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The Baltimore City Democrat will hold a news conference Thursday to discuss a bill that would allow the state to regulate the distribution of medical marijuana through compassion centers for patients with chronic or debilitating medical conditions.
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THE ISSUE: Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-La Cañada-Flintridge, is sponsoring legislation to bar Californians from carrying unloaded long guns and shotguns in public. AB 1527 is a sequel to Portantino's AB 144, which outlawed "open carry" of unloaded pistols at the beginning of the year.
Should state adopt a ban on openly carrying rifles and shotguns?
Ben Boychuk: No, it is fear mongering
The law is a teacher. So, what would Anthony Portantino's new open carry ban teach?
Very simply, a ban would teach that it's better for Californians to be ignorant and fearful of firearms than educated and aware, and that one's fellow citizens cannot be trusted to exercise their rights lawfully or responsibly.
Even simpler still: The sight of a gun is a terrible fright. Let us pass a law banishing those evil objects from our sight, then all will be well.
What makes Portantino's bill especially obnoxious is his rationale for it. When the Legislature passed and Gov. Jerry Brown signed his silly bill last year banning people with holstered handguns from patronizing coffee shops and burger joints, some of those same people were rightly out of sorts.
"Unfortunately," Portantino condescended, "the open-carry folks reacted by carrying rifles and shotguns, alarming the public and creating a dangerous situation."
That's certainly one way of looking at it. Here's another: Californians responded to an unwise law by exercising their rights too flagrantly for Portantino's liking.
In reality, Portantino fueled public alarm last year when he exploited a media sensation and introduced Assembly Bill 144, contemptuously describing the right to carry an unloaded handgun as a "loophole" in the law.
"You don't need a handgun to order a cheeseburger," he said.
"You don't need a handgun to get a cup of coffee." He intimated that people who did so were one bad service away from loading their guns and opening fire.
Portantino further exaggerated public alarm this week, once again exploiting a sensation when he told the Los Angeles Times his "common sense" bill is necessary because of incidents like the movie theater massacre in Aurora, Colo. The former has nothing whatsoever to do with the latter. But Portantino speaks as if the lawful exercise of a right somehow offers a pretext for mass murder.
As far as I can tell, "common sense" gun regulation means any regulation gun-control enthusiasts can conjure. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg last month reiterated his support for common sense and in practically the next breath mused that police should go on strike for more stringent gun laws. Such is what passes for "common sense" nowadays.
Portantino's bill includes some palliative language aimed at hunters and sportsmen, which has led some commentators to conclude the bill lacks teeth or isn't as harsh as it could be.
I disagree. Assembly Bill 1527 is an exercise in fear mongering, superstition and demagoguery. It would add one more rotten lesson to a penal code full of them.
Ben Boychuk is associate editor of the Manhattan Institute's City Journal (www.city-journal.org/california)
Pia Lopez: Yes, but not AB 1527
Ben seems to prefer a society where people are so fearful of their safety some might say paranoid that they routinely carry lethal-force weapons.
If you are sitting with your 4-year-old child in a coffee shop (church, grocery store, bank, park, public street, bar, courthouse or library) and a guy you don't know walks around openly carrying a pistol or shotgun, that's no problem, says Ben. We should just see that as normal.
That's Wild West fantasy or, worse, as Thomas Hobbes might put it, a society degenerating into a "war of all against all" not a civil society.
How do you tell if the guy with the pistol or shotgun is a "law abiding" gun owner?
I'm with the view of the National Rifle Association when it was still rational on gun regulation. Then-NRA President Karl T. Frederick, testifying before Congress in 1934, said: "I do not believe in the general promiscuous toting of guns. I think it should be sharply restricted and only under licenses."
In California, open carry of loaded firearms in public has been illegal since 1967. When Black Panthers routinely carried guns in the streets of Oakland and other cities, saying they needed to protect themselves, Assemblyman Don Mulford, R-Piedmont, introduced Assembly Bill 1591.
In a memorable protest, shotgun-toting Panthers marched up the state Capitol steps and onto the Assembly floor. The Mulford Act passed.
Then-Gov. Ronald Reagan signed it, saying there's "no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying loaded weapons."
The current issue arises because some Second Amendment fanatics started showing up at town hall meetings with handguns and assault-style rifles, ostensibly unloaded and then at cafes.
Just as Panthers toting guns as a symbolic statement provoked backlash, so has today's symbolic nonsense.
Unfortunately, the two bills by Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, D-La Cañada-Flintridge, are so full of exceptions that they fail the test of good law. AB 144 on handguns has 27 exceptions. AB 1527 on long guns has 33 exceptions.
Laws should be clear so people know where they stand. The more exceptions, the more complicated the law and the more arbitrary enforcement becomes. So I'm opposed to AB 1527 and AB 144.
I support laws, as the NRA did in the 1930s, requiring anyone wanting to carry a concealed handgun (no open carry) to get a permit, if they have a legitimate reason for carrying.
Long guns being transported in public places to the field for hunting or for target shooting should be encased, unloaded, with ammunition separate.
As California Attorney General Thomas Lynch said in supporting the Mulford Act of 1967, "There is no place in this day and age for 'Wild West' exhibitions of firearms."
Pia Lopez is an editorial writer at The Bee.

