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Fingers Still Crossed - Because We Still Want a Non-Invasive Meter
"It feels like you accidentally pricked yourself with a pin, only it's not accidental and you have to do it over and over again in the same areas."
That's how Maria Beyer describes blood glucose testing. As if insulin injections weren't enough of a pain, Beyer says the finger-stick glucose monitor that she's used since the mid-1990s causes sore, cracked and callused fingertips.
It seems the recent news of a breath test for checking blood glucose would offer her some comfort. According to a study out of the University of California, Irvine, breath analysis testing may prove to be the first effective, noninvasive way for diabetics to track blood sugar levels.
But when the study made headlines in late September, Beyer was neither comforted nor convinced. To someone who has lived with type 1 diabetes for decades, this kind of news is just the same old story.
"Every few years they say they've found the answer, but I'm still waiting," says Beyer, who was diagnosed in 1972, just a few weeks after her 18th birthday.
Despite all of the advancements toward a less painful technology, a completely noninvasive blood glucose meter - one that offers an accurate reading without piercing the flesh - has yet to hit the market.
Granted, some devices do allow patients to lance alternative sites like toes, forearms, thighs or ear lobes. But the pain still exists, and even more so in a highly sensitive spot like the toe. Moreover, alternative site testing isn't always reliable, as readings from these areas may not reflect rapid changes in blood glucose levels.
Hence, the finger-stick method continues to prevail.
A Catch 22
For the more than 200 million diabetics around the world, keeping blood sugar levels under control is vital to preventing kidney failure, heart disease, loss of vision and other complications. Current studies show that keeping these levels as close to normal as possible can reduce complications by up to 60 percent.
Most self-monitoring plans recommend testing before meals, two hours after meals, at bedtime, and anytime symptoms of high or low blood sugar occur. Yet, due to the trauma this daily regimen can bring, many people with diabetes resist testing their blood as often as doctors suggest.
"If poking your finger sounds like no big deal, try doing it four times a day for 10 or 20 years," says Beyer.
Signs of the daily struggle of people with diabetes are scattered throughout Beyer's home in rural Wisconsin: On the nightstand, antibiotic ointment for sore fingers and chocolate mints for midnight hypoglycemic attacks. On the bookshelf, an assortment of religious, inspirational and self-help books. In the pantry, stacks of note cards with low-fat and low-carb recipes. On the counter, post-it notes with reminders like "Must test blood at bedtime."
One morning in December, Beyer's blood glucose tests at 343 mg/dL - more than 200 points above the normal range. Even though she hasn't eaten anything since 7 p.m. the night before, she blames herself for this unusually high reading.
"I didn't feel like testing my blood last night, and this is what happens," she says. "It's hard to follow the rules all the time, especially when you're tired and just want to go to sleep."
The pain factor is just one of many reasons to avoid frequent testing. Beyer says the social stigma of needles and bloody test strips can be even harder to handle. For the past 20 years, she has worked part-time as a waitress at a chain pizzeria. At least once during her shift, she must test her blood in a public bathroom stall.
"It's the only place that gives me any privacy. I would test in the break room, but it makes my coworkers cringe."
Add up these issues, and it's easy to see why people with diabetes would prefer a method that doesn't involve blood.
Hope Against Hype
A former chief executive officer and chief scientific officer with Fovioptics and LifeScan research companies, respectively, Dr. John L. Smith evaluated more than 100 noninvasive meters before writing about the many complexities surrounding them.
In his book, 'The Pursuit of Noninvasive Glucose: Hunting the Deceitful Turkey' published online in 2006, Smith admits that developing a noninvasive meter is among the greatest technical challenges he has ever faced.
"It is not, perhaps, as difficult or fraught with problems as time travel or the absolute, final cure for cancer, but it is the more tantalizing because it has seemed for decades that the solution was always 'just around the corner.'"
Indeed, one needs only to search "noninvasive blood glucose" via Google to find more than a million results on the grab bag of miracle monitors that have come and gone in recent years.
Be it a futuristic laser beam or a color-shifting contact lens, both the scholarly journals and popular media outlets cover each new technology with the same tone: Diabetics, rejoice! Your finger-sticking days may finally be over.
The reality, however, is usually quite different from the advanced press. Take the GlucoWatch G2 Biographer, for example. In the early 21st century, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved this noninvasive device to continuously detect glucose trends in children, adolescents and adults with diabetes.
Manufactured by Cygnus Inc., the GlucoWatch measured blood sugar levels transdermally, using an electric current to extract glucose molecules from the skin. Worn like a wristwatch, the device could provide six measurements per hour for 13 hours.
But the GlucoWatch wasn't perfect. It was never intended as a stand-alone unit. Rather, it was to be used along with the conventional finger-stick method.
Evidently, many journalists overlooked this imperfection. In 2001, leads such as the following appeared in newspapers across America:
"People with diabetes are about to get a science fiction-like way to measure their blood sugar painlessly."
