crap. I've heard so many people complaining about the stores decorating for Christmas before Halloween, completely skipping Thanksgiving. I don't think retailers do this is because they are evil people with a corrupted agenda. It seems that we all are skipping Thanksgiving. The stores are only giving us what we think we want.
Today is actually Thanksgiving. A day we've set aside for giving thanks. Gratitude. I'm particularly thankful for family today. My gang all slept under my roof last night. Other extended family are here for the holiday weekend to share food and memories and create new ones. Others extended family members will be gathering around other tables doing the same. There is much to be thankful for. I wish all of you a joyous and very Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you will be able to spend it with people you love.
And about this Black Friday thing looming tomorrow. Skip it. Extend your Thanksgiving. And when you do go out shopping this Christmas, enjoy it! (But stick a copy of that Wendell Berry quote in your pocket before you go…and maybe a picture of your garage.)
Do Over…
Ok…here I go again…
I've rebooted this blog so many times. (One attempt was this post.) I started Jon Acuff's latest book, "Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck " the other day. I went all in…pre-ordered…received the free e-books, the Do Over sticker, and the signed book plate. It was going to happen. And then…
I had to actually write something. Something people would actually see. Yeah…I know. It seemed a little pretentious to me too. That's why 10 days into my "10 Day Do Over Challenge", I'm ironically stuck on day 3: Reach Out. The task was to send a quick email to someone asking them to check in with me in 10 days to see how my "do over" was coming. I sent that little note to my nephew and proceeded to NOT proceed. I got my nephew's check-in email yesterday. He did his part! But Uncle Mike is still floundering.
I last posted in this blog over a year ago. The post was about my second Facebook Fast for Lent 2014. That fast actually only lasted a matter of days. However, my undeclared "fast" from writing in my blog was fabulously successful. What developed during ensuing months was a fear of writing my thoughts down anywhere someone could actually read them. I've filled a notebook or so with words. But I wasn't going to be posting anything.
But, Jared has held me accountable. I'm going to start posting again. I'm not sure yet what I'll be writing about. The writing muscle has atrophied a bit…sort of noodle like. And, confidence, that most effective of motivators, its pretty much gone as well. Limp writing muscles and empty confidence tank…not the best way to start a "do over." But…I posted the damn picture Acuff instructed me to post in his damn "Do Over Book". I'm about to click the pretentious little "publish" button at the bottom of this page. (My blog muscle is sore but there are some fumes in the confidence tank. We'll see how this goes.)


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|Episode 5832
|Production code
|ITV transmission date
|27th August 2004 (Friday)
|Script editor
| Bryan Kirkwood
Jenny White
|Story editor
|Mark Bickerton
|Story associates
| Jane Pearson
Lyn Papadopoulos
Cathianne Hall
Veronica McKenzie
Jane Marlow
|Martin Allen
|Julian Perkins
|Mike Adams
|Executive Producer
|Carolyn Reynolds
|Tony Wood
|Previous episode
|25th August 2004
|Next episode
|29th August 2004
The Rovers Ravers are trying to think how to get the dress back from Frankie without Vera finding out. Vera is talking to Jack when Frankie enters with the dress telling Vera to get rid of it. Vera decides to cut up the dress and use it as dishcloths as a dismayed Jack watches on. Karen is back at work, seemingly unemotional, and the girls are concerned for her. They ask how her mother is and she tells them that she is dead. They are all shocked. Les and Cilla are packing their bags when Cilla sends Les upstairs, gives Chesney £10 and a note for Fiz, and tells him that he is to go to Fiz's flat after work instead of her picking him up. They leave to go on their holiday. Chesney goes to get Fiz from work but told that she went bowling and then to a club so won't be back until 4.00am. Chesney bumps into Sophie and they decide to go and get some food and go back to No.5. Sophie then goes home. Malcolm Phillips comes round to see Karen but she is not in so Steve takes the envelope from him. Steve tries to give Karen the envelope from Malcolm but she's not interested. Steve opens it and inside are the funeral arrangements and a drawing that Karen had done years ago - she bins it. Dev goes to Frankie's house to ask for details of where he can get Maya. Frankie hesitates but gives Dev her details. After Dev leaves, Frankie calls Maya to warn her. Dev is at Maya's flat asking her for the engagement ring back. Maya isn't happy. She chucks Dev out of her flat and smiles as a plan of revenge starts to form.
Regular castEdit
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
- Sonia Marshall - Tina Gambe
- Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
- Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Frankie Baldwin - Debra Stephenson
- Danny Baldwin - Bradley Walsh
- Candice Stowe - Nikki Sanderson
- Todd Grimshaw - Bruno Langley
- Sunita Parekh - Shobna Gulati
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
- Cilla Brown - Wendi Peters
- Chesney Brown - Sam Aston
- Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
- Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
- Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
- Sophie Webster - Brooke Vincent
- Maya Sharma - Sasha Behar
Guest castEdit
- Coronation Street exterior
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 5 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 7 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen
- 12 Coronation Street - Kitchen and hallway
- Corner Shop
- Underworld - Factory floor and office
- Rosamund Street
- Roy's Rolls
- Maya Sharma's flat - Living room and kitchen
- TV Times synopsis: Maya gives Dev a hard time when he asks for his grandmother's engagement ring; Karen's dad plays a cruel trick on her; and Vera begins to suspect Jack of having an affair.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 8,580,000 viewers (8th place).
|August 2004 episodes
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Wed 11th • Fri 13th • Sun 15th • Mon 16th (1 2) • Wed 18th • Fri 20th • Sun 22nd • Mon 23rd (1 2)
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