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I'm fascinated by how people choose what to share online, and what people's tolerance boundaries are for what they see and read.
For example, I am inspired and moved by people like @Stales and @thatdrew who share their very difficult and personal battles with cancer, and how they work to rally awareness and support for cancer prevention and cures. But someone ruminating about their bothersome UTI or kidney stone? Not nearly as attractive or inspirational a conversation.
A tweet about a bad day or the occasional blog rant can elicit support, encouragement, feedback, and tighten connections and friendships around shared frustrations or challenges. A stream of negativity, crabbiness, and persistent downers? Critics that rarely contribute? Not only does it get tiresome, but it often turns me off completely, which means I might miss something smart because I just stop listening. Does that happen to you?
Folks have livestreamed weddings and even childbirth, and find outpourings of interest and support (though I'm sure they both have their critics). But I don't know if we'd find the same reactions to, say, a detailed Twitter blow-by-blow of your annual colonoscopy. Unless you're Katie Couric. And then, apparently, it's okay to even do it on national TV.
I know there isn't a right answer here, because everyone's tastes and expectations for their online experience are different. So I guess the question really is how do *you* decide what's sharable for you and what's not? What's acceptable to you and what feels like TMI?
Is it your own level of comfort that determines what you share and what you don't, or are you considering how your sharing might make others feel when you do it? How much is dictated by your professional affiliations and presence? When is talking about something uncomfortable important to raising awareness? Do you find a balance easy, or a challenge?
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Re-Inventing Political Warfare
The U.S. needs to re-think how it competes on the world stage.
Last week, I wrote here that the U.S. can't only deal with al-Qaida militarily and stated that: "The U.S. military will be a player in all of this, but it should really be supporting the other interagency actors involved in assisting the regional governments under threat." Hours after submitting that blog entry a colleague alerted me to the fact that in the forthcoming fall issue of FPRI's quarterly journal of world affairs, " Orbis," an article will appear that deals with the very issue of using other governmental means to competitively engage with our threats, challengers and competitors abroad.
In "Competitive Engagement: Upgrading America's Influence," Nadia Schadlow, a former Defense Policy Board member and Senior Program Officer in the International Security & Foreign Policy Program at the Smith Richardson Foundation, argues that organizations across the U.S. government that work overseas have to think about the challenge of their operating environments in ways that deal with the competitive nature of those interactions. From her introduction:
Being successful in a competition requires knowing and understanding both one's competitors and oneself. Yet in those areas where non-military instruments of power dominate, the culture and the organizations needed to act competitively to achieve desired outcomes is generally absent. For the most part, competitive thinking is left to the realm of hard power. Only our military and intelligence agencies are structured to think and act competitively. The imbalance between military and non-military instruments of power is likely to continue unless civilian agencies develop approaches which account for the contested landscapes in which they function.
A posture of competitive engagement would require that the civilian actors who oversee U.S. economic and humanitarian programs account for the fact that new ideas, economic strategies, civic action plans, and even public health-related initiatives are contested by vested interests or ideological or political opponents. This is true in a range of countries—from Pakistan, to Egypt, to Uzbekistan, to Somalia. It requires the recognition that even the building of a girl's school in Afghanistan or a health clinic in the Sudan is a political act. As the head of the Australian government's aid agency put it, "aid is 10 percent technical and 90 percent political."
[ See a collection of political cartoons on defense spending.]
In order to make these non-military and non-intelligence agencies more capable of operating in competitive environments she argues that:
- There needs to be a cultural shift in U.S. civilian agencies: "A shift in the prevailing mindset would recognize that the use of civilian tools to shape, build, or influence often encounters some opposition or generates a contest between competing ideas or approaches."
- Such a shift will make distinct information requirements. But while "intelligence" is seen as anathema to some civilian agencies, "information grounded in history and the political context of any engagement effort is critical. Tools that seek to influence political outcomes require a serious inventory of political actors in the formal and informal domains."
- Such agencies must have the flexibility to respond and change with the unfolding contests on the ground: "This approach recognizes that the character of an engagement will unfold in different ways since U.S. actions generate responses—by allies as well as adversaries."
She both recognizes and elaborates the barriers in the way of preparing for such competitive engagement, but she advances an important argument. This is particularly the case when one stops to consider just the scope and breadth of competition in the contemporary Middle East.
[ See a collection of political cartoons on the Middle East.]
Complementing her argument in many ways was a piece written on ForeignPolicy.com back in late June of this year by Michael Doran of the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution and Max Boot of the Council on Foreign Relations. They argue that the United States really needs to re-invent and empower the United States government's ability to conduct political warfare which died with the end of the Cold War. In their words:
Clearly, the president needs options between military intervention and complete nonintervention -- ways to influence developments in the Middle East without deploying Reaper drones or sending U.S. ground forces. To give Obama the tools he needs, the U.S. government should reinvigorate its capacity to wage "political warfare," defined in 1948 by George Kennan, then the State Department's director of policy planning, as "the employment of all the means at a nation's command, short of war, to achieve its national objectives." Such measures, Kennan noted, were "both overt and covert" and ranged from "political alliances, economic measures (as ERP -- the Marshall Plan), and 'white' propaganda to such covert operations as clandestine support of 'friendly' foreign elements, 'black' psychological warfare and even encouragement of underground resistance in hostile states."
Covert action was revived after the 9/11 attacks, but it has been primarily kinetic -- consisting of drone strikes, renditions, and commando raids. In fact, the lack of a complementary political strategy makes it impossible to undermine persistent foes, and forces us to rely more than we should on direct military action, which often does not achieve any lasting effect. A more indirect, politically focused approach is needed to exert American influence in countries like Egypt, where we have no intention of sending Reaper drones to kill Muslim Brotherhood leaders, but nevertheless need to counter the organization's hardline policies.
[ See a collection of political cartoons on Afghanistan.]
When examining events across Africa, in Egypt (on both sides of the Suez Canal), in Syria, in Yemen, in Afghanistan and Pakistan and all the way to the South China Sea, it is not hard to grasp the important contributions that preparing American international actors for competitive engagement and also, in certain cases, for the conduct of political warfare abroad. While the publics' mood for involvement in further overseas adventures is less than sanguine and as budgetary follies lead to reducing funding for defense and non-defense programs it still remains important for the United States to at least try to be able to shape events on the ground overseas with as little force as possible or else live with the consequences of outcomes that may call for the use of more force down the road.
Michael P. Noonan is the Director of the Program on National Security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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The Muslim Community at the Al Hedaya Islamic Center in Newtown CT shares in the grief of the families of the children in the tragedy. This is an especially painful time for all of us across the Greater Danbury Region. Please join us at the Prayer Service/Vigil as scheduled below. We pray for strength and comfort from God to the families of the victims.
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Side dish for duck breast....
I'm making dinner for my girlfriend's birthday. First course is crab cakes. Second course is home made gnocchi with brown butter and sage. Third course is duck breast....here's where I'm looking for a little help:
What would be a good side dish for duck breast. I'm planning on serving the duck breast with a port-fig reduction.
She is not huge on potatoes, plus the course preceding the duck will be potato gnocchi. I'm looking for something spring-ish - though we're in Minnesota and still firmly in winter, so it's not the side needs to scream spring. But, given that, I'm looking for something other than mashed root vegetables, something light so most gratins are out. My fallback is asparagus, as she loves asparagus. Even though carrots qualify as a root veggie, I was also thinking about a very light, loose, and creamy mashed carrot to plate under the duck slices. I think that would take the port-fig sauce fairly well. Thoughts?
(BTW - dessert is carrot cake).
That's quite a heavy meal so I think asparagus would be good; however, whenever I hear duck I think brussel sprouts. They would go really well with your fig sauce if you roasted them with some maple/brown sugar and even a little bacon.
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That's a very rich meal you're planning there! But duck, in and of itself, is quite rich, so something very green and steamed is indicated as a foil. (Ok, the steamed part's not written in stone, but fresh and green.)
One of my go-to's with duck is a salad made of romaine, sliced onions, sliced oranges and green olives. It's sharp and delicious; dress with a little good orange vinaigrette. We also really like broccoli rabe or broccolini with it.
And now for the morning's entertainment, a poem by R. Crumb, the fabbaliss Bay Area illustrator:
Mama bought a rooster
Thought it was a duck
Brought it to the table
With it's legs stickin' up.
(Duck yas yas, R. Crumb.)
Its curious that folks think the meal is rich. The crab cakes (not homemade, but purchased from an excellent seafood purveyor in the Twin Cities) are actually quite light. The gnocchi should be light as well, especially in a brown butter - no heavy cream sauce. The duck itself is very lean - perhaps not light, but lean. I like the sauteed greens idea, and still leaning towards asparagus - maybe a bit of both for a little color variation, with some light green from the asparagus and dark green from greens. Broccoli rabe is one of my favorites, but is really hard to find in Minnesota - not impossible, but it does take a bit of work (it's definitely not as popular as it is on the east coast; here, few people have ever heard of it.)
I love the morel idea, but I don't think they'll be out quite yet. We're expecting 4 inches of snow Wednesday. I would go for cabbage, but alas, GF is not a huge cabbage fan....
Thanks for all the great suggestions, please keep them coming!
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...pretty sure you can find rabe at that big Hmong Farmer's Market in St. Paul. If not, you might consider bok choy or choisum, which I KNOW you can find there. That being said, asparagus sounds delicious too.
"Rich" was in no way a criticism. I LOVE rich food. I just think of duck as a very luxurious meat, and with the crab, and the brown butter and the gnocchi......yum. By "Rich", I wasn't denoting heavy. Your meal sounds delicious and you are a prince for doing it. : )
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Well it's all portion size. The crab cake from Coastal Seafood is on the light side - lots of crab, little filler. For gnocchi we're talking about a serving size of 10 - 12. Duck breast is lean, probably 3 - 5 slices. The rest of what's on the plate shouldn't be too bad - some braised green of a sort. Dessert...well....there's no way to make carrot cake sound healthy. (But that's what the Sunday afternoon 90 minute spin class is for...)
I am imagining the plate appearance. Sliced duck breast, somewhat fanned, your very nice sauce, and, . . . , what? You need color, of course, as everything else is earth-toned. You need texture -- no crunch or bite resistance.
So, I'd go with brightly colored items with texture. Can't go with carrot, as you have carrot cake. Green: Sugar snap peas, or snow pea pods, steamed bright green but left with crunch. A red? Season with small pieces of of red bell pepper, or roasted red pepper, Add some boiled pearl onions or cubed jicama or water chestnut, an herb or two, a tad of sea salt, and away you go.
I just put up a recipe for duck on my blog, have a look. Instead of mashed potatoes, I use breadcrumbs and chicken stock. It has a similar texture to mashed potatoes, but is much lighter. Given that you're starting with potato gnocchi, I would probably skip the starch entirely and just use a little sauted veg, asparagus and patty pan squash. Wattacetti mentioned pea shoots. I used them in my recipe and they should be perfect to give the dish that "spring" flavor your after