This overstatement made it all the way to Hollywood. 'Panic Room', David Fincher's 2002 thriller, centers on a woman and her diabetic daughter who lock themselves in a secret room while burglars invade their New York mansion. As the two ladies hide, the GlucoWatch alerts the daughter to a dangerous drop in her blood sugar.
In response to the film, several people posted questions online, eager to know more about the mysterious movie prop: "Is the wristwatch real? Does is work? If so, what's the make and model? How much does it cost?"
To their disappointment, the GlucoWatch has since been proven to cause skin reddening, burning and blisters, and has been deemed unreliable to boot.
"The product is no longer manufactured, the company went bankrupt, and its assets were eventually sold to…an insulin pump company that had abandoned its own glucose monitoring system a few years before," Smith explains in his book.
Considering the constant flood of announcements claiming the noninvasive problem has been solved, it's no wonder Beyer is cynical about the breath analysis test.
She's not the only one. In a recent report to one of the world's leading consultants for diabetes-related product investment, Smith points out that the breath test has actually been "discovered" several times in the past few years.
"So far, it has never panned out, but it makes a great story and grabs headlines," he says.
In the University of California study, the research team analyzed exhaled gas profiles of plasma glucose levels in 10 children with type 1 diabetes. While the findings suggest that breath analysis has potential, Smith believes this measurement is not likely to be placed into a home monitoring device in the near future.
"Because the gas is an indirect product of hyperglycemia, it is likely to have a significant delay, possibly even longer than the 30 minutes they reported," Smith writes in the report mentioned above. "The [results] need to be both fast and accurate, so this is not something I would invest in."
Smith says the premature announcements are often made to generate publicity and financial support for fledgling companies. Sadly, they also raise false hope in people who really need the technology.
This isn't to say that scientists aren't trying hard to develop a noninvasive technology that works. As of 2007, the home glucose testing industry represents a $6 billion-plus market worldwide. That figure would most likely increase if testing were less painful and no bloodletting was involved.
"A noninvasive monitor has been regarded as the 'holy grail' of medical device venture capital opportunities for many years," says Smith. For these reasons and more, "hope springs eternal in the hearts of scientists, entrepreneurs, opportunists and charlatans alike."
So, What's the Holdup?
Glucose is tricky, to say the least. First, with a normal glucose level, people have only about a teaspoon of dissolved sugar in their bloodstream. Second, it's colorless in most spectrums, making the molecule virtually impossible to see with both the naked eye and the most advanced, light-detecting technology.
Third, the chemical structure of glucose is very similar to many other compounds within the human body. Because the body consists of many glucose-like molecules, most noninvasive monitoring techniques produce overlapping results.
As Smith illustrates time and again in his book, the many difficulties of the measurement process - from calibration of the instruments to validation of the results - have, so far, kept scientists and research companies from finding a noninvasive solution that works.
Yet another cause for concern, he says, is that many technologies have been explored after others have already proven they won't succeed. "Because there has been no accounting of these multiply-investigated approaches, both investigators and investors have no guideposts to direct them."
Maybe something will come of the University of California study, and millions of people with diabetes will finally enjoy some relief. But for now, at least, Beyer's not holding her breath.
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It was fun having the dress for Southern Comfort lots of compliments and folks wanting to "feel".
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I seem to have run into a problem with the Knees of my stocking no longer wanting to take a shine using Armorall.
It was fun having the dress for Southern Comfort lots of compliments and folks wanting to "feel".
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How often should you polish your latex? does polishing keep it in better condition? I've never polished mine, and I'm worried if I dont it wont last as long! Can you recommend a good polish for a cocoon inflatable catsuit? Preferably a cheap polish that will protect it.
Polish or perish?
Since you need some sort of lube get the tight stuff on... if you use talc... it will inevitably make its way to the surface. This kinds of makes the normal shiny surface go dull and in an uneven way... emphasizing the seams. Polishing will make the surface look more uniform, hide the seams.
But polishing tend to be the road you go down... you can't come back... well it's work getting back again. Removing the residual polish can be work because it tends to really sticky... and that can become sticky. Sticky attracts dust.. so you see what you are up against.
Polishes make the surface not only shiny but super slick.. and when applied generously some can "rub off" when it contacts other materials. So consider this when slipping on a coat or some other garment.
And speaking of slipping, be careful not to accidentally apply the silicon to the floor because you will find your floors as slippery as ice to walk on.
Polishes are a must for snappy epics. Most photographers are using some form of silicone. And they can get to all the places you can't reach. Polishing for couples is definitely part of the fun.
Silicone polishes offer some level of protection and maybe even UV protection if you are going into the sun a lot.
Seems to me that when you are flying solo.. polishing may be more trouble than it's worth. But you can't be seen without it... and it's expensive too.
