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Developed by a team of early childhood experts, this Team Umizoomi Preschool Math Kit is packed with engaging and educational content that can help prepare your child for kindergarten and beyond! The "Aquarium Fix-it" episode DVD introduces a high-stakes math mission. The "Aquarium Fix-it" storybook invites your child to join Team Umizoomi on a Math Adventure. Mighty Math Mission Cards get kids out of their seats, actively discovering math in the world around them. The "Shapes, Measurement, and Positioning at the Aquarium" workbook gives your child lots of opportunities to master what they've learned. The Mighty Math Activity Book reinforces math skills in a playful way.
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Friday night stuff...good weekend to everybody.
Friday night stuff...good weekend to everybody.
friday squared
Friday finale...the belami boys.
THANK YOU!, dunhill!!
Keep smilin'!!
WISDOM is the Knowledge you've gained ... After you could have used it! _Me
What a wonderful picture.
Thanks for the comments lads....Hope the weekend went well. That last one always makes me...smile.
Some more of my fave guys...
Frottage and docking are very exciting practices
Excuse my bad English but I am French and thus I speak usually only about French http://pics-aeronef.discutfree.com/u...s/smiley_f.gif
a nice set...happy monday.
CF guys. sigh.
I love these pics!
glad to hear it
Here's something you might find "interesting" from agaymale's vintage pic thread:
Keep smilin'!!
WISDOM is the Knowledge you've gained ... After you could have used it! _Me
Gray Tuesday here...
a second batch to brighten things up.
and thats today guys...
Late in...
gnight...back tomorrow.
Thursday dump.
Thursday dump 2
You guys are awesome! These pics are some of the best I've seen in years! Thank God for you guys!
I never really understood the appeal to this. Is the pleasure more mental than physical?
Actually, in hindsight that was a very stupid question to ask. I guess I meant that I can't see the physical pleasure being too great in comparison to the mental..if you're into it that is. But it is sex, maybe I'm over-thinking it.
In my (Very) Younger years, just the Idea of seeing another Guy's dick would be enough to get "Animal" going! Then ... after seeing quite a few, the Idea of touching another Guy's dick would get "Animal" going! However, when those experiences became Real ... after a while the "newness"/"naughtiness" wore off.
But then, when it "came" to touching another Guy's dick with your own, and "Playing" ... Real "sword play", so to speak ... well ... the "oomph!" in that has Never worn off!!
Just sayin' ...
Keep smilin'!!
WISDOM is the Knowledge you've gained ... After you could have used it! _Me
I guess for me, it is an intimacy thing. I like to take things slower, plus it is different because both of us FEEL the same thing at the same time. Dinks head to head and balls to balls. I don't venture into the deeper meaning of things much, but no one is submitting or a passive player. I'm rather attracted to a nice dink though, so I am biased.
Besides it's a great way to finish things up together too, whatever came between. I like cummin cock 2 cock with my guy, makin out, 1 hand around both dix.
my 2cents...wait a minute? My Thread!
Long week...almost done. here's some stuff.
back on later...
Semi off topic but...too hot not too share. Found em in my travels today.
Late...flickin around. Thought I'd toss some in.
not much...just sropping pics
late file dump for sunday....hoping everyone had a fun weekend.
a bit more, one more to follow.
and to all a good night
super hot shot. keep it up dunhill ; great thread - any shots of dick on dick to climax cum all over..
Posted this one before, long hot vid with some great frot!
(Not sure if it will work. Was OK first time now members only!)
Another hot frot vid which does still work!
First vid was a winner, second no longer exists. Thanks for the try though!
as per request
Thats about all I got of guys finishin up.
droppin some stuff...slow night.
I'm going to run out at this rate...no one wants to help
any pics of 2 hairy men doing it and cuming @ same time?
you have a great eye for sexy shots - very hot.. what's this from?
no clue! Just hot.
the last of my shooters.
Mason...always a crowd pleaser.
some dick. I feel like it.
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Day In a Page
Friday, 2 June 2000
Jump to:
British Muslim leaders outraged after Eric Pickles says followers of Islam should 'prove their identity'
UK terror fears: My jihadist son returned from Syria mentally scarred – now he is being ignored
Nigel Farage: NHS might have to be replaced by private health insurance
Billy Crystal: 'Stop shoving gay sex scenes in my face'
French court convicts three over homophobic tweets, in case hailed as a 'significant victory' by LGBT rights campaigners
'We would evict Queen from Buckingham Palace and allocate her council house,' say Greens
- 1 The truth about 'girl things': Three cheers for Heather Watson's honesty
- 2 Man who held up 'hire me' sign at Waterloo station returns a year later with 'I'm hiring' sign
- 3 Saudi preacher who 'raped and tortured' his five -year-old daughter to death is released after paying 'blood money'
- 4 Tennis fan suing Australian Open organisers for 'failing to shade spectators' during Murray match
- 5 Syrian refugee child beaten by Istanbul Burger King manager for eating customer's leftover food
i100: How to take a wild career break and come back more employable
Fancy a wacky sabbatical?
A warm welcome to the smiling coast of Gambia
The Gambia is fast becoming known as a winter sun haven
i100: Who makes your world a better place?
Tweet us the people who deserve some recognition to @thei100 with the hashtag #everydayhero and tell us why.
Turn Blue Monday Red
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Want to eat your way across France without traveling first to O'Hare, flashing a passport and boarding an international flight? The critically acclaimed Henri, a gorgeous restaurant just across from Millennium Park at 18 South Michigan Avenue, has introduced "La Carte de France," a delicious new menu concept that features French dishes from specific regions of the country. Executive Chef Dirk Flanigan, Executive Pastry Chef Ji Yoon and Sommelier Shebnem Ince have put their culinary masterminds together to offer food and beverage specials each Sunday and Monday evening. The specials will rotate every six weeks, taking guests' taste buds with them on a gastronomic tour of La France. And it makes sense, as Henri touts its innovative cuisine as "energetically American, French influenced."
First up on La Carte has been the southwestern French region of Aquitaine, which borders the Atlantic Ocean, the Pyrénées mountains and the northeast corner of Spain—and its capital city is Bordeaux, famous for its world-acclaimed wines.
Chef Flanigan traveled with his wife a couple years ago to Paris—a city that's a veritable playground to foodies. "As a chef and as a traveler," he said, "you go with this list (of famous eateries) because other chefs say, 'My friend owns this restaurant. You have to check it out. There were times when we had five meals a day." But when it came to researching French regions in preparation for La Carte, he went straight for a map of France and decided to kick off this cuisine tour in Aquataine, although "some people might not even know what the Aquataine region is and what's there." So for the past few Sundays and Mondays, Chef Flanigan has been making that introduction between the region and his guests' tastebuds.
Henri's special Aquitaine-inspired menu, infused with Basque and Mediterranean influences, is available just until Monday, April 9—but the La Carte de France program continues throughout the year, much to the delight of Francophiles like this writer. (Although I'm now able to eat genuine French food every day, I can't WAIT to check out Henri's take on cuisine a la française that I haven't yet been able to try because I haven't yet visited these parts of the country!)
Still on Henri's La Carte menu through April 9: dishes including Cou d'Oie Farci livers and truffles goose neck salad ($17); Crisp Whiting saffron, an ultra-light battered filet served with a smoky fish stock ($14). Sautéed greens and crisp pastry filled with Pyrénées cheese ($13) and a Beet Roasted onion served with cooked in-season baby root vegetables ($13). Champignon-Stuffed Quail, apple, onion, and parsnips ($35); Wild Boar chop and crisp shoulder, truffle, and Jerusalem artichoke ($40); and Rum Raisin Brioche Pain Perdu, chocolate ganache and banana ice cream ($9). And bien sûr, these dishes are served with great French by-the-glass pours and specially selected bottles of wine.
"I try to design every plate so that for the foodies and the chefs and everyone it's special," says Chef Flanigan, an acclaimed chef who throughout his culinary career has taken French techniques and influences and made them his own. (He also oversees the kitchen at The Gage next door, an enormously popular spot with locals and tourists alike.) "But I want to make it approachable enough so people are excited to come in and aren't scared."
Next up after the Aquitaine menu ends is the sunny, lavender-scented region of Provence (April 21-May 21), which will feature dishes including Traditional Pissaladière, a pizza-like tart with onion, olive, and anchovy and Poisson Provençale, fish flavored with olives, tomatoes, peppers, oil, and herbs.