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Medina Ice Festival
Mansfield Winter Festival of ArtThis free event at the Art Cellar Gallery in Mansfield features an array of regional artists and art. The Winter Festival of Art, founded in 2003, offers artwork done in a wide variety of subject matter including portraiture, landscapes, still life and wildlife. Media includes digital art, oils, watercolor, acrylic, pen & ink, pastel, jewelry and photography in styles ranging from realistic to abstract. All artwork on display is for sale.
Loudonville Winter Fest
Sandusky's Arctic Ice Festival
This family festival is held the second weekend in February along the Sandusky waterfront, at the Maritime Museum and the Sandusky Sailing Club. Festivities include ice boat races, a speaker on "The History of Ice Boats," sledding and cross country skiing at nearby Mills Creek Golf Course, ice skating, and a soup cook-off will be downtown. The Underground Railroad Trolley Tour will offer rides from the Maritime Museum. Some of the activities carry a small fee.
Punderson State Park's Great Dog Sled Race
Mardi Gras in Cleveland
Cleveland may be a thousand miles from New Orleans and several thousand from Rio, but the city still knows how to throw a Mardi Gras party.
St. Patrick's Day in Cleveland
Geauga County Maple Fest
Held for four days in late March each year, the Geauga County Maple Fest is a celebration of the maple syrup season. Festivities include a parade, carnival rides, concessions, pancake breakfasts, live entertainment, a one and five-mile run, and a maple auction. Most of the events take place on and around Chardon's main square.
Buzzard Sunday in Hinckley
Less hearty buzzard enthusiasts can help celebrate the return of the buzzards at Buzzard Sunday , the Sunday after the 15th, between 9am and 230pm at Buzzard Roost in the Hinckley Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks. The festivities include wildlife demonstrations, arts and crafts, a pancake breakfast, live music, and kid's activities. It's fun and it's free.
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I`m Isabel Parra and I was invited to join this Dance Academy discussion group by Carola Galbez.
I`m 18 years old and I live in Viña del Mar with my brother and my sister in-law. I`m studing Pedagogy in English.
My biggest passion is Dance and I would love to become a professional dancer. In my past school I was in all dance workshops.
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Kolson Zayne Miller, 3 days, died Friday at 12:40 a.m. at Memorial Hospital, South Bend, where he was born Feb. 5 to Crystal Miller and Joshua J. McKee.
He is also survived by a sister, Kayli McKee, Middlebury; and grandmothers, Cindy Apple, Middlebury, and Pamela Miller, White Pigeon, Mich.
Services will be private for the family.
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Commerce Aquatorium to be Renamed Brenda Villa Aquatic Center
August 21, 2012
COMMERCE, California, August 21. THE City of Commerce will dedicate its aquatics center to Olympic gold medalist Brenda Villa, during a welcoming home celebration scheduled for 4 p.m. Sunday, August 26 at Rosewood Park, located at 5600 Harbor St. in Commerce. The City will recognize Villa's legacy by renaming the center the "Brenda Villa Aquatic Center." The public is invited to come meet Brenda Villa and celebrate her gold medal victory with the City of Commerce.
Villa made Olympic history when she captured the first Olympic gold medal for the United States Women's Water Polo as the US Olympic Team beat Spain for the Gold Medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. Villa served as captain for Team USA and scored one of the eight goals that led her team to victory. The gold medal completes Villa's Olympic medal collection. She earned a silver medal in 2000, a bronze in 2004, and another silver in 2008. This was Villa's last Olympics, as she announced her retirement and plans to move to Northern California where she will be working with a nonprofit group to introduce disadvantaged youth to water safety, swimming and water polo.
Villa is a four-time Olympian whose athleticism, determination and ambition established her reputation as a world-class, professional water polo player and made her one of the top women athletes of all time. Dubbed "The Wayne Gretzky of Water Polo," Villa got her start in Commerce Aquatics at age 6 and developed athletic skills by competing in the City's water polo and swim teams. The most decorated women's water polo player in the world, Villa was named FINA Aquatics World Magazine Female Water Polo Player of the Decade in 2010.
The soon to be Brenda Villa Aquatic Center, also known as the Aquatorium, is an indoor aquatic facility that provides a variety of aquatic-related programs and activities for people of all ages. The facility has two indoor heated swimming pools, separate locker rooms for males and females, shower facilities, two gender-specific dry-heat saunas, two physical fitness rooms, and an outdoor children's wading pool. It is home to the nationally ranked men's and women's water polo teams. Additionally, the Aquatorium is also home to the state-recognized Commerce swim team.
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The following was submitted for publication by Jewish Family Service of the Desert:
Jewish Family Service of the Desert will host its Tenth Annual PATRON PARTY at an elegant private residence on the evening of Thursday, December 6th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
This not-to-be-missed season opener, expected to attract close to 200 guests, will feature an elegant cocktail supper, special guest speakers, as well as entertainment. A minimum donation of $1,000 to Jewish Family Service of the Desert is required to attend this event.
Being Co-chaired once again by Board Members Carol Fragen and Barbara Fromm, this annual Patron Party brings together philanthropic individuals who provide vital support to Jewish Family Service of the Desert. This support allows the organization to offer a caring safety net to Coachella Valley residents who are overwhelmed by life's challenges.
"The economic crisis has dramatically escalated the number of people in need within our Valley," stated Executive Director of Jewish Family Service, Michelle Anstadt. "The financial support of the community is critical to helping our organization provide for this growing population with access to desperately needed resources. The percentage of the population over age 65 in the Valley is DOUBLE that of either the County or State. There are just not enough services available to seniors," Anstadt continued.
In anticipation of this donor recognition party, JFS unveiled three additional levels of giving beyond the traditional level. These levels will enable JFS to provide a foundation of support for expanded care management, counseling, and emergency assistance services, particularly for East Valley residents served by their new Palm Desert office.
The rapidly increasing need for JFS services is being exacerbated by increased unemployment, rising food and fuel costs, rampant foreclosures, the challenge of confronting our aging population, and the spiraling need for affordable mental health counseling, among other issues.
The new Patron Donor Levels include:
"This year we are offering new ways for philanthropic individuals to contribute to and become more involved with Jewish Family Service of the Desert," said President of the JFS Board, Ed Gubman. "We are excited about bringing our Patron Donors closer to the work of JFS, so they can see first hand how they are engaged in Tikun Olam, repair of the world, in our beautiful little part of it," Gubman continued.
Established in 1982, the mission of Jewish Family Service of the Desert (JFS) is to provide for the social service needs of the Jewish and general community throughout the greater Coachella Valley with a commitment to promote the well-being of persons of all ages, incomes, and lifestyles. JFS is a non-sectarian, non-profit organization providing a diverse array of counseling and social services to those in need – REGARDLESS of Religion, Age, Income, Ethnicity or Lifestyle. It is truly a caring resource for people who are seeking guidance, comfort, support, and hope during difficult times.
Some, but not all, of the vital services Jewish Family Service of the Desert provides:
Mental Health Counseling, Outreach, & Speaker's Bureau
- Food Assistance
- Positive Life Series – Seminars For People Living With HIV/AIDS
- Emergency Assistance
- Information & Referrals – Linking needy families and individuals with community resources
- Solution for Seniors – Care Management
- JFS Express – Transportation for Homebound Seniors
- Friendly Visitor – Visits to Homebound Seniors Providing Companionship and Support
- Shabbat In A Bag – Visits to Homebound Seniors To Celebrate the Weekly Holiday
- Kids First Counseling – Targeting At Risk Children
- Intensive Outpatient Drug & Alcohol Program for Teens
- Camp Scholarships
For more information on Jewish Family Service of the Desert please call 760-325-4088 or visit www.jfsdesert.org