Hi all,
I polish all my latex gear,suits,hoods,gloves,tights and even my gasmasks usually before I gear up. Only on the outside though. I use ,as Gord points out, the milky blue polish available from Cocoon. I believe it's water based with the addition of natural waxes. I've experienced the tacky, dust gathering effects caused by using Silicone based polishes as described by Dark and I much prefer the not so glossy but very smoooooth feeling provided by the Cocoon polish. It makes any dust or other detritus that may land on the surface removable by a quick blow of air or a dry cloth. The polish is applied with a damp cloth,allowed to dry and then gently buffed with a dry, lint free cloth. Once dried and buffed the effect is one of almost frictionless feeling, very sensous to the touch and your legs wont stick together if you cross them . I think it's the same liquid that's available in larger quantities from,
Micro Chemical Products
Tel. 0208 876 7775,
Fax. 0208 878 8915.
Their postal address is -
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London, SW13 0HH.
although I would appreciate confirmation about this from more informed members.
I dont think leaving your gear unpolished will harm it, I suppose it's just a question of personal preference or aesthetics.
I think in the new year I'll be investing ?5 in some of the cocoon polish, I like the sound of it! I wouldn't order it off the cocoon site though, it seems to want to charge me ?8 for postage!
Cheers guys...
Hi HoagieKat
Postage to the UK is only a quid for the bottle of polish see below.
from cocoon1.comPrice ?5 per 250ml bottle Order Now
Postage ?1 UK, ?2 Europe, ?3 Overseas.
When sent with clothing order no postage is needed as this will be included with your order.
Unfortunately if you try to use the online ordering system it gets "confused" and tries to charge you ?8 postage, best idea is to phone I think!Originally spoken by wired
Hi All,
I have been using Micro Chemicals PVC/Latex dressing for about 10 years [same as Cocoon I think] and am very happy. I used to use Silicone polishes but not since I purchased my latex from 4D - they recommended Micro chemicals [ not sure if they still do - you would need to get their technical data sheets to see].
I consider Silicone polishes to be quite an inferior way to get a shine, and I endorse Wired's comments. I even went to the trouble of importing 5 litres of Micro Chemical's dressing to Australia - postage was about three times the cost of the dressing, but even then it was cheaper than an equivalent amount of locally available Silicone polish such as Armourall.
there seems to be SO much contradictory information around comcerning polishes, lubes and long term effects on latex and their effectiveness......
What I would like to see would be some sort of consumer report, ratings, with warnings about what to avoid and why. Perhaps the list of engredients to avoid (A latex death list of chemicals to avoid like the plague).
I'm still haveing trouble trying to make sense of all this !!
SteveB / STEFFY
I have been discussing this EXACT concept with Ataraxia. I propose that the IAR undertake two series of "Consumer Reports" type tests comparing a range of Lubes and Polishes.
We need to assemble the products for testing. as well as a protocol for the tests and some sort of way to "measure" the results... in addition to subjective comments.
Anyone interesting in participating or contributing to this endeavor contact me or Ataraxia with your comments, suggestions, and how and what you can do.
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1 The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. | 1 When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them. |
2 Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. | 2 Then Israel made this vow to the LORD: "If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy their cities." |
3 Yahweh listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and the name of the place was called Hormah. | 3 The LORD listened to Israel's plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah. |
4 They journeyed from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. | 4 They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; |
5 The people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this light bread. | 5 they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!" |
6 Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. | 6 Then the LORD sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. |
7 The people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh, and against you; pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us. Moses prayed for the people. | 7 The people came to Moses and said, "We sinned when we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take the snakes away from us." So Moses prayed for the people. |
8 Yahweh said to Moses, Make you a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard: and it shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live. | 8 The LORD said to Moses, "Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live." |
9 Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the standard: and it happened, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of brass, he lived. | 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived. |
10 The children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth. | 10 The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth. |
11 They journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise. | 11 Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, in the desert that faces Moab toward the sunrise. |
12 From there they journeyed, and encamped in the valley of Zered. | 12 From there they moved on and camped in the Zered Valley. |
13 From there they journeyed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that comes out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. | 13 They set out from there and camped alongside the Arnon, which is in the desert extending into Amorite territory. The Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. |
14 Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Yahweh, Vaheb in Suphah, The valleys of the Arnon, | 14 That is why the Book of the Wars of the LORD says: ". . . Waheb in Suphah and the ravines, the Arnon |
15 The slope of the valleys That inclines toward the dwelling of Ar, Leans on the border of Moab. | 15 and the slopes of the ravines that lead to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab." |
16 From there [they journeyed] to Beer: that is the well whereof Yahweh said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. | 16 From there they continued on to Beer, the well where the LORD said to Moses, "Gather the people together and I will give them water." |
17 Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, well; sing you to it: | 17 Then Israel sang this song: "Spring up, O well! Sing about it, |
18 The well, which the princes dug, Which the nobles of the people dug, With the scepter, [and] with their poles. From the wilderness [they journeyed] to Mattanah; | 18 about the well that the princes dug, that the nobles of the people sank-- the nobles with scepters and staffs." Then they went from the desert to Mattanah, |
19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth; | 19 from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, |
20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert. | 20 and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland. |