Following Provence on La Carte is the Atlantic coast region of Brittany (May 27-July 2) and the popular wine regions of Burgundy (July 22-Aug. 27), the Loire Valley (Sept. 2-Oct. 8), Alsace (Oct. 14-Nov. 19), and Champagne (Nov. 25-Dec. 30). And as Chef Flanigan says, "It's a lot cheaper than a plane ticket over (to France)."
For more about Henri's famed French menus, visit the restaurant's website or call 312.578.0763 for reservations.


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Celebration of Education
A Celebration of Education recognizes the accomplishments of those who exemplify the university's standards of excellence in education. This event celebrates our distinguished faculty members and educators for their outstanding contributions to the university and their devotion to and effectiveness in teaching. A Celebration of Education consists of five main awards: the Doherty Award, Ryan Award, Academic Advising Award, Barbara Lazarus Award and Gelfand Award. In addition, the most recent Wimmer Faculty Fellows and recipients of the College Teaching Awards, Graduate Student Teaching Award and Graduate Student Service Award are also honored.
More information about this year's recipients and event will be announced in the spring.
Graduate Student Awards
Nominations now being accepted. More information.
Nomination Deadline - February 6, 2015


text: The first part of the 18-hole course, the par 72 nine- hole – one of the longest in the Czech Republic – was first opened in 2000. Nine new holes requiring more precision were opened in 2008. Therefore, each of the "nines" provides a slightly different experience. The course combines long, technically challenging holes situated between lakes and wooded areas. The club house terrace overlooks the final green, situated on a "peninsula".


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Yep, More Leonard Cohen Songs You've Probably Never Heard
The KCRW Interview With Leonard Cohen And Anjani
On June 24, 2006 Leonard Cohen and Anjani were interviewed on KCRW. While the primary topic was their collaboration on the Blue Alert album, the show also featured two songs by Leonard Cohen that were written for possible use in an album on which he was then working.
The good news is that the entire interview was revealing, interesting, and insightful. Of special interest was the discussion of the unusual process by which the songs in the Blue Alert album were created.
The bad news is that, although the link to the program listing is still intact, the archived recording of the interview itself is no longer available.1
The good news is that the two Leonard Cohen songs played during that interview are available today for your listening pleasure.2
The Forthcoming Leonard Cohen Album
The songs are demo versions described as part of a "forthcoming" Leonard Cohen album then (i.e., June 2006) being developed during the same time Cohen was writing Book Of Longing and producing Anjani's Blue Alert.3 As Cohen puts it, "… I have dozens of lyrics I'm setting to music now."
He goes on to say, speaking specifically of these two songs,
I don't even know if these tracks are going to survive [to make it on the album], although people like them. Well, 'people' is like my son and my daughter.
… They [the two songs] are very raw, both in the presentation and in the delivery and in the subject matter. It's a kind of uncovered emotion that surprised me too when I listened to it. It sounds real.
Both songs evolved from poems published in Book Of Longing by Leonard Cohen (Ecco, May 9, 2006).
The verses of those poems are listed below (along with the illustration that appears on the same page as "Book Of Longing.") The lyrics Cohen sings, however, are not identical to the words of the poems. The final lines of "Book Of Longing," for example, lines have been changed from present tense in the poem to past tense, "That was my longing, and this was my book," in the song. Finally, some of the lyrics sung on the broadcast are unclear, at least to my ears.
Puppets By Leonard Cohen
German puppets
burnt the Jews
Jewish puppets
did not choose
Puppet vultures
eat the dead
Puppet corpses
they are fed
Puppet winds and
puppet waves
Puppet sailors
in their graves
Puppet flower
Puppet stem
Puppet Time
dismantles them
Puppet me and
puppet you
Puppet German
Puppet Jew
Puppet presidents
puppet troops to
burn the land
Puppet fire
puppet flames
feed on all the
puppet names
Puppet lovers
in their bliss
turn away from
all of this
Puppet reader
shakes his head
takes his puppet
wife to bed
Puppet night
comes down to say
the epilogue to
puppet day
Puppets – Leonard Cohen
Note: The melody played in the background of "Puppets" is Havah Nagilah (literally, "Let us rejoice"), a song of celebration.
The Book Of Longing By Leonard Cohen
I can't make the hills
The system is shot
I'm living on pills
For which I thank G-d
I followed the course
From chaos to art
Desire the horse
Depression the cart
I sailed like a swan
I sank like a rock
But time is long gone
Past my laughing stock
My page was too white
My ink was too thin
The day wouldn't write
What the night pencilled in
My animal howls
My angel's upset
But I'm not allowed
A trace of regret
For someone will use
What I couldn't be
My heart will be hers
She'll step on the path
She'll see what I mean
My will cut in half
And freedom between
For less than a second
Our lives will collide
The endless suspended
The door open wide
Then she will be born
To someone like you
What no one has done
She'll continue to do
I know she is coming
I know she will look
And that is the longing
And this is the book
Book Of Longing – Leonard Cohen
Note: The knocking sound that can be heard in "Book of Longing" is, according to Tom Sakic, commenting in leonardcohenforum, caused by Leonard Cohen striking the keyboard of the synthesizer with enough force to result in the "clop" heard on the recording.
- At least, I can't find it. When I click on the appropriate buttons, I get a popup box reporting "This media cannot be found." If anyone has better luck, please let me know. [↩]
- The other good news is that I believe I have secured a recording of the rest of the interview as well, but that's for another post … [↩]
- In the interview, Cohen agrees that the album is "forthcoming," but, no doubt hearkening to previous problems with record companies, wisely declines the host's request that he predict when the album will come out, noting only "It's hard to say." [↩]


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Please note that the OTA data is now included in the TPN MAP Excel provided in the TPN MAP thread.
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Ryan Braun on Free Ryan Braun
milwaukee brewers December 12th, 2011
This Ryan Braun stuff is out of control and it is only getting worse. Please try to remember that nothing concrete has come out. The MLB has not publicly commented on this matter and they won't until a decision is made. You have to think they seriously regret that this has ever come out and wish that it never did. All we have to work with is the leaked info and it doesn't really tell us much. Ryan Braun tested for high levels of testosterone. And then he didn't. That's all we really know right now. Before we jump to conclusions we should think long and hard about this. We should consider it from all perspectives. Right now, Ryan Braun's perspective.
Hi, I'm Ryan Braun and that picture you see to your right is me. (Damn, I'm good looking.) I play professional baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers. I am a former first round draft pick who won the National League Rookie of the Year in 2007. I am also a four time Silver Slugger award winner, a four time All-Star and I won the 2011 MVP. Since joining the Brewers in 2007 we have made the playoffs twice, two more times than the Brewers did in the previous 25 years without me.
Outside of baseball, I have business interests in two restaurants in Wisconsin: Ryan Braun's Restaurant in Lake Geneva and Ryan Braun's Graffito in Milwaukee's Third Ward. I endorse a variety of products for Wisconsin businesses and also have a variety of nationwide of endorsements. Surely, you've heard of my Limelight Fusion Energy drinks or my personal line of Affliction shirts called Remetee. The odds are if you are watching TV right now, you will see me. I'm everywhere.
I have built my baseball career and my business career through hard work and protecting my personal brand. I work hard to keep myself out of controversial situations and I am a generally good person with integrity. Read the rest of this entry »


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Two Virginia Players Selected for the ALL Rush Team
Created on Thursday, 16 May 2013 13:43
The "All Rush Team - 2013" is a program that recognizes the top senior players from all the Rush clubs around the world.
Sponsored by Soccer.com and Todd Dunivant, one of Rush Soccer's all time Elite players. Each player will be recognized with a certificate and letter from Rush Soccer and Todd.