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Pronunciation: seer-RAH-shah
Also Known As: Rooster Sauce, because the California-made Huy Fong brand features a rooster on the bottle.
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- Dot sriracha onto pureed soups for a hit of color and heat.
- Serve sriracha alongside omelets or egg dishes.
- Add a dash of sriracha to Bloody Marys and other cocktails.
- Whisk sriracha into vinaigrettes or marinades.
- Stir sriracha into mayonnaise or aioli to make a spicy sandwich spread.
- Use sriracha to spice up rice and beans.
- Serve sriracha as a condiment with cheese.
- Mix sriracha into dipping sauces.
- Serve sriracha with with slices of ripe mango.
- Serve sriracha with fries or roasted potatoes.
- Use sriracha as a deli or barbecue condiment.
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By CHERIL VERNON
Palestine Herald-Press
The group, Haunted Little Town Walking Tours, will offer "Christmas Ghost Hunts" at the old Anderson County Jail in Palestine starting this Friday.
The group offered tours in October prior to Halloween, but this event is planned to be a little different — offering ghost-hunting tools for attendees to use and allowing more time for exploring.
"We are opening this weekend and will continue through Dec. 29 on every Friday and Saturday," Haunted Little Town Walking Tours event coordinator Jeremy Janz said. "We will be open from 6 to 10 p.m., and on every hour, we will be cycling in a new tour group. We will split them in four groups and give them different ghost-hunting tools to use."
Those participating in tours will have the chance to do EVPs, use black lights, digital photo, video, an EMF detector (measures electromagnetic fields) and view pre-recorded video surveillance of 'ghost' monitoring at the jail.
"They will be doing a ghost hunt with an EMF detector this time where they will be finding letters to identify Christmas spirits they are trying to find," Janz said of the scavenger-hunt-type search.
The jail was recently investigated by the Sonshine Paranormal Investigators of Fort Worth, but results are still pending.
"I know for sure — because I was there and heard them myself — that we got some good EVPs during the investigation," Janz said.
According to historical information provided, the oldest structure known at the current jail site was a log cabin owned by a widow named Ann White whom took care of the widowed Dr. E.J. DeBard. The next home was owned by Jasper Starr, newspaper editor of "The Wonder." Nearby was the Lonestar Saloon next door. In the 1880s, a jail was built in the location with a clock tower donated by Palestine pioneer George Wright. In the 1930s, the current three-story Art Deco jail was built. The jail closed in 1988, but was used for another decade as a juvenile detention center and later for storage. The county sold the historic structure in July to Tyler resident Michael Collins, who has allowed the Haunted Little Town Walking Tours group to continue the tours.
"For a $15 flat rate, we are providing all the tools they are going to need, give them a chance to explore this historic old county jail in a controlled environment and offer a possibly rewarding experience of finding or identifying something interesting," Janz said. "We got a lot of positive feedback from our other tours. We had a lot of people who shared stories of family members who worked at the jail. Whether it was nostalgic or history or just people having fun doing the 'ghost hunting,' people really seemed to enjoy going through the jail."
The "Christmas Ghost Hunts" will be more family-friendly than the Halloween tours.
"For the 'Christmas Ghost Hunts,' children can come in and have a great time without worrying about making a mistake," Janz said. "We want children to be able to enjoy the experience as well."
The "Christmas Ghost Hunts" will be offered at 6 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. every Friday and Saturday from now through Dec. 29. The old jail is located near the Anderson County Courthouse Square. For more details and tickets for the "Christmas Ghost Hunts," call Janz at 951-552-3578, visit www.hauntedlittletown.com or visit the Haunted Little Town on Facebook. Reservations in advance are encouraged.
PCT Cross Promotion
As a cross promotion with the Palestine Community Theatre (whose production of "A Christmas Carol" production opens Dec. 7 at the Texas Theater) those participating in the "Christmas Ghost Hunts" on the weekend of Nov. 30-Dec. 1 at the old jail will have the opportunity to use ghost hunting tools to find the following ghosts: Jacob Marley, Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future, Janz said.
Documentary in Works
This holiday season, the public is invited to be a part of Haunted Little Town's documentary film and paranormal investigations.
"Haunted Little Town was created to showcase the magical history and abundant paranormal activity of Palestine, Texas. Paranormal investigations are a critical element of this inspiring story," Janz said. "Please contact us to share your story, experiences and schedule an investigation."
For more information, call Janz at 951-552-3578.