21 Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, | 21 Israel sent messengers to say to Sihon king of the Amorites: |
22 Let me pass through your land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed your border. | 22 "Let us pass through your country. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will travel along the king's highway until we have passed through your territory." |
23 Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel. | 23 But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. He mustered his entire army and marched out into the desert against Israel. When he reached Jahaz, he fought with Israel. |
24 Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. | 24 Israel, however, put him to the sword and took over his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only as far as the Ammonites, because their border was fortified. |
25 Israel took all these cities: and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns of it. | 25 Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its surrounding settlements. |
26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to the Arnon. | 26 Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon. |
27 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, Come you to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established: | 27 That is why the poets say: "Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt; let Sihon's city be restored. |
28 For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon. | 28 "Fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the citizens of Arnon's heights. |
29 Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh: He has given his sons as fugitives, His daughters into captivity, To Sihon king of the Amorites. | 29 Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon king of the Amorites. |
30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even to Dibon, We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which [reaches] to Medeba. | 30 "But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed all the way to Dibon. We have demolished them as far as Nophah, which extends to Medeba." |
31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. | 31 So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites. |
32 Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took the towns of it, and drove out the Amorites who were there. | 32 After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there. |
33 They turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. | 33 Then they turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet them in battle at Edrei. |
34 Yahweh said to Moses, Don't fear him: for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon. | 34 The LORD said to Moses, "Do not be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you, with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon." |
35 So they struck him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land. | 35 So they struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army, leaving them no survivors. And they took possession of his land. |
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Your not the only star trek fan, it is a sad day to hear that he died.
I know I am probaly the only geeky ST fan here.....but I am a HUGE Star Trek Fan, I have seen all the eps over and over (exceot Enterprise) and read over 400 books. I am so sad, I had the pleasure of meeting him in the early 90's, he was soooo nice, such a flirt. Had me sit in his lap while he signed my stuff and talked to me, later on during the convention I got to spend more time with him. He will be sorely missed
Your not the only star trek fan, it is a sad day to hear that he died.
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That is very sad .
Cool , TREKKIES!
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No Bonny... I, too, am a Trekker (Wow, Lou.. you really ARE a geek - Star Wars, Star Trek, Disney... did you spend your entire childhood in your parents basement?
Well, he gave us all he could, Captain, but has been beamed up to the big Bridge in the Sky. He will be missed.
(Lou making transporter sound, gets out his old Mego playset and... umm... gotta go)
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oh how sad...
It's a Disney thing. If you understood, your only question would be "can I go?"
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Okay..l I have no clue who this guy is... I have never seen Star Trek... but still in all it's a sad day when anyone passes away...
I grew up with the original Star Trek and was saddened when "Bones" died in 1999 and now "Scotty" is gone. It's always a sad day when someone dies especially when it's a personality you can associate with from your youth.
Gawrsh! Hyuk!
Scotty was one of my favorites, especially in the movies. James Doohan made a second-string character one of the most memorable parts of Star Trek.
What I say 100 times each day:
"It's not a Disney Resort even though it's on Disney property!"
Scotty is who I usually envision when I here the word "engineer". I enjoy watching the Original Series and the movies. One of my favorite scenes involving Scotty (I forget the movie) is where he is talking to Captian Kirk over the intercom "Captian, I know this ship like the back of my hand!" He immedately runs into an over head beam and knocks himself out. His working of miracles captures what real life engineers at NASA and other agencies do. Pull the impossible out of a hat of improbables.
Over the past few years I have stopped watching the new TV shows due to lack of time. I enjoyed TOS, NG, and Enterprise when I had the time.
Very sad to hear about someone like this passing away. When you grew up watching them on tv, you felt like you knew them somehow.
I saw him at DragonCon a couple of years ago and he did not look well at the time....I am sorry to say that I did not speak to him. Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer was there and I was too busy stalking him!


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By Al Stoner
"But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost" (II Cor. 4:3).
Introduction. The stark reality that confronts us is that all men fall into one of two categories. They are presently either lost or found. Those who are found were at one time lost. And those who are yet lost are in an extremely precarious condition until such time as they be found. Men's condition of lostness or foundness has directly to do with their relationship to the gospel. For "if our gospel be hid, it is hid unto them that are lost," as Paul declared.
Adam, Where art Thou? When sin entered into the world, men were, as a direct consequence, alienated from the life of God and the purpose of God. The first question that God asked Adam after he had sinned was, "Where art thou?" (Gen. 3:9). It ought to be evident from the One asking this question, that this inquiry had to do with something infinitely more profound than Adam's physical location. To be severed from the life of God because of sin is to be lost. The same voice that spoke to Adam is yet crying out down through the centuries of time, "Where art thou, O man, or woman?" Where art thou, in relation to God's eternal purpose in Christ Jesus (cf. Eph. 3:10-11)? Where art thou, with regard to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ? Where art thou, in relation to Jesus Christ, the Divinely-provided "Door of the sheep" (Jn. 10:7-9)? Those who have, indeed, entered in "by Him" are found, and those who have not are lost.