Virginia Rush players who received this honor are Josh Butler and Hannah Velloney. Josh is off to Brown University this upcoming Fall and Hannah will continue at Cedarville University. Read More


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Business in brief
Paul Queally, co-president of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, will moderate a panel of Wall Street executives at "The Word from Wall Street" Nov. 29 at 6 p.m. at University of Richmond's Queally Hall, Ukrop Auditorium. Queally received a bachelor of arts degree from Richmond in 1986 and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School in 1990. He was a general partner at The Sprout Group, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette's private equity group prior to joining Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in 1996. "The Word from Wall Street" is a featured event in the Robins Executive Speaker Series. The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required at http://tinyurl.com/d93jr5p . *** nTelos Wireless has activated a new cell site near the intersection of Staples Mill Road and Hilliard Road, which will enhance coverage for areas that include the Dumbarton Business Center, Staples Mill Amtrak Station, Hermitage Court and Eldridge Grove. The new cell site was activated Sept. 26. *** Virginia Home for Boys and Girls (VHBG) recently hired Stacey Williams as admissions coordinator and Deborah Cooper as program coordinator/assistant principal. Monica Manns was promoted to vice president of education. VHBG Teaching-Parents Erin Lawrence and Wakeena Corbin received Teaching-Family Association (TFA) Certification. TFA Certification indicates a high level of satisfaction with the quality of the Teaching-Parent's services from their youth, community stakeholders and administration. Monika Mitchell received her second certification. Wakeena Corbin also has been given the Teaching-Family Distinguished Service Award from the TFA. The annual award honors Teaching-Parents who distinguish themselves by their commitment to helping youth and families reach their greatest potential. *** Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. has appointed Diane Lewis, a sales associate with its Short Pump office, to serve on the board of directors of EarthCraft Virginia, an organization whose mission is to advance sustainable, affordable, resource and energy efficient construction through education and technical support. She will serve on the board's education committee. *** Dreama Nuttycombe has joined Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. in their Short Pump office. She has been a real estate professional for eight years. *** FeedMore's board of directors has named Douglas "Doug" Pick as chief executive officer effective Nov. 26. Pick succeeds Fay Lohr, who is retiring after serving as president and CEO of FeedMore since 2008 and, prior to that, as president of the Central Virginia Food Bank from 1998 to 2008. *** Nancy Bagranoff, dean of University of Richmond's Robins School of Business, has been named to the American Institute of CPAs board of directors. AICPA is the national professional organization of more than 370,000 CPAs, setting generally accepted professional and technical standards and providing credentialing, technical support and other services to its members. From 2009-10, Bagranoff was president of the American Accounting Association. She holds a doctorate of business administration from George Washington University, a master's of accounting from Syracuse University and undergraduate degrees from The Ohio State University and Briarcliff College. *** Martin's Food Markets and Giant Food Stores recently donated a total of nearly $37,000 to four organizations in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania that support breast cancer research, education and awareness. Locally, the stores donated $8,250 to VCU's Massey Cancer Center in Richmond. The donations were made in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, celebrated in October. During October, the stores sold pink reusable shopping bags to customers, who purchased 64,000 of them. Martin's and Giant donated a portion of those sales to the four organizations. *** Agents with Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer recently handled the following lease negotiations: Southern Wine and Spirits of America, Inc. – leased 11,800 square feet in Windsor Business Park II at 8570 Magellan Pkwy.; Environmental Alliance, Inc. – leased 3,268 square feet in Staples Mill Business Center at 8201-8261 Hermitage Rd.; Insurance Doctor – leased 3,150 square feet at 7111 W. Broad St.; Dominion Sign – renewed its lease of 2,992 square feet in Gaskins Centre at 3801-3827 Gaskins Rd.; School of Rock Short Pump – leased 2,602 square feet in Short Pump Commons at 4300 Pouncey Tract Rd.; Cardinal Camera Video Center, Inc. – leased 2,330 square feet in The Shoppes at Westgate at 11709 W. Broad St.; Dragon's Den, LLC – leased 1,776 square feet in the IceZone Retail Shops at Downtown Short Pump, 4350 Pouncey Tract Rd.; James Ringer Insurance – leased 1,713 square feet in Westerre Commons Office Condos at 3701-3781 Westerre Pkwy.; OptimumEd – leased 1,517 square feet in Interchange Corporate Center at 3850 Gaskins Rd.; Effex Management Solutions – leased 1,400 square feet in East Towne Plaza at 2925 Williamsburg Rd.; and The Hair Institute – leased 1,215 square feet at 8503 Patterson Ave. |
'Secret Keeper Girl - Crazy Hair Tour' returning to West End Assembly of God
Hundreds of 'tweens' and their moms will attend the Secret Keeper Girl Crazy Hair Tour at West End Assembly of God on Jan. 22 at 6:30 p.m., a popular Bible-based tour geared toward building and strengthening relationships between mothers and their daughters (typically ages 8 to 12).
The event will feature a full fashion show, oversized balloon sculptures and confetti cannons – all in the name of inner beauty, Biblical modesty and vibrant purity. > Read more.
OutRVA, 'Say I Do!' to give away all-expenses paid wedding at Lewis Ginter
Citizen Staff Reports 01/15/2015
OutRVA and Say I Do! have collaborated to offer LGBT couples an opportunity to win an all-expenses-paid wedding at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden's Robins Tea House on March 7.
In September, Richmond Region Tourism launched OutRVA, a campaign designed to show people Richmond's strong LGBT community and highlight the area as a travel destination.
The winning couple will say "I do" in a ceremony coordinated by event designer and floral artist Casey Godlove of Strawberry Fields Flowers & Gifts and marriage concierge, Ayana Obika of All About The Journey. The couple will receive wardrobe and styling, a custom wedding cake, florals, an overnight stay at the Linden Row Inn (including a suite on the day of the wedding for preparation), and a post-wedding brunch at the Hilton Garden Inn on Sunday, March 8. > Read more.
No CVWMA collection delays for Lee-Jackson, MLK holidays
Citizen Staff Reports 01/12/2015
CVWMA residential recycling and trash collections will continue as regularly scheduled for the Lee-Jackson (Jan. 16) and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Jan. 19) holidays. Residential recycling collections on Friday, Jan. 16 and the week of Jan 19-23 will take place on normal collection day. Residents should place recycling container(s) out for pick-up by 7 a.m. on their regular scheduled collection day. > Read more.
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CAT Theatre announces auditions for 'Quartet'
CAT Theatre will hold auditions for Quartet on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 22, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Auditions will be held at the theatre, located at 319 N. Wilkinson Road in Richmond. Quartet will run May 22 through June 6 and will close out CAT's 51st season.
Director Laurie Follmer is seeking two males, ages 50-70 and two females ages 50-70. British accents are required for roles and are requested for auditions. There is no actual singing in the show. Singing ability and experience is not a requirement. Audition sides are available at http://www.cattheatre.com on the Audition Page. > Read more.
Restaurant watch
Find out how your favorite dining establishments fared during their most recent inspections by the Virginia Department of Health. > Read more.
Weekend Top 10
It's off to the theatre – this weekend in Henrico! "Two on Tap" at CACGA brings audiences back in time to an era when couples like Fred & Ginger and Mickey & Judy filled the silver screen. CAT Theatre's production of "Book of Days" begins tonight and runs through Feb. 7. Fans of the Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon "Schoolhouse Rock!" will love the live adaptation at the University of Richmond on Sunday. The Shanghai Quartet will also perform at the University of Richmond. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
Law would let Dominion hike electric bills
Health secretary urges Medicaid expansion
Bill would ease prescription hassles
Small fire extinguished at Mondelez factory
O'Bannon to seek re-election as supervisor
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CAT Theatre announces auditions for 'Quartet'
Restaurant watch
Weekend Top 10
Environmental Film Festival films to be screened at Tuckahoe Library
Weekend Top 10
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Obituary – Charles Wilbur "Bill" Emery
Obituary – Susan O'Brien Dempsey
Obituary – Joseph R. Beckman
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'Secret Keeper Girl - Crazy Hair Tour' returning to West End Assembly of God
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No CVWMA collection delays for Lee-Jackson, MLK holidays
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Bored senseless
Announcing Henrico Restaurant Week
An actual holiday spirit
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Monument City Classic volleyball tournament returns to town this weekend
Richmond Strikers form girls lacrosse program
Virginia fisherman wins James River event in Henrico
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Matthew, surnamed Levi, before his conversion was a publican, or tax-gatherer under the Romans at Capernaum. He is generally allowed to have written his Gospel before any other of the evangelists. The contents of this Gospel, and the evidence of ancient writers, show that it was written primarily for the use of the Jewish nation. The fulfilment of prophecy was regarded by the Jews as strong evidence, therefore this is especially dwelt upon by St. Matthew. Here are particularly selected such parts of our Saviour's history and discourses as were best suited to awaken the Jewish nation to a sense of their sins; to remove their erroneous expectations of an earthly kingdom; to abate their pride and self-conceit; to teach them the spiritual nature and extent of the gospel; and to prepare them for the admission of the Gentiles into the church.