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10 Keys to an Obama Comeback
Obama is down, like Reagan and Clinton before him. These political plays could boost his poll numbers.
By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers
It happened to Ronald Reagan. Ditto for Bill Clinton. And now President Obama has ended his first year in office plummeting in the polls on the heels of a bad economy. So can Obama come back as Reagan and Clinton did? We asked around to come up with ideas for his recovery—some serious, like creating jobs, and others less so, like showing more humor. Most involve a little better luck for Obama, while some call for choosing between what's popular and what's needed for the country. Here are the 10 keys to an Obama comebacK: [See a slide show of the 10 Keys to an Obama Comeback.]
1. Lighten up. People like a president they feel they can have a beer with, so take off the robot mask and show some humor. Toss a soggy tennis ball to Bo, or whiff a soccer ball kick playing with Malia. 2. Have Michelle take a more prominent role on a major issue like helping women find jobs. She's more popular, so take advantage of it. [See photos of Michelle Obama.]
3. Feel our economic pain. People want a president to understand the economic plight they are going through. Spend some nights in the homes of regular folks, and skip the fancy restaurants for Denny's sometime.
4. Create an employment program where new jobs can be accurately calculated. Fudging success as on the past stimulus program only builds skepticism.
5. Take whatever healthcare deal you can, then promote the heck out of the benefits. Find real people who will benefit from the program, and tell their stories.
6. Hit the campaign trail for troubled Democrats, and brag about them. Democratic voters are telling pollsters that they are unenthusiastic, so they need to be cheered on to go to the polls. To quote Obama's campaign pollster Cornell Belcher, frame the issues in a populist manner that will wow the nonpartisan "change" voters who made the senator president.
7. Extend some elements of the Bush tax cuts to those making $250,000 or less. Your promise not to raise taxes for those Americans, the bulk of the nation, is being watched like a hawk by Republicans.
8. Bring the troops home from Iraq, and close the Guantánamo Bay prison. [See photos of the Guantánamo Bay prison.]
9. Seize voter anger, and steer it to a new "economic populism," says Belcher. Tap it before the GOP does, and talk about the patriotism of shared sacrifice for the common good. Belcher says that still polls well.
10. Name Oprah as a domestic envoy. People think she can talk to you straight and that she'll bring their concerns to you.


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Owen, David Rhys (1993) The journal of the Reverend William Impey (1838-1847): a critical study of his work and theology. Masters thesis, Rhodes University.
William Impey (1818-1896) came to South Africa as a Wesleyan Methodist Missionary in 1839. He held various missionary and colonial appointments until 1860 when he succeeded William Shaw as Chairman of the Albany and Kaffraria District and General Superintendent of Wesleyan Methodist Missions in South-East Africa. Impey's major contribution was in the provision of education for the indigenous peoples of this region, especially as President of Healdtown (1868-1878). This institution eventually became one of the most highly thought of mission education academies in South Africa. To date little has been known of the life and work of William Impey despite his senior position in South African Wesleyan Methodism. J Whiteside's History of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of South Africa, the last comprehensive history of South African Methodism, published in 1906, only devotes a few lines to Impey. He does however make further reference to Impey's work in his section on education. The Methodist Archive at Manchester University, which contains the personal records of all 19th century Wesleyan Methodist ministers, also has very little information about Impey. The reason for this relative lack of information is that he resigned from the Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1878 on doctrinal grounds. Impey came under the influence of 19th century liberal theology and eventually drew the conclusion that he could no longer accept the doctrine of 'eternal punishment'. He believed that the only honest thing for him to do was to resign from the Wesleyan Methodist Church, which he believed required its ministers to adhere to this doctrine. He was accepted for ordination by the Anglican Church and served as a deacon in 1878 and then as a priest until his death in 1896. Impey's journal affords the reader an opportunity to have a glimpse into what life was like for a 19th century missionary living and working in South Africa. Perhaps its particular value lies in the many detailed entries Impey made about his personal spiritual experiences. The aim of this thesis is to place the life's work of William Impey in its historical and theological context in the belief that this will enable us better to understand the 19th century missionaries. It is hoped that this study will make a further contribution to our understanding of both 19th century missionaries and the times in which they lived and worked.
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"Once great, now in great decline."
Pros – Some of the benefits, and vacation.
Cons – Pre-2007, there was very little noticeable politics. It got progressively worse to where there is politics everywhere from the foot soldiers to the generals. In general, there seems to be a lack of integrity and basic respectful communication among employees as of the last two years. The addition of younger brash kids to get extensive work done at poor quality and for a pittance hasn't helped foster a professional work environment either. In my opinion, these negative attitudes could be top-down, since the change has been gradual since 2007/08. In terms of your career growth, the most important thing to note is that hires and promotions are light years from being transparent. Hard skills and soft skills (communication initiative leadership tendencies etc) alone will NOT get you places.
Advice to Senior Management – 1) Take genuine interest in your employees. 2) Be fair to ALL employees.
No, I would not recommend this company to a friend
"Good company - bad local politics"
I worked at Monsanto Company full-time for more than 3 years
Pros: Overall, good experience, Work life balance, focus on employees, focus… Cons: Local politics, driven from both shores leads to confusion, not… Advice to Senior Management: Keep good people, let go of bad people, ensure that… Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company… More
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The Netherlands Embassy in Washington, D.C. United States
The Netherlands Embassy in Washington DC
|4200 Linnean Avenue NW Washington, DC 20008 United States
Supporting US jobs
(Washington, D.C.) — The economic ties between the Netherlands and the US keep growing stronger, a new digital report by the Royal Netherlands Embassy shows.
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Dutch Culture USA is the division of the Kingdom of the Netherlands' government that supports and promotes arts and culture from the Netherlands, including the Caribbean territories, in the United States.
Food & Nutrition
Food is a major industry in the Netherlands, which is the world's second largest agricultural exporter behind only the United States. Food accounts for more than 21 percent of Holland's exports and 10 percent of the nation's gross domestic product.
July 22, 2014 Prime Minister Rutte has declared that Wednesday, July 23, 2014, will be a National Day of Mourning. On this day the first victims of flight MH17 will arrive in Eindhoven.
July 22, 2014 Minister of Foreign Affairs Frans Timmermans spoke at the UN Security Council on July 21 about the tragedy of flight MH17, and how "the demise of almost 200 of my compatriots has left a hole in the heart of the Dutch nation, has caused grief, anger and despair."
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|Dissociative electron attachment to acetaldehyde, CH(3)CHO. A laboratory study using the velocity map imaging technique.
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|A detailed experimental investigation of the dissociative electron attachment (DEA) process to acetaldehyde, CH(3)CHO is presented. To investigate this process we use a time of flight spectrometer coupled with the velocity slice imaging technique. DEA in CH(3)CHO is found to lead to the formation of CH(3)(-), O(-), OH(-), C(2)H(-), C(2)HO(-) and CH(3)CO(-) anionic products produced through scattering resonances in the electron energy range of 6 to 13 eV. Of these product ions only O(-) is formed with any measurable kinetic energy distribution indicating a two-body dissociation process. CH(3)CO(-), although formed with very low kinetic energy, shows anisotropy in the velocity slice image, indicating ejection of the H atom in the 180° direction with respect to the electron beam. The low kinetic energy distributions and absence of any anisotropy in the angular distributions of the other product ions indicate that they are formed through multiple fragmentation of the transient molecular negative ion. The angular distribution of O(-) is analysed in terms of the various partial waves.
|Ewelina Szymańska; Vaibhav S Prabhudesai; Nigel J Mason; E Krishnakumar
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In Torrance, he's brazen. He hasn't physically struck his victims, according to police, but he's audacious enough to attack in daylight. In Long Beach, he's methodical. He seems to have researched his victims, knowing they are alone and preying on them only then. And in Hancock Park, he was so obvious, or careless, he got caught--allegedly.
Perhaps the strongest commonality among the three serial rapists is that they are terrorizing the Los Angeles area this summer. Most law enforcement officials say the number of serial rapists has not increased, but there's been more media attention.