Summarizing and Reiterating. To restate what has already been said, to be dead in trespasses and sins is to be lost. To be outside of the Lord Jesus Christ is to be lost. To be in Christ through obedience to the gospel (cf. Gal. 3:25-26), and to abide in Him (cf. Jn. 15:1-7), is to be found. To have one's sins forgiven through faith in Christ is to be found, and for the sins to remain unremitted is to be lost. To be washed from one's sins in Christ's own blood (cf. Rev. 1:5) is to be found. To be justified by Christ's blood is to be found. To be sanctified by God the Father, preserved in Jesus Christ, and called (cf. Jude 1), is to be found. To be in possession of the gift of the Holy Spirit (cf. Acts 2:38-39) is to be found.
Those who are lost are lost in relation to the blessed purpose, fellowship, and grace of God, and the glorious eternal destiny, to which God has called men through Christ Jesus, in the world to come. And for this cause we praise God that those who, indeed, are found have been given grace to recover themselves from the snare of the Devil. Such ones have "tasted that the Lord is gracious," and they are living in the glorious expectancy and hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.
Let us now consider some words of the Scripture that address this matter of which we are speaking and see if we can derive some eternal profit from them.
Like Sheep Going Astray. Gone astray like a lost sheep. Here we see that lostness is the result of going astray. We all had gone astray. All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. As Peter declared, "For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls" (I Pet. 2:25). This was the condition that we were once in, as well as all men. But now, by the grace of God, we, that are in Christ, have returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls, and have been found!
Finding the Narrow Way. "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it" (Mt. 7:13-14). Here is yet another consideration along this line. Those who do not enter in through the strait gate and who do not find this narrow way are lost. They are lost from the purpose and fellowship of God.
Losing One's Soul. "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Mt. 16:26).
Here the lost are seen to be those who have determined within themselves to gain the whole world (or at least as much of this world's goods as possible), and consequently they have lost their own soul (that is, their capacity to receive and delight in benefits from God). They have exchanged the pearl of great price and the heavenly treasure for the evanescent and the paltry things which are soon to pass away. They are endeavoring to be established in this world, rather than seeking the joys which are at God's right hand, and which are everlasting.
The Purpose For Which Christ Came. "For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost" (Mt. 18:11). Let us ever give thanks for the Savior and for this blessed purpose for which He came!
To save that which was lost. Salvation is the pressing need of the hour and this is what the lost stand greatly in need of, and it is what the God of Heaven has made provision for when He sent His Son into the world that we might live through Him.
The Seeking Savior. The parables in Luke chapter 15 all declare a Savior that is earnestly and zealously seeking after that which was lost. Consider the following.
The Ninety and Nine. "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?" (Lk. 15:4).
This was the situation with each of us who are, by the grace of God, partakers of His salvation. We were lost, the Savior came earnestly seeking us, and He found us. May each of us, accordingly, give diligence that, in the day when Christ returns, we may be found of Him in peace without spot and blameless!
Those whom Jesus finds, in the language of this parable, are those who are saved from their sins, who are willing to pay the price of discipleship to Christ, and who are living and rejoicing in hope of the glory that shall soon be revealed in us!
The Lost Coin. "Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost" (Lk.15:8-9).
Seeking Diligently. When the Father and the Son set out to seek and to save that which was lost, speaking as a man, they acted diligently and earnestly. There was nothing casual about the working out of our salvation. Let us seek grace to follow Their blessed example in our reception of the salvation for ourselves.
The Prodigal Son (Lk. 15:11-32). The parable of the prodigal son is an intriguing example of men being either lost or found. "For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found" (v. 24). This parable is spiritually intriguing because it is the longest of the three in Luke 15. It speaks of one who was dead, and is alive again. And it is also intriguing because this, as well as the other two parables in this chapter, flowed out from the lips of the Savior in response to the Pharisees' and Sadducees' charge, "This Man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them" (Lk. 15:1-2).
As we have said, lost here does not mean that God did not know where men are geographically. He knows exactly where they are in that sense. "All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do" (Heb. 4:13). Lost means that, when sin entered into the world, men became lost from right relationship with God, from the good pleasure and fellowship of God, and from the joys that are everlasting. From another perspective, the lost are those who have not received for themselves the Divinely-provided remedy for lostness in the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. While men are away from the purpose of God in Christ, they are lost. And those who return unto Jesus, the Shepherd and Bishop of their souls, are found.
Repentance and obedience to the gospel (cf. Acts 2:38-39; Gal. 3:26-29) blessedly conduct men from the state of lostness to that of being found and accepted of God in and through the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other Name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4:12).--Editor
"Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately" (Lk. 12:35-36).


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ARISAEMACurious rather than beautiful relatives of calla (Zantedeschia), attractive both to children and to fanciers of the odd. Flowers are tiny, crowded on a club-shaped fleshy spike (spadix) surrounded by an overarching flower bract (spathe) that is usually green or dull purple in color and often striped in a contrasting color.