The genealogy of Jesus. (1-17) An angel appears to Joseph. (18-25)
Verses 1-17 Concerning this genealogy of our Saviour, observe the chief intention. It is not a needless genealogy. It is not a vain-glorious one, as those of great men often are. It proves that our Lord Jesus is of the nation and family out of which the Messiah was to arise. The promise of the blessing was made to Abraham and his seed; of the dominion, to David and his seed. It was promised to Abraham that Christ should descend from him, Ge. 12:3 Ge. 22:18 ; and to David that he should descend from him, 2Sa. 7:12 ; Ps. 89:3 , &c.; 132:11; and, therefore, unless Jesus is a son of David, and a son of Abraham, he is not the Messiah. Now this is here proved from well-known records. When the Son of God was pleased to take our nature, he came near to us, in our fallen, wretched condition; but he was perfectly free from sin: and while we read the names in his genealogy, we should not forget how low the Lord of glory stooped to save the human race.
Verses 18-25 Let us look to the circumstances under which the Son of God entered into this lower world, till we learn to despise the vain honours of this world, when compared with piety and holiness. The mystery of Christ's becoming man is to be adored, not curiously inquired into. It was so ordered that Christ should partake of our nature, yet that he should be pure from the defilement of original sin, which has been communicated to all the race of Adam. Observe, it is the thoughtful, not the unthinking, whom God will guide. God's time to come with instruction to his people, is when they are at a loss. Divine comforts most delight the soul when under the pressure of perplexed thoughts. Joseph is told that Mary should bring forth the Saviour of the world. He was to call his name Jesus, a Saviour. Jesus is the same name with Joshua. And the reason of that name is clear, for those whom Christ saves, he saves from their sins; from the guilt of sin by the merit of his death, and from the power of sin by the Spirit of his grace. In saving them from sin, he saves them from wrath and the curse, and all misery, here and hereafter. Christ came to save his people, not in their sins, but from their sins; and so to redeem them from among men, to himself, who is separate from sinners. Joseph did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, speedily, without delay, and cheerfully, without dispute. By applying the general rules of the written word, we should in all the steps of our lives, particularly the great turns of them, take direction from God, and we shall find this safe and comfortable.
Matthew 1:1-17 . GENEALOGY OF CHRIST. ( = Luke 3:23-38 ).
1. The book of the generation--an expression purely Jewish; meaning, "table of the genealogy." In Genesis 5:1 the same expression occurs in this sense. We have here, then, the title, not of this whole Gospel of Matthew, but only of the first seventeen verses.
of Jesus Christ--For the meaning of these glorious words, circumcision ( Luke 2:21 ), was that by which He was familiarly known while on earth. The word "Christ"--though applied to Him as a proper name by the angel who announced His birth to the shepherds ( Luke 2:11 ), and once or twice used in this sense by our Lord Himself ( Matthew 23:8 Matthew 23:10 , 9:41 )--only began to be so used by others about the very close of His earthly career ( Matthew 26:68 , 27:17 ). The full form, "Jesus Christ," though once used by Himself in His Intercessory Prayer ( John 17:3 ), was never used by others till after His ascension and the formation of churches in His name. Its use, then, in the opening words of this Gospel (and in Matthew 1:17 Matthew 1:18 ) is in the style of the late period when our Evangelist wrote, rather than of the events he was going to record.
the son of David, the son of Abraham--As Abraham was the first from whose family it was predicted that Messiah should spring ( Genesis 22:18 ), so David was the last. To a Jewish reader, accordingly, these behooved to be the two great starting-points of any true genealogy of the promised Messiah; and thus this opening verse, as it stamps the first Gospel as one peculiarly Jewish, would at once tend to conciliate the writer's people. From the nearest of those two fathers came that familiar name of the promised Messiah, "the son of David" ( Luke 20:41 ), which was applied to Jesus, either in devout acknowledgment of His rightful claim to it ( Matthew 9:27 , 20:31 ), or in the way of insinuating inquiry whether such were the case Matthew 12:23 ).
2. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren--Only the fourth son of Jacob is here named, as it was from his loins that Messiah was to spring ( Genesis 49:10 ).
3-6. And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; 4. And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; 5. And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; 6. And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her of Urias--Four women are here introduced; two of them Gentiles by birth--Rachab and Ruth; and three of them with a blot at their names in the Old Testament--Thamar, Rachab, and Bath-sheba. This feature in the present genealogy--herein differing from that given by Luke--comes well from him who styles himself in his list of the Twelve, what none of the other lists do, "Matthew the publican"; as if thereby to hold forth, at the very outset, the unsearchable riches of that grace which could not only fetch in "them that are afar off," but teach down even to "publicans and harlots," and raise them to "sit with the princes of his people." David is here twice emphatically styled "David the king," as not only the first of that royal line from which Messiah was to descend, but the one king of all that line from which the throne that Messiah was to occupy took its name--"the throne of David." The angel Gabriel, in announcing Him to His virgin-mother, calls it "the throne of David His father," sinking all the intermediate kings of that line, as having no importance save as links to connect the first and the last king of Israel as father and son. It will be observed that Rachab is here represented as the great-grandmother of David (see Ruth 4:20-22 1 Chronicles 2:11-15 )--a thing not beyond possibility indeed, but extremely improbable, there being about four centuries between them. There can hardly be a doubt that one or two intermediate links are omitted.
7-8. And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 8. And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias--or Uzziah. Three kings are here omitted--Ahaziah, Joash, and Amaziah ( 1 Chronicles 3:11 1 Chronicles 3:12 ). Some omissions behooved to be made, to compress the whole into three fourteens ( Matthew 1:17 ). The reason why these, rather than other names, are omitted, must be sought in religious considerations--either in the connection of those kings with the house of Ahab (as LIGHTFOOT, EBRARD, and ALFORD view it); in their slender right to be regarded as true links in the theocratic chain (as LANGE takes it); or in some similar disqualification.
11. And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren--Jeconiah was Josiah's grandson, being the son of Jehoiakim, Josiah's second son ( 1 Chronicles 3:15 ); but Jehoiakim might well be sunk in such a catalogue, being a mere puppet in the hands of the king of Egypt ( 2 Chronicles 36:4 ). The "brethren" of Jechonias here evidently mean his uncles--the chief of whom, Mattaniah or Zedekiah, who came to the throne ( 2 Kings 24:17 ), is, in 2 Chronicles 36:10 , as well as here, called "his brother."
about the time they were carried away to Babylon--literally, "of their migration," for the Jews avoided the word "captivity" as too bitter a recollection, and our Evangelist studiously respects the national feeling.
12. And after they were brought to Babylon--after the migration of Babylon.
Jechonias begat Salathiel--So 1 Chronicles 3:17 . Nor does this contradict Jeremiah 22:30 , "Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man (Coniah, or Jeconiah) childless"; for what follows explains in what sense this was meant--"for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David." He was to have seed, but no reigning child.
and Salathiel--or Shealtiel.
begat Zorobabel--So Ezra 3:2 , Nehemiah 12:1 , Haggai 1:1 . But it would appear from 1 Chronicles 3:19 that Zerubbabel was Salathiel's grandson, being the son of Pedaiah, whose name, for some reason unknown, is omitted.
13-15. And Zorobabel begat Abiud, &c.--None of these names are found in the Old Testament; but they were doubtless taken from the public or family registers, which the Jews carefully kept, and their accuracy was never challenged.
16. And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus--From this it is clear that the genealogy here given is not that of Mary, but of Joseph; nor has this ever been questioned. And yet it is here studiously proclaimed that Joseph was not the natural, but only the legal father of our Lord. His birth of a virgin was known only to a few; but the acknowledged descent of his legal father from David secured that the descent of Jesus Himself from David should never be
who is called Christ--signifying "anointed." It is applied in the Old Testament to the kings ( 1 Samuel 24:6 1 Samuel 24:10 ); to the priests ( Leviticus 4:5 Leviticus 4:16 , &c.); and to the prophets ( 1 Kings 19:16 )--these all being anointed will oil, the symbol of the needful spiritual gifts to consecrate them to their respective offices; and it was applied, in its most sublime and comprehensive sense, to the promised Deliverer, inasmuch as He was to be consecrated to an office embracing all three by the immeasurable anointing of the Holy Ghost ( Isaiah 61:1 ; compare John 3:34 ).