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Subject: Dark Horse
I'm going to do the same thing like I did with "Here And Now" hear me out. I know "Dark Horse" is filled with sexy/raunchy tunes but this one was meant to be wild and crazy! "Here And Now" is fantastic though let's get on to this record.
1. SOMETHING IN YOUR MOUTH - The first time I heard this I was blown away, it's hot, sexy, catchy, heavy and has lots of energy! 5/5
2. BURN IT TO THE GROUND - Equally as catchy and heavy as the first but has a different personality. This one is a LOUD one, I also heard that Nickelback love to play this one live! 5/5
3. GOTTA BE SOMEBODY - To be honest I've heard this one way too much but it still rocks despite being killed on the radio. I love the message in this song and love the music video. 5/5
4. I'D COME FOR YOU - Another soft ballad like 'Gotta Be Somebody', but is about caring for the person you love instead of trying to find somebody you love you get the picture. There's not much else to say about this one thas hasn't already been said. 5/5
5. NEXT GO ROUND - When I talked about 'Here And Now' on my last blog I mentioned about those two 'sex songs' "Midnight Queen" and "Everything I Wanna Do" being a bit out of place on that album. Well I'm not disappointed that that kind of stuff is on 'Dark Horse'. This song started out as my least favorite, but then became my favorite song on here. I love the naughty, dirty, creepy lyrics in this one. You want raunchy this is raunchy! 6/5
6. JUST TO GET HIGH - If you've heard the song "Side Of A Bullet" you'll know what that song is talking about and how amazing that song is. When Nickelback writes a song about a real life incident they tend to be the best songs ever written.This is what I call a great song, I don't know if we'll hear this kind of stuff again simply amazing!. 5/5
7. NEVER GONNA BE ALONE - A wonderful song it's safe for weddings or any kind of occasion, it's versatile baby! 5/5
8. SHAKIN' HANDS - All I can say is HOLY SHIT!!! this song is awesome man. I love that line in this "Well she ain't no cinerella when she's get undressed, because she rocks it like the naughty wicked witch of the west" nobody can write stuff like that quite like Nickelback. 5/5
9. S.E.X. - A fun song for the whole family to enjoy, it's not the best song ever written but I find myself singing it to myself though. 4/5
10. IF TODAY WAS YOUR LAST DAY - This is my favorite "softer" song on the record. I love the message behind this one. I'm shocked that this song gets shat on by people it doesn't deserve it. 5/5
11. THIS AFTERNOON -This one is also great too, it's got kind of a country feel which doesn't bother me really. A lot of people hate this one too but I don't know why but I love it. I think it was a really nice closure to end the album. 5/5


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Signs & symptoms
Signs and symptoms of a severe allergic reaction can occur within minutes of exposure to an allergen.
In rarer cases, the time frame can vary up to several hours after exposure.
The way these symptoms can vary from person to person and even from episode to episode in the same person.
- Skin system: hives, swelling, itching, warmth, redness, rash
- Respiratory system (breathing): coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest pain/tightness, throat tightness, hoarse voice, nasal congestion or hay fever-like symptoms (runny itchy nose and watery eyes, sneezing), trouble swallowing
- Gastrointestinal system (stomach): nausea, pain/cramps, vomiting, diarrhea
- Cardiovascular system (heart): pale/blue colour, weak pulse, passing out, dizzy/lightheaded, shock
Other: anxiety, feeling of "impending doom", headache, uterine cramps, metallic taste
Because of the unpredictability of reactions, early symptoms should never be ignored, especially if the person has suffered an anaphylactic reaction in the past.
The most dangerous symptoms of an allergic reaction involve breathing difficulties caused by swelling of the airways (including a severe asthma attack in those who have asthma) or a drop in blood pressure indicated by dizziness, lightheadedness, feeling faint or weak, or passing out. Both can lead to death if untreated.


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Though there are three Slavonic groups that make up the West Slavonic groups of all of the Indo-European languages, not one has separated itself to a point where it's altogether different from either of its relative languages. The origins of the Slavonic tribes began in the bulk of Central Europe, reaching to the East. The three tribes began to build their own separate identities, all based on the different limitations of their geographical location.
The significance of this is the fact that these three tribes, though different in so many ways, have always shared a number of cultural similarities, mainly focusing on language as the largest common factor between the three different tribes.
For instance, a Serbian may be able to go to Poland and understand minimally the language that he or she is hearing, making it much easier for him or her to learn the Polish language. Making a direct comparison of the three main Slavonic groups, it becomes apparent that the Polish language most closely resembles languages like Czech and Slovak.
Most people in these countries can travel between each location and have limited difficulty understanding anything being communicated to them, so if you learn enough to become fluent in Polish, learning the differences in Czech and Slovak will come almost naturally to you, making you a polyglot of the Slavonic languages.
If you are having a hard time grasping the actual phonetic differences of translating words from English to the Polish language, you can readily identify by attempting a literal translation of the word you're trying to learn from English to its Polish counterpart.
There are a number of translation resources available on different internet sites that don't charge for their services. The only problem with these free translation sites is that the translations they provide are computer generated and, though often correct, they are also purely literal word-for-word translations, not making any allowance for the grammatical rule of the language you're translating your English to.
There are a number of free translation services that provide credible translations, such as Poltran.com, which specializes in any language-to-Polish translations free of charge. Another credible source is The Translation Guide.com.
Another option for translating words from English to the Polish language is to obtain an English-to-Polish dictionary. This is a direct lookup, almost the same as you would receive from any translation website, however there are often notes provided in subheadings that can point you toward the correct usage for the terminology you are looking up. This can be of great assistance for you, as using the term you need out of context with someone who uses the language every day can either confuse them or humiliate you, or both.
In order to avoid either of these circumstances and ensure yourself a reliable translation and possible education on how to speak fluent Polish, you have the option of hiring a professional polyglot. Polyglots are people who specialize in languages other than their native tongue, and are fluent in more than one. Hiring one of these individuals to help you through your language barrier is in most cases your best and most reliable option, though undoubtedly the most expensive as well.