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We Americans are pretty spoiled. We can get just about anything we want, just about any place or time we want it. And we generate plenty of waste in the bargain. In 2008, we generated 250 million tons of trash- about a third was recycled, but a lot went into landfills or waste to energy facilities. Now on behalf of our parent company, Waste Management, we want to thank you for keeping a lot of good people employed, but we'd rather get the ongoing value out of that material rather than just toss it. The core problem is not purely consumption. Nature consumes everything. The issue is that our system focuses on disposability - but we can change that.
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REVIEW: Vesper by Jeff Sampson
1 Feb
by: Jeff Sampson
Publisher: Belzer + Bray
Emily Webb is a geek. And she's happy that way. Content hiding under hoodies and curling up to watch old horror flicks, she's never been the kind of girl who sneaks out for midnight parties. And she's definitely not the kind of girl who starts fights or flirts with other girls' boyfriends. Until one night Emily finds herself doing exactly that . . . the same night one of her classmates—also named Emily—is found mysteriously murdered.
The thing is, Emily doesn't know why she's doing any of this. By day, she's the same old boring Emily, but by night, she turns into a thrill seeker. With every nightfall, Emily gets wilder until it's no longer just her personality that changes. Her body can do things it never could before: Emily is now strong, fast, and utterly fearless. And soon Emily realizes that she's not just coming out of her shell . . . there's something much bigger going on. Is she bewitched by the soul of the other, murdered Emily? Or is Emily Webb becoming something else entirely— something not human?
As Emily hunts for answers, she finds out that she's not the only one this is happening to—some of her classmates are changing as well. Who is turning these teens into monsters—and how many people will they kill to get what they want?
How I Came Across This Book…
A few months ago, I read about Vesper on a blog. It was toted as being a breakout novel for 2011. This piqued my curiousity. I contacted HarperCollins Canada and asked for an ARC. They graciously sent me a copy. (My very first ARC!)
I Hate It When Authors Do This…
The story takes place over the span of about a week. The main character, Emily, begins to experience some odd, unexplainable changes each night. As the days go on, the changes get stronger. Turns out she's a girl who can transform into a warewolf.
Just when these changes begin, another Emily is murdered. Days after, there's an attempted murder of a classmate of the two Emily's. Emily (the one who is alive) tries figure out if the changes she is going through have a possible connection to the murder and attempted murder.
So, here's the problem I have: Essentially, this novel is an obvious set up to a series. We're introduced to the main character, get her backstory, and also get a brief introduction to other characters who will presumably play a role in future books. We're given the "who" of the story and a bit of the "what", but none of the "why".
As a reader, I felt cheated. I'm all for an author creating a series, but the story within each book should be strong enough to stand on its own. This book left a lot of unanswered questions that should have been addressed.
Really Thin Plot
Besides setting the story for future books, there was a very weak plot throughout the story.
Typically, when a character is trying to solve a murder mystery, there's an intricate game of cat and mouse involved. In this story, Emily and the murderer kept bumping into each other. There's wasn't a whole lot of suspense when these two came face-to-face. In fact, the final showdown between the two was incredibly anti-climatic.
If Anyone Should Have Been Murdered, It Should Have Been Megan
After reading this book, I came to realize how much I appreciate it when a novelist gives the main character someone who is on his/her side—someone the main character can confide in and trust. In this book, Emily's best friend was, honestly, a total bitch. This girl was bitter and the meanest best friend a warewolf could have. Throughout the book, I was hoping Megan would be the next one killed or Emily would accidently claw her to shreds when she changed into a warewolf. No such luck.
The presence of a best friend who seemed more like an antagonist made the book that much less enjoyable to read.
Some relief did come when Megan seemed to disappear from the story for awhile when Emily was preocciped with other things. However, she appeared in the final chapter to throw one last tantrum.
Overall, I Have To Say…
I can understand an author having an expansive vision for a story that couldn't possibly fit into one book. The thing is, there are better ways to begin the series—to introduce the main character and her situation while still offering a complete story. I think of a series like Vampire Academy. Not only did each novel have it's own strong plot, but there was enough of a foundation built from book to book that you were left really wanting to follow the characters into their next experience. I don't feel the same way with Vesper. I'm left feeling like I will have to read another book to get answers to questions left over from the first. That doesn't work for me.
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Siegfried Lenz, one of the great writers of German post-war literature is dead. He died on 7 October 2014, surrounded by his family. He was 88 years old.... more
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Participants dressed in traditional Bavarian lederhosen arrive for the 5th ox-racing championship on August 26, 2012 in Muensing, Germany. The competition, which only takes place once every four years, is a race of jockeys riding bareback on oxen across a field and is complemented with a morning procession and "ox-ball" (featuring roasted ox) in a festivities tent after the races.