17. So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away--or migration.
into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon--the migration of Babylon.
unto Christ are fourteen generations--that is, the whole may be conveniently divided into three fourteens, each embracing one marked era, and each ending with a notable event, in the Israelitish annals. Such artificial aids to memory were familiar to the Jews, and much larger gaps than those here are found in some of the Old Testament genealogies. In Ezra 7:1-5 no fewer than six generations of the priesthood are omitted, as will appear by comparing it with 1 Chronicles 6:3-15 . It will be observed that the last of the three divisions of fourteen appears to contain only thirteen distinct names, including Jesus as the last. LANGE thinks that this was meant as a tacit hint that Mary was to be supplied, as the thirteenth link of the last chain, as it is impossible to conceive that the Evangelist could have made any mistake in the matter. But there is a simpler way of accounting for it. As the Evangelist himself ( Matthew 1:17 ) reckons David twice--as the last of the first fourteen and the first of the second--so, if we reckon the second fourteen to end with Josiah, who was coeval with the "carrying away into captivity" ( Matthew 1:11 ), and third to begin with Jeconiah, it will be found that the last division, as well as the other two, embraces fourteen names, including that of our Lord.
Matthew 1:18-25 . BIRTH OF CHRIST.
18. Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise--or, "thus."
When as his mother Mary was espoused--rather, "betrothed."
to Joseph, before they came together, she was found--discovered to be.
with child of the Holy Ghost--It was, of course, the fact only that was discovered; the explanation of the fact here given is the Evangelist's own. That the Holy Ghost is a living conscious Person is plainly implied here, and is elsewhere clearly taught ( Acts 5:3 Acts 5:4 , &c.): and that, in the unity of the Godhead, He is distinct both from the Father and the Son, is taught with equal distinctness ( Matthew 28:19 , 2 Corinthians 13:14 ). On the miraculous conception of our Lord,
19. Then Joseph her husband--Compare Matthew 1:20 , "Mary, thy wife." Betrothal was, in Jewish law, valid marriage. In giving Mary up, therefore, Joseph had to take legal steps to effect the separation.
being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example--to expose her (see Deuteronomy 22:23 Deuteronomy 22:24 )
was minded to put her away privily--that is, privately by giving her the required writing of divorcement ( Deuteronomy 24:1 ), in presence of only two or three witnesses, and without cause assigned, instead of having her before a magistrate. That some communication had passed between him and his betrothed, directly or indirectly, on the subject, after she returned from her three months' visit to Elizabeth, can hardly be doubted. Nor does the purpose to divorce her necessarily imply disbelief, on Joseph's part, of the explanation given him. Even supposing him to have yielded to it some reverential assent--and the Evangelist seems to convey as much, by ascribing the proposal to screen her to the justice of his character--he might think it altogether unsuitable and incongruous in such circumstances to follow out the marriage.
20. But while he thought on these things--Who would not feel for him after receiving such intelligence, and before receiving any light from above? As he brooded over the matter alone, in the stillness of the night, his domestic prospects darkened and his happiness blasted for life, his mind slowly making itself up to the painful step, yet planning how to do it in the way least offensive--at the last extremity the Lord Himself interposes.
behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph thou son of David--This style of address was doubtless advisedly chosen to remind him of what all the families of David's line so early coveted, and thus it would prepare him for the marvellous announcement which was to follow.
fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost--Though a dark cloud now overhangs this relationship, it is unsullied still.
21. And she shall bring forth a son--Observe, it is not said, "she shall bear thee a son," as was said to Zacharias of his wife Elizabeth ( Luke 1:13 ).
and thou--as his legal father.
shalt call his name JESUS--from the Hebrew meaning "Jehovah the Saviour"; in Greek JESUS--to the awakened and anxious sinner sweetest and most fragrant of all names, expressing so melodiously and briefly His whole saving office and work!
for he shall save--The "He" is here emphatic--He it is that shall save; He personally, and by personal acts (as WEBSTER and WILKINSON express it).
his people--the lost sheep of the house of Israel, in the first instance; for they were the only people He then had. But, on the breaking down of the middle wall of partition, the saved people embraced the "redeemed unto God by His blood out of every kindred and people and tongue and nation."
from their sins--in the most comprehensive sense of salvation from sin ( Revelation 1:5 , Ephesians 5:25-27 ).
22. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet--( Isaiah 7:14 ).
saying--as follows.
23. Behold, a virgin--It should be "the virgin" meaning that particular virgin destined to this unparalleled distinction.
shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which, being interpreted, is, God with us--Not that He was to have this for a proper name (like "Jesus"), but that He should come to be known in this character, as God manifested in the flesh, and the living bond of holy and most intimate fellowship between God and men from henceforth and for ever.
24. Then Joseph, being raised from sleep--and all his difficulties now removed.
did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife--With what deep and reverential joy would this now be done on his part; and what balm would this minister to his betrothed one, who had till now lain under suspicions of all others the most trying to a chaste and holy woman--suspicions, too, arising from what, though to her an honor unparalleled, was to all around her wholly unknown!
25. And knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born son: and he called his name JESUS--The word "till" does not necessarily imply that they lived on a different footing afterwards (as will be evident from the use of the same word in 1 Samuel 15:35 , 2 Samuel 6:23 , Matthew 12:20 ); nor does the word "first-born" decide the much-disputed question, whether Mary had any children to Joseph after the birth of Christ; for, as LIGHTFOOT says, "The law, in speaking of the first-born, regarded not whether any were born after or no, but only that none were born


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Laws don't vary by attorneys, rather state by state if you're worried about good Samaritan laws. And as long as you are operating within your realm of your training you're fine (which according to everything I have read thus far in this thread the things being suggested don't exceed basic EMT which don't require operating under anyone else's license). Thanks for calling me out on my taking my family on a vacation staying in a hotel rather than a wall tent (which is normally where we spend vacations). If makes you feel better you could belittle me for going only to the Hilton when traveling to Colombia because it's the only 5 star Hilton...but apart from being envious I don't know what that has to do with anything. |
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BAP | training is the best tool in your med kit----that being said every kit needs tampons.. | ||
myquite | BLS before ALS no matter what! and....BLS is something that anyone with a few hours of training can receive. So we wouldn't have to worry about going above our level of practice or practicing medicine without a sponsoring physician. Just my .02 | ||
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Nice discussion. IMHO a first responder is more likely to save someone having an MI in the field with quality BLS, rather than using advanced techniques on a major thoracic or abdominal trauma. A good kit with bandages and the like for minor trauma is nice to have. The BP cuff can actually be used as a nice tourniquet to prevent exsanguination from an extremity vascular injury (when used appropriately of course). Other than those basics, the best way to save someone is timely transfer to a trauma center for definitive care. Going nuts in the field with a scalpel is likely to create more damage to a person who will live anyway despite your efforts, or needlessly mutilate someone who unfortunately will die despite the best efforts after transfer to a hospital. And I did stay at a holiday inn express last night.... |
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Most do not know they have to have this. This is why I am trying to warn them not to get too far in over their head or it could be very bad. A fresh EMT right out of school with no sponsoring agency could be a very bad thing! Quote:
You be safe too. No worries, my skin is as thick as a crocodiles! All in all, I like the fact that people want to help others on the trail. That is great, I think we all want to help. I'm just trying to state that 1) be smart about it, and 2) the best thing after providing for airway and bleeding control is to get professional help. I am not saying you are not "professional" help due to your line of work. What I am saying is, activate the EMS service that covers the area you are in. If you pulled up on a MVA in your city while off duty, would you tube the guy and transport him to the hospital just because you had the training and some handy supplies? Or would you provide the care you could while also calling 911 to get assistance? |
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The only pot i'm stirring is the crock pot with the beef stew for tonights dinner. My issue is with you insinuating that any of the posters (holiday inn Express doctors or years of experience) stated that they were better than the common jeeper for having training or ever suggested that any provider (experienced or not) perform any skills outside of their level of training or certification. As an experienced provider I certainly dont need a lecture on the legalities of my scope of practice and what it covers (it not the point of the thread). I, as well as other posters carry well equipped first aid bags, as well as an AED. I do so with the blessing of my medical command physician. As I would hope any provider does. Your comment with the statistic that only .02% of people survive a cardiac arrest may be accurate but it lends itself to telling people not to get involved because it wont make a difference so why bother trying (or getting involved). I dont see the point of lecturing those who are involved in emergency services, when you have the opportunity to educate those who have a need/ or desire to learn from you and your experience. Be safe, sorry about the couch comment- I just couldn't pass up taking a shot at a truck/ engine guy. |