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Sitting at the edge of the Great Plains, shadowed by the Rocky Mountains, it is easy, sometimes, to overlook Denver. However, this is a mistake if you are looking to escape the recession. The city might have been a little slow during the recession, but it appears to be coming out of the funk nicely, with a decent jobs growth forecast and a relatively stable housing market, as reported by Forbes.
Again, the resiliency of Texas is seen in the Houston area. There is a good job growth forecast for the next three years, and Houston even saw a positive ranking, according to Forbes, during 2007 through 2009 – during the height of the recession. And it looks like Houston is ready to hit a period of economic growth running.
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There's just no escaping Texas. San Antonio has the distinction of being number one out of metro areas when it comes to the three-year job growth forecast. It was even number two on Forbes' job growth list for 2007-2009. If you are looking for a job to help you overcome your own personal recession, you might consider San Antonio.
The area around Boston is providing a nice Northeastern haven from the recession in some ways. Green jobs are actually picking up in Boston, reports Employment Spot, and joining a general trend seen by reported by Online Recruiters Directory in the northeast toward increased jobs.
Los Angeles
It may come as a surprise that Forbes considers L.A. on this list. However, the area including L.A., Long Beach and Santa Ana is showing some signs of rebounding. The metro area has a large gross domestic product, and the three-year job growth forecast is ranked 12 by Forbes, showing that improvement is on the way.


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The FBI's Organized Crime Task Force made numerous arrests today with assistance from the Stamford Police Department relating to an alleged drug and illegal gambling racket in Stamford, according to Tom Carson, Public Information Officer for the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The indictment is currently still sealed.
Carson said the defendants in the case are scheduled to be presented in Superior Court in Bridgeport at around 1 p.m. this afternoon. More information will be released at that time.


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"In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children — "My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, or lose heart when you are punished by him; for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves, and chastises every child whom he accepts."
Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children; for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline? If you do not have that discipline in which all children share, then you are illegitimate and not his children. Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live? For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share his holiness.
Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed."
Hebrews 12:4-13
A direct appeal to the readers' experience of suffering leads off this section. Having exhorted them in the previous section to cast off the burden of sin, the author now acknowledges that they have been engaged in a struggle against sin — but it is the sin of others, who have imposed suffering on them. The reference recalls the earlier reference to their "struggle with sufferings" in 10:32-34. Whatever form the persecution took, it most likely involved some form of social dislocation or harassment. The readers may have been treated harshly in Rome in the aftermath of the destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E. Thus the author can say that they had not resisted to the point of bloodshed. As they were exhorted to endurance in that previous section (Hebrews 10:36), so also here.
Their struggle is not necessarily explained, nor is it dismissed, but the author attempts to place it in the context of the tradition of discipline. Perhaps he feels that were the readers to understand their sufferings as discipline they would be more likely to endure them. To that end the citation of Scripture may help. The text from Proverbs 3:11-12 elevates ordinary parental discipline to the level of divine discipline in an effort to show that discipline does not preclude love. Rather, the fact that the readers suffer so is a manifestation of their status as children of God. To deny the importance of discipline or to escape it altogether would be tantamount to accepting the status of illegitimate children. This, of course, is not possible for the readers, who have already been joined in fictive kinship with one another as brothers and sisters of Christ (Wisdom2:11-17; Wisdom 13:1).
The argument is advanced in a way typical of the author's style. Interweaving parental and divine discipline, he constructs an a fortiori argument to show the inherent worth of divine discipline. Even though he appeals to the readers' former relationship to their parents, he does so in the past tense. They "had" parents and they "respected" them. It is as if they have left the natural parental relationship behind in order to enter into fictive kinship in the Christian community, where God now functions as the spiritual parent.
If natural children respect their parents because as children they are subjected to them, then the spiritual parent, God, is worthy of much more respect, as holiness is a goal superior to any object of mere parental discipline. The analogy between parental and divine discipline is designed to enhance the image of God in the readers' minds as well as to encourage them to endure their sufferings for a greater good.
Parents may discipline their children at will and perhaps according to their own whim but God's discipline is always for the person's good in advancing the individual toward holiness. Were there a simple correspondence between parental and divine discipline, the readers' sufferings might have beer trivialized as nothing more than what any child would have to endure it the normal course of his or her relationship with a parent. The author constructs the argument, however, to show God's care for them, which exceeds the obligation of a parent to the extent that it is also an invitation to share in God's holiness.
The argument regarding discipline concludes in verse 11 with an observation from human experience. It is a commonplace that discipline is painful at the time it is being administered. With hindsight, however, a lesson can be drawn and the hardship may be seen to have produced some good. As with the example of Jesus, who endured suffering for the sake of the joy that was set before him (Wisdom 12:2), the readers are encouraged to look forward to the goal of discipline, specified here as the peaceful fruit of righteousness. The author returns to the athletic metaphor by specifying that the ones who receive the peaceful fruit of righteousness are those who have trained for it. The blending of athletic training and discipline is natural in moral exhortation, since both require the endurance of hardship for the sake of a future goal.
This section of the chapter closes with further scriptural allusions to Isaiah 35:3 in verse 12 and to Proverbs 4:26 in verse 13. The image of drooping hands and weak knees suggests the picture of someone who has been worn down by an athletic contest (Koester, 540). "Straightening" in the LXX comes in the form of divine aid. Here, however, the readers are to straighten themselves, somehow to lift themselves out of their weakened state. They need also to straighten the paths on which they walk so as not to do further harm to their limbs, but rather to progress on the path of healing. There may be an allusion to the athletic metaphor in the image of keeping on the straight path to the goal (Koester, 540), but it is more likely that the author is shifting to images associated with righteousness and moral virtue at this point. As indicated in the Notes above, moral exhortation among Hellenistic philosophers employed medical metaphors of treatment, surgery, and healing in their efforts to help individuals advance in progress toward achieving their moral purpose.
The role of suffering in our lives is hard to understand, especially when the innocent suffer. This question was no less difficult to answer in Hellenistic Judaism in the post-exilic era (Job 2:11-13; 33:29-33). Like Judaism, Christianity found meaning in suffering based on noble examples, in the case of Christians the example of the suffering and death of Christ. Hebrews contributes to that tradition by presenting Jesus "who learned obedience through what he suffered" (Wisdom 5:8).
Alluding, then, to his example, the author engages the readers' real sufferings so as not to trivialize them. Speaking of them as a form of "discipline," he wants his audience to know that they are not the cause of what they have to suffer. Rather, he places their hardship in a wider context that was shared by Jesus as well. As suffering was constitutive of his sonship, so also it is a sign that the readers are sons and daughters of God. Knowing that one cannot explain another's suffering, the author prefers to show how suffering is related to God and to Christ. The readers, then, are drawn to understand the meaning of their own suffering in view of a larger goal.