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Oakley results at the UCI Track Cycling World Champoinships
Last week the UCI Track Cycling World Championships were on in Melbourne with spectators coming from far and wide to see the best track cyclist battle it out. It was the last major competition leading in to the London Olympics with the cyclists wanting to prove their ability. In the first night the Aussie Team with Oakleys Shane Perkins, Scott Sunderland and Matt Glaetzer took out the Men's Team Sprint. The win was the first by Australia to the world men's team sprint title since 1996.
A thrilled Perkins, who was knocked off his bike on Sunday when hit by a car, recovered to produce one of the rides of his career. "We came here wanting to do a personal best time for the team and we did that in the qualifying, and then to obviously to hear we were in the gold and silver ride off, our energy and excitement went up another level. It showed in that final we were pretty pumped. We knew we had the ability, we knew we had to bring our times down a little bit and we did that. Thanks to the guys for a fantastic ride, they did absolutely awesome," Perkins said.
In the Men's Team Pursuit the British team of Geraint Thomas, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh and Steven Burke were just too good in the final and beat Australia, breaking the record posted at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Oakley's Aussies Jack Bobridge, Glenn O'Shea, Rohan Dennis and Michael Hepburn rode the third fastest time in history, 3 minutes 53.401 seconds, for the silver medal. Clancy rode first wheel to set up a lead for the British team, until the Australians led by 0.069 of a second at 2000 metres. The lead subsequently changed on each lap before Britain established a 0.324 of a second with 1000 metres left.
Bobridge drove the hosts in the last two laps but the roar of a 4000 strong home crowd wasn't enough to help the dual defending champions bridge the gap.
"It's very disappointing. We went over there and got one up on them on their home turf. They've come over here and kicked us back in the guts and beat us here," Bobridge said. "We didn't get beaten by a bad time at all. We rode out personal best and they broke a world record. We got beaten by a better team on the day and that's just the way it is.
"It was world title and we lost. We definitely just have to rebound from here. Use it as positive energy. Go away and every day now we wake up looking to the games and put 100% into the pedals every day until we get back to their home turf and hopefully get one back on them."
Close behind the Aussies in 3rd were our neighbours and fellow Oakley team New Zealand with Aaron Gate, Sam Bewley, Westley Gough, Marc Ryan.
In the Men's Point race a late dash to gain a lap has given Oakley's Cameron Meyer his third world points title. Meyer earned 20 points for gaining a lap, with three circuits left of the 160 lap event to place the Australian six points ahead at the final sprint. The roar of the crowd urged the Australian on after the 23-year-old attacked with around 12 laps left as he was 22 points behind Belgian Kenny de Ketele and 17 adrift of Great Britain's Ben Swift. Meyer accumulated 33 points over the 40km, while Swift won the last sprint to win silver with de Ketele third. Meyer has won three world points titles in four years, with a second placing in 2011.
Our Kiwi Women's cyclist Ali Shanks is also a world champion once again, after winning the 3000 metre individual pursuit. Shanks was nearly three seconds slower than her qualifying time, but it's been enough to see off Great Britain's Wendy Houvenaghel in the final. It's given her the world title for the second time, after winning it in 2009.
"I've been world champ once before but it's so hard to get and once you've had that feeling once you want it again even more and you want it more and more so I was absolutely stoked with my rides."


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Links roundup 20 January 2012
Here's some of the design, technology and creative links that have caught our collective eyes over the last week...
The power of original thinking
- Who needs expensive physical addons for mobile payments? Card.io's system lets you simply take a photo of your credit card. A deceptively simple idea.
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The black hats and grey T-shirts that read "New England Patriots AFC-East Champions 2012" were distributed after the clinching victory on Sunday, but few of the players seemed interested in enjoying them, at least for right now.
Aqib Talib put on the shirt and Danny Aiken bent the brim of the hat before he placed it on his head on the way out of the locker room. Mostly, though, the hats and shirts were stuffed into the luggage bags for later use.
"Don't worry," Danny Woodhead said as he put away his new stuff. "We'll wear them."
At some later point, the Patriots will appreciate winning their division title for the fourth straight season and ninth time in the last 10. For now, though, they have other priorities. Hats and T-shirts are not what they are looking to earn.
"It feels good, but we still have a long way to go," said tight end Aaron Hernandez, who caught eight passes for 97 yards. "We've got to keep pushing, but it's good to enjoy this right now."
"It never gets old," said linebacker Jerod Mayo. "We're going to enjoy this one, but we have other goals for the season."
"It's good to get another division win. We accomplished one of our goals this year, to be in the postseason," coach Bill Belichick said in his opening statement after the game. "That's good, but more importantly we just have to keep working to get better. We still have a lot of football left to play. We've got a long way to go. Hopefully we can improve every week."
The sixth straight victory, which upped the record to 9-3, was a bit tougher to earn than might have been expected.
Miami made a bunch of mistakes early on, giving New England a chance to break the game open. But the Pats struggled offensively, at least by their standards. Tom Brady was a modest 24 for 40 for 238 yards and one touchdown and was intercepted for the first time in 202 throws.
The running game had no success in the first half (10 yards total) and did not get going until the fourth quarter. In the end, though, it was the ability to run and kill the clock that made the difference.