hosejockey61 |
Like I also said earlier, you can be very highly trained at the paramedic level. But if you don't have a sponsoring agency/doctor, then you just can't practice your medicine. As the good samaritan law varies from attorney to attorney, you would only be covered for the basic things that any other citizen might do. The good samartian will NOT cover you if you choose to intubate somebody just because you know how. And get off the couch in the TV room? What's that all about? We don't have couches at the fire house...just lazy boy recliners. Keepin' it really real...er Edit: I see you are a whiny fire fighter/paramedic trying to stir the pot. Nice work. High five. |
Medic005 |
I would suggest taking a First Aid and CPR course, your local community college , Red Cross or EMS station may have the classes in your area. |
ontheedge | Well Hosejock, since you're the resident expert with all the answers, why dont you create a sticky post on the proper administration of first aid and the use of the equipment. I know I could learn a lot from someone like you, that is if you can find the time to get off the couch in the TV room. Just keeping it real. | ||
joeuncool |
However, with the Wilderness First Aid training that this kit recommends, I think this kit is an excellent idea for clubs. A club can put the money together to get a few volunteers trained, buy a few kits, and make sure they have one at least one of the trained people with them when they go out on club sponsored events. We all know that there are a lot of dangers in this "hobby". As for the average Jeeper? I think it is up to you, but I definitely wouldn't purchase the kit without the training and knowledge how to use everything in it. Of course, in the article, training is the first thing they recommend. |
BlueRidgeYJ |
Exactly. Exactly. Practicing medicine illegaly is a bad thing. For certain, but equal to your training. You are (realistic, that is). Only thing I would add is lightning cpr (or similar) may be benificial moreso than cardiac arrest from a weak heart but even then it is knowledge, not equipment. Agree completely on all counts, though. |
hosejockey61 |
To all of you Holiday Inn Express "doctors" with "years of experience", you know d*mn well that doing CPR in the back country is not going to be successful. Less than .02% of CPR results in a "save" where the person goes on to lead a normal life (usually with deficits)...and that's when pre-hospital care can be there quickly. Imagine having professional help more than an hour out....and you are pumping and blowing. You aren't going to have a good outcome. Let's say you are a doctor. Let's say you happen to be in the right place at the right time, and you have a medical bag with your stethoscope, BP cuff, airway kits, etc. Let's say you determine that a person has an internal bleed. What will change in the care that you give if you don't have that equipment? My point is, that it doesn't matter whether you use a BP or palp his abdomen...the care will be the same. The only thing you can do for this person is get him to a surgeon. Don't forget that just because you have a higher training level than the average jeeper doesn't mean you can go off doing advanced procedures. As a paramedic, you still have to work under a sponsoring physicians license aka your medical director or physician advisor. Don't think that the good smaritan law will save your @ss because it won't if you try to do anything other than basic life saving skills. Yes, a basic first aid kit is a great idea. Not trying to be an a$$, just trying to be realistic. |
free78 | I was a combat medic in the army. Got out in November of 2005. I recently went back and got my emt basic again after letting everything expire once I got out of the army. In the Army I was able to perform things that paramedics, nurses or doctors would do in the civilian world. Let me tell you guys, getting my basic this time was hard. I had to learn what I couldn't do now that I'm just a civilian. I carry a good bit of stuff in my aid bag. If it is in my bag I have been trained, used it before in combat and am comfortable using it. If you are going to get a bag to carry in your rig, please get some training. You can do more damage than help without the training. Know your skill level and know your equipment. If you ride with a group make sure every one knows where the aid bag is, have a couple people appointed to help if needed before the ride starts, have a couple people appointed for crowd control. | ||
BlueRidgeYJ |
Not to pick nits, but if in the front country, they should make the golden hour or at least have an equipped ems squad within that time. All you need to do is keep air and blood moving until they arrive. In the backcountry, do you really expect a doctor to come along with no medical bag? Without proper training, a big bag of tricks doesn't help. I would not count on running into a w-emt on the trail. Checking vitals requires no equipment. HR, RR, LOC, Time, Skin temp/color/moisture in the neck or axillara is all you need to determine evac status. Checking palpatory(? - ankle) pulse shows adequate bp to circulate. Pupils show head trauma. SOAPnote/patient assesment is the most important thing you can do - learn it! (obviously not you emts ) A little training goes a LONG way. And so we are clear, Im not talking about trauma pads or cpr masks - thats very useful. Im talking about bremans, scalpels, bp cuffs, stethoscopes, and other ambulance equipment, itd be great to take one of those collars for immobilized cpr with ya hiking, but it isnt feasable. |
CombatDiver |
And yes we (both highly trained medical professionals) stayed at the Holiday Inn Express (after camping in a tent about 100 miles south the weekend prior). If you can determine things like internal bleeding then you know whether or not something like life flight is what you should be shooting for or not. I would always recommend having more than you need so those of us who happen upon you on our short hikes while spending the night at the best hotels we can find in the area have more than enough. My medical bag for deer camp was far more robust than it was for Moab last weekend. |
BlueRidgeYJ |
I just noticed the first recomendation on that page is a WFA course. So true. The breman airways aren't a good idea without training, and like I said a bp cuff and stethoscope don't do much good. Pulse and skin condition will tell you the same, and requires no equipment - if you know how to check. Knowledge is key. Unless you can clear a spinal injury, the cervical collar isn't a bad idea, but if you are prone to be in those situations (kayaking, climbing, etc), you should know how to. Or at least know how to turn a blanket / towel / jacket / sweatshirt / hat into a collar. Carry a sharp straight blade and alchohol or a lighter, no need for a scalpel or surgical knife (though you won't need one anyway). Education requires less equipment then ignorance is my point. Nobody wants to lug needless equipment around, unless they are nuts. |
lindel |
It would be very hard for me to justify some of the things in that kit, just on the off chance that a qualified medical person happens by, especially if I'm out on a trail! Far better to address bleeding you can see, immobilize the victim and treat for shock. Call for help, or make arrangements for transport out as quickly as possible. If you've got qualified medical help handy, all the better. |
sparky | Why would someone carry gear that they do not know how to use. It's a waste of money and space. I agree it's important to be prepaired but there is a limit on how much can be carried. | ||
ontheedge |
Not to what if this, but "what if" the next jeep to come apon an accident had a trained EMT, paramedic, or nurse (bottom line- someone who nows how to use the equipment) would it not be better to have the extra equipment and not need it then to need it and not have it? As a paramedic with 25 years of service in both inner city and rural we have had incidents were the info feed back to us from the scene to dispatch, to us responding is crucial and important. Having vital signs (bloop pressure, pulse, respirations, and level of consciousness) will determine whether a medivac is coming in or ground and pound units are going to carry out a patient. It doesn't matter if you know how to use the equipment in most cases, 911 centers across the country can assist you by talking you through most any emergency. |
BlueRidgeYJ |
http://www.soloschools.com/ http://www.nols.edu/ Get trained first. Without training you DO NOT know how to respond. The patient assesment system and SOAP note are the most important things you can do in a wilderness trauma. It is not like a front country trauma. You do not need the typical boo boo kit, you need something more. A bp cuff or stetho is petty useless backcountry unless you are ALS certified. Even so, it doesn't do much good. The NREMT-B Wilderness EMT with ALS cert & WFR instructor I know who does hiking and caving guided trips doesnt carry one of either, and he knows how to use them. How to determine they are bleeding out? Decrease in BP, and a hole in them. Plug the hole, evac asap. Rigid abdomen, evac asap. But what to do with fractures? Frostbite or hypothermia? Hyperthermia? Can you identify a brake vs a sprain? Can you clear a spinal injury? Treat a snake bite? Recognize a concusion? What about lightning strikes? Someone passed out in their tent? Know the 7 causes of spinal injury? What about the rest of he group? What should they do? Allergic reactions, epipens, diphenhydramine, and the "death gap"? Answer those and more, then buy a kit that matches your answers. Don't act beyond your training; it can easily make a bad day much worse. And the training is what keeps YOUR brain busy during a traumatic situation, which has physcological effects on all parties. Can you help a stranger or friend screaming while his hand is on the ground, or will you scream too? What about a hiking pole stuck through your loved one? Pretty scary thought. Even getting help requires knowledge. Where they are, what the injury is, what the vitals or stats were until rescuer left, etc. Do you hike with radios? Give one to the TWO people you send out for help, then you can update patient status longer. They can also hand the radio off to EMS or SAR at the trail head, giving them the earliest contact possible. This lets a plan happen before they get onsite. WFA, CPR, AED certified HAM operator Jeep Owner Grew up playing in the deep woods of GA Sometimes I feel unprepared. This is the base of the kit I carry. I have personalized it with other equipment. I think the airway kit is all I took out, though I have no intention of using the torniquet other than as a retention strap or splint strap. http://www.amazon.com/DixiGear-Respo...rds=trauma+kit |