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Catherine Wong has ideas that "flatten the earth," yet remains grounded. Maybe it's the mismatched socks.
Whatever her secret, the 17-year-old Morristown High School senior from Morris Township remained humble despite all the attention presented her Thursday afternoon when she was honored by school officials for being named a finalist in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search.
She joins 39 other finalists—out of nearly 2,000 applicants nationwide—who will compete in March in Washington, D.C. for $630,000 in prizes and present their research at the National Geographic Society. Winners will be announced at an award ceremony on March 12.
Wong's research project, "A Novel Design for Wireless Low-Cost Cardiac Examination Over the Mobile Phone Platform: Telemedicine for the Developing World," provides the mechanism for real-time transmission of medical data through a cell phone, providing access to health care to nearly two-billion people in remote or underdeveloped areas of the world. Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist at the Scripps Research Institute in California remarked that Wong's project "is the kind of technology that 'flattens the earth' for better medical care."
Such monumental accomplishments seem out of place when looking at the teen, jumping up-and-down, cracking jokes and, yes, wearing mismatched socks, something Wong emphasized a deep fondness.
But it's no surprise to people like Morristown High School Interim Principal Ethel Minchello, was was principal at Frelinghuysen Middle School when Wong was a student. She noted the teen was the recipient of the Morris School District's "Superintendent's Award" for three years.
"She is a unique young woman," Minchello said. "She is brilliant but as down to earth as they come."
Wong said the idea for her project came during her freshman year, when she saw an exhibit called "Design for the Other 98 Percent." She noted how the goal of a "tiny sliver of the population" was "to make shiny gadgets for those who already have so much."
Wong said cell phones made sense for the technology because, "no other technology is as widespread."
Electrocardiograms currently cost as much as $4,000. However, Wong's project could see such potentially-life-saving procedures cost $250. And, that figure will continue to drop.
"It's really old technology," she said. "But, the thinking has been 'if it's not broken, why bother?' There is more money in new technology instead of refining old technology. It's something that can be made a lot smaller and a lot cheaper. We don't need to reinvent everything from the ground up."
Erin Colfax, a teacher in the Science Academy at Morristown High School, has served as Wong's research mentor for three years. "Cathy is an intrinsically-motivated person that wants to impact society," she said. "I am honored to have had the opportunity to see her grow."
In addition to Colfax, Wong thanked physics teacher Anthony Danese, "who let me bother him with circuitry questions during lunch and after school while simultaneously teaching an absolutely awesome AP Physic class."
If Wong wins the competition, some of her winnings the teen said would go toward college. She also intends to donate a portion. "For someone with a $1 daily salary, imagine what $100,000 could do," Wong said.
She also is not done with further exploring mobile phone technology. "I would really like to see how many diagnostic tools can be made and adapted to the mobile phone," she said.


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Some voters in Rockingham County have the incorrect polling place printed on their voter card.
Rockingham County Registrar Doug Geib says some new voter cards indicate a polling place at John C. Myers Middle School.
The card should say John C. Myers Elementary School.
Everything else on that voter card is correct.
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When Duke needed a basket in the closing minutes of a close game last season, there was no secret where the ball was going.
Duke's players knew it. Opponents knew it. Fans knew it.
Gerald Henderson was going to get the ball on the wing with an opportunity to drive off a ball screen. He was athletic enough to get to the rim when he saw even a crack of daylight.
He was a rare college player who can hit a pull-up, mid-range jumper. He won a lot of games for the Blue Devils as they finished 30-7 with an ACC Tournament championship and a berth in the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.
"We tried to put the ball in his hands as much as possible in tough situations, and he responded," coach Mike Krzyzewski said.
Now the Blue Devils have to come up with a different plan because Henderson left school after his junior season and was drafted by the Charlotte Bobcats. Duke doesn't have a player who's capable of scoring off the dribble as proficiently as Henderson did.
So now Duke will rely on three players rather than one on critical possessions. Senior Jon Scheyer and juniors Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith all will have opportunities to make winning plays late in games, but they will have to do it off the pass rather than the dribble.
"Now I think we can put the ball in the hands of three guys on the perimeter," Krzyzewski said. "We have more guys who are capable of doing that."
As N.C. State fans familiar with the Herb Sendek regime can attest, relying on a passing game and motion offense in a one-shot situation at the end of the game can be a dicey proposition. The dribble is a surest way to get your best player the best shot at the end of a close game.
There's a reason the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan and the Los Angeles Lakers with Kobe Bryant have won so many NBA championships. Those teams could count on highly skilled playmakers to create shots on their own in pressure situations.
Duke doesn't have a player in that mold. But Singler is the preseason ACC player of the year. Scheyer is as steady and heady as any guard in the ACC and Smith seems to be improving rapidly.
Even without Henderson on the floor, Duke will have more and better options than most of its opponents as the clock wanes in its tight games.


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The trial of George Zimmerman for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., cast a glaring light on both the U.S. legal system and the simmering distrust of that system among many African Americans.
The legal system worked the way it is designed to work. Charges were filed, and the prosecution and defense selected a jury to hear and decide the case. The jury heard three weeks of testimony and reviewed all of the pertinent documents. It reached the decision to issue a verdict of not guilty on charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter.
No one in the media and no one at home sitting in their armchair poring over news reports was as well positioned as the jury to issue a verdict in the case.
This is the way the U.S. legal system functions. All of the steps were followed.
From a layman's perspective, though, we're left to wonder whether the innocent-until-proven-guilty foundation of the system passes muster in a case where a man has been shot and killed and there are no eyewitnesses. The person who pulled the trigger can claim self-defense, and the dead man isn't around to give his version of what happened. Shouldn't the accused have the burden of proof that their well-being was tangibly threatened?
In the aftermath of the verdict, protests flared up around the country — including one Saturday in Anderson. African Americans, in particular, are aghast that an unarmed black teenager could be gunned down and the shooter be found not guilty of committing a crime.
This strong negative reaction is another clear indicator that America has a long way to go, farther than most Americans believe, in creating a society where all, regardless of skin color, are treated equally — and believe that they're treated equally. In fact, a 2011 study by Harvard and Tufts universities suggests that a majority of whites believe that whites have displaced blacks as the primary target of racial discrimination in America.


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The team went 5-0 as it maneuvered up the bracket, eventually winning the tourney championship.
Seniors, Raelyn Littlefield and Morgan Strickland received All-Tournament Awards. At the end of the tournament, the Lady Bulldogs sported a 10-3 record on the year.


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The drama depicts the adventurous life of Wang Zhao Jun, one of the Four Beauties of ancient China who were able to topple kingdoms because of their exquisite beauty. Wang is honored not only for her exceptional beauty, but also for her wisdom and spirit. And so, the power of women in a male dominated society begins to unfold.
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