Dan Carpenter booted a 20-yard field goal that cut the Dolphins' deficit to 20-13 with 8:26 left. Earlier in the season, the Pats had trouble pounding out drives late in games, when opponents knew they would run the ball. The Patriot players have spoken about how they wanted to improve the late-game offense in close games.
This time they did it beautifully. They went to the ground for all but two plays as they put together a 16-play, 77-yard march. They killed more than seven minutes from the clock and forced the Dolphins to use all three of their timeouts before Stephen Gostkowski kicked his third field goal of the game to clinch it with 1:10 remaining.
The Pats picked up 59 yards on the ground in that drive, equaling what they had done for the first 52 minutes to that point. Stevan Ridley was the workhorse with 10 carries for 46 yards, going over the 1,000-yard mark for the season in the process.
Ridley was asked afterward if it was the Pats' best drive of the season.
"I can't say that," he said, before adding with a smile, "It was a good one."
Belichick said he was happy that his team was able to put it together.
"We needed it," he said. "We did a good job of blocking."
The Pats' trouble running the ball for the first three quarters was brought on by the Dolphins, Belichick felt.
"They're a real good run defense. They have a lot of physical players up front," he said. "Those guys are good."
Brady loved the final drive.
"It was good execution," he said. "I thought we did a good job making some critical plays when we needed to. The running game was huge. I thought the running backs ran really hard, protected the ball and got some good blocking up front. It's what we needed at that time. It's a very good run defense. … They really made it tough for us today."
Early on, Miami made a number of mistakes with penalties. One, a roughing the punter call, was a killer, leading to a Patriot touchdown, a seven-yard pass from Brady to Wes Welker. Miami fumbled three times, but was able to recover two of them. Miami did a solid job defending against Brady's passes, although the former Dolphin, Wes Welker, hurt them badly as he has so often with 12 receptions.
New England led 17-10 at the half. The third quarter was a punting show as each team punted three times in three possessions.
The Pats put together a 13-play, 66-yard drive that began in the third quarter and ended in the fourth with the second of Gostkowski's field goals to make it 20-10. The Dolphins responded with a march of their own of 65 yards for a field goal by Carpenter to get back within a touchdown. That set up the huge drive on the ground that both ate up the clock and producing the clinching field goal from Gostkowski.
"That wasn't ugly, that was a great win," Brady said. "They made it tough on us, no question about it, and I thought we fought hard. We knew it was going to be tough, and it was."


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Her father Babu Rao (Ahuti) is a stern man and insists on his will in all the matters of the family. With no other choice, Sasi escapes from home and in this process; she bumps across Anand (Tarun).
Anand gets attracted to her. He begins helping her at all times and what follows is a journey that begins from Rajahmundry and goes to Vizag.
Meanwhile, Babu Rao and his men are searching for Sasi. To add to the woes, the groom's father Chalasani (Paruchuri) files a legal case against Babu Rao. On the other hand, the journey between Sasi and Anand grows into friendship and the attachment goes strong. Why is Anand helping out Sasi? Does she finally escape from the clutches of marriage? All this forms the rest of the story.
Tarun has come up with a rather passive role this time and unlike his regular smart shows, he has remained quite mature and delivers a neat performance. The life of the film is definitely Genelia and she has shown the varied emotions from innocence, sadness, romance and anger in equal proportions without a hitch.
She is perfect fit for the role. Ahuti Prasad has been excellent and has given top notch performance, Subbaraju was apt, Paruchuri did his bit with standard, M S was humourous. The others added well to the film. The director has come out with a routine plot but then it was his narration and presentation that gets full credit.
The dialogues are witty, the script was written neatly and the screenplay was masterly. The music was fit to the situation and two songs are worth taking back home. Cinematography did a good job covering the locales. Editing could have been better. The locations are picturesque. The other departments contributed well.
Genelia, locations and screenplay are some of the positive points. Few scenes are lengthy. While the first half goes about revolving around the initial stages of friendship and the adventure, the second half is more on the emotional and romantic aspect. Overall, the pace was a bit mild but it went well with the story.
One needs to watch it with a cool and relaxed mind so that the journey of the lead pair can be enjoyed. The film will appeal to the youth audience in a big way and it is neat enough for the family audience to relish it. This will surely be a profit grosser at the box office.
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I had experienced cleanliness issues at this hotel during previous stays, but the hotel location is very convenient for my business purposes and I overlooked these issues. However, past cleanliness issues were small in comparison to those witnessed during a stay beginning on 01/12/15. The bathroom toilet was unclean (fecal particles on the toilet seat). Additionally, there was not a single wash cloth in the bathroom. In the cupboard were glasses with obvious thick, red lipstick stains on them. In the fitness room, one of the two treadmills was inoperative and it was necessary to call twice for towel service. In short, not a hotel I could recommend to anyone.
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Clean, quiet, warm and almost like home. A great place to stay if you need a good nights sleep.


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