hosejockey61 |
Did everyone happen to stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night? "determining internal blood loss"? Seriously? Let's talk real life here. EVEN if you were to determine that there was internal bleeding....what are you going to do for that? That person needs a SURGEON, not anything else you can provide in the field. Hemo/pneumo? What, are you going to decompress his/her chest with your McDonald's straw? This person ALSO needs a SURGEON. (You could certainly add a 10g decompression needle to your kit but one piece of equipment always leads to another...) Don't get me wrong, first aid in the field is absolutely beneficial. It is important to control bleeding, maintain breathing, etc....BUT to start adding items to a kit for advanced procedures is kind of pointless. Combat? sure. On the trail? C'mon. Even with proper medical training, there is only so much you can do for a person with major injuries. Stick to basic trauma life support. The BEST thing you can do for a seriously injured fellow jeeper is to get help, whether that be a satellite phone, CB, cell phone or whatever. If you cannot get a signal or reach anyone on a radio, then you will probably either have to send someone out or transport the person to a location where a signal can be obtained and call in the professionals (ground or air ambulance). Obviously, you would need to know your approximate location or at least give them the name of the trail you are on. OFF SOAP BOX |
CombatDiver | Get the kit and get the training for all its components (that's how it's done in the medical field) or get training and you'll buy more than you know to use. Having responded to accidents while not in a professionally and better equipped status I can say having some things to use on some already on hand helps. Remember that in the back country people make decisions to go without certain things and I bring what I expect I might need and not much extra. However, in low key outings I find people who are in more dire situations than I expected to be (ie do to extended exposure dehydration and needing an IV/fluids). Granted most cases it's my kit that determines how much I can do but sometimes others have kits with the extra stuff I chose not to bring and that is helpful. So moral of the story is have a kit and as much of a kit you may need. | ||
silver rubi |
keschete | Hehe, I am a NP, but also certified in Emergency Nursing, Trauma, Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor and Advanced Cardiac Life Support. I am also a snake and spider person and can identify poisonous critters. | ||
silver rubi |
would you happen to be EMS lol? I agree!! The best thing you can do is take someone with you who is trained to handle emergencies. Quote:
keschete |
Nice kits, but I agree, there is a lot in there that isn't usable for the regular Joe. If I was taking a kit into the wilderness the main thing I would take is something with a IV set up with some LR and NS. If they are bleeding out or dehydrated, you can feel for a pulse and see if its thready and start the IV. Also some bandages, saline and betadine. The best thing you can have is training.....wilderness survival, first aid, CPR, the sad thing is that you really can not do anything much out in the wild except stabilize and stop bleeding. I do agree it is a very good idea to have first aid equipment, but bring someone who is trained to handle emergencies. |
silver rubi | It looks like a great trauma kit for an EMT-Basic. I think I'd carry a few additional items in mine though. (I'm a Paramedic student) | ||
DFW6ER | It'd be a good kit for an ECA or EMT basic...even an ex-military medic/corpsman. Good Samaritan laws cover you to the extent of your training. If your training was 25 years ago and you haven't laid hands on a patient since, realize your limits and don't use the more advanced stuff. It'd be easy to piece together a kit that'd meet the needs of your group, though...possibly cheaper as well. | ||
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The doctrine of justification by faith is shown by the case of Abraham. (1-12) He received the promise through the righteousness of faith. (13-22) And we are justified in the same way of believing. (23-25)
Verses 1-12 To meet the views of the Jews, the apostle first refers to the example of Abraham, in whom the Jews gloried as their most renowned forefather. However exalted in various respects, he had nothing to boast in the presence of God, being saved by grace, through faith, even as others. Without noticing the years which passed before his call, and the failures at times in his obedience, and even in his faith, it was expressly stated in Scripture that "he believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness," ( Genesis 15:6 ) . From this example it is observed, that if any man could work the full measure required by the law, the reward must be reckoned as a debt, which evidently was not the case even of Abraham, seeing faith was reckoned to him for righteousness. When believers are justified by faith, "their faith being counted for righteousness," their faith does not justify them as a part, small or great, of their righteousness; but as the appointed means of uniting them to Him who has chosen as the name whereby he shall be called, "the Lord our Righteousness." Pardoned people are the only blessed people. It clearly appears from the Scripture, that Abraham was justified several years before his circumcision. It is, therefore, plain that this rite was not necessary in order to justification. It was a sign of the original corruption of human nature. And it was such a sign as was also an outward seal, appointed not only to confirm God's promises to him and to his seed, and their obligation to be the Lord's, but likewise to assure him of his being already a real partaker of the righteousness of faith. Thus Abraham was the spiritual forefather of all believers, who walked after the example of his obedient faith. The seal of the Holy Spirit in our sanctification, making us new creatures, is the inward evidence of the righteousness of faith.
Verses 13-22 The promise was made to Abraham long before the law. It points at Christ, and it refers to the promise, ( Genesis 12:3 ) . In Thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. The law worketh wrath, by showing that every transgressor is exposed to the Divine displeasure. As God intended to give men a title to the promised blessings, so he appointed it to be by faith, that it might be wholly of grace, to make it sure to all who were of the like precious faith with Abraham, whether Jews or Gentiles, in all ages. The justification and salvation of sinners, the taking to himself the Gentiles who had not been a people, were a gracious calling of things which are not, as though they were; and this giving a being to things that were not, proves the almighty power of God. The nature and power of Abraham's faith are shown. He believed God's testimony, and looked for the performance of his promise, firmly hoping when the case seemed hopeless. It is weakness of faith, that makes a man lie poring on the difficulties in the way of a promise. Abraham took it not for a point that would admit of argument or debate. Unbelief is at the bottom of all our staggerings at God's promises. The strength of faith appeared in its victory over fears. God honours faith; and great faith honours God. It was imputed to him for righteousness. Faith is a grace that of all others gives glory to God. Faith clearly is the instrument by which we receive the righteousness of God, the redemption which is by Christ; and that which is the instrument whereby we take or receive it, cannot be the thing itself, nor can it be the gift thereby taken and received. Abraham's faith did not justify him by its own merit or value, but as giving him a part in Christ.
Verses 23-25 The history of Abraham, and of his justification, was recorded to teach men of after-ages; those especially to whom the gospel was then made known. It is plain, that we are not justified by the merit of our own works, but by faith in Jesus Christ and his righteousness; which is the truth urged in this and the foregoing chapter, as the great spring and foundation of all comfort. Christ did meritoriously work our justification and salvation by his death and passion, but the power and perfection thereof, with respect to us, depend on his resurrection. By his death he paid our debt, in his resurrection he received our acquittance, ( Isaiah 53:8 ) . When he was discharged, we, in Him and together with Him, received the discharge from the guilt and punishment of all our sins. This last verse is an abridgement or summary of the whole gospel.
Romans 4:1-25 . THE FOREGOING DOCTRINE OF JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ILLUSTRATED FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT.
First: Abraham was justified by faith.
1-3. What shall we say then that Abraham, our father as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?--that is, (as the order in the original shows), "hath found, as pertaining to ('according to,' or 'through') the flesh"; meaning, "by all his natural efforts or legal obedience."
2. For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God--"If works were the ground of Abraham's justification, he would have matter for boasting; but as it is perfectly certain that he hath none in the sight of God, it follows that Abraham could not have been justified by works." And to this agree the words of Scripture.
3. For what saith the, Scripture? Abraham believed God, and it--his faith.
was counted to him for righteousness--( Genesis 15:6 ). Romish expositors and Arminian Protestants make this to mean that God accepted Abraham's act of believing as a substitute for complete obedience. But this is at variance with the whole spirit and letter of the apostle's teaching. Throughout this whole argument, faith is set in direct opposition to works, in the matter of justification--and even in Romans 4:4 Romans 4:5 . The meaning, therefore, cannot possibly be that the mere act of believing--which is as much a work as any other piece of commanded duty ( John 6:29 , 1 John 3:23 )--was counted to Abraham for all obedience. The meaning plainly is that Abraham believed in the promises which embraced Christ ( Genesis 12:3 , 15:5 , &c.), as we believe in Christ Himself; and in both cases, faith is merely the instrument that puts us in possession of the blessing gratuitously bestowed.
4, 5. Now to him that worketh--as a servant for wages.
is the reward not reckoned of grace--as a matter of favor.
but of debt--as a matter of right.
5. But to him that worketh not--who, despairing of acceptance with God by "working" for it the work of obedience, does not attempt it.
but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly--casts himself upon the mercy of Him that justifieth those who deserve only condemnation.
his faith,
Second: David sings of the same justification.
6-8. David also describeth--"speaketh," "pronounceth."
the blessedness of the man unto whom the Lord imputeth righteousness without works--whom, though void of all good works, He, nevertheless, regards and treats as righteous.
7, 8. Saying, Blessed, &c.--( Psalms 32:1 Psalms 32:2 ). David here sings in express terms only of "transgression forgiven, sin covered, iniquity not imputed"; but as the negative blessing necessarily includes the positive, the passage is strictly in point.
9-12. Cometh this blessedness then, &c.--that is, "Say not, All this is spoken of the circumcised, and is therefore no evidence of God's general way of justifying men; for Abraham's justification took place long before he was circumcised, and so could have no dependence upon that rite: nay, 'the sign of circumcision' was given to Abraham as 'a seal' (or token) of the (justifying) righteousness which he had before he was circumcised; in order that he might stand forth to every age as the parent believer--the model man of justification by faith--after whose type, as the first public example of it, all were to be moulded, whether Jew or Gentile, who should thereafter believe to life everlasting."
13-15. For the promise, &c.--This is merely an enlargement of the foregoing reasoning, applying to the law what had just been said of circumcision.
that he should be the heir of the world--or, that "all the families of the earth should be blessed in him."
was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law--in virtue of obedience to the law.
but through the righteousness of faith--in virtue of his simple faith in the divine promises.
14. For if they which are of the law be heirs--If the blessing is to be earned by obedience to the law.
faith is made void--the whole divine method is subverted.
15. Because the law worketh wrath--has nothing to give to those who break is but condemnation and vengeance.
for where there is no law, there is no transgression--It is just the law that makes transgression, in the case of those who break it; nor can the one exist without the other.
16, 17. Therefore, &c.--A general summary: "Thus justification is by faith, in order that its purely gracious character may be seen, and that all who follow in the steps of Abraham's faith--whether of his natural seed or no--may be assured of the like justification with the parent believer."
17. As it is written, &c.--( Genesis 17:5 ). This is quoted to justify his calling Abraham the "father of us all," and is to be viewed as a parenthesis.
before--that is, "in the reckoning of."
him whom he believed--that is, "Thus Abraham, in the reckoning of Him whom he believed, is the father of us all, in order that all may be assured, that doing as he did, they shall be treated as he was."
even God, quickeneth the dead--The nature and greatness of that faith of Abraham which we are to copy is here strikingly described. What he was required to believe being above nature, his faith had to fasten upon God's power to surmount physical incapacity, and call into being what did not then exist. But God having made the promise, Abraham believed Him in spite of those obstacles. This is still further illustrated in what follows.
18-22. Who against hope--when no ground for hope appeared.
believed in hope--that is, cherished the believing expectation.
that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be--that is, Such "as the stars of heaven," Genesis 15:5 .
19. he considered not, &c.--paid no attention to those physical obstacles, both in himself and in Sarah, which might seem to render the fulfilment hopeless.
20. He staggered--hesitated
not . . . but was strong in faith, giving glory to God--as able to make good His own word in spite of all obstacles.
21. And being fully persuaded, &c.--that is, the glory which Abraham's faith gave to God consisted in this, that, firm in the persuasion of God's ability to fulfil his promise, no difficulties shook him.
22. And therefore it was imputed, &c.--"Let all then take notice that this was not because of anything meritorious in Abraham, but merely because he so believed."
23-25. Now, &c.--Here is the application of this whole argument about Abraham: These things were not recorded as mere historical facts, but as illustrations for all time of God's method of justification by faith.
24. to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe in him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead--in Him that hath done this, even as Abraham believed that God would raise up a seed in whom all nations should be blessed.
25. Who was delivered for--"on account of."
our offences--that is, in order to expiate them by His blood.
and raised again for--"on account of," that is, in order to.
our justification--As His resurrection was the divine assurance that He had "put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself," and the crowning of His whole work, our justification is fitly connected with that glorious act.
Note, (1) The doctrine of justification by works, as it generates self-exaltation, is contrary to the first principles of all true religion ( Romans 4:2 ; and (2) The way of a sinner's justification has been the same in all time, and the testimony of the Old Testament on this subject is one with that of the New ( Romans 4:3 , &c., and (3) Faith and works, in the matter of justification, are opposite and irreconcilable, even as grace and debt ( Romans 4:4 Romans 4:5 ; and be, in any sense or to any degree, the ground of justification. For the same reason, the first requisite, in order to justification, must be (under the conviction that we are "ungodly") to despair of it by works; and the next, to "believe in Him that justifieth the ungodly"--that hath a justifying righteousness to bestow, and is ready to bestow it upon those who deserve none, and to embrace it accordingly. (4) The sacraments of the Church were never intended, and are not adapted, to confer grace, or the blessings of salvation, upon men. Their proper use is to set a divine seal upon a state already existing, and so, they presuppose, and do not create it ( Romans 4:8-12 ). As circumcision merely "sealed" Abraham's already existing acceptance with God, so with the sacraments of the New Testament. (5) As Abraham is "the heir of the world," all nations being blessed in him, through his Seed Christ Jesus, and justified solely according to the pattern of his faith, so the transmission of the true religion and all the salvation which the world will ever experience shall yet be traced back with wonder, gratitude, and joy, to that morning dawn when "the God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran," Acts 7:2 ( Romans 4:13 ). (6) Nothing gives more glory to God than simple faith in His word, especially when all things seem to render the fulfilment of it hopeless ( Romans 4:18-21 ). (7) All the Scripture examples of faith were recorded on purpose to beget and encourage the like faith in every succeeding age ( Romans 4:23 Romans 4:24 ; and compare Romans 15:4 ). (8) Justification, in this argument, cannot be taken--as Romanists and other errorists insist--to mean a change upon men's character; for besides that this is to confound it with Sanctification, which has its appropriate place in this Epistle, the whole argument of the present chapter--and nearly all its more important clauses, expressions, and words--would in that case be unsuitable, and fitted only to mislead. Beyond all doubt it means exclusively a change upon men's state or relation to God; or, in scientific language, it is an objective, not a subjective change--a change from guilt and condemnation to acquittal and acceptance. And the best evidence that this is the key to the whole argument is, that it opens all the wards of the many-chambered lock with which the apostle has enriched us in this Epistle.


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- This means you can turn up to the business up to three months after the coupon has expired and put the money you spent to buy that coupon towards the service or experience printed on your coupon.
For example, if you spend $50 on a $100 dining voucher but don't use it before the expiry date, you will still be entitled to $50 worth of food and beverage services at that business for an additional three months.
The same goes for coupons without monetary values assigned to them. For example, if you buy a bungy jump deal but don't use it before the expiry date, you can still put the money you spent on the coupon towards a bungy jump, for another three months. Remember, the FaceValue of your coupon can only be put toward the service or experience printed on your coupon.
A few things to note:
- FaceValue applies to all deals that display the FaceValue icon. If the icon is not on a deal, FaceValue does not apply.
- It's always best to use your coupon before the expiry date, so you get the most value for your money. And if you're a bit forgetful, we now automatically remind you if your coupons are about to expire.
- During the FaceValue period, your coupon can only be put towards the service stated on the coupon.
- If the offer is seasonal, like a seasonal menu or chimney sweep service, the FaceValue of your coupon can be put towards a similar offer at the merchant's discretion.
- FaceValue does not apply to product deals, travel and accommodation-related deals, or time-dependent event deals.
- The conditions on your coupon still apply during the FaceValue grace period.